001 - In Defense of Fantasy

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In the first episode, get to know your hosts, Alan and Shawn, and learn about why we started The Prancing Pony Podcast. We also discuss favorite moments from the life of J.R.R. Tolkien as told in Humphrey Carpenter's biography, and introduce Tolkien's ideas about the nature and purpose of fantasy as described in his famous essay "On Fairy-Stories".

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