All About Jack: A C.S. Lewis Podcast

William O’Flaherty
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Focuses on the life and writings of C.S. Lewis. Mostly via interviews with authors of books about him. Sometimes short talks.

  1. 07/31/2025

    PLAY Version of The Major and the Missionary

    Back in 2023, I interviewed Diana Glyer about a book she edited called The Major and the Missionary, and she is back to tell about the PLAY version that was recently performed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. As you might recall from that interview, this is about a series of letters between Warren Lewis and a missionary doctor named Blanche Biggs. On August 28th,2025, the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC is presenting a special performance of Diana Glyer's The Major and the Missionary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  // COMING SOON // See a video version of this Interview on YouTube (not live-action) Details about the Play at the Museum of the Bible Listen to the PREVIOUS Interview about the Book Purchase The Major and the Missionary from Amazon Order from the publisher Hear other interviews with Diana Other Useful Links: Essential C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts Purchase The Screwtape Letters Handbook Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    28 min

  2. 07/29/2025

    Special Announcement (VERY IMPORTANT)

    Starting August 1, 2025, I will ONLY share new episodes on my YouTube channel. Also, old shows of the podcast can be found here ONLY through August 1, 2026 (a year from this initial posting).   I will eventually make relevant old shows available on the YouTube channel. The name of that channel is NOW the same as the website I've had for many years, Essential C.S. Lewis.   I hope you will visit my YouTube channel, Essential C.S. Lewis, and/or visit my website, EssentialCSLewis.com to keep up with what I'm doing.

    1 min

  3. 08/20/2024

    (Re-Post) Becoming C. S. Lewis (Dr. Hal Poe)

    IN THIS REPEAT - Dr. Hal Poe shares about his bio on the early life of C.S. Lewis in Becoming C.S. Lewis.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How well do you know C.S. Lewis? You probably don't know Jack as well as you think, until you know his early life. Or more accurately, nearly all of Lewis' interests and tastes were formed in his first twenty years. That is the new book by Dr. Harry Lee (Hal) Poe, entitled Becoming C.S. Lewis examines these early years and shows how his youth influenced his later life and writings. This podcast interview features Dr. Poe explaining how he came to write this book (the first of three) and why knowing Jack Lewis (his friends called him "Jack") is best understood by exploring his formative years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy Becoming C.S. Lewis Watch the Interview about the THIRD book (has link to second) Listen to Other Podcasts with Dr. Hal Poe Visit Inklings Fellowship website ----more----Purchase  Lewis Books on Amazon Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    45 min

  4. 08/18/2024

    (Re-Post) Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother (Dr. Don King)

    IN THIS REPEAT: Biography on Warren Lewis (brother of C.S. Lewis) written by Don King. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis (released January 2023) by Don King provides a detailed look at C.S. Lewis’s brother. In this podcast interview with William O’Flaherty, Don talks about the first-ever full biography of the man known as “Warnie” to his friends. While the focus is on Warnie, there are insights into C.S. Lewis that nature comes up. As the title notes, Warnie lived an interesting life that included being a soldier, author of historical books and an Inkling! In addition to listening to the podcast version, you can also watch the same interview via YouTube (see below). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See a video version of this Interview on YouTube (not live-action): https://youtu.be/VWtUBv6B7e0   Purchase a copy of Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother (from Amazon) Purchase The Collected Poems of C.S. Lewis (from Amazon) Article from EssentialCSLewis.com About Janie King Moore (has link to Wade Center Statement) Listen to “Writing Tips from Lewis and Tolkien” (King and Poe) Listen to Other Podcasts with Don King Other Useful Links: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    39 min

  5. 06/26/2024

    William a Guest on Screwtape Letters Show

    William O’Flaherty was recently interviewed by the Screwtape Letters Podcast: Confronting Evil in Our Time. Permission was given to share this excerpt from the beginning of their show. So, the following is part of a longer conversation. Follow the link below to listen to the entire interview (and also see links to other useful material related to what was mentioned). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   LINKS: HEAR THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW Visit Screwtape Letters Podcast Website Other Useful Links: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    8 min

  6. 06/21/2024

    (Re-Post) Shining Light on Screwtape’s Darkest Secret (William O’Flaherty)

    IN THIS REPEAT: A talk I gave in early April 2016 about a running theme in The Screwtape Letters. I just gave the following talk on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Inklings Fellowship Weekend Retreat that was held in Montreat, NC at Montreat College. It was also the public debut of my first book C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell: A Companion and Study Guide to The Screwtape Letters. While I do give a summary of the unique aspects of my book, the main focus of the talk is about the devils' secret weapon that is mentioned in nearly all of the letters. My book just list them, but this presentation provides more details and gives a practical application to one's life. Visit my website to contact me about giving this talk or a three or four part presentation on all of the places this weapon is mentioned or alluded to. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paperback of C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Kindle of C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit Shelley and Son Books Website (podcast sponsor) Other Useful Links: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    43 min

  7. 04/18/2024

    Disability: What Does Lewis’s Doctor Teach Us? pt. 2 (Schmoll and Anderson)

    The SECOND of a two-part show exploring what we can learn about disability from C.S. Lewis’s doctor. Dr. Robert Havard wrote the appendix in The Problem of Pain. Joining William O’Flaherty to co-host this interview is Connor Salter. Our guests are Dr. Zachary Schmoll and Levi Anderson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Zachary D. Schmoll (PhD, Faulkner University. Dissertation on Belloc and Chesterton. Managing editor of An Unexpected Journal from 2018-2022. Presented and written on Tolkien on various occasions, author of the book Disability and the Problem of Evil. Levi Anderson (studying for an MA in Disability Ministry at Western Theological Seminary, writing his thesis on disability teaching throughout church history) Dr. Sarah O’Dell’s “The (Revised) Clinical Imagination: An Unpublished Appendix to The Problem of Pain” appeared in volume 36 (2019) of VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center. It includes a reproduction of R.E. Havard’s unpublished draft, further illuminating the differences between Lewis’s “Appendix” and Havard’s original.” Read: Was Humphrey Havard Really the Inkling Who Didn’t Write Anything? by Connor Salter Other Useful Links: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    46 min

  8. 04/11/2024

    Disability: What Does Lewis’s Doctor Teach Us? (Schmoll and Anderson) pt. 1

    The first of a two-part show exploring what we can learn about disability from C.S. Lewis’s doctor. Dr. Robert Havard wrote the appendix in The Problem of Pain. Joining William O’Flaherty to co-host this interview is Connor Salter. Our guests are Dr. Zachary Schmoll and Levi Anderson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Zachary D. Schmoll (PhD, Faulkner University. Dissertation on Belloc and Chesterton. Managing editor of An Unexpected Journal from 2018-2022. Presented and written on Tolkien on various occasions, author of the book Disability and the Problem of Evil. Levi Anderson (studying for an MA in Disability Ministry at Western Theological Seminary, writing his thesis on disability teaching throughout church history) Dr. Sarah O’Dell’s “The (Revised) Clinical Imagination: An Unpublished Appendix to The Problem of Pain” appeared in volume 36 (2019) of VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center. It includes a reproduction of R.E. Havard’s unpublished draft, further illuminating the differences between Lewis’s “Appendix” and Havard’s original.” Read: Was Humphrey Havard Really the Inkling Who Didn’t Write Anything? by Connor Salter Other Useful Links: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL Listen to All About Jack on Apple Podcasts Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

    38 min
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Focuses on the life and writings of C.S. Lewis. Mostly via interviews with authors of books about him. Sometimes short talks.

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