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Week 7 - Fandom Friday: Is There Really a Dwarf of the Year Award? There Should Be. Jun 30, 2023

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The Man of the West welcome Varking Runesong to Today’s Tolkien Times to chat about Rings of Power, Reddit, and building community everywhere we go, in another installment of Fandom Friday.

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Week 7 - Third Age Thursday: Bad Guys Always Have the Best Lines Jun 29, 2023

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The Man of the West embraces his inner villain with a fun reading of his second-favorite dragon in Middle-earth, as he begins a two-part passage in The Hobbit.

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Week 7 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Archaic and Derogatory — A Halfling at Heart Jun 28, 2023

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In today’s Word-nerd Wednesday, The Man of the West looks at the RPG industry’s favorite legal word for hobbit: “halfling”. Also, I’m still looking for tickets to Once Upon a Time in Proto-Germanic.

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Week 7 - Tolkien Tuesday: A Very Bad Time Indeed Jun 27, 2023

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A closer look at the conversation between Tolkien and Unwin regarding a problem Tolkien hadn’t had before: titles for all three volumes. Also, the Book of Mazarbul and maps.

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Week 7 - Mailbag Monday: The State of the Show Address Jun 26, 2023

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The Man of the West starts out the week by answering some questions about Today’s Tolkien Times, including whether he’ll ever take time off or run out of stuff. Alliteration answers all.

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Week 6 - Silmarillion Saturday: SPBMI Explained Jun 24, 2023

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The Man of the West wraps up this week’s Today’s Tolkien Times by reading from the Ainulindalë in The Silmarillion and explaining that weird acronym he keeps on using.

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Week 6 - Fandom Friday: Magic Man, Magic Cards Jun 23, 2023

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The Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy takes a few minutes away from TikTok to visit with The Man of the West on today’s Fandom Friday. And, with Magic: The Gathering’s LotR set dropping TODAY, who better to talk about it and show off some cards?

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Week 6 - Third Age Thursday: Namarië! Jun 22, 2023

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The Man of the West concludes his time in Lórien by waving farewell to the Lord and Lady, and trying desperately to read Quenya like a boss. Diving into Tolkien’s notes helps us understand Galadriel’s Lament more deeply.

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Week 6 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Eald Enta Geweorc (Yes, That’s English) Jun 21, 2023

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Trolls, ogres, and Ents, oh my. The Man of the West dives into Old English and Old Norse to pull together a couple of ENT-eresting words in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday.

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Week 6 - Tolkien Tuesday: You Want HOW Much for That Book? Jun 20, 2023

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The Man of the West continues to tell the story of how The Lord of the Rings finally got published: today, the issue of cost, and a decision by Rayner that I suspect he eventually regretted.

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