Today's Tolkien Times

After 32 First Age Fridays, we reach the end of Tolkien’s Lay of Leithian. Beren Erchamion, folks: give him a hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once again, while this could describe The Man of the West and the TTT episodes, it’s actually Treebeard’s thoughts about the Elvish song of the Ent and Entwife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for the last of his 8-week series on the names of the Valar and Maiar, as we discover the stories behind the names of Arien, Tirion, and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tolkien’s in-depth explanation of hobbit birthdays continues, and transitions into a discussion of family structure and one morbidly funny story involving Pippin’s sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins the last week of Series 9 with another Middle-earth Map Monday, traveling down the Anduin. Also, Aragorn admires the royal stones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we read a summary of the early years of the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor, and their ‘many treasures and great heirlooms of virtue and wonder’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We promised it would get better after last week’s visions of Morgoth’s dark heart; but Beren and Lúthien are still, essentially, in hell — so keep your expectations reasonable. Also, a special day for the PPP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at Treebeard’s wanderings through the lands of Beleriand in the First Age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West moves on from the names of the Valar and begins an in-depth look at the names of some of the Maiar, including the handmaid of Varda and the herald of Manwë. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What in Middle-earth could do such a thing to the doughty hobbits? You’ll have to listen to The Man of the West as he continues looking at Tolkien’s Letter #214 on Tolkien Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another week of Today’s Tolkien Times, starting with a ride down the Anduin as we look at the Brown Lands and the Undeeps along the Great River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another reading in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age as we see the fates of the Seven and the Nine, and get a recap of what happened to Sauron when he fled Númenor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Also quite clearly not The Man of the West, but join him as he walks through a genuinely hellish moment for Lúthien as she endures the lustful stares of Morgoth. Uh, happy Valentine’s Day, everybody? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aragorn longs for Gondor and a crown buried for a thousand years; Merry and Pippin long to be included in a list of people who don’t get squished by Ents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we look at more names of the Valier, running down quite the list today including Nienna, Estë, Vairë, Vána, and Nessa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don’t need me to tell you that today’s title has nothing to do with The Man of the West. Rather, it’s about hobbit birthdays in a letter Tolkien wrote to someone who tried to out-pedant the Professor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for the third and final episode on the land of Lórien as we learn all about its time under the leadership of not-King Celeborn and not-Queen Galadriel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as the Noldor of Eregion hearken to the persuasive words of the Lord of Gifts, much to their dismay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I’ll take ‘Pickup Lines That Result in Failure’ for $500, Alex.” Join The Man of the West for suggestions on what not to say when talking to… well, anyone. Beren and Lúthien descend to the pits of hell itself in today’s First Age Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as Aragorn and Legolas sing a lament for Boromir, while Gimli watches on quietly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue looking at names of the Valar in this series’ Word-nerd Wednesdays, today diving into the names of two of the Queens of the Valar, or the Valier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we look at Tolkien’s response to a letter asking him for ‘facts’ about himself, and discover that while he doesn’t like giving them, he certainly seems quite willing to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, that doesn’t describe the tenure of The Man of the West at The Prancing Pony Podcast — although it certainly could. Join Alan as he continues his look at the land of Lórien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Repent? Sure! Oh, on second thought. Join The Man of the West as Sauron waffles in our first reading in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age (or OtRoPatTA as we call it here). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, having a strong perfume isn’t such a good idea. Join The Man of the West as he accompanies Beren and Lúthien to the very gates of Angband — and a confrontation with the Red Maw himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices