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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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11:43

Week 079 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: With Little Hope

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/22

Join The Man of the West as Túrin’s reputation grows a little too big, Mîm picks a battle a bit too big, and Beleg runs across an Elf who’s had better days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:10

Week 079 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Great Brooding...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/21

Once again, a title that could — at times — describe your host, but this time it’s where the Three Hunters are heading to start week 79 of the TTT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:02

Week 078 - Silmarillion Saturday: How Great Was Their...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/19

We continue in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age as the Dark Lord makes his return, the forest gets a new name, and the Valar send a little help. They could have screened them a bit better.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:04

Week 078 - Fandom Friday: A Song of Greater Power

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/18

Join The Man of the West as he sits down with Tolkien scholar (and Ph.D. student) Clare Moore to talk about things he only barely understands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:57

Week 078 - Third Age Thursday: Unmarred, Unstained

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/17

Clearly not referring to The Man of the West or any of his clothing, today’s title references a line in a poem that Gandalf may have just made up on the spot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:34

Week 078 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Or, “Deadly Forest of...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/16

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at Taur-nu-Fuin than you ever thought you’d like. Also, it turns out we’ve been misspelling the name of the River Teiglin all this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:49

Week 078 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Such a Churl

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/15

Yet another line that could describe The Man of the West — but today, it’s Túrin’s own self-evaluation, as he reunites with an old friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:23

Week 078 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Between Down and Fen

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/14

Join The Man of the West as he follows the Three Hunters into Rohan for another Middle-earth Map Monday to start week 78 of the TTT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:31

Week 077 - Silmarillion Saturday: There Mirth Also Dwelt

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/12

Join The Man of the West as he continues Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, as we witness the power of the Three Rings — and the inevitability of their fading.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:25

Week 077 - Fandom Friday: Kaiakayy

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/11

The Man of the West welcomes Kaia to Today’s Tolkien Times to talk Tolkien, TikTok and trivia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:28

Week 077 - Third Age Thursday: Hwær Cwom Mearg?

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/10

Join The Man of the West for an attempt at Old English as he looks at Aragorn’s Lament for the Rohirrim, the classic ubi sunt, and reads Tolkien’s own words about ‘the ineluctable ending’ of all good things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:54

Week 077 - Word-nerd Wednesday: It Would Explain Much

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/09

We spend another Word-nerd Wednesday looking at names from the Tale of Túrin Turambar; today, including four Elves and three swords! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:06

Week 077 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Guard Him and...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/08

We return to the story of Túrin Turambar as perpetually-underrated Beleg Cúthalion does everything within his power to help the troubled young man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:31

Week 077 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Swelled Like a...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/07

Join The Man of the West as he begins week 77 of Today’s Tolkien Times with another Middle-earth Map Monday, joining the Three Hunters as they pursue the Orcs into Rohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:00

Week 076 - Silmarillion Saturday: Stirred as by a...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/05

Join The Man of the West for the continuing story Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, as we witness the fall of Arnor and the waning of Gondor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:54

Week 076 - Fandom Friday: History, Real or Feigned

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/04

Join The Man of the West in welcoming Be1mont_lotr to Fandom Friday; he’s another in the growing chorus of the Voices of Arda, a history buff, and diplomatically reaches the right answer on Balrog wings.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:38

Week 076 - Third Age Thursday: Dark is the Path

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/03

Galadriel has messages for the Three Hunters, even if Gandalf nearly forgets to deliver one of them.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:53

Week 076 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Say That Again?

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/02

Join The Man of the West as he brings to light more of the words from our Tuesday readings in the story of Túrin: today, a look at the family of Húrin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:30

Week 076 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Marked With Sorrow

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/04/01

The tragic tale of Túrin Turambar properly begins today, as we encounter the aftermath of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad through the eyes of Morwen Eledhwen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:51

Week 076 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Rush and Thunder

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/31

Join The Man of the West as he begins another week with a look at the last of the places the Company visited along the Great River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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