A Long Expected Podcast: Recent Episodes
Julia and Meghan
The journey of two gals, Julia and Meghan, reading The Lord Of The Rings - one for the first time and the other for the millionth. Follow along @longexpectedpod
Ninnyhammers! Noodles! In this episode, join Meg and Julia as they cover Chapter 1 in Book 4 of the Two Towers by JRR Tolkien. They also talk about gingerbread battle scenes, driving in snow, calling Tolkien's ghost, VHS tapes, Meg's magnetic computer, the softness of dairy, the love of Sam's rope, similarities between LoTR and HP, they go over listener answers to last episode's question, and so much more.
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Hello friends! Join us in this episode to hear us talk about the last chapter in Book 3! We also talk about floods, Cascadia, Quebec, Hawthorn trees, slumber parties, character deaths, being hobbits, curly hair, haggis, sleeping with eyes open, Gandalf the Silver Fox, band names, the great "HE", a white tree with seven stars, walkie talkies, sleeping on a horse, and so much more!
Email us or DM us to answer this episode's question: do you think you'd genuinely go on this adventure if you were in Merry and Pippin's situation, based on your personality?
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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they discuss so many things other than The Two Towers Chapter 10, including Christmas, Meg's Coffee Shop, cats and trees, croutons, Percy Jackson, wizard colours, predictions for the future, the "two towers", a Longbottom update, LoTR cross stitching, and the actual chapter itself!
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Happy Hallows Eve! Do hobbits even have this holiday? In today's episode, Meg and Julia cover Ch 9 of The Two Towers. They also talk about their weird dreams, a little catch-up on their lives, haunted corn mazes, Inktober, Walk To Mordor, Ent Juice, the personal growth of Merry and Pippin, Neville Longbottom, fruit fly kill count: 6, the correct pronunciation of Saruman, Canadian Thanksgiving, Julia meant to say 5th of March, not 5th of November, in the episode, our least favourite months, Hobbit Holidays, "Pinch-Punch-First-Of-The-Month", what Ents look like, wizardry "falling-off", the truth of Flotsam and Jetsam, speculating the future quests, Orc history, your kind messages, and more.
If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions!
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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they make their way through The Two Towers, today being on Chapter 8. On top of LoTR they cover topics such as fruit flies, Over The Garden Wall, Iowa, old man Gandalf, the Lorax, old white guys (and scary beards), walking trees, a new brand logo for Saruman, Sorcerer Mickey, how wizards are like cats, Flotsam and Jetsam (and cargo??), Gandalf the White Wine, we go over your answers to last episode's question, and so much more!
If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions!
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Hello dear friends! Join Meg and Julia as they try to understand this confusing chapter of LoTR. Our muddled topics include: mr. Helm himself, Julia's most hated word: fireplace, the ultimate breakdown of the army, Gandalf and Saruman twinning, the LoTR road trip, TWO epic Meghan monologues, the biome of middle earth (and APES?!), chess vs checkers, The Queens Gambit, walking trees, what Sauron looks like, why Gandalf is so mysterious (we mention Harry Potter, of course), knitting Orcs, we follow up on the worms of fiction, and so much more!
Do you like Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the White better? We'd love to hear from you.
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Hello there! Join Meg and Julia as they discuss reading Chapter 6 of The Two Towers. Other topics include Julia's mural and Meghan on caffeine, Elijah Wood being 40, coffee in Middle Earth, Bill vs Shadowfax, so much blonde flowing hair, Meg's fear of worms and our traumatic stories, "cantankerous", how math is to blame and our AP English experience, Dutch birthday traditions, Aragorn's illegal crush, the Worms of Fantasy, Helm the Worm, and so much more.
...do you have a favourite fictional worm? childhood worm traumas? We'd love to hear from you.
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Hello friends! Today you catch us discussing Chapter 5 in The Two Towers: The White Rider. Instead of simply sticking to the chapter, we also talk about autumn, sweater collecting, our need for naps, bushy eyebrows, ears growing forever* (and Julia's tiny ears), is Gandalf caucasian?, Yoda and Shakespeare, Tom Bombadil and dancing naked, LOTR without the Eagle, blood suns, asthma, how fit the company is, who the main character is, and much more!
*since recording, we have learned that ears do not grow forever, the cartilage just stretches out and creates drooping ears. The More You Know.
Let us know when you started listening to our podcast! We'd love to hear from you.
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Hoo Hum... Hey there! Join Meg and Julia as they cover this in-tree-guing chapter in The Two Towers. You seriously wood-n't be-leaf how much we loved it. We also branch out to other topics: pb&j quesadillas, and meghan's lack of knowledge of burritos, Red Robin, Cinderella III, that kid from Deadpool 2, poetic death, podcast bingo, baby Entwash, hot Ent ladies, our hate for social media, the Fairy Creek Blockade, theories on the White Rider, wild and unpredictable kids, meghan's actual favourite chapter, and much more!
We went over many listener responses to last episode's question, thank you to all who responded!
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Hello there!! Join Meg and Julia as they are thrilled to be back with the best boys: Merry and Pippin. They also talk about a plethora of orc voices, Meg's geometric LOTR books, Six of Crows, cats who love chlorine and other stories, lakes vs oceans, "more bed than you can stomach", the besties Sauron and Saruman, too much flowing hair, predictions going forward, and much more!
Listeners, we'd love to know: do you like Merry or Pippin better from the books? Let us know by emailing or messaging us on Instagram!
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Hello there! Let's get straight to the point: this is a long chapter. But Meg and Julia have some fun along the way! Topics include our heat wave, going to the movie theatres for the first time in over a year, pb&j quesadillas, our many kitchen disasters, Tolkien's sprinkling of ominous birds throughout the books, the "green smell", the OP trio, grazing elves, listening to the news of the earth, burning live trees, eating feet and horses, my conclusion on the series so far, and much more!
...tune in to the very end to hear Julia singing when their facetime had poor connection!
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Who would have guessed it? Julia actually made it to The Two Towers! Join Julia and Meg as they navigate this odd start to Part 2, and cover other topics such as Sam memes, wrapping our hair around our heads, the upcoming LOTR Anime film, the Captain Hook of Middle Earth, getting Tolkien on the podcast, whether Boromir is actually sorry or not, Saruman's graphic designer, the pile of bodies at the end of the Rauros river, us rewriting this chapter, the absurd lack of Frodo, and so much more!
Here is the Samwise meme of being the farthest he's ever been from home.
Please message us your answer to this week's listener question: how do you feel about Boromir and what did you originally feel when he died?
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We've done it: the LAST CHAPTER of The Fellowship Of The Ring... Join Meg and Julia as they dive right into Chapter 10 of Book 2, and also discuss Aragorn finally sleeping, glowing swords, our really bad math and our math-class-tears, more talking about HP (skip from 19:00-19:30 to avoid HP book 7 spoilers), the Bear-Man, predicting the Two Towers, what books we will read after LOTR (The Silmarillion??), Meg spoiling things for me, our complicated recording system, racism and stereotyped characters in the books, Tevildo the giant talking cat, our Canadian accents, a handful of listener questions, and much more!
Link to the mentioned Potterless episode on racism in the Fantasy genre.
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Hello there! Join Julia and Meghan as they read the second last chapter of The Fellowship Of The Ring. Topics include Dora The Explorer, Merry and Pippin's Podcast, the new LOTR Amazon TV Series, the grinch as a child and babies with teeth, a Radagast The Brown fanfiction, Julia giving up reading LOTR, a Frodo death count, how this journey is SUCH a waste of time, Julia's dislike of Boromir, Gassy Jack, Yosemite Sam, Aragorn the king who is returning (?), an unimportant waterfall, Julia finally finding a good Middle Earth map, dread for The Two Towers, and much more.
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Let's all drink from the Cup of Farewell! Join Meghan and Julia as they are nearing the end of The Fellowship Of The Ring, today in Chapter 8. On top of the usual LOTR, topics include the mysterious old man on Julia's property, Merry and Pippin's Podcast, Meg's omniscience, that Hobbits are cats, Frodo's lack of personality, Rachel Maksy, cat names (Betty White and Caesar Salad), Elanor the literal flower, ropes are important, Canada merch, cobra chickens/canadian geese, the Hogwarts equivalent of LOTR, our mass mispronunciations (why didn't you tell us!), our gardens, gift giving in Narnia, and much more!
Julia also went over an Instagram poll on getting to know you all. Follow us on there if you want to take part next time!
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Do not touch the water! and join Meg and Julia as they cover chapter 7 of book 2 of The Fellowship of the Rings. Aside from the actual chapter, topics include the Amazon TV series on LOTR, tree houses and our childhood letdowns, Aragorn's mysterious age, the importance of a good sleep (and our tears when we don't have one), Gandalf's bushy eyebrows, Julia's "silvery elf lady" from episode 0, the mistrust of people who use third-person to refer to themselves, elves vs politicians, tons of theories, numerous tests, Gimli's secret wife, Tolkien's obsession with excess amounts of body hair, and much more!
Julia also predicted who four of the LOTR ladies that you sent in are, and she's probably very wrong!
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Daro! Join Meghan and Julia as they dive into the 6th chapter of Book 2. Can you believe there's only 4 more episodes until the end of the Fellowship? Today's topics include learning Elvish, Star Trek, The Soviet Union LOTR, the Eagle theory, Mirrormere the puddle, our unprofessional opinions on geography, carpet burns, mining sentient rocks, the Havens and Galdor, living in trees (our dream), Julia's book and movie memory loss, stairs and Julia's lack of, Elves being extra, stress over Aragorn and the Aragorn hype (he's a big deal), magical ladies, and much more. And we get into a listener question relating to the pronunciation of "LOTR"!
A task for you this week: let us know the name of a female LOTR character that Julia hasn't met yet, and next episode she'll predict who they'll be!
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You cannot pass!! In this episode, Meg and Julia tackle this iconic passage of LOTR. Topics covered along the way: the LOTR TV show, true crime vs the supernatural, our dreams, dwarf remains, the science and logic behind a "toeless foot", breaking bones, Julia calling Frodo "Bilbo" by accident, a Quick Duck, Potterless and the word "grope", on being an Orc drummer, bitter Gandalf, the anticlimactic iconic scene, Gandalf's death?!?, Aragorn's building trauma, Fatty Bolger, and much more!
No question for you all this week! Feel free to email or DM us questions or comments if you have any.
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Tom tap, tom tap... In this episode, Meg and Julia discuss Chapter 4 of Book 2 in The Fellowship Of The Ring. They also talk about angsty Boromir, Wargs (wolves but extra), grief at losing Bill, plot holes, dwarf home lives, Snow White and The Seven Dwarves, children's book illustrations, sassy Gandalf, "password", the cats of Middle Earth, our cats, hobbits travelling barefoot, hobbit walking-parties, lawn mowing and the old man on Julia's property, Gandalf "flying by the seat of his pants", and much more!
We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!
No question for you all this week! Feel free to email or DM us questions or comments if you have any.
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Hello there! Join Meg, Julia, and guest Liam Magnesium in this 13th episode of A Long Expected Podcast. We dive into Chapter 3 of Book 2, which is Julia's worst nightmare: a long traveling montage. In more interesting topics, we talk about the return of Pippin's sass, the bath song, the Eye of Sauron (apparently not important??), symbolism, "you shall not pass", Julia's wrong interpretation of the forming of The Company, Bilbo's dang book, michel delving, wild death predictions, The Company vs The Fellowship, vibes from rocks, carrying hobbits on your shoulders, and so much more.
We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!
We were joined by Liam Magnesium, who is a solo power metal artist and a multi-instrumentalist. Please check out his music here and his website here!
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The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "How do you pronounce LOTR?"
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Hello there! Join Meghan and Julia as they trudge through this looong chapter going over history, names, and so many different character perspectives; basically Julia's worst nightmare. On a lighter note, they also talk about ocean sounds, leg-loss the elf, too many towers, the fourth and lesser known LOTR book: the towers of less importance, Julia butchering name pronunciation, snickerdoodles, Radagast the Brown the Disney Princess, Julia the beige, the real horse-girls of Middle Earth, Tolkien's love of butter, TOM BOMBADIL, grade 7 camp, friendship rings of Mordor, and so much more.
We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!
If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions!
The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "What colour wizard would you be?"
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Welcome to the purest and most wholesome episode of A Long Expected Podcast. Put on your most cosiest socks, bundle up with some tea, and join us on our adventure! Meg and Julia discuss chapter 1 of book 2 in The Fellowship Of The Ring, as well as socks, Gandalf the Freaky and Mysterious, our horse-girl phases, many confusions from The Hobbit, our neglect and newfound appreciation for mirrors, gorgeous elves with flowing hair, Arwen's mysterious mother, dysfunctional fireplaces, Tom Bombadil (are you surprised?), that we ADORE Sam, and a huge potential elven feast of our own. We also go over last week's listener question. Thank you to those that answered!
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The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "If you were to be in Rivendell, what would you most utilize or look forward to?"
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We've reached double digits: Episode 10!! Join Meghan and Julia as they discuss this LONG chapter filled with never-ending traveling montages. Other topics include essential oils, Sam and how lovely he is, Strider's crazy knowledge, the trolls from Frozen, shin bones, our shared hatred for Bill Ferney, fish named after lotr characters, flowing golden elven hair, and Julia's theories on what Riders really are and Strider's relationship with Rivendell. We also go over last week's listener questions (and surprisingly talk about Tom yet again). Thank you to those that answered!
If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions!
The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "What have you/would you name your pet to do with LOTR?" As well, let us know what you think Bill Ferney's pony should be named!
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Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, or whatever Hobbits celebrate! Join Meg and Julia as they go through both Chapters 10 & 11 in this informal 'holiday special'. Topics include: a Hobbit's Christmas (Santa the Red?), stupid Hobbits, Julia is salty about Bill Ferney, her mistrust of third person perspective, Shire Years vs our years, JK Rowling and her copying LOTR, Julia's love of Ferney's horse, Geoff and his third rock fire, Julia's wild predictions about Riders and Rings, and more! We have two listener responses, thank you to you both! We discuss Strider as a kitten-loving motorcycle rider, as well as The Adventures of Tom Bombadil poem (Tom was a kidnapper??).
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The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "Which side character, that we have already met, would you want to join the party?" As well, let us know what you think a Hobbit Christmas would look like!
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Join Julia and Meghan in this episode of A Long Expected Podcast as they read Chapter 9: the one Meg was anticipating. Topics include: our growing love for audiobooks, Aragorn (the horse-guy), how everything is happening (can't they just chill??), Jane Austen, street names, Butterbur (butterbeer), botanical names, how Julia is actually Merry, dreams of becoming a town mayor, dumb wizard colour-names, Julia constantly mentioning Harry Potter, "the ride of the gray company" which is just hundreds of Gandalfs, Amber's amazing board game, and more!
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The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "What was/is your opinion on Strider? Would you ditch him?"
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In this episode of A Long Expected Podcast, Meg and Julia are joined by Meg's younger sister: Amber! She joins us specially for this eighth chapter of LOTR, as she has never read any of the others... But on a whim she decided to join the podcast by reading a single chapter! Topics include: a Hobbit board game, LOTR TikTok, "Legloss" the Elf, Julia's fear of Nancy Drew, naked and dancing Hobbits, Fatty Lumpkin (and Amber's obsession), predictions about the coming books, The Snuggly Duckling, Aragorn the horse-man, Dumbledore (the same as Gandalf?) and more!
If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, your grandfathers, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!). PLEASE email, DM, or comment to us, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions!
The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "What has been your favourite moment in LOTR (no spoilers!) so far?"
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Join Meghan and Julia in the reading and discussion of The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 7, which is evidently causing Julia so much stress and frustration. Topics include: our favourite water sounds, procreation between elves and a sentient river, why Gandalf truly left the Party, stupid hobbits, Julia's genius lotr art project, how cute Julia predicts the Barrows will be, and IS TOM SAURON?! And don't forget, Julia truly adores Tom and Goldberry in a very unsettled and creeped-out way.
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The question we'd like answered from you this episode is, "In what year and at what age did you first read lotr?", as well as your favourite water sounds. We'd love to know. Really.
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Oi Oi! In this episode of A Long Expected Podcast, Julia and Meghan talk about Chapter 6 of The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Old Forest. Topics include: a giant spider named Greg, mass-murdering trees (and Julia emanating the Lorax), bald hair colours, cutting off each other's limbs, and our short mothers. Do we actually discuss the book? Find out!
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Email us at alongexpectedpodcast@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts and questions! The question we'd like answered from you this episode is "Which of the five hobbits we know so far do you identify with and why?" Created/Hosted/Edited/Produced by Julia and Meghan
Lawks! This is the most fun episode yet. Join Julia and Meghan as they discuss Chapters 4 and 5 of The Fellowship Of The Ring and laugh nearly the whole time. Other than going over the actual plot, you can find them speculating hobbit realtors, sassy Pippin, communal baths... and Julia might get 'passion for mushrooms' tattooed on herself.
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In this episode of A Long Expected Podcast, Meg and Julia discuss and go over Chapter 3 of The Fellowship Of The Ring. Discussion topics include Slenderman and the Dark Rider, passive-aggressive Hobbits, and our Hobbit-like obsession with mushrooms (as well as Julia's absurd predictions that Meghan can't fathom). This episode is filled with laughter and (an unexpected for Julia) enjoyment of the chapter, so we hope you enjoy!
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Meg and Julia dive into Chapter 2 of The Fellowship Of The Ring in this next episode of A Long Expected Podcast. Some highlights include Sam hypothetically lawn-mowing Hobbit Hole roofs, the comparison of Hobbits and butter, Julia panicking over the excessive history, and much more! If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on Instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media, with your friends and family, and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it helps a ton!).
Join Julia and Meghan in the reading and discussing of the prologue and first chapter of The Fellowship Of The Ring. On top of going over what they read, Julia says "cute" and "interesting" a little too much, Meghan laughs at Julia's mistakes in predictions, and they try to figure out if express trains existed during the time of the story. And why did Julia ever think Gandalf sold fireworks to children? If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on instagram @longexpectedpod. Share the podcast on social media and with your friends and family!
A formal apology for any audio errors during the recording of this podcast. Julia and Meghan, like Hobbits, are not technologically inclined, and promise that the audio will improve as the episodes progress.
In this introduction episode, Julia (clueless on all things LOTR) and Meghan (unbelievably knowledgable) introduce themselves as well as their own respective experiences with the LOTR books, and all they know of the series, as they dive into this reading adventure. If you want to follow along, you can find A Long Expected Podcast on all podcasting platforms and on instagram @longexpectedpod.