Today's Tolkien Times

Join The Man of the West as King Meneldur finalizes his decision to hand the Sceptre to his son, and Erendis sees the choice as an attack by her estranged husband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West continues his SDCC focus for the rest of Series 7, welcoming Kelly @themiddlepage from Instagram to talk about her channel, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is not a line in any of the three of Tolkien’s poems we’ll look at today. But if you think The Man of the West can avoid humming this tune, you could be wrong.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West engages in a little star-gazing as he breaks down the names of the regions of the island of Númenor in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While today’s episode title could reflect The Man of the West on nearly any given day, this time it’s a self-deprecating quote from C.S. Lewis, as we continue our look for the fox that may not be there.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins another week of the TTT with a close look at the town not at all named for a soft, spreadable cheese. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as Aldarion shares his unfiltered opinion with his father, King Meneldur — just as the king is about to make a major announcement regarding the future of Númenor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West changes up Fandom Fridays for the rest of Series 7, with a focus on Tolkien content creators who were at San Diego ComicCon, getting their take on the upcoming Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Today, Varking Runesong joins us for chat that will inevitably include Dwarves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Join The Man of the West as the hobbits encounter Noldorin Exiles in the Shire, singing a beautiful Hymn to Elbereth. We also wonder about Gildor’s parentage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West returns to Carpenter’s book on the Inklings, this time to seriously question the notion of Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, and Barfield as ‘The Oxford Christians’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look, I’m just saying what Tolkien says, okay? Sure, he means the translation of Fanuilos, and not the Disney princess, but maybe that’s true as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins the week with a return to the new segment on Middle-earth Map Monday. Also, linguistic changes are unpredictable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time to return to our readings in Númenor as King Meneldur thinks through a no-win situation and makes a momentous decision regarding the future, as Aldarion has some contemptuous words for his father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he welcomes Inklings scholar Sørina Higgins to Fandom Friday to talk about the Oddest Inkling, Charles Williams, and explain some of the shifts in the way Tolkien viewed their friendship after his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our look at poetry and songs in The Lord of the Rings by taking a deep dive into one of Bilbo’s songs, set to a tune “as old as the hills” (yet somehow younger than The Man of the West). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at the name of Gil-galad’s father… or, maybe his father, or maybe not. Where’s Maury Povich when you need him? Also, bonus word-nerdery on the Vanyar’s favorite Valar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue in our time in Humphrey Carpenter’s book, The Inklings, as we look more closely at the conflicted nature of Tolkien’s friendship with Charles Williams, and a poem the Professor wrote about his friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another week of Today’s Tolkien Times as he returns to a new Monday segment looking at places in Middle-earth. This time, we visit the place Fredegar Bolger feared as much as Mordor: The Old Forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West returns to the story of Aldarion and Erendis for another set of Second Age Saturdays. In today’s episode, we look over the shoulder of King Meneldur as he reads a very important letter from Gil-galad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a TTT first, The Man of the West has a co-host: Sara Brown, the Shield-maiden of Rohan. Join them as they interview the man behind the Welsh translation of The Hobbit.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins a series of readings through the poetry and songs of The Lord of the Rings… by starting with a song from The Hobbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for another return to Word-nerd Wednesday, with today’s episode looking closely at the several names of the last High King of the Eldar. But not at his parentage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West returns to Humphrey Carpenter’s book, The Inklings, for more on Tolkien and his circle of friends. Today, a closer look at the oddest Inkling, Charles Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins a new series with a new Monday segment: Middle-earth Map Monday! In the first of this new segment, we learn the hobbits got a pretty good deal from Argeleb II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as Aldarion all too briefly speaks with the daughter he abandoned years ago and coldly ignores her mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices