Beyond What You See: Recent Episodes
Sumayyah A.
Beyond What You See is a podcast where I talk about my favourite books (beginning with The Lord of the Rings) and all the ways that they resonate with me as a Muslim, a writer, and a human being.
In the first chapter of book two of The Fellowship of the Ring, we awaken, with some confusion, in Rivendell, safe from harm. There we meet many folk, old friends and new, and learn a little about what happened to Gandalf, with promise for more revelations to come!
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Sumayyah can be reached by email at beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com and is always up for a chat about this podcast, writing, and the Lord of the Rings series!
In this final chapter of book one of volume one of The Lord of the Rings, our Hobbits make with all possible haste towards Rivendell, with Frodo injured and the Black Riders hot on their trail. Along the way the revisit family history, meet a great Elf Lord, and strive valiantly against despair!
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Sumayyah can be reached by email at beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com and is always up for a chat about this podcast, writing, and the Lord of the Rings series!
Our Hobbits leave Bree accompanied by Strider and a recently liberated pony, beginning a journey of darkness and fear and discomfort brightened by moments of loveliness and hope.
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Sumayyah can be reached by email at beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com and is always up for a chat about this podcast and the Lord of the Rings series!
In which our hobbits learn that things are often more than they appear but not necessarily wicked (even if they look it), several messages are relayed, and trust is hard-won.
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Send an email to beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com about your thoughts on this and preceding chapters, how this series resonates with you, and/or what you think of the podcast! I don't bite, and I'm always down for a chat!
We arrive with our Hobbits at the welcoming inn of Bree, enjoy good food, talk perhaps too much, have a little accident, and find our worries return with a vengeance. To read more about Tolkien's use of the word 'ranger', click here!
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Send an email to beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com about your thoughts on this and preceding chapters, how this series resonates with you, and/or what you think of the podcast! I don't bite, and I'm always down for a chat!
Fog and fear overtake our Hobbits in this chapter of Lord of the Rings, and for a while we lose our way, following fell voices on the wind. But we hold to our purpose and keep heart, and emerge into the sunlight. Never lose hope! Help can appear in the most unexpected of places! To hear Jonna Jinton's beautiful kulning, click here!
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Send an email to beyondwhatyouseepodcast@gmail.com about your thoughts on this and the upcoming chapter, how this series resonates with you, and/or what you think of the podcast! I don't bite, and I'm always down for a chat!
We return to our LotR reread and are welcomed by the excellent hosts, Tom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry. There we feast on food and song and story, are reassured of the strength of sanctuary, and ponder what it is to be a Master. Hoping all of you are safe and healthy and hale in your own safe homes!
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We return to our LotR reread and venture into the Old Forest, an ancient ominous place of whispering trees and the anger of growing things routed. Along the way we fight against our mounting fear of the trees, fight off suffocating sleep, and make a new friend. Hey come, derry dol!
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We return to our LotR reread and are shown what true friendship is, realize the rippling effects of happy accidents, and wonder about our dreams as we duck into the friendly light of Frodo's house at Crickhollow.
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We return to our LotR reread and make new friends, realize even our mistakes may be good for us, and try to do our best with the little knowledge we have as Pippin, Sam, and Frodo draw ever nearer to Crickhollow while being pursued by Black Riders.
(Apologies for the audio volume, I'm still figuring it all out).
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We return to our LotR reread on this gloomy fall day and learn to listen to our intuition, be wary even at home, and love the stars as Frodo, Pippin, and Sam leave the Shire for Buckland on a late night journey.
We return after a long absence with chapter three of The Fellowship of the Ring! We talk about hope, pity, mercy, and giving people the dignity of their choice. We also hear from special guest, Lord of the Rings fan, and friend, Ahmed, and from Karin as well!
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We begin with chapter one of The Fellowship of the Ring, and talk about good character, generosity, the court of public opinion, attachment to the material world, and death! It's much less doom and gloom than it seems, I promise.
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This first episode is just to introduce the podcast and get some listeners, if you’re out there. Our next episode we will begin with chapter one of ’The Fellowship of the Ring’—A Long Expected Party. Make sure to read the chapter—I will be summarizing the events, and then moving onto quotes and connections and expanding from there.
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