Michial Farmer leads Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs in a discussion of the 1995 Vigilantes of Love album Blister Soul.

Nathan Gilmour leads Michial Farmer and David Grubbs in a discussion of the 1986 non-classic Top Gun.

Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer answer listeners’ emails. [03:30- 07:40] Fandom email of gratitude [07:45- 10:03] Peter’s pronunciation guide [10:05-16:15]  Eucharist wars: The Seven Year Battle [16:15- 24:50] Faith and…

Every culture has its own false gods, and I don’t think it’ll be controversial if I say that one of ours is productivity. Right back to Benjamin Franklin, Americans have…

With all due respect to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Garrison Keillor, the Twin Cities’ most notable literary export is probably Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the beloved comic strip…

Download or Stream this Episode Michial Farmer leads Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs in a discussion of the Hebrew patriarch Joseph.

Download or Stream this Episode David Grubbs leads a discussion with Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson about Lionel Trilling’s 1961 essay “On the Teaching of Modern Literature.”

Download or Stream this Episode As the world around us becomes increasingly polluted, as its natural resources become increasingly depleted, as climate change continues to progress, largely unabated, scientists warn…

Nathan Gilmour talks to Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the American Pastime.

Michial Farmer leads David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour in a discussion of Arthur Miller’s 1947 play All My Sons.

Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour answer your queries and insults. [2:50- 6:20] Calculus, engineers, and mathematical education [6:20 – 11:40] Oldies and Neo-Calvinism/Emergent [11:40- 16:50] Medieval thinking and interactive sites…

David Grubbs leads Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer in a discussion of names–their meaning and their power.

Download or Stream this Episode Nathan Gilmour leads Todd Pedlar and Michial Farmer in a discussion of Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence.

Perhaps no one has done more for the reputation of Søren Kierkegaard in the English-speaking world than Howard and Edna Hong, who translated the vast majority of his writings from…

Michial Farmer talks with Nathan Gilmour and David Grubbs about three pieces by the American postmodernist John Barth: The Literature of Exhaustion, The Literature of Replenishment, and Title. Barth as…