Dorkness to Light Podcast

By Professor Alan & Em

Dedicated to wrestling with questions of faith, religion, and theology that arise in comic books and other pop culture media. Occasionally irreverent, rarely sacrilegious.... more

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May 17, 2024 Podcast #049 - Updates, Feedback, & "Happy"
Updates, Feedback, & "Happy"
Alan
and Em talk about what they've been doing the last little while, cover
listener feedback, and talk about a couple of events in the music world
that interest them.

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Link # 1: "Happy," by NF
Link # 2: Monk Rock
Link #3:
The novel "The Lyra & the Cross"

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1h 5min
September 15, 2023 Podcast #048 - A Summer Pilgrimage
"A Summer Pilgrimage and Popery Potpourri"
Alan
and Em talk about the Dorkness-related events of their summer vacation, including an actual pilgrimage to an actual shrine of an actual Catholic saint. They also talk about their experiences with Catholicism, The Saint Cast, and the game Balder's Gate.

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Link #1: St Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine and Historic Site
Link #2: St Kateri Conservation Center
Link #3: The novel "A Man At Arms"
Link #4: The novel "The Lyra & the Cross"
Link #5: The podcast The SaintCast
Link #6: St Kateri piece by Paper Cut Prayers
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1h 25min
August 26, 2022 Podcast #047 - Audiofeed 2022!!!
"Audiofeed 2022 (FINALLY)"
Alan
and Em talk about the return of their favorite music festival, Audiofeed. They talk about their experiences at this year's fest.

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Link # 1: The band Threnodian
Link # 2: The band Ignescent
Link # 3: The band Raviner
Link # 4: The band Rusty Shipp
Link # 5: Propaganda's book Terraform
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1h 20min
May 26, 2022 Podcast #046 - Ordinary Time
"Ordinary Time"
Alan
and Em talk about the church calendar concept of "Ordinary Time," give some personal feedback, cover listener feedback, and discuss Michael F. Flynn's short story "3rd Corinthians," appearing in the June 2003 issue of Analog Magazine.

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Link # 1: Sassy Seminarian's twitter feed
Link # 2: Paper Cut Prayers' twitter feed
Link # 3: Students of the Word podcast

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September 19, 2021 Podcast #045 - Audiofeed 2020 / 2021 / ????
"Audiofeed 2020 2021"
Alan and Em lament (a little) the cancellation of their favorite music festival, Audiofeed. But mostly they celebrate the bands that they wish they had seen, and play lots of songs.

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Link # 1: Sara & Marco Castro
Link # 2: Glenn Kaiser
Link # 3: Insomniac Folklore
Link # 4: Must Build Jacuzzi
Link # 5: The Gray Havens
Link # 6: Silent Planet
Link # 7: Good Saint Nathanael
Link # 8: Coyote Kid
Link # 9: Deborah
Link #10: The Oh Hellos
Link #11: Harry Gore
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August 11, 2021 Podcast #044 - The Big Book of Martyrs
"The Big Book of Martyrs"
Alan
and Em cover 3 stories each (or more like 6 each) from the non-fiction graphic work The Big book of Martyrs. They also talk generally about martyrs, saints, and persecution.

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Here is an example of how one of the stories referenced in the episode looks in the book:

Link #1: "Blood on the Church Floor," by Ravenhill
Link #2: "Over My Dead Body," by Steve Taylor
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February 28, 2021 Podcast #043 - Chit-Chat & Feedback
"Chit-Chat & Feedback"
Alan and Em talk a bit about how they've been passing the time recently -- Dragon Age, Warrior Nun, theology podcasts, and the like. And then they empty out the entire bag of listener feedback.

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Link #1: The music of The Oh Hellos!
Link #2: The music of The Gray Havens
Link #3: The Sacramental Charismatic podcast
Link #4: The Foreword podcast
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December 27, 2020 Podcast #042 - Blue Christmas II: Home for the Holidays
"Home for the Holidays"

Alan
and Em revisit the concept of Blue Christmas, which they covered last year on Episode 35. These are services that allow churches to make space for people who aren't quite ready to celebrate
the season. But given the way that 2020 went, we're pretty sure that EVERYONE is dealing with loss, discouragement, and depression this year.
We give our personal updates, talk about our 2020 holiday thoughts, and then share some mostly (but not altogether) happy Christmas memories.

Merry Christmas, seasons greetings, happy holidays, and we wish all out listeners a blessed and joyous
2021.

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Link: Episode 35, last year's Blue Christmas discussion
Link to Opening Song: "In Like a Lion (Always Winter)" by Relient K

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August 09, 2020 Podcast #041 - Harry Whodunit #3!

"Harry Whodunit: The Mystery of the Nine Samsons"

Enjoy your Covid lockdown with this Harry Whodunit mystery audio adventure!

Back in Episode 31, we mentioned Harry Whodunit as one of our favorite little-known bits of Evangelical pop culture.
And in Episode 32, we played a digitized version of one of the two cassette sets we own. And then in Episode 36, we played a digitized version of the other set we own.

As we discussed last episode, creator Terry Scott Taylor recently put his entire audio archives up for sale, including the entire (4 adventures) Harry Whodunit collection! We were very excited to see that, and bought the collection.

And here is the third adventure we've posted, although it was the first one produced. And so, we proudly present "The Mystery of the Nine Samsons!"

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July 26, 2020 Podcast #040 - The Book of Ruth
"The Book of Ruth: An Original Graphic Novel"

Alan
and Em discuss the original graphic novel The Book of Ruth, by Meredith Finch & Colin Dyer. The book retells the Old Testament story in the context of the Dust Bowl era. The discussion includes a deep dive into atonement theology, but somehow they manage to reference Babylon 5, Leverage ... and more!

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Link: The Book of Ruth Kickstarter
Link: Meredith Finch on Twitter
Link: The Harry Whodunit Collection
Link: Tomato Bird's Tumblr

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