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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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10:31

Week 082 - Third Age Thursday: Need Shall Drive Him

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/06/05

The Man of the West takes a long look at the words of Malbeth the Seer — including a look at the drafts when Malbeth had nothing to do with this prophecy at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:32

Week 082 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Noble Towers, Silver...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/06/04

Join The Man of the West as he powers his word-nerd way through six words from yesterday’s reading in the Tale of Túrin Turambar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:48

Week 082 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Yet I Rue the Day

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/06/03

We continue our Túrin Turambar Tuesdays as Ulmo sends Orodreth some good advice, and Túrin promptly ignores it. Gwindor loses everything, and Túrin gets one more chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:11

Week 082 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Far-off Days...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/06/02

Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 11 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a return to Middle-earth Map Monday as our Rohan road trip stops at Súthburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:56

Week 081 - Silmarillion Saturday: With His Servant?!

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/10

I’d say Sam needs a new publicist. Join The Man of the West as we close out our time in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age with, uh, well, the end of the Third Age.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:41

Week 081 - Fandom Friday: Don Marshall

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/09

Join The Man of the West in welcoming back Don Marshall to Today’s Tolkien Times, as he tells us about the new book he’s writing!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:43

Week 081 - Third Age Thursday: Huge, Old, and Tall

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/08

I’d make one of those “I feel called out” jokes, but I know I’m not tall. Join The Man of the West for an in-depth look at a hobbit nursery rhyme that turns out to be prophetic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:07

Week 081 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Orodreth Went to West...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/07

Join The Man of the West for another look at a series of names connected to Nargothrond and Túrin’s time there.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:22

Week 081 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Not In Your Name

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/06

Gwindor speaks an unwelcome truth to Túrin, but he doesn’t want to hear it. Join The Man of the West as our tragic hero gains not one, not two, but three new names in just a few paragraphs.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:01

Week 081 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Wide, Wind-Swept...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/05

Join The Man of the West as Gandalf and his Companions reach Edoras and make their way through the town to the top of the hill and Meduseld itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:08

Week 080 - Silmarillion Saturday: Of Small Account

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/03

Join The Man of the West as we continue reading through Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, this time as the White Council finally serves an eviction notice at Dol Guldur.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:22

Week 080 - Fandom Friday: Bag End at End of Bag

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/02

Join The Man of the West in welcoming Myla, a fellow collector of all things Tolkien, to the TTT to talk about our mutual obsession pastime.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:35

Week 080 - Third Age Thursday: Rhymes of Lore

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/05/01

Join The Man of the West as he leaves alliterative Old English behind, in order to explore not one, not two, but three Rhymes of Lore. Well, maybe just two and a converted riddle.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:54

Week 080 - Word-nerd Wednesday: There’s a Golf Joke...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/30

Not that The Man of the West finds the joke, but you’ll understand. Join him for a whirlwind exploration of several words from the TTT’s recent, um, TTT episodes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:49

Week 080 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Fate Was That Day...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/29

The day we all hoped would turn out differently has arrived, and Beleg meets his tragic end in this week’s installment of Túrin Turambar Tuesday.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:08

Week 080 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Like a Sentinel

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/28

Join The Man of the West for more map exploration in Rohan: this time, accompanying Gandalf and the Three Hunters as they ride for Edoras, the capital of Rohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:04

Week 079 - Silmarillion Saturday: A Second Darkness

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/26

Join The Man of the West as we continue reading through Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age: Mithrandir is vigilant, Elrond is troubled, and Saruman plays with peril.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:13

Week 079 - Fandom Friday: Galadriel’s Gorgeous Gambeson

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/25

The Man of the West welcomes Silhouette Cosplay to the TTT to explain to us mere mortals how costuming magic is actually made! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:11

Week 079 - Third Age Thursday: Arise!

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/24

Join The Man of the West for an in-depth look at two pieces of alliterative verse cried out by a restored King Théoden… just ignore the butchering of Old English and Old Norse, please. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:47

Week 079 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Beleriand Geography —...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/23

It’s time to look at a few of the place names we’ve encountered in our Túrin readings this series; we move through seven locations faster than Túrin comes up with seven names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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