Admit it. Sometimes when you’re reading a book, you wish you could jump in and spend some time in that world. This episode, Tim and Nick discuss formats in which you ARE the main character of a story—Choose Your Own Adventures, video games, and other form
Read MoreAh, Halloween. This is that festive time of year when such cuddly, creepy, heart-warming, bone-chilling creatures as evil witches, blood-slurping vampires, rotting zombies, and gory chainsaw-wielding psychopaths grace the forefront of our popular culture.
Read MoreThis episode, we muck around in the filth of humanity, in the deep mires of wickedness, in vile dens of…well, you get the idea. Why do we hang around in these places? We examine evil in fiction–is it psychological, a mistake, a cultural reaction, or so
Read MoreBefore people got all smartypants and started talking about atoms and neurons and Newtonian physics, the great storytellers understood how the world worked–because gods, yo. And though mythology is still used as source material, there’s something unique
Read MoreWhat will the father do when his daughter is kidnapped? Whatever it takes. What will the detective do to clear his name from a wrongful accusation of murder? Whatever it takes. What will the group of superheroes do when half the world is wiped out by a ma
Read MoreIf it’s the end of the world, or the end of a way of life, or even just the end of a really bad day, mightn’t a person turn toward God? But that option doesn’t present itself in most modern stories. Hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden examine the unconscio
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