#178: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien, and the Inklings

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Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 24 February 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Several years ago we published an article about famous "mastermind groups" from history. One of them was a group of British scholars called The Inklings. From this group came two of the 20th century's most famous English writers: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. After I first learned about the Inklings, I wanted to dig deeper into this male-only writer's club to find out more about each individual and the group's effect on their respective lives and careers. In The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings, husband and wife team Philip and Carol Zaleski profile the four most prominent members of the Inklings (Lewis and Tolkien, along with Owen Barfield and Charles Williams), how the group started, and how its dynamics changed over its 30-year history.
In today's podcast, I talk to Philip and Carol about the history of the Inklings and what we can learn from them about forming our own mastermind groups.

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0:00.0	We're at Mika here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.0	If you're a Tolkien fan, you know Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, or your CS Lewis fan, you
0:21.8	probably have heard of the Inklings.
0:23.9	If you haven't heard of the Inklings, you're in for a treat.
0:26.4	This was a literary group that both Tolkien and Lewis belonged to for over three decades
0:30.8	at Oxford, where they got together one night a week to discuss and critique each other's
0:36.2	work, but as well as talk about philosophy, religion, myths, etc. while smoking pipes
0:41.9	and drinking adult beverages.
0:43.9	It was like a little men's group.
0:46.2	It was only men, all men.
0:47.6	Anyways, my guests in the podcast have written a biography of this group.
0:52.2	It's called The Fellowship, The Literary Lies of the Inklings.
0:55.5	Their names are Philip and Carol Zalesky.
0:57.8	They're a married couple.
0:59.2	And today on the show, we're going to discuss the members of the Inklings, Tolkien, Lewis,
1:03.8	also some of the more lesser known, but individuals, but also we had a profound impact on American
1:08.4	literature and other ways, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams.
1:12.3	And we'll also discuss the lasting impact of the Inklings on a religion in the West,
1:17.8	as well as literature in the West.
1:20.1	Great discussion.
1:21.1	I'll see you without further ado, Philip and Carol Zalesky.
1:25.5	Welcome to the show.
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