C.S. Lewis Original Audio Recording

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

C.S. Lewis Original Audio Recording

Here is part of the only surviving audio recording of C.S. Lewis's broadcast talks. The New Men is the last episode in Beyond Personality, the third series. It was broadcast on BBC radio on 21st March 1944. The transcripts of all three series were published as the classic apologetic work Mere Christianity. Original audio and more info found at the BBC website here. Book by C.S. Lewis here.

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Full MP3 audio here (15 min)

Enjoy.

6 comments :

C. S. Lewis Daily Quiz said...: Here's a site that has the transcript of the audio.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/cslewisbeyondpersonality.htm

It's interesting how different it is from what is now in the book Mere Christianity.; Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 1:41:00 PM GMT+1
C. S. Lewis Daily Quiz said...: BTW, it was recorded on the date you gave, but aired on April 4, 1944.; Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 1:44:00 PM GMT+1
SLIMJIM said...: Wow thank you for posting this! Given that Mere Christianity is a classic in Christian apologetics, these recordings have quite a sentimental value to me as well; Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 12:44:00 AM GMT+1
Anonymous said...: Wow... this give me opportunity to hear Lewis original voice :-) thanks Brian for the share.
Jo; Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 7:29:00 AM GMT+1
Phone Conversation Record said...: Fantastic tips as usual and you were right-- I haven't seen a lot of these before anywhere else! Thanks so much!; Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 5:11:00 AM GMT
Unknown said...: If you read the book Mere Christianity in its newest form as re-writing by C.S.L himself you will find the reason for the differences in the language and content.; Monday, May 16, 2016 at 5:47:00 PM GMT+1