The Inklings Variety Hour

The Inklings Variety Hour
The Inklings Variety Hour

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.

  1. 12月7日 · 附贈內容

    Twelve Tide (Saturday Rerun)

    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 all Niatirbians now (and Lewis was dismayed by godless Christmas cards).  We want to reconcile sacred and "secular" aspects of Christmas and equip people with some old ways to celebrate this season.  Music from this episode includes: George Winston's "The Holly and the Ivy" Bing Crosby's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Loreena McKennitt's "The Holly and the Ivy" Choir of Christchurch's "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Loreena McKennitt's "Gloucestershire Wassail" The Chieftains' "Boar's Head Carol" Maddy Prior's "Coventry Carol" Medieval Baebes' "Adam Lay Ybounden" Maddy Prior's "Wassail!" Also, if you're interested in the Twelve Tide Spotify list Anika suggested on the show, here it is. Stay tuned...I'm done with grading and I'm turning my attention to an Inklings Christmas Carol.  Won't be easy to finish in time, but I'll do my level best.  If you are interested in reading a part for it, feel free to email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com God bless and keep you this Advent Season. See you at Christmas!

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  2. 12月5日

    Romanticism and the Inklings

    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 this conversation. Thanks to both James and Jonathan for coming on the show.  Apologies to all of you for the poor sound quality of my microphone. Also, a little more than halfway through, the Internet goes out--apologies for that, though we do find our footing pretty quickly thereafter. Many, many thanks to James for fixing the sound so that I'm actually intelligible here. Check out his substack at otterhat.substack.com/. Check out Jonathan's at jonathangeltner.substack.com/ I appreciate everyone's patience for this episode! Circumstances have conspired so that I have less time to edit since the semester ended, but I'll keep grinding these out occasionally if you all keep listening! I'll also try to keep putting out the old episodes Saturdays. Also! As always, my wife and I have a Christmas site and a Christmas book. If you're looking for ways to celebrate Advent and Christmas that both engage with the storehouse of tradition available to us--while allowing you and your family to forge your own Christmas traditions, you might find them helpful! The basic premise is that rather than having one day of Christmas (so much pressure!), we spread gift-giving out over the traditional twelve days of Christmas and pair it with reflection and other activities. It's really worked wonderfully for our family. As always, email me at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com if you have thoughts! And give us a five-star rating on iTunes (why not, it's Christmas) if you like what you hear. Also, I am planning to record on The Horse and His Boy this month (to be released at the beginning of Season 5 in March). If you'd like to join us to talk about it, just let me know!

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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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