Hosts
JOHN PATTISON
John Pattison is a writer, amateur photographer, and the world’s least likely YouTuber. His book Slow Church was inspired by the Slow Food movement and explores how faith communities can be more rooted in the pace and place of their particular neighborhoods. You can connect with John on Instagram, on Substack, and at his website. He also has a YouTube channel about writing, the creative life, and analog tools. John and his family live in Silverton, Oregon.
MATT WHEELER
A troubadour, poet with a guitar, and stage banter-conversationalist, Matt Wheeler lives in Lancaster County, PA with his wife and teenage son. He specializes in songs based on classic works of literature —including his 2021 album Wonder of It All, featuring songs and stories based on books including The Horse & His Boy and Watership Down, as well as his 2023 album, A Hard History of Love, which was inspired by a series of Wendell Berry's short stories. You can read and listen to more of his work at www.mattwheeleronline.com.
Founding Co-hosts
JASON HARDY
Jason Hardy is a teacher, musician, and writer. He teaches courses in the humanities at Milligan College and King University. As part of his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Tennessee, he wrote a master’s thesis titled Tell Me a Story: Metaphysics and the Literary Criticism of Robert Penn Warren and Wendell Berry. Jason lives in Elizabethton, Tennessee, with his wife Laura.
TIM WASEM
Tim Wasem is an English teacher and writer currently working at a public high school in East Tennessee. He is also a cohost of the Erasable Podcast, a long-running show on the merits and joys of analog writing tools. You can connect with Tim on Twitter at @TimWasem.