David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

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Discussing his works chapter-by-chapter and interviewing Lewis experts.

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David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Episodes

S9E31 – "Season Finale" 02.06.2026 50:10

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

S9E30 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Rudolf Otto", After Hours with Dr. Joe Ricke 26.05.2026 1:06:10

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

S9E29 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Coleridge", After Hours with Dr. Carolyn Weber 19.05.2026 50:49

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]

S9E28 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Chaucer", After Hours with Dr. Simon Horobin 12.05.2026 52:37

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

S9E27 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Beowulf", After Hours with Dr. Ben Reinhard 05.05.2026 44:01

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]

S9E26 – "Charles Williams Month – Weird Williams", After Hours with Dr. Sørina Higgins 27.04.2026 1:05:38

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

S9E25: “Charles Williams Month – Friends in Co-inherence”, After Hours with Dr. Paul Fiddes 21.04.2026 1:01:08

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

S9E24: "Charles Williams Month - Supernatural Stories", After Hours with Dr. Sørina Higgins and Stephen Keck 14.04.2026 1:13:39

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]

S9E23: "Charles Williams Month - The Third Inkling", After Hours with Grevil Lindop 07.04.2026 49:47

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

S9E22: Abolition – Retrospective, After Hours with Dr. Michael Ward 31.03.2026 1:07:48

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]

S9E21 – Abolition – Ch. 3 Review, After Hours with Joseph Weigel 24.03.2026 58:55

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

S9E20 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 3 ("The Magician's Bargain") 17.03.2026 53:07

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]

S9E19 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 2 ("The Conditioners") 10.03.2026 53:27

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]

S9E18 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 1 ("Man's Conquest of Nature") 03.03.2026 42:49

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

S9E17 – Abolition – Ch. 2 Review, After Hours with Dr. Joshua Herring 24.02.2026 59:56

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]

S9E16 – Abolition – Ch. 2 Pt. 3 ("The Tao or... Nothing") 17.02.2026 53:31

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]

S9E15 – Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 2 ("Instincts and the Tao") 10.02.2026 37:31

Can we build a system of values based on Impulses? [Show Notes]

S9E14 – Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 1 (All Values are Subjective... Except Mine!) 05.02.2026 49:18

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]

Bonus – Announcements ("Birthdays & Conferences") 03.02.2026 5:00

Some news relating to births and conferences... [Show Notes]

S9E13 — Abolition — Ch. 1 Review, After Hours with Dr. Andrew Snyder 27.01.2026 46:59

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]

S9E12 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 3 ("The Abolition of Virtue") 20.01.2026 48:17

Andrew disappears after a couple of minutes, leaving David and Matt to wrap up the final part of Chapter 1... [Show Notes]

S9E11 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 2 ("Urban Blockheads & Trousered Apes") 13.01.2026 45:14

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]

S9E10 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 1 ("Pretty Waterfalls") 06.01.2026 49:40

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]

S9E9 — AH — "Wardrobes & Rings", After Hours with Dr. Julia Golding 29.12.2025 1:06:30

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]

S9E8 — Bonus — "A Christmas Sermon for Pagans", Christmas Special 23.12.2025 57:46

To celebrate Christmas this year, the gang discuss the recently-discovered Lewis work, “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans” . [Show Notes]