Pineswood Jack, Season 4, Episode 45.

After Hours with Dr. Robert Royal.

Welcome, everyone. Pines with Jack is your weekly CS Lewis podcast, where Matt, Andrew and I break down and discuss the works of CS Lewis.

This season, we're used dropping on the correspondence of a senior demon, Scrutate, as he explains how to tempt

the patient, a human assigned to be tempted by Scrutate's nephew, Wormwood. Each week, we'll

be considering a different letter, untwisting Scrutpe's hellish logic, and forming a battle

plan for our own spiritual lives. However, today is a Thursday, meaning that

it's an after-hours episode, and my guest today is Dr. Robert Royal. Dr. Robert Royal is the founder

and president of the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., an editor-in-chief of The Catholic

Thing. Dr. Royal holds a BA and an MA from Brown University

and a PhD in comparative literature from the Catholic University of America. He has taught at Brown

University, Rhode Island College, and the Catholic University of America. His articles have

appeared in numerous scholarly journals and other publications, including First Things, The Catholic Historical Review, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,

and the National Review.

He is also a noted author and among Dr. Royale's many books are the Pope's Army and the God

that did not fail.

Dr. Royal, welcome to Pines for Jack.

Good to be with you. I love C.S. Lewis, so I just was

delighted to have this opportunity. Well, I was aware of the Faith and Reason Institute because

I lived for about six months in Washington, D.C. But you in particular came on my radar from

the Institute of Catholic Culture, this wonderful

organization on the East Coast that produces these high-quality lectures about history,

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