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The Notion Club follows the adventures of Ian Duncan and Justin Hall, two writers living in the Appalachian mountains. Together they explore the mysteries of literature and music, art and philosophy, with frequent conversations with some of the brightest

Justin Hall & Ian Duncan


    • Jun 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Notion Club Podcast

    Satirical Episode About Satire: Fake Essays and Scholarship, and Special Guests Dr. Elizabeth Nincomperry and Professor Albert Lumley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 38:32


    Taylor Flowers and Justin Hall: Silence, Apostasy, and the Pride of Dogma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 61:46


    S2E23. Music: Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir by Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 228.

    Joshua Gibbs and Justin Hall: How to Be An Adult, Developing Good Taste, and Loving What Lasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 51:52


    S2E22. Music: Goldberg Variations, BWV. 988 - Variation 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Shelley Katz.

    Critical Race Theory: Fault Lines by Voddie Baucham

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 49:10


    S2E21. Music: Sonata No. 5 in C Major by Prokofiev performed by Glen Prillaman

    Writing to Defend Humanity: Fighting Corruption and Preserving Memory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 66:13


    S2E20. Music: from The Wilds by Jeremy Ward and Tim MacDonald.

    Dr. George Grant and Justin Hall: Classical Education, Cultivating the Affections, and Seeing History as God's Triumphant Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 54:04


    S2E19. Music: Goldberg Variations, BWV. 988 - Variation 30. Quodlibet by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Shelley Katz.

    Ian Duncan and John Rimmer: Raising Men, Not Boys

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 63:52


    S2E19. Music: Jeremy Ward and Tim MacDonald, "The Wilds."

    God's Providential Storm: On Cove Mountain, Hounded by Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 41:36


    S2E17 - Music: Bony Jeane III. Vivace by Jeremy Ward and Tim MacDonald

    This Is Tyranny: The Abuse of Romans 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 44:50


    S2E14. Music: Schoenberg Quartet no. 2, mov. 4 by The Carmel Quartet.

    Nathan Stenzel and Justin Hall: “A Severe Mercy,” C.S. Lewis, and the Simplicity of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 46:22


    S2E13. Music: Humoresque no. 7 by Dvorak, performed by Oliver Colbenston.

    Paul Aguilar and Justin Hall: Beethoven's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, no. 2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 75:46


    S2E12. All music performed by the Callisto Quartet.

    Fletcher Erskine and Justin Hall: The Poetic Spirit and Why We Rhyme

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 57:02


    S2E10 - Music: Sonata for Organ No. 4, BWV 528: 2. Andante by Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Year Without Faces: Reclaiming Our Lost Humanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 32:32


    S2E9 - Music: Piano Sonata No. 7 in b-flat major, "Stalingrad," Op. 83 by Sergei Prokofiev; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 by Johann Sebastian Bach.

    Jeremy O'Brien and Justin Hall: Truth-Being and the Lies of Comfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 62:45


    Technological Slavery: Ethics, Censorship, and the Myth of Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 47:36


    Vesper Stamper and Justin Hall: Remembrance, Hope, and Rebuilding from Broken Pieces

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 49:02


    Ignat Solzhenitsyn and Justin Hall: Music, Truth, and Hope for the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 69:22


    Big Tech, Babies, and the Tower of Babel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 38:56


    Journaling 2: Life is a Drama Worth Telling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 46:10


    Stephen Williams and Justin Hall: Fellowship, the Key to All Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 58:25


    Justin is joined by Stephen Williams, a scholar of English literature, to discuss the virtue of fellowship, which is perhaps not so much a virtue in itself, but an accumulation of the best virtues—among which are courage, loyalty and steadfastness, trust and love.

    Returning to Roots: Stories from an Appalachian Heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 41:55


    Since the end of Season One back in October, Ian and Justin have made some endeavor to return to their roots, to get back to those things that made them. In this episode, they each share two stories about their Appalachian heritage.

    Year-End Wrap: Announcements and Season One Highlights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 12:31


    Announcements for a new season, and a montage of highlights from season one.

    Wear a Damn Mask: The Tyranny of Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 27:32


    Should personal liberty be overridden by a public health crisis? Ian Duncan considers the dangerous implications of draconian masking orders and argues for individual rights based on natural law.

    Defending Beethoven: A Response to Vox

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 34:36


    Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has come under recent attack in an article published by Vox. In today's episode, Justin defends Beethoven and his legacy against this attack by deconstructing deconstruction.

    Chess: The Ancient Game of Kings and Queens

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 37:20


    The virtues of chess remain intact even after its long evolution from an ancient past, when combat was once entered into by rules and by honor, and when a king was a thing worth dying to protect.

    Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and Justin Hall: Dreamers' Circus and The Danish String Quartet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 42:00


    Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen discusses his work with Dreamers' Circus and the Danish String Quartet, and the convergence between folk and classical music.

    O Rare Amanda: An Ode to the Worst Writer in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 47:48


    Stephen Hicks and Justin Hall: Explaining Postmodernism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 63:50


    We Shall Never Surrender: Book Review of The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 59:08


    Fletcher Erskine and Justin Hall: Lingua Invicta: The Power of Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 85:32


    Luke Campbell and Ian Duncan: Celebrating Humor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 60:48


    Taylor Flowers and Justin Hall: Solitude and Companionship in Schubert's Winterreise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 89:16


    Stephen Blackwood and Justin Hall: Education, Self-Knowledge, and Scaling the Heights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 85:44


    Children's Literature: Remembering Delight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 43:53


    M.T. Anderson and Justin Hall: Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 74:56


    The Ideology of Contradiction: Book Review of The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 60:14


    Poetry: The Language of Lovers and the Stuff of Songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 50:38


    Letter Writing: Recovering the Lost Art in a Tech World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 44:10


    Stephen Williams and Justin Hall: Courage, Dear Heart: How to Be Courageous in a Fearful Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 55:46


    Keys to Creativity: Unlock the Power of Your Creative Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 39:12


    On Cove Mountain: Author Interview with Ian Duncan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 38:17


    The Inklings: the Writing Group of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 47:51


    Journaling: Write to Save Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 38:33


    Discoveries on the Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 30:02


    Welcome to the first episode of the Notion Club Podcast. Ian Duncan and Justin Hall discuss the magic of discovery, both through writing process, as well as out in the wilderness, on the mountains that have become their home. They read two pieces about their mountain adventures, which are explorations of the mysteries of Appalachian beauty.

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