Book · 2020
The Magician's Nephew
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis has been mentioned in 6 episodes across 4 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 6 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Leonard Sax (2 episodes) and Stephen C Meyer (1 episode) on The Charlie Kirk Show (2 episodes), The Megyn Kelly Show (2 episodes) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
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The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
Questions about The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
Who has discussed The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis on podcasts?
No speaker in our archive has explicitly recommended The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis; Leonard Sax (2 episodes) and Stephen C Meyer (1 episode) have discussed it across 4 podcasts (2 people in all).
Which podcasts mention The Magician's Nephew the most?
The Charlie Kirk Show (2 episodes), The Megyn Kelly Show (2 episodes), The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode) and The Rubin Report (1 episode).
Is The Magician's Nephew recommended, or only discussed?
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis was recommended in 0 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 6 episodes, as of 2026-10-24.
What do people say about The Magician's Nephew?
Leonard Sax on The Megyn Kelly Show (2024-12-11): "The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed."
When was The Magician's Nephew last mentioned on a podcast?
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis was last critiqued on The Charlie Kirk Show on 2026-10-24.
What they say about it
- Written for children“wrote this book for kids”3
The best things said about it
Aslan isn't really a a huge like obviously he's a huge character in this book but he's also not at the same time because he is creating narnia.
Narnia is literally a world made out of music.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
Why people recommend it
The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis is a classic fantasy novel that serves as a prequel to the Chronicles of Narnia, detailing the creation of the magical realm and the origins of its famous ward. The book received significant discussion on The Charlie Kirk Show, where a panelist criticized a trailer adaptation for potential changes while confirming he had read the entire Narnia series to his children. The speakers also debated Aslan's role in the creation of Narnia, compared the visual portrayal of the in-between world with Lewis's vague descriptions, and questioned whether the music-centered imagery applied directly to the text. Additionally, Dr. Leonard Sax referenced the novel on The Megyn Kelly Show, drawing on a memorable quote by C. S. Lewis to illustrate how children and adults alike can talk themselves into depression and anxiety by trying to make themselves appear stupider than they truly are.
Every mention
Leonard Sax 70 years ago, CS Lewis wrote this book for kids, __ The Magician's Nephew, and and he said that that the th… 2
“70 years ago, CS Lewis wrote this book for kids, __ The Magician's Nephew, and and he said that that the the problem about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”
“70 years ago CS Lewis wrote this book for kids uh The Magician's Nephew and and he said the the the problem about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed”
“You know, 70 years ago, C.S. Lewis wrote this book for kids, 'The Magician's Nephew,' and he said, 'The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.'”
Stephen C Meyer CS Lewis the great Christian apologist wrote that wonderful space Trilogy in which he speculates about othe… 1
“CS Lewis the great Christian apologist wrote that wonderful space Trilogy in which he speculates about other planets with with um with other forms of life with other forms of higher conscious life”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker7
“aslan isn't really a a huge like obviously he's a huge character in this book but he's also not at the same time because he is creating narnia”
“i have a feeling you're probably gonna end up being proven right because there's just too much smoke not to be a little bit of fire here but i'm i am hopeful like maybe maybe greta gerwig was more true to the spirit of the original text the book which i i've read all the books to both my oldest”
“and i've never been like the description that c.s lewis gives is kind of vague and i guess you your brain can kind of like take it and paint it in whatever way you want yeah but the image that i saw here i was like that's actually a really cool you know imagining of of what that world would”
“so first of all let's remind ourselves the director of barbie so it's by the director of barbie so already a bad sign that is and then so it's the magician's nephew”
“jimmy page robert plant i heard their music i had this deep sense of thinking you're gonna be okay narnia is literally a world made out of music is that the case of magician's nephew”
“and they have to like you know do all the you know i don't know muslim invasion of my my heart out is coming up if you're what's what upsets me is if you're doing 50s magician's nephew then you're setting up 90s lion the witch in the wardrobe”
“uh there's a book the Screwtape Letters by I think CS Lewis where it's it's it's two demons talking to each other about how to get souls it's kind of comedic but pretty profound”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean the analogy I I give here is like The Lion The Witch in the wardrobe you know The Chronicles of Narnia where there's this whole Cinematic Universe you're living in this house and you there's this closet in the back of the you know of a wardrobe and if you never walk through it you never see that”
“i talk about j.r.r tolkien i talk about the imagination we have written all these stories and the animals haven't done that all the wild albums don't seem to have written any stories i haven't heard of any good ones but we've written that jr are talking and i say jr talking a-r-r-r tolkien was born j-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r tolkien you may”