The Inklings Variety Hour

Mar 07 2025 100 ep. 52 mins 18
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Welcome to “The Inklings Variety Hour,” where fans and scholars discuss the lives and works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and the works and authors that inspired them.

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From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 9

Mar 07 2025 94 mins  
Continuing to cover Till We Have Faces!

The Horse and His Boy, Part 1: Calor-mania!

Mar 03 2025 86 mins  
It's Season Five of The Inklings Variety Hour, episode one, and you know what that means! Time to return to the enchanting land of-- --record scratch-- --Calormen? That's right, Ed Said. We're kicking off this season the right way, with a little trip to an unprepossessing fisherman's hut and the down-on-his-luck literary ancestor of both a refreshing soft drink and Taran the Assist

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces Part 8 (Saturday Rerun)

Mar 01 2025 83 mins  
Sorry for the late upload, once again! I've been preparing for the new season! The first episode of Season 5, covering The Horse and His Boy, will be coming out in a few days! See you then, and in the meantime, enjoy some more travels in Glome!

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 7 (Saturday Rerun)

Feb 22 2025 74 mins  
Apologies (again) for the late Saturday upload. Here's Part 7 of our Till We Have Faces series. Enjoy! Stay tuned for the first brand new episode of Season 5. We'll start with The Horse and His Boy on March 4 and update with a new episode every two weeks. --------------------------------------------------------- Original description: If you like this podcast, please give us a revie

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 6 (Saturday Rerun)

Feb 15 2025 75 mins  
Apologies for the late upload! A new season of The Inklings Variety Hour is coming on Tuesdays in March, starting with The Horse and His Boy. In the meantime, enjoy this old episode, with one of our first guest-stars, Andrew Lazo, talking about his favorite Lewis book, Till We Have Faces! Original Description: This week, we're talking with Andrew Lazo, author, speaker, and noted T

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 5 (Saturday Rerun)

Feb 07 2025 79 mins  
A new season of The Inklings Variety Hour is coming your way in March! In the meantime, here's another rerun. Old description: This week, we are still hiking up the enchanting mountain that is Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, hearts dancing all the while. And why should they not, as we discuss such topics as: Fighting and work as a potential antidote for depression Resurrection

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 4 (Saturday Rerun)

Jan 31 2025 66 mins  
From the vaults! More of C.S. Lewis' underrated final novel! Original description: In which Anika and Chris reveal the fairly shallow reason we had for doing Till We Have Faces this year and accidentally endorse human sacrifice. Mostly, we talk about Chapter 7, in which Orual and Psyche say goodbye, and Chapter 8, in which Orual decides to journey to the mountain and recover Psych

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 3 (Saturday Rerun)

Jan 24 2025 75 mins  
Enjoy! Original Episode Description:

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 2 (Saturday Rerun)

Jan 17 2025 79 mins  
Till We Have Faces, Part 2! Here are the original shownotes: In the spirit of Groundhog's Day, Chris and Anika dig into Chapters 3-4 of Lewis' Till We Have Faces, which retells the Cupid and Psyche myth. We discuss, among other things: The apparent popularity of J.G. Frazer in Glome "Foxy Redival's Flirtations" Whether we're the worst at what we care about most (and other cheeri

From the Old Winyards: Till We Have Faces, Part 1 (Saturday Rerun)

Jan 11 2025 65 mins  
Sorry about the late upload! Enjoy! From the original episode description: Welcome back to The Inklings Variety Hour! It's a new year, and Ungit has only just hatched out of her egg-house (or something), but already, your intrepid hosts are tackling C.S. Lewis' novel, Till We Have Faces (1956)--widely considered the best novel he ever wrote. Chris, Anika, and Meagan discuss this