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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: 138. What Tolkien Really Thinks About Politicians - The Hobbit #25
Description: Tolkien makes it pretty clear what he thinks about politicians in this chapter… While Thorin and company regain their royal swagger, the Master of Laketown plots to save his own skin and run them out of town.
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