The Membership: A Wendell Berry Podcast

Dec 20 2023 24 ep. 134
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A podcast about the life of work of Wendell Berry: the Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist, essayist, and activist.

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A Sabbath Poem for Christmas: "Remembering that it happened once..."

Dec 20 2023
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.”

Singer-Songwriter Matt Wheeler on His New Port William-inspired Album

Aug 22 2023
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

A Returning, a New Voice, and a Look Ahead

Aug 17 2023
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!

Season 2 Episode 5: "Nathan Coulter"

Jun 03 2020
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 McC

Season 2 Episode 4: "Farming: A Hand Book"

Feb 04 2020
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 b

Season 2 Episode 3: "A Half-Pint of Old Darling" and "The Lost Bet"

Jan 15 2020

Season 2 Episode 2: Interview with David and Mike Kline

Nov 27 2019
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.

Season 2 Episode 1: The Hidden Wound

Nov 06 2019
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

Episode 12: Reflections on Season One

Jul 08 2019
In the final episode of season one, Jason, John, and Tim reflect and look to the future of The Membership.

Episode 11: "Watch with Me," featuring Dr. Tim Ross

Apr 24 2019
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