In this season our main text was “The Four Loves”. For our Narnia book, we read “The Horse and His Boy”. In addition to various “After Hours” episode, we also did a series on Lewis’ apologetics and a series on his poetry. We spent a month looking at a book written by one of his correspondents, Sheldon Vanaukin, called “A Severe Mercy”. We also recorded an Ecumenical Lewis series where we spoke to people from diverse religious backgrounds who all love Lewis.
The Four Loves (November 2021 – March 2022)
Often said to be the companion piece to “Till We Have Faces”, this season we discuss the book which resulted from Lewis’ series of radio talks on the subject of love, “The Four Loves”.
- S5E3 – TFL 2 – Chapter 2 (Part I)
- S5E4 – TFL 2 – Chapter 2 (Part II)
- S5E5 – TFL 2 – Chapter 2 (Part III)
- S5E6 – TFL 3 – Chapter 3: Affection (Part I)
- S5E7 – AH – “Lights! Camera! Jack!”, After Hours with Norman Stone
- S5E8 – TFL 3 – Chapter 3: Affection (Part II)
- S5E9 – TFL 3 – Chapter 3: Affection (Part III)
- S5E10 – AH – “Soldier, Writer, Inkling”, After Hours with Dr. Don W. King
- S5E11 – TLF 3 – Chapter 3: Our Affections
- S5E12 – AH – “The Fantasy and Science-Fiction Makers”, After Hours with Andrew Wall
- S5E13 – TFL 4 – Chapter 4: Friendship (Part I)
- S5E14 – TFL 4 – Chapter 4: Friendship (Part II)
- S5E15 – AH – “Friendship & the Fathers”, After Hours with Mike Aquilina
- S5E16 – TLF 4 – Chapter 4: Friendship (Part III)
- S5E17 – TFL 4 – Our Friendships
- S5E18 – AH – “We need to hang out”, After Hours with Billy Baker
- S5E19 – TFL 5 – Chapter 5: Eros (Part I)
- S5E20 – TFL 5 – Chapter 5: Eros (Part II)
- S5E21 – AH – “Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis”, After Hours with Abigail Santamaria
- S5E22 – TFL 5 – Chapter 5: Eros (Part III)
- S5E23 – TFL 5 – Our Eros
- S5E24 – AH – “The Meaning of Marriage”, After Hours with Kathy Keller
- S5E25 – TFL 6 – Chapter 6: Charity (Part I)
- S5E26 – TFL 6 – Chapter 6: Charity (Part II)
- S5E27 – AH – Dr. Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson (MacDonald)
- S5E28 – TFL 6 – Chapter 6: Charity (Part III)
- S5E29 – TFL 6 – Our Charities
- S5E30 – TFL – The Four Loves Retrospective
- S5E31 – AH – “The Love Clinic”, After Hours with Dr. Jason Lepojärvi
Ecumenical Lewis (April 2022)
This was a series interviewing people who all love Lewis, yet come from diverse religious backgrounds: Reformed, Eastern Orthodox, Latter-Day Saint, Baptist and Orthodox Jew.
- S5E32 – AH – “Eastern Orthodox Lewis”, After Hours with Dr. Edith W. Humphrey
- S5E33 – AH -“Reformed Lewis”, After Hours with Douglas Wilson
- S5E34 – AH -“LDS Lewis”, After Hours with Bruce Wilson
- S5E35 – AH -“Baptist Lewis”, After Hours with Dr. Leighton Flowers
- S5E36 – AH -“Jewish Lewis”, After Hours with Yaakov Weinstein
- S5E37 – AH -“Loved as I am”, After Hours with Sr. Miriam James
- S5E38 – AH -“Removing the Dragon Skin”, After Hours with Jeremiah Braudrick
- S5E39 – AH -“The Leadership of C.S. Lewis”, After Hours with Dr. Crystal Hurd
Apologetics Month (May 2022)
C.S. Lewis was one of the best-known apologists of the 20th Century. In this series we interviewed a number of different apologists who unpack some of the arguments which he proposed.
- S5E40 – AH – “Faith and Science”, After Hours with Dr. John G. West
- S5E41 – AH -“Why is there suffering?”, After Hours with Dr. Bethany Sollereder
- S5E42 – AH -“The Argument From Desire”, After Hours with Joe Heschmeyer
- S5E43 – AH -“C.S. Lewis vs The New Atheists”, After Hours with Peter S. Williams
- S5E44 – AH -“C.S. Lewis’s Dangerous Idea”, After Hours with Dr. Victor Reppert
- S5E45 – AH -“The Argument From Morality”, After Hours with Trent Horn
- S5E46 – AH -“The Trilemma”, After Hours with Jimmy Akin
- S5E47 – AH – “Imaginative Apologetics”, After Hours with Dr. Holly Ordway
A Severe Mercy (June 2022)
“A Severe Mercy” chronicles their romance between Sheldon Vanauken and his wife, Davey, their friendship with C.S. Lewis and the heartbreak which they experienced.
- S5E48 – Bonus -A Severe Mercy (Part 1): Pagan Love
- S5E49 – Bonus -A Severe Mercy (Part 2): Divine Love
- S5E50 – Bonus -A Severe Mercy (Part 3): Merciful Love
- S5E51 – Bonus – “The man who received a severe mercy”, After Hours with Will Vaus
The Horse and His Boy (July 2022)
Our Narnia book for this season was David’s favourite, The Horse and His Boy.
- S5E52 – Narnia – The Horse and His Boy (Part 1), with Christin Ditchfield-Lazo
- S5E53 – Narnia – The Horse and His Boy (Part 2), with Christin Ditchfield-Lazo
- S5E54 – AH – “Sexism and Racism in Narnia”, After Hours with Dr. Devin Brown
- S5E55 – AH – “The Medieval mind of C.S. Lewis”, After Hours with Dr. Jason Baxter
- S5E56 – AH – “The Medical Inkling, R.E. Havard”, After Hours with Sarah O’Dell
- S5E57 – AH – “Surprised by Myth”, After Hours with Justin Wiggins
- S5E58 – AH – “O Love How Deep”, After Hours with Diana Maryon
Poetry Month (August 2022)
C.S. Lewis is not widely known for his poetry, so in this month we looked at his career as a poet, as well as that of his wife, Joy.
- S5E59 – AH – “The Poetic Spirit”, After Hours with Rev. Malcolm Guite
- S5E60 – AH – “C.S. Lewis, Poet”, After Hours with Dr Don W. King
- S5E61 – AH – “Spirits in Bondage”, After Hours with Karen Swallow Prior
- S5E62 – AH – “Splendour in the Dark”, After Hours with Dr. Jerry Root
- S5E63 – AH – “A Naked Tree”, After Hours with Dr. Don W. King
- S5E64 – AH – “Conspiracy in Light”, After Hours with DS Martin
Season Wrap-Up (September 2022)
We concluded this season with a month of interviews.
- S5E65 – AH – “The Notre Van Gang”, After Hours with Philip, Soren, and Natalie
- S5E66 – AH – “Philosopher and Guide”, After Hours with Dr. Peter Kreeft
- S5E67 – AH – “Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity”, After Hours with Kaczor and Petrusek
- S5E68 – AH – “Deeper Magic”, After Hours with Donald Williams
- S5E69 – AH – “America discovers C.S. Lewis”, After Hours with Dr. Alan Snyder
- S5E70 – Bonus – Season Finale and Five Year Anniversary!
Season 5½
Some bonus episodes during the break before the start of Season 6…