We discuss Endo Shusaku’s brutal novel SILENCE (1966年) and Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of the same name + the cruelty of God + Catholic doubt + the swamp of Japanese paganism + our personal relationships with the nature of faith itself.Follow Stephen on X: twitter.com/stephnzSubscribe to us on Patreon for exclusive episodes of SIRENS: patreon.com/imsopopular(ISP S5.E10)