Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In this episode, Jordan and Brendan discuss the power of music, the problem of pain, where we go to deal with suffering, the communal experience of lament, the cisterns we choose over the fountains of living water, showing up for the ones we love, and whether beer is in fact meant to be served cold.   What We’re Reading: The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell    Other Mentions: Jeremiah 2:13 REBC Episode 9 “The Gilded Six Bits” REBC Episode 2 “A Lesson Before Dying”