#63: Gilead (ep. 2)

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gilead (while Tim vacations in Aruba). Topics include John Ames' observations of humanity, the goodness of growing old, contemplation of heaven (and the beauty of perishability), and more. This episode covers pages 37-68.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Close Trees on the Circe Institute Podcast Network.
0:08.8	I'm David Kern.
0:10.0	And usually I'm joined by Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh.
0:14.3	But this week, it's just Angelina Stanford because Tim's in Aruba.
0:17.8	That's right.
0:18.3	So you can stop listening now.
0:19.5	Exactly.
0:19.9	I'm not saying just Angelina Stanford like, you know, that makes it lesser.
0:24.0	It's not just Angelina Stanford.
0:25.8	Like I have a disappointing announcement to me.
0:28.1	It's simply that Tim is not here.
0:32.1	But, yeah, so Tim's in Aruba.
0:34.5	Wasn't able to make the connection.
0:37.0	But he'll be on. He's going to be in Aruba for like seven weeks or something.
0:40.1	That's not true, but a long time.
0:41.7	I feel like I want to put that in air quotes.
0:43.6	He wasn't able to make the call.
0:46.8	Like, that's what we're calling it now?
0:50.1	I mean, he probably just, he just chose to be on the beach right now.
0:54.7	Tim is getting a sunburn somewhere.
0:57.0	Yeah, exactly.
0:58.5	Have you ever been to Aruba?
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