The Lamppost in the Woods

Listeners, welcome to Season 5 of the Lamppost in the Woods. In this episode, the team takes a look at all the books we've ever discussed on the podcast as we draft our favorite selections from the Lamppost Library.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 5.1 - The Lamppost Library

Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful listeners! We hope that during this holiday season, you would take this podcast with you wherever you may be going.

In this episode, the team discusses the Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. So whether your heart is two-sizes too small or full of Christmas cheer, come along with us as we explore the whimsical world of Whoville.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.12 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

In this episode, the team discusses the New York Times best-seller The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. We grabbed this book off of airport shelves to talk about just why this novel is so popular with readers around the world. Dealing with themes of life, death, and the something in between, this book explores a multiverse of lives and possibilities.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.11 - Airport Read: The Midnight Library

In this episode, the team gets stuck with another one ofEvan's stranger reads, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? on Halloween of all nights. A foundation piece of science fiction, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? envisioned a future of flying cars, rampant capitalism, and androids that look just like you and me. Join us as we discuss themes of empathy, the value of life, and what it truly means to be human.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.10 - Evan's Choice: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

This week we are joined by a very special guest and fried of the show Pastor Steven McDaniel to discuss the next book of the Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis. Pastor McDaniel takes us all back to school as we talk about Lewis's evolution as a writer, the origins of Narnia, and where the Lamppost in the woods came from in the first place.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.9 - The Magician's Nephew

This week the team looks at a staple of many our high school english courses, The Odyssey. Join us as we dissect this instant and ancient classic through all the good, and all the bad. Does this epic still rank as one of our favorite books or has it fallen to the bottom of our piles?

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.8 - Back to School: The Odyssey

In this episode the team talks modern fairytales with The Princess Bride and The Tale of Despereaux. How do these modern stories measure up the classics, do they have a placein our reading, and what might the next generation of fairytales look like to an ever-changing world?

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.7 - Modern Fairy Tales: The Princess Bride & The Tale of Despereaux

In this episode, the team looks at a variety of tales from Arthurian legend, if King Arthur existed, and what these stories might be based on. In this episode we discuss Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (translated by Jesse Weston), The Story of Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, and The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.6 - King Arthur: Legend, Literature & Legacy

Dinosaurs and puritanical ministers? Jungle theme parks and pre-revolutionary America? What kind of juxtaposition is this? Join us as we compare two incomparable novels and explore the consequences of fanatical devotion.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.5 - Jurassic Park & The Scarlet Letter

In this episode, the team discusses what many consider the birth of science fiction (and the birth of a monster), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the original story of an overreaching scientist and his tragic creation. Through many cultural changes, retellings, and iterations, the source material is still the most unsettling version of the story.

Join us as we explore the themes of ethics, morality, and shocking realization that this may in fact be the first Young Adult Fiction novel ever written.

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Thanks for listening to the Lamppost in the Woods - Episode 4.4 - Spotlight on Classics: Frankenstein