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The Inklings Variety Hour

The Inklings Variety Hour

Welcome to the Inklings Variety Hour, where fans and scholars of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and others discuss their works and lives.

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51:31

The Silver Chair, Part 3: Glum and Glamour

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/03/26

If you enjoy this podcast, please rate us on iTunes and leave a positive review. If you'd like to reach out to us or suggest ideas for an episode, email us at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you. Also, we have an Instagram account now. Follow us at inklingsvarietyhour. Chris resumes his conversation with Jonathan Geltner and Eric Geddes about the first half of Lewis' fourth Narnia book, The Silver Chair. Among other things, we discuss: A bit more of Chapter 4, "Parliament of

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07:09

Poetry Thursday: "The Sparrow's Skull," by Ruth Pitter

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/03/21

Welcome again to the new "Poetry Thursday" feature of The Inklings Variety Hour.This week, we're reading a poem by Ruth Pitter, someone who was not an Inkling but knew C.S. Lewis and a few of the other Inklings. I had Don W. King on the show to talk about her, and you can find that interview here. You can find the poem I read here, by the way. And here's a book of Pitter's poetry. I hope you enjoy--if you do, please leave a five-star review on iTunes so that others will be more likely to find the

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40:51

The Silver Chair, Part 2: Owlectric Boogaloo-whoo

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/03/19

If you're enjoying The Inklings Variety Hour, please leave us a five-star review on . We'd also love to hear from you--email us at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. Chris' wife, Glencora, joins him to talk about chapters 3 and 4 of The Silver Chair. Among other things, we discuss: The Signs and Sudden Quizzes Muppet Silver Chair (not really a thing, but it should be) The Many Types of Narnians Knowledge, Experience, Recognition Meditation in a Toolshed The Nature of Wisdom? Chaucer's Parliament of

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09:15

Poetry Thursday: "Imram," by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/03/14

We're trying a new thing this season--each Thursday, I plan to release a brief recording of a poem by one of the Inklings. This is more or less directly inspired by the excellent podcast, The Daily Poem by Goldberry Studios, so check it out and subscribe if you want more of this sort of thing. The poem this week is "Imram," by J.R.R. Tolkien. You can find a text of the poem here. You can find it reprinted in Sauron Defeated in the History of Middle Earth Series. Do you have a favorite poem by one

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51:15

The Silver Chair, Part 1: Signs and Blunders

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/03/12

Please leave a five-star review of this podcast if you enjoy it. We'd also love to hear from you--feel free to send us an email at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. Welcome to Season Four! Chris is joined by Eric Geddes and author Jonathan Geltner to discuss Chapters 1 and 2 of the fourth book in the Narniad (is that what we're calling that now?), The Silver Chair. Among other things, we discuss: How we're all graduates of Experiment House now The school Experiment House was maybe sort of kind of

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27:07

An Inklings Christmas Carol (Part 3 of 3)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/01/04

The last (weirdest) part of Chris' "An Inklings Christmas Carol."Oh, didn't realize it was still Christmas, did you? Well, it is, but it's getting close to Epiphany, time of magi and revelations. Happy Twelfth Night! Thanks again to Sørina Higgins and her talented authors' circle, of which I am a part. Feel free to join us. Write me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com if there are specific things you'd like to see in Season 4 of The Inklings Variety Hour! I plan to kick things off with a

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14:05

An Inklings Christmas Carol (Part 2 of 3)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/12/25

Enjoy, and have a Merry Christmas! Part 3 will post in a week or so (which is, by the way, still Christmastide). Thanks to Joe Hoffman, Ed Powell, and Sørina Higgins for their talents and help. Apologies for the occasionally poor audio quality. We did the best we could! Email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. If you like the show, I'd love to hear from you.

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11:45

An Inklings Christmas Carol (Part 1 of 3)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/12/23

At last! Here is the first part of a (Zoom) table reading of my "play" (loosely defined), "An Inklings Christmas Carol." Two more (longer) parts are to come! Gee, it's a good thing Christmas begins on December 25, or I'd be out of time. Twelve Tide, etc., etc.! Special thanks to Anika Smith, Sørina Higgins, and Joe Hoffman for reading this episode. Thanks in general to Sørina's Author's Circle, which you can find out more about (and even join) here. Hope you enjoy it--keep in mind this is a

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57:21

Twelve Tide (Pipkin Book)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/12/12

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 make Christmas less a single-morning present binge preceded by anxiety and followed by anticlimax--and more a season of twelve days of giving, feasting, and learning to celebrate better. Want an idea of what's in the book? Check out our website, 12tide.com. We are all Niatirbians now

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29:16

C.S. Lewis Has a Reading Day? (Crossover with All...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/11/29

Happy November 29, or as it's newly-known in Jack-conscious circles, C.S. Lewis Reading Day! Join William O'Flaherty and Chris as we play Schroeder to C.S. Lewis' Beethoven in a "Crossover Extravaganza" that is sure to have you schlepping down to your local library to crack open some of our favorite works by Lewis! (Ah! Still fresh! And intoxicating!) William and Chris will both be attending a Livestream event today (11/29/23) marking this first annual C.S. Lewis Reading Day. Feel free to come

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04:23

Coming soon...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/11/27

Just a quick announcement about some bonus content coming your way in the next few weeks: If you want to hear the first part of my conversation with William O'Flaherty, check out his podcast, All About Jack. The second part will arrive on C.S. Lewis Reading Day, right here on The Inklings Variety Hour. If you want to watch the Livestream conversation between myself and a whole bunch of other C.S. Lewis podcast hosts, go to the Pints with Jack Youtube Channel at 7:00 PM EST on Wednesday, November

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39:41

New Charles Williams Poems!

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/11/06

In this special edition of The Inklings Variety Hour, Sørina Higgins joins me to discuss an exciting discovery she made while perusing Charles Williams' manuscripts at the Marion E. Wade Center. Come to hear about the new Charles Williams poetry and manuscripts; stay to hear a brief discussion about whether Williams should be "canceled." Follow Sørina's work at https://theoddestinkling.wordpress.com/, and feel free to support her work at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/higginssorina. And let me know

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01:11:43

Barfield, Tolkien, and ”Splintered Light,” with...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/08/16

Verlyn Flieger rejoins me to talk about her first important work--and really the first very important work on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion--Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. I was really excited to have this conversation, as I read this book just under two decades ago and it not only introduced me to Barfield's ideas, but also made The Silmarillion far more interesting and meaningful to me than it had been. So, enjoy, and thanks so much to Verlyn for coming on the show

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02:33:04

Dawn Treader: Retreaded, with Children

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/08/10

Sorry for the late post! Sorry also that this is mostly (but not entirely) old material. Despite that, it took a long, long time to edit! I wasn't happy with the way the audio turned out in Part 2 of Voyage of the Dawn Treader earlier this season, so this is my attempt to rectify that! It should be much easier to hear us talk--with a lot less deafening music and waves. Also, if you have a long drive ahead of you, stick us on--we'll cover all of Voyage of the Dawn Treader. You can listen to Part

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43:13

Shall These Bones Breathe? by Sørina Higgins

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/08/02

Chris speaks with Dr. Sørina Higgins about her developing short story collection, Shall These Bones Breathe? We also talk a bit about writing and the creative process. If you'd like to read Sørina's stories--and even help shape them--just go to www.buymeacoffee.com/higginssorina For more on her scholarly work, check out her blog, The Oddest Inkling. If you enjoy The Inklings Variety Hour, please do leave us a review or send me note at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you. Next

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00:49

Promo: ”Ghost Food” by Chris Pipkin

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/07/29

Just a quick ad for a story I've published in Flash Fiction Magazine. You can find it here. Enjoy! If you like it and want to support a collection of similar stories I'm developing, just go here.

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01:06:24

The Shire

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/07/26

Sophie Burkhardt joins me to talk about the nature of Tolkien's Shire and its role in his work. (No long episode description this time--I am on vacation. Enjoy, though!) If you have additional thoughts about the Shire, or ideas about other places we should explore, drop us a line at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you. I think it would be half worth it to do a second episode somewhere down the line on the Shire, as there is so much else to talk about. Let me know your

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54:36

Tolkien Among the Ruins: ”The New Transcendentalism”

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/07/19

Jonathan Geltner joins the show once again to discuss his essay, "The New Transcendentalism." We ask, and attempt to answer the question: "What would Western society look like if it was rebuilt only around the works of Tolkien?" We're not sure ourselves, but there would probably be a lot more smoking. Spoilers: We don't ever quite answer this question, but we do speculate about it quite a bit, covering topics from "How 'true' did Tolkien think his own legendarium was?" to "Is Tolkien's secondary

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01:20:47

Tolkien’s The Fall of Arthur

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/07/12

If you liked this episode, give us a rating and review on iTunes so that other people can find us. We'd love to hear from you, so reach out to me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. This week, Jonathan Geltner joins Chris to talk about J.R.R. Tolkien's unfinished King Arthur poem, The Fall of Arthur, indulging in discussions of medieval literature Among other things, we discuss: Why you should never tell an author that they must finish a work (thanks a lot, R.W. Chambers!) The plot of The Fall of

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01:23:03

Roger Lancelyn Green’s King Arthur

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2023/07/05

Sorry for the late post--it just didn't sit right to publish an episode on the most iconic British monarch during my country's Independence Day celebration. Also, there were hot dogs. If you like this podcast, please give us a five-star rating on iTunes. We'd also love to hear from you, so please reach out--inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com! Friend of the show Eric Geddes returns to talk about Lewis' friend and student, Roger Lancelyn Green, who was best known for the many children's books he wrote

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