A Drink With a Friend

Tsh chats with her friend Christine Bailey who, along with her husband, runs a regenerative farm and hosts all sorts of community gatherings in their beautiful barn. They talk about farming as a family, homeschooling, hosting gatherings, beauty, and much more.

Tsh’s newsletter: The Commonplace

Tsh’s books, trips, & Rule of Life

Christine Bailey’s book & podcast

Christine’s farm: The Kindred Farm

I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger

Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

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Good stories matter — we all know this. But how do these good stories shape us, form our imaginations, make us better parents, and remind us what really matters? Why do the best stories sacramentally peel back the surface to reveal what’s really there? Seth and Tsh talk to their friend, novelist Shawn Smucker, about what it means to immerse your life in good stories — and why it’s not optional.
To borrow a quip from G.K. Chesterton about children and fairy tales (because it’s just as true for adults): good stories don’t tell us dragons exist. We already know this. Good stories tell us dragons can be killed.

• Seth: Newsletter | Website


• Tsh: Newsletter | Website


• Shawn Smucker: Books | Podcast | Twitter | Instagram | Website


• Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going


• Come to Italy with us!


• Journal of a Novel, by John Steinbeck


• Working Days, by John Steinbeck


• Evilene Killerman on Instagram


• Anything is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout


• The Surrender Experiment, by Michael A. Singer


• Radical Face's albums The Family Tree: The Roots, The Branches, and The Leaves


• Radical Face guidebook

If you liked the last five special episodes, you'll be stoked to hear this.

• Seth: Newsletter | Website


• Tsh: Newsletter | Website


• Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going


• Come to Italy with us!

In this episode, Seth and Tsh pull on the thread they started weaving earlier this year, practicing the art and habit of noticing the everyday beauty around them. (After all, it’s not optional if we want to live a sacramental life.) As always — as a listener, you’re invited to nod along and notice your own as well. Join in this time-tested practice!

• Seth: Newsletter | Website


• Tsh: Newsletter | Website


• Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going


• Come to Italy with us!


• No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet


• Hamlet on YouTube: David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott


• Strange Brew


• Mozart’s Requiem


• Andrew Peterson


• Vivian Maier’s A Photographer Found


• Eva to Ave by Santa Clara Design


• Virgin Mary, by Sr. Maria Innocentia Hummel


• Ambience videos on YouTube

To start the new year, Seth and Tsh are beginning two rather audacious six-month challenges — and you’re welcome to join in. First, they unpack Seth’s plan to swear off all social media for six months. How will he fare? Will this affect his work as a writer? And if he decides to stay off, will it affect his ability to publish books? The two friends unpack the connection between the publishing industry and social media, as well as the benefits of living a life without social media. Sacramentally speaking, would our souls be more attuned to how we’re meant to live? Or is there a benefit we’d miss?

• Seth: Newsletter | Website


• Tsh: Newsletter | Website


• Pick up a round of drinks & help keep the show going


• Come to Italy with us!


• Seth’s social media habit-kicking experiment


• The Social Dilemma documentary


• Unhook Chrome Extension — remove YouTube’s algorithm recommendations


• What I Learned Taking a Year-Long Break From Social Media


• Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport


• Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order, by Ray Dalio


• A Nature Poem Every Night of the Year, edited by Jane McMorland Hunter