In today’s episode, John and Matt discuss “The Problem Is Industrialism,” the second essay in Wendell Berry’s new essay collection, Dispatches from Rural America. It’s a wide-ranging discussion on a wide-ranging essay that touches on everything from politics and economics, to the theology of sin and the hidden costs of “labor-saving devices.” As you’ll hear, Wendell Berry and his friend Wes Jackson thought that industrialism was the underlying disease and so many other pressing problems—soil erosion, pollution, supply chain issues, and more—merely symptoms. Tune in and you’ll also understand why this is a conversation about conversations about a conversation.
Reading along? In the next episode (out November 24) we will be discussing the second essay from Dispatches from Rural America: “Technological Progress.”
SHOW NOTES AND LINKS
Becoming Native to This Place, by Wes Jackson (Bookshop | Amazon)
“Two Economies” is found in the collection Home Economics, by Wendell Berry (The Berry Center | Bookshop | Amazon)
I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition, by Twelve Southerners (Bookshop | Amazon)
The Golden Rule quote John read is from the essay “Discipline and Hope,” found in the book A Continuous Harmony, by Wendell Berry (The Berry Center | Bookshop | Amazon)
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