Episodes

  • Week 073 - First-Age Friday: Ecstasy Enchanted

    Week 073 - First-Age Friday: Ecstasy Enchanted
    Feb 21 2025
    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
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    13 mins
  • Week 073 - Third Age Thursday: More Than My Desire

    Week 073 - Third Age Thursday: More Than My Desire
    Feb 20 2025
    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
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    11 mins
  • Week 073 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Place of Starlight

    Week 073 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Place of Starlight
    Feb 19 2025
    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
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    10 mins
  • Week 073 - Tolkien Tuesday: Horrified the Shire-folk

    Week 073 - Tolkien Tuesday: Horrified the Shire-folk
    Feb 18 2025
    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
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    11 mins
  • Week 073 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Burned and Uprooted

    Week 073 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Burned and Uprooted
    Feb 17 2025
    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
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    11 mins
  • Week 072 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Voices of Death

    Week 072 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Voices of Death
    Feb 15 2025
    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
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    11 mins
  • Week 072 - First-Age Friday: A Pretty Toy For Idle Hour

    Week 072 - First-Age Friday: A Pretty Toy For Idle Hour
    Feb 14 2025
    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
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    12 mins
  • Week 072 - Third Age Thursday: The Lore of Living Creatures

    Week 072 - Third Age Thursday: The Lore of Living Creatures
    Feb 13 2025
    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
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    12 mins