Strings – Derailed Trains of Thought

Episode 33 – How to be Timeless

August 31, 2012 01:02:25 0 Comments

We’re alive! Tim and Nick emerge from their summer hiatus with an instant classic! It’s a modern masterpiece! A genre-setting podcast! The best audio entertainment since “War of the Worlds”! … Or, at least, we discuss what makes a work of fiction “class

Episode 48 – Glimpses of Light

October 15, 2014 01:00:17 0 Comments

“Balder the Beautiful / Is dead, is dead!” These words once caused a young C. S. Lewis to glimpse a scene of beauty and joy. We all have our own memories of a moment in some story that resonated deeply with us with its beauty. What makes such a moment? Wh

Episode 54 – The MetaCast

March 31, 2015 01:02:30 0 Comments

To: Timothy Deal From: Nick Hayden Subject: Regarding Episode 54’s Write-up Tim, we gotta get this podcast posted, but my knack for inventing a clever hook for the write-up is failing me. I just need that and we’re set to go. After the hook, I just mentio

Episode 73 – Not Another Political Post!

January 31, 2017 01:01:43 0 Comments

You may have noticed that political discussions are a thing on the Internet. This is not one of those. However, politics show up in stories as well. Why? Do we really want to spend an hour watching people debate each other? Is this another tale of trade r

Episode 106 – ONE THEORY to RULE THEM ALL!!

February 11, 2020 01:10:39 0 Comments

What if I told you everything you knew was a lie? The Island is actually purgatory and all the Pixar films are connected and Aladdin actually takes place in a future post-apocalyptic wasteland and Captain Planet and the Magic Schoolbus are actually the sa

Episode 120 – Looking Beneath the Surface

June 30, 2021 01:11:41 0 Comments

If you’ve ever read a plot summary, you’ve probably thought, “But that’s not what the story’s REALLY about.” There are ideas and connections within a story that don’t show up in a 100-word Netflix blurb. That’s why this episode hosts Timothy Deal and Nick