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Week 103 - Rude Little Errand Boy
12/20/2025 | 9 mins.
Yes, that’s The Man of the West. But NPB means that 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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Week 103 - One of the Cleverest Elves
12/19/2025 | 10 mins.
Father Christmas wishes Tolkien a speedy recovery, and explains that he’s already giving away ‘second editions’ of The Hobbit just three months after its publication, as we look at the first part of the 1937 letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Week 103 - A Letter Worth Hearing
12/18/2025 | 8 mins.
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Week 103 - Quite a Nasty Outbreak
12/17/2025 | 10 mins.
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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Week 103 - Frightful Mischief
12/16/2025 | 9 mins.
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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Get your Tolkien every day by subscribing to Today’s Tolkien Times! Alan Sisto, host of the award-winning Prancing Pony Podcast and Rings of Power Wrap-up, hosts a new short-format daily podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Listeners get answers on Mailbag Mondays; discover more about the Professor on Tolkien Tuesdays; indulge your inner philologist on Word-nerd Wednesdays; learn more about the familiar stories of Middle-earth on Third Age Thursdays; hear from Tolkien fans around the world on Fandom Fridays; and dive deep into Middle-earth history on Silmarillion Saturdays! And on Sundays? That’s what The Prancing Pony Podcast is for! So subscribe to Today’s Tolkien Times and follow us on all our social media channels!

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