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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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8:39

Week 075 - Silmarillion Saturday: Not Wholly Destroyed

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/29

Join The Man of the West for more reading from Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age as, today, he learns that sometimes, a victory is only temporary.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:43

Week 075 - Fandom Friday: Celebreabird

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/28

Today’s Tolkien Times returns to Fandom Fridays, as The Man of the West welcomes Celebreabird to talk about her Tolkien substack and her welcoming work on TikTok and Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:11

Week 075 - Third Age Thursday: With Doom We Come

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/27

No, not The Man of the West and any of his PPP co-hosts; it’s time for Treebeard and the Ents to sing and march their way to Isengard to deal with someone who should know better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:12

Week 075 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Vigorous Heart

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/26

Time to explore a few of the names we encountered in yesterday’s Túrin Tuesday, including the names of the brothers Húrin and Huor, and The Man of the West’s favorite phrase in all of the legendarium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:38

Week 075 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Seventy Times He...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/25

Is it The Man of the West crying about another old joke? No, it’s Húrin, killing yet another member of the troll-guard of Gothmog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:47

Week 075 - Middle-earth Map Monday: No Foot of Man Or...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/24

Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 10 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a visit to the lake of Nen Hithoel and the three peaks that helped shape it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:58

Week 074 - Silmarillion Saturday: Brooded in the Dark

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/03/01

Join The Man of the West for some unexpected advice about ‘brooding’ as we conclude the Second Age in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in The Silmarillion.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:01

Week 074 - First-Age Friday: Sudden Swift Surprise

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/28

After 32 First Age Fridays, we reach the end of Tolkien’s Lay of Leithian. Beren Erchamion, folks: give him a hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:39

Week 074 - Third Age Thursday: Lighthearted,...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/27

Once again, while this could describe The Man of the West and the TTT episodes, it’s actually Treebeard’s thoughts about the Elvish song of the Ent and Entwife.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:15

Week 074 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Quenya for “Listen to...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/26

Join The Man of the West for the last of his 8-week series on the names of the Valar and Maiar, as we discover the stories behind the names of Arien, Tirion, and many more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:40

Week 074 - Tolkien Tuesday: Her Last and Fattest Years

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/25

Tolkien’s in-depth explanation of hobbit birthdays continues, and transitions into a discussion of family structure and one morbidly funny story involving Pippin’s sister.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:25

Week 074 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Silent Wardens

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/24

Join The Man of the West as he begins the last week of Series 9 with another Middle-earth Map Monday, traveling down the Anduin. Also, Aragorn admires the royal stones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:44

Week 073 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Yearning of Exile

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/22

Join The Man of the West as we read a summary of the early years of the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, and their ‘many treasures and great heirlooms of virtue and wonder’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:04

Week 073 - First-Age Friday: Ecstasy Enchanted

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/21

We promised it would get better after last week’s visions of Morgoth’s dark heart; but Beren and Lúthien are still, essentially, in hell — so keep your expectations reasonable. Also, a special day for the PPP!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:28

Week 073 - Third Age Thursday: More Than My Desire

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/20

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at Treebeard’s wanderings through the lands of Beleriand in the First Age.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:29

Week 073 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Place of Starlight

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/19

The Man of the West moves on from the names of the Valar and begins an in-depth look at the names of some of the Maiar, including the handmaid of Varda and the herald of Manwë.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:16

Week 073 - Tolkien Tuesday: Horrified the Shire-folk

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/18

What in Middle-earth could do such a thing to the doughty hobbits? You’ll have to listen to The Man of the West as he continues looking at Tolkien’s Letter #214 on Tolkien Tuesday.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:34

Week 073 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Burned and Uprooted

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/17

Join The Man of the West for another week of Today’s Tolkien Times, starting with a ride down the Anduin as we look at the Brown Lands and the Undeeps along the Great River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:59

Week 072 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Voices of Death

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/15

Join The Man of the West for another reading in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age as we see the fates of the Seven and the Nine, and get a recap of what happened to Sauron when he fled Númenor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:33

Week 072 - First-Age Friday: A Pretty Toy For Idle Hour

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/02/14

Also quite clearly not The Man of the West, but join him as he walks through a genuinely hellish moment for Lúthien as she endures the lustful stares of Morgoth. Uh, happy Valentine’s Day, everybody? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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