#45: The Enduring Chill
Close Reads Podcast
Goldberry Studios
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2017
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, with "The Enduring Chill."
Topics include: O'Connor's sense of humor, the autobiographical nature of the story, the meaning of the names, where Asbury's illness came from, the work of the Holy Spirit in the story, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Close Reads on the Circe Institute Podcast Network. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm David Kern, and as always on Close Reads. |
| 0:15.0 | I am joined by two snivellers after the ineffable, Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh. |
| 0:21.6 | That's the best thing I've ever been called today. |
| 0:28.6 | So, David, do we have a special guest? |
| 0:32.6 | We do. We have a special guest to this. |
| 0:34.6 | Another sniveller after the ineffable. We are joined by Graham Pittman. Graham, welcome to the show. Thank you. So, I think my voice cracked on the very first words. |
| 0:47.3 | We're off to the recess. |
| 0:49.6 | That was the best confident opener I've ever heard. |
| 0:52.9 | Hello! |
| 0:55.7 | Well, it was good to be here. |
| 0:59.8 | There's a brief appearance. |
| 1:02.2 | Graham and I share a mutual enthusiasm for this particular story. |
| 1:05.9 | We are here as all, as we have been in recent weeks to discuss Flannery O'Connor's |
| 1:09.9 | collection, everything that rises must converge. |
| 1:12.1 | This episode is concerning the enduring chill. |
| 1:16.2 | Graham, what I've been asking everybody when they come on to the, you know, come on to a Flannery O'Connor show, I asked Tim this, |
| 1:22.6 | and then yesterday I asked Ralph Wood this. |
| 1:25.5 | But what's, what was your first experience with Flannery O'Connor? |
| 1:28.4 | Before I answer that, I just need to let Tim know that this is more of an audition for me. |
| 1:35.6 | Oh, oh. |
| 1:36.9 | To play the role of Tim in season three. |
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