122 – The Digital Mead-Hall: TexMoot 2019 Keynote Presentation

In January, Alan and Shawn were honored to be the keynote speakers at Signum University’s second annual Texas Literature & Language Symposium (“TexMoot”) in Waco, Texas! Our talk, recorded live, explored podcasts as modern-day mead-halls providing a virtual place for communities to come together around a work of literature. We shared our experience of seeing a community of Tolkien fans build up around our own podcast, cracked the kind of jokes that can only happen in front of a live audience, and even trotted out a few old favorites.

Recommended Reading:

Tolkien, J. R. R. (translator) Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (Mariner Books, paperback)

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