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Today's Tolkien Times

Today's Tolkien Times

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Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 481

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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!
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Week 054 - Second Age Saturday: Too Late, or Too Early

Season 7 · Episode 324

samedi 31 août 2024 • Duration 10:00

A wizard may never be late, Frodo Baggins, but Aldarion apparently could be. Join The Man of the West for another reading in the Second Age tale of the mariner-king of Númenor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 054 - Fandom Friday: Always Optimistic

Season 7 · Episode 323

vendredi 30 août 2024 • Duration 33:12

The Man of the West is joined by The Tolkien Professor himself, Dr. Corey Olsen, for another chat about The Rings of Power and what we can be looking forward to in the upcoming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 053 - Tolkien Tuesday: I’m Not Accurate

Season 7 · Episode 314

samedi 24 août 2024 • Duration 09:13

While today’s episode title could reflect The Man of the West on nearly any given day, this time it’s a self-deprecating quote from C.S. Lewis, as we continue our look for the fox that may not be there.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 038 - Tolkien Tuesday: Frightful 18th Century!!!

Season 5 · Episode 224

mardi 9 avril 2024 • Duration 08:45

Don’t blame me: the punctuation is in the original. Time for another close look at the budding friendship between C.S. Lewis and Tolkien; so long as the former doesn’t keep making terrible poetry suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 038 - Mailbag Monday: Not the Family Reunion You’re Looking For

Season 5 · Episode 223

lundi 8 avril 2024 • Duration 09:03

Join The Man of the West as he starts the week off talking about one of his favorite characters in the legendarium. And his unfortunate cousin.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 037 - Second Age Saturday: Cold is the Life of a Mariner’s Wife

Season 5 · Episode 222

samedi 6 avril 2024 • Duration 10:47

So, Aldarion: maybe, I don’t know, stop being a mariner? We continue with the tale of Aldarion and Erendis, the former of whom is beginning to show some troubling traits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 037 - First Age Friday: Of Will Defeated, Broken Faith

Season 5 · Episode 221

vendredi 5 avril 2024 • Duration 10:04

We return to the tale of Beren as Gorlim visits him in a dream, and he returns to utter devastation. A vow of vengeance follows, and one bad guy definitely gets what’s coming to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 037 - Third Age Thursday: Stop Even Pretending, Gaffer

Season 5 · Episode 220

jeudi 4 avril 2024 • Duration 09:30

We return to Hobbiton just as preparations for a massive party are underway: we’re reminded of how important the postal service is, and get a glimpse of hobbit birthday traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 037 - Word-nerd Wednesday: What’s With the Fat Jokes, Ronald?

Season 5 · Episode 219

mercredi 3 avril 2024 • Duration 07:51

We take a closer look at nine different Shire family names in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday and learn that the majority of them are based on hobbits ummm… enjoying their food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 037 - Tolkien Tuesday: Chiefly As a Poet

Season 5 · Episode 218

mardi 2 avril 2024 • Duration 07:56

We return to learn more about Tolkien’s fellow Inkling, C.S. Lewis, and their mutual admiration for “Northernness”. Also, dragons can spoil commutes: just ask Eärendil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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