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  • Week 093 - Word-nerd Wednesday: An Aberration

    Week 093 - Word-nerd Wednesday: An Aberration
    Sep 10 2025
    The Man of the West fully recognizes his status, but the title actually refers to a possible mixup on Tolkien’s part! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min
  • Week 093 - Tolkien Tuesday: Not Going Off Exactly as Hot Cakes

    Week 093 - Tolkien Tuesday: Not Going Off Exactly as Hot Cakes
    Sep 9 2025
    Does the title reference episodes of Today’s Tolkien Times? Well, yes… but Tolkien is referring to the Swedish translation of The Lord of the Rings on this week’s Tolkien Tuesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min
  • Week 093 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Ah, but Which Denethor?

    Week 093 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Ah, but Which Denethor?
    Sep 8 2025
    Join The Man of the West as he asks a question almost no one else would bother asking as we journey with Gandalf (and Pippin) as they pass the wall protecting the Fields of the Pelennor, the Rammas Echor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 min
  • Week 092 - Silmarillion Saturday: To Claim My Own

    Week 092 - Silmarillion Saturday: To Claim My Own
    Sep 6 2025
    Join The Man of the West as Eöl proves he’s exactly who we’ve known him to be all along when he finally gets a chance to meet his brother-in-law, the King of Gondolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 min
  • Week 092 - First Age Friday: Death Walks Between

    Week 092 - First Age Friday: Death Walks Between
    Sep 5 2025
    Join The Man of the West as we journey with Tuor and Voronwë through the Vale of Sirion; Tuor wants to fight, Voronwë offers better advice, and Ulmo’s cloak saves the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min
  • Week 092 - Third Age Thursday: Touch It and Die

    Week 092 - Third Age Thursday: Touch It and Die
    Sep 4 2025
    Aragorn has strong words for Háma, as The Man of the West continues his look at Third Age artifacts with a study of Andúril, née Narsil, and the Ring of Barahir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 min
  • Week 092 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, I’m Back

    Week 092 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, I’m Back
    Sep 3 2025
    Join The Man of the West as we discover that Sam’s statement upon returning home is a lot easier to decipher than Voronwë’s Alae! Ered en Echoriath, ered embar nín! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min
  • Week 092 - Tolkien Tuesday: Fauna of Mordor

    Week 092 - Tolkien Tuesday: Fauna of Mordor
    Sep 2 2025
    It’s time to hear Tolkien tell us what he really thinks about cats (or a breed of them, perhaps) — as well as retirement, vacation, and publishing Gawain — in this week’s set of Letters on Tolkien Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 min