Aug 11, 2026 · 41 min · 11 segments
“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” Join the gang as we dive into The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis. Our one word summaries tell the tale…
Sheila BarnesHost
Kate MatthewsHostJonahGuest
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." [laughs]
[laughs] I know.
I told, uh, so when we do like those sketch notes, you know how like we draw like pictures and stuff, and like-
... like we kind of make up the title? Well, I, well, my title was Eustace the Useless.
I think what made him really kind of useless is like he was always in the way.
I wouldn't say a punk, but like a rich kind of punk, you know?
Prideful, that's a good word.
And, um-
... very prideful.

No.
Not at all.
[laughs]
And this is actually the only book in the series that does not actually take place- Yeah ...

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." [laughs]
[laughs] I know.
I told, uh, so when we do like those sketch notes, you know how like we draw like pictures and stuff, and like-
... like we kind of make up the title? Well, I, well, my title was Eustace the Useless.
I think what made him really kind of useless is like he was always in the way.
I wouldn't say a punk, but like a rich kind of punk, you know?
Prideful, that's a good word.
And, um-
... very prideful.

No.
Not at all.
[laughs]
And this is actually the only book in the series that does not actually take place- Yeah ...
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