The Dead by James Joyce

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss our thought-tormented age, early 20th century Irish politics, the polarizing Modernist legacy of James Joyce, the magic of Thin Places, the tension between a blaze of passion and a life of long fidelity, and whether or not it’s ok to bake a little baby Jesus into your King Cake for this year’s Epiphany Feast.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

 

• In Defense of Sanity by GK Chesterton
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
• You Are not Your Own by Alan Noble 
• Thin Places
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
• “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace