Fate goes ever as fate must.

This is Pints for Jack, season 9, episode 27.

Jack's bookshelf, bear wolf, after hours with Dr. Ben Reinhardt.

Have you been looking, everywhere searching for a place where you belong?

Away from the masses among clinking glasses where the hearth fire is on.

Let the laughter welcome you in that eagle and child in.

There's room at this table to take a seat and tuck right in for Pints with Jack.

Pints with Jack.

Welcome friends to Pints with Jack.

Today we begin Jack's bookshelf, a month dedicated to the authors and books which shaped the mind and

imagination of C.S. Lewis. And this month, we're beginning with a really fun work, Bear Wolf.

And talking us through it today is Dr. Ben Reinhardt. Dr. Ben Reinhardt is a professor of English

at the Franciscan University of Stubanville after

nine years at Christendon College, where he served as English department faculty, director

of advanced studies program and academic dean.

He is originally from Bluffton, Indiana and lives in Steubenville with his wife Hannah

and their five children.

His research focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, Middle English literature,

and the Inklings. And he's already appeared on Pines for Jack discussing his book, The High

Hallow, Tolkien's Liturgical Imagination. Dr. Reinhardt, welcome to Pints for Jack.

It's great to be back. Thanks for having me. You're on the show in April of 2025 to discuss your work, The High Hallow, Tolkien's Liturgical Imagination.

And that was around the time I became a US citizen. So since then, I've been drinking Budlights and American hot dogs and trying to buy a gun.

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