Pints with Jack, Season 4, Episode 71.

After Hours with Marilyn R. Pekila.

Welcome, everyone.

Pints with Jack is your weekly C.S. Lewis podcast, where Matt, Andrew and I break down and

discuss the works of C.S. Lewis.

Earlier this season, we've been eavesdropping on the correspondence of a senior demon,

Screw Tate, to his nephew, Wormwood.

But we're now halfway through Screw Tate's Toast to the Temptors Training College.

However, today is a Thursday, and it's therefore an after-hours episode.

And today we're joined by Marilyn R. Pukila, known to many talking fans,

simply as Marilyn the librarian. Marilyn, welcome to Pines for Jack. It's a pleasure and delight

to be here. Thank you. Now, would you mind introducing yourself to the listeners if they don't

listen to every single talking podcast that's out there.

Sure.

I am librarian emerita from Colby College, where for 35 years I taught courses on J.R. Tolkien, Women and Myth and Fairy Tale, and religious responses to Harry Potter,

which resulted in my book, The Skill of a Seeker, Rolling, Religion, and

Gen 9-11. Last fall, I was taken on as a contract researcher for the Prancing Pony podcast,

which has just been fantastic. I'm also pleased to be a regular correspondent on the Tolkien Road,

which is where people may hear the name, Marilyn, the librarian, and very much enjoy what John and Greta do.

Recently, I had my debut as a voice actor for a couple of small parts on another podcast, the Music of Middle Earth, Jordan Rennel.

I was privileged to live in Wales and in York for a year each time, and I've studied both Welsh and Finnish,

which is excellent for Tolkien's Elvish languages.

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