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The Prancing Pony Podcast

The Prancing Pony Podcast is a weekly show about the Middle-earth legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien, hosted - for six seasons - by Alan Sisto and Shawn E. Marchese. As the show returns for its seventh sea... Read more

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157 - Don't Stop Believin'

157 - Don't Stop Believin'

Following an insensitive remark about the “darksome” halls of Khazad-dûm by Samwise at bedtime, Gimli delivers an impass... Read more

1 Mar 2020

1hr 27mins

Ranked #2

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136 - Live from Tolkien 2019

136 - Live from Tolkien 2019

Alan and Shawn reunite in person for a live recording from Tolkien 2019 in Birmingham, England! We interviewed several s... Read more

15 Sep 2019

1hr 45mins

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142 - Confustication Breakdown (with special guest Corey Olsen)

142 - Confustication Breakdown (with special guest Corey Olsen)

The Council of Elrond begins, and to help us bring the meeting to order, we welcome Corey Olsen — the Tolkien Professor ... Read more

27 Oct 2019

2hr 25mins

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091 - Laughing Shall We Die: An Interview with Tom Shippey

091 - Laughing Shall We Die: An Interview with Tom Shippey

Season 3 is here, and we begin by welcoming Tom Shippey to The Prancing Pony Podcast! We discuss his classic works The R... Read more

26 Aug 2018

1hr 29mins

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005 - The Music of the Ainur

005 - The Music of the Ainur

Reunited in the common-room and finally beginning their discussion of The Silmarillion, Alan and Shawn tackle nothing le... Read more

13 Mar 2016

1hr 30mins

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125 - A Writer and a Ranger

125 - A Writer and a Ranger

We begin with a review of the new biographical film Tolkien (spoilers: see below) before moving on to the first half of ... Read more

19 May 2019

2hr 21mins

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094 - This Shire is Your Shire

094 - This Shire is Your Shire

Never ones to skip over the pages with Roman numerals, we begin reading The Lord of the Rings at the famous Foreword, wh... Read more

16 Sep 2018

2hr 2mins

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051 - Why Does It Hurt So Much?: The Hobbit Film Trilogy

051 - Why Does It Hurt So Much?: The Hobbit Film Trilogy

It’s there and back again at the movies with the Prancing Pony Podcast! After talking about The Lord of the Rings films ... Read more

10 Sep 2017

1hr 58mins

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067 - Forget About Your Worries and Your Strife

067 - Forget About Your Worries and Your Strife

Chapter 7 of The Hobbit begins with a rude awakening in an Eagle’s eyrie. But our heroes are soon off on their way again... Read more

28 Jan 2018

1hr 50mins

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039 - Exit the Warrior

039 - Exit the Warrior

We conclude our trilogy of episodes on Chapter 21 of The Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar." After Glaurung sacks Nargoth... Read more

23 Apr 2017

2hr 58mins

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115 - Fetch the Comfy Chairs

115 - Fetch the Comfy Chairs

Frodo and friends get comfortable in the first half of “In the House of Tom Bombadil,” and Alan and Shawn finally begin ... Read more

3 Mar 2019

1hr 37mins

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099 - Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away

099 - Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away

Years have passed since the farewell party, and as the first part of Book I, Chapter 2, “The Shadow of the Past” unfolds... Read more

21 Oct 2018

1hr 56mins

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143 - Whole Lotta Lore

143 - Whole Lotta Lore

The Council of Elrond continues with a brief history of Arnor and Gondor since Isildur’s time, and Boromir begins to lea... Read more

3 Nov 2019

1hr 37mins

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054 - Nobody Expects the Dwarvish Inquisition

054 - Nobody Expects the Dwarvish Inquisition

We begin our reading of The Hobbit with the famous first line and meet Bilbo Baggins, living a predictable life of luxur... Read more

8 Oct 2017

1hr 45mins

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146 - Bring It on Home

146 - Bring It on Home

The Council of Elrond draws to a close, and options are finally debated about what to do with the One Ring. But the easy... Read more

24 Nov 2019

1hr 36mins

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007 - The Powers of Arda

007 - The Powers of Arda

In the second part of The Silmarillion we laugh with Tulkas, cry with Nienna, gaze on the starlit face of Varda and meet... Read more

27 Mar 2016

1hr 33mins

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050 - You Have Kept Your Honor: The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

050 - You Have Kept Your Honor: The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

Put aside the books and join us at the movies! In this episode, Alan and Shawn discuss Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the R... Read more

27 Aug 2017

1hr 55mins

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107 - The Nazgûl is Wailin' in the Wind

107 - The Nazgûl is Wailin' in the Wind

We begin the new year with a Tolkien Fun Fact in honor of the Professor’s birthday before starting on Book I, Chapter 4 ... Read more

6 Jan 2019

1hr 44mins

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080 - And There Was Much Rejoicing

080 - And There Was Much Rejoicing

Trapped in the side-door tunnel at the beginning of Chapter 13 of The Hobbit, “Not at Home,” Bilbo leads the party in th... Read more

29 Apr 2018

1hr 36mins

Ranked #20

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093 - We're In the Same Tale Still!

093 - We're In the Same Tale Still!

At long last, we finally… really this time… begin The Lord of the Rings! In this episode, we introduce the novel (not a ... Read more

9 Sep 2018

1hr 15mins

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