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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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11:09

Week 114 - Third Age Thursday: An Island Amid Many...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/09

We continue our look at the Elves of Lórien as the Fellowship encounter Haldir and make their way towards Caras Galadhon itself.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:08

Week 114 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Steep Streets

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/08

Join The Man of the West as we look at a few words from our visit to the darkness on Middle-earth Map Monday… and visit a golden river for a palate cleanse.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:57

Week 114 - Tolkien Tuesday: With Tears As I Wrote

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/07

We reach the second half of Letter 241 as Tolkien gives his Aunt Jane (and us) the story behind his work, Leaf by Niggle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:56

Week 114 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Despair… Postponed

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/06

Join The Man of the West as we continue our travel journeys to only the worst places, this time to the Black Gate itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:00

Week 113 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Fairest of All...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/04

As if I need to tell you that today’s episode title has nothing whatsoever to do with The Man of the West. We conclude the tragic chapter Of the Ruin of Doriath with the loss of Beren and Lúthien, some unwelcome guests, and even more death.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:49

Week 113 - Friendship Friday: As Our Strength Lessens

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2026/04/03

Join The Man of the West as the friendship of Frodo and Sam grows stronger even in the most challenging circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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