Week 118 - Third Age Thursday: Five Days

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of The Battles of the Fords of Isen from Unfinished Tales and Saruman's role in the war.

Join The Man of the West as we shift gears on Third Age Thursday and being a series-long read through of The Battles of the Fords of Isen from Unfinished Tales: and learn just how close Saruman came to winning the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Man of the West

Topics covered

• Tolkien
• Third Age
• Battles of the Fords of Isen
• Unfinished Tales
• war
• literature

Keywords

• Tolkien
• Third Age
• Saruman
• Fords of Isen
• Unfinished Tales
• war
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Battles of the Fords of Isen, Unfinished Tales

More episodes of Today's Tolkien Times

• Week 120 - Friendship Friday: Above All the Jewels · June 12, 2026 · 12 min
• Week 120 - Third Age Thursday: Till Éomer Comes · June 11, 2026 · 11 min
• Week 120 - Word-nerd Wednesday: Full Power · June 10, 2026 · 11 min
• Week 120 - Tolkien Tuesday: Where Shall I Find Rest? · June 9, 2026 · 11 min
• Week 120 - Middle-earth Map Monday: Climbs Backwards-Like · June 8, 2026 · 11 min
• Week 119 - Silmarillion Saturday: Dark Fruit · June 6, 2026 · 12 min