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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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44:34

An Inklings Christmas Carol (Repeat)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/12/21

For the first time, all three parts of last year's Christmas play are edited together. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas.Previous description: 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

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01:28:07

From the Old Winyards: Tolkien's Father Christmas...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/12/14

Enjoy this gently used Christmas gift from Ghost of Inklings Variety Hours Past!It's an Inklings Variety Hour Jovial Christmas Extravaganza! Featuring: A Discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas! Chris Pipkin and his children, Davey and Virginia! Anika Smith! (First half of show) Meagan Logsdon! (Second half of show) A cringeworthy impersonation of an old British person by Chris Pipkin! Bits of music by Steeleye Span and Maddy Prior (The Boar's Head Carol), and Martin

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01:26:17

The Wind in the Willows

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/12/10

Chris is joined by Angela Teal and Marena Bleech of In the Burrow Books to discuss Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows!More episode description to come! In the meantime, enjoy!

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57:21

Twelve Tide (Saturday Rerun)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/12/07

Original Description: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

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01:12:04

Romanticism and the Inklings

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/12/05

Author Jonathan Geltner and newcomer James Lapeyre join Chris to discuss the question that has doubtless kept all of us awake in the pre-dawn hours: Who was more of a Romantic: C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien? Yes, the stakes have never been higher. We also talk generally about how the Inklings' view of their own roles overlapped with (and were influenced by) those of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Romantics. To what extent were the Inklings the real Romantics of their own age? I really enjoyed

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01:07:44

Friendship (from the Old, Old Winyards)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/29

Apologies for the audio quality on this one! It's the very first podcast Anika and I recorded, along with my wife, Glencora! It dates from 2018, when audio was much rougher. I'm sure you remember. Cleaned up what I could. Minimal swearing, too.I thought I'd post it in preparation for the C.S. Lewis Reading Day livestream. You can find it here: C. S. Lewis Reading Day 2024 - Pints With Jack

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01:06

C.S. Lewis Reading Day Livestream Announcement

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/29

Join me (and a few other Lewis podcast hosts) on the Pints with Jack C.S. Lewis Reading Day Livestream. You can find it here: C. S. Lewis Reading Day 2024 - Pints With Jack Thanks, as always, to Pints with Jack, for their generosity and initiative!

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01:05:35

From the Old Winyards: War in Heaven, Part 5...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/16

Sorry for the late Saturday upload! Another classic in the War in Heaven series. Welcome back! In this final episode covering Charles Williams' spiritual thriller, War in Heaven, we discuss the conclusion of the book! What does Charles Williams have in common with J.K. Rowling? Is Gregory the Satanist the secret protagonist of this book? And finally, what do you do if a priest falls down dead in the middle of mass, but it was a really pleasant service otherwise? Stay tuned next time for a bonus

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01:00:33

From the Old Winyards: War In Heaven, Part 4...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/09

From the past! Original description:This is part four of our five-part discussion of War in Heaven, Charles' Williams' modern take on the Holy Graal Quest. In the chapters we discuss this week, Gregory Persimmons drives Barbara Rackstraw insane using "the ointment," in order to obtain both the Graal and Barbara and Lionel's son, Adrian. The guardians of the Graal willingly trade the Graal for Barbara's sanity, only to have her cured by an unexpected visitor...who is somehow the Graal himself.

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26:26

Camp Narnia: The Gangurru (Camp Monsters Parody)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/08

If you already listened to this, my apologies! I think my releasing it the afternoon before Halloween (rather than the week before) meant that it wasn't on many people's radar. I'm quite proud of it (and worked hard on it), so I'm re-releasing. I know it's not Halloween anymore, but, hey--it's also not Christmas, and you don't see that deterring most businesses from playing Bing Crosby.

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01:31:52

From the Old Winyards: War in Heaven, Part 3...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/11/02

Another classic from the vaults. Original description: This week, we're covering Part III of Charles Williams' supernatural thriller, War in Heaven, in which the good guys (The Archdeacon, Kenneth Mornington, and the Duke) steal the Graal back from Gregory Persimmons, who desires to use it for his own dark purposes. They then must pray to prevent the Graal from being magically disintegrated from a long distance by Manasseh and Dmitri, two more advanced members of Gregory's shady organization.

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26:26

Camp Narnia: The Gangurru (Halloween Bonus-Camp...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/30

Cryptids in Narnia!Parody of the excellent Camp Monsters podcast. Happy Halloween! inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com

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01:09:54

From the Old Winyards: War In Heaven, Part 2...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/26

Another dip back into the old vaults for the second episode covering War in Heaven. Original shownotes: We begin this second part of our series on War in Heaven with the Archdeacon's words to the Holy Graal (yes, that's how it's spelled). We end as a Georgia thunderstorm knocks out the Internet. In between, we discuss Chapters 4-8 of Charles Williams' supernatural thriller. You can find War in Heaven here. It is pretty inexpensive to buy on Kindle ($0.99 the last I checked). Other than the usual

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47:36

Operation Bungaree (Inkwell Chronicles Book 3)

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/22

J.D. Peabody joins Chris once again, this time to talk about the third and (for now) final installment of his Inkwell Chronicles series: Operation Bungaree.Here's the link to the book from JD's page. We've still got a lot of episodes for Season 4. Thanks for the very kind five-star reviews! At the moment, it's all I can do to juggle my teaching load and editing/releasing twice a month, but please do keep the ratings and reviews coming, and as always, email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com

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58:20

From the Old Winyards: War In Heaven, Part 1...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/19

Here's another Saturday rerun. Original shownotes here: This is the first of a series of conversations on Charles Williams' 1930 novel, War in Heaven, in which the Holy Graal (yes, that's how it's spelled here) is discovered in a tiny church in the English countryside. Hijinks and shenanigans ensue, along with a heavy dose of black magic, car chases, and ecumenism. You'll also find out whether the hosts would prefer to read a book called Christianity and the League of Nations or Foxy Flossie's

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01:24:33

From the Old Winyards: Is Narnia a Fairy-Story?...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/12

An old favorite:This week, we follow up on our discussion of Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" by applying some of his ideas to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We're trying to assess whether (despite Tolkien's low view of it), Lewis' children's tale actually works as a Tolkienian "Fairy Story." Works mentioned include: On Fairy Stories The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Black Bull of Norroway Preface to Paradise Lost (when discussing Primary v. Secondary Epic) Chris also promotes the

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01:09:04

Arthurian Torso

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/08

Jonathan Geltner and Søri Higgins join Chris to discuss Arthurian Torso--a collection of Charles Williams' Arthuriana (his poems and a non-fiction book) edited by C.S. Lewis. We'll be discussing and reading a few favorite poems and marveling at what Williams managed to achieve. Stick around for some broad-brush critical history of Arthurian myth in general and speculation as to whether the fantasy genre has killed it. (Way to go, Tolkien!) You can read Jonathan's stuff at Romance and Apocalypse |

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01:05:01

From the Old Winyards: On Fairy Stories, Part 2:...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/10/05

Another episode from the vaults. Here's the original episode description: Join Anika, Meagan, and Chris for the second half of our discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories." Among other things, we talk about the nature of originality, the way that stories re-enchant and recover reality for us, the nature of true escapism and modernity, the Gift of Illuvatar and whether anyone actually wants to live forever--probably--also, whether Tolkien really did believe in fairies, the idea of

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01:27:36

From the Old Winyards: Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories,"...

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/09/28

Recovered from the deeps of time...

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11:34

An Unexpected Podcast: On Hobbit Birthdays

The Inklings Variety Hour ·

2024/09/22

It's been too long since we've done podcasts on Tolkien.I thought I'd record a fairly off-the-cuff episode on Hobbit birthdays in light of Bilbo's and Frodo's shared birthday, September 22. I'm reading part of Tolkien's Letter 214, which is in response to A.C. Nunn (and never sent), who points out the discrepancy between Gollum expecting a birthday present and Hobbits giving presents on their birthdays. The letter is much longer than this (and, quite characteristically, apparently not sent). If

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