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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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10:57

Week 065 - Silmarillion Saturday: That Land is Defiled

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/30

Join The Man of the West as Ar-Pharazôn is drunk on Sauron’s words, while Amandil makes audacious but hopeless plans, as we conclude Series 8 of the TTT.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:41

Week 065 - First-Age Friday: She’s Also a Triage Nurse

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/29

Lúthien shows great promise for a career in the medical profession, as she heals Beren — and he thanks her by leaving her in the paws of the best dog ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:31

Week 065 - Third Age Thursday: The World Was Young

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/28

Yes, it was actually younger than The Man of the West. Join him for a deeper dive into the Song of Durin as we look at the rich history found in these stanzas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:48

Week 065 - Word-nerd Wednesday: But What About...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/27

It’s time for The Man of the West to finally do some word-nerdery on the name of everyone’s favorite place: Middle-earth itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:08

Week 065 - Tolkien Tuesday: Wizards, the Bayeux...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/26

Join The Man of the West for a strange mix in the second half of Letter 211 as Tolkien answers a barrage of questions as only the Professor can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:48

Week 065 - Middle-earth Map Monday: No One Hinders Oromë

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/25

Join The Man of the West as we move on from Eregion to study the longest mountain range in this part of Middle-earth: the Hithaeglir, or Misty Mountains, as we begin the last week of Series 8 of the TTT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:00

Week 064 - Silmarillion Saturday: Torment and Great...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/23

Just a normal weekend for The Man of the West? Thankfully, no — just a summary of what’s happening as Ar-Pharazôn opens the latest infrastructure project in Armenelos: a temple to Morgoth himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:40

Week 064 - First-Age Friday: Frail of Purpose, Light...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/22

You underestimate Lúthien at your own peril. Join The Man of the West for more from the Lay of Leithian as Huan once again proves to be the bestest boy ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:55

Week 064 - Third Age Thursday: Full of Light and...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/21

The Company finally leave Rivendell and so do we, as we join Gimli for a rich history lesson in this week’s Third Age Thursday poetry reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:30

Week 064 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Chief Heavenly Lights

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/20

Join The Man of the West for this deep dive into the names of four Faithful men in the darkest time of Númenor in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:35

Week 064 - Tolkien Tuesday: All the Answers

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/19

No, this is not a claim of knowledge on behalf of The Man of the West; in fact, it’s a quote from one of Tolkien’s letters that we’ll look at today, as he acknowledges he doesn’t have them all either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:55

Week 064 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Skill and...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/18

The Man of the West’s advice to Celebrimbor: never meet your heroes. Today’s Middle-earth Map Monday follows up on last week as we continue our time in the land of Eregion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:23

Week 063 - Silmarillion Saturday: He Brooded Darkly

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/16

Join The Man of the West as he notes the company that Ar-Pharazôn keeps in brooding darkly, while the mightiest King of Númenor decides it’s time to bring home a Dark Lord for safe-keeping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:09

Week 063 - First-Age Friday: Oaths are For Breaking...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/15

The folk of Nargothrond finally come to their senses about the Sons of Fëanor, while Beren decides it’s time to part ways with Lúthien, in this week’s reading from The Lay of Leithian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:17

Week 063 - Third Age Thursday: And Voices at the Door

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/14

We have time for one more poem in Rivendell before leaving with the Company, this time a nostalgic and sorrowful set of verses from Bilbo as he sits beside the fire and thinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:49

Week 063 - Word-nerd Wednesday: No More Elvish, and I...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/13

Join The Man of the West for some word-nerdery on several of the names of Númenóreans from last week’s reading in the Akallabêth for Silmarillion Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:12

Week 063 - Tolkien Tuesday: Ridiculous Indeed

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/12

Once again, a title that could be speaking about The Man of the West but, thankfully, is instead referring to ‘silly alterations’ made for an adaptation as we continue our time in Tolkien’s Letter #210.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:53

Week 063 - Middle-earth Map Monday: In Happier Days

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/11

Join The Man of the West as we venture south of Rivendell for this week’s Middle-earth Map Monday, with the Company arriving at “the country that Men call Hollin”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:17

Week 062 - Silmarillion Saturday: … And the Havens of...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/09

Join The Man of the West as a series of Númenórean kings play a game of “who can be worse than their fathers?”. Except for Tar-Palantír, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:53

Week 062 - First-Age Friday: Flower of Elfland Ever...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/11/08

It’s time for yet more beautiful poetry on First Age Friday as we continue our read through the Lay of Leithian: this time, Draugluin dies, Sauron shapeshifts, and Lúthien looks for her love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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