In this episode, Jordan and Brendan take on the Bard himself to discuss the work of the spiritual realm, the elusive opacity of characters, restoring what’s been lost, well-played magical realism, the sacralization of the ordinary, the redemptive purpose of the creative imagination, and the matrimonial significance of Dove chocolates.

What We’re Reading:

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

Hondo by Louis L’Amour

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Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

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In this episode, Jordan and Brendan travel to the misty moors of Devonshire with Sherlock Holmes and discuss making sense of the world, mystery formulas, wrestling with unsearchable things, seeking vs. speaking Truth, leaving room for mercy, and the bogginess of mushrooms.

What We’re Reading:

• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
• Reading for the Love of God by Jessica Hooten Wilson
• The Second Mountain by David Brooks

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In this episode, Jordan and Brendan pay a visit to Prince Edward Island and discuss the human need for beauty, the role of delight in an enchanted worldview, the scope for imagination, seeing through to what things could be, apprehension vs. comprehension, and Big Feelings.

What We’re Reading:

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

The Last Kings of Hollywood by Paul Fischer

A Burning in My Bones by Winn Collier

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Other Mentions:

After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre

“God’s Grandeur” and “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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In this episode, Jordan and Brendan take some time to respond to listeners’ questions. They discuss the story of their own friendship, book recommendations for younger readers, the power of annotation, discerning helpful vs. harmful content in literature, whether Christian fiction is obligated to overtly evangelize, book vs. film adaptations, and whether you should make yourself read that super-long classic novel.

What We’re Reading:

• Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
• Red Harvest by Dashiel Hammett
• Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
• No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton
• Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Young Reader Recommendations:

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

• Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

• The Giver by Lois Lowry

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

• The Little Prince by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery

• The Wind and the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Jordan & Brendan’s nostalgic middle grade books:

• Redwall by Brian Jacques

• Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer

• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling

• Holes by Louis Sachar

• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

• Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG by Roald Dahl

• A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket

• The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osbourne

• Goosebumps series by RL Stein

• Animorphs series by KA Applegate

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In this special 25th episode, Jordan and Brendan go head-to-head in a fantasy draft to assemble an elite team of titles from all of their previous episodes, selecting for categories that include best Narrator, Character, Setting, Style/Form, ‘Beach Read,’ ‘Desert Island Book,’ Most Enchanting, Most Light, and Most Heat. Feel free to vote for who assembled the better “team” via DMs on Instagram or through our official gmail!

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In this episode, Jordan and Brendan foray into the world of Russian lit to discuss the danger of categories, Death as the great equalizer, evaluation by the world’s economy, living & dying well, the paradoxical complexity of Tolstoy’s work, and whether stew is better on the second day.

What We’re Reading:

• The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
• Phantastes by George Macdonald
• Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan go through the wardrobe to discuss the deep magic of sacrificial love, the awakening of the imagination, Lewis’s iconic imagery, resurrection beauty, the renewing power of awe, the questionable allure of Turkish Delight, and their favorite “goosebump” moments.

What We’re Reading:

The Odyssey by Homer Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Dynamics of Spiritual Life by Richard F. Lovelace

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss Great American novels, the desire for immutable justice, the inconsistency of moral judgment, the need for our immediate worlds to be put right, and the fact that on a map, small places add up to a big place.

What We’re Reading:

• The Word in the Wilderness by Malcolm Guite
• This is Happiness by Niall Williams
• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra