Episodes

  • Week 064 - Third Age Thursday: Full of Light and Splendour

    Week 064 - Third Age Thursday: Full of Light and Splendour
    Nov 21 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Week 064 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Chief Heavenly Lights

    Week 064 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Chief Heavenly Lights
    Nov 20 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Week 064 - Tolkien Tuesday: All the Answers

    Week 064 - Tolkien Tuesday: All the Answers
    Nov 19 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 064 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Skill and Fame of Fëanor

    Week 064 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Skill and Fame of Fëanor
    Nov 18 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Week 063 - Silmarillion Saturday: He Brooded Darkly

    Week 063 - Silmarillion Saturday: He Brooded Darkly
    Nov 16 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 063 - First-Age Friday: Oaths are For Breaking of the Heart

    Week 063 - First-Age Friday: Oaths are For Breaking of the Heart
    Nov 15 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 063 - Third Age Thursday: And Voices at the Door

    Week 063 - Third Age Thursday: And Voices at the Door
    Nov 14 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Week 063 - Word-nerd Wednesday: No More Elvish, and I Mean It

    Week 063 - Word-nerd Wednesday: No More Elvish, and I Mean It
    Nov 13 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins