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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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7:41

Week 030 - Silmarillion Saturday: Love Not Too Well

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/02/03

You know the rest, folks — and if you don’t, that’s why you’re listening to this show! Join The Man of the West as we open the chapter Of the Noldor in Beleriand and learn about the founding of the most beautiful city in the history of Middle-earth: the Hidden City of Gondolin.

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24:47

Week 030 - Fandom Friday: A Númenórean Sea Shanty -...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/02/02

We welcome another of Team PPP to today’s Fandom Friday as Phil Dean joins Alan to chat about his experience as a Númenórean guardsman on the first season of The Rings of Power.

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8:04

Week 030 - Third Age Thursday: The Whispering Wood

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/02/01

The Man of the West reads more in the story of Cirion and Eorl, relishing in the mystery of Gondorian forestry policy, as well as why Gondor’s zoning regulations for Halifirien changed.

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8:49

Week 030 - Word-nerd Wednesday: The Beacons of Gondor...

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2024/01/31

From Amon Dîn to Halifirien, the Man of the West takes a deep dive into the names of each of the beacons of Gondor — well, those of northern Gondor at least.

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8:22

Week 030 - Tolkien Tuesday: Be Of Good Heart

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/30

We return to the revised and expanded edition of Tolkien’s letters to take a closer look at a couple of letters written to his son, Michael. Tolkien offers some sage advice about young love, but strays a bit beyond his expertise when opining about women.

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7:34

Week 030 - Mailbag Monday: Given to Rhetorical...

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2024/01/29

Join The Man of the West as he answers a question about who’s older than who… thankfully, he’s not answering a question about his own age.

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6:45

Week 029 - Silmarillion Saturday: Save One Only

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2024/01/27

It’s time to conclude our readings through Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor as we finally arrive at that hiding the title has been suggesting might happen. Also: Morgoth’s a coward.

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15:22

Week 029 - Fandom Friday: The Tolkienist’s Take on...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/26

Join The Man of the West in welcoming one of the OG Tolkien bloggers to the TTT. Marcel’s the busiest guy in the Tolkien fandom, it seems, but he has a few minutes to spare for us!

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10:04

Week 029 - Third Age Thursday: Rochon Methestel

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/25

Bonus points if you get that reference without looking. The Man of the West continues his ride through the tale of Cirion and Eorl, as the Éothéod rides to the rescue of Gondor in Unfinished Tales.

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6:58

Week 029 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Fierce and Fabled

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2024/01/24

It’s time for another double word-nerd Wednesday as The Man of the West introduces you to the valiant steed of Eorl and the race of horses he sired.

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10:04

Week 029 - Tolkien Tuesday: Not Too Quick in the Uptake

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2024/01/23

We open up the Revised and Expanded edition of Letters to take a deep dive into one entirely new letter that Tolkien wrote to his good friend, E.V. Gordon. Also: don’t let Kenneth Sisam read this one.

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9:18

Week 029 - Mailbag Monday: Tiptoe To the Mewlips

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/22

Join The Man of the West as he reluctantly answers a mailbag question about some of the creepiest creatures Professor Tolkien ever imagined: the mysterious and malevolent Mewlips.

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6:34

Week 028 - Silmarillion Saturday: As He Ever Shall Be

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/20

Arien would need a restraining order against Tilion if it weren’t for her ability to burn him like a slice of toast. Join The Man of the West as he continues his read-through of the chapter Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor — which, I promise, will get hidden eventually.

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23:35

Week 028 - Fandom Friday: Sara It Was, and Dr. Brown...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/19

The Man of the West is joined by one of his esteemed cohort of co-hosts, Dr. Sara Brown, to talk about Éowyn, Discworld, and anything else she darn well wants to talk about!

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6:41

Week 028 - Third Age Thursday: Riders of Great Courage

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/18

Learn about the migration of the Éothéod, the Stewardship of Cirion, and the discovery that a huge force of enemies was preparing an attack on Gondor as we continue the tale of Cirion and Eorl!

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5:46

Week 028 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Númenoréan Month or...

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2024/01/17

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at the Kings’ Reckoning, the calendar system used for over 5,000 years by the Men of Númenor and Gondor. Side effects of Narquelië may include depression, darkness, and regret.

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5:46

Week 028 - Tolkien Tuesday: Grim Grinning… Drawer...

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2024/01/16

It’s time to go back to more of the Revised and Expanded edition of Tolkien’s Letters as we look at some letters dated around the time of the publication of The Hobbit. It appears the Professor understands the truth about math. Or maths.

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7:03

Week 028 - Mailbag Monday: Túrin, Túna, and, uh…...

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2024/01/15

Join The Man of the West as he answers a mailbag question about a legendary Norwegian bowman and his possible inspiration of one of Tolkien’s most tragic characters. Plus, Alan almost certainly mispronounces the same name many, many times.

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6:03

Week 027 - Silmarillion Saturday: As a Naked Flame

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2024/01/13

Learn about Arien and Tilion, the Maiar chosen to carry the Sun and the Moon through the skies of Arda, as we continue our journey through Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor.

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20:06

Week 027 - Fandom Friday: Pity, Power, and a Chat...

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2024/01/12

Join The Man of the West as he welcomes Tom Hillman, author of Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring. Ah-ha moments abound as Alan and Tom chat.

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