Men with Chests

Men with Chests

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

February 25, 2025 48 mins

I join Brian Shepherd once again to talk That Hideous Strength.

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Christiana Hale joins me to discuss enjoyment and contemplation in Perelandra. This episode was full of insights, one of my favorite episodes yet.

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December 31, 2024 29 mins

Ransom diagnosis the causes that led to Alcasan's revivification and then gives the prognosis.

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November 29, 2024 22 mins

Today 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.

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November 13, 2024 20 mins

Continuing the dialogue between Mark, Filostrato, and Straik in Chapter 8 of That Hideous Strength.

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October 16, 2024 34 mins

I'm returning to That Hideous Strength to take a close look at the N.I.C.E.'s quest to attain immortality.   

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September 20, 2024 78 mins

I 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.

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August 21, 2024 72 mins

The final episode of the discussion on Perelandra with Chris Pipkin and Charlie Carter.

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August 7, 2024 92 mins

The battle between Ransom and the Unman

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July 24, 2024 81 mins

Charlie, Chris, and I continue to go through Perelandra.

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July 17, 2024 91 mins

The 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. 

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July 10, 2024 80 mins

I was recently on The Inklings Variety Hour with Chris Pipkin to discuss Perelandra. This is part 1 of our discussion. 

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Jordan Duncan from the Lesser-Known Lewis podcast joins me to discuss Lewis's essay "The Poison of Subjectivism." 

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June 25, 2024 22 mins

The finale of "On Ethics." An essay where Lewis makes the case for the universality of an ethical code. 

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June 18, 2024 27 mins

We 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. 

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June 7, 2024 28 mins

We 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. 

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May 22, 2024 33 mins

We 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 actualize, disaster follows. 
 
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May 14, 2024 31 mins

We continue Screwtape Proposes a Toast, covering the first half of the essay in today's episode.

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"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 Strength, continues on the theme of Lewis's most prophetic writings. In this episode, we cover the preface of the essay, written late in Lewis's life (1962).

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April 29, 2024 60 mins

In 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/

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