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Ep. 1634 J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Friendship

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Brad Birzer joins me to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, their friendship, and its inspiration for his latest project, which will knock your socks off.

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Album Discussed

The Bardic Depths

Guest’s Websites

Spirit of Cecilia
The Imaginative Conservative
Progarchy (Brad is editor-at-large)

Guest’s Twitter

@bradleybirzer

Books by the Guest

Russell Kirk: American Conservative
American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle Earth
Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson

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Ep. 849 The Perils of a National History Curriculum (Dedra and Brad Birzer)
Ep. 720 Mythology, Tolkien, and Liberty
Ep. 534 Would Conservatism’s Founder Recognize Conservatism Today?
Ep. 511 Today’s Tom Sawyer: Neil Peart, Rush, and Liberty
Ep. 504 Trails West: How Freedom Settled the West
Ep. 310 The Year in (Progressive) Music
Ep. 74 The Episode of the Year
Ep. 50 The Conservative Mind