Explore every episode of the podcast Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast
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| Bonus – Half Pint with Megan & Daniel ("Davy") | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:20:49 | |
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". | |||
| Bonus – Half Pint with Joseph Weigel ("Planet Thulcandra") | 01 Sep 2026 | 00:25:05 | |
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". | |||
| Bonus – Announcements ("Where is Season 10?") | 25 Aug 2026 | 00:04:11 | |
The next season of Pints With Jack is delayed and will be a little different. Here's why... | |||
| S9E31 – "Season Finale" | 02 Jun 2026 | 00:50:10 | |
The "Last Call" bell tolls for Season 9… | |||
| S9E30 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Rudolf Otto", After Hours with Dr. Joe Ricke | 26 May 2026 | 01:06:10 | |
We wrap-up Jack's Bookshelf by exploring a writer you may well have never heard of... Rudolf Otto. | |||
| S9E29 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Coleridge", After Hours with Dr. Carolyn Weber | 19 May 2026 | 00:50:49 | |
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. | |||
| S9E28 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Chaucer", After Hours with Dr. Simon Horobin | 12 May 2026 | 00:52:37 | |
We continue to snoop through Jack's Bookshelf, with Dr. Simon Horobin introducing us to Geoffrey Chaucer... | |||
| S9E27 – Jack's Bookshelf – "Beowulf", After Hours with Dr. Ben Reinhard | 05 May 2026 | 00:44:01 | |
It's time snoop through Jack's Bookshelf and this time we found a monster story! Welcome to Beowulf with Dr. Ben Reinhard... | |||
| S9E26 – "Charles Williams Month – Weird Williams", After Hours with Dr. Sørina Higgins | 27 Apr 2026 | 01:05:38 | |
Today we wrap up Charles Williams Month by exploring the weirder parts of his life with returning guest, Dr. Sørina Higgins. | |||
| S9E25: “Charles Williams Month – Friends in Co-inherence”, After Hours with Dr. Paul Fiddes | 21 Apr 2026 | 01:01:08 | |
Dr. Paul Fiddes talks to David about his magisterial work on Charles Williams, "Friends in Co-Inherence". | |||
| S9E24: "Charles Williams Month - Supernatural Stories", After Hours with Dr. Sørina Higgins and Stephen Keck | 14 Apr 2026 | 01:13:39 | |
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. | |||
| S9E23: "Charles Williams Month - The Third Inkling", After Hours with Grevil Lindop | 07 Apr 2026 | 00:49:47 | |
Today we begin a (long overdue) month exploring the "third Inkling", Charles Williams with guest Grevel Lindop. | |||
| S9E22: Abolition – Retrospective, After Hours with Dr. Michael Ward | 31 Mar 2026 | 01:07:48 | |
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. | |||
| S9E21 – Abolition – Ch. 3 Review, After Hours with Joseph Weigel | 24 Mar 2026 | 00:58:55 | |
It's time to review Chapter 3 of "The Abolition of Man" with Joseph Weigel from the Men With Chests podcast! | |||
| S9E20 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 3 ("The Magician's Bargain") | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:53:07 | |
Matt leaves Andrew and David to wrap up the final part of The Abolition of Man where Lewis talks about “The Magician’s Bargain”. | |||
| S9E19 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 2 ("The Conditioners") | 10 Mar 2026 | 00:53:27 | |
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! | |||
| S9E18 – Abolition – Ch. 3, Pt. 1 ("Man's Conquest of Nature") | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:42:49 | |
With Matt at the hospital, Andrew and David begin the final chapter of "The Abolition of Man"... | |||
| S9E17 – Abolition – Ch. 2 Review, After Hours with Dr. Joshua Herring | 24 Feb 2026 | 00:59:56 | |
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"... | |||
| S9E16 – Abolition – Ch. 2 Pt. 3 ("The Tao or... Nothing") | 17 Feb 2026 | 00:53:31 | |
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". | |||
| S9E15 – Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 2 ("Instincts and the Tao") | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:37:31 | |
Can we build a system of values based on Impulses? | |||
| S9E14 – Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 1 (All Values are Subjective... Except Mine!) | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:49:18 | |
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! | |||
| Bonus – Announcements ("Birthdays & Conferences") | 03 Feb 2026 | 00:05:00 | |
Some news relating to births and conferences... | |||
| S9E13 — Abolition — Ch. 1 Review, After Hours with Dr. Andrew Snyder | 27 Jan 2026 | 00:46:59 | |
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. | |||
| S9E12 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 3 ("The Abolition of Virtue") | 20 Jan 2026 | 00:48:17 | |
Andrew disappears after a couple of minutes, leaving David and Matt to wrap up the final part of Chapter 1... | |||
| S9E11 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 2 ("Urban Blockheads & Trousered Apes") | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:45:14 | |
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... | |||
| S9E10 – Abolition – Ch. 1, Pt. 1 ("Pretty Waterfalls") | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:49:40 | |
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... | |||
| S9E9 — AH — "Wardrobes & Rings", After Hours with Dr. Julia Golding | 29 Dec 2025 | 01:06:30 | |
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. | |||
| S9E8 — Bonus — "A Christmas Sermon for Pagans", Christmas Special | 23 Dec 2025 | 00:57:46 | |
To celebrate Christmas this year, the gang discuss the recently-discovered Lewis work, “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans”. | |||
| S9E7 — AH — "The Last Romantic", After Hours with Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau | 16 Dec 2025 | 01:01:11 | |
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. | |||
| S9E6 – AH – "Between Interpretation and Imagination", After Hours with Dr. Leslie Baynes | 09 Dec 2025 | 01:01:23 | |
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. | |||
| S9E5 – “Family Love”, C. S. Lewis Reading Day 2025 | 02 Dec 2025 | 01:49:32 | |
Andrew and David celebrated #CSLewisReadingDay 2025 with a livestream, joined by...
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| S9E4 – Narnia Month – "The Joy of Narnia", After Hours with Terry Lindvall and Cary & Caroline Joseph | 25 Nov 2025 | 00:52:26 | |
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. | |||
| S9E3 – Narnia Month – "Narnia in the Eighties", After Hours with Christin Ditchfield Lazo | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:55:42 | |
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". | |||
| S9E2 – “Matt says ‘Hello’…” | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:38:36 | |
After beginning the season without him, Matt joins Andrew and David to talk through the upcoming season... | |||
| S9E1 – AH – "It's All In 'Till We Have Faces'", After Hours with the Petoskey C.S. Lewis Festival | 04 Nov 2025 | 01:03:39 | |
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. | |||
| Bonus – Good Stories "Half Pint" | 28 Oct 2025 | 01:47:18 | |
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. | |||
| Bonus – Announcements ("Birth Announcement & Prayer Request") | 22 Jul 2025 | 00:00:49 | |
Some family news and a prayer request | |||
| S8E35 – Finale – "Season 8 Wrap-Up" | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:56:39 | |
It's time to say our goodbyes until October when we begin Season 9 and "The Abolition of Man!" | |||
| S8E34 – TWHF – "Till We Have Faces Primer", After Hours with Andrew, David, and Matt | 01 Jul 2025 | 01:16:37 | |
What advice do you have for someone who is about to read "Till We Have Faces" for the first time? The gang respond... | |||
| Bonus – Announcements ("Future Plans & The Inklings Project") | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:04:12 | |
As we wrap up Season 8, David has a few announcements... | |||
| S8E33 – Narnia – "Narnia and the Fields of Arbol", After Hours with Dr. Matthew Dickerson S8E33 – Narnia – "Narnia Month: Narnia and the Fields of Arbol", After Hours with Dr. Matthew Dickerson | 24 Jun 2025 | 00:54:32 | |
Dr. Matthew Dickerson comes on the show to discuss the ecology of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. | |||
| S8E32 – Narnia – "Narnia Month: Literary Narnia", After Hours with Dr. Jem Bloomfield | 17 Jun 2025 | 00:51:34 | |
Dr. Jem Bloomfield joins the show to discuss his books on the literary allusions that Lewis scattered throughout the Narniad. | |||
| S8E31 – Narnia – "Narnia Month: Narnia Dads", After Hours with Brian Corbin and Daniel Payne | 10 Jun 2025 | 00:59:16 | |
Three podcasting dads discuss when and how to introduce their children to Narnia... | |||
| S8E30 – Narnia – "Narnia in the 60s and 70s", After Hours with Dr. Christin Ditchfield-Lazo | 03 Jun 2025 | 00:57:18 | |
With all the Narnia books read, we now turn to the adaptations, with a little help from Lazo Major... | |||
| S8E29 – AH – "Jack's Bookshelf: T. S. Eliot", After Hours with Fr. Dwight Longenecker | 27 May 2025 | 00:35:43 | |
Our month of looking at "Jack's Bookshelf" comes to an end with Lewis' reluctant ally, T. S. Eliot. | |||
| S8E28 – AH – "Jack's Bookshelf – Kenneth Grahame", After Hours with Dr. Landon Loftin | 20 May 2025 | 00:35:54 | |
Dr. Landon Loftin returns to the show to discuss Kenneth Grahame, the author behind "The Wind in the Willows". | |||
| S8E27 – AH – "Jack's Bookshelf: Wordsworth", After Hours with Dr. Carolyn Weber | 13 May 2025 | 00:48:56 | |
Dr. Carolyn Weber returns to the show to peruse Jack's bookshelf and explore the poetry of William Wordsworth. | |||
| S8E26 – AH – "Jack's Bookshelf: Aristotle", After Hours with Dr. Louis Markos | 06 May 2025 | 00:50:36 | |
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. | |||
| S8E25 – Perelandra – "Perelandra Retrospective" | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:56:07 | |
Since we've now finished all our Perelandra episodes, we thought we'd wrap-up with a book retrospective! | |||
| S8E24 – AH – "Mystical Perelandra", After Hours with Dr. James Como | 22 Apr 2025 | 00:47:39 | |
Dr. James Como returns to discuss his book "Mystical Perelandra" and the reluctant mysticism of C. S. Lewis. | |||