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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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10:41

Week 092 - Third Age Thursday: Touch It and Die

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/04

Aragorn has strong words for Háma, as The Man of the West continues his look at Third Age artifacts with a study of Andúril, née Narsil, and the Ring of Barahir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:33

Week 092 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, I’m Back

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/03

Join The Man of the West as we discover that Sam’s statement upon returning home is a lot easier to decipher than Voronwë’s Alae! Ered en Echoriath, ered embar nín! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:15

Week 092 - Tolkien Tuesday: Fauna of Mordor

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/02

It’s time to hear Tolkien tell us what he really thinks about cats (or a breed of them, perhaps) — as well as retirement, vacation, and publishing Gawain — in this week’s set of Letters on Tolkien Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:02

Week 092 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Stone for Food

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/01

Join The Man of the West as we continue our journeys in Anórien, stopping by the pine woods of the Drúadan Foreste, and walking the roads of Stonewain Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:21

Week 091 - Silmarillion Saturday: Knowing His Peril

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/30

Did you ever think Curufin would be a good guy? Yeah, me neither. Of course, the bar’s set pretty low today as he encounters Eöl on his way to seek Aredhel and Maeglin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:14

Week 091 - First Age Friday: Only For a Moment

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/29

Join The Man of the West as Tuor and Voronwë discover the defilement of the springs of Ivrin, and spot a man with woe graven in his face. If only they’d spoken… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:31

Week 091 - Third Age Thursday: Homebrew

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/28

It’s time for more Middle-earth artifacts in the Third Age, as we spend this episode diving deep into the Arkenstone, answering the age-old question of “Is it a Silmaril?”Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:31

Week 091 - Word-nerd Wednesday: He Said It Again!

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/27

Join The Man of the West as he walks through a half-dozen words from our journeys with Tuor and Voronwë on First Age Fridays.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:59

Week 091 - Tolkien Tuesday: Means ‘No’

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/26

It’s time for more subtlety, more reading between the lines, and more inferences… wait, who am I kidding? It’s time for the Letters and some more wonderful Tolkien bluntness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:24

Week 091 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Less-important Fires

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/25

Join The Man of the West for an in-depth look at each of the Beacon-hills of Gondor in this Middle-earth Map Monday, as we continue exploring Anórien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:36

Week 090 - Silmarillion Saturday: Wholly Unwilling

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/23

We may have left the tragedy of Túrin behind for now, but troubling Middle-earth moments continue as Eöl stalks, manipulates, coerces, and finally takes Aredhel. A brief but honest look at an ugly moment.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:33

Week 090 - First Age Friday: The Waves Hunted Us

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/22

Join The Man of the West as Voronwë concludes his sorrowful tale; now we all know why this year’s family vacation will not be a cruise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:25

Week 090 - Third Age Thursday: Quite Polite

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/21

Join The Man of the West for a look at one of the more well-known artifacts of the Third Age: and no, it’s not the lead singer of The Police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:09

Week 090 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Redundant Redundancy

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/20

It’s time for another dive into (mostly) Sindarin words from our First Age Friday readings in Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:38

Week 090 - Tolkien Tuesday: Above Our Measure

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/19

Join The Man of the West as we finish our look at Letter 215, where the Professor offers deep insight on our need for literature and, once again, disclaims any allegorical intent in The Lord of the Rings.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:47

Week 090 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Paid Little...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/18

While today’s title could describe The Man of the West’s years in college, it’s actually the narrative calling out a hobbit. Start this week with a Middle-earth Map Monday about the Beacons of Gondor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:39

Week 089 - Silmarillion Saturday: She Was Enmeshed

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/16

Join The Man of the West as he begins the story of Aredhel, the White Lady of the Noldor, and her ill-advised departure from Gondolin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:06

Week 089 - First Age Friday: The Cure of All Sea-Longing

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/15

Join The Man of the West as he continues his reading of the story of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin, as today we listen to much of Voronwë’s tale, including a lovely description of the Vale of the Willows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:45

Week 089 - Third Age Thursday: Beater and Biter

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/14

With the poetry and songs from The Lord of the Rings in our rear-view mirror here on the TTT, it’s time to spend this series looking at important artifacts in the Third Age, starting with a couple of swords that show up in The Hobbit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:10

Week 089 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Voronwë and the...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/08/13

Join The Man of the West for an exploration of several words we’ve encountered in our First Age Friday readings through the story of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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