The Membership: A Wendell Berry Podcast

In his poem “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” Wendell Berry calls the reader to “Practice resurrection.” In today’s episode, we discuss one of Berry’s Sabbath poems. It has a Christmas theme that could be summarized this way: “Practice incarnation.” SHOW NOTES AND LINKSSabbath Poem 1987, No. VI - “Remembering that it happened once…”The Berry Cen

In this episode, we interview singer-songwriter Matt Wheeler about his new album, A Hard History of Love. That album is inspired by five short stories in Berry’s story collection, That Distant Land. We talk about the process of writing songs inspired by great literature, about some of our favorite Port William characters, and what “membership” looks like in Matt’s life.UPDA

The Membership Podcast returns! We catch you up on the last three years, introduce a new co-host, and preview some of the books we’ll be reading in Season 3. Our next episode is coming in just a couple days, so be on the lookout! SHOW NOTES AND LINKSKickstarter for Matt Wheeler’s Port William-inspired album A Hard History of Love“Returning,” by Wendell Berry (Bookshop.or

In this episode, John and Tim discuss Nathan Coulter, Wendell Berry’s debut novel.     SHOW NOTES AND LINKS#themembershipreadalong (Instagram)@kirireads@aliciaandherbooks“Burley Coulter at the Bank” (John McCutcheon)New Wendell Berry Audiobooks read by Nick OffermanLibro.fm (Sign up here to support the podcast)Audible - World-Ending FireAudible - The Unsettling o

In this episode, Jason, John and Tim discuss Farming: A Hand Book, Wendell Berry’s 1970 poetry collection.     SHOW NOTES AND LINKSFarming: A Hand Book, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon)New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet (IndieBound | Ama

John Pattison interviews David Kline, the Amish farmer, writer, and editor of Farming Magazine. Kline is also a close, longtime friend of Wendell Berry. They are joined by Mike Kline, David’s son. Mike is the co-host of one our favorite podcasts, Back to the Roots, about organic farming. SHOW NOTES AND LINKSThe Round of a Country Year: A Farmer’s Day Book, by David Kline (In

Jason and Tim are joined by Dr. Heather Finch, Assistant Professor of English at Belmont University. They discuss The Hidden Wound, Wendell Berry’s book on race originally published in 1970. Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash SHOW NOTES AND LINKSThe Hidden Wound, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)Dr. Heather FinchThe Berry Center Bookstore (new site)Wendell B

In the final episode of season one, Jason, John, and Tim reflect and look to the future of The Membership.

Jason, John, and Tim are joined by Dr. Tim Ross, minister at Hopwood Memorial Christian Church at Milligan College. They discuss Wendell Berry’s short story, “Watch with Me.” SHOW NOTES AND LINKS“Watch with Me,” from That Distant Land, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint)Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Civil War to World War II, b