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The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

October 13, 2026

In this season finale of The Classical Mind, Father Wesley Walker and Dr. Junius Johnson bring their epic journey through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy to a close with The Return of the King. Picking up from the alternating structural threads of the narrative, Junius and Wesley delve into why Book Five stands out as a high-water mark for epic storytelling. They unpack Tolkien’s mastery of war narrative—drawing comparisons to Homer’s Iliad—showing how Middle-earth’s sweeping m...

Bonus Episode: The Fall of Arthur with Malcolm Guite

September 21, 2026

Dr. Junius Johnson and Fr. Wesley Walker are joined by poet-priest-scholar Malcolm Guite for a deep dive into J.R.R. Tolkien’s unfinished alliterative poem, The Fall of Arthur — and make the case that it deserves to be read as seriously as anything else in Tolkien’s body of work.Recommended Reading* Malcolm: The Inklings and King Arthur, ed. Sørina Higgins * Junius: Marie Borroff’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight* Wesley: Malcolm Guite’s Galahad and the Grail (with The Coming o...

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

September 01, 2026

The middle book of a trilogy is always the dark one, and The Two Towers is no exception. Fr. Wesley Walker and Dr. Junius Johnson return to Middle-earth for the second leg of The Lord of the Rings, and this time things really are on the edge of the knife.Gollum, Hugh of Saint Victor, Ents and the Entmoot, Gimli, Sarumon and Gandalf, and Boromir and Faramir. It’s all there!Endnotes* Junius: Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún * Wesley’s endnote: Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth ...

Amon Sûl · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners

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The Classical Mind typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Established expertise or professional work in great books, Tolkien and Lewis studies, Christian literary thought, poetry, theology, or documentary filmmaking. Common among recent guests: Published books or scholarship; Recognized creative work in poetry or documentary filmmaking; Subject-matter expertise in Tolkien, Lewis, the Inklings, or classical literature. Recent guests include Malcolm Guite and Kirk Manton.

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