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47. Why Do Some People Long for Escape to a Galactic Community?

What rumors of UFOs spread throughout 2020, and why can’t people look away from these alien accounts?

46. Ten Years Later, Why Did ‘Dawn Treader’ Sink the Narnia Movies? | with Rilian of NarniaWeb

This month brings release anniversaries for two Narnia movies. The first roared, but the last sank hard. How did this fantasy franchise fizzle?

45. How Can a Wingless Piskey Learn to Fly? | The Flight and Flame Trilogy, with R. J. Anderson

Explore the creation and truths of R. J. Anderson’s Flight and Flame fantasy trilogy, in which a tiny heroine finds big adventure.

42. What if Invaders Kidnapped Your Brother in a Frozen Land? | Seventh City, with Emily Hayse

Fantastical Truth explores the 2020 Realm Award–winning Arctic fantasy novel Seventh City with author Emily Hayse.

41. Should Christians Boycott Popular Culture Like Halloween or Netflix? | with Cap Stewart

What could Christian boycotts of streaming services or holidays change in our culture or in ourselves?

40. How May Fantastic Stories Help Us See Politics in Biblical Perspective?

Our political beliefs and fears are not always based on facts. Experiences and hidden pictures shape how we debate and vote.

39. How Might Bram Stoker’s Novel ‘Dracula’ Cast Light Against Modern Vampires? | with Geoffrey Reiter

Welcome to our house. Enter freely, and explore the biblical virtues of using common and sacred weapons to fight vampires.

38. Should Christians Enjoy Fantasy with Fictional Magic? Part 2

Idolatrous occult magic isn’t usually the same as fictional magic, but how can Christian fans love people who think they’re the same?

37. Should Christians Enjoy Fantasy with Fictional Magic? Part 1

Christian fans must carefully compare fictional magic with the Bible’s warnings against occult idolatry.

36. How Do Paranormal Tales Edify the Christian Reader? | The Reagan Moon series, with Mike Duran

Paranormal images like ghosts and other creatures have risks, but also help awaken our imaginations to the spiritual worlds around us.

35. Did C. S. Lewis Say It’s ‘Pure Moonshine’ to Create Stories that Teach Christian Truth?

Did C. S. Lewis set the example of enjoying only images to create stories, without wanting to “say something about Christianity to children”?

34. How Has Lorehaven Been Questing Through the Great 2020 Pandemic?

We’re fighting to continue book enjoyments during the pandemic, and we share how Lorehaven has fared In These Uncertain Times™.

33. How Does Portraying Fantastical Characters Develop Christian Character? | with Julie Novak

Christian Youth Theater’s Julie Novak joins us to share what’s it like to bring fantastical figures to life onstage.

32. What Five Questions Help Us Engage Popular Culture for God’s Glory? | The Pop Culture Parent, part 2

These five questions from The Pop Culture Parent can help us engage our messy popular culture, and teach our kids to do the same.

31. What If Popular Culture Was Actually God’s Idea All Along? | The Pop Culture Parent, part 1

Christians debate whether popular culture is mostly good or bad. But what is the point of popular culture in God’s universe anyway?

30. How Can The Babylon Bee’s Satire Reflect Our Crazy Reality? | with Frank J. Fleming

Babylon Bee senior writer Frank J. Fleming joins today’s episode to explore satire, politics, and his own comedic sci-fi.

29. What If You Escaped from Captivity but Left Your Brother Behind? | These Nameless Things, with Shawn Smucker

Novelist Shawn Smucker joins us to explore memories and mystic challenges at life’s margins.

28. How Should Christians Discern ‘The Chosen’ and Other Biblical Fiction?

Christians must think differently not only about popular streaming series “The Chosen” but about biblical fiction as a genre.

27. What Wackiness Awaits in the Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle? | with Bill Myers

Bill Myers shares his incredible worlds of Wally McDoogle, McGee and Me, and many other stories for kids and adults.

26. How Do We Defeat the Top Seven Myths about The Chronicles of Narnia? Part 2

Did C. S. Lewis doom Susan, bring Emeth to heaven, fill Narnia with allegories, or make it a “safe” series? We explore these four myths.

25. Which Christian Fantastical Books Won Big at the 2020 Realm Awards?

We just returned from the Realm Makers conference with new award-winners and breaking news about next year’s event.

24. How Do We Defeat the Top Seven Myths about The Chronicles of Narnia? Part 1

Do the Chronicles of Narnia show random myths? Are they just children’s stories? Should we only sort them by chronological order?

23. What If You Could Turn Stories into Sculptures? | The Weaver Trilogy, with Lindsay A. Franklin

Stephen and Zack invite The Weaver Trilogy author Lindsay A. Franklin to explore her fantasy series about Tanwen, the girl who literally weaves stories.

22. How Do Christians Discern UFO Accounts in Light of Scripture?

Zack and Stephen explore UFO sightings, alien beliefs, and how Christians can respond to the notions of sentient life beyond our planet.

21. In a Blind World, What If Only One Boy Could See? | For Whom the Sun Sings, with W. A. Fulkerson

Stephen and Zack are joined by W. A. Fulkerson, whose novel For Whom the Sun Sings just released this spring.

20. What if a Space Plague Turned the Amish into Zombies? | clip from Amish Zombies from Space

Preview chapter 8 of Amish Zombies from Space, the audiobook, written by Kerry Nietz and read by Randy Streu.

19. How Do Christian Authors Stay Sensitive About ‘Grittier Than PG-13’ Content?

In this special panel courtesy of Realm Makers, you can listen to fantasy novelists wrestle with challenging content in fiction.

18. Who Are the First Real Superheroes Hiding in the Bible? | with Chase Replogle

Chase Replogle joins us to explore how Scripture rarely presents its heroic figures as true role models.

17. What Can Christian Fans Learn From #ReleaseTheSnyderCut’s Success?

We explore the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement’s big victory, challenge super-film expectations, and engage the controversies.

16. How Do We Discern Stories That Claim ‘Humans Are A Virus’ on the Earth?

“The earth is healing; we are the virus.” Under this slogan lies this suspicion that something is wrong with us and we don’t belong here.

BONUS: How Might Biblical Fiction Best Explore Jesus’s Early Life? | with R. S. Ingermanson

Our conversation continues with author R. S. Ingermanson, whose new series time-travels to the world of first-century Israel.

15. What if NASA Finally Launched for Mars, But One Astronaut Was a Saboteur? | Oxygen with Randy Ingermanson

Randy Ingermanson joins us to explore his foray into sci-fi with his 2001 novel Oxygen.

13. What if Jesus Promised to Redeem Not Just His People But His Creation?

We continue our Epic Resurrection series, anticipating Jesus’s renewal of planet Earth and all of his material creation.

12. What if Jesus Promised to Redeem Not Just Our Souls but Our Bodies?

After the resurrection that Jesus promised his people, we will become more fully human, and nothing less.

11. What If Your Suicidal Space Battle Failed, Then You Defected to the Enemy? | Firebird with Kathy Tyers

Come aboard the good ship Fantastical Truth for our first interview with space opera novelist Kathy Tyers.

10. How Can Excellent Christian Fiction Strengthen Our Faith in Jesus?

How have stories shaped the desires and beliefs of “ex-Christians,” and how can better stories help build our faith?

9. What If the Armies of Hell Tried to Invade Your Hometown? | This Present Darkness

Lorehaven review chief Austin Gunderson joins us to explore Frank E. Peretti’s 1986 spiritual warfare thriller “This Present Darkness.”

8. How Does Pandemic Fiction Help Us Seek God’s Strength in Scary Times? | The Line Between

Pandemic stories, such as Tosca Lee’s 2019 novel The Line Between, can help Christians prepare our imaginations for these trials.

7. How Does Jesus Define and Redeem His Gift of Imagination? | with Brian Godawa

Novelist and nonfiction author Brian Godawa joins our team to explore the epic theme of imagination in light of Scripture.

6. How Did You First Discover Fantastical Stories?

This time it’s personal: Fantastical Truth shares some of your stories about how you first discovered amazing fiction.

5. What Harm Are ‘The Witcher’ and Other Shows Doing to Their People? | with Jason Morehead

OpusZine writer Jason Morehead helps us engage a sensitive topic: the challenges and exploitation of “mature” streaming fantasy dramas.

4. What Are the Top Recent Debates Among Christian Fantasy Fans?

We survey seven debates Christian fans followed in 2019, from female heroes, to fictional magic, to “cancel culture” versus young-adult novels.

3. What If Dancing Could Control the World? | Hidden Current

Sharon Hinck’s novel Hidden Current glides into a fantastic island world, where powerful people have twisted God’s creative gifts.

2. What Do We Mean By Saying ‘It’s A Christian Story’?

Let’s explore a big debate: Should we look for the “Christian label” on Christian-made novels, movies, music and other creations?

1. What If the Three Wise Men Actually Wanted to Crown a King? | The End of the Magi​

We explore Patrick W. Carr’s novel The End of the Magi, which follows the guiding star of Scripture while speculating on the Bible’s mysteries.
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