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**Today’s Tolkien Times**

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 available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever else you get your podcasts!

Listeners get answers on Mailbag Mondays; discover more about the Professor on Tolkien Tuesdays; indulge your inner philologist on Word-nerd Wednesdays; learn more about the familiar stories of Middle-earth on Third Age Thursdays; hear from Tolkien fans around the world on Fandom Fridays; and dive deep into Middle-earth history on Silmarillion Saturdays!

And on Sundays? That’s what The Prancing Pony Podcast is for! So subscribe to Today’s Tolkien Times and follow us on all our social media channels!

Latest Episodes:

Week 077 - Fandom Friday: Kaiakayy Apr 11, 2025

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The Man of the West welcomes Kaia to Today’s Tolkien Times to talk Tolkien, TikTok and trivia.

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Week 077 - Third Age Thursday: Hwær Cwom Mearg? Apr 10, 2025

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Join The Man of the West for an attempt at Old English as he looks at Aragorn’s Lament for the Rohirrim, the classic ubi sunt, and reads Tolkien’s own words about ‘the ineluctable ending’ of all good things.

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Week 077 - Word-nerd Wednesday: It Would Explain Much Apr 09, 2025

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We spend another Word-nerd Wednesday looking at names from the Tale of Túrin Turambar; today, including four Elves and three swords!

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Week 077 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Guard Him and Guide Him Apr 08, 2025

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We return to the story of Túrin Turambar as perpetually-underrated Beleg Cúthalion does everything within his power to help the troubled young man.

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Week 077 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Swelled Like a Green Sea Apr 07, 2025

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Join The Man of the West as he begins week 77 of Today’s Tolkien Times with another Middle-earth Map Monday, joining the Three Hunters as they pursue the Orcs into Rohan.

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Week 076 - Silmarillion Saturday: Stirred as by a Cold Wind Apr 05, 2025

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Join The Man of the West for the continuing story Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, as we witness the fall of Arnor and the waning of Gondor.

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Week 076 - Fandom Friday: History, Real or Feigned Apr 04, 2025

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Join The Man of the West in welcoming Be1mont_lotr to Fandom Friday; he’s another in the growing chorus of the Voices of Arda, a history buff, and diplomatically reaches the right answer on Balrog wings.

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Week 076 - Third Age Thursday: Dark is the Path Apr 03, 2025

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Galadriel has messages for the Three Hunters, even if Gandalf nearly forgets to deliver one of them.

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Week 076 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Say That Again? Apr 02, 2025

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Join The Man of the West as he brings to light more of the words from our Tuesday readings in the story of Túrin: today, a look at the family of Húrin.

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Week 076 - Túrin Turambar Tuesday: Marked With Sorrow Apr 01, 2025

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The tragic tale of Túrin Turambar properly begins today, as we encounter the aftermath of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad through the eyes of Morwen Eledhwen.

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