Númenor pays the ultimate price for its pride and rebellion as Ar-Pharazôn suddenly discovers he’d rather not have immortality after all in this week’s installment of the Akallabêth on Silmarillion Saturday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The bestest good boy ever has some hard words for Beren before providing the best cosplay advice ever in another episode on The Lay of Leithian on this week’s First Age Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Once again, no this isn’t a title describing The Man of the West: he doesn’t really wear hats. But Gandalf did, and Frodo missed him — so he sang a lament that we’ll take a look at in this week’s Third Age Thursday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West for another Word-nerd Wednesday: this week’s contestants on ‘Who’s Got the Coolest Name?’ are the Valar of Smithing and of Hunting: Aulë and Oromë. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s time to remind those Elves that they’re no better than us as The Man of the West looks at Letter 212 where Tolkien “adds a few lines” about the mythological framework behind all of the legendarium. A few lines, he said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as he starts Week 68 of Today’s Tolkien Times with another Middle-earth Map Monday in Moria as we look at more of the names of the Mansions of the Dwarves and a bit of its early history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as we spend just a few more weeks in the Akallabêth, watching the train wreck of Númenor. Ar-Pharazôn ignores the signs and tries to take a thing that can’t be taken on this week’s Silmarillion Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beren bids farewell to everything and prepares to meet his fate alone — but Lúthien has other ideas. Join The Man of the West for another series in The Lay of Lúthien on First-Age Fridays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Legolas sings a sad song about Nimrodel as The Man of the West continues his walk through the poems and songs in The Lord of the Rings in Series 9’s Third Age Thursdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Man of the West begins an 8-week look at the names of the Valar and Maiar — beginning with those exact words, actually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tolkien tells us that the Fall of Barad-dûr was about 6000 years ago as The Man of the West continues his run through the Letters on Tolkien Tuesdays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 9 of the TTT with another Middle-earth Map Monday momentarily on the meritorious megalopolis of Moria. Okay, we’ll stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as he tries not to imagine what goblin smells like, let alone *strong* goblin. We wrap up this special holiday celebration by looking at the second half of that 1932 letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you’re struggling with drawing bears, Karhu might be able to help you. It’s time for the first part of the long 1932 Letter From Father Christmas, as goblins enter the fray! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
North Polar Bear’s cousins — ‘fat’ and ‘white-hair’ — show up and immediately cause the sort of turmoil you’d imagine NPB’s relatives to cause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West for another Letter From Father Christmas as we learn of North Polar Bear’s illness and recovery — and his not-thought-through decision to replace coal with ice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s time for more adventures with Father Christmas and North Polar Bear as Father Christmas is grateful for time zones around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West for a special holiday celebration as we read through Letters From Father Christmas so that we can all realize what inadequate parents we are — or something like that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as Ar-Pharazôn is drunk on Sauron’s words, while Amandil makes audacious but hopeless plans, as we conclude Series 8 of the TTT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lúthien shows great promise for a career in the medical profession, as she heals Beren — and he thanks her by leaving her in the paws of the best dog ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yes, it was actually younger than The Man of the West. Join him for a deeper dive into the Song of Durin as we look at the rich history found in these stanzas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s time for The Man of the West to finally do some word-nerdery on the name of everyone’s favorite place: Middle-earth itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West for a strange mix in the second half of Letter 211 as Tolkien answers a barrage of questions as only the Professor can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West as we move on from Eregion to study the longest mountain range in this part of Middle-earth: the Hithaeglir, or Misty Mountains, as we begin the last week of Series 8 of the TTT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just a normal weekend for The Man of the West? Thankfully, no — just a summary of what’s happening as Ar-Pharazôn opens the latest infrastructure project in Armenelos: a temple to Morgoth himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You underestimate Lúthien at your own peril. Join The Man of the West for more from the Lay of Leithian as Huan once again proves to be the bestest boy ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Company finally leave Rivendell and so do we, as we join Gimli for a rich history lesson in this week’s Third Age Thursday poetry reading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join The Man of the West for this deep dive into the names of four Faithful men in the darkest time of Númenor in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No, this is not a claim of knowledge on behalf of The Man of the West; in fact, it’s a quote from one of Tolkien’s letters that we’ll look at today, as he acknowledges he doesn’t have them all either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Man of the West’s advice to Celebrimbor: never meet your heroes. Today’s Middle-earth Map Monday follows up on last week as we continue our time in the land of Eregion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
