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  Week 124 — Silmarillion Saturday: Check, Please! 11.07.2026 12min

  Possibly the worst first date in the history of Arda. Join The Man of the West as Fëanor names the Black Foe and Morgoth discovers what Ungoliant charges for dinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 124 — Friendship Friday: More Cannot Be Said 10.07.2026 10min

  The two who didn’t even speak until Moria end up sharing a ship across the Sea. Join The Man of the West for the last Friendship Friday of the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 124 — Third Age Thursday: By the Mouth of Gríma 09.07.2026 12min

  No battle today — just the paperwork behind one. Join The Man of the West for the Marshals of the Mark: who really ran Rohan while the King faded, and a bit of horse-lending that turns up again tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 124 — Word-nerd Wednesday: Old as Mountains 08.07.2026 9min

  It only took seven hundred episodes to circle back to the Ents. Join The Man of the West for the Elvish side of their names that we never did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 124 — Tolkien Tuesday: The Shepherds of the Trees 07.07.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West for the back half of Letter 247, as we learn where the Ents came from: both on the page and from Tolkien’s own pen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 124 — Middle-earth Map Monday: Is There a Carpool Lane? 06.07.2026 12min

  Turns out the express lane to Mount Doom was paved by the Enemy himself. Join The Man of the West for our last Map Monday in Mordor, as the road ends at the Sammath Naur — and the Dark Tower comes crashing down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Silmarillion Saturday: Not the First 04.07.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as the Valar ask Fëanor to break the Silmarils and heal the Trees — and Fëanor does precisely what you’d imagine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Friendship Friday: An Elf Will Go Underground 03.07.2026 9min

  …and a Dwarf dare not! Join The Man of the West on the Paths of the Dead, and Legolas has to tell Gimli’s story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Third Age Thursday: An Ambush, Not an Absence 02.07.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as Grimbold breaks out of the trap at the Fords, and we finally learn what really kept his friend away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Word-nerd Wednesday: A Mushy Language 01.07.2026 10min

  What do moose have in common with the Nazgûl? Join The Man of the West for six of Mordor’s darkest names — and the Gaelic word for ‘ring’ that Tolkien swore he never borrowed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Tolkien Tuesday: An Unvisited Island 30.06.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West for the first half of Letter 247, where Tolkien frets that some magic dies the moment you visit it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 123 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Chance Our Luck 29.06.2026 11min

  Not a lottery ticket The Man of the West would buy. Join him as Frodo and Sam take the one road left to them, and end up conscripted into Sauron’s army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Silmarillion Saturday: All Song Ceased 27.06.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West as Melkor and Ungoliant reach the Trees — and Valinor, which was sung into being, discovers silence alongside darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Friendship Friday: You Move Me, Gimli 26.06.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as Gimli describes the caverns of Helm’s Deep with great detail and glorious prose, like… well, like Tolkien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Third Age Thursday: The Shieldwall Held 25.06.2026 9min

  Midnight, a river of fire, and no sign of Elfhelm. Join The Man of the West as Grimbold makes his stand at the Fords of Isen — and faces a choice between glory and purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Horse-Joy 24.06.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West for one Old English root, four Rohirric names, and a word that has been galloping through the language since the Eurasian steppe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Tolkien Tuesday: And Good Detestable 23.06.2026 12min

  The Ringwraiths would have said “my lord”, but not to The Man of the West. We close out letter 246 today — including some hard truths about Gandalf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 122 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Pieces on a Board 22.06.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as Frodo and Sam crest the Morgai — and discover the plain of Gorgoroth is crawling with orcs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 121 - Silmarillion Saturday: Reconciled, In Word 20.06.2026 10min

  Join The Man of the West as Melkor and Ungoliant come down from Hyarmentir, and Valinor holds a party. Moral of the story: hire private security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Week 121 - Friendship Friday: You Comfort Me 19.06.2026 11min

  Join The Man of the West as Legolas and Gimli become two-thirds of the Three Hunters — from the breaking of the Fellowship, across Rohan, and into Helm's Deep, where two friends find the same word for what the other gives them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices