S2E32 – Bonus – Season Finale

It’s been a while since Matt and I got behind a microphone together. Today we bring you up-to-speed with what’s been happening in our lives. We had intended to also read some listener messages, but we ran out of time. We’ll do that in the next episode!

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S2E31 – AH – Patti Callahan

At the beginning of Season 2, I interviewed author Patti Callahan about her latest book, Becoming Mrs. Lewis. Now at the close of the Season, Patti returns to talk to Matt about her own podcast, Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis.

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S2E30 – AH – Justin Brierley

Several times on Pints With Jack I have spoken about another podcast, “Unbelievable?”, hosted by Justin Brierley. Earlier in this Season I spoke about reading Justin’s book, remarking on the considerable number of C.S. Lewis quotations found throughout. Following that episode, Justin and I connected on Twitter and I invited him onto the show to talk about C.S. Lewis, his faith, his podcast and his book.

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S2E29 – AH – Dr. David Clark

Probably the most useful book I read during Season 2 of Pints With Jack was C.S. Lewis Goes To Heaven by David Clark. In today’s episode I interviewed Dr. Clark to discuss his book and wrap up our discussion of The Great Divorce.

01:51 – Introducing Dr. Clark

08:34 – Did the book take long to write?

09:14 – What’s the main point of Lewis’ book?

10:31 – What is the structure of your book?

11:54 – What were Lewis’ sources?

14:52 – The Sociology

21:01 – The Geography 25:24 – The Theology

30:32 – How should readers read your book in relation to Lewis’?

34:13 – Who drew the illustrations in your book?

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S2E27 – AH – Dale Ahlquist

t has been my desire for a while to introduce the listeners to other members of the Inklings, as well as authors who greatly influenced Lewis. Today we look at G.K. Chesterton and our special guest who will be introducing us to this great man is renowned Chesterton scholar and champion, Dale Ahlquist.

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