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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May 09, 2025 Week 081 - Fandom Friday: Don Marshall
Join The Man of the West in welcoming back Don Marshall to Today’s Tolkien Times, as he tells us about the new book he’s writing!

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20min
May 08, 2025 Week 081 - Third Age Thursday: Huge, Old, and Tall
I’d make one of those “I feel called out” jokes, but I know I’m not tall. Join The Man of the West for an in-depth look at a hobbit nursery rhyme that turns out to be prophetic.

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8min
May 07, 2025 Week 081 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Orodreth Went to West Virginia?
Join The Man of the West for another look at a series of names connected to Nargothrond and Túrin’s time there.

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10min
May 06, 2025 Week 081 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Not In Your Name
Gwindor speaks an unwelcome truth to Túrin, but he doesn’t want to hear it. Join The Man of the West as our tragic hero gains not one, not two, but three new names in just a few paragraphs.

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11min
May 05, 2025 Week 081 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Wide, Wind-Swept Walls
Join The Man of the West as Gandalf and his Companions reach Edoras and make their way through the town to the top of the hill and Meduseld itself.

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13min
May 03, 2025 Week 080 - Silmarillion Saturday: Of Small Account
Join The Man of the West as we continue reading through Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, this time as the White Council finally serves an eviction notice at Dol Guldur.

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9min
May 02, 2025 Week 080 - Fandom Friday: Bag End at End of Bag
Join The Man of the West in welcoming Myla, a fellow collector of all things Tolkien, to the TTT to talk about our mutual obsession pastime.

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14min
May 01, 2025 Week 080 - Third Age Thursday: Rhymes of Lore
Join The Man of the West as he leaves alliterative Old English behind, in order to explore not one, not two, but three Rhymes of Lore. Well, maybe just two and a converted riddle.

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10min
April 30, 2025 Week 080 - Word-nerd Wednesday: There’s a Golf Joke Somewhere
Not that The Man of the West finds the joke, but you’ll understand. Join him for a whirlwind exploration of several words from the TTT’s recent, um, TTT episodes.

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10min
April 29, 2025 Week 080 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Fate Was That Day More Strong
The day we all hoped would turn out differently has arrived, and Beleg meets his tragic end in this week’s installment of Túrin Turambar Tuesday.

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12min

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