Goodmakers Podcast with Paul Anleitner

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Goodmakers Podcast with Paul Anleitner episodes

November 09 Jonathan Pageau | God's Dog & The End of Star Wars
Goodmakers Guild is producing our first graphic novel! Find out more and back the project and our Cultural Renewal Fund at:
www.goodmakersguild.com
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Jonathan Pageau joins host Paul Anleitner to discuss God's Dog, a graphic novel that draws on Christian imagery to take readers through strangeness toward redemption. They explore how stories shape perception, why popular culture needs more than endless deconstruction and Star Wars "rebellion" stories, and the practical work of making comics and retelling classic myths.
Order GOD'S DOG at:
https://store.thesymbolicworld.com/collections/godsdog?srsltid=AYCX9vKYmtcP_zGW4TTeqjpjUjoridXCNtUUjgN3sNjaXA_6YrG0SnPo
1 hr 5 min
November 04 Goodmakers Guild's Debut Project: A "Jonah" Graphic Novel | John Mark McMillan, Parker Settecase
Back our first Goodmakers Guild project! JONAH & THE WORM by

www.goodmakersguild.com

JONAH & THE WORM is a graphic novel project about a runaway prophet, a violent empire, cycles of violence, and a man wrestling with mercy for a people he hates.

Goodmakers Guild is supporting John Mark the process of creating a 150-page, full-color, hand-drawn graphic novel that reimagines Jonah as a mythological fantasy and helps readers see this strange, complex, timeless story with new eyes.

Donations are tax-deductible and matched by generous patrons of the project.

For more:
www.goodmakersguild.com
55 min
October 28 James Taylor Foreman & Nathan Fray | Can a New Vision of Patronage Save Culture?
Find out more about the updated mission and vision for Goodmakers Guild in 2027 at:
www.goodmakersguild.com

James Taylor Foreman's work is about what technology is doing to rootedness, storytelling, and art. He created The Metaphor on Substack, and his essays have been published in Inkwell, The Dispatch, and Chisel.
His screenplays have been pitched to CBS, Paramount, and Apple, and he is currently working on a science fiction novel.

Nathan Fray is the Co-Founder of Prospect a new patronage for the modern age. He is also the Co-Founder of Dialect Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting artists, entrepreneurs, technologists, and scholars.
Nathan was an original co-founder and drummer of the music collective United Pursuit (2008).

Find out more about Prospect at:
prospect.art
1 hr 37 min
September 23 Moving Beyond Our Cynical Prisons | Paul Anleitner & John Mark McMillan
Order Paul Anleitner's new book BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning
https://a.co/d/02xpRbWK

Today's episode features a conversation between Paul and John Mark McMillan on the new FLIRTING WITH ENCHANTMENT podcast.

Subscribe here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Bs0GWBQegjVcJUa9dBUiY?si=Hgt6HIjrQAmgXN5r-KikHQ
43 min
September 07 Malcolm Guite | How to Renew Culture by Telling a Better Story
Order Paul Anleitner's new book BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning
https://a.co/d/02xpRbWK
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Malcolm Guite is an English poet and scholar, and he is the author of Galahad and the Grail and a new series of books on the Arthurian legends.
Order Galahad and the Grail:
https://malcolmguite.com/
Tickets for Malcolm Guite's Boston Conference:
https://www.hopewords.org/liftingtheveil
1 hr 19 min
August 28 James Taylor Foreman on Leaving Atheism & the Vibe Shift
Buy Paul Anleitner's new book BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning
https://a.co/d/02xpRbWK
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James Taylor Foreman, writer and former Silicon Valley "narrative strategist", shares his spiritual journey from atheism to Christianity, exploring the influence of culture, mythology, and philosophy on his beliefs. This episode delves into the nature of faith, the role of ritual, and the cultural shifts shaping modern spirituality.
https://www.taylorforeman.com/
To find out more about Goodmakers:
www.goodmakers.co
1 hr 17 min
August 12 Hollywood Producer Explains How to Fix Hollywood | Philip Levens
Buy Paul Anleitner's new book BASED ON A TRUE STORY:
https://a.co/d/00Kb0R2a
Philip Levens is a long-time writer, producer, and showrunner best known for his work on Smallville, Ascension, Knight Rider, and more.
https://philiplevens.com/about-philip-levens

Find out more about Goodmakers at:

www.goodmakers.co
1 hr 33 min
August 03 The Death of Superman | Dan Jurgens - Comic Book Writer/Artist
Buy Paul Anleitner's new book BASED ON A TRUE STORY:
https://a.co/d/00Kb0R2a
Dan Jurgens is one of the most influential creators in modern comics, best known for writing and drawing the best-selling Death of Superman, which earned him a National Cartoonists Society Award. He created characters such as Booster Gold, Doomsday, and more, and has written for both DC and Marvel--including runs on Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man, and Batman.

1 hr 4 min
July 14 Self Authoring Can't Save the World | Paul Anleitner with Dr. Simon Ussher
BASED ON A TRUE STORY is out TODAY!
Order your copy here (and please consider leaving a review)

https://a.co/d/0b3F6CgB

Today's episode contains a conversation on Dr. Simon Ussher's FLOREOLOGY podcast with Paul Anleitner about the ideas and themes in Paul's new book Based on a True Story: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning

Subscribe to his YouTube Channel at:
https://youtu.be/2s0Z_zlkQ1w?si=8CdhlgIi0VGfMVD4

Find out more about Goodmakers at
www.goodmakers.co
1 hr 10 min
June 15 Glen Scrivener | Religious "Vibe Shift" in the West?
Buy "Based on a True Story: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning"
https://a.co/d/07XCGnDs
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Glen Scrivener of Speak Life UK joins me to discuss what's happening in the UK and if it matches the "vibe shift" on religion and Christianity in America.
https://321.speaklife.org.uk/
Find out more about Goodmakers at
www.goodmakers.co
1 hr 18 min

About Goodmakers Podcast with Paul Anleitner

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Goodmakers Podcast features long-form conversations with leading thinkers, creators, and builders dedicated to the shared mission of cultural renewal.
It's a post-cynical age podcast about uniting people around a shared story with a cruciform vision of flourishing at its center, and collaborating together to tell a better story and build what is good.

Hosted by Paul Anleitner, Founder & Executive Director of Goodmakers Guild.

Paul Anleitner is cultural theologian, whose work focuses on the role of culture and story in our quest for meaning. His unique interdisciplinary approach integrates theology, philosophy, and science to help individuals and institutions navigate cultural shifts and address perennial religious longings.