Interviews

“This ‘pre-podcast’ interview wasn’t meant to be recorded, but, by ‘accident’, I hit the skype record button when we began talking. Who has heard of Dr. Gerald Schroeder? In most scientific circles, Dr. Schroeder commands respect from his academic efforts while his humility and endless gregarious nature do not fail

This is my 3rd interview with Dr. Verlyn Flieger. Verlyn Flieger, one of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars, has offered her time and friendship to discuss with me her unpublished book, “Chancer and the Orphan Child”. It is a story of revelation to true identity, pasts remembered, sacrifice, death following

Verlyn Flieger (born 1933) is an author, editor, and Professor Emerita in the Department of English at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she taught courses in comparative mythology, medieval literature, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. She is well known as a Tolkien scholar, especially for her books Splintered Light and A Question

We are honored to have one of the world’s greatest linguists on our site. Dr. Anna Meskhi is a Professor at Caucasus University and holds a PhD in Germanic Languages and the Theory of Linguistics. She is an established scholar of the English language and of teaching methods for foreign

We are honored to have one of the world’s greatest linguists on our site. Dr. Anna Meskhi is a Professor at Caucasus University and holds a PhD in Germanic Languages and the Theory of Linguistics. She is an established scholar of the English language and of teaching methods for foreign

Vocalist, harper and scholar Benjamin Bagby, who was captivated by medieval music as a boy, has been an important figure in the field of medieval musical performance for over 20 years. He was the first graduate to earn a voice degree specializing in early music at the Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio,

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bagby was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Bagby founded the ensemble Sequentia with Barbara Thornton in 1977. This group takes an innovative approach to medieval repertoires, especially with respect to their treatment of mode: they rely on the harmonic qualities of their voices to guide them through the different modes.

Jump starting our study on J.R.R. Tolkien, I am honored to present the Elvish voice behind Peter Jackson’s film trilogy of The Lord of the Ring’s, “The Two Towers”. Sheila Chandra, our honored guest, sang in Elvish ( Quenyan ) with Howard Shore’s score for, “The Grace of the Valar”

Kyle Jones interviews the world’s leading Egyptologist and Biblical scholar, David Rohl, who takes the listening audience on a journey to reestablish Biblical chronology to a true history. David and Kyle discuss David’s travels back into the literal Eden, the Nilotic/ Hamitic-Egyptian Genesis, Winkler’s Site 26 -‘the boat people in