The main task of JUST FYI POD: CULTURE'S second season is to discuss "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives." On today's episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I resume our countdown, this time focusing on the #3 novel on our respective lists. Amy begins by examining Flannery O'Connor's darkly comic debut WISE BLOOD (1952). Next, I explore Cormac McCarthy's fêted late masterpiece THE ROAD (2006). These two works are very different in tone, and yet both ponder the possibility of a godless world—and yet why God alone can sustain human beings amid their existential suffering.
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JUST FYI POD: CULTURE
The main task of Just FYI Pod: Culture’s second season is to discuss "Ten Novels That Changed Our Lives." On this episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I resume our countdown—this time focusing on the #7 novel on our respective lists. Amy begins with Things as They Are
JUST FYI POD: CULTURE
On the previous episode of Just FYI Pod: Culture, my cohost Amy Welborn and I wrapped up a months-long project—namely, to countdown the “20 Most Spiritually Significant Films of All Time.” One might expect that we’d now take a long break, but, on the contrary, we’re just getting started! On today’s episode, we assess the upcoming Flannery O’Connor ‘biop…
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