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Week 112 - Friendship Friday: I Was Serious Mar 27, 2026

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Join The Man of the West as we turn our 2-part look at Frodo and Sam’s friendship into four episodes instead: today, from Parth Galen to Cirith Ungol.

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Week 112 - Third Age Thursday: Good People… Mostly Mar 26, 2026

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Whether today’s title also applies to The Man of the West is up to you. Today, we take a look at the Elves of Mirkwood in (mostly) the Third Age, as we continue our look at the free peoples of Middle-earth.

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Week 112 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Frings — Not What you Thought Mar 25, 2026

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The Man of the West takes a deep dive into a few words from last week’s Silmarillion Saturday, including one that, it turns out, is long overdue.

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Week 112 - Tolkien Tuesday: Peacocks are Out Mar 24, 2026

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Well, yes — but I thought everyone knew that. Join The Man of the West as we look at another letter from the Professor to his illustrator on The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Pauline Baynes.

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Week 112 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Always Creeping Mar 23, 2026

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Today’s stop on our journey is not on The Man of the West’s bucket list, nor is it likely on yours. Come visit the charming wetlands known as the Dead Marshes.

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Week 111 - Silmarillion Saturday: Be Gone Unrequited Mar 21, 2026

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The Man of the West may be used to hearing those words, but today they’re meant for the Dwarves of Nogrod that are haughtily dismissed by Thingol, unaware of the danger he faces.

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Week 111 - Friendship Friday: Jump Down a Dragon’s Throat Mar 20, 2026

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We begin an all-new thing for Fridays, as we study friendships in Middle-earth, starting with perhaps the best-known example with Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee.

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Week 111 - Third Age Thursday: He Dwells There Still Mar 19, 2026

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Join The Man of the West as we begin a look at more people in the Third Age; having done a deep dive into all the different Men for two series, it’s time to visit the Elves, beginning in Lindon.

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Week 111 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not Your Average Garden Gnome Mar 18, 2026

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Join The Man of the West for a Word-nerd Wednesday deep dive into Tolkien’s early name for the Elves we now know as the Noldor, and learn why he could use it Gnome-Or (just say it out loud… no more).

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Week 111 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Am Not Satisfied with ‘Hobbits’ Mar 17, 2026

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It’s time for another out-of-context quote as episode title, as we begin another TTT series spending Tolkien Tuesdays in the Revised and Expanded edition of the Letters. Today, it’s more gripes about translations; anyone else not surprised?

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