Podcast Episodes
Back to Search61. How Does Edgier Science Fiction Challenge Christian Readers? | with Kerry Nietz
Secular science fiction often explores darker themes such as gene-editing and consciousness-uploading. Christian-made sci-fi, however, tends to lean …
5 years, 2 months ago
60. Why Don’t Real Researchers Heed Sci-Fi Warnings Against Mad Science?
“This time, it will be different,” quips the mad scientist. “I’m not one of those idiots who don’t know what they’re messing with. I’m an enlightened…
5 years, 2 months ago
59. How Can Christian Fans Respond to Preachy Secular Fiction?
Once upon a time, there was a mean old man who lived on a mountain. Now, this old man was very nasty to the townspeople, his dogs, and especially Chr…
5 years, 2 months ago
58. How Did We Enjoy the Heroic Majesty of ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’?
Here at Fantastical Truth, we don’t always review fantastic stories made by non-Christian creators. But when we do, it’s when that story showcases gr…
5 years, 3 months ago
57. How Do Stories Help Us Imagine Suffering and the Hope of Resurrection?
In the past few months, your two podcast hosts have confronted the deaths of people close to us. Now, millions of Christians across the world just ob…
5 years, 3 months ago
56. Which Biblical Qualities Empower Strong Female Characters? | with Elisabeth Wheatley
Once upon a time, female characters were given shallow roles. Nowadays, the pendulum has swung the other way to create the Strong Female Character. Y…
5 years, 3 months ago
55. Should Christians Embrace Cultural and Digital Enclaves? | with Austin Gunderson
Cancel culture is making many Christian readers and creators feel unwelcome in “mainstream” culture. Christians may need to retreat and create separa…
5 years, 3 months ago
54. How Can Christian Fans React When Fantasy Creators Get Cancelled? part 2
In part 1 of this Cancelled Fantasy series, we explored why cancel culture often feels so wrong. But we also have a uniquely Christian way of respond…
5 years, 4 months ago
53. How Can Christian Fans React When Fantasy Creators Get Cancelled? part 1
She posted a meme, and got “cancelled.” His old tweets “resurfaced,” so he got cancelled too. Then, plot twist: some cancelled heroes come back from …
5 years, 4 months ago
52. Do Christians Really Need Science Fiction? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 3
Some people say that science fiction is just fantasy with spaceships. Others would say that fantasy is about plausible impossible worlds, whereas sci…
5 years, 4 months ago