Dorkness to Light Podcast

Alan

and Em talk about some Dorkness-related current events, give some updates about past episodes and guests, talk about the new Dorkness to Light blog, and then go over lots and lots of terrific feedback from terrific listeners.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: Dorkness to Light Blog (new address) 

Link: Musician Jeff Anderson's campaign

Link: Coyote Kid's campaign

Link: The Audiofeed Festival

Link: The Religion Prof Podcast

Link: A Christian Gaming Podcast

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

Alan and Em are joined by Garret Godfrey of the Good patron podcast to discuss Christian music in the 1980s. The episode also includes 25 minutes of a 1987 episode of Alan's college radio show, where he played "the best in today's Christian rock."

We

we 

about the new album, and play portions of two songs.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: Good Patron Podcast

Link: Justus on Discogs

Link: "Someone's Waiting" at YouTube

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

During our Audiofeed episode, we talked about the "Death by 1000 Cuts" seminar that featured musician Nate Allen, in which he discussed the spiritual abuse he had suffered, and his recovery process. 

We were pleased to talk with Nate about his news album, "Hide No Truth," which he recorded under the name Good Saint Nathanael, in which he addresses many of those issues. This conversation covers the topic of spiritual abuse, the goods and bads of being raised in the church, the recovery process, and how to identify people who can help. We also talk about the new album, and play portions of two songs.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: Good Saint Nathanael's new album "Hide no Truth"

Link: Video for the song "Lightning"

Link: Twitter for Destroy Nate Allen

Link: Good Saint Nathanael website

Link: Purchase a Nate Allen prayer candle

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

After the marathon of October mini-series, Em & Alan tackle the piles of feedback that those episodes generated. They also talk about all of the many, many things they forgot to mention during the mini-series.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: Nathaniel Wayne's Council of Geeks YouTube Channel 

Link: Vera Wylde's book "Skirting Gender"

Link: Aaron Henley's novel "Fangs of Vengeance"

Link: Joe Golem, Occult Detective

Link: Hebrew Punk

Link: Reading in the Dark anthology

Link: "All The Way To The Bloodbank" video on YouTube

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

On this final (not so mini) installment of this mini-series, Em & Alan talk about those scariest of all spiritual beings -- Angels. They discuss what these monsters say about humanity, faith, & God.

Topics discussed include, Lovecraftian monstrosities, 5-dimensional beings, Thing Theory, angelic visitations, flaming swords, and what we believe.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: "GLORIA" by Taylor Leong

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

On this penultimate sixth mini-sode, Em & Alan talk about Lilith, unicorns, Nephilim, and other weird things that may (or may not) be in the Old Testament. They talk about what these stories say about humanity, and what they say about the Bible.

Topics discussed include Bible translation, myths and legends, the value of imagination to faith, and keeping Christianity weird.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: The Nephilim Wars comic book Kickstarter  

Link: Paeter Frandsen's "Spirit Blade" audio drama

Link: Dark Ark: the comic book

Link: The book "Lucifer, Leviathan, Lilith, and Other Mysterious Creatures of the Bible"

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or biblical monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

On this fifth of our mini-series of mini-sodes, Em & Alan talk about

spirits and cursed beings, like faeries and werewolves.

Topics discussed include Tolkien, Holly Black's novels,being nice to brownies, Werewolf by Night, and why garden gnomes have red hats.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: Author Holly Black's website

Link: Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" essay

Link: The Tolkien Professor's podcast episode about "On Fairy Stories."

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

"Dorkness to Nightmare: The Dead"

On

this fourth of our mini-series of mini-sodes, Em & Alan talk about

spooky dead things, like Zombies and ghosts and spirits. They discuss what these monsters say about humanity, and what may lie beyond the grave.

Topics discussed include ghosts, saints, World War Z, Wynonna Earp, wendigos, and a fair amount of speculative theology.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: The band Street Angel on discogs.com 

Link: The song "What's Following the Grave," by Christian metal legends Bloodgood.

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan

On this third mini-sode in their "Dorkness to Nightmare" miniseries, Em and Alan discuss the most blood-sucking of monsters ... Vampires!

Topics discussed include Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Twilight, Tom Cruise, and the X-Files.

Both Em and Alan also pitch ideas for vampire novels they'd like to write.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

We would love to hear from you about this issue, the podcast episode, or the podcast in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on Twitter @DorknesstoLight and Alan @ProfessorAlan

On this second of our mini-series of mini-sodes, Em & Alan talk about genies, djinn, and other ways to spell to that. They talk about what these occasionally monstrous beings have to teach us, other than "don't mess with them."

Topics discussed include linguistic branching, The Monkey's Paw, John Constantine, the X-Files, and (of course) Aladdin.

Click on the player below to listen to the episode:

Right-click to download the episode.

You may also subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts or the RSS Feed.

Link: The origin of the Genie in the Lamp, at Giant Glacier

Link: The Podcastle version of the short story "The Dybbuk in the Bottle."

We would love to hear from you about this topic, the podcast episode, or monsters in general. Send e-mail feedback to dorknesstolight@gmail.com 

You can follow the network on twitter @DorknessToLight or Alan @ProfessorAlan