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This was a last minute replacement guest, but what a guest! David talks to philosopher Peter Kreeft about life, books, philosophy, and the Inklings... * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:18 – Episode Header 00:36 – Introduction 01:48 – Biographical Information 02:18 – Chit-Chat 02:22 – Beverage and Toast 03:55 – 1. "A Kreeft by any other name..." 04:33 – 2. "What a joke!" 06:02 – 3. "Surf's up!" 07:51 – 4. "Oremus!" 10:23 – 5. "American Cricket" 11:45 – 6. "Teacher's lessons" 12:26 – 7. "Philosophy" 15:26 – 8. "More books than years" 16:37 – 9. "The rise of the machines" 18:43 – 10. "Kreeft Books" 23:53 – 11. "CSL Book Awards" 28:25 – 12. "Encountering Lewis" 30:57 – 13. "The Great Divorce" 32:08 – 14. "CSL - Philosopher?" 33:32 – 15. "G.K. Chesterton's Contribution" 36:57 – 16. "Lewisian Ventriloquism" 38:15 – 17. "Movie adaptation" 41:21 – 18. "Least favourite CSL book?" 41:45 – 19. "Inklings recital" 44:29 – 20. "Season 6 advice" 45:44 – 21. "Mrs Lewis" 48:32 – 22. "Reading Tolkien" 52:50 – 23. "Rings of Power" 53:26 – 24. "Tom Bombadil" 54:23 – 25. "Red Sox Fans?" 57:09 – 26. "Future Projects" 57:37 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. Peter Kreeft * https://www.peterkreeft.com/ * Kreeft Books * https://www.peterkreeft.com/books.htm * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e66

How did America come to love an Irish professor living in Oxford? Andrew finds out from Dr. K. Alan Snyder, author of "America discovers C.S. Lewis"... * Timestamps * 00:00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:00:18 – Episode Header 00:00:27 – Welcome 00:01:20 – We're now a non-profit... 00:02:17 – Anniversary 00:03:41 – Beverage and Toasts (plural) 00:07:44 – 1. "Season 6 start" 00:08:03 – 2. "Episode density" 00:08:32 – 3. "Out of the Silent Planet" 00:10:42 – 4. "Themed episodes" 00:13:51 – 5. "After hours" 00:14:27 – 6. "YouTube" 00:15:14 – 7. "Top Secret!" 00:15:43 – 8. "Reviews" 00:23:45 – 9. "Four Loves remembered" 00:38:23 – 10. "Season 5 highlights" 00:45:56 – 11. "Mailbag" 00:54:06 – 12. "The break" 00:59:46 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Season 5 * https://www.PintsWithJack.com/season-5 * Season 6 * https://www.PintsWithJack.com/season-6 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e70

How did America come to love an Irish professor living in Oxford? Andrew finds out from Dr. K. Alan Snyder, author of "America discovers C.S. Lewis"... * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:05 – Episode Header 00:38 – Biographical Information 01:00 – Chit-Chat 01:41 – Toast and Beverage 03:50 – 1. "Personal Background" 07:27 – 2. "DJ Snyder!" 10:45 – 3. "Lewisian learning" 12:29 – 4. "Favourite and best Lewis book?" 15:11 – 5. "Book genesis" 22:45 – 6. "CSL in England today" 24:50 – 7. "America discovers CSL" 26:07 – 8. "Post mortem popularity" 35:05 – 9. "Popularity today" 38:00 – 10. "Ransom Trilogy Course" 39:23 – 11. "Next book" 42:37 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. K. Alan Snyder * https://ponderingprinciples.com/ * America Discovers C.S. Lewis * https://amzn.to/3xFXlSK * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e69

Occasionally one comes across a person who makes bold claims about "The Chronicles of Narnia", not only denying that it's the greatest children's fiction ever written, but also that it is filled with sexism and racism. Dr. Devin Brown returns to the show to respond to these accusations. * Timestamps * 00:00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:00:21 – Episode Header 00:01:19 – Biographical Information 00:01:48 – Chit-Chat 00:06:49 – Toast and Beverage 00:07:27 – 1. "The critics" 00:10:43 – 2. "Observations" 00:15:14 – 3. "Susan's fate?" 00:30:18 – 4. "Sexist remarks?" 00:35:19 – 5. "Sexist Santa and women in war?" 00:46:00 – 6. "Sexist Narrator?" 00:52:21 – 7. "Progressive gender roles in Narnia?" 01:05:08 – 8. "Racism in Narnia?" 01:22:10 – 9. "Progressive race relations in Narnia?" 01:25:20 – 10. "The Horse and His Boy reimagined" 01:27:37 – 11. "Netflix adaptation" 01:31:35 – 12. "Final thoughts" 01:34:14 – “Last Call” Bell and More Information * Keynote Address * https://www.narniaweb.com/resources-links/are-the-chronicles-of-narnia-sexist-and-racist/ * Dr. Devin Brown * https://www.asbury.edu/about/directory/devin-brown/ https://www.amazon.com/Devin-Brown/e/B001JS67MW/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e54/

Donald T. Williams discusses with Andrew the contents of his book, Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C.S. Lewis * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:10 – Episode Header 00:54 – Biographical Information 01:32 – Chit-Chat 03:36 – Toast and Beverage 05:50 – 1. "Personal Background" 19:45 – 2. "A non-systematic Theologian" 26:51 – 3. "Knowledgable" 29:18 – 4. "Audience-centered" 31:10 – 5. "Reason and Imagination" 36:00 – 6. "Receptive" 38:50 – 7. "Themes in Lewis" 39:56 – 8. "Favourite and best book?" 45:00 – 9. "Lewis letters" 47:03 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Donald T. Williams * http://donaldtwilliams.com/ * Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C.S. Lewis * https://amzn.to/3eSrHLe * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e68

C.S. Lewis is often brought up in reference to Dr. Jordan Peterson, so David interviewed Dr. Christopher Kaczor and Dr. Matthew R. Petrusek about their book on the Canadian clinical psychologist, "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:12 – Episode Header 01:30 – Biographical Information 02:32 – Chit-Chat 02:46 – Toast and Beverage 03:16 – 1. "Personal Background" 05:05 – 2. "Who is Jordan Peterson?" 09:16 – 3. "Why is he so popular?" 12:30 – 4. "Lewis exposure?" 15:07 – 5. "Book origin" 18:34 – 6. "Peterson and Scripture" 24:47 – 7. "Chaos, Utopia, and Adventure" 27:42 – 8. "Myth Become Fact" 29:55 – 9. "Rules for Life" 31:35 – 10. "Peterson's Philosophy" 33:13 – 11. "The Problem of Meaning" 34:49 – 12. "The Problem of Love" 36:42 – 13. "Further thought" 41:52 – 14. "Grace and Faith" 48:49 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Jordan Peterson, God, and Christanity * https://www.wordonfire.org/peterson-book/ * Dr. Christopher Kaczor * https://twitter.com/Prof_Kaczor https://faculty.lmu.edu/ckaczor/ * Dr. Matthew R. Petrusek * https://twitter.com/MattPetrusek https://mattpetrusek.wixsite.com/website * 12 Rules for Life * https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021 * Jordan Peterson Genesis Lectures * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w&list=PL22J3VaeABQD_IZs7y60I3lUrrFTzkpat * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e67

Following up on Severe Mercy Month, Matt interviews Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Soren Grefenstette, and Natalie Schmidt about their love for Sheldon Vanauken's book. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:30 – Episode Header 01:29 – Biographical Information 03:23 – 1. "Encountering Vanauken" 06:53 – 2. "The mini-series" 10:17 – 3. "Primary themes" 11:25 – 4. "Reception" 19:28 – 5. "Favourites" 23:38 – 6. "A Severe Mercy?" 35:01 – 7. "Timeless" 41:11 – 8. "Openness to life" 50:48 – 9. "Final Thoughts" 58:53 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Severe Mercy Month * https://www.PintsWithJack.com/severe-mercy-month * Center for Citzenship and Constitutional government * https://constudies.nd.edu/ * Book: Religious Liberty and the American Founding * https://www.amazon.com/Religious-Liberty-American-Founding-Amendment/dp/0226821447 * Vincent Phillip Muñoz * https://law.nd.edu/directory/vincent-munoz/ * Soren Grefenstette * https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-soren-grefenstette-426419191 * Natalie Schmidt * https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-schmidt-7321b969 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e65

David speaks to Ron Ratliff about his online course, "Mere Christianity for Modern Catholics" * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:26 – Background 02:41 – Walter Hooper 05:45 – Mere Christianity for Modern Catholics 07:42 – Course structure 12:33 – Catholic qualifications 17:27 – The next project 21:44 – Further down the line... 23:01 – More information 24:30 – Wrap-Up * Mere Christianity for Modern Catholics * https://merechristianitycourse.com/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/mere-christianity-for-modern-catholics

One of Lewis' larger books is English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama). An audiobook of this has just been released by Harper Collins, so David interviewed the audio narrator, John Lee... * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:52 – John Lee and CSL 04:27 – Preparing an audiobook 05:10 – Preparing a CSL audiobook 07:36 – Contemplation and Enjoyment 12:08 – C.S. Lewis and Women 14:05 – C.S. Lewis and the United States 14:26 – C.S. Lewis and Technology 17:19 – On Writing (and Writers) 18:55 – Single-sex Education 20:42 – Obscurantism? 22:20 – Recording process 28:10 – Who's downloading?! 30:30 – Upcoming audiobooks 33:11 – Discovering lost authors 35:33 – My neighbour, Tolkien 37:35 – Wrap-Up and Beautiful Birmingham! * New Audiobook! * https://www.amazon.com/English-Literature-Sixteenth-Century-Excluding/dp/B09MZRMSP5 * The Hardback * https://www.amazon.com/Literature-Sixteenth-excluding-Completion-Cambridge/dp/B0007JAP2M * John's Corpus * https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=John+Lee * Harper Audio * https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/harperaudio * Women and C.S. Lewis * https://www.amazon.com/Women-C-S-Lewis-Literature-Culture/dp/0745956947 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ohel

As we begin “Poetry Month”, I interviewed “The Mysterious Mr. Banks”, co-host of “The Literary Life” podcast and host of “The Well Read Poem” podcast. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:36 – Background 01:24 – What is poetry? 04:17 – Why does it matter? 07:19 – Jack's poetry 10:31 – Poetic Forms 13:46 – Tu Ne Quaesieris 18:39 – More Information 19:09 – Wrap-Up * "The Well Read Poem" Podcast * https://www.theliterary.life/the-well-read-poem/ * "The Literary Life" Podcast * https://www.theliterary.life/podcast-2/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/poetry-with-mr-banks

To round off poetry month, David interviewed poet Rob Jones, author of the poetry collection, "Re-Enchanted". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:36 – Background 01:23 – Encountering C.S. Lewis 04:42 – Poetry 07:11 – Re-Enchanted 09:03 – Poem #1: The Sweetest Longing 15:14 – Poem #2: Pierced By Beauty 21:49 – Poem #3: Pipe Dream 26:10 – Poem #4: Not By Accident 29:13 – Prayers in a poetry collection? 33:08 – More information 24:30 – Wrap-Up * Rob Jones * https://www.robjonesbooks.com/About * Re- Enchanted * https://www.robjonesbooks.com/Poems * Tolkien Creation Myth * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7a6yUc8zo * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/re-enchanted

Next month the 20th annual C.S. Lewis Festival will be held in Petoskey, Michigan. David interviewed author Sarah Arthur who was one of the founders of the festival and will be speaking at the event this year. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:44 – Background 02:31 – Lewis 06:37 – The festival 11:06 – Sarah's Talk 26:05 – Future projects 28:01 – Wrap-Up * CS Lewis Festival * https://www.cslewisfestival.org/ * Sarah Arthur * https://www.saraharthur.info/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/michigan-festival-2022

We wrap up "Poetry Month" by talking to D.S. Martin, a poet who has written a poetry collection inspired by C.S. Lewis, "Conspiracy of Light". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:21 – Episode Header 01:07 – Biographical Information 02:00 – Chit-Chat 02:23 – Toast and Beverage 02:43 – 1. "How does one become a poet?" 03:59 – 2. "Encountering Lewis" 06:14 – 3. "Rating Lewis as a poet" 08:58 – 4. "Strengths and weaknesses as a poet" 11:10 – 5. "Single recommendation?" 11:55 – 6. "Motivation for Conspiracy of Light" 13:00 – 7. "Dedication" 13:53 – 8. "Forms" 15:52 – 9. "Inspiration" 18:09 – 10. "Structure" 19:42 – 11. "Poem #1: The Longing" 22:20 – 12. "Poem #2: The Great Divorce" 28:41 – 13. "Poem #3: The Shove & Tumble" 34:45 – 14. "Poem #4: Screwtape visits your local Cosco" 37:25 – 15. "Poem #5: Apologetics" 42:43 – 16. "Poem #6: Among the Tombs" 46:06 – 17. "Poem #7: Extrapolations 49:44 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * D.S. Martin * https://dsmartin.ca/ * Conspiracy of Light * https://dsmartin.ca/poetry/poiema-conspiracy-light/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e64

Dr. Don W. King returns for the second time this month, this time to talk about the poetry of C.S. Lewis' wife, Joy Davidman. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:06 – Episode Header 00:46 – Biographical Information 01:03 – Chit-Chat 01:36 – Toast and Beverage 01:54 – 1. "Joy Davidman 101" 14:21 – 2. "Published poetry" 17:49 – 3. "Reception" 20:14 – 4. "Themes" 22:42 – 5. "Forms" 24:05 – 6. "A Naked Tree" 27:36 – 7. "Assembling the collection" 30:40 – 8. "The Dedication" 31:28 – 9. "Sections" 32:31 – 10. "Poetic evolution" 33:16 – 13. "Poem #1: Quisling at Midnight" 35:58 – 14. "Poem #2: Postscript: But All I Want" 37:26 – 15. "Poem #3: Rising" 38:56 – 16. "Poem #4: Sonnet 38" 40:51 – 19. "Why read Joy's poetry?" 41:52 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. Don W. King * https://www.montreat.edu/academics/faculty/don-king/ * The Naked Tree * https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2013/the-collected-poems-of-c-s-lewis/ https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Poems-C-S-Lewis/dp/1606354116 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e63

Andrew video chats from The Kilns garden with Dr. Jerry Root about Lewis' book of poetry, Dymer. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Header 01:01 – Biographical Information 02:12 – Chit-Chat 04:15 – Toast and Beverage 04:59 – 1. "Background" 12:53 – 2. "Splendour in the Dark" 20:55 – 3. "Why read Dymer?" 22:51 – 4. "Reality is iconoclastic" 25:02 – 5. "Self-discovery" 29:59 – 6. "Images to forsake and replace" 32:36 – 7. "Out of myself towards another..." 39:03 – 8. "Jack's development of thought" 42:51 – 9. "Understanding love" 46:34 – 10. "Conversion and Escape" 52:08 – 11. "Northern influences" 54:18 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. Jerry Root * https://www.drjerryroot.com/ * Splendour in the Dark * https://www.ivpress.com/splendour-in-the-dark https://www.amazon.com/Splendour-Dark-Lewiss-Hansen-Lectureship/dp/0830853758 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e62

On this episode of "Poetry Month", David interviews Dr. Karen Swallow Prior about C.S. Lewis' first published collection of poetry, "Spirits In Bondage". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:18 – Episode Header 01:10 – Biographical Information 01:42 – Chit-Chat 02:18 – Toast and Beverage 02:58 – 1. "Background" 03:50 – 2. "Author" 05:32 – 3. "Jane and Jesus" 09:58 – 4. "Encountering Jack" 11:51 – 5. "Lexham Press Forward" 14:34 – 6. "Responding to Early Lewis" 15:35 – 7. "Historical Context" 19:03 – 8. "Book Structure" 20:10 – 9. "Main Themes" 25:12 – 10. "Poetic Forms and Influences" 30:46 – 11. "Reception" 32:41 – 12. "Intimidated by Poetry?" 34:16 – 13. "Poem #1: French Nocturne" 38:26 – 14. "Poem #2: In Praise of Solid People" 44:12 – 15. "Why read Spirits In Bondage?" 45:38 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. Karen Swallow Prior * https://karenswallowprior.com/about/ https://twitter.com/KSPrior * Spirits In Bondage * https://lexhampress.com/product/183941/spirits-in-bondage-a-cycle-of-lyrics https://www.eighthdaybooks.com/product/109927/Spirits-in-Bondage-A-Cycle-of-Lyrics * KSP's Books * https://karenswallowprior.com/books/ * Literary Life Podcast - Sense & Sensibility Adaptations Episode * https://www.theliterary.life/138/ * A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War * https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Wardrobe-Great-War-Rediscovered/dp/0718091450 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e61

World-renowned scholar, Dr. Don W. King, introduces us to the poetry of C.S. Lewis. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:08 – Episode Header 01:11 – Biographical Information 01:46 – Chit-Chat 03:31 – Toast and Beverage 03:47 – 1. "Background" 06:04 – 2. "Warnie Update" 07:26 – 3. "The burgeoning poet" 08:36 – 4. "Published poems" 11:18 – 5. "What's the deal with Dymer?!" 13:46 – 6. "Does his poetry good and does it matter?" 19:55 – 7. "Did his poetry change?" 22:17 – 8. "Poetry in prose" 23:52 – 9. "Producing the Critical Edition" 27:15 – 10. "Newly-discovered poems" 27:48 – 11. "Main motifs" 29:33 – 12. "What's his poetic legacy?" 35:17 – 13. "Poem #1: The sailing of the Ark" 38:07 – 14. "Poem #2: The Apologist's Evening Prayer" 40:14 – 15. "Poem #3: A Funny Old Man Had A Habit" 40:30 – 16. "Poem #4: Epitaph for Joy Davidman" 41:12 – 17. "Poem #5: All This Is Flashy Rhetoric about Loving You" 42:44 – 18. "Poem #6: Love's as warm as tears" 45:07 – 19. "Dating" 45:56 – 20. "Why read Jack's poetry?" 46:59 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Dr. Don W. King * https://www.montreat.edu/academics/faculty/don-king/ * The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis: A Critical Edition * https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2013/the-collected-poems-of-c-s-lewis/ https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Poems-C-S-Lewis/dp/1606354116 * C.S. Lewis, Poet: The Legacy of His Poetic Impulse * https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2010/c-s-lewis-poet/ https://www.amazon.com/C-S-Lewis-Poet-Legacy-Impulse/dp/0873386817 * Love's as warm as tears * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOHlrgCizJI * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e60

This month we begin “Poetry Month” with popular poetic and Inkling scholar, Rev. Dr. Malcolm Guite! * Timestamps * 00:00 – Drop-In 00:09 – Episode Header 01:01 – Biographical Information 01:22 – Chit-Chat 01:27 – 1. "Jack's Poetic Desire" 03:10 – 2. "Modernism and T.S. Elliot" 09:54 – 3. "As contemporary poetry" 13:59 – 4. "Mystery and language" 29:38 – 5. "CS Lewis: A Sonnet" 33:45 – Beverage and Toast 34:11 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Rev. Malcolm Guite * https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MalcolmGuitespell * The Word within the Words * https://www.amazon.com/Word-within-Words-My-Theology/dp/1506484336 * David's Crown * https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Crown-Malcolm-Guite/dp/1786223066 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9kSCgpna8w * Poetry From The Kilns * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0N3kG06h8s * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e59

David chats with James Tauber from "The Digital Tolkien Project". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:16 – James Tauber encounters Tolkien 10:10 – The Digital Tolkien Project 20:20 – Navigating Copyright 28:19 – The Digital Lewis Project? 37:05 – Finding out more and contributing 39:19– Wrap-Up * The Digital Tolkien Project * https://digitaltolkien.com/ https://www.twitter.com/digitaltolkien https://www.instagram.com/digitaltolkien * James Tauber * https://twitter.com/jtauber * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/digital-tolkien-project

Do you want electronic access to Lewis' corpus? David talks to TL Putnam who works for a company which will give you just that! * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:17 – TL Putnam 00:41 – Verbum and C.S. Lewis 05:06 – Demo 16:04 – Outside the Walls 21:34 – Finding out more... 23:45 – Wrap-Up * Verbum * https://verbum.com/ * Outside The Walls * https://www.outsidethewalls.com/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/verbum

Today’s guest is someone whom David saw posting regularly on an online C.S. Lewis forum. He enjoyed her posts discovered that she had met Lewis, so he invited her onto the show for a chat, both about her life and her book, "O Love How Deep"… * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:18 – Episode Header 01:00 – Origins of interview 01:28 – Welcome 01:37 – Beverage and Toast 02:04 – 1. "Pseudonym" 03:19 – 2. "Encountering Lewis" 05:31 – 3. "Lewis the Lecturer" 08:33 – 4. "An evening with C.S. Lewis" 10:27 – 5. "Origins of O Love How Deep" 12:06 – 6. "The Story" 16:02 – 7. "Publication" 17:57 – 8. "Thinking about love" 20:16 – 9. "Lewisian Influence" 21:24 – "Last Call" Bell, More Information and Sign-Off * O Love How Deep * https://www.amazon.com/Love-How-Deep-Three-Souls/dp/1775106284/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e58

Jack's doctor was Dr. R.E. Havard. In today's episode, David interviews Sarah O'Dell, a scholar who is writing a book on this lesser-known Inkling. * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:09 – Episode Header 01:15 – Biographical Information 01:59 – Chit-Chat 04:17 – Beverage and Toast 04:53 – 1. "Personal background" 08:36 – 2. "Inklings Encounter" 12:17 – 3. "Havard Encounter" 13:41 – 4. "The Forgotten Inkling" 18:09 – 5. "The Physician" 20:12 – 6. "The Problem of (Mental) Pain" 28:30 – 7. "Primary Sources" 29:41 – 8. "Catholic" 34:42 – 9. "Inkling Interactions" 38:09 – 10. "Other collaborations" 40:36 – 11. "Forthcoming Book" 45:31 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Sarah O'Dell * https://sarahodellmdphd.com/ https://twitter.com/MedicalInkling * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e56

As Amazon's show, "The Rings of Power", prepares to be released, David talks to Matt from "The Nerd of the Rings" YouTube channel about what we can expect... * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 01:02 – The Nerd of the Rings 02:53 – The Rings of Power 07:21 – The source material 10:11 – New material 11:28 – Canon characters 12:19 – Casting 12:55 – A Galadriel problem? 19:40 – A time-compression problem? 26:08 – Netflix Narnia - how would you do it? 34:15 – The Hobbit 36:31 – More Information 37:19 – Wrap-Up * The Nerd of the Rings * https://www.youtube.com/NerdOfTheRings * The Rings of Power * https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Power-Season/dp/B09QH98YG1 * Rings of Power Teaser Breakdown * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTTS0aCEc8 * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/nerd-of-the-rings

Former guest of the show, Justin Wiggins, returns to talk about his latest book, "Surprised By Myth". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Quote-of-the-week 00:08 – Episode Header 00:44 – Biographical Information 01:19 – Chit-Chat 02:42 – Beverage and Toast 03:40 – 1. "Personal background" 05:52 – 2. "Book origin" 07:18 – 3. "Topic division" 08:12 – 4. "The main thread" 10:18 – 5. "Visiting C. S. Lewis’s home The Kilns" 12:29 – 6. "Logos Theatre" 15:24 – 7. "The Legacy of George MacDonald" 19:46 – 8. "Joy Davidman Lewis" 25:05 – 9. "The Humor and Wit of G.K. Chesterton" 28:09 – 10. "Owen Barfield, Language, Science and Theology" 33:14 – 11. "Charles Williams, Magic and Myth" 38:51 – 12. "The Eccentric Dorothy Sayers" 43:49 – 13. "The Future" 46:08 – "Last Call" Bell and Sign-Off * Justin Wiggins * https://www.clarendonhousebooks.com/justin-wiggins * Surprised By Myth * https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09F1D1ZCX * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/s5e57

Colin MacIver returns to the show to talk about an article he wrote in 2019 about the apperance of Bacchus and Silenus in Narnia, called "Aslan, Bacchus, and New Orleans' Carnival Season". * Timestamps * 00:00 – Episode Card 00:05 – Welcome 00:51 – What have you been up to? 02:26 – Paganism in Narnia? 10:22 – Netflix adaptation advice 16:17 – Shoutouts 17:45– Wrap-Up * Aslan, Bacchus, and New Orleans' Carnival Season * https://media.ascensionpress.com/2019/01/09/aslan-bacchus-and-new-orleans-carnival-season/ * Pints With Jack * https://www.pintswithjack.com/ https://twitter.com/pintswithjack https://www.facebook.com/pintswithjack https://www.instagram.com/pintswithjack/ https://parler.com/profile/pintswithjack/posts https://myspace.com/pintswithjack https://rumble.com/user/PintsWithJack https://www.ebay.com/usr/c.s.lewisfan * Show Notes * https://www.pintswithjack.com/bacchus