Jeff Bilbro's Convivial Quest

About this episode

Jeff Bilbro discusses localism, his latest book, and various historical figures in a convivial context.

The editor-in-chief of the FPR website discusses the recent conference in Grand Rapids and his latest book, Words for Conviviality. Highlights 1:00 Pacific Northwesterner in western PA 8:00 Prospects for localism and trad wives now 11:00 Bilbro’s obsessive bibliography 17:00 Printing press 2.0 and Postman problems 25:30 Frederick Douglass, cancer patient 30:00 Margaret Fuller, proto-podcaster 35:00 Melville’s pilgrimage and Jeff’s truck stop oats 40:00 A convivial reading Resources Jeff's bio and buy the book (and some more books) FPR’s excerpt (suitable for nailing on church doors) Exploring Ivan Illich on the podcast John reviews Jeff’s early works here and here Wendell Kimbrough helps us find our way home

People in this episode

Guest: Jeff Bilbro

Topics covered

• localism
• trad wives
• bibliography
• printing press
• Frederick Douglass
• Margaret Fuller
• Melville

Keywords

• localism
• trad wives
• bibliography
• printing press
• Frederick Douglass
• Margaret Fuller
• Melville
• conviviality
• podcasting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FPR

Books & works: Words for Conviviality

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