TTT Week 107 - First Age Friday: Aurë entuluva! Day Shall Come Again! The Battle of Unnumbered Tears lives up to its name in spectacular fashion as Fingon meets his gruesome end and the Men of Dor-lómin lay down their lives to protect the secrecy of Gondolin. youtu.be/SOt8xb2HEFk?...

TTT Week 107 - Third Age Thursday: Fierce Folk When Roused The Man of the West finishes his long look at the Men of Darkness with the Dunlendings, a group of Men that might be better called Middle Men gone wrong. youtu.be/OaxSdB_0Bgc?...

TTT Week 107 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Better Late Than... Wandering? Join The Man of the West as he finishes off the last of the Five Rivers of Lebennin before discovering what Imrahil and Pippin have in common. youtu.be/iIPRrbRdIes?...

It's PPP Plays time! Join The Man of the West at YouTube or Twitch for tonight's livestream. www.youtube.com/live/rB_XsqK... www.twitch.tv/prancingpony...

TTT Week 107 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Feel Inclined to Tell Him So We’re sure you do, Professor — and we hope you did! Join The Man of the West as the Professor calls himself — accurately — a natural niggler. Also, a bottle of the Old Winyards? youtu.be/rU6rz9MPVt8?...

TTT Week 107 - Middle-earth Map Monday: About That Beachfront Property... Join The Man of the West for a look at Pelargir throughout the ages, before we move into Belfalas and the realm of the Prince of Dol Amroth. youtu.be/-xSgr_dMQDo?...

397 – Rebel, Rebel Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as we explore the little-known story of Tal-Elmar from The Peoples of Middle-earth in a sort of epilogue to Aldarion and Erendis. pdst.fm/e/tracking.s...

TTT Week 106 - Silmarillion Saturday: Hope Was Renewed Granted, only to be smashed under the feet of Uldor and his sons, but it was still renewed. Join The Man of the West for another reading from the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. youtu.be/0mmnSMSf9fQ?...

TTT Week 106 - First Age Friday: "and Morgoth trembled..." Join The Man of the West as he brings the Nirnaeth Arnoediad to First Age Fridays as well; the quicker to get through it, I suppose. youtu.be/6gWRlUpFtdE?...

TTT Week 106 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Calling Count von Count Join The Man of the West for an unexpected grammar lesson as we explore the names of the five rivers of Lebennin. Or four of them, at least. youtu.be/5BcE7kSsrMA?...

TTT Week 106 - Tolkien Tuesday: Her Dragon is Absurd When an artist fails to meet Tolkien’s standards, it’s time to call in Pauline Baynes! Join The Man of the West as we revisit the Letters on Tolkien Tuesday. youtu.be/5ZB-CwuSEBU?...

TTT Middle-earth Map Monday: Five Swift Streams Join The Man of the West as he continues his journeys in southern Gondor, moving into the green fields of Lebennin where the people are hardy and numerous. youtu.be/TDZUXCbGJUU?...

396 – Questions After Nightfall 33 Come celebrate the New Year with us here at The PPP as The Man of the West welcomes The Sage of the South! James and Alan invite our listeners to the Common Room, answering their questions again in our 33rd Questions After Nightfall! pdst.fm/e/tracking.s...

TTT Week 105 - Silmarillion Saturday: Utúlie’n Aurë! And The Man of the West answered crying “Auta i lómë! The night is passing!” Or maybe that was the army of Fingon when they heard the trumpet of Turgon, who finally decided to do something. youtu.be/71RsYXoYoU8?...

TTT Week 105 - First Age Friday: Felt Old Age Creep Upon Him The Man of the West is wondering who’s behind these episode titles. Tuor leads the refugees of Gondolin to safety before deciding it’s time to sail off into the sunset. youtu.be/QYi9fp010lE?...

TTT Week 105 - Third Age Thursday: You Shall Be Summoned Once Again Perhaps this is a reference to jury duty for The Man of the West. Or perhaps it’s part of Isildur’s curse on the Men of the Mountains as we continue our look at the Men of Darkness in the Third Age. youtu.be/SVBEB7EcrVw?...

Due to the new Terms of Service over at X granting a permanent right to use all posted content to train their AI with no opt-out provisions, the PPP will be leaving their platform. We will continue to share our love of Tolkien on every other platform and will be looking to be more active here!

TTT Week 105 - Tolkien Tuesday: I Loathe It Join The Man of the West as we have to carefully dissect and analyze Professor Tolkien’s words to really understand what he’s saying. Or not at all, really. Watch out, Disney! youtu.be/Rkw1CLxd8Tg

TTT Week 105 - Middle-earth Map Monday: The Weed is Better Than I Thought Good heavens, no — not that weed: athelas, of course. It’s also a quote from Ioreth, not The Man of the West — who is here to take you up into the vales of Lossarnach. youtu.be/_8dStkVTzgU

395 – Yesterday Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we conclude the long and tragic tale of Aldarion and Erendis — and say farewell to Sara for this season. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...

TTT Week 104 - Silmarillion Saturday: Less Aid Than Should Have Been Join The Man of the West as Fëanor’s foolish oath bears unpleasant fruit more than 500 years later as we begin our reading about the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. youtu.be/glasK8cG7BU?...

TTT Week 104 - First Age Friday: Both Fell to Ruin While it is true that The Man of the West isn’t what he used to be, I’d hardly use ‘fell to ruin’. No, that’s just a Balrog of Morgoth and our old friend Glorfindel. youtu.be/GFaChRVGJZw?...

TTT Week 104 - Third Age Thursday: Black Sails Bellying in the Breeze We continue our look at the Men of Darkness in the Third Age as The Man of the West concludes his time studying the Corsairs of Umbar. youtu.be/lWc6fyhRV2E?...

394 – Back in the Emerië Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we begin our two-episode conclusion on Aldarion and Erendis, looking at the 'notes and jottings' that make up The Further Course of the Narrative. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...

On January 3rd, 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien was born! We are grateful for his life and the great tales he gave us to enjoy over and over. Happy birthday, Professor!

Join us for a special PPP Plays tomorrow at 1p PST! We'll be toasting the Professor at the top of the hour, so bring your beverage of choice, and honor Tolkien with us with a hearty "To the Professor!". We'll be getting into the usual PPP Plays shenanigans and fun afterwards.

It's PPP Plays time as The Man of the West plays The Lord of the Rings Online! www.youtube.com/live/n4y7Xd_...

Due to the holiday weekend, we will not be having a new episode released today. We will be back after the New Year with Episode 394 on January 4th!

Merry Christmas from the PPP! We hope this holiday season is filled with cheer and a joyous time spent with your loved ones. If you have any Tolkien-related traditions, or received any gifts this year, we would love to have you share them below!

As this is the weekend before Christmas, there will not be a new episode released today. We will be back after the New Year with Episode 394 on January 4th!

TTT Week 103 - Rude Little Errand Boy Yes, that’s The Man of the West. But NPB means to refer to Ilbereth, the secretary for Father Christmas, who writes the largest portion of this second half of the 1937 letter. What does roast Polar Bear taste like? youtu.be/pK-jsbw5bzM

TTT Week 103 - One of the Cleverest Elves Father Christmas wishes Tolkien a speedy recovery, and explains that he’s already giving away ‘second editions’ of The Hobbit three months after its publication, as we look at the first part of the 1937 letter. youtu.be/hvjU_N7chc0

TTT Week 103 - A Letter Worth Hearing Join The Man of the West for the 1936 letter as Father Christmas introduces us to a new member of Team North Pole, and Polar Bear takes a very long bath. youtu.be/R8Iym_8Hx1k

TTT Week 103 - Quite a Nasty Outbreak It’s 1935, and Father Christmas grows concerned about the goblins, expecting trouble with them soon — but hey, elvish magic sparkler spears should do the trick, right? Right? youtu.be/BoAywokPuqo

TTT Week 103 - Frightful Mischief While The Man of the West is sometimes guilty of such trouble, today’s title refers to guests at the North Pole in 1934: Polar Bear’s young cousins, Paksu and Valkotukka! youtu.be/KJSubEdBLeM

393 – From Me to You (the Sceptre) Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we near the end of Aldarion and Erendis from Unfinished Tales. pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/tr...

PPP Moot 2025 is just 9 days away! The Moot will be taking place at the Hilton Garden Inn at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport and the theme this year is "Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds”.

TTT Week 102 - Silmarillion Saturday: Great in Strength Both of Mind and Body No, today’s title… oh, you know the joke by now. Join The Man of the West as we conclude our time in Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin from The Silmarillion. youtu.be/oEfKXyXtIQI

TTT Week 102 - First Age Friday: A Light Was in His Face as the Light of Heaven Today’s title also isn’t a reference to The Man of the West — though it’s a bit more obvious this time. Today’s the day we meet Eärendil, the half-elf who will save the world. youtu.be/Eqzj7mpm2ng

The 2025 Spotify Wrapped has dropped for listeners and creators, and for the first time ever, Spotify had Alan record a special video message for our top listeners! Spotify also sent over some Creator insights (a couple of the graphics are attached).

TTT Week 102 - Third Age Thursday: Enamored of Evil Knowledge No, I promise today’s title isn’t a reference to The Man of the West. Instead, it’s time to take a look at two more groups of the Men of Darkness: the Black Númenóreans & the Corsairs of Umbar. youtu.be/EZ-FJBCuXvw

TTT Week 102 - Tolkien Tuesday: Other and Duller Things Join The Man of the West as he begins a look at another letter from Tolkien to his Aunt Jane; turns out sorting through old poetry is better than the rest of the things Tolkien should be doing. youtu.be/gPBFqRWtdUs

Reminder that we have two deals ending today! You can receive 50% off the first month of PPP/TTT Patreon memberships! Use code 50PPP25 at www.patreon.com/prancingpony... and code 50TTT25 at www.patreon.com/tolkientimes.

TTT Week 102 - Middle-earth Map Monday: How Long Have I Been Asleep? I’d say about two days, if episodes of the TTT are anything to go by. Join The Man of the West as he looks at the site of what Tolkien says is the eucatastrophe of the whole story. youtu.be/FNqfLgan-3g

Since it's the weekend of Thanksgiving here in the US, there is not a new PPP episode being released today. We will be back next Sunday with the release of Episode 393!

Exciting news: our merchandise store has reopened! Head to either of the links below and use the code GRATEFUL25 to get 20% off through Monday. For PPP chapter art merch as well as the classic PPP designs head to the-prancing-pony-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com.

TTT Week 101 - Silmarillion Saturday: At Least They Had Window Seats Join The Man of the West as he spends a year in Gondolin with the brothers Húrin and Huor, only to get left at the airport in the middle of the night. youtu.be/iitGFrFYnxw

TTT Week 101 - First Age Friday: Word of the Woes Without Tuor finally brings his message to Turgon; the King doesn’t take his advice, but does allow him to marry his daughter, as we shift chapters in our story of Tuor and Gondolin. youtu.be/XzSUFWNqTn8

Happy Thanksgiving from the PPP to everyone who is celebrating today! We are immensely thankful for each of you in the PPP community and hope your day is filled with fellowship and feasting.

TTT Week 101 - Third Age Thursday: Like a Glitter of Stars Join The Man of the West for the third episode on the Haradrim, as we look at the actions of the Southrons in The War of the Ring in another of our deep dives of the Men of Darkness. youtu.be/f7_Sd53p2Ag