# Podcasts you both love and hate

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** middle-earth, radio-podcast\
**Created:** [November 26, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153 "2025-11-26T13:30:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153/1 "2025-11-26T13:30:44Z")

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I’ve been listening to the Prancing Pony podcast, which is what got me started on this thought. They do a deep dive on Tolkien’s work: The Hobbit, LOTR, the Simarillion. Really excellent word-nerdery and detailed analysis. But they also never miss a chance to sh\*t on Jackson’s films, make annoying digressions on other topics, or beat a funny quote into the ground (yes, Monty Python is funny, but I’m here for the Tolkien). Any podcasts you folks can’t miss but also slightly dread?

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