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Today's Tolkien Times

Today's Tolkien Times

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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!© The Prancing Pony Podcast Art Literary History & Criticism Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Week 082 - Silmarillion Saturday: Like Unto Countless Choirs
    Jun 7 2025
    It’s time for a deep dive into the musical origins of creation in the first of six readings in the Ainulindalë, the Music of the Ainur, from The Silmarillion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 082 - First Age Friday: An Outlaw in the Land of His Fathers
    Jun 6 2025
    Join The Man of the West for a new series of First Age Fridays as we look at the tale Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin from Unfinished Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • Week 082 - Third Age Thursday: Need Shall Drive Him
    Jun 5 2025
    The Man of the West takes a long look at the words of Malbeth the Seer — including a look at the drafts when Malbeth had nothing to do with this prophecy at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins

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