#69: Gilead (ep. 7)

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their discussion of Marilynne Robinson's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gilead. Topics include Angelina's strong feelings about the book (and David's pushback), whether Robinson misfired with the Boughton/Ames scene, and much more. This episode covers pages 188-215.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Closuries on the Circe Institute Podcast Network.
0:08.8	I am David Kern, and as always, I am joined by Angelina Stanford and Tim McIntosh,
0:14.3	Angelina on the other side of the Circe office right now, instead of in the studio with me,
0:19.4	and Tim on the other side of the country, instead of in the studio. Baby has Tim on the other side of the country instead of in the studio
0:22.1	that's right baby has been put in the corner yeah exactly how except I'm kind of the one in
0:26.6	the corner how's it going David how are you just how are you I actually saw him wrestle
0:35.4	his laptop like an alligator, not 10 minutes ago.
0:38.7	Yeah.
0:39.5	Out of frustration, David?
0:41.2	It's been that kind of day.
0:43.9	I mean, one of the alternatives for wrestling a computer like an alligator other than
0:47.4	frustration.
0:48.8	Yeah, that's right.
0:49.8	I've never seen anyone do that out of, um...
0:52.3	It's an advanced meditation technique.
0:53.7	It's never been a joyful embrace
0:55.7	thankfulness yeah yeah well we are here to talk about gilead as we have been for quite a while now
1:02.8	we have two episodes of gilead left what about that guys i can't believe it so that can't believe it
1:09.2	that includes this episode and then we will record a bonus episode.
1:12.7	So this is what we're going to do for the bonus episode.
1:14.5	We're going to record the first half of it, say, and we're going to give that out to all the listeners.
1:20.5	The second half, the complete episode, is going to be available on Patreon for people who are our patrons.
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