About this podcast
We have nearly forgotten what it means to be Men with Chests, and the consequences are all around us. Join me as we explore the Great Books, as we go back to the timeless ideas that built the West. In this show we pursue objective truth, goodness, and beauty; we learn about virtue as excellence (arete). We discuss the role that reason, emotion and desire all play in becoming a magnanimous man.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 82I join Brian Shepherd once again to talk That Hideous Strength.
- Perelandra with Christiana Hale · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 81Christiana Hale joins me to discuss enjoyment and contemplation in Perelandra. This episode was full of insights, one of my favorite episodes yet.
- Modern Alchemy: Part 3 · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 80Ransom diagnosis the causes that led to Alcasan's revivification and then gives the prognosis.
- CSL Reading Day · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 79Today is the second year of the CSL reading day and this year's theme is friendship. I take a look at the friendships among the Company at St. Anne's in That Hideous Strength.
- Modern Alchemy: Part 2 · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 78Continuing the dialogue between Mark, Filostrato, and Straik in Chapter 8 of That Hideous Strength.
- Modern Alchemy: Part 1 · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 77I'm returning to That Hideous Strength to take a close look at the N.I.C.E.'s quest to attain immortality.
- That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd · 1 h 18 min · Season 2 Episode 76I was recently on That Hideous C.S. Lewis podcast with Brian Shepherd to discuss a small portion of That Hideous Strength. Here's the episode from Brian's show.
- Perelandra (Part 5) with Chris Pipkin · 1 h 12 min · Season 2 Episode 75The final episode of the discussion on Perelandra with Chris Pipkin and Charlie Carter.
- Perelandra (Part 4) with Chris Pipkin · 1 h 32 min · Season 2 Episode 74The battle between Ransom and the Unman
- Perelandra (Part 3) with Chris Pipkin · 1 h 21 min · Season 2 Episode 73Charlie, Chris, and I continue to go through Perelandra.
- Perelandra (Part 2) with Chris Pipkin · 1 h 31 min · Season 2 Episode 72The second installment of my conversation with Chris on The Inklings Variety Hour. This time, we're also joined by Charlie Carter from the Thinklings podcast.
- Perelandra (Part 1) with Chris Pipkin · 1 h 20 min · Season 2 Episode 71I was recently on The Inklings Variety Hour with Chris Pipkin to discuss Perelandra. This is part 1 of our discussion…
- Socratic Hour: Jordan Duncan from Lesser-Known Lewis · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 70Jordan Duncan from the Lesser-Known Lewis podcast joins me to discuss Lewis's essay "The Poison of Subjectivism."
- On Ethics · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 69The finale of "On Ethics." An essay where Lewis makes the case for the universality of an ethical code.
- On Ethics · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 68We continue our way through Lewis's essay "On Ethics," as he explores the possibility of an ethical vacuum and the idea of instinct as the grounds of ethics.
- On Ethics · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 67We begin a short series today on Lewis's essay "On Ethics." This essay is remarkably similar to Abolition of Man, even containing some of the same phrases found in Abolition.
- Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 2) · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 66We finish Screwtape's toast. Lewis continues to draw out the implications of envy disguised as being "democratic." When "I'm as good as you" becomes the motto a society aims to…
- Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 1) · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 65We continue Screwtape Proposes a Toast, covering the first half of the essay in today's episode. Click the 5 stars if you like the show. You can follow the show at…
- Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Preface) · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 64"Screwtape Proposes a Toast" is an essay of Lewis's that deals with the issue of egalitarianism in education. This essay, written after The Abolition of Man and That Hideous…
- Sisu Hour with Pete Nelson · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 63In this Sisu Hour episode, I'm joined by Pete Nelson, the owner and founder of Sisu Sauna. You can find his company and their saunas here: https://sisulifestyle.com/ If you like…
