Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast
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S4E6 – TSL 2 – “We are family”
Like old times, Matt and I sit down to discuss a chapter of C.S. Lewis! In this chapter of The Screwtape Letters, Uncle Screwtape advises his nephew on how to handle the patient's church-going...
S4E5 – TSL 1 – “State of Confusion”
Today I was joined by guest co-host, Trent Horn, to discuss the first of Screwtape's letters where the senior demon discusses reason and rhetoric.
S4E4 – AH – “After Hours” with William O’Flaherty
Today I interview a man who is well-known in the C.S. Lewis community, William O'Flaherty. William runs EssentialCSLewis.com and is the host of the "All About Jack" podcast. He is also the author of "The Misquotable CS Lewis" and the book which we will be discussing today, his guide to "The Screwtape Letters" called "C.S. Lewis Goes To Hell".
S4E3 – TSL – “Preface”
We're still not quite ready to begin reading Screwtape's letters! In today's episode we discuss the different Prefaces which Lewis wrote for the book... one of which includes a surprising secret!
S4E2 – AH – “After Hours” with James Como
Since we're beginning a new season and a new book, we thought it would be wise to introduce new listeners to the life of C.S. Lewis. To this end, we invited onto the show James Como, a founding member of the New York C. S. Lewis Society, to talk about his latest book, "C.S. Lewis: A Very Short Introduction".
S4E1 – TSL – Welcome to Season 4!
To celebrate "Hobbit Day", today we begin Season 4 of "Pints With Jack"! This season we'll be reading through C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters". In this episode we introduce our new co-host and talk about what to expect this season...
S4E0 – Bonus – “Season 4 Trailer”
In anticipation of Season 4, Matt sat down and shared some of his favourite quotations from the book which we will be reading this Season, "The Screwtape Letters"...
S3E50 – Bonus – Season Finale
Today Season 3 draws to a close! Matt and I got together to chat, talk about this past season and let you know what to expect in Season 4...
S3E49 – AH – “After Hours” with Douglas Gresham
At the end of last year, Matt and I got to meet C.S. Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham. In today's episode, Matt interviews Douglas and asks him about his early life in the United States, his time living at The Kilns, as well as his life following his stepfather's death.
S3E48 – Bonus – Mythopoeia
The hosts of The Tolkien Road invited me onto their show to talk about Mythopoeia, a poem which Tolkien wrote for Lewis following their late-night conversation which ultimately led to Lewis' conversion. Today's episode has the original episode, but also includes some introductory comments and recitation of the poem itself.
S3E47 – AH – “After Hours” With Diana Glyer (Part 2)
In this episode Matt concludes his discussion with Dr. Diana Glyer about her book, Bandersnatch.
S3E46 – AH – “After Hours” with Diana Glyer (Part 1)
When Matt and I were at the C.S. Lewis Symposium in North Carolina, we heard Dr. Diana Glyer give a talk on the Inklings which rightly received a standing ovation. In this episode, Matt and Dr. Glyer discuss the material covered in that talk and its associated book, Bandersnatch.
S3E45 – AH – “After Hours” with Tea with Tolkien
Continuing "Tolkien Month", I sat down with Kaitlyn from the "Tea With Tolkien" podcast to talk about Hobbit Spirituality...
S3E44 – AH – “After Hours” with Joseph Loconte
Continuing "Tolkien Month", I interviewed Joseph Loconte, author of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War which tells the story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
S3E43 – AH – “After Hours” with The Tolkien Road
Continuing "Tolkien Month", in today's episode I spoke with John and Greta Carswell from "The Tolkien Road" podcast (https://TolkienRoad.com/), focussing on Tolkien's work, The Silmarillion.
S3E42 – AH – “After Hours” with The Prancing Pony
Today on Pints With Jack, we do a deep-dive into the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien with Alan and Shawn from The Prancing Pony podcast.
S3E41 – Bonus – The Tolkien Movie
Today we kick off "Tolkien Month"! My fiancée and I discuss the 2019 movie about Tolkien's life.
S3E40 – VODT – “Voyage of Dawn Treader” Movie (Part 2)
This episode was previously posted on The Lamp-Post Listener podcast feed, but here it is on ours. This is the concluding part of our discussion with Daniel and Phil about the movie adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Where is S3E40?
Listeners might be expecting S3E40 to appear today, which is the second part of the cross-over episode discussing The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie with Daniel and Phil from The Lamp-Post Listener. Although that episode is indeed released today, you'll find it on their podcast, not ours!
S3E39 – VODT – “Voyage of Dawn Treader Movie” (Part 1)
Last week Matt and I discussed the book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Today we team up with the guys from The Lamp-Post Listener podcast to discuss its movie adaptation.
S3E38 – Narnia – “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Part 2)
In today's episode we finish our discussion of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
S3E37 – Narnia – “Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Part 1)
Now that we've finished our main book this season, Matt and I returned to our next book in The Chronicles of Narnia series, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader".
S3E36 – Bonus – “Not today, Satan!”
In the previous episode, I spoke to Rev Brian McGreevy about the book we're going to be talking about next Season, The Screwtape Letters. As a bonus episode, I thought I would share the audio of a talk I gave a few months ago in Los Angeles.
S3E35 – AH – “After Hours” with Rev. Brian McGreevy
In anticipation of next season when we read through The Screwtape Letters, I sat down with Rev. Brian McGreevy to talk about this book and his podcast.
S3E34 – TWHF – “Retrospective”
Matt and I sat down and looked back on our reading of "Till We Have Faces" this season.
S3E33 – AH – “After Hours” with Brenton Dickieson
I've been reading the blog A Pilgrim In Narnia for several years now. Today I invited onto the show its author, Dr. Brenton Dickieson to talk about the book we've been reading this season, Till We Have Faces.
S3E32 – Bonus – Talkings Beasts and The Narnia Code
As a Thursday bonus episode, here is the audio of my interview on the Talking Beasts podcast where Brian and I discussed the merits of Dr. Michael Ward's Narnia Code.
S3E31 – AH – “After Hours” with Lina Maslo
I sat down with author and illustrator Lina Maslo to discuss her new book, Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia.
PWJ: S3E30 – AH – “After Hours” with Jason Lepojärvi
After listening to a free talk from Regent Audio by Dr. Jason Lepojärvi I knew we had to have him on the show. In this "After Hours" episode we talk about the theology of love and the disagreement between C.S. Lewis and St. Augustine.
PWJ: S3E29 – AH – “After Hours” with Andrew Lazo
Today Andrew Lazo returned to explain Part II of Till We Have Faces and review the book as a whole.
S3E28 – AH – “After Hours” with Rev. David Beckmann
I sat down with David to discuss his new book, Life with the Professor: The True Story Behind The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
PWJ: S3E27 – AH – “After Hours” with Steven Beebe
At the conference which Matt and I attended last year in North Carolina, we met Dr. Steven Beebe. Dr. Beebe has just released his book, C.S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication so I sat down with Dr. Beebe to talk about it and why he regards C.S. Lewis as a master communicator…
PWJ: S3E26 – Bonus – “Trent & The Great Divorce”
This is an extract of my second recent appearance on The Counsel of Trent. In this episode Trent and I discuss The Great Divorce...
S3E25 – TWHF (Pt 2 – Ch 4) – “Barefaced”
Orual meets Psyche and the god of the Mountain.
S3E24 – Bonus – “Trent & The Screwtape Letters”
This is an extract of the first of two episodes which were recently recorded on The Counsel of Trent. In this episode Trent and I discuss The Screwtape Letters...
S3E23 – TWHF (Pt 2 – Ch 3) – “The Judgement of Orual”
After failing to steel a fleece from one of the rams of the gods, Orual finally gets her day in court! She reads her complaint to the gods and finally receives her answer...
S3E22 – Bonus – “Orual’s Clumsy Theosis”
In our last episode discussing Till We Have Faces, we discussed dying to self and Christ's first beatitude, "Blessed are the poor in spirit". The same week that Matt and I recorded that episode, Richael Lucero from the Clumsy Theosis podcast released the first in a series of episodes on The Beatitudes. I thought it would enrich our discussion of Orual's transformation...
S3E21 – TWHF (Pt 2 – Ch 2) – “Troubled Vision”
Orual has a vision of the King which help her begin to see clearly…
S3E20 – TWHF (Pt 2 – Ch 1) – “Redival and Bardia unveiled”
Today we begin Part II of Till We Have Faces! We find out that some things have been happening to Orual to make her reconsider everything she wrote before...
S3E19 – Bonus – “Cupid & Psyche: The Myth Told”
This Season we've been reading Till We Have Faces, which is a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche Myth. However, what was the original myth like? In this episode, I read a version of the original story...
S3E18 – AH – Andrew Lazo
Since we've now finished Part I of Till We Have Faces, Andrew Lazo came back on the show to walk us through what we've just read, and to prepare us to read the final part of the book.
S3E17 – Bonus – C.S. Lewis and the Authentic Self
Matt was invited to give a talk at the Edith Stein Conference at Notre Dame. Here's the recording of his presentation.
S3E16 – Bonus – The Quizzical Papist
Matt and I were invited onto The Quizzical Papist pub quiz podcast for a battle of whits!
S3E15 – TWHF (PT 1, CH 20-21) – “A Myth Retold”
Orual hears a different retelling of her story...
TEA: Resisting Temptation With C.S. Lewis
I went back to St. Ignatius in LA this past week to give them a Lenten talk about temptation and C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters.
S3E14 – TWHF (Pt 1, Ch 18-19) – “The Warrior Queen”
Orual undergoes her first major test of her queenship.
S3E13 – TWHF (Pt 1, Ch 16-17) – “Long Live The Queen!”
Everything is changing in Glome! Both the Priest and the King are dying, while their successors prepare to take over their respective mantels...
S3E12 – TWHF (Pt 1, Ch 14-15) – “Tough Love”
Orual, desperate to save Psyche from the life which she says she loves, resorts to some tough love. Orual blackmails her sister into shining a lamp on her "husband" in the middle of the night...with heart-breaking consequences.
S3E11 – AA – Christine Norvell
I sat down with Christine Norvell to talk about C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces and her Reading Companion.
S3E10 – Bonus – "Please patronize us!"
Matt and I have finally launched a Patreon account! If you want to financially support the podcast, we'll send you swag! In this episode, we outline the different tiers available and interview Nick, our audio engineer...