The city of Valmar, that is. The Man of the West reads about the Darkening of Valinor and the theft of the Silmarils in this week’s Silmarillion Saturday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 03, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The Man of the West welcomes Kaitlyn to the Common Room for some Tea — with Tolkien, of course — in this week’s installment of Fandom Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 02, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
It’s time to visit the Shire again, as Sam uses Galadriel’s gift to restore his homeland. Join The Man of the West as he reads and chats about S.R. 1420 in another Third Age Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 16
The Man of the West digs deep into linguistic journals to explore all about Gandalf’s far-too-simple magic password in another installment of Word-nerd Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Join the Man of the West as he continues reading Tolkien’s Letters, exploring more of the drama between the Professor and two publishers on Tolkien Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 30, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 14
The Man of the West begins another week of Today’s Tolkien Times with an interesting, albeit officially unanswerable, question for Mailbag Monday as we search for word of Radagast the Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The Man of the West concludes another week of Today's Tolkien Times by going back to the creation of the Silmarils on Silmarillion Saturday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 27, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Welcome another guest to Today's Tolkien Times on Fandom Friday as The Man of the West is joined by Jeremy Edmonds from Tolkien Collector's Guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Join The Man of the West for another Third Age Thursday, as he goes back to the very beginning of the Third Age to explore Isildur's redemption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Join the Man of the West for another Word-nerd Wednesday, complete with bonus! That's right, it's a double Word-nerd Wednesday as we dive into the names of two of Middle-earth's bad guys: Sauron and Saruman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The drama between Tolkien, Sir Stanley Unwin, and Milton Waldman continues as The Man of the West reads and discusses Tolkien's Letters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 23, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Welcome back to Today's Tolkien Times! The Man of the West begins the week with Mailbag Monday and a question regarding Dior, the son of Beren and Lúthien, and a bonus question about Today's Tolkien Times! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 22, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The Man of the West wraps up the TTT's inaugural week by going back to the making of the Trees on our first Silmarillion Saturday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Today's Tolkien Times continues its first week, with the debut of the Fandom Friday segment: today, with Matt from The Nerd of the Rings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The inaugural week of the TTT moves on into the Third Age, as the Man of the West reads and chats about some of the travels of Frodo, Sam, and Pippin across the Shire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Join the Man of the West for the debut of Word-nerd Wednesdays, this time going all the way back to the PPP's first Philology Faire to learn more about Tolkien's plural for dwarf: dwarves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The first week of the TTT continues as The Man of the West dives into Tolkien's Letters volume to learn more about Tolkien's efforts to get The Silmarillion published. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 16, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to the first week of Today's Tolkien Times! The Man of the West starts off the TTT's inaugural week with Mailbag Monday and a question about the One Ring... and the Two Chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 15, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Join Alan, The Man of the West from The Prancing Pony Podcast, as he introduces his new daily project: Today's Tolkien Times. 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 tales of Middle-earth on Third Age Thursdays Be inspired to be a part of the Tolkien community on Fandom Fridays Dive deep into Middle-earth history on Silmarillion Saturdays Today's Tolkien Tim...
May 08, 2023•5 min
