Episodes

Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
The Horse and His Boy, Part 4: The Rest of the Story
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Matt Wheeler rejoins me for our final episode on The Horse and His Boy.
More episode description to come!
Featuring "Wonder of It All" by Matt Wheeler.

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
The Horse and His Boy, Part 3: Freedom
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
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Singer-songwriter Matt Wheeler once again joins me to discuss his favorite Narnia book, The Horse and His Boy.
Among other things, we talk about:
- Hermits and the nature of freedom
- Allegory and biblical allusion in Narnia
- Fear as motivation
- Self-pity as incomplete story
- Matt's song, "Worn Thin"
Enjoy, and join us next week for the conclusion of The Horse and His Boy.
Feel free to get in touch with me, as always, at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com.
Thanks for listening!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Final Tolkien Reading Day: I Sit Beside the Fire and Think
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Finishing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy "I Sit Beside the Fire and Think."
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: Tolkien Among the Ruins
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy this talk with Jonathan Geltner about how Tolkien saves the future. After we're all dead, of course, but you can't have everything...
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: The Shire
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy this conversation about the Shire!
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: Fall of Arthur
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy my talk with Jonathan Geltner about Tolkien's unfinished poem, "The Fall of Arthur."
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: Splintered Light
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy my interview with Verlyn Flieger about Splintered Light.
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: Imram
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy "Imram."
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: The Hoard
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy "The Hoard."
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tolkien Reading Day: Smith of Wootton Major, Part 2
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Continuing the Tolkien Reading Day Marathon: Enjoy Smith of Wootton Major, Part 2!
(From the Old Winyards. Yes, these are reruns.)
But a new episode on The Horse and His Boy comes your way in one week!