The Signum Scene podcast covers Signum University news, Signum Symposia, and creator chats from Signum Plaza—engaging talks on literature for fans and scholars. Featuring event updates, faculty chats, MA student thesis presentations, and interviews with leading academics and creators, it offers something for everyone.
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Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor, and other experts on speculative fiction. Books are nominated and voted on by our supporters, and recordings are available for free via podcast and the Signum University YouTube channel.
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The Tolkien Professor podcast is a series of lectures, discussions, and seminars on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Corey Olsen, President of Signum University. All are welcome to enter – even those without any party business!
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New podcasts for 2015 from the UK's finest independent classical record label. Groups we work with include The King's Singers, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and soloists include Julian Bliss, Alessio Bax, Llŷr Williams and James Rhodes.
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Join The Tolkien Professor, Dr. Corey Olsen, on a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story, and explore Middle-earth through the magical game-world of Lord of the Rings Online.
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In the hallowed halls of Potterversity, hosts Katy McDaniel (Marietta College) and Emily Strand (Mt. Carmel College and Signum University) explore the Harry Potter series and wider Wizarding World from a critical academic perspective with scholars from a variety of fields, finding new ways to read and opening new doors. Made in association with MuggleNet.com.
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On Divine Aggression you will hear a variety of music from great Christian rock and metal bands. I play the latest from artists like Signum Regis, Disciple and Theocracy to more mainstream bands like Skillet, Stryper and 12 Stones.
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Welcome to Shifting Frequencies, a podcast experiment made by students at Kent State University. Volume 2 (2017): Obstacles Volume 1 (2016): Lifestyle Students were invited to produce a short podcast episode approximately 10-30 minutes in length, based on a theme. The themes are broad and provide students opportunity to create episodes closely tied to their areas of expertise and interests. Everyone had 2.5 weeks to create the podcast episode before uploading finished materials online. None ...
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Hardcore crypto nuance and developments for degens and bigbrains alike. Conversations and interviews with the top minds across blockchain, venture capital, defi, consumer apps, and gaming.
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Potterversity Episode 66: Back to Wizarding Business
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41:42Why is there a lack of service businesses in the wizarding world? Following up on our earlier episode about magical businesses, our technical director, Emma Nicholson, joins us to continue the conversation. Perhaps there aren't many businesses that provide services, as opposed to goods, to wizards because people with magical skills should be able t…
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626: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 105
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1:14:45Corey and Maggie return to the pilot of the new Pride and Prejudice project.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 105, recorded on June 30, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/ Signum Collaboratory https://c…
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624: SilmFilm 7-30: The Frame Story
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2:12:05The SilmFilm team returns for the penultimate session of Season 7. It is time to discuss the frame! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support The Tolkien ProfessorBy The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)
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625: SilmFilm 7-31: Music for Season 7
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2:19:42In the season finale of Season 7 of SilmFilm, Corey and Marie and Nick are joined by Phil Menzies to discuss his latest compositions! Support The Tolkien ProfessorBy The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)
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Session 340: The Company is Startled into Action
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1:44:54They are coming! But who is coming, and how? And what can we learn from the actions of the company as Doom drives them into action? Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the RingsBy Mythgard Institute
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Tonight we are catapulted back into action as the words of the long-studied Book of Mazarbul now spring to life and relevance for the Company. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the RingsBy Mythgard Institute
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The SilmFilm team returns with the second of the three episodes on the Battle itself. The hour of treachery has struck! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • …
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The SilmFilm Team returns, and it is time for the tears to flow unchecked. It is time for the grim season finale. Aure Entuluva! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support The Tolkien ProfessorBy The Tolkien Professor (Corey Olsen)
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MSA035: The Peoples of Middle-earth, Session 1
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1:24:01Tonight we begin our discussion of the final book in our decade-long study of the History of Middle-earth series! It is time for the Peoples of Middle-earth. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard AcademyBy Mythgard Institute
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621: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 104
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1:17:16Maggie and Corey return for another production meeting, planning Episode 1 of our forthcoming Austen analysis!Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 104, recorded on June 9, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.or…
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Thesis Theater: Jeffrey Wade, "Do the Inhabitants of Arda Know How Their Own Story Ends?"
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1:06:26This recording from June 4, 2025. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Jeffrey Wade on Thursday, June 4, 2025 at 5pm ET. This thesis concerns itself with the question of whether the inhabitants of Tolkien’s Arda possess an awareness of their creation’s eschatological end. It is not a study of Christian doctrine, Tolkien, or outside analys…
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Potterversity Episode 65: Potter & Trek Part 2 - The Reality Inside Your Head
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56:55We're voyaging out to the farthest reaches of space and into the deepest recesses of the mind for another look at Harry Potter and Star Trek. Potterversity regular Louise Freeman, a retired psychology professor and licensed behavioral analyst who previously joined us for two episodes on memory in Harry Potter, contacted us after our Star Trek episo…
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It's time at last to turn from Tolkien's images of the Book of Mazarbul and remember where we are. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the RingsBy Mythgard Institute
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 26
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1:24:53Tonight we draw towards the end of Adso's story. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard AcademyBy Mythgard Institute
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Thesis Theater: Fr. Andrew Damick, "Divine Council Theology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth"
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1:03:01This recording from May 30, 2025. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Father Andrew Damick on Friday, May 30, 2025 at 2pm ET. In J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, particularly in The Silmarillion and related material, the reader encounters divine beings, including the Valar, who are called gods in the text and by Tolkien himse…
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620: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 103
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1:18:33Maggie and Corey return, to invite their viewer to join them in a production meeting for the proposed new Pride and Prejudice pilot.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 103, recorded on June 2, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studi…
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 27
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2:08:55As we approach the end of our Name of the Rose discussion, we turn to the frame and the film adaptation. ntro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard AcademyBy Mythgard Institute
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Session 338: Gandalf Sees the Path Clearly
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1:35:44Join us as we watch Gandalf casually figure how to get out from the Chamber of Mazarbul. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the RingsBy Mythgard Institute
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 25
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1:32:48In which all that is hidden shall become known and that which is covered shall be revealed. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard AcademyBy Mythgard Institute
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Tonight we turn to the last page of Tolkien's illustration of the Book of Mazarbul, and Chad helps Corey interpret the final words of Balin's companions. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Support Mythgard's Exploring The Lord of the RingsBy Mythgard Institute
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Thesis Theater: Sarah Monnier, "Toward a Digital Edition of Widsið"
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56:29This recording from May 24, 2025. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Sarah Monnier on Friday, May 24, 2025 at 9am ET. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Classics, which generally means Greek and Latin language materials, are much more advanced in digital scholarship and resources than Germanic languages. While an enormous a…
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This episode contains an interview with author Brad Patty, whose novel Arms and White Samite is posted in the fiction submission hall of the Circulation Library. WE also update new things added to the Collaboratory since the last podcast was recorded. Support The Signum SceneBy Signum University
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Session 335: What Gandalf Spared Them
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2:02:12We return to the book and Ori's beautiful Tengwar, only to read the most grim passage that Gandalf skimmed over. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https:/…
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618: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 101
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1:37:41Welcome behind the scenes, as Corey and Maggie record a FanTrack commentary on Rings of Power Season 2, Ep 2.Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim?ref=user_menuOther Minds and H…
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619: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 102
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1:27:31Corey and Maggie, excited by their first experiment, are trying another FanTracks recording, watching Andor, s1e1 together.Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 102, recorded on May 12, 2025.For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signum…
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Thesis Theater: Kimberly McKinney, "Ecology, Eucatastrophe, and Estel"
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55:42This recording from May 7, 2025. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Kimberly McKinney on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 10am ET. J. R. R. Tolkien’s tales about Middle-earth were designed to provide a conceivable mythological history for the existing world. Due to this intentional connection, his secondary, fictional world reflects many famil…
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 24
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1:18:33It is time for the final confrontation, in which William almost misses his date with the murderer. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event…
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In this episode of the Storyweb, host Christopher Bartlett takes the listeners on a tour of what is already in the Fiction Hall of the Signum University Collaboratory’s circulation library. He gives an overview of each of the works one may find there, and urges subscribers to engage with the authors of these works. To contact Christopher Bartlett, …
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Session 334: The Orthography of Ori
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2:09:47Corey returns, once more with the assistance and advice of the inimitable Chad Bornholdt, to the Book of Mazarbul. Tonight, we examine Ori's script! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can …
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Potterversity Episode 64: Where No Potter Podcast Has Gone Before
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1:13:57Space: the final frontier. Our Prime Directive: to boldly examine what Harry Potter has in common with Star Trek. Hosts Katy and Emily and producer Laurie have found themselves making Star Trek references on past episodes and realized that while Harry Potter is often compared to Star Wars, the future United Federation of Planets is less commonly pu…
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617: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 100
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1:25:49In their centennial episode, Maggie and Corey talk about some future plans and discuss adaptation analysis possibilities with the attendees.Thank you for your support for our project. Rings & Realms:The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/signumu/ringsandrealms-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim…
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 22
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1:30:10In Tonight's class, we return to Jorge's sermon and draw one step closer to the Day of the Wrath of the Lord. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the cam…
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Session 333: More Cirth! The Real Book of Mazarbul Continues...
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2:15:39Tonight, Corey continues to learn the Cirth with Chad Bornholdt's help, and we read more of what Gandalf did not. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch the recordings here. • https:…
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 21
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1:33:29Following the inquisition, we relax with a nice sermon from Jorge, the prologue for yet another murder. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign …
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Session 332: The Rosetta Stone of Mazarbul
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1:53:41Tonight we look at Tolkien's Book of Mazarbul illustrations, putting ourselves in Gandalf's shoes and puzzling out the text, with the help of special guest Chad Bornholdt! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign eve…
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MSA034: The Name of the Rose, Session 23
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1:30:44As we draw ever closer to the end of the mystery and the identity of the Forbidden Book of Horrible Death, we will definitely not talk about Adso's dream. Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ ) Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annua…
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Introducing Storyweb, a new series of chats with authors and creators from the Signum Plaza. Support The Signum SceneBy Signum University
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In this inaugural episode of the Storyweb series, Christopher Bartlett interviews Sparrow Alden about her history and process as a writer. They discuss A Flash of Wings, Sparrow’s anthology of flash fiction that appears in the Signum University Collaboratory. https://collaboratory.signumuniversity.org/library/37 Support The Signum Scene…
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Potterversity Episode 63: The Business of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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1:06:49Let's get down to business - in both the wizarding world and the fandom. Abigail Kohler, adjunct lecturer at Brown University's Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, is relatively new to Harry Potter but was quickly introduced to scholarship on the series through the Harry Potter Academic Conference at Chestnut Hill College. In her own presentation a…
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616: SilmFilm 7-27: Season 7 Casting
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2:13:42It's time for the Season 7 Casting episode on SilmFilm, where we review the voting and find out which actors are going to get their big breaks! Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv Thank you for your support for our Annual Fundraising Campaign. If you missed the campaign event broadcasts, you can watch…
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