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  <title>Episode 21: The Lord of the Rings with Dr. Ellen Meiser</title>
  <description>On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Ellen Meiser of The Social Breakdown Podcast and I tackle the epic High Fantasy Trilogy: The Lord of the Rings . We talk about terrorism, tourism, and meme culture before getting into The Masculinity, sexuality, racism and power dynamics in Middle Earth. Listen up, or &amp;quot;YOU SHALL NOT PASS!&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp; Intro: 0:00-5:15  Not being a Good student&amp;amp;nbsp; Dr. Meiser's Previous Episodes&amp;amp;nbsp; Peter Jackson's Version&amp;amp;nbsp;  Basics: 5:15-21:42  Production&amp;amp;nbsp; Trivia&amp;amp;nbsp; Plot Filling in the Gaps&amp;amp;nbsp;  Historical Context: 21:55-54:05  Dr. Meiser's Initial Thoughts&amp;amp;nbsp; Book Talk (WWI) and its impact&amp;amp;nbsp; The Odessy to find a Production Company LOTR Meme Culture&amp;amp;nbsp; The Films as Soft Power&amp;amp;nbsp; New Zealand GDP and Tourism&amp;amp;nbsp; Escapism from the realities of Terrorism&amp;amp;nbsp; Sociological World Building&amp;amp;nbsp;  Social Analysis 54:20-96:00  Masculinity in Middle-Earth&amp;amp;nbsp; Power Dynamics of the Realm&amp;amp;nbsp; Lack of Female Representation&amp;amp;nbsp; Sexuality of the Fellowship&amp;amp;nbsp; Environmentalism vs. Industry&amp;amp;nbsp; Colonialism and Race&amp;amp;nbsp; Major in Sociology&amp;amp;nbsp; Trauma Mental Illness and Drug Addiction&amp;amp;nbsp; The Importance of Friendship&amp;amp;nbsp;  Outtro 96:13-103:26  Plugs and banter&amp;amp;nbsp; @TheSocBreakdown @ThesociologistS The Sociologist's Dojo Blog&amp;amp;nbsp;  Global Perspectives on the Liminility of the Supernatural&amp;amp;nbsp;  &amp;amp;nbsp; Stick around for:  This becoming an ageism podcast for a few seconds&amp;amp;nbsp; A post script hint at Dr. Meiser's next episode&amp;amp;nbsp;  All clips used were done under Faire Use Links: Bush and Lord of the Rings Article&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;  Frodo, Thomas and The Supreme Court&amp;amp;nbsp;  Trump's Lawyer: &amp;quot; Gondor has No King&amp;quot; RW Connell's Masculinities&amp;amp;nbsp;  Naomi Kline's Disaster Capitalism&amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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