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Lately many fans have been yelling about Amazon’s The Rings of Power (TROP). And Star Wars. And Star Trek. Also Marvel and DC and Doctor Who besides. What for? Aren’t we fans of these fantastical franchises? Yes, but some of us are getting tired of them: not only fan toxicity, but too much content, too many worldly agendas, and possibly too little time. Aren’t Christians meant to engage our secular culture for God’s glory and to build bridges with our neighbors? We believe this, yet we may also fall into franchise fatigue. Our next guest, Daily Wire entertainment reporter Megan Basham, joins us to explore how we can best respond to secular fantastical stories, even when they “go woke.”

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The Hyperions, a superhero movie starring Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), releases Friday, March 10 from The Daily Wire.

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Concession stand

• Megan Basham works for The Daily Wire. They do conservative punditry.
• Occasionally we dip into this. But now The Daily Wire also does movies.
• In fact, even after we planned this, they released a superhero movie trailer.
• She also writes on religious issues, including controversial Christian leaders.
• We might dip into that as well, at least about how Christians engage culture.
• In fact, this show forms a spiritual sequel to episode 88, with Bethel McGrew.
• Listen to that episode for more about “positive, neutral, and negative” worlds.
• Also, I literally co-wrote a book about engaging pop culture. I like the stuff.
• We’ve waited over