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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.
Unknown Host hosts The Inklings Variety Hour, a arts show with 204 episodes published.
I know it's been a long wait, and you've had to settle for listening to "The" Joe Rogan Experience or The Daily, or maybe for staring glassy-eyed at a chair or at your friends' faces while they ask you if you're sure you
Everyone else is reviewing Nolan's Odyssey. At least I'm doing it the way Alexander Pope would . THE ARGUMENT. As Prologue to a Critique of Nolan’s The Odyssey, the Versifier discusses the Problem of Partisanship and its
Chris talks with Jonathan Geltner about the best (but still flawed) adaptation of The Hobbit. Get ready for...your greatest adventure! Among other things, we discuss: 1:32 — The 1977 NBC broadcast 2:31 — Childhood memori
Friend of the show Connor Salter joins me to talk about his new book, The Other Inklings , a book of interviews with current Inklings scholars about C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and other figures connecte
Chris talks with Jonathan Geltner and Eric Geddes about Owen Barfield's fairy tale, The Silver Trumpet --which has the distinction of being the first fairy tale written by an Inkling. Among other things, we discuss: Intr
Chris chats with Liz Zenger, program manager of The Inklings Project , which provides resources for professors, teachers, and other groups developing Inklings-related courses. Also, by way of update, this just in from Li
Dr. Luke Mills joins me to talk about his article "His Dark Materials," as well as C.S. Lewis' nightmare imagery across his fiction. Among other things, we discuss: [2:08] – Welcome & guest introduction: Dr. Luke Mills,
Chris talks a bit about his first scholarly book, Monster Relics in Medieval English Literature, and what it has to do with Jimmy Stewart sneaking a Yeti finger past customs. You can find it here . Be sure to enter the p
Dr. Leslie Baynes returns to the podcast to talk about biblical and literary allusions in (and origins of) The Magician's Nephew! If you haven't already, check out her book, Between Interpretation and Imagination: C.S. L
Jonathan Geltner and Luke Mills rejoin me to finish talking about The Magician's Nephew. Meanwhile, Narnian troubadour Matt Wheeler joins us to share "Awake, Awake!"--the first of his seven songs from Narnia! More detail
Chris welcomes back friend of the show Eric Geddes to talk about the second part of The Magician's Nephew. Among other things, we discuss the following: Uncle Andrew's adult silliness Jadis, Hempress of Colney 'Atch! Why
Happy Sixth Season of The Inklings Variety Hour! Would you like a present to mark the occasion? One of these fine rings, perhaps? No, not the green ones. No, I don't care if it's St. Patrick's Day. You. Can't. Have. The.
Enjoy this gently used Christmas gift from Ghost of Inklings Variety Hours Past! I think this may be from 2020. It's an Inklings Variety Hour Jovial Christmas Extravaganza! Featuring: A Discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's Let
O.G. Host Anika Smith rejoins the podcast to interview Chris and his beautiful and omnicompetent wife, Glencora, about their new Christmas resource book, Twelve Tide . Part of what we're trying to do with this book is ma
All three parts of 2023's Christmas play are edited together. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas. Previous description: Enjoy a (Zoom) table reading of my "play" (loosely defined), "An Inklings Christmas Carol." Special thanks t
Dr. Leslie Baynes joins Chris to talk about her new book, Between Interpretation and Imagination: C.S. Lewis and the Bible . Among other things, we discuss: Lewis' familiarity with (and attitude toward) the Bible, before
Cryptids in Narnia! Happy Halloween! A parody of the excellent Camp Monsters podcast. Apologies for posting this twice--people with Apple Podcasts didn't seem to be getting it, so I'm trying again with a new file! inklin
Rebroadcast: Cryptids in Narnia! Parody of the excellent Camp Monsters podcast. Happy Halloween! Feel free to email us at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com if you have other ideas for Narnia fan fiction (such as that Caspian
Dr. Katherine Wyma joins me to discuss C.S. Lewis' longest and most ambitious undertaking: The Oxford History of English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama. Or, as he called it, the OHEL. It lay, he sai
Connor Salter joins me to talk about the first "animated" Hobbit, made by Rembrandt Films in 1966 to allow the studio to hold onto the rights for the film. Feel free to watch it here before you listen! It is...something.
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The Inklings Variety Hour is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 204 episodes.
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