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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 122 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Song Ceased

    Week 122 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Song Ceased
    Jun 27 2026
    Join The Man of the West as Melkor and Ungoliant reach the Trees — and Valinor, which was sung into being, discovers silence alongside darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 122 - Friendship Friday: You Move Me, Gimli

    Week 122 - Friendship Friday: You Move Me, Gimli
    Jun 26 2026
    Join The Man of the West as Gimli describes the caverns of Helm’s Deep with great detail and glorious prose, like… well, like Tolkien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 122 - Third Age Thursday: The Shieldwall Held

    Week 122 - Third Age Thursday: The Shieldwall Held
    Jun 25 2026
    Midnight, a river of fire, and no sign of Elfhelm. Join The Man of the West as Grimbold makes his stand at the Fords of Isen — and faces a choice between glory and purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 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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