Podcast appearances and mentions of Wendell Berry

What is “the machine,” and how is technology reshaping our culture, identity, and faith? Explore more Christian insights on technology: https://renew.org/a-jesus-centered-approach-to-technology/ In this RENEW Review, we examine Paul Kingsnorth's Against the Machine and its warning that modern culture has traded human roots for efficiency, control, and technological power. Kingsnorth argues that healthy societies once shared a past, a people, a place, and a prayer. Today, he says, those roots have been replaced by science, the self, sex, and the screen. The review explores his idea of the “great unsettling,” his comparison of modern technology to a system that reshapes humanity, and his provocative claim that artificial intelligence may be demonic. It also offers an important Christian counterpoint: technology can become an idol, but human creativity and innovation remain God-given gifts. Instead of embracing naïve optimism or anxious paranoia, Christians need wisdom, discernment, and a healthy middle ground. Discover why this challenging book may permanently change how you view technology, culture, and the screens surrounding us. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:05 How long can an uprooted culture survive? 01:18 Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth 01:57 Wendell Berry, Arthur C. Clarke, and modern idols 05:29 The great unsettling and global anti-culture 08:49 What is “the machine”? 09:40 Is Kingsnorth too pessimistic about AI? 11:15 A Christian response to technology Visit RENEW.org to sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know about new content, books and resources.  https://renew.org/ Check out the following from RENEW.org: Events: https://renew.org/resources/events/ Videos: https://renew.org/media/videos/ Podcasts: https://renew.org/media/podcasts/ Articles: https://renew.org/articles/ Free eBooks: https://renew.org/resources/free-ebooks/ Books: https://renew.org/resources/books/ Audiobooks: https://renew.org/resources/audiobooks/ Sermon Tools: https://renew.org/resources/sermon-tools/ Job Board: https://jobs.renew.org/ Renew University: https://renewuniversity.org/ Real Life Theology Conversations: https://renew.org/rltc/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://renew.org/resources/newsletter-sign-up/ Be sure to like, subscribe and follow on social media!  You can find us on: Instagram: @the.renew.network  Facebook: Renew.org  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RENEWnetwork Twitter: @therenewnetwork TikTok: the.renew.network  Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/RENEW

Do American Christians live in the Shire? The answer is a stout "no" according to Miles Smith IV, professor of history at Hillsdale. To think otherwise is to give in to the Shire-ization of conservatism. Nate agrees that Christian families need to stop thinking like hobbit gardeners. Kids are not tomato plants, they're arrows. Should we be seeking to wait out our continent's troubles in our cozy, Wendell-Berry-esque corner of the world? Or do we have some deeper connection to the powerful, technological, urban centers of our nation? Nate and Miles talk about the impetus that Christians have to over-apply hobbit ideology to our world, and how they should be learning from Aragorn, Gondor, and Numenor. Brian pushes back a little -- wasn't Numenor the place with human sacrifice and heaven-hatred? Nate and Miles roll on, undeterred. The episode concludes with a few book recommends for those who want to enjoy something alongside Tolkien. IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

Send Us A MessageBrad East and a panel of special guests gather to remember the life, work, and unique legacy of Wendell Berry, who recently passed away at the age of 92. Mere Fidelity is a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy and is listener-supported. If you would like to support this work, become a Mere Orthodoxy Member today at http://mereorthodoxy.com/membership.Get 30% off the Baker Book of the Month by going to: http://bakerbookhouse.com/pages/mere-fidelity

Technology, Aaron Cline Hanbury suggests, is never a purely neutral tool. But the history of ethical thinking about technology shows that as long as there's been technology, there's been anxiety about it. Or perhaps more accurately, anxiety about what we might do with it. And increasingly, what it might do to us.A journalist, founding editor of Common Good magazine, and author of Wired for Wonder, Hanbury came of age as the internet entered the home and has spent his career reporting from the places where technology, faith, and everyday life collide. Rather than offering another list of screen-time tips, he asks a deeper question: How do we relate to the things we make?In this conversation with Evan Rosa, Hanbury wrestles with what it means to be human when the machines we've made can do more and more. He criticizes the seduction that we should embrace technology simply because it is inevitable. He explores how connection, efficiency, and unrestrained technological freedom quietly became unquestioned goods, why our powers of attention are eroding in real time, and wonders what it might take—personally, communally, and structurally—to reclaim our humanity through presence, and the rough ground of embodied life.About Aaron Cline HanburyAaron Cline Hanbury is a writer and editor whose essays and profiles have appeared in The Atlantic and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of the award-winning magazine Common Good and a past editor of RELEVANT. He writes about the places where technology, faith, and ordinary life meet. His book, Wired for Wonder: Dispatches on Technology, Culture, God, and Self, breaks open the tired binary between tech optimists and Luddites in the context of memoir, ethics, journalism, and theology.Helpful Links and ResourcesWired for Wonder: Dispatches on Technology, Culture, God, and Self, by Aaron Cline Hanbury: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889833451/Wired-for-WonderAaron Cline Hanbury's website: https://aaronclinehanbury.com/Aaron Cline Hanbury's Substack: https://aaronclinehanbury.substack.comAaron Cline Hanbury on X: https://x.com/achanburyCommon Good magazine: https://commongoodmag.com/author/aaron-cline-hanbury/Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, Albert Borgmann: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo23186480.htmlThe Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt: https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/bookHannah Coulter, Wendell Berry's novel: https://www.counterpointpress.com/books/hannah-coulter/Show NotesAnxiety and technologyPatient zero for life online—coming of age as the internet entered the homeLow-church tradition, quick to adopt and ask questions laterJournalism as a front-row seat to three decades of changeEarly adopter or Luddite? Rejecting the spectrum's false endsThe device paradigm—technology as pattern, not neutral toolA hammer's telos, and why misuse cuts against a tool's designMade things have a maker—intentions baked into what we buildThe inevitability argument—get on board or get run overResistance is futile? The Borg, Cannes, and defeatismProgress as reversion—tobacco bans, ocean dumping, processed-food rollbacksFamily Guy, satire, and pulling tech ethics out of the esotericThe class and income divide the internet promised to eraseOnline radicalization vs the promise of mass educationChildren as the guinea pigs of early adoptionChromebooks, daycares, and offloading discomfort onto kidsTesting tech on the vulnerable—Jonathan Haidt on teen mental healthSocial media vs attention media—commodifying human focusThe plug-in drug—parents, screens, and pacified kidsFocused attention and the feeling of being fully aliveConnection, efficiency, freedom—goods we stopped questioningDunbar's number and the real limits of friendshipOnline ties without public accountability, and bad formationEmbodiment, particularity, and getting back to the rough groundWendell Berry's Hannah Coulter and attention that lasts: https://www.counterpointpress.com/books/hannah-coulter/Skepticism of individual fixes—structure, policy, and churchElementary-school parenting and “the bevy of required apps”#WiredForWonder #AaronClineHanbury #ForTheLifeOfTheWorld #TechnologyAndFaith #AttentionMedia #DigitalMinimalism #ChristianEthics #AIandHumanity #DeviceParadigmProduction NotesThis podcast featured Aaron Cline HanburyEdited and Produced by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Noah SenthilA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

This week, we remember the life of writer, poet, farmer, and environmentalist Wendell Berry, by listening back to a 2010 conversation with fellow writer and activist Michael Pollan. Berry was of America's most influential voices on agriculture and the environment, and he wrote with a calm and compelling vision about our relationship with the land, our work, and our communities. Among his best-known books: The Unsettling of America, What Are People For?, and The Peace of Wild Things.After studying at the University of Kentucky and Stanford, and teaching at New York University, Berry returned to his native Henry County, Kentucky in the 1960s. There, he and his wife, Tanya, began farming. Berry spent the rest of his life in Kentucky,  farming and writing poems, novels, and essays about tending the land, about community, and the costs of an increasingly industrialized society. Berry was also an activist, protesting the Vietnam War, mountaintop-removal coal mining, and nuclear power, and he inspired generations of environmentalists, farmers, food activists, and writers. Berry died on August 31, 2026, at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. He was 92.

What does progress cost us and how do we decide when the price is too high?In this episode, I'm thinking about the great Wendell Berry, my recent garden and soil struggles, the rise of data centers, and the way we've learned to value land. I'm exploring the tension between exploitation and stewardship, progress and preservation, and the important difference between asking whether we can do something and whether we should. Podcast Episode Highlights:Pondering progress these daysThinking about Wendell Berry and his influenceWhat my recent garden woes has made me think more aboutThinking about the value of landExploitation vs. nurtureCycle of life vs. straight lineThinking about contradictions, criticisms, and either/orAsking questions mattersCAN we do something vs. SHOULD we do somethingWhat does progress cost us?Final thoughtsResources Mentioned in This Podcast Episode:Learn more about Azure Standard and their non-GMO, wholesome food options (especially bulk food) here: https://www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=ANnu0O8ySU–> Join Azure Standard for FREE and enjoy 15% off your first order of $100 or more. Simply use promo code OLDFASHIONED15 at checkout.Check out my Substack essays here: https://jillwinger.substack.com/Previous Podcast Episodes & Blog Articles on Deep Thoughts on the Land:When the Problem Becomes the Solution (podcast episode)When the Ground Can No Longer Feed Us (blog article)What I'm Doing Differently on Homestead #2 (podcast episode)Breaking Out of the Ag Echo Chamber (podcast episode)OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR YOUR HOMESTEAD:Sign up for weekly musings from my homestead: https://jillwinger.substack.com/Get my free homesteading tutorials & recipes here: www.theprairiehomestead.comJill on Instagram: @jill.wingerJill on Facebook: http://facebook.com/theprairiehomesteadApply to be a guest on the Old-Fashioned on Purpose podcast: https://www.theprairiehomestead.com/podcast-guest-applicationDid you enjoy listening to this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review to let us know. This can help other folks learn about this podcast and we also really appreciate the feedback! 

Sep 13th - Let Me Be A Light: A Practice for this New Season , with Rev. Dr. Steven Koski. Series: Celebrating Goodness. A Spacious Christianity, First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. Scripture: Romans 12:21.Feeling the rush of fall and the weight of a busy world? This week we explore how ordinary acts of goodness can quiet the noise and bring real hope. Pastor Steven Koski shares stories of Dolly Parton, Wendell Berry and Gloria Steinem to show how simple, daily choices, like offering a kind word or a helping hand, can change lives. Join us Sunday, in person or online, to discover a practice that lets you be a light in the everyday. Join us each Sunday, 10AM at bendfp.org, or 11AM KTVZ-CW Channel 612/12 in Bend.  Subscribe/Follow, and click the bell for alerts.At First Presbyterian, you will meet people at many different places theologically and spiritually. And we love it that way. We want to be a place where our diversity brings us together and where conversation takes us all deeper in our understanding of God.We call this kind of faith "Spacious Christianity." We don't ask anyone to sign creeds or statements of belief. The life of faith is about a way of being in the world and a faith that shows itself in love.Thank you for your support of the mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Bend. Visit https://bendfp.org/mygiving for more information.Support the show

“Wild Things” is a joyful song about creation, wonder, and the healing grace found in the natural world. Drawing from Psalm 65 and Wendell Berry's “The Peace of Wild Things,” the song invites the congregation to rejoice in a world filled with awe — morning and evening, waves and dusk, wild creatures and still places all becoming signs of God's presence. Theologically, the song frames creation as a place of restoration and release. Nature is not just scenery, but a

Today's poem is, quite simply, one of my favorites. Berry uses Shakespeare to tell us we cannot see our life clearly until we have passed through death. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

The MAHA Lowdown with Jeff Louderback – Independent farmers face growing pressure from corporate consolidation and global supply chains, while communities struggle to access healthy food. Wendell Berry's vision of stewardship inspires a renewed commitment to local agriculture, transparent labeling, fair competition, and food systems that protect rural livelihoods and future generations...

Historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the best-selling "Jesus and John Wayne," is back with another look at the forces that shaped modern American evangelicalism. This time she explores the backstory of evangelical femininity in her new book, "Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made." Also this week: Phil wants to know what links three recent celebrity deaths—Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem, and Wendell Berry. To the surprise of many, The Christian Post has published an anti-Christian nationalist article. Is it a sign that the evangelical support for MAGA is finally turning? Plus, weird science awards.    Holy Post Plus: Ad-Free Version of this Episode: https://holypost.substack.com/p/d5dde089-df69-4faa-a088-c903e95ca080?postPreview=free&updated=2026-09-08T21%3A39%3A36.002Z&audience=only_paid&free_preview=true&freemail=true   Check out this bonus interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez: https://holypost.substack.com/p/9c348a0c-111e-4203-99e6-3373210c01f8?postPreview=free&updated=2026-09-08T20%3A28%3A21.690Z&audience=only_paid&free_preview=true&freemail=true   0:00 - Show Starts 1:17 - Theme Song 1:39 - Sponsor - BetterHelp - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/HOLYPOST and get 10% off your first month! 2:42 - Sponsor - AG1 - Use the discount code BACK2ROUTINE for 20% off of your first order at: https://www.drinkag1.com/HOLYPOST 3:40 - World Relief Update with Matthew Soerens: The State of the Golden Door - Help sign a letter to President Trump on behalf of refugees! https://www.worldrelief.org/goldendoor 7:26 - Quirky Science! 13:10 - Christian Post Anti-Nationalism Article? 27:39 - Dolly, Wendell, and Gloria, Oh My! 34:19 - Sponsor - Renovare Book Club - Spiritual formation through books! What else could you ask for? Learn more at https://renovare.org/bookclub 35:22 - Sponsor - Our Place - Go to https://www.fromourplace.com and use code HOLYPOST to get 10% off site wide on beautiful cookware! 36:32 - Why Didn't Christians like Gloria Steinem? 54:44 - Interview 1:28:44 - End Credits Links Mentioned in News Segment: Weird Science! (No relation to the song or movie): https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-09-05/research-on-cockroach-milk-nose-blowing-wins-ig-nobel-prizes   Christian Post article on Christian Nationalism: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/christian-nationalism-already-failed-america-once.html   Hannah Anderson on Dolly and Wendell: https://hannahanderson.substack.com/p/dolly-and-wendell   Other Resources: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez: https://amzn.to/4xNdx1E   Holy Post website: https://www.holypost.com/   Holy Post Plus: www.holypost.com/plus   Holy Post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/holypost   Holy Post Merch Store: https://www.holypost.com/shop   The Holy Post is supported by our listeners. We may earn affiliate commissions through links listed here. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.  

How can Wendell Berry's novels help us understand love of country and community without stumbling into idolatry? ⁠Watch this episode on YouTube  In 2021, Russell did a talk at The Rabbit Room's virtual conference, Hutchmoot: Homebound. Given in the main room of North Wind Manor, Russell shared how Berry's fiction can help us see something underneath our political arguments, revealing the human longing to belong somewhere. Drawing from Jayber Crow, Hannah Coulter, and other works by Berry, Russell argues that the answer to Christian nationalism isn't less Christianity, but Christianity that refuses to use Jesus as a means to some other end.  Special thanks to the Rabbit Room for allowing us to air this talk from Hutchmoot Homebound 2021. Learn more about the Rabbit Room here. Keep up with Russell: Subscribe to Russell on Substack Sign up for the weekly Moore to the Point newsletter  Submit a question for the show at questions@russellmoore.com  Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's poem confesses the discomfort and undesirability of loving our neighbor. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Send us Fan MailDee and Carol talk about the health benefits of gardening Question of the Week:What's wrong with Carol's clematis? Clematis Wilt, most likely. More info on Epic GardeningInsect of the Week:Back to wasps… cicada-killing wasps are here! Flowers:Gardening for wellness. How gardens make us healthier.Vegetables:Why growing vegetables makes us healthier.On the Bookshelf:The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature by Sue Stuart-Smith (Bookshop, Amazon)Dirt:Green Colour Psychology: What it actually does to your brain and body Rabbit Holes:Dee: Crape Myrtle ‘Tightwad Red'Carol: Rachel Peden, the latest Lost Lady of Garden Writing, (check out her books on Amazon, Bookshop) plus Wendell Berry. Check out the Berry Center website, where you can buy the 50th anniversary edition of The Unsettling of America. And What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman (Amazon, Bookshop) A Garden to Visit:Yew Dell BotanicalGardens, Crestwood, KYThank you:As always, we appreciate all of you for listening to our podcast and for reading this newsletter! If you'd like to support us, check out our affiliate links here. Book links are also affiliate links.And, if you have suggestions for topics for us to discuss, send us an email or leave a comment.Support the showOn Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.

What does it mean to live joyfully deep? As Unitarian Universalists, we recognize that joy is much more than a passing feeling or a response to circumstances. In this sermon, Rev. Beth Dana explores joy as a deep spiritual quality that can sustain us through difficult times. Topics include: joyfully deep, joy and spirituality, cultivating joy, joy and sorrow, spiritual practice, finding joy in difficult times, Unitarian Universalism, UU spirituality, Wendell Berry, Mary Oliver, Inside Out, joy and resilience, joy and community

Dr. Nathan Schlueter, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Hillsdale College, offers a reflection on the life and thought of Wendell Berry (1934-2026).Watch a short video about St. John Seminary's Online in M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program: https://vimeo.com/790530996If you are interested in learning more about the online M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program for lay students at St. John's Seminary, email Dr. Stuart Squires at mapm@stjohnsem.edu

Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including the arrest of former Gov. Matt Bevin in Bourbon Co. and the death of poet, author, and activist Wendell Berry. Panelists: Laura Cullen Glasscock, The Kentucky Gazette; Liam Niemeyer, The Kentucky Lantern; and Tessa Duvall, Lexington Herald-Leader.

In this episode, Mike, Suzie and Tim discuss how American Christianity can reward false selves, why being “found out” can actually be mercy, and how confession is less about shame management and more about restoration, integration, and real connection. Together, they unpack why American Christianity rewards the false self, why imposter syndrome is often a symptom of a broken system, and how “being found out” can be a form of grace instead of punishment. If you've ever felt the pressure to look certain, sound authoritative, or keep the real mess hidden, this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar in the best way.Timestamps00:00 - Voxology welcome and naming the team02:49 - Wendell Berry, privilege, and the Subversive Witness book club03:19 - Berry on freedom, affluence, and community04:55 - Suzie reads “The Peace of Wild Things”05:49 - Mike reads “I Dream of a Quiet Man”06:47 - Fear-based politics and “what happens to the church?”10:53 - Hypocrisy, imposter syndrome, and why it matters for teachers13:15 - Suzie on weekly prep anxiety and co-learning17:14 - Timothy on the performative church system20:38 - Why the false self gets rewarded23:58 - Therapy, the “glittering image,” and the good bad split26:49 - The impossible job description placed on pastors32:30 - “Everything hidden will be disclosed”34:50 - Found out as grace, not just judgment36:43 - Mercy, judgment, and praying children are caught before harm39:26 - Sex, consequences, and a new way to think about judgment42:21 - Confession as more than stamping 1 John 1:9 on a problem46:41 - Examen as a practice of noticing God's presence and absence48:33 - How confession has changed over time50:26 - Sin as obstacle to fullness, not just rule-breaking54:01 - Finding a non-threatening place to tell the truth55:56 - Privacy versus secrecy57:13 - 12-step confession, healing, and accountability61:00 - Shame, connection, and being loved in weakness62:13 - Jesus' warning about hypocrisy and spiritual abuse64:09 - Why the gospel also addresses how we live, not just what happens after death65:58 - Humanity, restoration, and confession as a return to true self67:18 - Back to 3D faith and closing thoughtsAs always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.Our Merch Store! https://www.etsy.com/shop/VOXOLOGY?ref=shop_sugg_marketLearn more about the Voxology PodcastSubscribe on iTunes or SpotifySupport the Voxology Podcast on PatreonThe Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology RadioFollow us on Instagram: @voxologypodcast and "like" us on FacebookFollow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerreMusic in this episode by Timothy John StaffordInstagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

From the Moore to the Point newsletter: Reflections on Wendell Berry. Watch the episode here.Some of Russell's Writings on Wendell Berry over the Years "Why You Should Read Hannah Coulter" "7 Books That Changed My Life" "My Favorite Books of 2019" On It All Turns on Affection On Life Is a Miracle "Faith, Fiction, and Christian Nationalism" My Library of America tribute to Wendell Berry on his 90th birthday "Good Riddance to the Robert E. Lee Statue" "Wendell Berry's Grief and Gratitude" Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's poem is part tribute, part poetic manifesto. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

This episode celebrates the life and work of Wendell Berry, the  poet and farmer who died this week. Berry's brief  poem "The Real Work,"  invites us to recognise that when we no longer know what to do or which way to go, we may have arrived at our genuine calling. A conversation for all of us navigating confusion, loss, or disorientation, and wondering about how we might bring ourselves when we no longer know the way.This week is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn explore living with depth, attentiveness and care. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Wendell Berry's Legacy03:06 Surface and Depth05:58 The Real Work08:47 Finding Meaning in the Impeded Stream14:05 Others and Navigating Life's Challenges14:53 The Beauty of Not Knowing: A Personal Reflection17:37 The Song of Life in Chaos21:00 On Connection23:18 Responding to Life's Challenges Together26:55 The Transformative Nature of Uncertainty29:53 What is the Real Work?Our source for this week:The Real WorkIt may be that when we no longer know what to dowe have come our real work,and that when we no longer know which way to gowe have come to our real journey.The mind that is not baffled is not employed.The impeded stream is the one that sings.Wendell Berry (1934-2026)Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on UnsplashJoin Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife---Join Us Live in 2026Turning Towards Life Live Season 3, from 16 September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/liveLearn Coaching with ThirdspaceFoundations of Integral Development CoachingOur two-day immersive introduction to integral development coaching. An opportunity to begin to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can read more 'Foundations' and book a place here:www.wearethirdspace.org/foundations-of-coachingYou can hear us talk about the philosophy of our coaching programmes here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd our year-long Professional Coaching Course details are here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseJoin Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

In September, we'll examine Debra Rienstra's *Refugia Faith*. Refugia are places of safety where life can survive and renew. Pastor Jody starts with the refugia at Mount St. Helens and ends with Wendell Berry's vision of joining our work to heaven's. Messages from Douglas UCC is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://duccpodcast.wordpress.com/

Send us Fan MailIt's a beautiful night, but there is an autumnal damp chill in the air. So, snuggle up with us aboard the Erica as we enter the mysterious, but perhaps not so different, world of geese, and we find out what happened when nine of them flew in on one late summer's afternoon. In celebration of the life of Wendell Berry, we read his poem 'Wild Geese.'  Journal entry:3rd September, Thursday“Awake to a jewelled morning Fresh washed in last night's rain. There are puddles along the towpath And glass-like rosehips glisten In smoky hedges of old man's beard.Last night I listened to rain Drumming on the cabin roof And its hiss upon the stirred water Of the canal.”Episode Information:In this I read Wendell Berry's poem ‘Wild Geese' in commemoration of his life and work. Night Views: Through your window will resume in the next episode.You can find more information about Canada geese, including their calls, on the British Ornithological Trust's site, here: BTO – Canada Geese.    With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast. Ana McKellar Susan BakerMind Shambles Clare Hollingsworth Kevin B. Fleur and David Mcloughlin Lois Raphael Tania Yorgey Andrea Hansen Chris Hinds Chris and Alan on NB Land of Green Ginger Captain Arlo Rebecca Russell Allison on the narrowboat Mukka Derek and Pauline Watts Anna V. Orange Cookie Mary Keane. Tony Rutherford. Arabella Holzapfel. Rory with MJ and Kayla. Narrowboat Precious Jet. Linda Reynolds Burkins. Richard Noble. Carol Ferguson. Tracie Thomas Mark and Tricia Stowe Madeleine SmithGeneral DetailsThe intro and the outro music is ‘Crying Cello' by Oleksii_Kalyna (2024) licensed for free-use by Pixabay (189988). Narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence. Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.All other audio recorded on site. Support the showBecome a 'Lock-Wheeler'Would you like to support this podcast by becoming a 'lock-wheeler' for Nighttime on Still Waters? Find out more: 'Lock-wheeling' for Nighttime on Still Waters.ContactFacebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noswpod.bsky.socialMastodon: https://mastodon.world/@nosw  I would love to hear from you. You can email me at nighttimeonstillwaters@gmail.com or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message by clicking on the microphone icon. For more information about Nighttime on Still WatersYou can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com. 

Kennedy also I reflects on the life of Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist and essayist Wendell Berry, who died a week ago.

25 years on we remember the 9/11 attacks. BBC reporter Mark McCleary shares his memories of being in New York and then Audrey discusses the legacy and impact of 9/11 with Historian Dr Catherine Clinton, Human Rights Expert Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Commentator Rod Dreher.We also remember the Kentucky farmer, poet and activist Wendell Berry who died this week.

This Sunday, Jess shared a bit about her experience in South Africa with St. Stephen's University, reflecting on an idea from Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who wrote, "In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love," and how one community project (WiARM) in particular demonstrated this in beautiful ways. She connected this to the parables of the mustard seed and the yeast, and a few thoughts from Wendell Berry as well.

It's Monday, and that means Drive. We had a bonus Stage Direction this week, thanks to Basement Theatre. Vincent Andrew-Scammell came in and talked to us about his one-man show, ‘Oceania 11'. AAAAnnd what a doozy it sounds like. The lad even did all the sound effects himself. Professor Emeritus Peter Lineham was back on the phone for That's the Spirit. This week, we talked about Wendell Berry and the relationship between Christianity and the environment. We also talked to the talented Mr Timothy Blackman about his new single, ‘Greatness', and his upcoming album. Ngā mihi to The Beer Spot.

35 years ago this month Chuck Colson started the Breakpoint commentary. Two notable deaths this week; Gloria Steinem and Wendell Berry.  And a new study suggests that our 5th graders are not alright.    Segment 1 – 35 Years of Breakpoint and the Deaths of Gloria Steinem and Wendell Berry  Beyond Strange Bedfellows  The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale  Segment 2 – Meta's Record Settlement; Mental Health Crisis in Children  Meta Settlement  Mental Health study  The Triumph of the Therapeutic` by Philip RIEFF  Segment 3 – Treating the Homeless  Treatment First Policy  Mobile Loaves and Fishes   

Chris kicks the show off with a tribute to Wendell Berry, who died this week at 92, and the language he gave hunters for understanding their place in the food chain. In conservation news, Governor Walz signs an executive order blocking mining near the Boundary Waters, juvenile silver carp are found closer than ever to Lake Michigan while the Brandon Road barrier sits idle under administrative review, and the Trump administration pressures the Park Service toward an unprecedented land exchange inside Yosemite. Policy Watch covers the Roadless Rule DEIS, the Travel Management rewrite, and a questionable 20,000-acre land transfer in Alaska. Plus: Minnesota BHA wins the Outdoor Leaders Award, voices from the Kankakee Jamboree, and a roundup of Public Lands Month events and giveaways.  Show Notes:   Help Us Get to 1 Million Signatures and Save Our Public Lands - https://www.savepubliclands.us/  Roadless Rule: A Closer Look at the Record: https://www.backcountryhunters.org/news/details/roadless-rule-a-closer-look-at-the-record  Roadless Rule: Take Action - https://takeaction.io/bha/maintain-national-forest-roadless-areas/  Travel Management: Take Action - https://takeaction.io/bha/speak-up-for-responsible-travel-management-on-our-national-forests/  Proposed Alaskan Land Transfer - https://www.backcountryhunters.org/news/details/opportunity-to-comment-on-the-proposed-land-transfer-in-houston-ak  Minnesota Chapter Wins Outdoor Leaders Award - https://www.backcountryhunters.org/news/details/minnesota-bha-chapter-wins-2026-outdoor-leaders-award-for-public-lands-stewardship  Forged & Found Online Auction - https://go.bhafundraising.org/forgedandfound26/Campaign/Details  Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the voice for your wild public lands, waters, and wildlife to be part of a passionate community of hunter-angler-conservationists. BHA. THE VOICE FOR OUR WILD PUBLIC LANDS, WATERS AND WILDLIFE. Follow us: Web: www.backcountryhunters.org Instagram: @backcountryhunters Facebook: @backcountryhunters

In this second tribute episode to Wendell Berry, Martin Cothran and Alan Cornett join the show to share what it was like to know Berry the man, not just the great literary figure. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Dave turned 40 this week, one day before they hit record, and he wants it understood that he has been looking forward to this. Thirty was a bummer. Forty is different. He expects his forties to be a decade of proficiency instead of a decade of learning how to do everything for the first time: better father, better disciplinarian, better coach, better husband, better at the farm. A decade of potency, he called it, which Adam immediately took in the least charitable direction available and turned into a bit about donating blood and testosterone at the same time. Before that, though, there was a real moment. Adam asked how his spiritual life was and Dave told the truth. He has been in a down recently, the kind where things you have always known to be sinful start to look not that bad, and the only thing that held the line was habit. Intellectual habit, built over years, doing exactly what habit is supposed to do when feeling has gone quiet. Then the piglets. Adam has been building a pig pen since last fall, thinking it through all winter, and Dave finally called to say his sow's litter was ready. Adam ran hot wire that morning, got everything set, and had the sense to put just one pig in first to see what would happen. The pig touched the hot wire, did not get shocked, backed up four steps, ran, and cleared the boards. Twenty seconds. It landed close enough that Adam caught it by a back leg. Welcome to the swine herd community.Sponsor: Amen app (from the Augustine Institute) Free, no paywall, no subscription. It is how Adam and Dave get their kids ready to receive the Gospel before Mass even starts, plus free access to Divine Mercy in My Soul and True Devotion to Mary. Download the Amen app.Sponsor: Select International Tours When Adam and Dave went looking for help leading their first pilgrimage, everyone they asked pointed to the same name: Select International Tours. Having used them, the guys can vouch for it. Wherever in the world you want to go, whether leading a pilgrimage or joining one, head to selectinternationaltours.com and see what they have ready for you.The pour is Pabst Blue Ribbon, which won a blue ribbon at some point a long time ago and has been telling everyone about it ever since. Adam will defend it. Not as a great beer, but as a beer that belongs in the category of things you can hand a man who walks into your house without apologizing. Oklahoma has been over 100 degrees for something like seventy straight days, all of July and all of August, and on a day like that PBR is exactly right.Then the main topic. Wendell Berry died August 31 at home in Port Royal, Kentucky, at 92. Kentucky farmer, novelist, poet, essayist, five generations on the same ground his family had worked since the early 1800s. He took degrees from the University of Kentucky, went off to the city to be a writer, got everything a young writer is supposed to want, and decided quickly that it was not what he wanted. So he went home. He farmed with horses long after he could afford a tractor. His writing cabin, 16 by 20 feet on stilts over the Kentucky River, had no electric light. He never owned a television or a computer and never sent an email in his life. He answered his mail by hand, including letters from strangers, at length, signing every one "your friend, Wendell Berry."Dave once told Adam that Berry is his favorite person to read with whom he disagrees, and that line has stuck. Dave is not a pacifist. There are foundational places where he and Berry part ways. But reading Berry sharpened his own thinking precisely because the case on the other side was so well made, so obviously pondered and re-pondered over decades. Not rookie opinions. Not virgin thoughts. Which raises a question worth sitting with: who do you read that you disagree with? Most men cannot answer it, and that is the problem.Berry's own account of what the land taught him: patience, because the crop keeps its own schedule and will not wait for you. Consequence, because there is no control-Z on a hillside. He plowed and dug a pond on sloping Kentucky ground and then watched it wash out, taking with it topsoil that had taken a thousand years to accumulate a millimeter at a time. Scale, because the land you keep is known intimately by you and nobody else, which spots bloom first, which die first, and holding that in your head is closer to a virtue than a skill. The body as a means of knowing, because the health of the mind proves itself in physical work. And fidelity to one place over time. Asked by NPR in 1998 what he would tell young people, he said stop some place and stay there, and learn the history of it, the names of the plants and the animals and your neighbors.Adam brought in Josef Pieper to name what that is. Working hard is not the opposite of sloth. The opposite of sloth is the glad acceptance of your own life. A man can be busy at every hour of the day and still be a slothful man, because the busyness is a way of refusing the life he actually has.Dave read The World-Ending Fire on Adam's recommendation and could not get past a passage early on about the difference between a path and a road. A path is submissive to the terrain. It yields to creation, goes through the trees, puts you in nature instead of over it. A path is almost a virtue, a habit of travel, a memory you relive, an inheritance you walk because others walked it first. A road does violence to it. You level the ground and go through instead of being part of it.Which sets up the essay. In 1987 Berry published "Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer," and it went on to become the most reprinted thing he ever wrote, which is its own joke. He gave nine standards a new tool ought to meet: cheaper than what it replaces, no bigger in scale, demonstrably better at the work, less energy, ideally powered by something like the body, repairable by a person of ordinary intelligence with ordinary tools, purchasable and repairable near home, sold by a small shop that will take it back, and the hard one, number nine: it should not replace or disrupt anything good that already exists, including family and community relationships. We have almost entirely stopped asking that one. We look at output and never at cost, and technology almost always charges its cost in person-to-person contact.His three reasons were dependence, household, and self-deception. Dependence on strip-mined Kentucky coal to run the thing. Household, because the model being discarded was his wife, Tanya, his editor, his critic, his closest reader and fellow worker, and going up to date as a writer would have meant sacrificing an association he treasured and depended on. That reason is what critics went after hardest, feminism being what it was in 1987, and he answered them in print. Self-deception last, and best: he simply did not believe anyone writes better with a computer than with a pencil. Show him work demonstrably better than Dante's, demonstrably attributable to the machine, and he would speak of computers in a more respectful tone of voice, though he still would not buy one.The guys are fair to it and to themselves. Dante is not a fair standard, since nobody in the 300 years before the computer wrote as well as Dante either. But the point underneath it holds. Berry wrote in pencil because when you cross out a word and write another above it, the path you traveled is still visible in front of you, the way a footpath is. And there is something sacramental about it. The pencil hitting the paper is the incarnation of a thought. The labor is not an obstacle to the writing. The labor is the writing, and the satisfaction of finally getting a sentence to say what you actually meant is only available to the man who did the wrestling.Which is where AI comes in, one week after the guys spent a whole episode on it. You do not appreciate a well-kept lawn until you have kept one. You do not appreciate a tomato until you have grown one. You do not appreciate writing until you have done it. Hand the wrestling to a word-guessing machine and the sentence still arrives, but it is sterile, generic, recognizable on sight to anyone who has ever fought for a line. AI is contraceptive language. There is no fecundity in it. The guys expect a backlash, the same pullback that is already happening with social media among the young, once enough people notice what got traded away. Berry's whole vocation was to turn our minds back toward the ground. Which, as Dave pointed out, is where the first man got both his name and his job: adam from adamah, formed out of the earth and made for the earth, a husband to the soil before there was ever any sin to explain it. That is not nostalgia. That is the job. Go read him. You will not agree with everything. Neither do they. Protect the labor. Provide something you actually made. Establish a place and stay in it. May the mad farmer rest with the eternal farmer. Raise your glass.TOPICS COVEREDWhether a man actually gets wiser as he gets older, and why a sinful life makes him dumber insteadDave turning 40 and why he was looking forward to it in a way he never looked forward to 30The forties as a decade of proficiency and self-mastery instead of learning everything for the first timeA spiritual down, and relying on intellectual habit when things you know to be sinful start looking not that badAdam's two piglets from Dave's sow, and a pig pen contemplated since last fallA piglet clearing the boards twenty seconds after being let in, and getting caught by a back legBeer of the week: Pabst Blue Ribbon, and the case for beer that

In this episode of Thinking Out Loud, Nathan and Cameron explore the life, work, and enduring influence of Wendell Berry, the acclaimed American writer, poet, farmer, environmental thinker, and Christian voice. Nathan and Cameron discuss Berry's Kentucky roots, his journey from Stanford and NYU back to the land, his writings on agriculture, ecology, community, family, faith, culture, and modern industrial society, and why his work continues to resonate in an increasingly urban and disconnected world. They examine Berry's books and essays, including The Unsettling of America, The Gift of Good Land, What Are People For?, Jayber Crow, Hannah Coulter, and his Sabbath Poems, while considering his critique of industrial agriculture, consumerism, individualism, and modern life. Nathan and Cameron also unpack Berry's vision of Christianity, virtue, place, rootedness, stewardship, and communal life, explaining why Berry's message is not simply about moving to a farm but about learning to love and serve the particular place and community where a person already lives.DONATE LINK: https://toltogether.com/donate  BOOK A SPEAKER: https://toltogether.com/book-a-speaker JOIN TOL CONNECT: https://toltogether.com/tol-connect  TOL Connect is an online forum where TOL listeners can continue the conversation begun on the podcast.

One of our literary heroes, the great Wendell Berry, died this week at the age of 92 and we're here to pay tribute. In this episode, we consider his influence on literature, agriculture, and culture, plus share some personal stories, favorite passages, and insights into what makes Berry a timeless writer and thinker. Thanks for tuning in. We'd love to hear what Berry meant to you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Political scientist Mark Caleb Smith reflects the life and death of Wendell Berry and his vision of our need for rootedness in community.  He also addressed the President's executive orders for mail-in voting.  National Day of Prayer's Kathy Branzell offers us help for when you what to help and pray with those going through a tragedy.  Kathy also offers ideas for organizing your prayer life better.   The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here!  

Aaron, Dr. Clardy and Kim share which Andy B they believe about these rural hospital closures. Then the Colonels remember the Mad Farmer, Kentucky's beloved literary giant, Wendell Berry, who passed this week. Then, we're joined by Our People, Our Vote's Kathleen Campisano to demystify deep canvassing, oh and then Aaron puts on his old man readers and shares a favorite Mad Farmer poem. We swear, it's a GREAT #ColonelsOfTuth this week!BITIN' LIST:Aaron: AG Russell Coleman needs to take WB's name out his mouthKimberly: C'mon Kentucky Dr. Clardy: Pete Kegsbreath61 DAY TO GO - GET ACTIVE:Join us Sept. 14 at W 6!! Rep. Adam Moore will join us (and we've invited Zach Dembo) for our next postcard party! http://www.progressky.org/postcardsWe are CANVASSING on Saturday!!! Shillito Park, Shelter 5 at 10am! We're hitting the 45th (& the 6th, ofc)!! http://www.progressky.org/doorsNEWS OF THE WEAK:RIP Wendell Berry https://hellbendernewsroom.com/local/people/kentucky-wendell-berry-dies/Bill McKibben tells a WB story on CoT last year: https://www.youtube.com/live/GtbtxhFyb7w?t=2336sAndyB vs AndyB - which do YOU believe on rural hospitals?https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article317033356.htmlINTERVIEW: Kathleen Campisano - Our People Our Vote. OG Deep Canvassing organizer.https://progressky.org/storyhttps://ourpeopleourvote.org/election-protectionProgress Kentucky is a non-profit organization registered with the Kentucky Secretary of State, and organized as a 501(c)(4). We are affiliated with the Indivisible Project, and Commonground Kentucky Action, and are also proud members of the Forward Kentucky Network. Progress Kentucky's goal is to educate, organize, increase voter turnout, and advance a progressive agenda through civic engagement. We'll be back next week, and we'll be joined again by Ned Pillersdorf - the candidate running against Hal Rogers in the KY 5th district. Production of episode 274 was by Annabel!Nate Orshan wrote and performed our theme song! You can find more information and music @ NatoSongs.com - If you miss our weekly livestream on Facebook or YouTube, audio podcasts and our show notes are available on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts. If you DO listen to the pod, please leave us a 5 star review wherever you are listening right now!

On this, our 341st Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss two lives well-lived, both of which ended on August 31, 2026: our beloved labrador Maddie, and Wendell Berry. Maddie was adventurous and loyal; she helped raise our children; and she gave unconditional love. Wendell Berry was a writer, an environmentalist, and a philosopher and defender of the land, and of traditional ways of being and doing. He died at 92 at his home in Kentucky, having lived a deep life farming, thinking, and writing.*****Our sponsors:Timeline: Accelerate the clearing of damaged mitochondria to improve strength and endurance: Go to www.timeline.com/darkhorse and use code darkhorse for 20% off your order.Cowboy Colostrum: Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code Darkhorse at https://cowboycolostrum.com/darkhorse.CrowdHealth: Pay for healthcare with crowdfunding instead of insurance. It's way better. Use code DarkHorse at http://JoinCrowdHealth.com to get 1st 3 months for $99/month.*****Join us on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.comHeather's newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.comOur book, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AGANGg (commission earned)Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.orgMusic: "Marble Machine" by WintergatanThis track can be downloaded for free at www.wintergatan.netFree License to use this track in your video can be downloaded at www.wintergatan.net*****Mentioned in this episode:Wendell Berry in 2012 in Humanities: https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/mayjune/conversation/wendell-berry-landsmaBerry obit in NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/wendell-berry-dead.htmThe Peace of Wild Things: https://amzn.to/4zQkzE6  (commission earned)The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture: https://amzn.to/4zTQV0S (commission earned)*****Timestamps:00:00:00 A Rough One Today00:02:07 Sponsor: Timeline00:06:01 Sponsor: Cowboy Colostrum00:09:09 Sponsor: CrowdHealth00:11:22 We Lost Maddie on Monday00:14:01 Why Does She Love Me Unconditionally?00:15:38 Dogs May Save the World00:18:03 The Longest-Standing Domesticate00:20:53 Cats See Mothers, Dogs See a Team00:23:43 Please Wait for Dad to Get Home00:30:50 Why We Buried Her Ourselves00:37:26 Sun Lakes and a Dog With a Job00:43:09 Photographs of Maddie00:45:57 Grief Is the Downside of Love00:48:07 What We Surrender to the Market00:55:58 Wendell Berry, 1934-202601:01:02 The Unsettling of America01:02:25 Monoculture of Crops and of Ideas01:07:23 The Cult of the Future01:13:53 Manifesto: The Mad Farmer01:16:46 A Meeting, and GoodbyeSupport the show

Corby Kummer discusses the death of Wendell Berry, poet and extoller of agrarian principles. Plus, we'll look at the growth of urban farming across the country and discuss Canada's retaliatory tariffs on food/dairy items.Trenni Casey discusses private equity in college sports, and the growth of youth football despite CTE concerns.Juliette Kayyem discusses the growing number of military leaders warning Hegseth against extending Iran war operations ... and the latest on election interference ahead of November.

Brian reflects on a season of family transitions, then moves through a series of short devotional and cultural topics: Wendell Berry’s legacy, a take on old fashioned baby names, a critique of Anne Hathaway’s abortion comments, and a look at JD Vance’s candid comments about doubt. The episode also includes a sermon style reading of the Samaritan woman at the well and a meditation on Philippians 2 and the biblical view of the body.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Say Something Interesting Brent and Megan discuss this weekend's talk at EastLake. Other topics include Wendell Berry homage, first day of school, and remembering the impact of your words.

Frontporch Republic's Jeff Bilbro talks about the life, the writings, and the impact of Wendell Berry, who passed away at the age of 92.  The Gospel Coalition's Trevin Wax, co-author of "The Gospel Way Catechism of Kids," talk about ways of helping our children to not only understand at their level what the Bible teaches, but also how they can see the falsehoods the world teaches.   The Reconnect with Carmen and all Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here!

Today I talk about the importance of Wendell Berry's writing, his faithfulness as farmer, and some of his works that I appreciate the most. I also talk about a couple of other books that I read recently and how they contribute to thinking about a good life.  Books mentioned on today's podcast: Standing By Words - Wendell Berry The Need to Be Whole - Wendell Berry Fidelity - Wendell Berry That Distant Land - Wendell Berry Haven in a Heartless World - Christopher Lasch These High Green Hills - Jan Karon

Tributes pour in for famed Kentucky author Wendell Berry, state lawmakers are urged to support a Kentucky Center for Science Education, Congressman Massie pushes another Epstein discharge petition, another phase of the Mountain Parkway widening project is complete, and a look at a rare pediatric cancer that's being diagnosed at higher rates than normal.

Composed in 1971 as a self-eulogy, today's poem is a remembrance of Wendell Berry who embarked for the greater Port Royal yesterday at the age of 92. May his memory be eternal. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to episode 477 of Growers Daily! We are gonna dedicate today to germinating crops, namely spinach (which we will do an in-the-field segment on), but also just good general germination guidance and maybe some other g words. Plus we'll take a question about blackberry brambles. We are a Non-Profit! 

In this episode, we sit down with Noah East, co-owner of Wild East Farm and founder of Small Scale Revival, to explore how human-scale design, efficient systems, and clear values create a thriving small farm. We dive into Noah's journey from managing a high-volume 8 acre vegetable farm to co-founding a mixed enterprise farm in North Carolina, examining how human-scale farming benefits both personal well-being and soil health. Noah explains how they integrate market gardening, agroforestry, and rotational livestock without overworking or scaling beyond ideal capacity. We explore their practical strategies for small-farm viability, including balancing wholesale with retail outlets and securing long-term land access through flexible leasing. Finally, we discuss the philosophy of thrift, relational agriculture, and why cultivating life outside of work is essential for long-term sustainability. Timestamps [00:00] Intro [03:10] Defining "ancestrally consistent" human-scale farming[15:00] Origins of Wild East Farm and homesteading background[17:30] Overview of the 44-acre mixed farm and livestock integration[29:00] Management roles, delegation, and preventing burnout[35:40] Systemizing micro-processes and setting work-week boundaries[42:30] Business strategy: Wholesale food hubs vs. direct retail[46:40] Financial transparency, farm earnings, and frugal living[58:10] Creative land access models and long-term lease structures[01:23:00] Applying the Wendell Berry concept of thrift to daily life[01:37:50] Relational agriculture and Small Scale Revival consulting[01:47:40] Rapid Fire: Favorite books, best advice, drums etc.SponsorsDubois Agrinovation: Get 10% off by choosing the promo code ‘MasterClass – Jean-Martin Fortier' when you create an account. Some exceptions apply. New Society Publishing: Use code market25 for 25% off all booksJohnny's Selected Seeds: Sign up for Johnny's newsletter to receive the latest news, products, and more. New members get $10 off their next order of $50 or more!https://www.johnnyseeds.com/?utm_source=MGI&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Duo&utm_id=MGPLinks/ResourcesStart Your Market Gardener Journey Here : https://themarketgardener.com/starthere/Market Gardener Institute:  https://themarketgardener.com Masterclass:  https://themarketgardener.com/courses/the-market-gardener-masterclass Newsletter:  https://themarketgardener.com/newsletterBlog:  https://themarketgardener.com/blog Books: https://themarketgardener.com/booksGrowers & Co: https://growers.coHeirloom: https://heirloom.ag/The Old Mill: https://www.espaceoldmill.com/en/Follow UsWebsite: http://themarketgardener.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/marketgardenerinstitute Instagram: http://instagram.com/themarketgardeners Guest Social Media LinksNoah:Website: https://www.wildeastfarm.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildeastfarm/ Website: https://www.smallscalerevival.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@smallscalerevival JM:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanmartinfortierFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanmartinfortier 

You may know Wendell Berry for his writing on what we stand to lose through industrial agriculture—and what it will take to defend farmers, preserve small farms and agrarian culture, and advocate for equitable and ecological land stewardship. But you should also know his daughter, Mary Berry. As Executive Director of The Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky, Mary is carrying her multigenerational family legacy, philosophy and values into action. Through farmer education, direct marketing projects for local producers, a demonstration farm, cultural events and programs that strengthen local rural communities, Mary and her team are showing what a more equitable, ecological, and agrarian farming future can look like. Enjoy our fifth out of the six podcasts featuring voices for the Old Salt Festival where Michael Dimock sits down with Mary to learn about the Berry family legacy, why small-farm agriculture matters, and the work of building a future in which farmers and healthy rural economies can thrive.

Podcasting 2.0 August 14th 2026 Episode 267 - "Chocolove" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00 - THE SPOTIFY "SKIP AHEAD" BUTTON — THE BIG ONE What it is: Spotify is testing a button that appears on the playback screen the moment it thinks you'd want to skip — an intro, a sponsorship message, or an entire ad break. It is bigger than everything else on screen. One tap drops you at the end of the break, back in the show. Premium subscribers only, selected markets including US and UK, and only when the app is in the foreground. Who broke it: James Cridland at Pod News, 4 August 2026 — an exclusive. Spotify never announced it. Semafor and most of the trade press picked it up afterwards; Cridland noted on air this week that some of them ran it without credit. The number that makes it different from a skip button: Cridland's arithmetic — skipping a typical ad break by hand is nine presses of the 15-second button, plus a correction tap when you overshoot. Skip Ahead is one. "Some people have said, oh, but you've been able to skip for years and this is no different. But a button that only appears when it's stuff that Spotify thinks you should be skipping is a start." It skips other people's money: the button fires on third-party ads — Acast, Odyssey, the New York Times — and on ads inside Spotify's own shows. It even skipped Search Engine's read for its own paid tier, PJ Vogt pitching Incognito Mode. One half of Spotify sells advertisers reach; the other half hands listeners a button to leave. Spotify's answer, and the trapdoor in it: Spotify told Cridland it is "not affecting ad delivery." True only if delivery means to the device. Cridland: "If ad delivery is to the listener's ear, which is actually what people are paying for..." — the download still counts, the ad still gets billed, the human never hears it. Spotify's other defence: the button merely shows where other listeners already skip. Cridland: "I'm not entirely sold on that, but if that's what Spotify say, I mean they wouldn't lie."

Tom and Jason talk to Lenny Wells - pecan farmer and extension agent - about growing pecans in Georgia, the cultural and ecological factors.Along the way we also discuss:-how he got into pecans -his book on pecans-consulting with a pecan farmer in Spain-his love for Wendell Berry, and -fly-fishing in MontanaEnjoy!

The Old Testament, Walter Brueggemann said, is an old text that simply refuses to stay old. "It reads like it was written yesterday." For him, God offers no artificial closure, but is active in the meantime, and at peace with the "unfinished." Walter Brueggemann died on June 5, 2025, at the age of ninety-two, and his own influence is unfinished. This episode is from the Conversing archives: a conversation Mark Labberton hosted with Brueggemann at Fuller Seminary for the 2015 Fuller Forum "Justice, Grace, and Law in the Mission of God." Brueggemann was an Old Testament scholar for the sake of the church, the author of over one hundred books including The Prophetic Imagination, and came to the Bible as a text-wrestler, "comfortable with collisions," taking the Hebrew text and his own life as an artist with equal and total seriousness. He describes his method of exegesis written longhand, "at the end of his pen," catching himself speaking the words as he writes them. Together they discuss the artistry of biblical language and why art is inherently subversive; Abraham Joshua Heschel on the suffering of God in Jeremiah; the pastor as scribe rather than prophet; the violence of God in the Old Testament and what it means to call it recovery; and justice as the "willingness to be inconvenienced." Brueggemann closes with Psalm 73: " Whom have I in heaven, and who do I desire on Earth but you?" Walter Brueggemann was the McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. Episode Highlights A Scholar for the Church: "It took me a while to figure out that I wanted to be a scholar for the church and not for the academy … you wanna maintain your credibility in the academy, but it's not where you live." On the Old Testament: "It's so Jewish, and Jewishness means that it's conflicted and multi-vocal and multilayered and complex, and that's the nature of the text, and I think that's the nature of the God who indwells the text." The Everlasting Text: "It is an old text, but I always said to my students, it reads like it was written yesterday … it is an old text that refuses to stay old." On Subversiveness: "Art is inherently subversive because it wants to show us reality in a way that we have never before seen it … what we always wanna do with art or with the Bible is that we wanna cram it into the categories of the familiar." On Unfinishedness: "This is a God who stays faithful in the unfinishedness … in some ways, God isn't finished becoming God yet. So there is more light to break forth yet in our midst." On Fixing Everything: "Our society is about to forget what it means to be human in a technological, capitalist environment … The dominant value system of our society believes that everything can be fixed." Justice as Inconvenience: "I don't mind dying for Christ, but I don't wanna be inconvenienced … so much of justice work is just being inconvenienced." About Walter Brueggemann Walter Brueggemann (1933–2025) was among the most widely read Old Testament scholars of the past century, author of more than one hundred books, including The Prophetic Imagination and Theology of the Old Testament. Born in Tilden, Nebraska, to a German Evangelical pastor, he studied at Elmhurst College, Eden Theological Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, and Saint Louis University. He taught at Eden from 1961 to 1986 and at Columbia Theological Seminary from 1986 until his retirement in 2003, holding the William Marcellus McPheeters chair in Old Testament. His final book, God of All Promises, was published posthumously in 2026. Helpful Links and Resources Walter Brueggemann's official website: https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/ In memoriam and Celebration of Life service webpage: https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/2025/06/05/in-memory/ Brueggemann on X: https://twitter.com/waltbrueggemann The Prophetic Imagination, 40th Anniversary Edition, Fortress Press: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506449302/The-Prophetic-Imagination Show Notes In memoriam: Walter Brueggemann, 1933–2025; died June 5, 2025 at 92 Recorded at the 2015 Fuller Forum: "Justice, Grace, and Law in the Mission of God" A rural pastor father, plain in the pulpit and unmistakable in his passion Doctoral study at Union under James Muilenburg, a close friend of Abraham Joshua Heschel Choosing the church over the academy, and what that vocational choice cost Historical criticism as necessary but never sufficient Multivocal Scripture The Old Testament's Jewishness as conflict, layering, complexity An ancient text that reads like it was written yesterday Biblical exegesis in longhand Micah 4: beating swords into plowshares Ecumenism that doesn't coerce Particularity over universal generalization; the scandal of incarnation Heschel on the pathos of God Jeremiah 8 and 9:  "Oh, that I had bigger tear ducts because I must cry more than my eyes will permit me." Why aiming at a doctrinal or moral outcome turns interpretation coercive Wendell Berry, and the discovery that combinations of words do things Art as a refusal of the familiar Unfinishedness Congregations that want closure, and the anxiety of leaving things open Biblical literacy The violence of God read as recovery rather than projection Justice as planned inconvenience: meetings, showing up, critical mass Psalm 73, and coming to oneself in a world of commodity Why the pastoral task feels urgent in a society sure everything can be fixed #WalterBrueggemann #PropheticImagination #OldTestament #Conversing #MarkLabberton #Preaching #Theology Production Credits Conversing is produced and distributed in partnership with Comment magazine and Fuller Seminary.

Today's guest is a Kentucky neighbor who has both a specific reading project and a dilemma we know is shared by many readers. Emily Holladay is a pastor in Frankfort, Kentucky, where she lives with her family. As a newish mom, Emily is still finding her outside-of-parenthood hobbies, but reading has been a constant throughout her life. Emily's a member of a book club at Carmichael's Bookstore, which happens to be Anne's local bookstore. When Emily completed her guest submission form and told us about her struggles with completing her Carmichael's bingo card, Anne couldn't wait to talk about this reading challenge with Emily. Emily also often finds herself browsing Libby for her next read. She often feels like every book that's top of mind for her is also on everyone else's mind, and suspects she would be happier if she had an assortment of backlist books on her radar that might be available on Libby right when she wants them. Anne has ideas for Emily, and we'd love to hear your suggestions too: please share the titles and tips you'd like to share with Emily by leaving a comment on our show notes page, where you'll also find the list of titles discussed today. Every week here on the podcast, we share an hour of enthusiastic book talk, and our podcast stays free for all to enjoy. A lot goes into crafting this hour of free bookish entertainment every week, and while we love what we do, that's why we value your support so much. Not only does it help the finances work, it's a huge morale booster to hear that you value what we do here every week. If you want to help us keep producing high-quality, human-made work like we do every week, there are many ways to support us, and we hope you can find one or even several that are right for you. If you'd like to support us financially, that's easy to do by joining our Patreon community, becoming a member of the Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, visiting our shop, or buying Anne's books. To everyone who has already supported us in any of these ways, thank you so much. And if financial support isn't an option for you right now, or even if you're already a financial supporter, there are great free ways that support us as well. Simple actions make a big difference, like subscribing to our email list, subscribing to or following our podcast on your favorite app or player, sharing a post, a story, or an episode on social media, or by telling a friend to listen in. No matter which of these actions you take, know that our team is grateful. We truly couldn't do this without you. Thank you for listening, and thank you for supporting our show. Chapters 05:49 Meet Emily 14:48 Emily's search for books to fill her book bingo card 33:28 The Guncle by Steven Rowley 37:02 Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 39:47 The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson 42:52 My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 48:18 Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker 55:02 Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story by Wendell Berry  57:11 Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri 1:03:02 Open Throat by Henry Hoke 1:06:43 What will Emily read next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices