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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April 09, 2026 Week 114 - Third Age Thursday: An Island Amid Many Perils
We continue our look at the Elves of Lórien as the Fellowship encounter Haldir and make their way towards Caras Galadhon itself.

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April 08, 2026 Week 114 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Steep Streets
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.

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12min
April 07, 2026 Week 114 - Tolkien Tuesday: With Tears As I Wrote
We reach the second half of Letter 241 as Tolkien gives his Aunt Jane (and us) the story behind his work, Leaf by Niggle.

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April 06, 2026 Week 114 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Despair… Postponed
Join The Man of the West as we continue our travel journeys to only the worst places, this time to the Black Gate itself.

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April 04, 2026 Week 113 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Fairest of All the Children of the World
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.

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12min
April 03, 2026 Week 113 - Friendship Friday: As Our Strength Lessens
Join The Man of the West as the friendship of Frodo and Sam grows stronger even in the most challenging circumstances.

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13min
April 02, 2026 Week 113 - Third Age Thursday: Valiant and Wise
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.

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11min
April 01, 2026 Week 113 - Word-nerd Wednesday: On Top of Old Wet Head
Today’s Word-nerd Wednesday looks at several words from our Silmarillion Saturday readings, some of which are more noble sounding than others.

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10min
March 31, 2026 Week 113 - Tolkien Tuesday: Now I Want a Grilled Cheese
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!

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March 30, 2026 Week 113 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Diseased Beyond All Healing
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.

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