Ethan Hawke on Faith, Imagination, and Flannery O’Connor

Jesuitical

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4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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It’s a very special week on “Jesuitical”—Ethan Hawke joins us to discuss his new film, “Wildcat,” about the Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, who is portrayed in the film by Ethan’s daughter, Maya. Zac, Ashley and Ethan share a wide-ranging and profound conversation about this great American writer and the work of bringing her to life in “Wildcat.” They discuss: Ethan’s introduction to Flannery through Maya and the inspiration behind “Wildcat” Portraying Flannery’s complicated views on race Exploring religious questions through art Links from the show: Ethan Hawke’s new biopic ‘Wildcat’ gracefully captures Flannery O’Connor’s complex attitudes on race, writing and faith What can we learn from our confirmation names? Share your confirmation saint name in our Facebook group What’s on tap? Flannery’s favorite concoction: Coca-Cola and coffee (plus a shot of bourbon, per Ethan’s recommendation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.6	Catholic Church in our world today.
0:53.8	Often over drinks.
0:55.1	I'm Ashley Kinliss and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:58.2	It is so good to be with you Ashley.
1:00.1	Yes, this is a really exciting episode.
1:03.0	This is a big one for me.
1:04.0	First, we want to give a huge welcome to anybody who just saw the name Ethan Hawk in this title
1:08.0	and was like, oh, I'll check that out.
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1:13.3	Ashley and I, we try to, as Ashley mentioned in the intro,
1:16.0	try to talk about Catholic stuff, current events,
1:19.1	in a light-hearted way, we usually have a drink,
1:21.2	and we try to be not too preachy that stuff.
1:23.6	Yeah and so if you clicked on this because you love Ethan Hawk you're in good company because
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