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The Need to Be Whole Patriotism and the History of Prejudice

Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. Without historical understanding of this practice of dispossession—the displacement of Native peoples, the destruction of both the land and land-based communities, ongoing racial division—we are doomed to continue industrialism’s...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

Nick Offerman mentioned that he recently narrated the audiobook for Wendell Berry's book "The Need to Be Whole". Offerman noted the book's challenging but important message and the difficult task of properly conveying the author's words.

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He also wrote winsomely about his love of the natural world and his reverence for the farmer poet Wendell Berry, who we of course also love here at On Being.

— Episode: Nick Offerman — Working with Wood, and t...

Episode: Nick Offerman — Working with Wood, and the Meaning...

Nick Offerman mentioned that he recently narrated the audiobook for Wendell Berry's book "The Need to Be Whole". Offerman noted the book's challenging but important message and the difficult task of properly conveying the author's words.

"

He also wrote winsomely about his love of the natural world and his reverence for the farmer poet Wendell Berry, who we of course also love here at On Being.

When we spoke, Nick had just recorded the audiobook version of Wendell Berry's 2022 book, The Need to Be Whole.

Yes, I know. And his incredible new book, uh, called the need to be whole.

I just did the audio book for Wendell.

And so it's what I determined once I got involved with producing, uh, that documentary called look and see, and it's wonderful. It's beautiful. I'm so grateful to be part of it.

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