{"podcast":{"title":"The Literary Life Podcast","slug":"the-literary-life-podcast-743688","podcast_index_feed_id":743688,"rss_url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.theliterary.life/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/4/b/0/84b00ee61f70f70b/3000x_podcast_logo.png","author":"Angelina Stanford","episode_count":327,"summary":"Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World. And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 327: The Power of Story and \"Galahad and the Grail\" with Malcolm Guite","slug":"episode-327-the-power-of-story-and-galahad-and-the-grail-with-malcolm-guite","published_at":"2026-05-05T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-327-the-power-of-story-and-galahad-and-the-grail-with-malcolm-guite","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688","url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/episode-327-the-power-of-story-and-galahad-and-the-grail-with-malcolm-guite","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep327final.mp3?dest-id=1228634","summary":"This week on The Literary Life Podcast, we have a special episode in which our hosts Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Cindy Rollins and joined by poet, priest, scholar, and musician Malcolm Guite. Together they discuss not only Father Guite's newest book, Galahad and the Grail , but also the underlying ideas of why stories matter and what power they have in our lives. Malcolm Guite shares some thoughts on the value of both metrical poetry and the ballad form, as well as his own composition habits. He retells the Arthurian legend his own mother told him as a child and how this story is a powerful picture of the Gospel. Other topics they explore are how we see gospel echoes in \"pre-Christian\" stories, what it is like to have people find new layers of meaning in your writing, Join us again next week for an episode from the vault on Tolkien's \"Why Read Fairy Stories,\" which will be followed by an additional \"update\" episode on the same essay with Jenn Rogers. Don't forget to check out everything going on over at HouseofHumaneLetters.com to stay up to date on all the upcoming new summer classes and webinars! Cindy also has some exciting things happening at MorningTimeforMoms.com , including registration for her summer discipleship group. And for the full show notes on this episode, please visit https://theliterary.life/327 .","meta_description":"This week on The Literary Life Podcast, we have a special episode in which our hosts Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Cindy Rollins and joined by poet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4357,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episodes/episode-327-the-power-of-story-and-galahad-and-the-grail-with-malcolm-guite/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-327-the-power-of-story-and-galahad-and-the-grail-with-malcolm-guite.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}