C.S. Lewis and the News: ICE Becomes NICE and King Charles Comes to America (Mythic Mind, ep. 164)

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C.S. Lewis and the News: ICE Becomes NICE and King Charles Comes to America (Mythic Mind, ep. 164)

Dr. Andrew Snyder

4 May 2026

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In this episode of C.S. Lewis and the News, I discuss the ominous renaming of ICE to the N.I.C.E. and what our reception of King Charles reveals about our democratic ideals.

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