We’re back! Again! After an extended hiatus to reflect and retool the podcast, Nick and Tim return with a new, live format for Derailed Trains of Thought! This episode was originally streamed live last week at mixlr.com, which allowed us to interact with
Read MoreOnce upon a time, a young man found a story in the woods. He fed it and raised it and, when it had grown, he let it out into the wild. Later, a band of merchants tamed the story and took it with them on their tour of the world. Boys and girls everywhere l
Read MoreIt’s our 7th anniversary! In celebration, we opened up the mailbag, signed-in to the gmail, scoured Messenger, and kept our ears open. You had questions for us, your intrepid hosts, and we dedicate the first half of our 80th episode to answering your most
Read MoreTHE INTERNET – Podcasters Timothy Deal and Nicholas Hayden interviewed freelance newswriter Laura Finch for Episode 91 of the Derailed Trains of Thought podcast. Finch, who writes for World Magazine, explained how newswriting is like storytelling, how aud
Read MoreA wise and weird man once said, “My, my, this here Anakin guy, May be Vader someday later, now he’s just a small fry.” Which raises the important question: How? How does the village coward become a brave knight? How does a fussy old Hobbit become an adven
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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