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642: How the Friendship of Lewis & Tolkien Changed the World with John Hendrix

The 2024 election is finally here. Who won? We don’t know because we recorded this episode on Monday. But we do know that MAGA men are not happy about their wives secretly voting for Kamala Harris. And a new study finds trust in American institutions—especially the media—continues to decline. Is there a way to reverse the trend? Then, to take an overdue break from politics, Skye talks to author and illustrator, John Hendrix, about his new graphic non-fiction book “The Mythmakers” about the remarkable friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s a fun conversation about faith, fantasy, and just a little bit of nerdiness. Also this week—a Japanese village populated with puppets will fuel your nightmares.




0:00 - Intro


1:31 - Show Starts


3:04 - Theme Song


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5:38 - Skye’s Ominous New Hat


10:30 - Japanese Village Makes Puppet Population


17:25 - Ad for Women to Vote Harris in Secret?


25:10 - One Vote per Household?


30:00 - Declining Trust in Institutions?


36:15 - Cold War and Institutional Trust


40:40 - Legal Accountability


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47:37 - Interview 


50:56 - The Making of “The Mythmakers”


55:50 - The Unlikely Friendship of Lewis and Tolkien


59:50 - Lewis and the True Myth


1:04:46 - Disenchanted Fandoms


1:09:35 - The Fellowship Divided


1:15:13 - Illustrating Tolkien and Lewis


1:19:23 - End Credits  


Links Mentioned in the News Segment:

Japanese Puppet Village


Declining Trust in Institutions:


Other resources:

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien by John Hendrix: https://a.co/d/etu4BOk


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4 Comments


Yay, Skye for being wrong. But oof.


Kaitlyn, I pulled something you said off of the transcript because it gave me such comfort:  "... I would hope all of our individual discernment about important things we do in the world would be communal. That we would [have] some sense that I don't make decisions fully by myself. I don't walk into a voting booth and vote just entirely based on my own personal preference. It'd be impossible. I'm influenced by people around me. Even if I didn't want to be. I am and it's good that I am, I should seek the council of people. I should look to my neighbors. I should ask questions I should have, especially the people…


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whiteoak9
Nov 07

Skye was right the polls were wrong.


I think very very few white evangelical wives would their husbands they actually voted for Harris.


Or just imagine, a white evangelical person telling people at their church they actually voted for Harris. They would be shunned forever.


Yep the I seen numbers as high as 84% of white evangelicals voting for thug like Trump.


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Sadly, this situation blew up our family Thanksgiving plans. Everything is too raw, and we're all kind of cocooning this year.

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E BarT
E BarT
Nov 06

Leif Engel’s recent book ‘cheerfully I refuse’ describes places with puppet populations. Just saying.

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