76 episodes

Welcome to “Watch Party: Lord of the Rings”! If you‘ve just wandered in, don‘t worry, you‘re not lost! Join Jen and Michael as they delve too greedily and too deep into Middle Earth in anticipation of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series on Amazon Prime. Stay up to date on casting announcements and set leaks, speculate about the plot, all while rekindling your love of all things Tolkien.

If you want to join the conversation, please email us at Watchpartylotr@gmail.com. We‘d love to hear from you! Hopefully Barliman Butterbur remembers to give us the message,

Watch Party: Lord of the Rings Watch Party

    • TV & Film
    • 4.6 • 9 Ratings

Welcome to “Watch Party: Lord of the Rings”! If you‘ve just wandered in, don‘t worry, you‘re not lost! Join Jen and Michael as they delve too greedily and too deep into Middle Earth in anticipation of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series on Amazon Prime. Stay up to date on casting announcements and set leaks, speculate about the plot, all while rekindling your love of all things Tolkien.

If you want to join the conversation, please email us at Watchpartylotr@gmail.com. We‘d love to hear from you! Hopefully Barliman Butterbur remembers to give us the message,

    71 - Tolkien Reading Day 2023 - Travel and Adventure

    71 - Tolkien Reading Day 2023 - Travel and Adventure

    We may be on a podcasting hiatus, but we had to take a break from our sojourn to celebrate the greatest holiday of the year - Tolkien Reading Day! This year's theme is Travel and Adventure, and we both took the opportunity to fondly reminisce about our childhood travels. We hope you spent the day curled up with your favorite Tolkien tale!
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    REFERENCES:
    A Long Expected Soundscape
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 33 min
    70 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Lore Panel (FULL BOOK SPOILERS)

    70 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Lore Panel (FULL BOOK SPOILERS)

    Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans and several panelists for their Episode 8 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our lore panel, Strider, Lakhitia, and Dave and Johnny from the Council of Elrond podcast. 
    Thank you all for hanging with us these past 8 weeks. Making food, mixing cocktails, answering trivia, and chatting during our streams. It has been such a pleasure and we already can't wait for next season! 
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    REFERENCES
    Panel 1 (Hosted by Jen):
    Tricia - https://anchor.fm/beyondthescreenplay |https://twitter.com/TriciaJeanA 
    Lottie - https://shellcottageradio.podbean.com/ 
    Jon - https://www.youtube.com/c/WoTUp 
    Panel 2 (Hosted by Mike):
    Strajder : https://twitter.com/Strajder10
    Lakhitia: https://twitter.com/Lakhitia 
    Dave and Johnny: https://linktr.ee/themellonheads    
    FELLOWSHIP OF FANS:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipo...
    Website - https://fellowshipoffans.com
    Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fof_ringsofpower
    Discord - https://discord.gg/vF3tdTZHas
    Subreddit - https://reddit.com/r/FellowshipofFans
    Producer: Kyle - https://twitter.com/Kromesthete
    This week's community contributors:
    Custom cocktail provided by : https://twitter.com/LiquorLore
    Artwork provided by Spiros Gelakas : https://en.spirosgelekas.com/| Use MIDDLEEARTH at checkout to get 12% off any item in his Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpirosGelekasArt?section_id=31356330
    Special thanks to our mods:
    @Roäc (Katie)
    @Varking Runesong : https://twitter.com/VarkingRunesong
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 3 hr 6 min
    69 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Newbie Panel (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

    69 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Newbie Panel (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

    Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans, and several panelists including special guests Dave and Johnny from the Council of Elrond podcast for their Episode 8 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our newbie panel, composed entirely of newbies not familiar with the books or Second Age lore. Today it's the full panel, with Jen, Tricia from Beyond the Screenplay, Jon from WotUp!, and Lottie from Shell Cottage Radio. 
    Thank you all for hanging with us these past 8 weeks. Making food, mixing cocktails, answering trivia, and chatting during our streams. It has been such a pleasure and we already can't wait for next season! 
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    REFERENCES
    Panel 1 (Hosted by Jen):
    Tricia - https://anchor.fm/beyondthescreenplay |https://twitter.com/TriciaJeanA 
    Lottie - https://shellcottageradio.podbean.com/ 
    Jon - https://www.youtube.com/c/WoTUp 
    Panel 2 (Hosted by Mike):
    Strajder : https://twitter.com/Strajder10
    Lakhitia: https://twitter.com/Lakhitia 
    Dave and Johnny: https://linktr.ee/themellonheads    
    FELLOWSHIP OF FANS:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipo...
    Website - https://fellowshipoffans.com
    Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fof_ringsofpower
    Discord - https://discord.gg/vF3tdTZHas
    Subreddit - https://reddit.com/r/FellowshipofFans
    Producer: Kyle - https://twitter.com/Kromesthete
    This week's community contributors:
    Custom cocktail provided by : https://twitter.com/LiquorLore
    Artwork provided by Spiros Gelakas : https://en.spirosgelekas.com/| Use MIDDLEEARTH at checkout to get 12% off any item in his Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpirosGelekasArt?section_id=31356330
    Special thanks to our mods:
    @Roäc (Katie)
    @Varking Runesong : https://twitter.com/VarkingRunesong
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 57 min
    68 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Hot Takes - Alloyed

    68 - The Rings of Power, Episode 8 | Hot Takes - Alloyed

    Michael and Jen break down the season finale of the season one of The Rings of Power, "Alloyed." This episode includes spoilers.
    See you all on October 16th for our livestream with Fellowship of Fans for a more in-depth analysis, art raffle, featured cosplay, and more! https://www.youtube.com/c/FellowshipofFans/featured 
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 1 hr 48 min
    67 - The Rings of Power, Episode 7 | Lore Panel (FULL BOOK SPOILERS)

    67 - The Rings of Power, Episode 7 | Lore Panel (FULL BOOK SPOILERS)

    Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans and several other panelists for their Episode 7 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our lore panel, Fellowship of Fans himself, Strider, Chen, and special guest James Tauber of Digital Tolkien fame. 
    Join us LIVE next Sunday at 2:45 pm EST for our Season Finale After Party! There are so many ways to engage with our Watch Party, so watch our Twitter for announcements regarding food recipes, custom cocktails, featured artists and raffles, trivia, and more. Send us pics of your home watch parties, and use #FoFWatchParty to engage with our community! 
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    REFERENCES
    Panel 1 (Hosted by Jen):
    Lottie - https://shellcottageradio.podbean.com/ 
    Aubreigh - http://www.twopencecreative.com/ 
    Panel 2 (Hosted by Mike):
    Strajder : https://twitter.com/Strajder10
    Chen: https://twitter.com/ChenG03721819
    Harry (Fellowship): https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans 
    James Tauber: https://digitaltolkien.com/ | https://twitter.com/DigitalTolkien | https://ringswrapup.com/   
    FELLOWSHIP OF FANS:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipo...
    Website - https://fellowshipoffans.com
    Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fof_ringsofpower
    Discord - https://discord.gg/vF3tdTZHas
    Subreddit - https://reddit.com/r/FellowshipofFans
    Producer: Kyle - https://twitter.com/Kromesthete
    This week's community contributors:
    Custom cocktail provided by : https://twitter.com/LiquorLore
    Food recipe provided by Chris-Rachael Oseland, author of "An Unexpected Cookbook": http://thegart.com/ 
    Artwork provided by TheNerdyAlchemist : https://twitter.com/tnerdyalchemist | Use ROPWATCHPARTY at checkout to get 20% off any item in her Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheNerdyAlchemist 
    Special thanks to our mods:
    @Roäc (Katie)
    @Varking Runesong : https://twitter.com/VarkingRunesong
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 2 hr 43 min
    66 - The Rings of Power, Episode 7 | Newbie Panel (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

    66 - The Rings of Power, Episode 7 | Newbie Panel (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

    Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans, special guest James Tauber (Digital Tolkien), and several other panelists for their Episode 7 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our newbie panel, composed entirely of newbies not familiar with the books or Second Age lore. Today we've got Lottie from Shell Cottage Radio and our old friend Aubreigh. *NOTE* We experienced some technical difficulties with this panel so the audio is not up to our normal standards. 
    Join us LIVE next Sunday at 2:45 pm EST for our Season Finale After Party! There are so many ways to engage with our Watch Party, so watch our Twitter for announcements regarding food recipes, custom cocktails, featured artists and raffles, trivia, and more. Send us pics of your home watch parties, and use #FoFWatchParty to engage with our community! 
    Want to join the watch party? Contact us:
    Email: watchpartylotr@gmail.com
    Twitter: @LOTRParty ; https://twitter.com/LotrParty 
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WatchpartyLoTR 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchpartylotronprime/ 
    REFERENCES
    Panel 1 (Hosted by Jen):
    Lottie - https://shellcottageradio.podbean.com/ 
    Aubreigh - http://www.twopencecreative.com/ 
    Panel 2 (Hosted by Mike):
    Strajder : https://twitter.com/Strajder10
    Chen: https://twitter.com/ChenG03721819
    Harry (Fellowship): https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans 
    James Tauber: https://digitaltolkien.com/ | https://twitter.com/DigitalTolkien | https://ringswrapup.com/   
    FELLOWSHIP OF FANS:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/FellowshipFans
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipo...
    Website - https://fellowshipoffans.com
    Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fof_ringsofpower
    Discord - https://discord.gg/vF3tdTZHas
    Subreddit - https://reddit.com/r/FellowshipofFans
    Producer: Kyle - https://twitter.com/Kromesthete
    This week's community contributors:
    Custom cocktail provided by : https://twitter.com/LiquorLore
    Food recipe provided by Chris-Rachael Oseland, author of "An Unexpected Cookbook": http://thegart.com/ 
    Artwork provided by TheNerdyAlchemist : https://twitter.com/tnerdyalchemist | Use ROPWATCHPARTY at checkout to get 20% off any item in her Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheNerdyAlchemist 
    Special thanks to our mods:
    @Roäc (Katie)
    @Varking Runesong : https://twitter.com/VarkingRunesong
    CREDITS
    Intro and Outro Music: Sunday For Larks, written by Matthew Rolland and performed by Run Boy Run. https://www.runboyrunband.com/
    Logo by Aubreigh Brunschwig 
    This is a production of the Watch Party Podcast Network.

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

MRPLBN ,

Enthusiasm, dedication, and the best theme music ever!

Just listening to the opening bars of their theme song puts a smile on my face and sets my toes tapping. Jen and Michael have really found their stride, and are deeply connected to the Tolkien community, particularly its podcasters. They’ve identified their criteria for evaluating adaptations of Tolkien’s writings, and offer enjoyable analysis without gatekeeping or purity tests. And wow, are they faithful to the crazy release schedule that Amazon has unleashed upon the Tolkien community with all its teasers and reveal articles! Give them a listen and see if you aren’t drawn in, too.

Varking ,

Absolutely surprised with how great this podcast is!

I just recently found out about this podcast and I just keep listening, episode after episode. Its one of the few places that consistently take an even keel stance when it comes to news about the show on Prime. The content is top notch and the sound is as well. This is an efficiently produced podcast and I am looking forward to hearing more!

The MurFam ,

FINALLY!

...a good podcast about the upcoming Amazon Lord of the Rings series!!!

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