Overview
508 Episodes
The "Last Call" bell tolls for Season 9…[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2026
We wrap-up Jack's Bookshelf by exploring a writer you may well have never heard of... Rudolf Otto.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026
In previous episodes we've talked about Lewis being "the last of the Romantics". It's time to return to this literary movement with Dr. Weber and learn about the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2026
We continue to snoop through Jack's Bookshelf, with Dr. Simon Horobin introducing us to Geoffrey Chaucer...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026
It's time snoop through Jack's Bookshelf and this time we found a monster story! Welcome to Beowulf with Dr. Ben Reinhard...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026
Today we wrap up Charles Williams Month by exploring the weirder parts of his life with returning guest, Dr. Sørina Higgins.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 27 April 2026
Dr. Paul Fiddes talks to David about his magisterial work on Charles Williams, "Friends in Co-Inherence".[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2026
As part of Charles Williams Month we’re going to be taking a whistle-stop tour through the seven novels of Charles Williams with Dr. Sørina Higgins and Stephen Keck.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026
Today we begin a (long overdue) month exploring the "third Inkling", Charles Williams with guest Grevel Lindop.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2026
We wrap-up our time with The Abolition of Man by hosting a retrospective with Dr. Michael Ward, the author of After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2026
It's time to review Chapter 3 of "The Abolition of Man" with Joseph Weigel from the Men With Chests podcast![Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2026
Matt leaves Andrew and David to wrap up the final part of The Abolition of Man where Lewis talks about “The Magician’s Bargain”.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2026
Who are the Conditioners and why should we fear them? Matt is back, but does he have a baby with him? All these questions answered in today's episode![Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026
With Matt at the hospital, Andrew and David begin the final chapter of "The Abolition of Man"... [Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026
Dr. Joshua Herring, host of The Optimistic Curmudgeon, returns to the show to help us review Chapter 2 of "The Abolition of Man" and to help us understand "The Way"...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2026
Can we reject the Tao and still have morality? Does affirming the Tao stifle moral progress? Is arguing for the Tao a religious or even a Christian argument? We dive in to these questions and more as we wrap up Chapter 2 of "The Abolition of Man".[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2026
Can we build a system of values based on Impulses?[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2026
We begin "The Way", the second chapter of "The Abolition of Man" where see how the arguments of Gaius and Titius lead to a breakdown in logic, virtue, and ultimately society itself![Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2026
Some news relating to births and conferences...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2026
After working through Chapter 1 of The Abolition of Man the past few weeks, Dr. Andrew Snyder joins David to review the chapter as a whole.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2026
Andrew disappears after a couple of minutes, leaving David and Matt to wrap up the final part of Chapter 1... [Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2026
We move into the heart of Chapter 1 of The Abolition of Man and see why "The Green Book" fails to teach English and instead transforms its students in a different way...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026
It is time for our main book of the season, The Abolition of Man! In today's episode we discuss its origin and dip our toe into Chapter 1...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2026
Although it's the Christmas season, Dr. Julia Golding has just published "Wardrobes and Rings", a book with Dr. Simon Horobin and Rev. Malcolm Guite about Lent! Dr Golding joins to talk about it and all things Narnia.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2025
To celebrate Christmas this year, the gang discuss the recently-discovered Lewis work, “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans”.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2025
Biblical scholar Dr. Leslie Baynes joins David to discuss her new book "Between Interpretation and Imagination", a deep dive into Lewis' perspective on Sacred Scripture.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025
How was C. S. Lewis' life influenced by Romanticism? Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau joins the show to talk about Lewis' connection to this important literary movement.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025
Andrew and David celebrated #CSLewisReadingDay 2025 with a livestream, joined by... Chris Pipkin (The Inklings Variety Hour)Ian Faith (The Screwtape Letters Podcast)Jackson Greer (Christian Letters)E. Stephen Burnett (Lorehaven)Dr Andrew Snyder (Mythic Mind)Dr Crystal Hurd (That Lewis Lady)Andrew Lazo (Pints With Jack)Rilian (Talking Beasts)Matt Wheeler (Musician)Brooke Medina[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025
Terry Lindvall returns to the show with his daughter and son-in-law to talk about "The Joy of Narnia", about teaching laughter to Middle School students.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025
We now come to the gold standard of Narnia adaptations! Andrew's wife, Dr. Christin Ditchfield Lazo, joins us to discuss the BBC adaptation of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025
After beginning the season without him, Matt joins Andrew and David to talk through the upcoming season...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025
Welcome friends to Season 9! We're kicking things off a little differently this time... Join us for the very first live live-streamed episode, hosted by the Petoskey C.S. Lewis Festival.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025
In anticipation of Season 9 starting next week, David wanted to advertise the Pints With Jack YouTube channel by sharing an earlier "Half Pint" interview with the co-hosts of the Good Stories Podcast.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025
Some family news and a prayer request
Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025
It's time to say our goodbyes until October when we begin Season 9 and "The Abolition of Man!"[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025
What advice do you have for someone who is about to read "Till We Have Faces" for the first time? The gang respond...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025
As we wrap up Season 8, David has a few announcements...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025
Dr. Matthew Dickerson comes on the show to discuss the ecology of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025
Dr. Jem Bloomfield joins the show to discuss his books on the literary allusions that Lewis scattered throughout the Narniad.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025
Three podcasting dads discuss when and how to introduce their children to Narnia...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025
With all the Narnia books read, we now turn to the adaptations, with a little help from Lazo Major...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025
Our month of looking at "Jack's Bookshelf" comes to an end with Lewis' reluctant ally, T. S. Eliot.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025
Dr. Landon Loftin returns to the show to discuss Kenneth Grahame, the author behind "The Wind in the Willows".[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025
Dr. Carolyn Weber returns to the show to peruse Jack's bookshelf and explore the poetry of William Wordsworth.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025
Lewis was known for his Platonism, but what of Aristotle? Today, Matt sits down with returning guest Dr. Louis Markos to discuss the influence of this legendary Greek philosopher.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025
Since we've now finished all our Perelandra episodes, we thought we'd wrap-up with a book retrospective![Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025
Dr. James Como returns to discuss his book "Mystical Perelandra" and the reluctant mysticism of C. S. Lewis.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025
Did you know that Perelandra was conceived first in verse? Did you know that Lewis' friend and poet, Ruth Pitter, converted the final chapter into poetry? In today's episode, Dr. Don W. King explains all...[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025
Dr. Josh Herring, host of The Optimistic Cumudgeon, sits down with David to discuss Lewis' unique philosophy on gender, and how it appears throughout his written work.[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025
David chats with theologian Dr. Junius Johnson, unpacking some important ideas in the final chapter of "Perelandra".[Show Notes]
Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025
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