The Scandal of Reading 2 | Andrew Peterson on Book of the Dun Cow
Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Andrew Peterson to discuss The Book of the Dun Cow. Together they discuss the themes of “creation care” and how Walter Wangerin, Jr.’s fantasy novel from...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 352 | Amsterdam & The Long Goodbye
Whodunnit? And are these movies any good? Kevin and Sarah investigate David O. Russell’s latest, Amsterdam, in which three friends (played by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington)...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 353 | Till & Killer of Sheep
This week, Kevin and Sarah review Chinonye Chukwu’s film Till, about Mamie Till-Mobley’s pursuit of justice after the 1955 lynching of her son Emmett. Then for the Watchlist, Kevin introduces Sarah to...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing October Bonus | Blonde
In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, which adapts Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel of the same name. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing &...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 3 | Joy Clarkson on Vodolazkin’s Laurus
Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Joy Clarkson to discuss Eugene Vodolazkin’s novel, Laurus. Together they discuss the themes of trauma, imitation of Christ, and living as a Holy fool....
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 354 | TÁR & Opening Night
Kevin and Sarah spend some time with two spectacular performances in two separate movies about two singular women. First is Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s new film TÁR, which centers...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 327 | Everything Everywhere All At Once & What’s Up Doc
Kevin and Sarah take on the multiverse in their review of Daniels’ latest film, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Then they turn their attention to Barbra Streisand’s grift in Peter Bogdanovich’s...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 354 | TÁR and Opening Night
Kevin and Sarah spend some time with two spectacular performances in two separate movies about two singular women. First is Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s new film TÁR, which centers...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 4 | Claude Atcho on Hurston’s Moses, Man of the Mountain
Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Claude Atcho to discuss Zora Neale Hurston’s 1938 novel, Moses, Man of the Mountain which Claude discussed in his work Reading Black Books which promotes...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 355 | Black Adam & 28 Days Later
Kevin and Sarah take on a super-anti-hero in their review of Black Adam, the DC Comics passion project of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Then, in the spirit of Halloween, Kevin introduces Sarah to the...
View ArticleCole Burgett’s The Lost Son: The Horror of an Unabsolved Homecoming
This article contains some spoilers for the podcast series The Lost Son. There is nothing more horrifying for anyone hoping to enter the pearly gates than the possibility of an unaccepting God. The...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 5 | Dr. Jack Heller on Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before...
Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Jack Heller to discuss Ernest Gaines’ 8th novel published in 1993, A Lesson Before Dying. Together they discuss the themes of preparing ourselves for our...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 356 | Armageddon Time & Mirror
Kevin and Sarah take a trip down memory lane with two deeply personal movies. First up is Armageddon Time, James Gray’s memoir about growing up in New York City in the early 1980’s. For the Watchlist...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing November Bonus | Agnes (2021)
In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review the 2021 horror-drama movie Agnes, directed by Mickey Reece. Follow us on Twitter @SeeBelievePOD Support the Seeing & Believing Patreon
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 6 | Chris Smith on Georges Bernanos’ Diary of a...
Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson is joined by Chris Smith to discuss Georges Bernanos’ 1936 novel Diary of a Country Priest . Together they talk about the way the novel draws upon the literary history...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 357 | The Banshees of Inisherin, Wakanda Forever & The...
Kevin and Sarah test the limits of friendship in their review of The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh’s movie about a friendship that suddenly vanishes. Sarah gives a capsule review of the...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 7 | Karen Swallow Prior on Flannery O’Connor’s The...
Jessica hosts fellow Flannery O’Connor fan, Karen Swallow Prior to discuss the author’s final Novel, The Violent Bear It Away. The pair discuss O’Connor’s use of her characters as God’s friends, or...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 358 | She Said & Shirkers
Sarah and Kevin report on Maria Schrader’s film She Said, a dramatization of the investigative journalism by Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) that brought down Harvey...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 359 | Glass Onion & High and Low
This week, we give thanks for whodunnits. Sarah and Kevin assemble in the drawing room to get to the bottom of the mystery at the heart of Rian Johnson’s new mystery, Glass Onion. Then, Kevin...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Reading 8 | Haley Stewart on Sigrid Undset’s Kristin...
Jessica hosts Haley Stewart to discuss the 1920 novel by Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter. This trilogy of novels described the life of Kristin in 14th Century Norway as she constantly attempted...
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