{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Left Page - Episode 98 - The Hobbit: Hobbitual Fantasy","description":"Hello everyone!!  We're finally tackling Tolkien! And so here we are, at the beggining... In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit.  We go into Tolkien's role in fantasy, how The Hobbit still holds up as both a monument of fantasy and still an excellent book, and the resonance that this work has to fantasy still.  Thus we close off 2025 on The Left Page, by beggining Tolkien, with more to come!  Enjoy!   If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check out our Patreon! https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/leftpage&amp;nbsp; Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord! https:\/\/discord.gg\/J2wgG3yrPN  Intro Music: Ultralounge \u00b7 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music: Don't Leave! \u00b7 El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. From the Album: Zareef \u2117 2006 El-Funoun  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com\/privacy for more information. ","author_name":"The Left Page","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/leftpage","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40388620\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199460805"}