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Week 052 - Fandom Friday: The Dwarf of the Year Returns Aug 24, 2024

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The Man of the West changes up Fandom Fridays for the rest of Series 7, with a focus on Tolkien content creators who were at San Diego ComicCon, getting their take on the upcoming Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Today, Varking Runesong joins us for chat that will inevitably include Dwarves!

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Week 052 - Third Age Thursday: Tree-Tangled Middle-Lands Aug 24, 2024

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Join The Man of the West as the hobbits encounter Noldorin Exiles in the Shire, singing a beautiful Hymn to Elbereth. We also wonder about Gildor’s parentage.

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Week 052 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Snow White is Very Inadequate Aug 24, 2024

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Look, I’m just saying what Tolkien says, okay? Sure, he means the translation of Fanuilos, and not the Disney princess, but maybe that’s true as well.

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Week 052 - Tolkien Tuesday: Scant Resemblance Aug 24, 2024

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The Man of the West returns to Carpenter’s book on the Inklings, this time to seriously question the notion of Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, and Barfield as ‘The Oxford Christians’.

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Week 052 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Forefathers of the Edain Aug 12, 2024

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Join The Man of the West as he begins the week with a return to the new segment on Middle-earth Map Monday. Also, linguistic changes are unpredictable.

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Week 051 - Second Age Saturday: Of What Worth Is Choice? Aug 10, 2024

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It’s time to return to our readings in Númenor as King Meneldur thinks through a no-win situation and makes a momentous decision regarding the future, as Aldarion has some contemptuous words for his father.

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Week 051 - Fandom Friday: It’s Complicated Aug 09, 2024

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Join The Man of the West as he welcomes Inklings scholar Sørina Higgins to Fandom Friday to talk about the Oddest Inkling, Charles Williams, and explain some of the shifts in the way Tolkien viewed their friendship after his death.

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Week 051 - Third Age Thursday: Round the Next Corner Aug 08, 2024

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We continue our look at poetry and songs in The Lord of the Rings by taking a deep dive into one of Bilbo’s songs, set to a tune “as old as the hills” (yet somehow younger than The Man of the West).

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Week 051 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Shout, Shout, Let It All Out Aug 07, 2024

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Join The Man of the West for a closer look at the name of Gil-galad’s father… or, maybe his father, or maybe not. Where’s Maury Povich when you need him? Also, bonus word-nerdery on the Vanyar’s favorite Valar.

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Week 051 - Tolkien Tuesday: Your Laugh In My Heart Echoes Aug 06, 2024

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We continue in our time in Humphrey Carpenter’s book, The Inklings, as we look more closely at the conflicted nature of Tolkien’s friendship with Charles Williams, and a poem the Professor wrote about his friend.

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