Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

In 2023 David wrote an article entitled "The Abolition of Man: 80th Anniversary of a Dystopian Prophecy". Unable to resist the delicious irony, he has an AI voice read it for him! [Original Article]

Towards the end of Season 9, Andrew and David were interviewed by Dr. Joe Ricke on the Inkling Folk Fellowship. This is the audio of that interview. [Show Notes]

Matt is interviewed on the White Collars podcast to discuss his reversion to Catholicism at Notre Dame/Oxford, Artificial Intelligence, and Wealth Architect, his application of AI to the financial pains of every day life. [Show Notes]

This is the audio-only version of a Half Pint episode from 2024. David sits with Nicole Stratton, the artistic director for the Academy of Arts Ministries at the Logos Theatre, as they discuss her effort to faithfully bring the world of Narnia to life on stage. [Video Version]

David & Matt join the hosts of the "Pints & Pews Podcast" to share a pint and a few laughs while chatting about why one should read C.S. Lewis and where one should start. [Show Notes]

This is a re-recording of a keynote talk given by David on March 14th at "Thick & The Clear: C.S. Lewis and the Arts", a conference at Wheaton College hosted by Ballet 5:8. [Show Notes]

This is the audio-only version of a recent Half Pint episode. On the audio feed in April we had Dr. Joshua Herring talking about C. S. Lewis’ view of gender. A few days after recording that episode it was suggested that Meryl Streep will voice Aslan in the upcoming Greta Gerwig movie, so we thought it would be good to revisit the subject with former guest-of-the-show, Annie Crawford. [Video Versio...

This is the audio-only version of a recent Half Pint episode. Dr. David Downing, former Co-Director of the Wade Center, hopped on a call to talk about “Letters on Living the Faith”, a new book from Harper Collins which brings together some Dr. Downing’s favourite extracts from C. S. Lewis’ letters concerning Christianity. [Video Version]

This is the audio-only version of a recent Half Pint episode. David interviews Megan and Daniel who together form the band "Davy" and who will soon be releasing their album which is inspired by Lewis' "Till We Have Faces". [Video Version]

This is the audio-only version of a recent Half Pint episode. David interviews Joseph Weigel, a former guest-of-the-show, who recently released "Planet Thulcandra: Magic and Science in C. S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength" . [Watch Video]

The next season of Pints With Jack is delayed and will be a little different. Here's why...

The "Last Call" bell tolls for Season 9… [Show Notes]

We wrap-up Jack's Bookshelf by exploring a writer you may well have never heard of... Rudolf Otto. [Show Notes]

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]

We continue to snoop through Jack's Bookshelf, with Dr. Simon Horobin introducing us to Geoffrey Chaucer ... [Show Notes]

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]

Today we wrap up Charles Williams Month by exploring the weirder parts of his life with returning guest, Dr. Sørina Higgins . [Show Notes]

Dr. Paul Fiddes talks to David about his magisterial work on Charles Williams, "Friends in Co-Inherence" . [Show Notes]

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]

Today we begin a (long overdue) month exploring the "third Inkling", Charles Williams with guest Grevel Lindop . [Show Notes]

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]

It's time to review Chapter 3 of "The Abolition of Man" with Joseph Weigel from the Men With Chests podcast! [Show Notes]

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]

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]

With Matt at the hospital, Andrew and David begin the final chapter of "The Abolition of Man"... [Show Notes]