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

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the power of music, the problem of pain, where we go to deal with suffering, the communal experience of lament, the cisterns we choose over the fountains of living water, showing up for the ones we love, and whether beer is in fact meant to be served cold.

What We’re Reading:

• The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton

• The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri

• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Other Mentions:

• Jeremiah 2:13
• REBC Episode 9 “The Gilded Six Bits”
• REBC Episode 2 “A Lesson Before Dying”

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss an abundance of rabbits, the power of myth, how the telling of stories shapes us, the value of ennobling tales, whether this book is actually for children, and an unfortunate excess of rollicking.

What We’re Reading:

• The Divided Soul by Heidi White

• The Unselected Journals of Emma Lion by Beth Brower

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Other Mentions:

• Psalm 104

Next episode we will be discussing Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin. We hope you join us!

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra