News, Notes, & Podcasts

Eric Miller pens a beautiful review of Wendell Berry’s new novel and reflects on the stories and structures that hold sustaining cultures in place.

Just as the light becomes a little more precious and scarce this year, we’re going to listen to songs about it. Send me your song recommendations at symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!

Christian Wiman’s latest masterpiece is a must-read.

The former editor in chief of Christianity Today stops by to talk about his love of Port William and the AI infused world to come.

This week, in lieu of a Thanksgiving episode, A Symposium of Popular Songs is listening to songs about change. Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com.

Kit Wilson describes how the flurry of words that bombarded him via podcasts, social media, and texts cut him off from reality.

We’re talking about transcendence this week on A Symposium of Popular Songs, and it’s coming from every direction: religion, drugs, death, and all the rest. Send your song recommendations to…

Robert Wyllie writes about Kirk’s assassination and the state of hyperpolitics with the appropriate self-awareness, despair, and hope.

We’re talking about memory this week on A Symposium of Popular Songs. How much do we need to remember in order to think, and how much do we need to…

Chase Steely visits Elder’s Bookstore in Nashville and muses on the literary and cultural traditions born in that city.

We’re listening to songs about crying this week on A Symposium of Popular Songs, and there are so many of them that I’m only playing artists I’ve never played on…

Charles McNamara wrestles with how we might regain the virtues needed for real education.