In this podcast, r wesley "Common Cormorant" edwards (and Kaylee Doyle), read his and others' short pieces; guests are invited and other café patrons are encouraged to come up to the mic. New episodes Wednesdays, at a quarter past 7 PM Pacific (10:15 PM Eastern) / US time. Join us for Season 4! _____ As of Wednesday, May 14, 2025, we're in S4 (Season 4).
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On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle & Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle & Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of which would impact Christians worldwide for generations to come. The Eagle & Child Podcast is devoted to discussing the history and inspiring stories of influential Christian thinkers & their thoughts. 'A tip of the hat to the Inklings & Christ ...
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Ah, Season 4. Episode 1 : Hello, Kaylee Doyle. By the way, Spotify fucked us over. Fuck you Spotify, assholes. They bought the service I use and STRIPPED THE PODCAST BANKING TOOLS FROM THE APP! *Wet cat noises*
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#CormyCafe🎤 “The Hailey Interview” (S3E13) 😇 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (She's back (to bring gone…), Babies!) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition, , entitled: “Hailey: The Escape”, in which I interviewed a hideous monster… (ps: this story is "Tyzmon: The Last Blad…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Aribelle's Curse” (S3E12) 😇 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (She's back, Babies!) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition, , entitled: “Aribelle's Curse”, in which a literal angel causes a couple an awkward eh thing… enjoy! Find a fine novel and a short collect…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “ Osprey” (S3E11) 🦹 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (How many weeks has it been? Is she ever coming back?! Oh maaan. I'm starting to panic.) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition continuing from last week, Of Letty VI: The finale! “Letty's Epic Journey to the …
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#CormyCafe🎤 ““Apocalypse Now!”” (S3E10) 🌎💥☄️🔥 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (She's busy, it'll be OK. Stay calm, maybe we should panic?) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition continuing from last week, Of Letty V, entitled: “Apocalypse Now!”, in which Letty Stoutslinger…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Meet the Fam…” (S3E9) 👩👩👧 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (She's busy, it'll be OK. Stay calm) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition continuing from last week, Of Letty IV, entitled: “Meet the Fam…”, in which Letty Stoutslinger hands over narration of her l…
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(S3E8) In the Unlikely Event of a Best-Buy Landing…
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24:24#CormyCafe🎤 “In the unlikely event of a Best-Buy landing… ” (S3E8) 🔥 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: (She's busy, it'll be OK. Stay calm) I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composition continuing from last week, Of Letty III, entitled: “In the Unlikely Event of a Best-Buy Landing……
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#CormyCafe🎤 “What the Foo Is Wrong with You?”… (S3E7) 👹✌️ New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: "Men and Monsters", an excerpt from her work in progress graphic novel. This story is an anime, space fantasy reimaginging of Beauty and the Beast. I am CommonCormorant — pretty much everywhere — read a short composit…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Harlem Shuffling feat. Leah Cass”… (S3E6) 😈 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: Leah Cass (@elleunchained on social media, in particular, Instagram) :: She sent several poems which I really love so I'm going to put all of them in this week's episode. Leah is the author of Ink and Embers: Five Stag…
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(S3E5-2) Alyce and Rob have extra content.
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52:18#CormyCafe🎤 “Alyce and Rob have extra content.”… (S3E5-2) 👹 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: "Men and Monsters", an excerpt from her work in progress graphic novel. This story is an anime, space fantasy reimaginging of Beauty and the Beast. She also sings with her friend, Laura. Leah Cass (@elleunchained on…
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“” #CormyCafe🎤 “Mestalf Art”… (S3E5-2) 🎸 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: She is one of the hosts of this show. She will also sing with her friend Laura here and I'm part 2 of this episode… Fortunately, for me, cuz I f'd this puppy up and forgot all about Justin Bieber's biggest fanboi… Dylan frequently kno…
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Adam! Please don't sue me! I love you!🔥 🔥 🎶 🔥 This is fine. Counting Crows :: Mr Jones :: Written by Adam Duritz :: I removed the vocal track and tried to sing the song. I have the lyrics. So this garbage fire is all me.Adam! Please don't sue me! I love you!
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#CormyCafe🎤 “*SNAP!*” (S3E4) 🍞 New Jersey Web Festival? Heidi Bechard :: “Playing Devil's Advocate” can be found on Instagram she's a poet and an editor and a self-confessed dork. If you need editing, she has a business website, Midnight Editing. (Lia's note about her section.) A reading of a poem of mine called "My Maia". It was read by my friend …
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Timing Is Everything”… (S3E3) 🐍 New Jersey Web Festival? Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: Reads a couple of her own things. We play phone tag. I leave her to be eaten by a snake or poisoned by Jill — hey, it isn't my fault people don't read emails. In the end she touched the machine and I'm not even sure what happens i…
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The Lizardman Chronicles (tlc) (BONUS) This is a BONUS episode. I'll read the "Enigmatic" story "The Lizardman Chronicles". It is in several parts spanning 5 recordings. The origin is unknown, although, there should be some hints in the text… and we'll probably not be sued. Whether we'll survive the wrath of the reptilian overlords, is yet to be de…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “The Hobo Awakens! ”… (S3E2) 👹 New Jersey Web Festival? Linda Dickman, "The Hands That Prepared It." She is the author of Four books of poetry and a book of poetry prompts "for children of all ages," called Catching the Light with Red Penguin Press. Annotated Alyce (@annotatedalyce on Instagram) :: "Men and Monsters", an excerpt from he…
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S02 E12: Susanna Wesley with Katie Milgate
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22:56Layla Nahavandi and Katie Milgate dive into the life of Susanna Wesley. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary id…
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Wishes for Cormorant Bioengineering Ride (S3E1)
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52:54Open Mic Night at the Cormorant Café, S3 “Wishes for Cormorant Bioengineering Ride” #CormyCafe🎤 #CormyCafé We're back! Season 3! 3 volunteers!… (S3E1) 🖍️ New Jersey Web Festival? Gena Etheridge :: The Common Cormorant, written for me and this podcast. Lisa Morris :: Wishes for Sunshine, she tells me she started it for that November thing… Theo (@th…
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Layla Nahavandi and Austin Molt dive into the life of John Welsey. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, …
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S02 E11: Dallas Willard with Jake Fouquier
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1:01:38Layla Nahavandi and Jake Fouquier dive into the life of Dallas Willard. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary id…
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S02 E10: William J. Seymour with Quinton Carter
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1:08:03Layla talks with Quinton Carter about William J. Seymour. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of w…
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S02 E09: J. R. R. Tolkien with Jasmine Edwards
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45:44Layla talks with Jasmine Edwards about J.R.R. Tolkien. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of whic…
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S02 E08: Martyn Lloyd-Jones with Josh Biedel
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1:02:26Layla talks with Josh Biedel about Martyn Lloyd-Jones. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of whic…
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S02 E07: Charles E.B. Cranfield with David Campbell
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35:50Layla talks with David Campbell about Charles E.B. Cranfield. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some …
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S02 E06: Marguerite Porete with Matt VanNorstran
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1:28:28Layla talks with Matt VanNorstran about Marguerite Porete. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of …
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Layla talks with John Adams about Blaise Pascal What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of which would…
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S02 E04: Washington Phillips with Landon MacDonald
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25:52Layla talks with Landon MacDonald about Washington Phillips. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some o…
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Layla talks with Schuyler Vowell about Athanasius. What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of which wo…
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S02 E03: Teresa of Avila with Ally Cawthorn
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34:23Layla talks with Ally Cawthorn about Teresa of Avila What is the Eagle & Child Podcast? On a dreary Tuesday morning in 1939, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien wandered into the Eagle and Child on St. Giles' Street in Oxford, England. The Eagle and Child was where these 'Inklings' gathered regularly to discuss their latest literary ideas, some of which …
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S02 E01: Dietrich Bonhoeffer with Josh Biedel
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1:12:18In the Season 2 debut, Layla Nahavandi and Josh Biedel dive into the inspiring life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Follow the show on Instagram @eagleandchildpodcast Follow Layla on Instagram Watch on YouTube The Eagle & Child Podcast is presented by Theos University & Vast Media. Want unlimited seminary level teaching in plain English? Subscribe to Theos…
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Episode 16 Lesslie Newbigin with Thomas West
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Follow the link below to support missionaries in Haiti this Christmas. https://rehobothhaiti.com/By Layla Nahavandi & Guests
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Episode 14 Martin Luther with Josh Biedel
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Episode 13 Jeanne Guyon with Jessica Konzen
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#CormyCafe🎤 #CormyCafé “The Gas Light”… (S02E04 Bonus) 🪔 New Jersey Web Festival? It's OK, I'll just read this email from a woman I knew barely 2 days from dating app 'Hinge'. (Hi, Michelle, you odious prick!) No lesbian love poetry tonight; sorry.I have no idea how long this is… Find a fine novel and a short collection of prose on my Amazon author…
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Episode 12 Dorothy Sayers with Alana Kuwabara
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Episode 11 St. Aidan of Lindisfarne with Winfield Bevins
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#CormyCafe🎤 #CormyCafé “I told you… …not to listen!” (S02E03) 🔕 New Jersey Web Festival? Don't listen to this episode. (Heey!) I guess I'll read some lesbian love poetry I have no idea how long this is… Find a fine novel and a short collection of prose on my Amazon author's page: r wesley edwards Find the text of 00 / Inbetweener / delete this garb…
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Episode 10 Fyodor Dostoevsky with Josh Nadeau
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Rant & Diane”… (S02E02) 🤬+👸🏻 New Jersey Web Festival? Ranting!… In which I read a thing I wrote earlier in Jack in the Box, hopped up on CAFFEINE! AND! We officially wish Morency a good day and painful, never-ending fucking cramps. There is also some lesbian poetry to preview The Key to Everything bonus episode I'm hatching like an evi…
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#CormyCafe🎤 “Prologue\Zero zero, Legend”… (S02E01) 🕯🕯🦎🌃🕯 New Jersey Web Festival? Baby? We're back!… In which I read from the "prologue" of Macmillan: The Magician and briefly discuss the Mystery of the Missing Morenci … who also introduces the episode! (probably for the last time 😢 💔 💔 💔) There is also some lesbian poetry to preview The Key to Eve…
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Episode 9 Saints Perpetua & Felicity with John Adams
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Episode 8 St. Ignatius of Loyola with Ally Cawthorn
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Episode 7 Charles Spurgeon with Landon MacDonald
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Episode 4 William Tyndale with Phylicia Masonheimer
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Episode 3 G.K. Chesterton with Gabriel Finochio
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Episode 1 Podcast Preview with John Adams
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