Why "The Road" is a Christmas Story

It's a Christmas special! This week, Rhys and Colin discuss an unlikely candidate for a Christmas story: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Is there anything festive to be fount in this famously bleak post-apocalyptic story? Much in every way!

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Timestamps
00:00:00 – 00:11:17 - welcome; introduction to The Road
00:11:28 - 00:21:18 - The Road as a love story; Platonic forms; materialism
00:21:28 - 00:31:54 - the Word of God; carrying the fire
00:32:04 -00:46:31 the truth about the world; effeminacy
00:46:41 - end - what we're reading; Davenant Spotlight, wrap-up

Currently Reading
Colin: The Harmonian Manby Charles Fourier
Rhys: Mystery in Whiteby J. Jefferson Farjeon


Texts Discussed
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Spotlight
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Music
Intro and Outro:
Midnight Stroll by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0
Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/2gic0s

Link Music:
New Road by Ghostrifter bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0
Free Download: hypeddit.com/track/l7ldfn

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