The Re-Enchantment Book Club
Episodes
Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the power of music, the problem of pain, where we go to deal with suffering, the communal experience of la...
Watership Down by Richard Adams
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss an abundance of rabbits, the power of myth, how the telling of stories shapes us, the value of ennobling t...
Poetry Swap!
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special New Year episode, Jordan and Brendan examine the poems “Alive Together” by Liesel Mueller and “As Kingfishers Catch Fire” by G...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan board the Hogwarts Express to discuss the deep magic of God, worldbuilding, finding our place in a larger story...
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan take up residence in Port William and discuss Membership, steadfast Love, what it means to live and die in the sam...
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Lottery In this episode, Jordan and Brendan debate what defines a Dystopia; they also discuss the day they’ll beat their swords into plowshares,...
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the nature of dignity, the soul-crushing need to justify your existence, the cost of disordered loves, amb...
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan gush over the scarcity of admirable literary heroes, the value of patient writing, the struggle to understand the ...
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the reintegrated life in a disintegrated world, the law of the jungle vs. the ministry of reconciliation, ...
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the role of college professors in book enjoyment, the profundity of childlike faith, the need for uncondit...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan travel to Middle Earth to discuss the role of the common man in the fight against evil, worlds born from words, th...
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the “If Only” feeling, beauty in the midst of bleakness, the call to adventure, the cost of idealism, ...
The Gilded Six-Bits by Zora Neale Hurston
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the scandal of grace, beautifully hyperlinked symbolism, the cosmic story arc, the nature of true value, t...
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the duality of man, the gamble of letting Death narrate your story, the power of words to bring life or de...
The Dead by James Joyce
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss our thought-tormented age, early 20th century Irish politics, the polarizing Modernist legacy of James Joy...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Yuletide episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the supremacy of It’s a Wonderful Life, the clash of Two Kingdoms, Dickens’s delight ...
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the difficulty of the short story form, O’Connor’s punishment of hypocrites & use of the grotesque...
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Halloween episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss their favorite spooky stories, Bradbury’s polarizing prose, the struggle with time &am...
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the complex & bittersweet relationship with Home, the pronunciation of “Kunstlerroman,” getting to...
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan and Brendan acknowledge their limited perspective; they also discuss the slow & frustrating work of justice, the effects o...
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this debut episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss homesickness, pretentious German words, Lewis’s profound love of horses, the “around the corner”...