A few months ago, I got into an argument with a friend of mine about Google’s new driverless car. I’m much less optimistic about technology than he is, and I…

Nathan Gilmour leads a discussion with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about two stories by the late Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez—“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and “The…

General Introduction – Some eschatology – Listener feedback – A Dante omission – A dedicated After Virtue episode? – Jacques Barzun on baseball – YOLO, tower libraries – Cain and…

General Introduction – Nathan levels up! – Listener feedback – Christian naturism – Rogers, Rogers everywhere – Telos and Matthew 5:48 – Christian college and losing one’s faith – The…

A note: You may notice a marked difference in tone between the General Introduction and the rest of the episode. This is because they were recorded on two different days.…

General Introduction – Positively doctoral – The informality of Minnesotans Situating “Neighbour Rosicky” – Idealization of immigrant life and tradition – The story’s quaintness – Cather’s critical reputation – The…

Have I mentioned lately that I really enjoy my job?  As James K.A. Smith has recently noted on Twitter, his job (mine is very similar) is such that he receives…

Professing Literature: An Institutional History by Gerald Graff Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education by Edward Farley I’m not sure how other folks entered into self-awareness of their…

General Introduction – Snowpocalypse, Round Two – Sprezzatura, sprezzatura – Listener feedback – American folk The Postmodern Condition – The age of networked computers – Incredulity toward metanarratives – Speculation…

Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…

I’ll admit right out front that my problem might have more to do with my inadequacies than with the nature of literary genre, but try as I might, I keep…

General Introduction – How cold is it? – Michial is froggy – Which one of you is the butler? – A big load of listener feedback – Our devoted lovers…

General Introduction – Nathan reports from Orlando – Finals week – Who suggested this episode? Positing the Essay – Orwell and Huxley – Early and late career – Orwell’s unbelievable…

General Introduction – Listener feedback – We talk about Mike Tyson for awhile What Is Postmodernism? – Modernism without the anxiety – Incredulity toward metanarratives – Playfulness and literary production…

General Introduction – Listener feedback – Episodes on Borges and Postman? Arête – Excellence and/or virtue – Warriors and excellences – Plato’s expansion of arête – Confucian virtue – Arête…