The Membership: A Wendell Berry Podcast

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A podcast about the life of work of Wendell Berry: the Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist, essayist, and activist.

  1. 02/12/2025

    Episode 24: "Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World"

    In this episode of The Membership, David and John discuss a book that is an unusual in the Port William series -- it's about a mouse, and is sometimes classified as a children's book -- but still feels right at home. That book? Whitefoot: A Story from the Center from the World, by Wendell Berry. We talk about the experience of compressing the imagination to the size of a mouse, where this book sits among Berry's other works, and why the realization that one lives at the center of the world is "the world's profoundest thought." And much more. SHOW NOTES AND LINKS "Whitefoot" in Orion Magazine Website of illustrator Davis Te Selle "Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel," by Carl Safina "Black Elk Speaks," by John G. Neihardt "Another Day: Sabbath Poems, 2013-2023," by Wendell Berry THE MEMBERSHIP ONLINE The Membership Podcast Online YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Website The Berry Center The Rabbit Room Podcast Network Who should we interview on the podcast? Let us know at hosts@membershippod.com

  2. 12/20/2023

    Episode 23: A Sabbath Poem for Christmas: "Remembering that it happened once..."

    In his poem “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” Wendell Berry calls the reader to “Practice resurrection.” In today’s episode, we discuss one of Berry’s Sabbath poems. It has a Christmas theme that could be summarized this way: “Practice incarnation.” SHOW NOTES AND LINKSSabbath Poem 1987, No. VI - “Remembering that it happened once…” The Berry Center (our recommendation for year-end giving) Who should we interview on the podcast? Let us know at hosts@membershippod.com The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram Website

  3. 08/22/2023

    Episode 22: Singer-Songwriter Matt Wheeler on His New Port William-inspired Album

    In this episode, we interview singer-songwriter Matt Wheeler about his new album, A Hard History of Love. That album is inspired by five short stories in Berry’s story collection, That Distant Land. We talk about the process of writing songs inspired by great literature, about some of our favorite Port William characters, and what “membership” looks like in Matt’s life. UPDATE: The Kickstarter for Matt’s album release is now fully funded. All backers will now receive a print of Ned Bustard’s cover art for the album. The Kickstarter ends on August 25 at 7:15 a.m. Eastern. Kickstarter for A Hard History of Love: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hardhistory/a-hard-history-of-love-by-matt-wheeler SHOW NOTES AND LINKSKickstarter for Matt Wheeler’s Port William-inspired album A Hard History of Love Ned Bustard (Instagram), the Lancaster artist who did the album cover art “Invited into a Rich Community: An Interview with Matt Wheeler,” by Matt Conner Matt Wheeler Online Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Who else should we interview on the podcast? Let us know at hosts@membershippod.com The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram Website

  4. 08/17/2023

    Episode 21: A Returning, a New Voice, and a Look Ahead

    The Membership Podcast returns! We catch you up on the last three years, introduce a new co-host, and preview some of the books we’ll be reading in Season 3. Our next episode is coming in just a couple days, so be on the lookout! SHOW NOTES AND LINKSKickstarter for Matt Wheeler’s Port William-inspired album A Hard History of Love “Returning,” by Wendell Berry (Bookshop.org | Amazon | The Berry Center Bookstore) “Eternal Beings Living in Time: On Wendell Berry’s Jayber Crow” (John’s essay from Besides the Bible) Who should we interview on the podcast? Let us know at hosts@membershippod.com The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram Website

  5. 06/04/2020

    Episode 20: "Nathan Coulter"

    In this episode, John and Tim discuss Nathan Coulter, Wendell Berry’s debut novel.     SHOW NOTES AND LINKS#themembershipreadalong (Instagram) @kirireads @aliciaandherbooks “Burley Coulter at the Bank” (John McCutcheon) New Wendell Berry Audiobooks read by Nick Offerman Libro.fm (Sign up here to support the podcast) Audible - World-Ending Fire Audible - The Unsettling of America Nathan Coulter: A Novel, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon) Sugar Calling podcast (feat. George Saunders) Step into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia, by (IndieBound | Amazon) Telling the Stories Right: Wendell Berry’s Imagination of Port William, edited by Jack R. Baker and Jeffrey Bilbro (IndieBound | Amazon) The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon) “Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman “The Peace of Wild Things,” by Wendell Berry “A Vision,” by Wendell Berry New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint) The Berry Center Bookstore Wendell Berry Catalogue from Counterpoint Press (PDF) The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram HOSTSJason HardyFacebook John PattisonTwitter Tim WasemTwitter If you enjoy the show and would like to support us, head over to Patreon to pledge a small monthly donation. Donations will go toward the costs of making this podcast. Thank you. Top image via Unsplash.

  6. 02/05/2020

    Episode 19: "Farming: A Hand Book"

    In this episode, Jason, John and Tim discuss Farming: A Hand Book, Wendell Berry’s 1970 poetry collection.     SHOW NOTES AND LINKSFarming: A Hand Book, by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon) New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint) A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet (IndieBound | Amazon) The Hundred-Year Barn, by Patricia MacLachlan and Kenard Pak (IndieBound | Amazon) The Berry Center Bookstore Wendell Berry Catalogue from Counterpoint Press (PDF) The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram HOSTSJason HardyFacebook John PattisonTwitter Tim WasemTwitter If you enjoy the show and would like to support us, head over to Patreon to pledge a small monthly donation. Donations will go toward the costs of making this podcast. Thank you. Top image via Unsplash.

  7. 01/16/2020

    Episode 18: "A Half-Pint of Old Darling" and "The Lost Bet"

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  8. 11/28/2019

    Episode 17: Interview with David and Mike Kline

    John Pattison interviews David Kline, the Amish farmer, writer, and editor of Farming Magazine. Kline is also a close, longtime friend of Wendell Berry. They are joined by Mike Kline, David’s son. Mike is the co-host of one our favorite podcasts, Back to the Roots, about organic farming. SHOW NOTES AND LINKSThe Round of a Country Year: A Farmer’s Day Book, by David Kline (IndieBound | Amazon | Counterpoint) The Farm Home Cookbook: Wholesome and Delicious Recipes from the Land, by Elsie Kline (IndieBound | Amazon | Farming Magazine) Farming Magazine “Amish Economy” (Poem), by Wendell Berry Back to the Roots Podcast Back to the Roots Podcast, Episode 1 (Interview with David Kline) Organic Valley Cooperative The Berry Center Bookstore (new site) Wendell Berry Catalogue from Counterpoint Press (PDF) The Rabbit Room Podcast Network The Membership Podcast Online Facebook Twitter Instagram HOSTSJason HardyFacebook John PattisonTwitter Tim WasemTwitter If you enjoy the show and would like to support us, head over to Patreon to pledge a small monthly donation. Donations will go toward the costs of making this podcast. Thank you. Cover image via Counterpoint Press.

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