Mystics & Mulder

Mystics & Mulder

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Mystics & Mulder episodes

  • Fanfiction
    Yes, it’s our longest episode to date, and, no, we’re not sorry. Sarah, Maeve, Grace, and Will discuss the joy and complexity of fanfiction as a medium of representation and creativity. This episode is for novices and aFICionados alike.
    1 hr 13 min
  • The Good Place
    Welcome! Everything is fine. Sarah, Maeve, and special guest Bethany discuss the philosophy and theology of The Good Place and how the beloved show breaks down impact vs. intent, promotes community care and collective goodness, and critiques social inaction.
    44 min
  • Black Theologians & Theologians of Color
    In honor of Black Lives Matter, Sarah, Maeve, and a few friends in ministry discuss the prolific works of Black theologians, including William Barber, James Cone, Katie Geneva Cannon, and Emilie Townes, and theologians of color regarding their impact on our personal theologies.
    Check out and donate to the Marsha P Johnson Institute, Black Trans Travel Fund, Black and Pink, The Poor People’s Campaign, Faith In Public Life, university-led prison divestment and abolitionist movements, and other grassroots organizations in your area!
    57 min
  • Dungeons & Dragons
    Roll for initiative! Joined by our very own DM, Liv, Sarah and Maeve get into the power of community, world-building, faith/fate, and storytelling for players of Dungeons & Dragons.
    54 min
  • Let’s Talk About Death, Baby!
    Sarah and Maeve get into a topic that most people don’t really like talking about: death! From attitudes towards death and dying in medieval Iberia to Caitlin Doughty’s “Ask a Mortician,” we discuss physical representations of death and Death, Western cultural and religious taboos and traditions, and dying in/for the modern age.
    What would your funeral playlist be? Email us at [email protected], and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and our website. You can even dream about us -- we don’t mind.
    57 min
  • Psychics, Seances, Spiritualism, & Mediums
    Ahoy, ahoy! It's a psychic's life for us here at Mystics & Mulder. Sarah and Maeve discuss all things related to psychics and mediums in this episode, including fortune telling, palm reading, and the history of seances and spiritualism. We get into how cultural anxieties, social movements, gender expectations, and globalization may have coincided the rise of spiritualism in the US and UK and still influence popular culture (Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Teresa Caputo, Jane Eyre). 
    Do you think John Mulaney would visit a psychic? Let us know! Email us at [email protected], and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and our website. You can even dream about us -- we don't mind.
    40 min
  • Ghost Hunting, Paranormal Entertainment, & Dark Tourism

    Join us on a mystical renaissance as we investigate ghost hunting, paranormal entertainment, and dark tourism. Why are we drawn to ghosts and connecting with the afterlife? Sarah and Maeve analyze how these industries may intersect with gender, class, and cultural anxieties. We feature Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Adventures, Buzzfeed Unsolved, Netflix's Dark Tourist, Ace of Cakes (?!), storytelling, ghost tours like the Cream City Cannibal tour in Milwaukee, and more. Email us at [email protected], and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, and our website. You can even dream about us -- we don't mind.

    44 min
  • Sisters & Nuns in Popular Culture
    Welcome to Episode 2 of Mystics & Mulder! Listen to your two favorite Presbyterians and *our* favorite token Catholic as we discuss representations of nuns in popular culture (American Horror Story, Derry Girls, The Sound of Music, Sister Act, Call the Midwife) along with the work of actual Sisters (Abbey of Regina Laudis in CT, Sister Wendy Beckett, Queer Nuns, the weed nuns). 
    We also get into trick-or-treating controversies, banter about Moses, and dissect ritualized prayer. Thanks to Brody McCurdy for joining us this week.
    Email us at [email protected], and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and our website. You can even dream about us -- we don't mind.
    58 min
  • The X-Files: The One That Started It All
    Coming to an astral projection near you: it's Mystics & Mulder! Welcome to the first episode of the podcast. Co-hosts Sarah and Maeve discuss faith, belief, trust, religion, and otherness in The X-Files, the show that started it all for us. It's time to get Spooky (and Scully!).
    Email us at [email protected], and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, and our website. You can even dream about us -- we don't mind.
    1 hr 9 min

About Mystics & Mulder

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Mystics & Mulder is a podcast at the intersection of pop culture and faith by Sarah and Maeve. Music by Moshun.