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The Feast: To the End
Jun 17, 2026
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Jun 8, 2026
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Jun 2, 2026
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May 27, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 |  The Feast: To the End | Welcome to the conclusion of our series on Margaret Kennedy’s novel! This week we discuss justice and mercy, the meek inheriting the earth, the various ways the end ties into the beginning, and much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 14m 00s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 |  The Feast: Thursday✨ | listener questionssymposium+3 | — | The Feast | — | The FeastMargaret Kennedy+4 | — | 1h 01m 46s | |
| 6/2/26 |  The Feast: Wednesday✨ | confessionadventure+3 | — | Margart Kennedy’s novel | — | Margart KennedyBruce+6 | — | 1h 11m 57s | |
| 5/27/26 |  The Feast: Tuesday✨ | audience commentsliterary analysis+3 | — | The Feast | — | Margaret KennedyThe Feast+4 | — | 1h 09m 29s | |
| 5/18/26 |  The Feast: Monday✨ | seven deadly sinscharacter analysis+3 | — | — | — | Margaret KennedyThe Feast+3 | — | 52m 57s | |
| 5/11/26 |  The Feast: Prologue-Sunday✨ | Margaret KennedyThe Feast+3 | — | The Feast | — | The FeastMargaret Kennedy+3 | — | 1h 03m 03s | |
| 5/6/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath Q&A Episode✨ | Q&Aliterature+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | Grapes of WrathSteinbeck+3 | — | 1h 02m 35s | |
| 4/28/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: To the End✨ | ending analysisliterature discussion+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | The Grapes of Wrathending+4 | — | 1h 03m 43s | |
| 4/21/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapter 26✨ | Casy's arcChrist-like allusion+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | The Grapes of WrathCasy+5 | — | 1h 02m 25s | |
| 4/14/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 22-25✨ | protagonistreligion+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | The Grapes of WrathSteinbeck+3 | — | 1h 02m 15s | |
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| 4/10/26 |  Short Story Hour: "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien (FREE PREVIEW)✨ | creativityhope+3 | — | Leaf by Niggle | — | Tolkienshort stories+3 | — | 1h 05m 43s | |
| 4/7/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 19-21✨ | redemptionhuman nature+3 | — | The Grapes of WrathEast of Eden | — | The Grapes of WrathCasy+5 | — | 1h 12m 54s | |
| 3/30/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 15-18✨ | American literaturesymbolism+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath+5 | — | 1h 09m 29s | |
| 3/24/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 8-14✨ | Steinbecksymbolism+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | SteinbeckGrapes of Wrath+3 | — | 1h 08m 40s | |
| 3/16/26 |  The Grapes of Wrath: Chapters 1-7✨ | Steinbeck's prosepolitical statement+3 | — | The Grapes of Wrath | — | The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck+5 | — | 1h 05m 14s | |
| 3/12/26 |  This Is Happiness: Q&A Episode✨ | Niall William's novelQ&A+3 | — | — | — | This Is HappinessNiall William+5 | — | 52m 22s | |
| 3/3/26 |  This Is Happiness: To the End✨ | happy endinghappiness+3 | — | This Is Happiness | — | Niall WilliamsThis Is Happiness+3 | — | 1h 13m 49s | |
| 2/23/26 |  This Is Happiness: Chapters 23-31 | Welcome back to our ongoing series on Niall Williams’ novel, This Is Happiness. This week we discuss some audience comments, the book’s examination of the relationship between poetics and rhetoric, the difference between nostalgia and sentimentality, look at the way Noe and Christy are merging as the story goes on, and much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 18m 17s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  This Is Happiness: Chapters 12-22 | Welcome back to our ongoing series on Niall Williams’ lovely novel. This week we discuss what this book has to say about happiness, the themes of hope and cynicism, Christy the romantic, coming of age, and our favorite passages in these chapters. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!To learn about The Tapestry, the new curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! It’s available to pre-order now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 16m 38s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  This Is Happiness: Chapters 1-11 | Welcome to the start of a new series! Over the next several weeks we’ll be digging into Irish writer, Niall Williams pastoral novel, This Is Happiness. This week we’re discussing the proverbial nature of the narrator, the memory novel framing of the story, the way the place comes alive throughout the book, and much, much more. As always, happy listening! To learn about The Tapestry, the new curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! It’s available to pre-order now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 01m 21s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  The Age of Innocence: Q&A Episode | As always, we conclude our series on Edith Wharton’s classic novel by answering your questions. There were a lot of good ones and we did our best to answer as many as we could. Sometimes, of course, you just have to look at it. Happy listening! To learn about The Tapestry, the new curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! It’s available to pre-order now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 58m 57s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 |  The Age of Innocence: To the End | Welcome back to our series on Edith Wharton’s very complex (and wonderful) novel. This week, in discussing the ending, we find ourselves at, well, a loss for words. Nevertheless, we persist. We attempt to reckon with the complicated nature of May’s character, Newland’s fatalism and paralyzed life of the mind, the question of whether he’s a tragic character, how we may or may not re-think the countess in light of the ending, and much more! As always, happy listening!To learn about The Tapestry curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 30m 05s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  Age of Innocence: Chapters 19-25 | Welcome back to our ongoing series about The Age of Innocence! This week we’re discussing when a thought becomes a sin in this book, whether there’s enough substance in Newland for a woman like Ellen to fall in love with him, Newland’s obsession with fate (even if he has manufacture some), Ellen as representative of European culture for Newland, and much, much more. Happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 05m 16s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 |  The Age of Innocence: Chapters 10-18 | Welcome back to our series on Edith Wharton’s excellent novel. This week we talk about the way the two main female characters have emerged, how we respond to Newland’s dilemma, the moral conditions of the novel’s world, and much more. Happy listening! To learn about The Tapestry curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 28m 36s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  Age of Innocence: Chapters I-IX | Welcome to our first series of the new year, as we jump into Edith Wharton’s novel of the Gilded Age, The Age of Innocence. This we discuss the way Wharton uses Newland Archer’s unique point-of-view, the nature of the Countess’ role in the story (and in Newland’s life), the book’s contemplation of the changing society, and much much more. As always, happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe | 1h 07m 33s | ||||||
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