About The Middle-earth Radio Talk Show

The Middle-earth Radio Talk Show with hosts Hawke and Michael Martinez.

The show is currently recorded each Sunday night (usually) around 10:00 pm Pacific Time, with the edited show downloads or podcasts available within the week (usually). Plans are in the works for making this show a live broadcast eventually, with live guests and live audience participation through the chat rooms.

Guest speakers are also being arranged to participate in the show.

Listeners can download all the previous shows here: http://www.middle-earthtalk.com/archives/

Or listen to the show streamed (randomly or by request) here: http://playlist.middleearthradio.com/playlist/playlist.php?search=Talk

 You can post questions in the Forums here: http://www.middle-earthtalk.com/forum/shows

Michael Martinez is the author of:

• Visualizing Middle-earth
• Parma Endorion: Essays on Middle-earth, 3rd Edition.
• Understanding Middle-earth, published by Vivisphere in 2003.

From Mr. Martinez's website at www.michael-martinez.com:

"Recognized around the world as one of the leading authorities on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Martinez has shared his knowledge and insights on Middle-earth with other fans in the online world for many years. His books and essays have been translated into Polish, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Greek, Hebrew, Portuguese, and Finnish. But though he is best known for his research into Tolkien's chief literary creation, this versatile author has garnered respect and acknowledgement in more than one field.

Most of Michael's early professional career was devoted to the family of Business Basic programming languages which were developed for mini-computers in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and then ported to UNIX and PC operating systems in the 1980s. A former employee of Basis International, one of the leading vendors of Business Basic, Michael has written numerous technical papers and articles on programming techniques and methodologies. He has worked as a consultant, IT manager, programmer, and teacher for many companies.

You can view a list of his works and contributing works at http://www.michael-martinez.com/articles-and-essays.html "

Among many other endeavors, Hawke has been interested in Tolkien since the late 1970's. He is founder and co-editor of the quarterly publication Other Minds Magazine ( http://www.omzine.org ) publishing since 2005.

He is the founder and organizer of TolkienMoot ( http://www.tolkienmoot.org ) (formerly  MerpCon ( http://www.merpcon.org )), an annual convention dedicated fans, scholars, and others interested in J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's Middle-earth. Hawke has published a small number of essays on J.R.R. Tolkien specifically, and on Role Playing Gaming in general.

In the "real world" Hawke is a semi-retired computer scientist, working on a degree in recreation and music therapy, with a wide range of interests and activities. While raising his three sons.

http://www.hawkenterprising.com