Podcast Episodes

389 – Nowhere Man

Season 10 Episode 8

Aldarion claims to ask for only two years, but takes a lot more; Alan and Sara ask for only two hours, and only take a little bit more. Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we be…

Published on 12 hours ago

388 – All You Need is Love (Maybe)

Season 10 Episode 7

Away from the Sea, Aldarion finds little peace or joy; away from the podcast, Alan is just fine, thank you very much. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we reach the halfway ma…

Published on 1 week ago

387 – We Can Work it Out

Season 10 Episode 6

Erendis’ mom gives her some pretty questionable relationship advice; Alan and Sara give you a pretty questionable podcast episode. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we near th…

Published on 2 weeks ago

386 – Got to Get You into My Life

Season 10 Episode 5

Aldarion runs headlong into contentment and doesn’t even recognize it; Alan and Sara run headlong into more bad jokes and don’t particularly care. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Roh…

Published on 3 weeks ago

385 – I Saw Her Standing There (in Rómenna)

Season 10 Episode 4

Erendis arrives at a very important party, and is caught by Aldarion’s beauty and splendor of bearing; that never happens to Alan or Sara. Join The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan as we…

Published on 4 weeks ago

384 – Ticket to Ride

Season 10 Episode 3

Tolkien writes about the difficulty of relating the legendarium without “explanatory digressions”; Alan and Sara realize the PPP has a new subtitle. Join The Man of the West and the Shieldmaiden of R…

Published on 1 month ago

383 – Questions After Nightfall 32

Season 10 Episode 2

Join us all in the Common Room here at The Prancing Pony Podcast as The Man of the West and The Shieldmaiden of Rohan answer listener questions again in our 32nd Questions After Nightfall! Sara welco…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

382 – We Are Those Fans: a Chat with Wētā Workshop

Season 10 Episode 1

The Lord of the Mark returns for a special episode to help get Season 10 of The Prancing Pony Podcast underway, as we chat with Dan Falconer and Leonard Ellis from Wētā Workshop! From Falconer’s earl…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

381 – The Bywater Village Committee: an interview with Wētā Workshop’s Darren Ormandy

Alan and James sit down with fellow Tolkien-nerd and lead writer for Wētā Workshop's new game, Tales of the Shire. We discuss the depth of world-building by Tolkien and how to reflect that in a game …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

380 – So Mind-Bogglingly Useful

Tolkien believes that his method of translation-by-sense “perhaps needs some defence”; Alan and James know their method of podcasting requires a lot of defense. Join The Man of the West and The Sage …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago