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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March 29, 2025 Week 075 - Silmarillion Saturday: Not Wholly Destroyed
Join The Man of the West for more reading from Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age as, today, he learns that sometimes, a victory is only temporary.

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10min
March 28, 2025 Week 075 - Fandom Friday: Celebreabird
Today’s Tolkien Times returns to Fandom Fridays, as The Man of the West welcomes Celebreabird to talk about her Tolkien substack and her welcoming work on TikTok and Instagram!

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17min
March 27, 2025 Week 075 - Third Age Thursday: With Doom We Come
No, not The Man of the West and any of his PPP co-hosts; it’s time for Treebeard and the Ents to sing and march their way to Isengard to deal with someone who should know better.

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10min
March 26, 2025 Week 075 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Vigorous Heart
Time to explore a few of the names we encountered in yesterday’s Túrin Tuesday, including the names of the brothers Húrin and Huor, and The Man of the West’s favorite phrase in all of the legendarium.

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11min
March 25, 2025 Week 075 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Seventy Times He Uttered That Cry
Is it The Man of the West crying about another old joke? No, it’s Húrin, killing yet another member of the troll-guard of Gothmog.

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11min
March 24, 2025 Week 075 - Middle-earth Map Monday: No Foot of Man Or Beast
Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 10 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a visit to the lake of Nen Hithoel and the three peaks that helped shape it.

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11min
March 01, 2025 Week 074 - Silmarillion Saturday: Brooded in the Dark
Join The Man of the West for some unexpected advice about ‘brooding’ as we conclude the Second Age in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age in The Silmarillion.

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13min
February 28, 2025 Week 074 - First-Age Friday: Sudden Swift Surprise
After 32 First Age Fridays, we reach the end of Tolkien’s Lay of Leithian. Beren Erchamion, folks: give him a hand.

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10min
February 27, 2025 Week 074 - Third Age Thursday: Lighthearted, Quick-worded, and Soon Over
Once again, while this could describe The Man of the West and the TTT episodes, it’s actually Treebeard’s thoughts about the Elvish song of the Ent and Entwife.

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14min
February 26, 2025 Week 074 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Quenya for “Listen to Her”
Join The Man of the West for the last of his 8-week series on the names of the Valar and Maiar, as we discover the stories behind the names of Arien, Tirion, and many more.

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12min

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