All Episodes

#178 Scott Tuohy: A Lewis quotation changed my life

#177 Alister McGrath: Emotions, sentimentality and rational truth

#176 Alister McGrath: Feelings, desire and religious experience

#175 Alister McGrath: What would Lewis think of Jordan Peterson?

#174 Alister McGrath: Can Lewis help us to find meaning?

#173 Alister McGrath: How do we tell good stories?

#172 Alister McGrath: Why do stories matter?

#171 Alister McGrath: Spiritual disciplines, young people and the academy

#170 Alister McGrath: Is Lewis a helpful spiritual mentor?

#169 James Emery White: Culture, translation and COVID-19

#168 Philip Tallon: What if God isn't good?

#167 Philip Tallon: How do hell, the Fall and beauty fit into Lewis' theodicy?

#166 Philip Tallon: Is pain a megaphone?

#165 Philip Tallon: Is pain a problem?

#164 Johan Erasmus: Coming to faith via Richard Dawkins and CS Lewis

#163 Matthew Brown: What would Sigmund Freud and CS Lewis discuss?

#162 Alister McGrath: Is there still a place for Lewis in today’s society?

#161 Alister McGrath: Your questions answered

#160 Malcolm Guite: Poetry and a baptised imagination

159 Malcolm Guite: The true myth

#158 Malcolm Guite: Was Lewis a poet?

#157 Kathy Keller: One of the last people to correspond with Lewis before his death

#156 Phil Knox: Lord All matey or Lord Almighty?

#155 Phil Knox: Are we allowed favourite friends?

#154 Lewis and Tolkien: The final years

#153 The poet and the philologist: Lewis and Tolkien's early years

#152 Is ‘The Lord of the Rings’ a religious work?

#151 Holly Ordway: Trauma, Catholicism and romantic love

#150 Holly Ordway: Tolkien on Holy Week

#149 Holly Ordway: Tolkien's faith

#148 Ruth Jackson: Where it all began

#147 Jason Lepojärvi: The undiscovered Lewis

#146 That Hideous Strength: How do we resist evil?

#145 That Hideous Strength: Was Lewis sexist?

#144 That Hideous Strength: What would a godless world look like?

#143 That Hideous Strength: Is technology dangerous?

#142 That Hideous Strength: What is the future of humanity?

#141 That Hideous Strength: Is there a darker agenda to scientific experimentation?

#140 Sarah Irving-Stonebraker: Does history matter?

#139 Phil Knox: The fate of the unevangelised

#138 Phil Knox: Why the Narnia Chronicles make me cry

#136 David Bates: Was Lewis a bit of a grumpy old man when it came to Christmas?

#137 David Bates: How did Lewis celebrate Christmas?

#135 David Bates: What did Christmas mean to Lewis?

#134 Alister McGrath: Is there an expiry date on Lewis' relevance?

#133 Alister McGrath: Was Lewis a prophet and does he speak to contemporary cultural issues?

#132 Alister McGrath: 60 years after his death, does Lewis still speak to our heads and hearts?

#131 David Bates: CS Lewis Reading Day

#130 David Bates: Pints with Jack

#129 Dr Carolyn Weber: Surprised by Oxford

#128 Perelandra: It's not for nothing that you are named Ransom

#127 Perelandra: Evil, suffering and sin

#126 Perelandra: Free will, desire and the Fall

#125 Perelandra: Pleasure, gender and sex

#124 Perelandra: Scientism, spirituality and magic

#123 Out of the Silent Planet: Death, suffering and The Fall

#122 Out of the Silent Planet: Love, sex and intuition

#121 Out of the Silent Planet: Nakedness, science and ransom

#120 Out of the Silent Planet: Weston, Devine and JRR Tolkien

#119 Has The Space Trilogy stood the test of time?

#118 Evil, evolution and theological reflection in The Space Trilogy

#117 Vivisection, mental health, racism and sexism

#116 Did CS Lewis believe in aliens?

#115 Why did no one want to publish Lewis' Space Trilogy?

#114 An introduction to The Space Trilogy

#113 What about other religions?

#112 Was Jesus a liar, lunatic, Lord or something else?

#111 Is Lewis' argument from reason convincing?

#110 An atheist and Christian reflect on CS Lewis’ apologetics

#109: Dr Jennifer Woodruff Tait: Jack at home

#108 Tim Keller (1950-2023) on CS Lewis

#107 Dr Sharon Jones: Floral particulars in CS Lewis

#106 Teodora Driscu: Lewis and the embodiment of heaven

#105 Dr David Clare: The man from God knows where - Lewis’ Irishness

#104 Out of the Silent Planet and Lewis’ Belfast background

#103 Dr Sarah Waters: Out of the Silent Planet and the Covid pandemic

#102 Alister McGrath: The CS Lewis phenomenon

#101 Alister McGrath: Suffering, death and Lewis’ final years

#100 Alister McGrath: 100th special celebrating CS Lewis’ legacy and how he can help renew the Church

#99 Alister McGrath: The move to Cambridge

#98 Alister McGrath: The imaginative world of Narnia

#97 Alister McGrath: The creation of Narnia

#96 Alister McGrath: A prophet without honour?

#95 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ international fame

#94 Alister McGrath: The wartime apologist

#93 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ literary scholarship

#92 Alister McGrath: The making of a Mere Christian

#91 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ early years at Magdalen college

#90 Alister McGrath: The making of an Oxford don

#89 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis and the Great War

#88 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ unpleasant schooldays

#87 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis’ Irish childhood

#86 Alister McGrath: Why read CS Lewis?

#85 A magical Narnia trail

#84 CS Lewis on Christmas

#83 Teri-Anne Cavanagh: Finding faith through CS Lewis

#82 Ross Wilson: How an artist immortalised CS Lewis

#81 Joshua Karras - porn, depression, domestic violence and The Screwtape Letters

#80 Joshua Karras: A modern take on The Screwtape Letters

#79 A tour of CS Lewis house ’The Kilns’ with Trevin Wax