“Last Christmas” is the most ambitious Christmas special Doctor Who has given us. What other adjective adequately describes a holiday entertainment that asks viewers to both disavow belief in Santa Claus and confront their own…
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In mid-January we’ll be recording our 2014/2015 reading episode, and we want you to be a part of it by filling out this survey. If any questions are non-applicable to you, feel free to leave…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s time for the final episode of 2014, and it’s our annual listener-voted award show!
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Ben is interviewed by Rick Lee James (of the Voices in my Head podcast) about 12 Catholic misconceptions
Arguably the most iconic “birth scene” in science fiction is the appearance of the Star Child in the closing moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Astronaut Dave Bowman is whisked through a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic…
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Candid, never-before-heard conversations from behind the scenes
“Uneasy lies the head the wears the crown,” wrote Shakespeare. Since its return in 2005, Doctor Who has featured three British queens who could testify to the weight of royal responsibility. In “Tooth and Claw,”…
The Lady Galadriel who rules the forest of Lórien, is renowned for her beauty (among other traits, including her wisdom and mercy). Gimli the dwarf deems her fairer than “all the jewels that lie beneath…
Deep Space Nine frequently comes under fire from Star Trek fans for being “too dark,” “too militaristic,” “too grim”—in other words, too far from Gene Roddenberry’s bright, shining vision of the future. I used to…
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