I have recently stumbled upon the Lorehounds when I was looking for a deeper dive into Dune Prophecy. I have been a huge fan of Dune since the 1984 Dune (David Lynch RIP). Not only do they cover Dune, Wheel Of Time, Rings of Power and so many others. I have so much content to listen to. The time and effort put into these shows is incredible, these people know the material inside and out and will give you so many different perspectives. I like how intelligent the conversation is but also keeping it fun with loads of humour.

Love the detail and knowledge they present, especially concerning the Tolkien and Star Trek episodes.

Started following this podcast after they started doing their Rings of Power overviews. I haven’t read the Silmarillion in many years and these guys can really distill that lore down in nice bite sized and relevant chunks to give me that deeper context for that is being shown and refresh my memory. They also usually have a lore expert for that property and a more casual fan involved in any podcast that gives you a really balanced perspective for things. Marilyn’s addition to the show is lovely this season helping me with pronunciation and I love it.

This pod has gotten harder to listen to with Elysia getting super nit picky in their coverage of Dune Prophecy. Not that I entirely disagree with everything she says but it’s just not fun or interesting to listen to that much complaining. She also does this thing where she corrects every mispronunciation, gets hung up on every micro detail, and qualifies everything she says with verbose justifications. It’s super irritating. But I can’t take any one seriously who thinks that Amazon’s The Wheel of Time is a better show than Dune Prophecy anyway. In their coverage of The Rings of Power they speak with a Tolkien scholar and she is a total delight and makes me want to tune in for all things LoTR. So it’s really a mixed bag.