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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February 21, 2026 Week 110 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Things Crooked
Húrin’s anger leads him to Doriath, where he throws jewelry at the King and finds himself gently reminded of the truth by Melian.

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11min
February 20, 2026 Week 110 - First Age Friday: She Was Not Conquered
Join The Man of the West as we begin our time in Of the Ruin of Doriath, watching as Húrin is all-too-briefly reunited with Morwen before his heart turns to “stone within him”.

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13min
February 19, 2026 Week 110 - Third Age Thursday: Riders Tall and Fair
We finish our look at Men of the Third Age as The Man of the West reviews the history of the Éothéod, their steadfast alliance with Gondor, and their move to the northern vales.

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11min
February 18, 2026 Week 110 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Surf’s Up!
Join The Man of the West for another — this time more thorough — look at the name of Gondor’s hottest surf spot, Belfalas, along with other places we’ve encountered in our journey through Gondor.

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11min
February 17, 2026 Week 110 - Tolkien Tuesday: Insoluble Metrical Problems
Tolkien admits to a bit of poetic masochism in a letter to his aunt Jane, as The Man of the West continues his look through the Revised and Expanded edition of Tolkien’s Letters.

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11min
February 16, 2026 Week 110 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The End of Gondor
Join The Man of the West as we reach the far shores and conclude our 21-week journey through the regions of Gondor.

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11min
February 14, 2026 Week 109 - Silmarillion Saturday: The First Evil
Join The Man of the West as we accompany a now-free Húrin from Angband to his homelands and then on as he looks for mercy from Turgon.

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11min
February 13, 2026 Week 109 - First Age Friday: You Lie
Not you, sorry — Morgoth. At least that’s Húrin’s opinion as he continues his defiance of the Dark Lord in this week’s First Age Friday.

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11min
February 12, 2026 Week 109 - Third Age Thursday: A Bulwark of Gondor
We continue our study of the Men of Middle-earth, this time looking at the ancestors of the Rohirrim, known early on as the Northmen.

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10min
February 11, 2026 Week 109 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Ló and Behold
Join The Man of the West as he looks at the etymology of a few more of the rivers and towns in Gondor, continuing our journey west through the land.

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