Fantasy Classics Episodes
Explore discussions around timeless fantasy series and narratives that have shaped the genre, celebrating both their historical significance and lasting impacts.
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Oct. 20, 2022
Best Of Mythmakers Replay: Oxford As A Fantasy Hotspot
Today we're re-releasing one of our most popular podcasts! Why is Oxford, England, such a fantasy hotspot? From Lewis Carroll to Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne-Jones to Deborah Harkness, it has inspired writers and is even the location for many fantasy stories. It is famously home of the Inklings whose leading figures, Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, established two of the biggest fantasy worlds yet invented. So what's the secret? Is it the university with its exchange of ideas, the beautiful built enviro...
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Sept. 28, 2022
Everything You Need To Know About The Silmarillion But Were Too Afraid To Ask (Part 2)
Best place to go into exile
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Sept. 21, 2022
Everything You Need To Know About The Silmarillion But Were Too Afraid To Ask
Best place to go into exile
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Aug. 17, 2022
What about the stone-giants? A user's guide to the giantic in Tolkien and elsewhere - Part 2
Best place to be a giant
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Aug. 9, 2022
What about the stone-giants? A user's guide to the giantic in Tolkien and elsewhere - Part 1
Best place to be a giant
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July 28, 2022
A Publisher's Perspective: the Pushkin Press and Fantasy in Translation Part 1 of 2 - Guest Daniel Seton
Best places for booksellers
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June 6, 2022
From Fairly Odd-Parents To The Garden: A Life In Animation With Butch Hartman
Guest Butch Hartman -- Best Place To Be A Fairy Godmother
June 2, 2022
Bonus Podcast: Top Ten Fantasy Royals
As we celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's platinum Jubilee, we are wondering who are your favourite fantasy royals? Author and Director of OCF, Julia Golding, has had a go at picking her top ten favourites. See if you agree with her. Is there anyone who should have made the list and been left out? And which is your favourite Middle-earth royal? Visit http://oxfordcentreforfantasy.org for great gift items, event information, and sign up for our newsletter for super surprises!
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May 30, 2022
King Arthur and the Tolkien Lecture
Guest Gabriel Schenk -- Best place for enchanted swords
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May 23, 2022
Top Five Fantasy Books - Audio Version With Guest Andrew Head
Best Place For Spoken Word
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May 16, 2022
From Dragon-ridden To Firebird Chronicles: The Wonderful Worlds Of TA White
Best Place For Maps
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March 24, 2022
Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? - The Return of the King Movie Reconsidered
Guest Jacob Rennaker
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March 10, 2022
Did Peter Jackson get it right? - The Two Towers movie reconsidered - with Jacob Rennaker
Guest Jacob Rennaker
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March 3, 2022
Did Peter Jackson Get It Right? - The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Reconsidered
Guest Jacob Rennaker
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Feb. 3, 2022
Bingo, Odo and Frodo: Tolkien, Lewis And The Discovery Writer
With Host Julia Golding
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Jan. 12, 2022
Review of The Nature of Middle-earth by JRR Tolkien ed. Carl F. Hostetter
With Julia Golding
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Dec. 24, 2021
William Morris - the incredible life of the man who influenced the Inklings
Guest Ingrid Hanson