Podcast Episodes
Back to Search151. How Can Fantastical Satire Sharpen Our Theology? | The Pilgrim’s Progress Reloaded with David Umstattd
What if you were stuck in a burdensome power armor and had to flee from the wrath to come? If this sounds familiar, it’s because you know the classic…
3 years, 4 months ago
150. Is the U.S. Government Covering Up Spy Balloons or Alien Spaceships? | with James R. Hannibal
Aliens! Now that we have your attention, here’s a plot twist: the aliens just want to show their love. But they’re also nationalistic, because they’r…
3 years, 4 months ago
149. Why Do Christian Fiction Fans Love So Much Romance?
This episode releases on Valentine’s Day. But we’ve noticed that for a lot of fantastical fiction, and especially traditional Christian-made fiction,…
3 years, 5 months ago
148. Why Do Some Christians Revile ‘The Chosen’? | with Josiah DeGraaf and Jenneth Dyck
The Chosen biblical drama series is headed back to theaters to conclude season 3. Somehow this season, above all, we’ve seen a lot more criticism of …
3 years, 5 months ago
147. Why Can Christians Celebrate Stories about Merlin and King Arthur? | with Robert Treskillard
What if you were a blind young man living in medieval times? And you were called to a special and future-mythological mission: to become the wizard M…
3 years, 5 months ago
146. How Did Animators Adapt The Wingfeather Saga For Streaming TV? | with Keith Lango
Have you been watching the hit animated Christian-made streaming series, The Wingfeather Saga? No doubt you’ve heard of the fantasy series by singer/…
3 years, 5 months ago
145. How Did Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene’ Shape Christian Fantasy? | with Rebecca K. Reynolds
Long ago, before C. S. Lewis or J. R. R. Tolkien, and before even George MacDonald or G. K. Chesterton … lived another fantasy writer, British poet E…
3 years, 5 months ago
144. Which Top Six Fantasy Franchises Gave Fans Grief in 2022?
For fantasy franchises, 2022 was a rough year. From Middle-earth madness, to not-so-secret Disney agendas, to yet another creative disaster threateni…
3 years, 6 months ago
143. Which Top Ten Lorehaven Stories Proved Most Popular in 2022?
You’ve just time-traveled. At the approximate rate of 60 seconds per minute, 60 minutes per hour, 24 hours per day, you’ve crossed into a new year. A…
3 years, 6 months ago
142. What Christmas Gift ‘Tools, Not Toys’ Helped You Grow As a Person?
We’re preparing for the end of our 2022 podcast season. Between this year and the next, Zack and Stephen will enjoy a two-week break. First, however,…
3 years, 6 months ago