In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss our thought-tormented age, early 20th century Irish politics, the polarizing Modernist legacy of James Joyce, the magic of Thin Places, the tension between a blaze of passion and a life of long fidelity, and whether or not it’s ok to bake a little baby Jesus into your King Cake for this year’s Epiphany Feast.

Mentioned in this episode:

• In Defense of Sanity by GK Chesterton
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
• You Are not Your Own by Alan Noble
• Thin Places
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
• “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace

In this special Yuletide episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the supremacy of It’s a Wonderful Life, the clash of Two Kingdoms, Dickens’s delight in language, the role of repentance & remembrance in true conversion, the call for a renaissance in heartfelt sentiment, and the coziness of mulled wine.

Mentioned in this episode:

• It’s a Wonderful Life (dir. Frank Capra)
• Adaptations of A Christmas Carol (Wiki page)
• G.K. Chesterton’s Introduction to A Christmas Carol (1922)
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Join us next episode where we will discuss the short story The Dead by James Joyce.

*Due to some technical difficulties, you may notice poor sound quality at times during this episode. We apologize for the inconvenience and will have the issue resolved for subsequent episodes*

Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra