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The Eric Metaxas Show

Walter Hooper (continued)

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Eric continues his interview with Walter Hooper in Oxford, England, for Socrates in the City. Hooper is an author, editor, and trustee of the literary estate of C.S. Lewis.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Folks, welcome to the Eric Metaxus show, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals.

0:04.1

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0:06.6

Visit legacy p.m.investments.com. That's legacy p.m. Investments.com. Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show with your host, Eric Metaxus.

0:30.4

Folks, this is the Eric Metaxis show.

0:32.1

Today we're doing a special edition of the show.

0:34.7

We are airing a conversation I had with Walter Hooper. He was the secretary

0:40.5

to C.S. Lewis during C.S. Lewis's last year of life, one of the most extraordinary figures I've

0:46.1

ever met or had the privilege to interview. So today, you will listen to my first of three

0:52.5

conversations with him that were done in Oxford, England.

0:55.1

It's in All Dates Church just a few years ago.

0:58.4

Absolutely spectacular.

1:00.0

For more in Socrates and City, go to Socrates in the City.com.

1:03.5

Now, here is that conversation with Walter Hooper.

1:09.8

Welcome to Socrates in the city, Oxford Edition.

1:13.6

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

1:16.6

I am, thank you. I cannot tell you how excited I am about this, not just because we're here in Oxford, but particularly because, for me,

1:30.0

this is a dream come true. For years, I have wanted to interview Walter Hooper, and I never

1:37.6

wanted to interview him just once. I want to interview him in a series, Nixon, David Frost's style, not quite, but to really get, you don't get that

1:47.4

reference, you're all kids, to really get into some depth because he has such a wealth of

1:53.0

information to share about his life and about C.S. Lewis and Lewis's works. There's no one

1:59.6

who can compare. So please, Socrates in the city, welcome for Walter Hooper.

2:13.4

It's in all of his fiction.

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