Episode 14 – Themes and Threads of the Gilead Quartet

Episode 13 – Jack, part 2/2

Spoiler alert. This episode concludes our two-week look at Jack. We discuss the questions we thought would be answered (but weren’t). We also wade into the waters of race, religion, marriage, and society by looking at Jack’s interactions with two different Black...
Episode 14 – Themes and Threads of the Gilead Quartet

Episode 12 – Jack, part 1/2

In this episode we delve into the Rural Cemetery Movement, listen in on two people who are locked in a cemetery together overnight, and pay attention to the beautiful power of darkness. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android |...
Episode 14 – Themes and Threads of the Gilead Quartet

Episode 11 – Lila, part 3/3

Spoiler alert. In this episode we talk about the life of a knife in Lila. We also take up the ethically ambiguous question Lila brings up when she contemplates stealing a child, which prompts us to consider the place of children in the novels we’ve read thus far....
Episode 14 – Themes and Threads of the Gilead Quartet

Episode 10 – Lila, part 2/3

Coming back from Spring Break, we turn our attention once again to the pull towards “home.” We also tackle salting babies in Ezekiel and Lila’s return to the shack. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android |...
Episode 14 – Themes and Threads of the Gilead Quartet

Episode 9 – Lila, part 1/3

Lila takes us into the mind, heart and surprising history of a woman, wife, mother, reader, gardener, and moviegoer. We discuss Lila’s baptism and the rural-urban divide. We learn more about how Lila and Ames became engaged and the power of community to save us....