Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13)

Update: 2025-06-11

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Dr. Josh Herring reflects on Season 8: The Re-Enchanting Inklings, drawing out connections between guests and suggesting what this season of The Optimistic Curmudgeon says about modernity, the Inklings, and our need to encounter reality.

With shoutouts and callbacks to Annie Crawford, Andrew Lazo, Christiana Hale, Holly Ordway, Landon Loftin, Austin Freeman, Brent Weeks, Steve Beebe, Michael Ward, Sarah Waters, and Rhys Laverty.

Many thanks to this season's sponsors: The C.S. Lewis Institute, and America's Christian Credit Union!

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We'll be back in the fall of 2025 with Season 9! Until next time, seek the good, live the true, and enjoy the beautiful.

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Greta Gerwig, Narnia, and the Culture War: Joseph Holmes (9x1)

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Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13)

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C.S. Lewis' Skepticism & The Silver Chair: A Conversation with Annie Crawford (8x12)

2025-06-0501:10:42

Till We Have Faces: A Conversation with Fr. Andrew Lazo (8x11)

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Medieval Cosmology, Enjoyment, and Feminine Identity: A Conversation with Christiana Hale (8x10)

2025-05-2101:03:16

Arthuriana in C.S. Lewis: A Conversation with Dr. Holly Ordway (8x9)

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Owen Barfield, Language, and Meaning, with Dr. Landon Loftin (8x8)

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Tolkien & Theology - with Austin Freeman (8x7)

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Faith, Fantasy, and the Imagination, with Brent Weeks (8x6)

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C.S. Lewis and Communication - with Dr. Steve Beebe (8x5)

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Marriage, Contraception, and Modernity: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Ward on C. S. Lewis and THS (8x4)

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Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3)

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Life on the Silent Planet - with Rhys Laverty (8x2)

2025-03-1001:04:31

The Re-Enchanting Inklings, with Dr. Josh Herring (8x1)

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The Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation - with James Orr (7x10 - season finale!)

2025-01-0601:14:41

God and Science - with Spencer Klavan (7x9)

2024-12-2801:01:13

Choosing to Have Children and Defying the Birth Dearth - with Catherine Pakaluk (7x8)

2024-12-0901:19:16

America's Nuclear Future - with Emmet Penney (7x7)

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Educational Entrepreneurship - With Bob Luddy (7x6)

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Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13)

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Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13)