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Week 124 — Silmarillion Saturday: Check, Please!
11/07/2026 | 12 mins.
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.
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Week 124 — Friendship Friday: More Cannot Be Said
10/07/2026 | 10 mins.
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.
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Week 124 — Third Age Thursday: By the Mouth of Gríma
09/07/2026 | 12 mins.
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.
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Week 124 — Word-nerd Wednesday: Old as Mountains
08/07/2026 | 9 mins.
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.
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Week 124 — Tolkien Tuesday: The Shepherds of the Trees
07/07/2026 | 11 mins.
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.
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