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With this release Hawke has now caught up on all the episodes we have recorded so far. We expect to record the next episode on Sunday, January 11. If all goes according to plan that episode should be available within a few days after that.

Chris Seeman will be a guest on the show for Episode 10. I'm not yet sure when that episode will be recorded.

Episode 8
Recorded December 28th, 2008.
Duration: 23 minutes, 23 seconds.
File size: 20.6 MB.

Ainur - Children of Hurin (2007) Album Cover www.ainur.it

Opening Music: "Turin's Madness" by Ainur from their album "Children of Hurin" (2007).

Topics covered:

• IGN's Review of "The Hobbit" game for nintendo.
• The Tolkien-inspired Italian music group from Italy, working on their third album.
• Local theater productions of The Hobbit
• The Hobbit Tour registry is now open.
• Rumours continue to be argued about "The Hobbit" movie being pushed back to 2012
• Dirk Vander Ploeg Explores Middle-earth, archaeological "evidence" that hobbits, dragons, etc. once existed. ;-)
• "The Hobbit" species debate.
• A recording of Tolkien talking about Middle-earth, that much of the tragedy of Middle-earth is the fault of the Valar.
• Some Video Plugs from Michael Martinez, including Tolkien videos.
• Howard Shore symphony in Malaysia, a reviewer there compared Tolkien to Wagner (yet another one).

Closing Music: "Shuddering Water" by Ainur from their album "Children of Hurin" (2007)

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