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Today's Tolkien Times

Today's Tolkien Times

By: The Prancing Pony Podcast
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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 116 - Silmarillion Saturday: Glittering and Bright

    Week 116 - Silmarillion Saturday: Glittering and Bright
    Apr 25 2026
    Clearly not The Man of the West, today’s title describes the sight of Eärendil’s ship, Vingilot, as it sails into the heavens — freeing the Elves from despair, while filling Morgoth with doubt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 116 - Friendship Friday: Brush Up My Toes

    Week 116 - Friendship Friday: Brush Up My Toes
    Apr 24 2026
    Join The Man of the West as Merry acknowledges he has some work to do to catch up to Pippin as we continue our (now) four-episode look at their friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 116 - Third Age Thursday: Long It Endured

    Week 116 - Third Age Thursday: Long It Endured
    Apr 23 2026
    Join The Man of the West as we begin a two-part look at the Elves of Rivendell: this time featuring the tra-la-lally Elves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 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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