Concluding that they're not going to be able to extricate religion from the patient's life anytime soon, Screwtape decides to adopt a new strategy. By encouraging him to accept a different vision of Jesus, and by wedding the his faith to politics, they're going to turn the patient into a Pharisee!
After hearing Dr. Robert Royal give a two-part lecture series on The Screwtape Letters to The Institute of Catholic Culture, we invited him onto the show to talk about everyone's favourite devil.
Wormwood's patient is in love! Unfortunately for Wormwood, she is a Christian woman who is full of virtue! Needless to say, Screwtape is livid...
A final reminder for the virtual tour of C.S. Lewis' home on March 13th.
Carolyn Curtis, co-editor of "Women and C.S. Lewis", came on the show to discuss her book which was recently rereleased as an audiobook. In this work she gathers together a large number of C.S. Lewis writers to examine C.S. Lewis' life and literature in order to understand his relationship with women and respond to those who would charge Lewis with sexism.
Today we come to David's least favourite letter from Uncle Screwtape which is on the subject of possessiveness, particularly with regards to time. Joining him today is a returning guest to the show, Sister Natalia from the "What God Is Not podcast", together with another nun from her convent, Sister Petra.
We have teamed up with the C.S. Lewis Foundation and will be offering a free virtual tour of C.S. Lewis' home to all of our Patreon supporters, regardless of tier. While the tour is free, we do ask all Patreon supporters to sign up for the event.
In 2008, Dr. Michael Ward released "Planet Narnia", a book which caused a real stir in C.S. Lewis studies in which he offered a new lens through which to view "The Chronicles of Narnia". On today's show, in addition to his book, Dr. Ward discusses his friendship with the late Walter Hooper, as well as his involvement in honouring Lewis' life and legacy. Oh yes, and he also explains how he came to give James Bond a pair of x-ray glasses…
Screwtape wants to play matchmaker and choose what he regards as a suitable romantic partner for the patient.
Since Lent has just begun, we invited Fr. Dwight Longenecker to talk about his Screwtape-inspired Lenten books, The Gargoyle Code and Slubgrip Instructs.
Following on from his previous letter about the differing philosophies of Heaven and Hell, Screwtape now directly turns to the subject of "love" and explains to his nephew why the whole idea makes no sense to him!
For Christmas this year, David gave Matt a book by Dr. Chris R. Armstrong called "Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians", in which the author encourages his readers to draw from the riches of the Medieval Church, using C.S. Lewis as their example and model. In today's episode Matt discusses this book with its author.
Former guest of the show, Dr. Jason Lepojärvi, returns to discuss Screwtape's thoughts on love, sex, and marriage, as well as to listen to some Tina Turner and ask "What's love got to do with it?"
After seeing the tweet announcing her goal to be invited onto a podcast in 2021 to gush about C.S. Lewis, we invited Brooke Medina onto the show to do just that!
Today we hear about one of the Seven Deadly Sins, gluttony. Screwtape talks about how this vice can be disguised so that it can go completely unnoticed by the patient!
Matt returned as a guest on the Alto podcast. In this episode, Matt shares his vocation journey which led him to launching his own Artificial Intelligence-driven Hedge Fund.
The devils plan to send the patient church shopping!
The last time he was on the show, Dr. Steven Beebe explained to us why C.S. Lewis was a master communicator. In today's episode he returns to examine the communication techniques of everybody's least favourite Uncle, Screwtape...
There is a lull in the War. Should Wormwood make the patient more worried or less worried, and should he get him to focus on the past, the present or the future?
Last year when we had "Tolkien Month", I heard that Dr. Ordway was finishing up a new book on Tolkien. Since the book is coming out shortly, she came on the show to talk to us about it and Tolkien's reading habits…
In today's letter, Matt and guest co-host Crystal Hurd discuss how Screwtape intends to counteract a dangerous new trait in the patient - humility!
Together with William O’Flaherty and the hosts of The Lamp-Post Listener, we have assembled several tributes to Walter Hooper who recently passed away. This is the fourth episode in the series, and the second which has appeared on this feed.
Together with William O'Flaherty and the hosts of The Lamp-Post Listener, we have assembled several tributes to Walter Hooper who recently passed away.
Given that "The Screwtape Letters" satirically examines the world of the demonic, we thought that it would be a good idea to talk about spiritual warfare with an exorcist.
Wormwood messes up by allowing the patient to experience some real pleasures! Matt sits down with Rev. Brian McGreevy to discuss Screwtape's advice to his nephew...
The gang get together to look back over 2020, celebrate the coming of Epiphany, and look ahead to a new year of podcasting!
Screwtape continues to try and slowly draw the patient away from his faith...
Following on from Tuesday's episode where I discussed the different kinds of laughter described by Screwtape, I was joined by author Terry Lindvall to speak further about the subject.
Screwtape teaches a seminar on the different kinds of laughter and explains which serve the purposes of Hell. I was joined by David Niles and Adam Minihan, lifelong friends and co-hosts of The Catholic Man Show.
Matt recently appeared as a guest on the Alto podcast run by his friend Leo Gallegos. They chatted about C.S. Lewis and about how to navigate the highs and lows of life.
