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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 311: Tolkien's Leaf by Niggle and Farmer Giles of Ham
Description: The boys drink and review Sweet Baby Banana by DuClaw, then discuss two short works by Tolkien.
In this latest installment of their "shortcut to the classics" series, Longinus joins Pigweed and Crowhill to review these two interesting stories.
Niggle is a quiet little man who would like to spend his life on his grand work, which was a painting of a tree. His neighbor, Parish, keeps interrupting him with irritating requests. Niggle helps Parish when he can, but fails to prepare for a long journey, and is caught unawares when the day comes.
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