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Mentioned in 39 episodes

The Magician's Nephew

Book • 1955

The story follows Digory and Polly, two children who meet while exploring the attics of their adjacent homes in London.

They stumble upon Uncle Andrew's study, where they are tricked into using magical rings that allow travel between worlds.

Their adventures take them to the desolate world of Charn, where they awaken the evil queen Jadis, and eventually to the creation of Narnia by the lion Aslan.

The novel explores themes of creation, good vs.

evil, and redemption as Digory and Polly navigate these new worlds and their consequences.

Mentioned by

John Stonestreet

Angelina Stanford

Mentioned in 39 episodes

Mentioned by

Sean Fennessey

as a Narnia book he has read while discussing Netflix's planned release strategy.

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Mentioned by

Ben Shapiro

in relation to Greta Gerwig's Netflix adaptation.

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Mentioned by

Sean Fennessey

and

Amanda Dobbins

while discussing Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation and whether Amanda should read the source novel.

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Mentioned by

Sophia Holcomb

as a good starting point to get a coherent history of Narnia.

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Mentioned by Sean as the specific Narnia book he read aloud to his child in anticipation of a Netflix adaptation.

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Mentioned by

John Stonestreet

while discussing Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan and concerns about altering C.S. Lewis’s Christian fantasy world.

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Mentioned by

Angelina Stanford

when discussing the use of the music metaphor in literature.

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Mentioned by

Bryce Dunford

as an illustration of how people can make themselves unable to hear divine guidance.

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Mentioned by

John Ortberg

when recounting C.S. Lewis's scene of Aslan affirming that laughter is good.

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Mentioned by

Andrew Snyder

when talking about some imagery that will come up a couple of times.

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