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Welcome to Season Four!
Chris is joined by Eric Geddes and author Jonathan Geltner to discuss Chapters 1 and 2 of the fourth book in the Narniad (is that what we're calling that now?), The Silver Chair.
Among other things, we discuss:
- How we're all graduates of Experiment House now
- The school Experiment House was maybe sort of kind of based on
- The real means of getting into Narnia this time (is it the door or Aslan's breath?)
- Aslan's Country as Eden/The Terrestrial Paradise, and Pole and Scrubb's very literal Fall
- The role of the four signs and memory
- Knowledge, experience, and recognition
- The name of the book
- Silverchair (who were, as it turns out, fans of Narnia)
Things we didn't discuss but I'd planned to:
Next:
- I'll be releasing brief recordings of poetry by the Inklings each Thursday. This coming Thursday, it'll be "Imram," by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Next Week:
- My wife Glencora and I will discuss Chapters 3 and 4 of The Silver Chair. Never fear--we will get to Puddleglum the following week!
This Season:
Shows on their way include:
- Interview with J.D. Peabody about The Inkwell Chronicles: Race to Krakatoa
- C.S. Lewis and World War I
- Interview with Connor Salter about Bill Gresham (Joy's ex) and his most important novel-turned-movie, Nightmare Alley
- George MacDonald's "The Golden Key"
- At last: Owen Barfield!
- Arthurian Torso
- Perelandra
- And quite a bit more. Stay tuned, and feel free to let me know what else you'd like to see.
