Today's Tolkien Times

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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 avail... more

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January 15, 2026 Week 105 - Third Age Thursday: You Shall Be Summoned Once Again
Perhaps this is a reference to jury duty for The Man of the West. Or perhaps it’s part of Isildur’s curse on the Men of the Mountains, as we continue our look at the Men of Darkness in the Third Age.

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January 14, 2026 Week 105 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Mistakes Were Likely to Be Made
The Man of the West is far, far too familiar with the truth of today’s title, which is actually Tolkien’s explanation for some of the place names in Gondor on this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday.

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12min
January 13, 2026 Week 105 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Loathe It
Join The Man of the West as we have to carefully dissect and analyze Professor Tolkien’s words to really understand what he’s saying. Or not at all, really. Watch out, Disney!

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10min
January 12, 2026 Week 105 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Weed is Better Than I Thought
Good heavens, no — not that weed: athelas, of course. It’s also a quote from Ioreth, not The Man of the West — who is here to take you up into the vales of Lossarnach on this week’s Middle-earth Map Monday.

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11min
January 10, 2026 Week 104 - Silmarillion Saturday: Less Aid Than Should Have Been
Join The Man of the West as Fëanor’s foolish oath bears unpleasant fruit more than 500 years later as we begin our reading about the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

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11min
January 09, 2026 Week 104 - First Age Friday: Both Fell to Ruin
While it is true that The Man of the West isn’t what he used to be, I’d hardly use ‘fell to ruin’. No, that’s just a Balrog of Morgoth and our old friend Glorfindel.

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12min
January 08, 2026 Week 104 - Third Age Thursday: Black Sails Bellying in the Breeze
We continue our look at the Men of Darkness in the Third Age as The Man of the West concludes his time studying the Corsairs of Umbar.

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13min
January 07, 2026 Week 104 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Little Tomfoolery
Join The Man of the West for some different word-nerdery, this time on some English-sounding names that aren’t especially English.

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9min
January 06, 2026 Week 104 - Tolkien Tuesday: Heraldic Overtones
Continuing our look at Tolkien’s 1961 letter to his Aunt Jane, we find an argument for why a word like ‘argent’ is beautiful even before it is understood. Totally unlike The Man of the West, of course.

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January 05, 2026 Week 104 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Tour of Gondor Continues
Join The Man of the West as he begins the 14th Series of Today’s Tolkien Times with a look at the region of South Ithilien.

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