642: How the Friendship of Lewis & Tolkien Changed the World with John Hendrix
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
The 2024 election is finally here. Who won? We don’t know because we recorded this episode on Monday. But we do know that MAGA men are not happy about their wives secretly voting for Kamala Harris. And a new study finds trust in American institutions—especially the media—continues to decline. Is there a way to reverse the trend? Then, to take an overdue break from politics, Skye talks to author and illustrator, John Hendrix, about his new graphic non-fiction book “The Mythmakers” about the remarkable friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s a fun conversation about faith, fantasy, and just a little bit of nerdiness. Also this week—a Japanese village populated with puppets will fuel your nightmares.
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Show Starts
3:04 - Theme Song
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5:38 - Skye’s Ominous New Hat
10:30 - Japanese Village Makes Puppet Population
17:25 - Ad for Women to Vote Harris in Secret?
25:10 - One Vote per Household?
30:00 - Declining Trust in Institutions?
36:15 - Cold War and Institutional Trust
40:40 - Legal Accountability
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47:37 - Interview
50:56 - The Making of “The Mythmakers”
55:50 - The Unlikely Friendship of Lewis and Tolkien
59:50 - Lewis and the True Myth
1:04:46 - Disenchanted Fandoms
1:09:35 - The Fellowship Divided
1:15:13 - Illustrating Tolkien and Lewis
1:19:23 - End Credits
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The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien by John Hendrix: https://a.co/d/etu4BOk
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The 2024 election is finally here. Who won? We have no idea because we recorded this episode on Monday, but we do know that MAGA men are not happy about their wives secretly voting for Kamala Harris. And a new study finds trust in American institutions, especially the media, continues to decline. Is there any way to reverse the trend? |
| 0:23.1 | Then, to take an overdue break from politics, I talked to author and illustrator John Hendrix |
| 0:28.1 | about his new graphic nonfiction book, The Myth Makers, about the remarkable friendship |
| 0:33.4 | between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. It's a fun conversation about faith, fantasy, and it's |
| 0:40.0 | just a little bit nerdy. Also this week, a Japanese village that's populated with puppets |
| 0:45.5 | just to fuel your nightmares. We also have a bonus segment this week for Holy Post Plus |
| 0:51.3 | subscribers where I talked to John Hendrix about the show The Rings of Power. |
| 0:55.5 | We nerd out just a little bit about this streaming show based on Tolkien's mythology of Middle Earth. |
| 1:00.4 | So if you're also a nerd and a Holy Post plus subscriber, you can get access to that bonus segment this week. |
| 1:06.6 | And if you're not yet a Holy Post plus subscriber and you've been on the fence, now is a great time to sign up because we're offering a 20% off monthly and annual memberships. |
| 1:15.9 | Head over to holypost.com slash plus and use the promo code, Holy Post 20. |
| 1:22.6 | That's promo code Holy Post 20 for 20% off Holy Post plus subscriptions. |
| 1:28.3 | Okay, here is episode 642. |
| 1:32.0 | Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. |
| 1:33.9 | This is Phil Vischer. |
| 1:34.8 | I'm here with Caitlin Sunny Chess. |
| 1:38.6 | Hi, Caitlin. |
| 1:39.8 | Hi, Phil. |
| 1:41.1 | Hi. |
| 1:42.0 | And Sky Dark Jakati, Jikani, Dark, Dark, Sky. Hi. And Sky Dark Jakani. |
| 1:45.5 | Dark. |
| 1:47.7 | Dark. Wow. |
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