The Lottery

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan debate what defines a Dystopia; they also discuss the day they’ll beat their swords into plowshares, the shadow side of redemptive reality, the human capacity for violence, the “what the heck is going on here” feeling, an ill-fated cupcake, and the counter-catachesis of the Christian life.

What We’re Reading:

• So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan

• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Other Mentions:

• The Twilight Zone
• Black Mirror
• Dystopian Fiction

Next episode we will be discussing Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the nature of dignity, the soul-crushing need to justify your existence, the cost of disordered loves, ambiguous epiphanies, the inherent value of humanity, the classist admiration for English lords, and whether or not they would have made good butlers.

What We’re Reading:

• The Cost of the Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

• The Chosen by Chaim Potok

• The Second Coming by Walker Percy

Other Mentions:

• Tom Waits - “Ruby’s Arms”
• Luke 11, Matthew 23
• Unreliable Narrators
• Foils

Next episode we will be discussing The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan gush over the scarcity of admirable literary heroes, the value of patient writing, the struggle to understand the world, the tension between perishable beauty and the far side of eternity, the power of sacramental blessing, and the art of peeling onion layers.

What We’re Reading:

• A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean

• Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart by Russ Ramsey

• True Grit by Charles Portis

Other Mentions:

• John Calvin - Institutes of the Christian Religion
• Epistolary Novel Form
• Romans 7:18-20

Next episode we will be discussing The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra