Episode 7: The Two Towers (feat. Elizabeth Achanta)   New year, new episode about The Lord of the Rings trilogy! Join us as we explore industrialism vs. nature with Merry, Pippin, and the Ents, fantasize about the Sir Ian McKellen-Cate Blanchett makeover montage that never was, try our best Gollum impressions, and swoon over Aragorn becoming the horse girl he was always meant to be.   Check out Elizabeth Achanta on The Slug Club Podcast: A Harry Potter Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!   Research for this episode: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3892&context=etd   https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-rings-of-power-explores-the-war-on-terror-legacy-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/   https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/5502-war-not-allegory-wwi-tolkien-and-the-lord-of-the-rings.html   http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/ovids-metamorphoses-ceres-and.html   ====================================   Watch Us on YouTube!    Follow Our Adventures on Social Media:   @notmyfantasypod Instagram TikTok   Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan (@culleneverafter).  This episode was edited by Hannah Sylvester.   Cover Art by William Callaghan Intro Music "Not My Fantasy Quest" by Scott Little (@scottlittlemusic).