Today's Tolkien Times

Watch as Otho twirls his villainous mustache and laments how he might have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling kids. Or something like that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a look at the beautiful flowers that the Eldar brought to Númenor to celebrate Erendis’ wedding, including one that sounds very familiar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tolkien offers to pull an all-nighter to mark up print proofs in this week’s Tolkien Tuesday; so long as he still gets to Heathrow in time for his flight from the North Kingdom to Gondor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he speculates on whether Saruman and Sauron worked the same shift at ‘The Forge of Aulë: Miners, not Minors’. Also, if you think Sauron was smart, wait ’til you hear what Tolkien had to say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aldarion returns to Erendis’ welcome, and the wedding of the century. The Eldar arrive with gifts and flowers, and all is as it should be. Finally. For now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our readings in the Lay of Leithian as Beren faces off against Thingol in the halls of Menegroth. And still, no one listens to Melian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another reading in A Long-Expected Party, this time as Frodo passes along Bilbo’s “messages” to a young social media influencer and a spoon thief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for another visit to our Second Age Saturday readings as The Man of the West explores three more words from Aldarion and Erendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We revisit the revised and updated edition of Tolkien’s Letters and learn Tolkien’s thoughts on piecemeal publication and patronizing reviews. Also, give the man a rest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins week 44 of Today’s Tolkien Times by answering a question about the Valar’s knowledge: who would win Valerin Jeopardy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our reading through the sorrowful tale of Aldarion and Erendis, as the King’s Heir continues to be of two minds — and Erendis offers to wait one more time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he continues his readings in The Lay of Leithian, this time as Lúthien brings Beren home for a chat — and Thingol has questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to Bag End and Gandalf’s chat with the disappearing Bilbo only to see the old hobbit do something no one has ever managed to do before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for an interesting — if rather disturbing — exploration of word-nerdery as we look at a word used to describe Gandalf’s pestering of Bilbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue in the Revised and Expanded edition of Tolkien’s Letters and learn that the Professor just couldn’t catch a break in the autumn of 1953. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he starts week 43 of the TTT by quoting Reverend Lovejoy to answer a question about Fëanor. No, you read that correctly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he wraps up the first week of Series 6 of the TTT by continuing his reading through the story of Aldarion and Erendis. A time of peace and joy is short-lived as Aldarion once again is drawn to the Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West has heard your pleas, and will return to the forests of Doriath for another series in The Lay of Leithian. Today’s episode features anguish, jealousy, and dancing lessons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no need to get angry: The Man of the West will continue the TTT’s readings in A Long-Expected Party. This time, Bilbo gets silly, while Gandalf speaks sternly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop and smell the Nísimaldar as The Man of the West dives into some word-nerdery from last season’s read-through of Aldarion and Erendis. Any excuse to read Quenya, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We open up the Revised and Expanded edition of Tolkien’s Letters again this series, as we focus on new content about The Lord of the Rings. Today, deadlines and maps, reviews and illustrations — and Tolkien’s apparent disdain for italics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 6 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a question about two very old people. And no, neither of them are The Man of the West. Also, memories of Bernard Hill as Théoden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erendis offers some words of wisdom; will Aldarion hear them? Join The Man of the West as he wraps up Series 6 of the TTT with one more passage from The Mariner’s Wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for one more reading in The Lay of Leithian before we (hopefully) return to Fandom Fridays in Series 6. Poor Beren is going to have to wait awhile, but at least he has her kiss to remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, not The Man of the West: no one would call him busy. It’s time for the last reading of this Series in A Long-expected Party, as Bilbo and Gandalf chat about the hobbit’s plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices