A Shining In The Dark

A Shining In The Dark

July 10, 2026 · 14 min · Season 5 · Episode 28

About this episode

The episode explores the emotional landscape of grief through a reading from John Fosse's novel 'A Shining'.

Send us Fan Mail Grief can feel like wandering off the road without noticing, then looking up and realizing it’s dark and you don’t know how to get home. That’s the emotional weather we step into today as I share a short, dreamlike excerpt from John Fosse’s novel "A Shining", chosen because sometimes someone else’s words can carry what we can’t say out loud. The reading follows a son who sees his mother and father in the darkness and can’t tell whether he is remembering, imagining, or truly e...

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