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The Lamppost in the Woods

Here at The Lamppost in the Woods, we journey through the great books, dramas, poems, and stories to find what they have to say for our lives today.Join us on our quest to find true meaning in some of... Read more

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Episode 2.6 - Literature and History of WWI

Episode 2.6 - Literature and History of WWI

This episode we turn to the historical time period of World War I and the literature it spawned. Join with us as we disc... Read more

22 Jun 2022

1hr 25mins

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Episode 2.5 - The Beauty that Tames the Beast

Episode 2.5 - The Beauty that Tames the Beast

This week the team connects the dragon slayer themes of 2.4 to "Beauty and the Beast" as they explore the primal nature ... Read more

19 May 2022

1hr 14mins

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Episode 2.4 - The Ultimate Dragon Slayer

Episode 2.4 - The Ultimate Dragon Slayer

In this episode, the team dives into the exciting world of the dragon slayer theme that we see across literature, legend... Read more

20 Apr 2022

1hr 17mins

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Episode 2.3 - Spotlight on Fiction: The Hobbit

Episode 2.3 - Spotlight on Fiction: The Hobbit

For our second spotlight episode, we’ve chosen another popular classic: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Join us as we follo... Read more

16 Mar 2022

1hr 46mins

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Episode 2.2 - 2021 Reading Review

Episode 2.2 - 2021 Reading Review

In this episode we review our personal reading lists from 2021 to give you as many classics to read this year as possibl... Read more

16 Feb 2022

1hr 7mins

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Episode 2.1 - What Makes a Classic?

Episode 2.1 - What Makes a Classic?

All our lives we’ve been told to “read the classics!” But why should we read the classics? Even more importantly, why ar... Read more

19 Jan 2022

58mins

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Episode 1.10 - The Power of an Experience: Ebenezer Scrooge & The Apostle Paul

Episode 1.10 - The Power of an Experience: Ebenezer Scrooge & The Apostle Paul

In the season 1 finale we take a look at the power of experience and the spiritual parallels that we see between the cha... Read more

16 Dec 2021

1hr 29mins

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Episode 1.9 - Daddy Issues: Absalom, "Absalom, Absalom!", and Abi-Shalom

Episode 1.9 - Daddy Issues: Absalom, "Absalom, Absalom!", and Abi-Shalom

In this episode we take a look at the not-so-kind portrayal of fathers in literature using Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom!... Read more

17 Nov 2021

1hr 35mins

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Episode 1.8 - Rabbis, Mentors, and Threshold Guardians

Episode 1.8 - Rabbis, Mentors, and Threshold Guardians

In this episode we take a look at how mentors operate as a literary device that move the story along past a midpoint, an... Read more

20 Oct 2021

1hr 8mins

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Episode 1.7 - Book Club: Till We Have Faces

Episode 1.7 - Book Club: Till We Have Faces

For our first Book Club episode, we dive into the C.S. Lewis's 1956 classic, Till We Have Faces, a retelling of the myth... Read more

16 Sep 2021

1hr 14mins

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