The Tolkien And Lewis Bromance: The Diana Glyer Interview

Be sure to check out The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more. This is the Babylon Bee Interview Show. In this episode of The Babylon Bee Podcast, Kyle and Ethan talk to Diana Glyer, author of Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings.. She has spent 40 years combing through archives, studying old manuscripts, and is considered a leading expert on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Her scholarship, her teaching, and her work as an artist all circle back to one common theme: creativity thrives in community. Kyle and Ethan talk to Dr. Glyer about Tolkien, Lewis, and the creativity that can happen in a community like The Inklings. To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans  Topics Discussed Who were The Inklings? How does Creativity thrive in community? Tom Bombadil and the quiet “homely home” portions of LOTR Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy “There are no dentists in Mordor” Tolkien caused C.S. Lewis to throw Narnia in the trash at one point  Differences between C.S. Lewis and Tolkien The Chronicles Of Narnia C.S. Lewis’ journey to faith and Tolkien’s consistent prayer for his friend G.K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man  influencing Lewis What was going on in the third book of Lewis’ Space Trilogy? Humans being sub-creators, Mythopoeia How much pipe weed did the Inklings go through? What is a Bandersnatch? Artists need brutally honest criticism to be better Diana likes our Decaf Condemned As Heresy mugs and Mt. Writemore mugs in our store     Subscriber Portion  Which of these modern writers make it into The Inklings or have been promptly kicked out? The Chronicles of Narnia movies How well did Christopher Tolkien manage to expand his father’s work? Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series gets the Game of Thrones treatment The Hobbit movies Drama and conflicts in The Inklings Dyson is the Yoko of the group The Ten Questions