This radio interview piece was broadcast Sunday, December 2, 2001 at 1:00 PM on Wisconsin Public Radio's program "To The Best of Our Knowledge". The segment name was "Myth Makers". The program description from the website is as follows:

In "The Lord of the Rings" you'll find the Elvish for "A star shines upon the hour of our meeting." ' Even if you don't believe in Elves it's hard to resist the enchanting languages J.R.R. Tolkien created for the creatures of Middle Earth. from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings to Dragonslayer...

It includes a lot of interesting stuff from Tom Shippey. RealMedia audio stream of MythMakers - 52 minutes long. Requires the Real player.