released 9/11/2026
This Friday Feature honors the wisdom and legacy of Wendell Berry, who died at the age of 92 on August 31, 2026. Ken Myers shares an excerpt from a new, extended Conversation with Jeffrey Bilbro, in which he discusses what made Berry both controversial and admired across political and ideological lines, and why the need for limits is so central a concern in Berry’s work. Then, Ken shares excerpts from earlier interviews with Jeffrey Bilbro, Jack Baker, Michael R. Stevens, and J. Matthew Bonzo about Berry’s insights on technology, education, and “membership,” a core concept in Berry’s writing on belonging to a specific community.
Listeners may be interested in reading the full text of Berry’s essay “Christianity and the Survival of Creation” to which Ken refers in his remarks. A free PDF of the essay may be found online here.
20 minutes
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