The Re-Enchantment Book Club

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  • In this podcast about the intersection between faith & literature, hosts Jordan Porr and Brendan Michael explore how good stories can “re-enchant” us in a disenchanted age - the longings they point us to, the excellence of their craft, and their power to redemptively impact our lives.
    Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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In this podcast about the intersection between faith & literature, hosts Jordan Porr and Brendan Michael explore how good stories can “re-enchant” us in a disenchanted age - the longings they point us to, the excellence of their craft, and their power to redemptively impact our lives.
Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
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  • The Dead by James Joyce
    2025/01/06

    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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    51 分
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
    2024/12/02

    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

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    49 分
  • A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
    2024/11/04

    In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the difficulty of the short story form, O’Connor’s punishment of hypocrites & use of the grotesque, Nietzsche’s view of monsters, the dreadful irony of grace, and gas-station snacks.

    What we’re reading:

    • The Cross of Christ by John Stott
    • The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.
    • The Christian Imagination ed. by Leland Ryken

    Next episode we will be discussing A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. We hope you join us!

    Music by Brendan Michael and Will Berry

    Podcast Graphic designed by Alex Morra

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    45 分

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