We are joined by our friends bringing their friends to the podcast today! Kyle Sondereker connected us with the fabulous Isaiah Hunt and we got to chat about why we love stories, Afrofuturism, and challenging a Eurocentric story structure! 

As fiction continues to become reality (with all our technological advancements), more than ever the world we create in sci-fi fantasy could become our future. And we believe that it is that imagination and ingenuity that can help solve some of the major issues our cultures face today. 

And in the middle of geeking out over DnD and our favorite Anime, we have a great discussion about the history of colonialism and the ways that 'myth-making' can be damaging - like Manifest Destiny and White Supremacy.

So, join us for this wild ride, on this week's episode of At the Rectory!

Check out more about Isaiah Hunt here: https://neomfa.org/isaiah-hunt-2022-graduate

And Isaiah's Short Fiction Piece "Wishful Thinking" here: https://issuu.com/lunanegramag/docs/lunanegraspring2021_issuu/s/12112350

Book Recommendations:

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Wind

The New Age of Empire by Kehinde Andrews: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Age_of_Empire

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Andrews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53205810-victories-greater-than-death

Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor: https://nnedi.com

Anime Recommendations:

Arakawa Under the Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakawa_Under_the_Bridge

Naruto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto

TV Recommendations:

Avatar the Last Air-Bender: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender

More About Afrofuturism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=154XnA1xcis