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Men with Chests

Joseph Weigel•www.instagram.com
Education

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.  

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Episodes

Perelandra with Christiana Hale

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

Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 81

Modern Alchemy: Part 3

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

Dec 31, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 80

CSL Reading Day

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.

Nov 29, 2024•22 min•Season 2Ep. 79

Modern Alchemy: Part 2

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

Nov 13, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 78

Modern Alchemy: Part 1

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

Oct 16, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 77

That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd

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.

Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 76

Perelandra (Part 2) with Chris Pipkin

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.

Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 72

Perelandra (Part 1) with Chris Pipkin

I was recently on The Inklings Variety Hour with Chris Pipkin to discuss Perelandra. This is part 1 of our discussion. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inklings-variety-hour/id1526380888

Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 71

On Ethics

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

Jun 25, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 69

On Ethics

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.

Jun 18, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 68

On Ethics

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.

Jun 07, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 67

Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 2)

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. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

May 23, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 66

Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 1)

We 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 https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/. Check out sisu saunas at https://sisulifestyle.com/.

May 14, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 65

Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Preface)

"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). https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

May 08, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 64

Sisu Hour with Pete Nelson

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/ If you like the show, click the 5 stars and you can follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Apr 29, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 63

A Reply to Professor Haldane

Having completed That Hideous Strength, we're now moving on to Lewis's response to a critique of his Ransom Trilogy by J.B.S. Haldane, a contemporary of Lewis's. This essay sheds more light on what Lewis is doing in the Ransom Trilogy and especially That Hideous Strength. This essay is probably the most relevant of all his essays for That Hideous Strength.

Apr 15, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 61

That Hideous Strength: Venus at St. Anne's

Christiana Hale joins me to go through and discuss Chapter 17, the final chapter of That Hideous Strength. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 60

That Hideous Strength: Banquet at Belbury

The top officials at the N.I.C.E. meet their end when bedlam ensues at a banquet. Ironically, after abusing language throughout the story, it turns out that gibberish is the cause of the N.I.C.E.'s destruction. "Qui Verbum Dei contempserunt, eis auferetur etiam verbum hominis," Merlin says (They that have despised the word of God, from them shall the word of man also be taken away). Frost follows his materialism to a material death and Wither... well, it's a bit mysterious . Listen to find out. ...

Apr 01, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 59

Socratic Hour: Dr. David Downing

David Downing joins me to discuss his insights into That Hideous Strength. His book, Planets in Peril, was the first study of the Ransom Trilogy. Dr. Downing is one of the foremost Lewis scholars alive today. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 58

The Return of Michael Ward

Michael Ward returns to discuss Chapter 15: The Descent of the Gods. We spend most of our time discussing the various descenders and Lewis's use of the medieval cosmos in his works. Ward knows a great deal about this, which made for a fascinating conversation. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 57

That Hideous Strength: The Descent of the Gods

In this episode I cover one particular scene from Chapter 15 where Mark's Chest grows because of his response to an act of impiety he's commanded to perform by Professor Frost. Later in the week, Michael Ward and I discuss this and other parts of the chapter, especially the opening scene when the gods descend. So I'm leaving most of that for the episode later in the week. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Mar 18, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 56

Sisu Hour: Dr. Jason Lepojarvi

Jason Lepojarvi is a native of Finland who now resides in Oregon where he is heading up the inaugural Undiscovered Lewis conference at George Fox University. As a native Finnish speaker, he made for a fitting guest to discuss the similarities and differences between the Finnish word Sisu and what Lewis calls "the Chest" in Abolition of Man. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Mar 16, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 55

That Hideous Strength: Ch. 14 (bonus episode)

In the first episode from Chapter 14, we covered the scene between Mark and Frost where Frost spells out the logical implications of his materialistic worldview. In this episode, we assess Jane's eye-opening experience. This takes us into the three concentric circles of imagination, reason, and volition. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/

Mar 11, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 54

Socratic Hour: Dr. Gavin Ashenden

Dr. Ashenden wrote one of the first books on Charles Williams. He joins me to discuss it along with topics related to it. He also shares a bit about his days working undercover in the USSR. https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/ Click the 5 stars and look for the second episode on Chapter 14 next week.

Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 53
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