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
Mar 24, 2021 • 40min
Should I read a bad book for class?
Should you read a bad book or short story for your college class? The Bookening considers the age old question, in this VERY SPECIAL EPISODE (ONE OF THE POINTS THEY MAKE WILL SHOCK YOU!).
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Mar 17, 2021 • 1h 2min
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Part 2
What makes a good children's book? Simplicity? Empathy? Revenge? Our heroes sort out all kinds of deep questions as they review Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
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Mar 10, 2021 • 1h 9min
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Part 1
Roald Dahl ... children's author, fighter pilot, spy ... misogynist? Racist? Or does the internet like to blow these things out of proportion? In any case, he had one of the most interesting lives of anybody we've talked about in six years of this podcast. Listen to our episode to find out more. Yay!
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Mar 3, 2021 • 52min
Jane Austen Redux of Awesomeness
Jane Austen wrote six novels and we are discussing them all. Which one is the best? Who is the best villain? Best heroine? Best hero? What do you think? Let us know. We want to hear. (We more or less got it right though, right?)
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Feb 24, 2021 • 44min
Northanger Abbey, Part 2
Modern teenagers are no less in a fantasy world than Catherine Moreland in Northanger Abbey. That's one of the many amazing insights in this podcast. Listen today!
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Feb 17, 2021 • 55min
Northanger Abbey, Part 1
We're talkin' Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, y'all, and the life of its author. And solving some mysteries about Jane Austen along the way. Or, at least, we create some mysteries for ourselves and then solve them.
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Feb 10, 2021 • 49min
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 3
What did we LIKE about The Brothers Karamazov? Can our heroes mount a defense of the novel? Or will they just pat it and the head and say "well, not everybody can be Tolstoy"? LISTEN TO FIND OUT!
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Feb 3, 2021 • 59min
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 2
Dostoevsky has ruined souls. Or at the very least, he's the sort of writer that ruined souls are attracted to. That's the contention of this episode, one of our more hardcore eps in a while. Will The Bookening say anything nice about The Brothers Karamazov? Listen to find out.
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Jan 27, 2021 • 53min
The Brothers Karamazov, Part 1
The word "broken" gets tossed around a lot these days, but Dostoevsky was truly a broken man. Our contextual Texan tells the story of his life, among other things, as The Bookening provides some much needed context on The Brothers Karamazov and its author.
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Jan 20, 2021 • 26min
Ready Player You
This is an important update on the show. We're announcing our next Patreon goal, which is one very near and dear to our hearts, and one that we hope you'll help us make happen ASAP.
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