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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
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  • Week 119 - Friendship Friday: I Need You Both

    Week 119 - Friendship Friday: I Need You Both
    Jun 5 2026
    Two peoples, three Ages of grievance, and one wizard who refuses to give judgment. Join The Man of the West as we begin our look at An Unexpected Friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 119 - Third Age Thursday: Too Late

    Week 119 - Third Age Thursday: Too Late
    Jun 4 2026
    Join The Man of the West as Saruman’s trap closes around Théodred at the Fords of Isen — and Grimbold proves his worth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 119 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Through the Cenedril, and What Gimli Found There

    Week 119 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Through the Cenedril, and What Gimli Found There
    Jun 3 2026
    That would be a very different book, Mr. Carroll. Join The Man of the West for a look at a river and a lake, six names, and a 1971 BBC interview with Tolkien Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
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absolutely love this more than the prancing pony with Tom hillier who is very boring and, Shawn and Alan are brilliant without the extras and the logistics of Tolkien is always surprising and informative 👍.

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