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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 127 - Friendship Friday: Dear Friend Aug 21, 2026

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Join The Man of the West as Aragorn and Gandalf finish their long friendship without ever saying farewell.

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Week 127 - Third Age Thursday: Though They Held the Keys Aug 20, 2026

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Join The Man of the West as Calenardhon is emptied by 400 years of peace before it changes hands.

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Week 127 - Word-nerd Wednesday: By Design or Chance Aug 19, 2026

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Join The Man of the West for Fortress Week, including a tower whose name means one thing in Elvish and something else entirely in Rohirric — but manages to be right both times.

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Week 127 - Tolkien Tuesday: Circumstances That Affront Your Taste Aug 18, 2026

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The Man of the West hands the microphone to the Professor for the heart of letter 250 — sagging faith, bad priests, and a father’s advice to go find the worst mass in town.

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Week 127 - Might-Have-Been Monday: Seeth All Things Crooked Aug 17, 2026

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Everyone in Doriath ignores the wisest person in the room — except The Man of the West, of course!

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Week 126 - Silmarillion Saturday: Say Farewell to the Weak Aug 15, 2026

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Fëanor at the gym? No, just an announcement of the obvious. Join The Man of the West as Fëanor reminds us of his status as Morgoth’s mini-me.

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Week 126 - Friendship Friday: What Did You Call Me? Aug 14, 2026

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Join The Man of the West for part two of Aragorn and Gandalf as the wizard bows to the ranger, and the ranger doesn’t blink.

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Week 126 - Third Age Thursday: Three Peoples, One Kin Aug 13, 2026

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Join The Man of the West for the second appendix to the Fords of Isen, as we imagine a family reunion of Bree-folk, Dunlendings, and the Dead Men of Dunharrow. Awkward.

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Week 126 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Battle-Friend Aug 12, 2026

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Join The Man of the West for Sword Week: the storied blades of Aragorn, Gandalf, Théoden, and Éomer.

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Week 126 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Inability to Write Briefly Aug 11, 2026

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True of The Man of the West; also true of Tolkien and his son, Michael. Join The Man of the West for the first of three weeks on Letter 250.

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