Lore of the Things
Lore of the Things is a podcast about the lore...of things. You may have been searching for Lord of the Rings, but maybe you just put on press on nails and can’t type properly, or you’re eating olive oil with your hands, or you’re using talk-to-text, but you have Invisalign in. In any case, you are welcome here!
And by "here," I mean, here to dissect the most beloved aspects of fantasy TV and film storytelling, from Shire folk to Smoke Monster, with lil stops in the stranger corners of pop culture. Whether it's the bonkers plots of 90s Swedish children’s movies, the oft maligned enigma of LOST, or George RR Martin sh*tposting about Tolkien, let us overanalyze with haha's (hopefully), heart (definitely), and neuroses (definitely x2). A guide through the Multiverse of Mythical Minutiae, if you will.
Hosted by: Rebecka Green. You can VERY SWEETLY @ her on Instagram @rebecka_green or TikTok @thebecksfactor. With questions, comments, love letters, email: loreofthethingspod@gmail.com.
Lore of the Things
20 Years of LOST - Pt. 2: John Locke and 17th Century Empiricism (in a cool, fun way)
TWENTY YEARS AGO, the pilot episode of ABC's beloved yet maligned LOST debuted and for-e-ver changed how TV TV'd. In honor of this singular, 121-episode piece of media, we're kicking things off at Lore of the Things by embarking on a 10-part miniseries about the 10 most controversial, infamous, and eternal aspects of LOST. Think: Jack's tattoos, 'purgatory,' the finale.
For part two, we're talking about everyone's problematic fave, John Locke.
You may know him as the person in the artwork of this show, and/or, as easily THE fan favorite LOST character. Locke straddles the line between protagonist and antagonist as the Island's #1 hype man and paraplegic-turned-wilderness-guru with a brutal case of Bad Dad syndrome. Locke was named after a 17th century philosopher, referred to in this episode as OG John Locke, for his theories on free will, blank slates, and personal identity, all of which are key themes in LOST, and all of which we explore in this episode. One part character study, one part philosophy lesson.
Spoiler warning: This episode contains minor spoilers for a show that aired the same year the Motorola Razor debuted. LOST newbies, you are 95% safe here.
Show references/notes:
- NYT: The Men Who Made ABC’s ‘Lost’ Last
- BBC Radio 4: John Locke on Personal Identity, narrated by Gillian Anderson
Lore of the Things is produced, hosted, and blood/sweat/tear'd over by Rebecka Green. Find her on Instagram @rebecka_green and email loreofthethingspod@gmail.com with compliments and complaints.
Opening and closing music is "Magical Journey" by Geoff Harvey, and podcast artwork is by Levi Åhlén, @oloflevi, featuring Terry O'Quinn's portrayal of John Locke in the pilot episode of LOST.