It’s a rare and beautiful thing to meet someone with whom you discover so much in common. Not just experiences, but sentiment and aspiration. That’s how I felt after taping a podcast with Evan, best known for his viral Twitter account, @MidddleearthMixr. Going into this conversation about Tolkien and the relevant philosophy of The Lord of the Rings, I didn’t realize I knew Evan from my professional walk. We had a connection. Beyond that, we shared a similar sort of awakening in how we returned to the well of stories that delighted us as children…drawing from them something to help us in adulthood. What Star Wars is to me, Tolkien’s works are to Evan. This was a podcast I had planned to only be 45 minutes, but we couldn’t stop, so it’s more like 90 minutes. I can confirm though, it’s worth every second.
My hope is that you’ll walk away from this encouraged to embrace the stories that move you and listen to what they say. When you were young, you understood certain truths so much more clearly than you do now. In this mashup between MiddleearthMixr and Geeky Stoics, you’ll learn why.
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