The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Brought up on Kill Tony, Distractible, Modern Wisdom, Freakonomics Radio, Lex Fridman Podcast and Candace, most recently on 2026-09-01 — 6 shows, 6 episodes.

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Where it came up

• Kill Tony · KT #783 - GARY OWEN + BRIAN SIMPSON · at 36:56 · 2026-09-01

  “It is like a Lord of the Rings for people who want to watch something less gay.”Discussed

• Distractible · Smell My Touch · at 14:21 · 2026-08-31

  “You're like Sam Wise Game in Lord of the Rings. You're like, 'This is it. If I go this way to the store, I'll be the furthest from home I've ever been.'”Mentioned

• Modern Wisdom · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 · at 20:00 · 2026-08-29

  “It's where J.R. Tolkien and CS Lewis used to meet up. Tolkien would give CS Lewis his draft of the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings.”Discussed

• Freakonomics Radio · 682. Should A.I. Move to Space? | Freakonomics Radio · at 8:51 · 2026-07-24

  “kind of like Gollum versus Smeagol in Lord of the Rings”Mentioned

• Lex Fridman Podcast · Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle | Lex Fridman Podcast #489 · at 1:13:15 · 2026-01-13

  “But they'd find the time to give us an hour of reading every night, whether it was Lord of the Rings or Sherlock Holmes or Jane Goodall.”Mentioned

• Candace · From WW3 To McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines: All Conspiracies Connected | Candace Ep 199 · at 45:03 · 2025-06-12

  “Yeah, in the Lord of the Rings, the Palunteer is the crazy ball that Saruman puts his hand on and he sees anything he wants to see. It's the allseeing eye kind of thing.”Discussed

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien Modern Wisdom
• · The hero with a thousand facesJoseph Campbell Modern Wisdom
• · The OdysseyΌμηρος Modern Wisdom
• · The epic of GilgameshBenjamin R. Foster Modern Wisdom
• · The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald Modern Wisdom
• · East of EdenJohn Steinbeck Modern Wisdom
• · Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen Modern Wisdom
• · The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt Modern Wisdom
• · StonerJohn Williams Modern Wisdom
• · What Is Intelligence?Blaise Aguera y Arcas Freakonomics Radio
• · Jungle KeeperPaul Rosolie Lex Fridman Podcast
• · Mother of GodPaul Rosolie Lex Fridman Podcast

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