{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"0247 - The Good News of the Return of the King: An Interview with Michael Jahosky","description":"On episode 247, John visits with Michael Jahosky, author of the book The Good News of the Return of the King. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Purchase The Good News of the Return of the King\u00bb https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gSos5d For more info on Michael, visit his website \u00bb https:\/\/mythicmission.com\/&amp;nbsp; Topics include: &amp;nbsp; - Michael's inspiration for this book \u00bb 5:15 - Lord of the Rings as Michael's &quot;road to Jerusalem&quot; \u00bb 7:37 - Lord of the Rings and the sensation of reality \u00bb 14:10 - Non-Christian mythological elements in Lord of the Rings \u00bb 22:15 - Allegory, Fairy-story, Parables, and Tolkien \u00bb 27:51 - Lord of the Rings as &quot;Good News&quot; \u00bb 42:32 - Thorin as King David \u00bb 53:00 - The Debate of Finrod and Andreth \u00bb 57:45&amp;nbsp; 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:  Liis U Andrew T John R Ms. Anonymous Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea with Tolkien 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 Johanna T Mike M Robert H Paul D 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\/19593908\/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\/106097639"}