The Bookening

Jun 09 2024 310 ep. 59 mins 257
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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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What's happening with our podcasts? (+The Buried Giant)

Jun 09 2024 75 mins  
Hello. It's us. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Mar 21 2024 103 mins  
Memory. Identity. Barbra Streisand. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Proust Preview

Mar 14 2024 12 mins  
We haven't got our actual podcast recorded yet but here's a taste of why you should read along. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The 39 Steps

Feb 06 2024 82 mins  
An ordinary (kind of) man caught in extraordinary circumstances! A race against time to expose a dangerous spy ring! Long walks through Scotland! It's John Buchan's immortal (?), classic (?): The 39 Steps. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Jan 02 2024 99 mins  
Mysterious intelligent rats??? Please don't refer to our podcasters like that! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

Dec 04 2023 78 mins  
Tolstoy is a great writer. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella about a middle-aged man named Ivan Ilyich. Yep, he dies. It's sad, moving, thoughtful, ironic, true to life, etc. And unlike some other Tolstoy books we could name, it's short. Worth your time. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dominic by William Steig

Nov 15 2023 102 mins  
Check out the Kickstarter for our friend's non-woke children's book, The Rainbow Knight.The Bookening talks about a charming kid's book by the quirky children's author (and longtime New Yorker illustrator) William Steig.We talk about some of his early books of "symbolic pictures" too—too dark to be kid's stuff. You have been forewarned! You can check out The Agony in the Kinderga

Jane Austen's Emma (Redux)

Feb 01 2023 156 mins  
The Bookening talks about Emma again.

Jesus' Son

Jan 03 2023 102 mins  
The Bookening talks Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson.

Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger

Dec 16 2022 72 mins  
The Bookening discusses The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy.