S5E21 – AH – Abigail Santamaria (“Poet, Seeker, and the Woman who captivated C.S. Lewis”)
We are currently reading the Eros chapter in The Four Loves, so David interviewed Abigail Santamaria about her book concerning Lewis’ wife, Joy Davidman.
We are currently reading the Eros chapter in The Four Loves, so David interviewed Abigail Santamaria about her book concerning Lewis’ wife, Joy Davidman.
As we wrap up a month of talking about Friendship, author Billy Baker comes on the show to discuss his memoir about making friends!
Patristic scholar, Mike Aquilina, joined David to talk about friendship in the Early Church.
After talking about “storge” this month, David talks to Dr. Don W. King about Jack’s brother, Warren.
On November 3rd, “The Most Reluctant Convert” will be released in cinemas. This movie is based on the play by “The Fellowship of Performing Arts” and Lewis’ own spiritual autobiography, “Surprised By Joy”, which chronicles his journey to Christianity. Dr. Devin Brown was invited to write the Study Guide for the movie so he came on the show to talk about it.
The Gray Havens are an American Christian folk pop husband and wife duo, David and Licia Radford, from Crystal Lake, Illinois. On October 8th they will be releasing their new album, Blue Flower, so David Radford came on the show to talk to Andrew and David about how C.S. Lewis inspired their recent work.
As we approach the end of Season 4, David is joined on the show by Michael “Gomer” Gormley. Among other things, they discuss Ted Lasso, tea, and the Atonement. Also, find out what Gomer would do if he ever became the Pope!
New York Times bestselling author, Patti Callahan, returns to the show to talk about her forthcoming book, “Once Upon A Wardrobe”, which will be released on October 19th.
A few months ago, John and Greta from The Tolkien Road podcast did a series of episodes on religion in Tolkien’s Legendarium. David invited him onto the show to talk about those episodes and to encourage the Pints With Jack listeners to listen to them.
Author Rod Bennett joined David to talk about a presentation on he gave at a big Christian rock festival about C.S. Lewis’ relationship to “Pulp Fiction”.