The Bookening
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.
Latest episodes
Jun 2, 2021 • 2min
Nathan stinks
Nathan lost the episode. He stinks.
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May 26, 2021 • 40min
Le Morte d'Arthur, Part 1
SOME MUCH NEEDED CONTEXT FOR LA MORTE D'ARTHUR!!
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May 19, 2021 • 1h 7min
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Dark magic is always lurking at the edges of Christendom, trying to get in. That's one of the themes of the King Arthur stories, and the ways it plays out can be shocking. How does Sir Gawain and the Green Knight fit into the Arthur mythos? What does it have to tell us about storytelling without psychology? And, like we said, does it reflect a Christian code of morality and influence or a pagan one? All these questions and more answered in THIS EPISODE!
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May 12, 2021 • 1h 2min
King Arthur, Part 1
Was King Arthur a real dude? How has the Arthurian romance come down to us? Which cultures has it drawn from, and what has it picked up along the way? The Bookening discusses all these issues and more in the first of our Patron-sponsored mini-series on the tales of King Arthur.
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May 5, 2021 • 39min
12 books that will make you rich
King Arthur next week we promise! Brandon had something come up, so Jake and Nathan talk about twelve books that will make you rich.
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Apr 28, 2021 • 1h 14min
Eventually we talk about 'Invisible Man'
We were tired. It was late. We had an hour of tech trouble before we could get going. Is this the greatest episode of all time????! Probably not. But enjoy. King Arthur next week!
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Apr 21, 2021 • 1h 6min
Invisible Man, Part 3
It's time to finally litigate it. Is Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison the great American novel? Or at least a great American novel? Should people read it in spite of the rough content? Does it have anything to say about race (or anything else) that's worth hearing? THE BOOKENING IS ON THE CASE!
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Apr 14, 2021 • 1h 4min
Invisible Man, Part 2
Did Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man predict everything that's happened regarding race in the last few years? Also, is Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man the best novel about race in modern America? Yes it did and yes it probably is. Listen to this podcast to hear us discuss.
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Apr 7, 2021 • 50min
Invisible Man, Part 1
Conservatives reject a lot of great twentieth century art by people of color for one simple reason. The Bookening discusses all this and more as Brandon provides some MUCH NEEDED context for Ralph Ellison's great novel, Invisible Man.
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Mar 31, 2021 • 49min
Klara and the Sun
In many ways, Klara and the Sun repeats all of Kazuo Ishiguro's favorite themes. But it differs in one crucial and very interesting way. Any guesses what that is? Nathan and Brandon discuss this in today's episode. And Jake stops by too!(Forgive the tech issues, we're working to get back up to snuff.)
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