Popcorn Parenting

Nate and James are back and where better to start than maybe the perfect movie - Toy Story 2. Jam explains why it's so good, and then Nate explains what it means, and together they figure out how we can talk about the themes of the movie with our kids.

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

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Nate has a hidden gem here. It's neither Disney, not Pixar. They're penguins, but they're not from or of Madagascar. It's Surf's Up, which is gives us plenty to talk about with our kids, not least competitive and doing things for the joy of it. And somehow we end on Nate spluttering about Toy Story 4. The perfect end to Season 1.

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched some movies with your kids and talked about it afterwards with this stuff in mind, how did it go? Go on. Tell us via [email protected]

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Nate confesses to nearly shouting 'You go, girl!' at the screen as he talks to James about his favourite Disney princess, Rapunzel from the 50th Disney movie, Tangled. There's an awful lot about parenting here.

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to be Said by CS Lewis
On Fairy Stories by JRR Tolkein

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched some movies with your kids and talked about it afterwards with this stuff in mind, how did it go? Tell us via [email protected]

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Nate and James are nearly in tears at one point as they talk about yearning. That's the big theme of brand new Pixar movie, Onward.

The VW Polo Advert that made James cry like a baby with his baby.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to be Said by CS Lewis
On Fairy Stories by JRR Tolkein

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched some movies with your kids and talked about it afterwards with this stuff in mind, how did it go? Tell us via [email protected]

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Nate asks the question: If you can train it, is it really a dragon? James and Nate talk about How To Train Your Dragon with honourable mentions for Wreck It Ralph, Monsters Inc, Despicable Me, Paddington. Plus a quick review of Descendants. Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? And how do we let the Bible be our starting point, rather than old fashioned Disney movies. Nate also mentions the Proto-Evangelion, trying to prove value for money on this Westminster Theological Seminary education.

Friendly Dragons Moral Nightmares: The Battle for Your Child’s Imagination Michael O’Brian is absurdly expensive on Amazon UK. Here it is on Amazon US.
There's also Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind which might be the same and you can get as a Kindle book too.

The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis or you could get the audiobook.

There’s a Dragon in my Nativity video from Speak Life.

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched Toy Story or Frozen II with your kids, how did it go? Email us at [email protected]

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James Cary talks to Nate Morgan Locke about Frozen II, one of the most successful movies in history. What's the secret sauce? Nate talks about the Monomyth, Jung, the Hero's Journey and Joseph Campbell, but also mentions The Little Mermaid and some other movies you might have heard of.

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper about the Monomyth on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched Toy Story with your kids, how did it go? Email us at [email protected]

Find us on Instagram and Twitter

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James Cary talks to Nate Morgan Locke about the very first Toy Story movie when we first met Woody, Buzz and the gang. What helpful discussions could it generate with your kids about identity and belonging? What does this have to do with Beauty and the Beast? And can we avoid talking about Nate's nemesis movie, Toy Story 4? All is revealed in the very first episode of this short season of Popcorn Parenting podcasts.

Listen to James and Nate talking with Barry Cooper on the Cooper and Cary Have Words podcast episode A Swing and a Myth.

The Gospel According to Pixar is available from Amazon UK here.

If you watched Toy Story with your kids, how did it go? Email us at [email protected]

Find us on Instagram and Twitter

This is a new podcast about watching movies with your kids and have a bit of a chat about them from a Christian perspective. Nate Morgan-Locke's done a lot of thinking about this. And James Cary is more than happy to wind him up and let him go. Just don't mention Toy Story 4...