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Today"s Tolkien Times

The Prancing Pony Podcast

Get your Tolkien every day by subscribing to Today’s Tolkien Times! Alan Sisto, host of the award-winning Prancing Pony Podcast and Rings of Power Wrap-up, hosts a new short-format daily podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Listeners get answers on Mailbag Mondays; discover more about the Professor on Tolkien Tuesdays; indulge your inner philologist on Word-nerd Wednesdays; learn more about the familiar stories of Middle-earth on Third Age

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12:24

Week 116 - Silmarillion Saturday: Glittering and Bright

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/25

Clearly not The Man of the West, today’s title describes the sight of Eärendil’s ship, Vingilot, as it sails into the heavens — freeing the Elves from despair, while filling Morgoth with doubt.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:18

Week 116 - Friendship Friday: Brush Up My Toes

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/24

Join The Man of the West as Merry acknowledges he has some work to do to catch up to Pippin as we continue our (now) four-episode look at their friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:01

Week 116 - Third Age Thursday: Long It Endured

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/23

Join The Man of the West as we begin a two-part look at the Elves of Rivendell: this time featuring the tra-la-lally Elves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:49

Week 116 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not One Star; All the...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/22

Break out your Quenya and Sindarin dictionaries as The Man of the West does his usual mid-week deep dive into the names of some familiar places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:01

Week 116 - Tolkien Tuesday: Never Mind the Critics

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/21

As though Tolkien ever took them too seriously to begin with. Join The Man of the West as he looks at two letters closing out 1962, including how a neighbor literally influenced the shape of Tolkien’s world.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:57

Week 116 - Middle-earth Map Monday: A Shapeless Fear

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/20

Join The Man of the West as he continues his anti-bucket list of places to visit in Middle-earth with a trip through history to view the city known both as Minas Ithil and Minas Morgul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:15

Week 115 - Silmarillion Saturday: And His Prayer Was...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/18

Join The Man of the West as Eärendil wanders the lonely streets of Tirion, and Eönwë has a sense of dramatic timing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:12

Week 115 - Friendship Friday: Good Old Merry!

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/17

Join The Man of the West as we begin a look at another friendship in the legendarium: everyone’s favorite troublemakers, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:55

Week 115 - Third Age Thursday: That What Should Be...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/16

Galadriel takes the high road when faced with a no-win scenario, as The Man of the West completes a three-episode look at the Elves of Lórien.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:17

Week 115 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Any Excuse At All,...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/15

Join The Man of the West as he finds a reason to read a line from Galadriel’s Lament because… well, see above. Also: which of these words is not like the others?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:05

Week 115 - Tolkien Tuesday: Blow Me Up

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/14

Three short letters in the Revised and Expanded edition provide the usual combination of insight, wit, and kindness that characterize Tolkien’s letters.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:02

Week 115 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Corpse Candles...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/13

Join The Man of the West as we continue our itinerary of Places No One Wants to Visit: this time, looking at the lovely and refreshing Morgul Vale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:35

Week 114 - Silmarillion Saturday: Move Their Hearts...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/11

We’ve been building up to this for a few series now, and it’s finally time to begin Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:50

Week 114 - Friendship Friday: Not Yet Anyway

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/10

Join The Man of the West as we wrap up our four-episode look at the friendship of Frodo and Sam, from certain death on the slopes of Mount Doom, to their farewell at the Grey Havens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:09

Week 114 - Third Age Thursday: An Island Amid Many...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/09

We continue our look at the Elves of Lórien as the Fellowship encounter Haldir and make their way towards Caras Galadhon itself.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:08

Week 114 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Steep Streets

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/08

Join The Man of the West as we look at a few words from our visit to the darkness on Middle-earth Map Monday… and visit a golden river for a palate cleanse.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:57

Week 114 - Tolkien Tuesday: With Tears As I Wrote

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/07

We reach the second half of Letter 241 as Tolkien gives his Aunt Jane (and us) the story behind his work, Leaf by Niggle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:56

Week 114 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Despair… Postponed

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/06

Join The Man of the West as we continue our travel journeys to only the worst places, this time to the Black Gate itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:00

Week 113 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Fairest of All...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/04

As if I need to tell you that today’s episode title has nothing whatsoever to do with The Man of the West. We conclude the tragic chapter Of the Ruin of Doriath with the loss of Beren and Lúthien, some unwelcome guests, and even more death.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:49

Week 113 - Friendship Friday: As Our Strength Lessens

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/03

Join The Man of the West as the friendship of Frodo and Sam grows stronger even in the most challenging circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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