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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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11:22

Week 095 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Aboard the...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/27

Choo-choo. Join The Man of the West as we discuss just how many balrogs there might have been on the southbound train from Angband and point out how Barahir’s rescue of Finrod really saved all of Middle-earth. Thanks for joining the TTT for Series 12 — we’ll be back again after a short break!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:23

Week 095 - First Age Friday: Forgotten In My Own Land

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/26

There’s always a title that could be read as applying to The Man of the West — but this is just Voronwë trying to make sure he and Tuor don’t get killed… or at least not yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:26

Week 095 - Third Age Thursday: A Token of Hope

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/25

Join The Man of the West for an in-depth look at the original Elessar, and the two backstories of the one given to Aragorn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:54

Week 095 - Word-nerd Wednesday: But Wait, There’s More

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/24

More names from Of Maeglin in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday, including the names of Turgon’s wife and daughter — and of a Dwarven hall that’s got a familiar name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:16

Week 095 - Tolkien Tuesday: Neither ‘Foolhardy’ Nor...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/23

The Man of the West isn’t German either, but he might not have much to say on the ‘foolhardy’ front. Join him as we take a look at Tolkien’s surname and read more on C.S. Lewis and his misspelling of Númenor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:11

Week 095 - Middle-earth Map Monday: A Thousand Feet...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/22

Join The Man of the West as he begins the last week of Series 12 with a Middle-earth Map Monday exploring the City of Minas Tirith! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:03

Week 094 - Silmarillion Saturday: Their Roofless Grave

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/20

Join The Man of the West as he begins a new chapter on Silmarillion Saturdays, Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:37

Week 094 - First Age Friday: Blame Me Not

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/19

Week 094 - First Age Friday: Blame Me Not Voronwë echoes the words of the Man of the West, but sounds so much better doing it. He and Tuor get oh-so-close to the entrance to the Hidden Kingdom… in fact, I’d say this is the driveway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:31

Week 094 - Third Age Thursday: Treasure Without Price

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/18

At least you know the title isn’t referring to The Man of the West! Join him as we look at the fascinating story behind the two versions of the Elendilmir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:31

Week 094 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Sounds Like…

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/17

Join The Man of the West as he looks at more words from the chapter Of Maeglin, and decides to fill in the blanks for a name that Tolkien was was “meaningless then and now”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:06

Week 094 - Tolkien Tuesday: What Have Penguins Done...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/16

The Man of the West looks at some more of Tolkien’s letters, discovering that the Professor is overworked, criticizes Lewis’ “ponderous silliness”, and is not fond of puffins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:30

Week 094 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Huge Tracts of Land

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/15

Join The Man of the West as he goes inside the Rammas that we visited last week to see the wide tilth and many orchards of the Pelennor on another Middle-earth Map Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:00

Week 093 - Silmarillion Saturday: Knowing That He Was...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/13

Join The Man of the West for the tragic conclusion to the chapter Of Maeglin as Eöl does the unthinkable, Aredhel protects her son, and Maeglin’s desires lead him down a dark road.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:30

Week 093 - First Age Friday: Short is the Sight of...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/12

At least The Man of the West doesn’t have to do any curvature-of-the-earth calculations in this week’s reading in Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:31

Week 093 - Third Age Thursday: Yet to Earn It

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/11

Join The Man of the West for a deep dive into yet another Third Age Artifact in Middle-earth as we look at the nature and history of The Sceptre of Annúminas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:54

Week 093 - Word-nerd Wednesday: An Aberration

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/10

The Man of the West fully recognizes his status, but the title actually refers to a possible mixup on Tolkien’s part! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:09

Week 093 - Tolkien Tuesday: Not Going Off Exactly as...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/09

Does the title reference episodes of Today’s Tolkien Times? Well, yes… but Tolkien is referring to the Swedish translation of The Lord of the Rings on this week’s Tolkien Tuesday!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:48

Week 093 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Ah, but Which...

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/08

Join The Man of the West as he asks a question almost no one else would bother asking as we journey with Gandalf (and Pippin) as they pass the wall protecting the Fields of the Pelennor, the Rammas Echor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:47

Week 092 - Silmarillion Saturday: To Claim My Own

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/06

Join The Man of the West as Eöl proves he’s exactly who we’ve known him to be all along when he finally gets a chance to meet his brother-in-law, the King of Gondolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:52

Week 092 - First Age Friday: Death Walks Between

Today"s Tolkien Times ·

2025/09/05

Join The Man of the West as we journey with Tuor and Voronwë through the Vale of Sirion; Tuor wants to fight, Voronwë offers better advice, and Ulmo’s cloak saves the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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