Ranked #1
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
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #2
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
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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
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2hr 25mins
Ranked #4
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
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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
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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
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2hr 21mins
Ranked #7
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
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Ranked #8
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
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1hr 58mins
Ranked #9
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
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1hr 50mins
Ranked #10
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
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2hr 58mins
Ranked #11
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
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #12
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
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1hr 56mins
Ranked #13
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
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #14
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
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1hr 45mins
Ranked #15
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
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1hr 36mins
Ranked #16
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
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1hr 33mins
Ranked #17
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
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1hr 55mins
Ranked #18
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
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1hr 44mins
Ranked #19
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
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1hr 36mins
Ranked #20
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
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1hr 15mins
