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| 30 Aug 2024 | Week 054 - Fandom Friday: Always Optimistic | 00:33:12 | |
The Man of the West is joined by The Tolkien Professor himself, Dr. Corey Olsen, for another chat about The Rings of Power and what we can be looking forward to in the upcoming season.
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| 07 Sep 2024 | Week 055 - Second Age Saturday: Enjoy It Before They Ruin It | 00:09:32 | |
Erendis offers strong words for her daughter in this week’s Second Age Saturday, as The Man of the West continues his readings through Aldarion and Erendis.
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| 09 Sep 2024 | Week 056 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Filled With Evil Folk | 00:10:00 | |
Join The Man of the West for another Middle-earth Map Monday, as he takes a closer look at Arnor’s second capital, Fornost. Also, Círdan makes another appearance.
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| 14 Sep 2024 | Week 056 - Second Age Saturday: The Root Of All Their Troubles | 00:09:20 | |
Aldarion’s sure he’s identified the cause of his “disastrous marriage to Erendis” and changes the law so that it won’t happen to his daughter, Ancalimë. But did he ask her?
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 052 - Second Age Saturday: Myself as a Tame Hound | 00:08:47 | |
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.
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| 31 Aug 2024 | Week 054 - Second Age Saturday: Too Late, or Too Early | 00:10:00 | |
A wizard may never be late, Frodo Baggins, but Aldarion apparently could be. Join The Man of the West for another reading in the Second Age tale of the mariner-king of Númenor.
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| 14 Oct 2024 | Week 059 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Four Oh Something | 00:10:06 | |
Join The Man of the West as he begins week 59 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a deep dive into the deep freeze of Forodwaith and Forochel on Middle-earth Map Monday!
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| 11 Oct 2024 | Week 058 - First Age Friday: A Song of Staying | 00:10:43 | |
The Man of the West returns to the Lay of Leithian for another eight weeks in First Age Fridays, beginning with the epic song battle between Sauron and Finrod.
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| 21 Sep 2024 | Week 057 - Second Age Saturday: Whom I Prefer Above All Others | 00:11:09 | |
The Man of the West finishes his 24-part foray into the tragic tale of Aldarion and Erendis as Ancalimë marries, but not for love, and Erendis meets her sorrowful end.
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| 07 Oct 2024 | Week 058 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Nesting Dolls of the North | 00:09:47 | |
Join The Man of the West as he kicks off a new 8-week series of Today’s Tolkien Times, starting with a return to a new fan favorite segment — get your maps out for today’s look at Arthedain.
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| 10 Oct 2024 | Week 058 - Third Age Thursday: Just a Bit of Nonsense | 00:09:31 | |
Who’s coming up with these episode titles? Today’s Third Age Thursday reading continues with poetry in The Lord of the Rings; this time, with Sam’s recitation of his own epic lay about trolls.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 052 - Tolkien Tuesday: Scant Resemblance | 00:09:03 | |
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’.
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| 15 Oct 2024 | Week 059 - Tolkien Tuesday: But Can’t They Be Very Different? | 00:11:40 | |
It’s finally time to begin our long look at Tolkien’s views on adaptation as we start Letter 210 and hear from Tom Shippey on the canons of narrative art and the core of the original.
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| 12 Oct 2024 | Week 058 - Silmarillion Saturday: Silver Flame in the Paths of the Sun | 00:10:06 | |
The Man of the West gets to read about… well, the Men of the West! The Edain are rewarded with wisdom, power, long life, and a new island home, in our first look at the Akallabêth.
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| 08 Oct 2024 | Week 058 - Tolkien Tuesday: Hasty, Insensitive, and Impertinent | 00:09:33 | |
While the Professor continues to make The Man of the West feel called out, the invectives here are meant for a guy by the name of Zimmerman. Tell us what you really think, Professor!
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Middle-earth Map Monday: An Old Name… in an Older Language | 00:08:49 | |
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.
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| 18 Sep 2024 | Week 057 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Plethora of Place-names Perchance? | 00:08:30 | |
Join The Man of the West as he looks at a number of places named in Aragorn’s retelling of the Song of Beren and Lúthien. Bonus: we learn what Morgoth’s fortress has in common with the Halls of Mandos.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 052 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Snow White is Very Inadequate | 00:08:43 | |
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.
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| 02 Sep 2024 | Week 055 - Middle-earth Map Monday: His Chief City | 00:08:14 | |
Join The Man of the West as he begins another week of the TTT with Middle-earth Map Monday and a look at the original capital city of the Kingdom of Arnor.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Tolkien Tuesday: I’m Not Accurate | 00:09:13 | |
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.
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| 16 Oct 2024 | Week 059 - Word-nerd Wednesday: How About Next-to-Last Instead? | 00:09:08 | |
Arvedui finds out what his name really means, as The Man of the West looks at his name and other words from our Middle-earth Map Monday episode.
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| 26 Aug 2024 | Week 054 - Middle-earth Map Monday: While Their Realm Lasted | 00:08:26 | |
Join The Man of the West as he kicks off another week of Today’s Tolkien Times with a map visit to Lindon and the Grey Havens.
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| 12 Sep 2024 | Week 056 - Third Age Thursday: In the Forest Singing Sorrowless | 00:07:39 | |
The Man of the West tells a tale of the old days, as we look at Strider’s recitation of the tale of Tinúviel on the slopes of Weathertop.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Hey Now, You’re an All Star | 00:07:45 | |
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.
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| 03 Sep 2024 | Week 055 - Tolkien Tuesday: Holy Terror of Coteries | 00:08:48 | |
This week’s Tolkien Tuesday looks more closely at the kind of friends the Inklings were, along with a deep dive into C.S. Lewis’ view on the unofficial cliques that so often seem unavoidable.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Third Age Thursday: A Mug of Beer Inside This Took | 00:08:50 | |
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.
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| 17 Oct 2024 | Week 059 - Third Age Thursday: A Merry Passenger, a Messenger, a Mariner | 00:12:00 | |
Join The Man of the West as he starts his study of Bilbo’s latest chart-topping single, The Song of Eärendil, and learns just how many versions of it there really were.
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| 27 Aug 2024 | Week 054 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Cause Rather Than the Result | 00:08:00 | |
The Man of the West continues in Humphrey Carpenter’s The Inklings, chasing down the fox that might still be there somewhere.
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| 04 Sep 2024 | Week 055 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Revered King | 00:09:17 | |
Join The Man of the West as he looks at the names of — well, this is awkward — The Man of the West, in a Word-nerd Wednesday on the many names of Aragorn.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Fandom Friday: The Middle Page | 00:15:30 | |
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!
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| 11 Sep 2024 | Week 056 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Er is the Loneliest Number… of Hands | 00:09:04 | |
Join The Man of the West for a deep dive into the names of one of the heroes of the First Age, Beren son of Barahir.
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| 19 Sep 2024 | Week 057 - Third Age Thursday: The Long & Short Of It | 00:09:47 | |
We complete our look at the Song of Beren and Lúthien as recited by Aragorn by first looking at what in the world ann-thennath means. Plus a reminder that The Man of the West is not a poet.
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| 16 Sep 2024 | Week 057 - Middle-earth Map Monday: I Can Haz Palantir? | 00:10:43 | |
Join The Man of the West as he looks at the results of inequitable palantíri distribution amongst the kingdoms formerly known as Arnor.
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| 28 Aug 2024 | Week 054 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Unto No Maner Wight | 00:09:31 | |
If Chaucer is quoted in the title, you know the episode must be good. Join The Man of the West for some word-nerdery on not one, but two words in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 053 - Second Age Saturday: Madman and Churl | 00:08:52 | |
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.
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| 21 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Tall and Fair | 00:09:33 | |
Join The Man of the West for another week of Today’s Tolkien Times as he starts out with Middle-earth Map Monday and a return to the journey of Strider and the Hobbits.
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| 22 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Last Thing that Aragorn Would Have Done | 00:09:01 | |
Eat Éowyn’s stew? No, but find you as The Man of the West continues to read Tolkien’s Letter 210, eviscerating the storyline for a proposed film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
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| 23 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Beyond the West | 00:10:07 | |
Dive deep into several words from last week’s Silmarillion Saturday reading as The Man of the West explores the names of one mountain, two cities, and four trees on this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday.
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| 24 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - Third Age Thursday: Tarried There From Errantry | 00:10:41 | |
The Man of the West finishes his reading and discussion of Bilbo’s cheeky poem about Eärendil in this week’s Third Age Thursday.
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| 25 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - First-Age Friday: Friendship That to Death Should Last | 00:10:36 | |
The bestest boy ever speaks for the first time, to help Lúthien escape the clutches of Celegorm, an Elf with nearly as many red flags as his father.
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| 05 Sep 2024 | Week 055 - Third Age Thursday: Mirrored in His Silver Shield | 00:07:57 | |
We can’t get enough of Gil-galad on Today’s Tolkien Times; in today’s episode, the Man of the West continues his look at the poetry of The Lord of the Rings with The Riddle of Strider and The Fall of Gil-galad taking center stage.
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| 26 Oct 2024 | Week 060 - Silmarillion Saturday: As Moths In a Light Too Strong | 00:09:58 | |
Yearning becomes doubt, doubt becomes secret griping, and secret griping becomes open rebellion as the Men of Númenor begin the long walk to their Downfall.
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| 28 Oct 2024 | Week 061 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Smells Like Elves | 00:09:13 | |
Join The Man of the West for another Middle-earth Map Monday as we arrive at The Last Homely House, just in time for lunch — and a long talk about the Second Age history of Rivendell!
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| 29 Oct 2024 | Week 061 - Tolkien Tuesday: Wholly Unacceptable Tampering | 00:09:32 | |
While that could easily have been the Professor’s response to The Man of the West’s occasional irreverent jokes, it was just one of a dozen slams in this week’s continuing look at the infamous Letter #210 about an adaptation that was, thankfully, never made.
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| 30 Oct 2024 | Week 061 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, Isn’t That Special | 00:09:20 | |
What do Dana Carvey and the Flammifer of Westernesse have in common? Well, you’ll have to check out this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday to find out!
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| 31 Oct 2024 | Week 061 - Third Age Thursday: Beyond the Wide and Sundering Sea | 00:09:40 | |
Join The Man of the West, who’s extending his visit in Rivendell awhile, as he looks at a song that Bilbo describes only as “a song to Elbereth”. That’s like saying the Silmarils are these shiny jewels.
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| 01 Nov 2024 | Week 061 - First-Age Friday: Hungry Like the Wolf | 00:10:46 | |
It’s all discord and rhyme as Sauron sends a mighty wolf to slay Beren, but Finrod does his thing instead and we all mourn the death of the First Age’s best Elf.
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| 18 Oct 2024 | Week 059 - First-Age Friday: The Goodest of Good Boys | 00:09:44 | |
It’s time to step away from the sorrowful fate of Finrod in Sauron’s dungeons as we hang out with Celegorm and Curufin (boo!) long enough to meet the faithful hound, Huan (yay!) in Canto IX of The Lay of Leithian.
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| 02 Nov 2024 | Week 061 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Zenith of Its Bliss | 00:09:50 | |
They just don’t know how good they have it, do they? Join The Man of the West as he watches the diminishing of the bliss of Westernesse in the next installment of the Akallabêth.
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| 04 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Good Counsel and Wise Lore | 00:08:56 | |
Join The Man of the West as he extends his Middle-earth Map Monday visit to Rivendell by an extra week, to look at the role it played in the history of the Third Age.
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| 05 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - Tolkien Tuesday: Far More Unsatisfactory | 00:09:51 | |
Now I’m just feeling called out; fortunately, those words of Tolkien’s were reserved for the storyline of Zimmerman in Letter #210 as we continue our walk through this collection of unmitigated frustration.
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| 06 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - Word-nerd Wednesday: How Many Names Can a Valley Have? | 00:09:15 | |
Join The Man of the West as he looks at far more names for Rivendell than you might have expected, and reads a bit about Tolkien’s adventures in the Swiss valley that inspired it.
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| 07 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - Third Age Thursday: Boromir Belays Begging Boon | 00:09:02 | |
That’s it, no more alliteration today. The Man of the West reads a bit more poetry in The Lord of the Rings, starting with a verse that stymied Men of Gondor, followed by a brief warning from Bilbo about the weather.
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| 08 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - First-Age Friday: Flower of Elfland Ever Fair! | 00:09:53 | |
It’s time for yet more beautiful poetry on First Age Friday as we continue our read through the Lay of Leithian: this time, Draugluin dies, Sauron shapeshifts, and Lúthien looks for her love.
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| 09 Nov 2024 | Week 062 - Silmarillion Saturday: … And the Havens of Andúnië Were Forlorn | 00:10:17 | |
Join The Man of the West as a series of Númenórean kings play a game of “who can be worse than their fathers?”. Except for Tar-Palantír, of course.
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| 11 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - Middle-earth Map Monday: In Happier Days | 00:09:53 | |
Join The Man of the West as we venture south of Rivendell for this week’s Middle-earth Map Monday, with the Company arriving at “the country that Men call Hollin”.
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| 12 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - Tolkien Tuesday: Ridiculous Indeed | 00:10:12 | |
Once again, a title that could be speaking about The Man of the West but, thankfully, is instead referring to ‘silly alterations’ made for an adaptation as we continue our time in Tolkien’s Letter #210.
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| 13 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - Word-nerd Wednesday: No More Elvish, and I Mean It | 00:08:49 | |
Join The Man of the West for some word-nerdery on several of the names of Númenóreans from last week’s reading in the Akallabêth for Silmarillion Saturday.
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| 14 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - Third Age Thursday: And Voices at the Door | 00:07:17 | |
We have time for one more poem in Rivendell before leaving with the Company, this time a nostalgic and sorrowful set of verses from Bilbo as he sits beside the fire and thinks.
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| 15 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - First-Age Friday: Oaths are For Breaking of the Heart | 00:10:09 | |
The folk of Nargothrond finally come to their senses about the Sons of Fëanor, while Beren decides it’s time to part ways with Lúthien, in this week’s reading from The Lay of Leithian.
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| 16 Nov 2024 | Week 063 - Silmarillion Saturday: He Brooded Darkly | 00:11:23 | |
Join The Man of the West as he notes the company that Ar-Pharazôn keeps in brooding darkly, while the mightiest King of Númenor decides it’s time to bring home a Dark Lord for safe-keeping.
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| 23 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - Silmarillion Saturday: Torment and Great Wickedness | 00:11:00 | |
Just a normal weekend for The Man of the West? Thankfully, no — just a summary of what’s happening as Ar-Pharazôn opens the latest infrastructure project in Armenelos: a temple to Morgoth himself.
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| 22 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - First-Age Friday: Frail of Purpose, Light of Love? | 00:10:40 | |
You underestimate Lúthien at your own peril. Join The Man of the West for more from the Lay of Leithian as Huan once again proves to be the bestest boy ever.
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| 21 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - Third Age Thursday: Full of Light and Splendour | 00:08:55 | |
The Company finally leave Rivendell and so do we, as we join Gimli for a rich history lesson in this week’s Third Age Thursday poetry reading.
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| 20 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Chief Heavenly Lights | 00:08:30 | |
Join The Man of the West for this deep dive into the names of four Faithful men in the darkest time of Númenor in this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday.
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| 19 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - Tolkien Tuesday: All the Answers | 00:09:35 | |
No, this is not a claim of knowledge on behalf of The Man of the West; in fact, it’s a quote from one of Tolkien’s letters that we’ll look at today, as he acknowledges he doesn’t have them all either.
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| 18 Nov 2024 | Week 064 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Skill and Fame of Fëanor | 00:08:55 | |
The Man of the West’s advice to Celebrimbor: never meet your heroes. Today’s Middle-earth Map Monday follows up on last week as we continue our time in the land of Eregion.
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| 25 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - Middle-earth Map Monday: No One Hinders Oromë | 00:09:48 | |
Join The Man of the West as we move on from Eregion to study the longest mountain range in this part of Middle-earth: the Hithaeglir, or Misty Mountains, as we begin the last week of Series 8 of the TTT.
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| 26 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - Tolkien Tuesday: Wizards, the Bayeux Tapestry, and Pterodactyls? | 00:11:08 | |
Join The Man of the West for a strange mix in the second half of Letter 211 as Tolkien answers a barrage of questions as only the Professor can.
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| 27 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - Word-nerd Wednesday: But What About Middle-earth? | 00:09:48 | |
It’s time for The Man of the West to finally do some word-nerdery on the name of everyone’s favorite place: Middle-earth itself.
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| 28 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - Third Age Thursday: The World Was Young | 00:11:31 | |
Yes, it was actually younger than The Man of the West. Join him for a deeper dive into the Song of Durin as we look at the rich history found in these stanzas.
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| 29 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - First-Age Friday: She’s Also a Triage Nurse | 00:11:41 | |
Lúthien shows great promise for a career in the medical profession, as she heals Beren — and he thanks her by leaving her in the paws of the best dog ever.
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| 30 Nov 2024 | Week 065 - Silmarillion Saturday: That Land is Defiled | 00:10:57 | |
Join The Man of the West as Ar-Pharazôn is drunk on Sauron’s words, while Amandil makes audacious but hopeless plans, as we conclude Series 8 of the TTT.
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| 24 Aug 2024 | Week 052 - Third Age Thursday: Tree-Tangled Middle-Lands | 00:09:49 | |
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.
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| 16 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - Don’t Be a Silly Bear | 00:08:26 | |
Join The Man of the West for a special holiday celebration as we read through Letters From Father Christmas so that we can all realize what inadequate parents we are — or something like that.
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| 17 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - My Real Name is Karhu | 00:09:37 | |
It’s time for more adventures with Father Christmas and North Polar Bear as Father Christmas is grateful for time zones around the world.
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| 18 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - Polar Bears Get Whooping Cough? | 00:09:32 | |
Join The Man of the West for another Letter From Father Christmas as we learn of North Polar Bear’s illness and recovery — and his not-thought-through decision to replace coal with ice.
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| 19 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - Paksu and Valkotukka | 00:10:03 | |
North Polar Bear’s cousins — ‘fat’ and ‘white-hair’ — show up and immediately cause the sort of turmoil you’d imagine NPB’s relatives to cause.
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| 20 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - Properly Drawn Bears | 00:10:24 | |
If you’re struggling with drawing bears, Karhu might be able to help you. It’s time for the first part of the long 1932 Letter From Father Christmas, as goblins enter the fray!
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| 21 Dec 2024 | Week 066 - I Smell Goblin Strong | 00:10:56 | |
Join The Man of the West as he tries not to imagine what goblin smells like, let alone *strong* goblin. We wrap up this special holiday celebration by looking at the second half of that 1932 letter.
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| 06 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - Middle-earth Map Monday: And I Mean ALL the Languages | 00:10:55 | |
Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 9 of the TTT with another Middle-earth Map Monday momentarily on the meritorious megalopolis of Moria. Okay, we’ll stop.
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| 07 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - Tolkien Tuesday: At the End of the Sixth Age | 00:09:56 | |
Tolkien tells us that the Fall of Barad-dûr was about 6000 years ago as The Man of the West continues his run through the Letters on Tolkien Tuesdays.
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| 08 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Ainur We Have Heard on High | 00:09:13 | |
The Man of the West begins an 8-week look at the names of the Valar and Maiar — beginning with those exact words, actually.
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| 09 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - Third Age Thursday: As Light As Leaf of Linden-Tree | 00:09:32 | |
Legolas sings a sad song about Nimrodel as The Man of the West continues his walk through the poems and songs in The Lord of the Rings in Series 9’s Third Age Thursdays.
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| 10 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - First-Age Friday: Yet Were Its Making Good | 00:11:01 | |
Beren bids farewell to everything and prepares to meet his fate alone — but Lúthien has other ideas. Join The Man of the West for another series in The Lay of Lúthien on First-Age Fridays!
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| 11 Jan 2025 | Week 067 - Silmarillion Saturday: Repent For a Season | 00:12:04 | |
Join The Man of the West as we spend just a few more weeks in the Akallabêth, watching the train wreck of Númenor. Ar-Pharazôn ignores the signs and tries to take a thing that can’t be taken on this week’s Silmarillion Saturday.
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| 13 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Given Without Love | 00:11:32 | |
Join The Man of the West as he starts Week 68 of Today’s Tolkien Times with another Middle-earth Map Monday in Moria as we look at more of the names of the Mansions of the Dwarves and a bit of its early history.
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| 14 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - Tolkien Tuesday: Of Equal Lineage | 00:11:09 | |
It’s time to remind those Elves that they’re no better than us as The Man of the West looks at Letter 212 where Tolkien “adds a few lines” about the mythological framework behind all of the legendarium. A few lines, he said.
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| 15 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - Word-nerd Wednesday: The World-Artificer and The Forester | 00:08:37 | |
Join The Man of the West for another Word-nerd Wednesday: this week’s contestants on ‘Who’s Got the Coolest Name?’ are the Valar of Smithing and of Hunting: Aulë and Oromë.
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| 16 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - Third Age Thursday: An Old Man in a Battered Hat | 00:08:10 | |
Once again, no this isn’t a title describing The Man of the West: he doesn’t really wear hats. But Gandalf did, and Frodo missed him — so he sang a lament that we’ll take a look at in this week’s Third Age Thursday!
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| 17 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - First-Age Friday: In Love Must In Thy Dying Share | 00:11:26 | |
The bestest good boy ever has some hard words for Beren before providing the best cosplay advice ever in another episode on The Lay of Leithian on this week’s First Age Friday!
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| 18 Jan 2025 | Week 068 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Sky Reeled, and the Hills Slid | 00:13:41 | |
Númenor pays the ultimate price for its pride and rebellion as Ar-Pharazôn suddenly discovers he’d rather not have immortality after all in this week’s installment of the Akallabêth on Silmarillion Saturday!
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| 20 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Too Numerous and Valiant | 00:10:40 | |
Join The Man of the West as he ends his three-week look at the Dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm! From Galadriel’s far-sightedness and the innocence of the Dwarves of Belegost, we move deep into the Third Age and the fall of Moria.
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| 21 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - Tolkien Tuesday: The Laughter of Ilúvatar | 00:10:49 | |
Tolkien presents two important stories from The Silmarillion 20 years before the book is published, as he explains in Letter 212 the tale of Míriel and of the Creation of the Dwarves by Aulë.
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| 22 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - Word-nerd Wednesday: My Brother’s Office is So Much Nicer | 00:10:04 | |
Join The Man of the West in his continued effort to uncover more about the names of the Valar: in today’s episode, we chat with the Masters of Spirits: Námo and his little brother, Irmo.
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| 23 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - Third Age Thursday: Sad and Sweet Was the Sound | 00:08:53 | |
We continue our journey through the songs and poems in The Lord of the Rings as we listen to Galadriel’s Song and her bittersweet memories of Eldamar, as she wonders what ship would ever bear her across so wide a Sea.
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| 24 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - First-Age Friday: Fight With Thine Own Hand and Sword | 00:12:25 | |
Join The Man of the West for a First Age Flashback in The Lay of Leithian as Fingolfin squares off against the mighty Morgoth, who would prefer to not to risk his undefeated record. Also, a huge bird!
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| 25 Jan 2025 | Week 069 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Roads Are Now Bent | 00:11:16 | |
It’s a busy time for cartographers after the Downfall of Númenor, as we read about the aftermath of Atalantë in the last reading of the Akallabêth.
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| 27 Jan 2025 | Week 070 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Greatly At Variance | 00:11:10 | |
Join The Man of the West as he tries to untangle the knots Tolkien gave us in The History of Galadriel and Celeborn as he begins his look at Lothlórien on Middle-earth Map Mondays!
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| 28 Jan 2025 | Week 070 - Tolkien Tuesday: Sufferers Please Note | 00:08:09 | |
The Professor laments the process of getting work done at the house, and dispenses great medical advice to his cousin, and to us as well, on this week’s Tolkien Tuesday.
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