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399 – Under Pressure
Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as love dares you to care for the story of Tal-Elmar found in The Peoples of Middle-earth.
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TTT Week 108 - Silmarillion Saturday: Hardly Better Than Orcs
Famously not what The Man of the West says about people who don’t listen to the PPP or TTT. Instead, it’s Húrin’s opinion of the Men new to his part of the world.
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TTT Week 108 - First Age Friday: Time That Yet Lay Hidden
Join The Man of the West as we finish Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and begin to pull all the strings together to lead us to Eärendil and the War of Wrath.
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TTT Week 108 - Third Age Thursday: Middle Man, Not Middle Management
Anyone can be a mid-level supervisor; it takes someone special to be a Middle Man — or does it? Join The Man of the West as he takes a closer look at Men of the Twilight (no vampires involved).
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TTT Week 108 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Let x Be the Number of Rivers in a Land
Join The Man of the West as we visit yet another land named solely after the number of rivers within it on this week’s Word-nerd Wednesday!
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TTT Week 108 - Tolkien Tuesday: At Least as Capacious as Mine
The size of your waste paper basket doesn’t really matter; after all, you know you’re not throwing away a letter from Tolkien, even if it is long and pedantic.
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TTT Week 108 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Independent 'Traditions'
Join The Man of the West in his journeys…um, west… through the southern fiefs of Gondor, as he looks more closely at the home of Imrahil known as Dol Amroth.
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398 – Changes
Join The Man of the West and The Sage of the South as we continue our four-part look into Tolkien's unusual story of Tal-Elmar.
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TTT Week 107 - Silmarillion Saturday: Bereft of Their Power and Glory
Some might say it’s a tragedy; others might say it’s about time. We look at the aftermath of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and begin to tie this story together with the months-long journey we took with Tuor.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's PPP Plays time! Join The Man of the West at YouTube or Twitch for tonight's livestream.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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?...
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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.
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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.
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