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Diary of a Country Priest: Chapters 5-6
David’s sick, so this week Heidi and Sean discuss letting go of worldly attachments, the value of the priest’s weakness, his first spiritual successes, and his changing relationship with the diary. …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Diary of a Country Priest: Chapters 3-4
Join David, Heidi, and Sean as they discuss insomnia, despair, the spiritual dark night of the soul, and much, much more found in Bernanos’ deeply contemplative novel.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
The Diary of a Country Priest: Chapters 1-2
We’re on to Georges Bernanos’ contemplative novel, The Diary of a Country Priest, and in this episode David, Heidi, and Sean discuss the fascinating narrative approach Bernanos employs, what themes s…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Pygmalion: Q&A Episode
Join David and Tim as they welcome back special guest Jessie Turpin to read a scene from the play and answer your questions. Conversation touches on topics like Shaw’s extreme stage directions, the d…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Previewing the 2023 Close Reads Bracket
Join David, Tim, and Sean as they discuss the 2023 Close Reads Bracket: Awesome Adaptations. They predict winners, make their own picks, and discuss the bracket-making process.
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Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Pygmalion
We’ve been circling this one for a long time. It’s finally time to discuss George Bernard Shaw’s famous play, Pygmalion. In this episode we discussed the originally source material (briefly), Shaw’s …
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
A Brief Peek into Sean Johnson's Grueling Interview Process
If you’re a longtime listener of this podcast, you know that Sean Johnson has recently joined our crew to help give Tim some time off here and there (what with Tim’s new job and growing family). Of c…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
The Netanyahus: Q&A
The Netanyahus is a bit of a confounding book, so naturally there were lots of questions and we did our best to answer as many as we could as thoroughly as possible. We discussed the complicated natu…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
The Netanyahus: Finis
Okay, so that ending? What’s the deal. Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they try to understand what Cohen is doing. Lots of conversation about nihilism in this episode.
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Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
The Netanyahus: Chapters 5-8
This week we’re discussing whether Joshua Cohen’s approach to exploring Jewish culture works in the ways that he seems to hope it will, whether the book is too sad to be truly funny, whether the stor…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago