Morals – Derailed Trains of Thought

Episode 4 – Whether ‘Tis Nobler, and Other Choices

November 5, 2010 01:09:29 0 Comments

Shakespeare! Harry Belafonte! Nazis! Anne with an E! Muy Tai! Outtakes! What connects these things? Are you willing to find out? And you ready to accept the consequences? Find all this out and more in our fourth podcast as we delve into the Moral Universe

Episode 20 – Everything But the Kitchen Sink

September 30, 2011 01:31:13 0 Comments

In honor of the podcast’s first anniversary, we’ve sent our previous episode descriptions through the blender and come up with this: Hello, there! Have we got an original for you! The perfect cure to your sterotypical, connect-the-dots podcast! This episo

Episode 57 – And the Moral of the Story Is…

July 22, 2015 01:12:26 0 Comments

Art communicates truth. That’s a given. But we all know stories *cough* FernGully *cough* that shove the meaning down our throats. They have an agenda–and you shall comply! Or at least feel angry and/or guilty when you leave the theater. But where is tha

Episode 116 – The Lie

February 27, 2021 01:13:26 0 Comments

“Did God really say…?” From the beginning, lies have been a central feature of the drama of mankind. Not surprisingly, they also fuel many of our stories. Hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden dig into layers of deceit to determine why and how best to use

Episode 143 – The Moral is Simple

July 28, 2023 01:10:20 0 Comments

All stories teach a lesson of some sort. Some lessons are very obvious and simple: Tell the truth. Kindness is best. True beauty comes from within. But what makes these morals resonate in a story? Why do they come off as maudlin and sappy in some stories and profound and deep in others? Hosts Timothy…