Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 9 segments
Today the Pugs welcome Hillsdale Professor and historian, Brad Birzer to the Pugcast to discuss his forthcoming book on the Inklings 'Tolkien and the Inklings: Men of the West'. As long time listeners…
Brad BirzerGuest
C. R. WileyHost
Glenn SunshineHost
Tom PriceHost
But I guess getting back to the subject of the Inklings, what was the goal? What did you want to do with the project? And who is this guy that is this mysterious newcomer?
met from 1931 up until 1949, and then even all the way up until Lewis's death, not with the kind of intensity that they had between 31 and 49.
But there are roughly about 10 to 15 different members of the Inklings that kind of rotate, but you can find a core of them from that 1931 to 1949 period.
And one of the guys who was very famous in his day and age, we've almost entirely forgotten him, was a guy named Lord David Cecil.
He was an amazing biographer, and he was much better known than any of the other Inklings.
It was either his dad or his uncle, who was Lord Hugh Cecil, who was the leader of the And I'm sorry, I can't remember exactly that relationship, but definitely Lord David Cecil is either the son or nephew of that guy.
And so he had really serious high connections within British society, within English society.
And he brought a kind of respectability to the Inklings, because these guys are, I mean, they're middle-class guys and didn't have that kind of connection.
And Cecil, he was a devout Anglican, wrote a lot about his Anglicanism and was really interested.
But I guess getting back to the subject of the Inklings, what was the goal? What did you want to do with the project? And who is this guy that is this mysterious newcomer?
met from 1931 up until 1949, and then even all the way up until Lewis's death, not with the kind of intensity that they had between 31 and 49.
But there are roughly about 10 to 15 different members of the Inklings that kind of rotate, but you can find a core of them from that 1931 to 1949 period.
And one of the guys who was very famous in his day and age, we've almost entirely forgotten him, was a guy named Lord David Cecil.
He was an amazing biographer, and he was much better known than any of the other Inklings.
It was either his dad or his uncle, who was Lord Hugh Cecil, who was the leader of the And I'm sorry, I can't remember exactly that relationship, but definitely Lord David Cecil is either the son or nephew of that guy.
And so he had really serious high connections within British society, within English society.
And he brought a kind of respectability to the Inklings, because these guys are, I mean, they're middle-class guys and didn't have that kind of connection.
And Cecil, he was a devout Anglican, wrote a lot about his Anglicanism and was really interested.
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