Back from the holiday break, Angela and Kelsey take a playful, lore‑rich tour of Middle‑earth’s worst jobs. Ever wonder what it would be like to be a hobbit postman, or survive the deadly the mountain patrols past Shelob's lair? What about what it's really like to work for Barliman Butterbur? Or how about if you had to make a fleet of thousands of ships doomed to failure and alter the very nature of the universe?

Mixing humor and close reading, we explore thankless, hazardous, and even cosmically consequential roles and invite listeners to weigh in with their own picks. Check out Episode 7 - the Worst Jobs in Middle-Earth.

Hosts Angela and Kelsey explore a playful yet puzzling question: are animals in the Shire hobbit-sized or normal-sized? They sift through Tolkien's text, movie visuals, and whimsical speculation—covering cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, foxes, swans, and even the curious Badger Folk—to imagine how proportions would shape farming, safety, and daily life in Hobbiton. A cozy, humorous episode that blends lore, logistics, and fan theories to wander beyond the map and ask: How terrifying would the Shire be if animals weren’t scaled to hobbits?

Hosts Angela and Kelsey wander through the scariest corners of Middle-earth, focusing on First‑Age horrors such as Utumno, the deep, nameless things linked to Moria, Nan Dungortheb (the Valley of Dreadful Death) haunted by Ungoliant and giant spiders, and Tol‑In‑Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves and vampires where Sauron once held prisoners.

They discuss how evil can scar the land, the terrifying mysteries Tolkien only hints at, and why the Silmarillion-era First Age feels far darker than the later ages.