Episodes
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
(Re-Post) The Inklings and King Arthur (Sørina Higgins)
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: My recent interview (Feb. 2018) with Sorina Higgins about the book she editted, The Inklilngs and King Arthur
If you have read a variety of writings from Lewis, Tolkien and their friends Charles Williams and Owen Barfield, then you know they had more than a passing interest in King Arthur. In the following podcast learn about a new book, edited by Sørina Higgins that explores the latest viewpoints on their Arthurian literature. This massive book (500+ pages) took over four years to complete and includes contributions from Brenton Dickieson, Malcolm Guite, Holly Ordway and Alyssa House-Thomas. The list of endorsers include Michael Ward, Don W. King and Colin Duriez.
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Purchase The Inklings and King Arthur
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Watch a YouTube video of Signum Symposium - The Inklings & King Arthur Roundtable
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Visit The Oldest Inkling website
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Visit Sørina Higgins's Website
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Listen to Keynote Highlights Taylor Colloquium 2016 (includes Sørina Higgins)
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Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
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Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
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Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
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Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Monday Jun 25, 2018
(Re-Post) Essay Chat 19 – Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Brenton Dickieson)
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: An essay chat on "Screwtape Proposes a Toast"
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“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is an essay that is indirectly a follow-up to the successful book The Screwtape Letters. Brenton Dickieson joins William O’Flaherty for an essay chat on this insightful piece that Wormwood never got to hear. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959 (see below for a link to read it online) before being reprinted several times. The best place to get in print is either in The World’s Last Night or some editions of The Screwtape Letters. This is part of an occasional series exploring a single essay by Lewis to encourage you to read (or re-read) it and other essays by him that are often neglected.
- Read the essay for FREE online at The Saturday Evening Post
- Purchase the essay in The Annotated Screwtape Letters
- Purchase the essay in The World's Last Night
- Visit A Pilgrim in Narnia (Brenton's website)
Saturday Jun 23, 2018
(Re-Post) The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Mark Neal)
Saturday Jun 23, 2018
Saturday Jun 23, 2018
IN THIS REPEAST: Here's a chat I had in early 2016 with Mark Neal, the co-author of The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis.
Friday Jun 22, 2018
(Re-Post) Surprised By Misquotes (William O'Flaherty)
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: My last new show; it features a short talk (paper) I gave about my book, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis.
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I gave the following short talk on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Taylor University Colloquium. My brief presentation was part of a variety of academic papers that were presented. The full title of my talk was Surprised By Misquotes: Unexpected Findings from The Misquotable C. S. Lewis. In it, I share some of the unusual details from my years of researching quotations credited to Lewis that he did not write. This talk, however, only gives a small snapshot of what is in the book.
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Buy The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
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View the PowerPoint slides from the talk
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Read the Top 10 Lewis Misquotes article at Christianity Today Online
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Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions (6-part podcast series)
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What Lewis NEVER Wrote (Podcast)
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Not Quite Lewis - Podcast Version
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Not Quite Lewis - Questionable Lewisian Quotations (Conf. Paper)
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Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
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Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
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Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
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Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
(Re-Post) Beyond the Shadowlands (Wayne Martindale)
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Interview with Wayne Martindale.about Beyond the Shadowlands
If you spoke with ten people about the topic of Heaven and Hell you were likely get more than a dozen viewpoints! C.S. Lewis wrote a lot on the issue through-out his nonfiction and fictional works. In Beyond the Shadowlands, Dr. Wayne Martindale details Lewis's views on the subject in an easy to read format. Dr. Martindale is a professor of English at Wheaton College, Illinois and was also involved in The Quotable Lewis and The Soul of C.S. Lewis.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
(Re-Post) Preacher Lewis - 75 Years Later (William O'Flaherty)
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Here's a talk William O'Flaherty gave in 2014, the 75th anniversary of the first sermon that Lewis preached.
The following is not an interview, but a talk that I recent gave in TN at the C.S. Lewis Society of Chattanooga. The topic is about when Lewis spoke at church. He gave his first sermon 75 years ago…the debut was in 1939. I provide an overview of what we know about the times he preached and greater details about his first, last and best messages.
Monday Jun 18, 2018
(Re-Post) The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Dr. Jerry Root)
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Dr. Jerry Root on The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis, from a conversation with him about it before the book came out.
Dr. Jerry Root is a well respected scholar on C.S. Lewis and a much sought after speaker in general. Jerry sat down with William O'Flaherty just before the start of the CSLIS conference (that was held at Grove City in 2015) to talk about a forthcoming book entitled The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis that is due out in September (2015). Dr. Root is an Associate Professor at Wheaton College and Director of Wheaton Evangelism Initiative, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism.
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
Surprised By Misquotes (William O'Flaherty)
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
Saturday Jun 16, 2018
I gave the following short talk on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Taylor University Colloquium. My brief presentation was part of a variety of academic papers that were presented. The full title of my talk was Surprised By Misquotes: Unexpected Findings from The Misquotable C. S. Lewis. In it, I share some of the unusual details from my years of researching quotations credited to Lewis that he did not write. This talk, however, only gives a small snapshot of what is in the book.
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Buy The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
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View the PowerPoint slides from the talk
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Read the Top 10 Lewis Misquotes article at Christianity Today Online
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Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions (6-part podcast series)
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What Lewis NEVER Wrote (Podcast)
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Not Quite Lewis - Podcast Version
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Not Quite Lewis - Questionable Lewisian Quotations (Conf. Paper)
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Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
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Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
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Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
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Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
(Re-Post) The Faun's Bookshelf (Dr. Charlie Starr)
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
Thursday Jun 14, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: My most recent new show; an interview about The Faun's Bookself. A new book for 2018 by Dr. Charlie Starr.
The Faun's Bookshelf is an interesting title that explores, as part of the subtitle reveals, "Why Myth Matters." Dr. Charlie Starr, the author, uses books C.S. Lewis mentions on Mr. Tumnus's bookshelf as the framework to examine what myth means and how it teaches us about reality. This interviewed was recorded on the campus of Taylor University the day before the 11th Frances W. Ewbank Colloquium, where he gave one of the keynote talks. Even though Charlie goes into a lot of deal about his book in this interview, you will learn even more about myth by purchasing his book (direct link given below). Speak thanks to Dr. Crystal Hurd who voiced the endorsement given at the start and also an except from Charlie's book.
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Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: An essay chat on the shorter work by Lewis called "On Three Ways of Writing for Children."
This week is the final "catch-up" of a previous essay chat that hadn't yet been re-released since changing podcast hosting to Podbean in late 2014. In the early 1950's Lewis began releasing a series of books that he is most associated with now. Lewis gave a talk in 1952 when less than half of his Narnia stories were published. The name of the essay version is "On Three Ways of Writing for Children." Brenton Dickieson, a frequent podcast guest explores this shorter work with host William O'Flaherty. The best place to find the article version is in a collection called On Stories.
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Listen to Other Shows Brenton Has Been On:
- Essay Chat 19 – Screwtape Proposes a Toast
- Teaching Screwtape to a New Generation
- The Hobbit - Movies vs. the Book, Part 1
- The Hobbit - Movies vs. the Book, Part 2
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- Learn about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
(Re-Post) C.S. Lewis Institute Summer Conference 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Final reminder about a special event in next week with Dr. Jerry Root.
The following is a conversation with Dr. Joel Woodruff of C.S. Lewis Institute. He is the president of that organization. The focus of the show is on their upcoming conference that will be held at the Wade Center at Wheaton College June 17-20. The theme is on "Communicating The Gospel C.S. Lewis Style." The plenary speaker is Dr. Jerry Root. Other speakers include Dr. Wayne Martindale and Marjorie Lamp Mead. Dr. Root and Dr. Martindale have previously been on All About Jack.
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Saturday Jun 09, 2018
(Re-Post) 75th Anniversary Reflections on "The Weight of Glory"
Saturday Jun 09, 2018
Saturday Jun 09, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Before I began calling my occassional series "Why Read Lewis," I did a show with various guests reflecting on the landmark sermon, "The Weight of Glory." It was preached 77 years ago this month!
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Thursday Jun 07, 2018
The Faun's Bookshelf (Dr. Charlie Starr)
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
The Faun's Bookshelf is an interesting title that explores, as part of the subtitle reveals, "Why Myth Matters." Dr. Charlie Starr, the author, uses books C.S. Lewis mentions on Mr. Tumnus's bookshelf as the framework to examine what myth means and how it teaches us about reality. This interviewed was recorded on the campus of Taylor University the day before the 11th Frances W. Ewbank Colloquium, where he gave one of the keynote talks. Even though Charlie goes into a lot of deal about his book in this interview, you will learn even more about myth by purchasing his book (direct link given below). Speak thanks to Dr. Crystal Hurd who voiced the endorsement given at the start and also an except from Charlie's book.
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Sunday Jun 03, 2018
(Re-Post) 17r Essay Chat - Horrid Red Things (Dr. Charlie Starr)
Sunday Jun 03, 2018
Sunday Jun 03, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Here's an essay chat with Dr. Charlie Starr about the shorter work entitled HORRID RED THINGS.
After beginning an occasional series examining a single essay from Lewis in 2012 and doing more than a dozen that year, I ended up doing a lot fewer since that time. The following discussion with Dr. Charlie Starr was first released in April, 2013. It’s on the essay “Horrid Red Things.” The hope is that by listening to this essay chat you will want to read or re-read it. “Horrid Red Things” can be most easily found in a collection called God in the Dock. Charlie has been on several other shows since this essay chat. Be sure to check the links below to hear the other programs.
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- Purchase God in the Dock
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Purchase Light: C.S. Lewis’s First and Final Story
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Visit Charlie’s Website
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Listen to Interview with Charlie about his book Light
- Listen to Other Podcasts with Dr. Charlie Starr
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- Learn about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
Friday Jun 01, 2018
Friday Jun 01, 2018
IN THIS REPEAT: Another essay chat - this on "Willings Slaves of the Welfare State" with Dr. Crystal Hurd.
Back in April 2012 I began an occasional series of essay chats. Each of these podcasts examine a single shorter work that C.S. Lewis wrote with the hopes of encourage you to read or re-read it. As "Willing Slaves of the Welfare State" is repeated with this show, I find it hard to believe that I actually did sixteen over a seven month span. Of course, back then my program wasn't very old and this was a fairly easy way to create a new podcast. My guest for this essay chat is a familiar name; Dr. Crystal Hurd has been on the show many times. Crystal is an educator and researcher from Virginia who is currently researching the role of artists as leaders. The essay discussed can most easily be found in God in the Dock.
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- Purchase God in the Dock
- Visit Crystal Hurd's Website
- Listen to Other Podast with Dr. Crystal Hurd
- Visit Shelley and Son Books Website (podcast sponsor)
- Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
- Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
- Learn about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
- Visit EssentialCSLewis.com