The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others

Shasta and Bree escape.

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C. S. Lewis in Context, by Doris Myers

If you're interested in reading more about the intersection of race, Narnia, and Lewis, you can explore the various articles below. While the pieces offer a wide scope of opinions on Lewis, ranging from defensive to accusatory, we don't necessarily hold the same views as all of the authors.

Are The Chronicles of Narnia Sexist and Racist? by Devin Brown at NarniaWeb.com

In Defense of C.S. Lewis, by Gregg Easterbrook

Lewis' Prejudices Tarnish Fifth 'Narnia' Book, by Kyrie O'Connor

Revisiting Race in Tolkien's Legendarium, by Dimitra Fimi

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William O'Flaherty returns to the show to discuss the BBC's adaptation of The Silver Chair (1990).

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Scale in The Lord of the Rings

The Art of Making Sound

Sound Effects in The Lord of the Rings

Blasters from Star Wars

You can find more of William O'Flaherty's work at the following links below.

Essential CS Lewis

All About Jack

The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis

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Season five premieres on Wednesday, June 30!

Daniel and Rachel sit down to learn more about Lewis' views on education with Dr. Louis Markos.

Dr. Markos, who is an authority on C. S. Lewis and who lectures on Ancient Greece and Rome for HBU's Honors College, is the author of twenty-one books including: A Worldview Guide to the Iliad, A Worldview Guide to the Odyssey, A Worldview Guide to the Aeneid, From A to Z to Middle-Earth with J. R. R. Tolkien, The Dreaming Stone, From A to Z to Narnia with C. S. Lewis, C. S. Lewis: An Apologist for Education, Heaven & Hell: Visions of the Afterlife in the Western Poetic Tradition, On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis, Literature: A Student's Guide, Apologetics for the Twenty First Century, Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C. S. Lewis, The Eye of the Beholder: How to See the World like a Romantic Poet, From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics, Pressing Forward: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Victorian Age, and Lewis Agonistes: How C. S. Lewis can Train us to Wrestle with the Modern and Postmodern World. All these books are available at his Amazon author page.

He has also produced two lecture series available from the Teaching Company, The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis; Plato to Postmodernism: Understanding the Essence of Literature and the Role of the Author, published over 120 articles and reviews in such journals as Christianity Today, Touchstone, Theology Today, Christian Research Journal, Mythlore, Christian Scholar's Review, Saint Austin Review, American Arts Quarterly, and The City, and had his modern adaptation of Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris, Euripides' Helen, and Sophocles' Electra performed off-Broadway in the Fall of 2011, Fall of 2012, and Spring of 2013, respectively. His adaptations of Medea and Oedipus are on the docket for future performances. He has also co-written a film about the life and conversion of C. S. Lewis.

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Dr. Markos' Amazon Author Page

Dr. Markos' YouTube Channel

Dr. Markos' lectures at The Great Courses

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Phil and Daniel take time to look back at the first four seasons of the show and discuss the next three entries in The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Map from The Silver Chair

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Jill, Eustace, and Caspian return to Our World.

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The Lost Tools of Learning, by Dorthy Sayers

Barnes & Noble Special Edition of "The Chronicles of Narnia"

Daniel's favorite covers of the series

1994 Book Covers

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The four travelers attempt to return to the surface

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You can find more of William O'Flaherty's work at the following links below.

Essential CS Lewis

All About Jack

The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis

C.S Lewis Goes to Hell: A Companion and Study Guide to The Screwtape Letters

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Golg tells our heroes about the land of Bism.

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"Tolkien's Bookshelves"

Tolkien's Modern Reading, by Holly Ordway

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The Witch's curse threatens to destroy the Underland.

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Eight Lewis scholars reflect on the life and legacy of Walter Hooper.

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All About Jack: Walter Hooper Tribute - Episode 1

Pints with Jack: S4E26 - Bonus - A Tribute to Walter Hooper

Andrew Lazo was the co-editor of Mere Christians: Inspiring Stories of Encounters with C. S. Lewis. Many of you will also recognize him as one of the current co-hosts of Pints with Jack.

Dr. Charlie Starr is an Associate Professor of English at Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia. He is also the author of The Faun's Bookshelf: C.S. Lewis on Why Myth Matters.

Dr. Diana Pavlac Glyer is an award-winning author and professor at Azusa Pacific University. Dr. Gyler is also the author of academic work The Company They Keep and its companion work, Bandersnatch. Both publications focus on Lewis, Tolkien, and the creative collaboration of the Inklings.

Dr. Terry Lindvall is the author of Surprised by Laughter: The Comic World of C.S. Lewis and God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert. Dr. Lindvall also holds the C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan College.

Dr. Brenton Dickieson works in the literature department at Signum University. He is also is Lecturer in Literature at The King's College in New York City, Lecturer in Theology and Literature at Maritime Christian College in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Sessional Instructor in the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture at the University of Prince Edward Island, and Instructor in Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Dr. Dickieson is also the curator of the wonderful blog: APilgrimInNarnia.com.

Dr. Devin Brown is a Lilly Scholar and Professor of English at Asbury University in Kentucky. He is the author of numerous books on Lewis, including A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C. S. Lewis, Bringing Narnia Home: Lessons from the Other Side of the Wardrobe, and C.S. Lewis and the Moral Argument. Dr. Brown has three publications on the first three books in The Chronicles of Narnia. They are titled Inside Narnia, Inside Prince Caspian, and Inside the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Dr. Harry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson University Professor of Faith & Culture at Union University. In 2019, Dr. Poe released Becoming Lewis: A Biography of Young Jack Lewis.

Dr. Roger White is the curator of the Inklings Special Collection for the University Libraries as well as Professor of Ministry for the Seminary at Azusa Pacific University. Dr. White was the co-editor of 2015's C. S. Lewis and His Circle: Essays and Memoirs from the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society.

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The Lady of the Green Kirtle returns to the Dark Castle.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by J.R.R. Tolkien

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Roger Lancelyn Green

The Way into Narnia, by Peter J. Schakel

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