• The Dead by James Joyce

  • Jan 6 2025
  • Length: 51 mins
  • Podcast

The Dead by James Joyce

  • Summary

  • 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

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