{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"0241 - The History of Middle-earth - Vol. 8: The War of the Ring","description":"  On Episode 241, we are continuing our journey through The History of Middle-earth series as we survey volume 8, The War of the Ring, which is the third of 4 volumes dealing with the textual history of The Lord of the Rings. &amp;nbsp; Discover:&amp;nbsp;  A different version of Helm's Deep Tolkien's early sketches of Orthanc How Sam Gamgee was almost Sam Goodchild &quot;Nice Guy&quot; Denethor Are Shelob and Ungoliant Actually The Same? AND MORE!  Also: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  Guy Gavriel Kay delivers 2021 Tolkien Lecture    Join us! Become a patron of The Tolkien Road. For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit&amp;nbsp;TolkienRoad.com&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;Facebook.com\/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via&amp;nbsp;@TolkienRoad. This episode is executive produced by Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea With Tolkien, Liis U,&amp;nbsp;Andrew T,&amp;nbsp;John R,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Ms. Anonymous. Special thanks to the following patrons:  Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea with Tolkien Liis U Andrew T John R Ms. Anonymous Shannon S Brian O Emilio P Zeke F James A James L Chris L Chuck F Asya V Ish of the Hammer Teresa C David of&amp;nbsp;Pints with Jack Jonathan D Eric S Joey S Eric B Matt L Johanna T Mike M Dyrenair Robert H Paul D Jacob S Julia  ","author_name":"The Tolkien Road","author_url":"https:\/\/tolkienroad.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19095104\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00c441\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/103163804"}