Episodes

  • Week 062 - Tolkien Tuesday: Far More Unsatisfactory

    Week 062 - Tolkien Tuesday: Far More Unsatisfactory
    Nov 5 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 062 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Good Counsel and Wise Lore

    Week 062 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Good Counsel and Wise Lore
    Nov 4 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Week 061 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Zenith of Its Bliss

    Week 061 - Silmarillion Saturday: The Zenith of Its Bliss
    Nov 2 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 061 - First-Age Friday: Hungry Like the Wolf

    Week 061 - First-Age Friday: Hungry Like the Wolf
    Nov 1 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Week 061 - Third Age Thursday: Beyond the Wide and Sundering Sea

    Week 061 - Third Age Thursday: Beyond the Wide and Sundering Sea
    Oct 31 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 061 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, Isn’t That Special

    Week 061 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Well, Isn’t That Special
    Oct 30 2024
    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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Week 061 - Tolkien Tuesday: Wholly Unacceptable Tampering

    Week 061 - Tolkien Tuesday: Wholly Unacceptable Tampering
    Oct 29 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Week 061 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Smells Like Elves

    Week 061 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Smells Like Elves
    Oct 28 2024
    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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 mins