Episodes

  • Week 112 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Always Creeping

    Week 112 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Always Creeping
    Mar 23 2026
    Today’s stop on our journey is not on The Man of the West’s bucket list, nor is it likely on yours. Come visit the charming wetlands known as the Dead Marshes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 111 - Silmarillion Saturday: Be Gone Unrequited

    Week 111 - Silmarillion Saturday: Be Gone Unrequited
    Mar 21 2026
    The Man of the West may be used to hearing those words, but today they’re meant for the Dwarves of Nogrod that are haughtily dismissed by Thingol, unaware of the danger he faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Week 111 - Friendship Friday: Jump Down a Dragon’s Throat

    Week 111 - Friendship Friday: Jump Down a Dragon’s Throat
    Mar 20 2026
    We begin an all-new thing for Fridays, as we study friendships in Middle-earth, starting with perhaps the best-known example with Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 111 - Third Age Thursday: He Dwells There Still

    Week 111 - Third Age Thursday: He Dwells There Still
    Mar 19 2026
    Join The Man of the West as we begin a look at more people in the Third Age; having done a deep dive into all the different Men for two series, it’s time to visit the Elves, beginning in Lindon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 111 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not Your Average Garden Gnome

    Week 111 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Not Your Average Garden Gnome
    Mar 18 2026
    Join The Man of the West for a Word-nerd Wednesday deep dive into Tolkien’s early name for the Elves we now know as the Noldor, and learn why he could use it Gnome-Or (just say it out loud… no more). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 111 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Am Not Satisfied with ‘Hobbits’

    Week 111 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Am Not Satisfied with ‘Hobbits’
    Mar 17 2026
    It’s time for another out-of-context quote as episode title, as we begin another TTT series spending Tolkien Tuesdays in the Revised and Expanded edition of the Letters. Today, it’s more gripes about translations; anyone else not surprised? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 111 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Twisted Knot of Hills

    Week 111 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Twisted Knot of Hills
    Mar 16 2026
    Join The Man of the West as he begins Series 15 of Today’s Tolkien Times with a Middle-earth Map Monday on the bleak hills of the Emyn Muil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 110 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Things Crooked

    Week 110 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Things Crooked
    Feb 21 2026
    Húrin’s anger leads him to Doriath, where he throws jewelry at the King and finds himself gently reminded of the truth by Melian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins