The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling the Worlds of Narnia, Middle-earth and Others

The battle ends and Bilbo begins his journey home. Your Lamp-post Links You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The Battle of Five Armies is fought. Your Lamp-post Links You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Bilbo is forced to choose a side. Your Lamp-post Links: Black Ships Before Troy, by Rosemary Sutcliff The Wanderings of Odysseuys, by Rosemary Sutcliff The Tale of Troy, by Roger Lancelyn Green The Odyssey, by Geraldine McCaughrean You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Thorin isolates the dwarves in the mountain as the elves and men come closer.  Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Smaug wreaks havoc upon Lake-town. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Thorin, Bilbo, and the rest of the dwarves explore Smaug's treasure in this short chapter. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Biblo meets Smaug. Your Lamp-post Links: Tolkien's "Conversation with Smaug" Illustration You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Thorin's Company arrives at Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. Your Lamp-post Links: "The Front Gate," by Tolkien "Durin's Day," by Eric Fraser "The Doorstep," by Ryuichi Terashima You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed  

Thorin receives an unexpected welcome at Esgaroth. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The dwarves escape from the elven kingdom. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Thorin, Bilbo, and the dwarves lose their way in the magical forest of Mirkwood. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Gandalf introduces the company to an unlikely ally. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Phil and Daniel celebrate this year's CS Lewis Reading Day. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Wolves attack the Company on the other side of the Misty Mountains. Your Lamp-post Links: Listen to our commentary on An Unexpected Journey. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Deep inside the Misty Mountains, Bilbo plays a game of riddles with a strange creature. Your Lamp-post Links: Listen to our commentary on An Unexpected Journey. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The dwarves make a startling discovery inside a cave in the Misty Mountains. Your Lamp-post Links: Listen to our commentary on An Unexpected Journey. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The Company finds an uneasy rest amongst the elves of Rivendell. Your Lamp-post Links: Tolkien's illustration of Rivendell Lauterbrunnen Valley You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Just as the adventure is beginning, the dwarves and Bilbo are captured by trolls. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

A company of dwarves arrive on the doorstep of an unsuspecting hobbit. Your Lamp-post Links: Exploring JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit, by Corey Olson The History of the Hobbit, by John Rateliff The Annotated Hobbit, by Douglas A. Anderson You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

 Smith's journeys into faery continue. Your Lamp-post Links: You can purchase the Tolkien Treasury here. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed     The Lamp-post Listener will return in September...

In the town of Wootton Major, a young boy accidentally devours a fay star that allows him to enter the world of Faery. Your Lamp-post Links: You can purchase the Tolkien Treasury here. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Phil and Daniel read MacDonald's essay, "The Fantastic Imagination." Your Lamp-post Links: You can read the short essay here. You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The Princess & the Goblin concludes. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Curdie searches for Irene in the mountains. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The goblins tunnel their way into the king's castle. Your Lamp-post Links: Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Phil sits down with John Hendrix to discuss his new book, Mythmakers. Your Lamp-post Links: John Hendrix's Website Buy Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Princess Irene follows her thread underground. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed  

Princess Irene follows her thread underground. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Curdie stumbles on the royal family of the Goblins. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Dr. Bailey returns to the show to introduce us to George MacDonald. Your Lamp-post Links: Dr. Bailey's Website In All Things Podcast You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed  

The Rev. Ben Lansing joins us to celebrate CS Lewis Reading Day. Your Lamp-post Links: OurChurchSpeaks.com Purchase the book! Purchase a Lewis print! You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

The goblin's pets are spotted by soldiers; Princess Irene receives a gift. Your Lamp-post Links: The Princess & the Goblin at The Rabbit Room You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed  

Irene has a confusing conversation with her grandmother; Curdie keeps digging. Your Lamp-post Links: You can find a list of MacDonald's works here. You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Phil's father joins us as Curdie makes a startiling discovery deep underground. Your Lamp-post Links: You can find a list of MacDonald's works here. You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Lootie and Irene venture treachoursly into the mountains. Your Lamp-post Links: The Suprising Rebirth of Belief in God Podcast You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Princess Irene meets a mysterious woman in her own house. Your Lamp-post Links: Purchase a copy of The Princess & the Goblin Read a copy for free at Standard Ebooks You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

We prepare for The Princess & the Goblin by reading Tolkien's essay on Faërie. Your Lamp-post Links: You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed

Two shorter essays get us asking: Is Twin Peaks actually better than Twilight? Your Lamp-post Links: You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Daniel and Phil dive into Lewis' first draft of The Magician's Nephew. Your Lamp-post Links: Purchase Past Watchful Dragons You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Phil and Daniel reflect on the The Chronicles of Narnia with Matt Bush. Your Lamp-post Links: Pints with Jack You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Phil and Daniel discuss Lewis' introduction to On the Incarnation. Your Lamp-post Links: Beginner Recommendations The Bible Homer, The Essential Iliad & The Essential Odyssey (8th century) Sophocles, Antigone (441 BC) Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (399 BC) Virgil, The Essential Aeneid (19 BC) Shakespeare, Macbeth (1606) Voltaire, Candide (1759) Princeton University Press: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Intermediate Recommendations St. Augustine, Confessions (397) Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy (523) St. Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue of Divine Providence (14th century) Julien of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (15th century) Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) Wyss, The Swiss Family Robinson (1812) St Vladimir's Seminary Press, Popular Patristics St. John's College Reading List You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

A discussion on "Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said." Your Lamp-post Links: You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

 A reflection on 1952's "On Three Ways of Writing for Children." Your Lamp-post Links: You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406) 646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

The Chronicles of Narnia concludes. If you have enjoyed the past seven seasons, please consider reviewing the show in your favorite podcast app. Your Lamp-post Links: A Lament upon the Finishing of a Beloved Book How to Inhabit Time, by James K. A. Smith You can mail us at P.O. Box 25854, Richmond, Virginia, 23232, message us at [email protected], or call us at (406)646-6733. You can also support the show on Patreon. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

The Seven Friends of Narnia travel "further up and further in." Your Lamp-post Links: Inkling Candles Our Church Speaks You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Aslan brings an end to Narnia. Your Lamp-post Links: Sign up for our mailing list at this link if you want to win an Inkling Candle or Our Church Speaks print signed by Ben Lansing. Purchase our limited edition t-shirt at Bonfire; the sale ends on December 1! You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher Radio | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Your Lamp-post Links: Sign up for our mailing list at this link if you want to win an Inkling Candle or Our Church Speaks print signed by Ben Lansing. Purchase our limited edition t-shirt at Bonfire; the sale ends on December 1! Learn more about CS Lewis Reading Day! You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission. "Ascending the Vale", "Royal Coupling" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aslan appears to the Seven Friends of Narnia. Your Lamp-post Links: AndrewLazo.com PintsWithJack.com You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher Radio | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Dr. Justin Ariel Bailey joins us to explore hope in Narnia's final days. Your Lamp-post Links: Dr. Bailey's Website Purchase Interpreting Your World You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher Radio | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.

Tirian enters the stable door and meets an unexpected party. Your Lamp-post Links: You can support the show on Patreon. You can also email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733. LampostListener.com | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher Radio | RSS Feed All Extracts by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Used with permission.