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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July 11, 2026 Week 124 — Silmarillion Saturday: Check, Please!
Possibly the worst first date in the history of Arda. Join The Man of the West as Fëanor names the Black Foe and Morgoth discovers what Ungoliant charges for dinner.

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July 10, 2026 Week 124 — Friendship Friday: More Cannot Be Said
The two who didn’t even speak until Moria end up sharing a ship across the Sea. Join The Man of the West for the last Friendship Friday of the series.

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11min
July 09, 2026 Week 124 — Third Age Thursday: By the Mouth of Gríma
No battle today — just the paperwork behind one. Join The Man of the West for the Marshals of the Mark: who really ran Rohan while the King faded, and a bit of horse-lending that turns up again tomorrow.

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13min
July 08, 2026 Week 124 — Word-nerd Wednesday: Old as Mountains
It only took seven hundred episodes to circle back to the Ents. Join The Man of the West for the Elvish side of their names that we never did.

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10min
July 07, 2026 Week 124 — Tolkien Tuesday: The Shepherds of the Trees
Join The Man of the West for the back half of Letter 247, as we learn where the Ents came from: both on the page and from Tolkien’s own pen.

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12min
July 06, 2026 Week 124 — Middle-earth Map Monday: Is There a Carpool Lane?
Turns out the express lane to Mount Doom was paved by the Enemy himself. Join The Man of the West for our last Map Monday in Mordor, as the road ends at the Sammath Naur — and the Dark Tower comes crashing down.

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13min
July 04, 2026 Week 123 - Silmarillion Saturday: Not the First
Join The Man of the West as the Valar ask Fëanor to break the Silmarils and heal the Trees — and Fëanor does precisely what you’d imagine.

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12min
July 03, 2026 Week 123 - Friendship Friday: An Elf Will Go Underground
…and a Dwarf dare not! Join The Man of the West on the Paths of the Dead, and Legolas has to tell Gimli’s story.

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10min
July 02, 2026 Week 123 - Third Age Thursday: An Ambush, Not an Absence
Join The Man of the West as Grimbold breaks out of the trap at the Fords, and we finally learn what really kept his friend away.

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12min
July 01, 2026 Week 123 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Mushy Language
What do moose have in common with the Nazgûl? Join The Man of the West for six of Mordor’s darkest names — and the Gaelic word for ‘ring’ that Tolkien swore he never borrowed.

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11min

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