PWJ: S4E67 – AH – “After Hours” with Alan C. Duncan

A few months ago, David and his wife, Marie, were sent an audiobook about the influence on C.S. Lewis by G.K Chesterton and thought it was the perfect opportunity for a cross-over episode with the author, Alan C. Duncan!

S4E67: “After Hours” with Alan C. Duncan (Download)

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Timestamps

00:10 – Entering “The Eagle & Child”…
00:15 – Welcome
00:49 – Alan C. Duncan
02:08 – Quote-of-the-week
02:47 – Drink-of-the-week
04:21 – Patreon Toast
04:55 – Discussion: Alan’s Background
06:57 – Discussion: Meeting C.S.L. and G.K.C.
08:40 – Discussion: Audiobook Genesis
11:48 – Discussion: Chesterton Doodles
13:38 – Discussion: G.K.C. vs. C.S.L.
16:37 – Discussion: Getting the audiobook
17:38 – Discussion: Research
21:20 – Discussion: Mrs. Duncan’s Question
27:13 – Discussion: Goblins & Goodness
30:24 – Discussion: Appetite of Infancy
34:10 – Discussion: The Binding Bet of Marriage
37:58 – Discussion: The Screwtape Hypothesis
40:28 – Discussion: Lewis’ Letters to Children
42:34 – Discussion: Chesterton Debates
45:18 – Discussion: Main Takeaway
46:17 – Alan C. Duncan
47:26 – “Last Call” Bell and Closing Thoughts

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Show Notes

Pints Crossover

• Today was a special crossover episode with David’s wife, Marie, from Pints With Chesterton. They were both sent an audiobook by Alan C. Duncan about C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton so they decided to interview him together!

Quote-of-the-week

• The quote-of-the-week is from Lewis’ spiritual autobiography, Surprised By Joy, where he talks about the influence of Chesterton upon him…

It was here that I first read a volume of Chesterton’s essays. I had never heard of him and had no idea of what he stood for; nor can I quite understand why he made such an immediate conquest of me… In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere…

C.S. Lewis, Surprised By Joy

Drink-of-the-week

• For the drink-of-the-week, David was drinking Monkey Shoulder, a gift from his wife. Since Marie was five months pregnant, she was drinking water. Alan was drinking Bank Boss from Working Class Brewery.

Patreon Toast

• The toast today was for Pints With Chesterton, Marie & Grace, and David’s unborn child…

May you all have lives filled with wit and whimsy! Cheers!

Toast for Pints With Chesterton and Baby Bates

Discussion Outline

Biography

• Alan shared about his background, and told the story of how he began reading Lewis and Chesterton.

The Audiobook

• Alan explained the genesis of his audiobook.
• He also mentioned that it’s available in Kindle, although a print copy is forthcoming.

The Research

• In the Preface of the audiobook you talk about how you did his research and Alan retold the story, how he discovered through an episode of Uncommon Sense with Nancy Brown (10:47-11:33) that he found out Lewis’ copies of Chesterton’s books and eventually found many of them at the Marion E Wade Center.
• Alan’s wife saw a possible problem with his research, so he called upon Walter Hooper and former guest of the show, Dr. Charlie Starr for help.

The Contents

• Alan spoke discussed the contents of Chapter 3, Goblins & Goodness, and the connection which both Lewis and Chesterton had to George MacDonald.
• In Chapter 6, Appetite of Infancy, Alan mentioned the Chesterton puppet shows. When David and Marie were in England, they got to see many of these toys. In that chapter, he also quoted David’s favourite line from On Three Ways of Writing for Children:

• Marie asked Alan about Lewis and Chesterton’s marriages, which he touched upon in Chapter 8, The Binding Bet of Marriage.
• Lastly, Alan spoke about the contents of Chapter 10, Jokes as Well as Justice, which touched on Lewis’ letters to children and Chesterton’s humour when debating. He also presented his hypothesis about the interaction between Chesterton’s Orthodoxy and The Screwtape Letters.
• Alan shared his main takeaway from doing this research and putting this audiobook together.

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