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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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10:29

Week 113 - Third Age Thursday: Valiant and Wise

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/02

Clearly not referring to The Man of the West, today’s episode title actually speaks of Amroth, the King of Lórien, as we move west from Mirkwood to look at yet another of the Elven Kingdoms of the Third Age.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:04

Week 113 - Word-nerd Wednesday: On Top of Old Wet Head

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/01

Today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at several words from our Silmarillion Saturday readings, some of which are more noble sounding than others.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:02

Week 113 - Tolkien Tuesday: Now I Want a Grilled Cheese

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/31

Join The Man of the West as we begin another of the Professor’s letters to his Aunt Jane Neave: today, it’s all about the Welsh!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:33

Week 113 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Diseased Beyond...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/30

No, really, it’s just a mild cold… oh, the text? That’s a different story. Join The Man of the West as we follow Frodo and Sam’s miserable itinerary through the Dagorlad and the wastes before the Black Gate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:26

Week 112 - Silmarillion Saturday: With a Different Voice

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/28

Join The Man of the West as we continue in The Ruin of Doriath, standing beside Melian in her grief. Mablung meets his end fulfilling his duty, and Beren rescues the stolen Nauglamír.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:31

Week 112 - Friendship Friday: I Was Serious

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/27

Join The Man of the West as we turn our 2-part look at Frodo and Sam’s friendship into four episodes instead: today, from Parth Galen to Cirith Ungol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:12

Week 112 - Third Age Thursday: Good People… Mostly

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/26

Whether today’s title also applies to The Man of the West is up to you. Today, we take a look at the Elves of Mirkwood in (mostly) the Third Age, as we continue our look at the free peoples of Middle-earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:03

Week 112 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Frings — Not What you...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/25

The Man of the West takes a deep dive into a few words from last week’s Silmarillion Saturday, including one that, it turns out, is long overdue.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:09

Week 112 - Tolkien Tuesday: Peacocks are Out

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/24

Well, yes — but I thought everyone knew that. Join The Man of the West as we look at another letter from the Professor to his illustrator on The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Pauline Baynes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:08

Week 112 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Always Creeping

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/23

Today’s stop on our journey is not on The Man of the West’s bucket list, nor is it likely on yours. Come visit the charming wetlands known as the Dead Marshes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:42

Week 111 - Silmarillion Saturday: Be Gone Unrequited

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/21

The Man of the West may be used to hearing those words, but today they’re meant for the Dwarves of Nogrod that are haughtily dismissed by Thingol, unaware of the danger he faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:14

Week 111 - Friendship Friday: Jump Down a Dragon’s...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/20

We begin an all-new thing for Fridays, as we study friendships in Middle-earth, starting with perhaps the best-known example with Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:12

Week 111 - Third Age Thursday: He Dwells There Still

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/19

Join The Man of the West as we begin a look at more people in the Third Age; having done a deep dive into all the different Men for two series, it’s time to visit the Elves, beginning in Lindon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:02

Week 111 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not Your Average...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/18

Join The Man of the West for a Word-nerd Wednesday deep dive into Tolkien’s early name for the Elves we now know as the Noldor, and learn why he could use it Gnome-Or (just say it out loud… no more). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:29

Week 111 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Am Not Satisfied with...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/17

It’s time for another out-of-context quote as episode title, as we begin another TTT series spending Tolkien Tuesdays in the Revised and Expanded edition of the Letters. Today, it’s more gripes about translations; anyone else not surprised? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:27

Week 111 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Twisted Knot of...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/03/16

Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 15 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a Middle-earth Map Monday on the bleak hills of the Emyn Muil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:00

Week 110 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Things Crooked

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/02/21

Húrin’s anger leads him to Doriath, where he throws jewelry at the King and finds himself gently reminded of the truth by Melian.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:16

Week 110 - First Age Friday: She Was Not Conquered

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/02/20

Join The Man of the West as we begin our time in Of the Ruin of Doriath, watching as Húrin is all-too-briefly reunited with Morwen before his heart turns to “stone within him”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:01

Week 110 - Third Age Thursday: Riders Tall and Fair

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/02/19

We finish our look at Men of the Third Age as The Man of the West reviews the history of the Éothéod, their steadfast alliance with Gondor, and their move to the northern vales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:24

Week 110 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Surf’s Up!

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/02/18

Join The Man of the West for another — this time more thorough — look at the name of Gondor’s hottest surf spot, Belfalas, along with other places we’ve encountered in our journey through Gondor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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