Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast
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S4½E1 – Bonus – “Lewis at the movies”
On November 3rd, "The Most Reluctant Convert" will be released in cinemas. This movie is based on the play by "The Fellowship of Performing Arts" and Lewis' own spiritual autobiography, "Surprised By Joy", which chronicles his journey to Christianity. Dr. Devin Brown was invited to write the Study Guide for the movie so he came on the show to talk about it.
S4E103 – Bonus – “Season Finale” (Part 2)
David, Andrew, and Matt wrap up Season 4 with the Season Finale. This is Part 2 of that Finale. Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/X4zq7Uk69KmYo1v3A
S4E102 – Bonus – “Season Finale” (Part 1)
David, Andrew, and Matt wrap up Season 4 with the Season Finale. This is Part 1...
S4E101 – Bonus – “Jack vs Tollers”
After the previously-planned interview fell through at the last minute, David sat down to record a solo episode to talk about his newborn son, Sidecar Day, blue flowers in Narnia, and also to make his tongue-in-cheek case as to why C.S. Lewis is better than J.R.R. Tolkien.
S4E100 – AH – “After Hours” with The Gray Havens
The Gray Havens are an American Christian folk pop husband and wife duo, David and Licia Radford, from Crystal Lake, Illinois. On October 8th they will be releasing their new album, Blue Flower, so David Radford came on the show to talk to Andrew and David about how C.S. Lewis inspired their recent work.
S4E99 – AH – “After Hours” with Mike “Gomer” Gormley
As we approach the end of Season 4, David is joined on the show by Michael "Gomer" Gormley. Among other things, they discuss Ted Lasso, tea, and the Atonement. Also, find out what Gomer would do if he ever became the Pope!
S4E98 – AH – “After Hours” with Patti Callahan
New York Times bestselling author, Patti Callahan, returns to the show to talk about her forthcoming book, "Once Upon A Wardrobe", which will be released on October 19th.
S4E97 – AH – “After Hours” with The Tolkien Road
A few months ago, John and Greta from The Tolkien Road podcast did a series of episodes on religion in Tolkien's Legendarium. David invited him onto the show to talk about those episodes and to encourage the Pints With Jack listeners to listen to them.
S4E96 – AH – “After Hours” with Rod Bennett
Author Rod Bennett joined David to talk about a presentation on he gave at a big Christian rock festival about C.S. Lewis' relationship to "Pulp Fiction".
S4E95 – Bonus – “Pride and Humility” with Cullen Herout from “Ready to Stand”
David was invited onto "Ready to Stand" by host Cullen Herout to talk about Lewis' views on humility and pride.
S4E94 – AH – “After Hours” with Max McLean
Andrew interviewed Max McLean, founder and artistic director of the Fellowship for Performing Arts, who have brought many of Lewis' works to life on the stage, and who will soon be releasing a movie about Lewis' life, The Most Reluctant Convert, which will be released on November 3rd.
S4E93 – Bonus – “Lewis’ Best or Worst Book?” with Shane Morris from “Upstream”
Over this past Season, co-host Andrew Lazo has appeared on the Upstream podcast with Shane Morris several times. For the next two Thursdays we'll be sharing the audio from two of these appearances. In today's episode, Andrew argues for why he thinks "Till We Have Faces" is Lewis' best book.
S4E92 – Bonus – “Collecting Clive: Book shopping with Andrew, Steven, and Gordon”
It is well known to our listeners that Andrew likes buying and selling early editions of Lewis books. In this episode, he is joined by two other enthusiastic collectors, Dr. Steven Beebe and Dr. Gordon Greenhill, to talk about their book collecting.
S4E91 – Bonus – “Further Up and Further In” with Shane Morris from “Upstream”
Over this past Season, co-host Andrew Lazo has appeared on the Upstream podcast with Shane Morris several times. For the next two Thursdays we'll be sharing the audio from two of these appearances. In today's episode, Andrew explains how Lewis' books reveal the exhortation to love rightly.
S4E90 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Steven Thorson
Earlier this season in "Barfield Month", we looked at the life and work of Lewis' fellow Inkling, Owen Barfield. Only after this special series was concluded did we come across the thoroughly enlightening book by Dr. Stephen Thorson, which is entitled "Joy and Poetic Imagination". In his book, Dr. Thorson unpacks all the important issues debated between Lewis and Barfield in their "Great War", many of which are discussed on today's show with the author.
S4E89 – AH – “After Hours” with Hal Poe (Part 2)
In both episodes this week, Matt interviews Dr. Harry Lee Poe about the two biographical books he wrote about C.S. Lewis. In today's episode, he discusses his second book, "The Making of C.S. Lewis".
S4E88 – AH – “After Hours” with Hal Poe (Part 1)
In both episodes this week, Matt interviews Dr. Harry Lee Poe about the two biographical books he wrote about C.S. Lewis. In today's episode, he discusses his first book, "Becoming C.S. Lewis".
S4E87 – AH – “After Hours” with Marcellino D’Ambrosio
Both Matt and David love "When the Church Was Young" by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio. After mentioning it in a couple of episodes, an increasing number of listeners read it as well. As a result, they decided to invite Dr. D'Ambrosio onto the show to discuss his book.
S4E86 – AH – “After Hours” with Diana Glyer
Today a new book about Jack's "Space Trilogy" is released! Former guest of the show, Dr. Diana Glyer, returns with some of her students to talk about their new book, "A Compass For Deep Heaven".
S4E85 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Ray Baker
We end "Narnia Month" by going "Beyond Narnia" with Dr. Ray Baker, discussing his book, "Beyond Narnia: The Theology and Apologetics of C.S. Lewis".
S4E84 – Bonus – “Learning with C.S. Lewis” (Art & Faith Conversations)
Andrew was invited on the "Art & Faith Conversations" podcast with Libby John to talk about C.S. Lewis.
S4E83 – AH – “After Hours” with Katherine Langrish
Katherine Langrish loved Narnia as a nine year-old girl. Now as a grown-up with children of her own, she returned to Narnia and wrote a book about the experience, "From Spare Oom to War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with my nine-year-old".
S4E82 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Brian Williams
Dr. Brian Williams came on the show to talk about how C.S. Lewis can be used as pre-evangelism for a post-Christian World.
S4E81 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Devin Brown
Dr. Devin Brown wrote a series of books on "The Chronicles of Narnia" called "Inside Narnia". In this episode, Dr. Brown returns to the show to talk about "The Silver Chair" and his unpublished manuscript.
S4E80 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. David Downing
Having finished "The Silver Chair", the rest of Narnia Month will be devoted to discussing other aspects of the Narniad. Today, David speaks with Dr. David Downing, Co Director of Marion E. Wade Center and author of "Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles".
S4E79 – Narnia – “The Silver Chair” (Part 2)
Christin Ditchfield-Lazo returns once again to the podcast for the concluding discussion of this season's Narnian Chronicle, "The Silver Chair".
S4E78 – Narnia – “The Silver Chair” (Part 1)
It's time for our Chronicle-of-the-season! Matt, David, and Andrew are joined by Andrew's wife, Christin-Ditchfield Lazo to discuss the fourth book in the series, "The Silver Chair".
S4E77 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Michael Ward
Dr. Michael Ward returned to the show for the second time this season, this time to talk about his new book, "After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man".
S4E76 – Bonus – Screwtape Retrospective
In this episode, David, Matt, and Andrew look back on the main texts of this season, "The Screwtape Letters" and "Screwtape Proposes A Toast". David then springs a pop quiz on his co-hosts, and lastly they discuss the future of the podcast...
S4E75 – Bonus – “The Argument From Reason” with Trent Horn
David was invited onto The Counsel of Trent podcast to talk about "The Argument From Reason", which is an argument against Naturalism which Lewis presents in Chapter 3 of his book, "Miracles".
S4E74 – SPAT 4 – “A few Good Men”
Matt and Andrew discuss the final section of Screwtape Proposes A Toast.
S4E73 – Bonus – “The Great Divorce” with Risking Enchantment
David was invited onto the "Risking Enchantment" podcast with Phoebe and Rachel to discuss The Great Divorce.
S4E72 – SPAT 3 – “The Kids Are Alright”
Andrew and Matt pick up from where David and Brenton left off last week in "Screwtape Proposes A Toast", in the section of the address where Screwtape talks about liberty and democracy.
S4E71 – AH – “After Hours” with Marilyn R. Pukkila
In this "After Hours" episode, David discussed a wide range of Inklings-related topics with Marilyn R. Pukkila, known to some in the Tolkien community as "Marilyn, The Librarian"...
S4E70 – SPAT 2 – “Quantity over quality”
Continuing on from last week, David and guest co-host Brenton Dickieson continue to discuss "Screwtape Proposes A Toast". When it comes to souls, is it better to have quantity over quality?
S4E69 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Louis Markos
We first had Dr. Louis Markos on the show during Season 2 when we spoke about imagery of Heaven and Hell in Western Literature and he recently made an appearance on "Barfield Month". Today he returns once more to talk about his new book, The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes.
S4E68 – SPAT 1 – “Three courses of Hell”
Today we begin the sequel to The Screwtape Lettters, which is Screwtape Proposes A Toast. David is joined by Dr. Brenton Dickieson to unpack the opening paragraphs.
S4E67 – AH – “After Hours” with Alan C. Duncan
A few months ago, David and Marie were sent an audiobook about the influence on C.S. Lewis by G.K Chesterton and they thought it was the perfect opportunity for a cross-over episode with the author, Alan C. Duncan!
S4E66 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Devin Brown
Dr. Devin Brown came on the show to discuss the biography he wrote about C.S. Lewis, "A Life Observed".
S4E65 – AH – “After Hours” with Alessandro DiSanto
Continuing his investigation into holy habits, Matt sat down for a drink and a chat with his friend, Alessandro DiSanto, one of the founders of Hallow app.
S4E64 – Bonus – “We shall get in: C.S. Lewis and the Hope of Heaven”
Andrew Lazo was asked to speak at the 2021 Edith Stein Conference, hosted by Notre Dame University.
S4E63 – AH – “After Hours” with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames
A repeated theme throughout "The Screwtape Letters" has been that of habits. Fr. Mark-Mary Ames just released a book called "Habits for Holiness", so Matt sat down with him to talk about building habits to really annoy Screwtape...
S4E62 – TSL 31 – “Blaze of glory”
Matt and David wrap up "The Screwtape Letters" and Wormwood's patient goes home.
S4E61 – AH – “Barfield Buffet” (Part 2)
Today we conclude the "Barfield Buffet" and Barfield Month.
S4E60 – TSL 30 – “Under Pressure”
The patient is about to be in a high-stress situation and Screwtape wants his nephew to exploit this. Richaél from the Clumsy Theosis podcast joins David to unpack this devilish advice.
S4E59 – AH – “Barfield Buffet” (Part 1)
As we near the end of Barfield Month, a number of different Barfield fans and scholars share their thoughts on this Inkling.
S4E58 – TSL 29 – “Fearless”
As we near the end of the collection of letters from Uncle Screwtape, Matt and David discuss one of his final letters where he talks about fear.
S4E57 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Mark Vernon
Continuing with Barfield Month, we invited Dr. Mark Vernon onto the show to discuss his Barfield-inspired book, "A Secret History of Christianity.
S4E56 – TSL 28 – “Death, be not proud”
Andrew and Matt discuss death!
S4E55 – AH – “After Hours” with Dr. Robert Koons
Dr. Robert Koons takes us on a tour of Middle Earth with J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield and Plato!