Speaking with Joy

Reading with Joy — Week Seven

Is the world getting better and better? This week we discuss the myth of progress and the eternal revolution. Join in!

Reading with Joy — Week Six

Boze Herrington joins Joy to discuss the beautiful paradoxes of Christianity as it has tumbled through history.

Reading with Joy, Week Four

How is it possible that we both feel at home in the world and homesick in it?

Reading with Joy, Week Four

Can fairy tales help us understand the world better than modern philosophy? 

Reading with Joy— Orthodoxy, Week Three

From her new flat in St Andres, surrounded by boxes, Joy rambles about chapter three of Orthodoxy and the unraveling of the modern mind. Listen in!

Reading with Joy — Orthodoxy, Week Two

What do sin, madness, and rationalism have to do with each other? Tune into this week's episode about Chapter Two of Chesterton's book Orthodoxy to find out!

Reading with Joy - Orthodoxy, Week One

Welcome to Reading with Joy, a summer book club on G.K. Chesterton's excellent book of essays Orthodoxy. Join me this week for our first episode, diving into Chapter One "In Defence of Everything Else."

Summering with Joy!

After a short (and unexpected!) break, Speaking with Joy is back. Listen to this podcast to hear about my summer book club, live Speaking with Joy events near you, and more. I hope you'll spend the summer with me!

Boredom

The modern world is both overstimulating and excessively boring. In this episode, featuring Boredom expert Dr. Rebekah Lamb, we explore the social, literary, and spiritual dimensions of boredom. I promise, you will not find this episode a bore.

The Enchanted Heavens

Is the modern world disenchanted? Today we will explore this question with the night sky as our conversation partner. My hunch is that the cosmos is not any less wondrous, mysterious, or enchanted than it was in the twelfth century. The world is not disenchanted, we've only grown blind to its wonder.