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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 124 — Silmarillion Saturday: Check, Please!

    Week 124 — Silmarillion Saturday: Check, Please!
    Jul 11 2026
    Possibly the worst first date in the history of Arda. Join The Man of the West as Fëanor names the Black Foe and Morgoth discovers what Ungoliant charges for dinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 124 — Friendship Friday: More Cannot Be Said

    Week 124 — Friendship Friday: More Cannot Be Said
    Jul 10 2026
    The two who didn’t even speak until Moria end up sharing a ship across the Sea. Join The Man of the West for the last Friendship Friday of the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 124 — Third Age Thursday: By the Mouth of Gríma

    Week 124 — Third Age Thursday: By the Mouth of Gríma
    Jul 9 2026
    No battle today — just the paperwork behind one. Join The Man of the West for the Marshals of the Mark: who really ran Rohan while the King faded, and a bit of horse-lending that turns up again tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 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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