The Lamp-post Listener
Daniel Payne & Phil Whisenhunt
4.8from 268 ratings
- 175
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 268
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 41K
- YouTube views
About The Lamp-post Listener
The Lamp-post Listener is a podcast where two friends travel further up and further into classic works of children's literature - from the woods of CS Lewis's Narnia to the mountains of JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth. Each episode chronicles the narratives, themes, and truth found in these timeless tales with C.S. Lewis as a Virgil-like guide. Phil and Daniel are currently reading "The Hobbit."
- Publisher
- Daniel Payne & Phil Whisenhunt
- Category
- arts · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 27 May 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 175 episodes have a transcript.
27 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Return - The Hobbit, Ch. 19
13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Eagles - The Hobbit, Ch. 18
29 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Battle - The Hobbit, Ch. 17
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The Return - The Hobbit, Ch. 19
Published 27 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He was in fact held by all the hobbits of the neighborhood to be queer, except by his nephews and nieces on the Took's side, but even they were not encouraged in their friendship by their elders. I am sorry to say he did not mind. He was quite content, and the sound of the kettle on his hearth was ever after more musical than it had been even in the quiet days before the unexpected party. His sword he hung over the mantelpiece. His coat of mail was arranged on a stand in the hall until he lent it to a museum. Capital M Museum. That's right. Well, that's a very Hobbit thing, remember? Because the water, the hill, it's a very small world. […]
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- YouTube views
- 40,834
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 189 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 79 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 67
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