Reality in Fiction

In 2016, Ghostbusters was relaunched with a new Cast and attitude. This relauch was met with excited and hesitance as an all female leading cast was announced. This Episode takes time to explore how comedy can be used to bring light to social justice issues in culture, Where many things are different some things have not changed from the 1984 era of Ghostbusters.

Tim Burton took the tale of Sleepy Hollow and gave us a reflection on life, assumptions and trust. In this episode, we talk about a few themes that show up in our own lives, without a nepharious specter.

Frankenstein is one of the world's most acclaimed stories in the horror genre. Today we explore the themes that have helped this timeless story captivate the reader for 2 centuries.

In this episode, we talk about season 1 on Stranger Things and the amazing depth of the human experience that it represents.

As autumn sets in, we are discussing food, relationship and honesty through the lense of a very special French rat named Remy. Join us as we talk about the themes in Pixar's Ratatouille that make this film a great example of reality in fiction.

What does it mean to be in the Matrix? What do we give up when we live in Denial? In this episode, we look at the pros and cons of facing reality and what it actually does for us to live in denial of it.

In this episode, I take a trip into the lives of the Weasley family and who they are as individuals and why we feel so connected to the family.

In this episode, Jon and I discuss Max Brooks' World War Z and the how the story of survivors shows up in the stories of real life people.

In this epsiode we talk about what it means to find ourself, be apart of something bigger than ourselves and face our fears through the story of Disney's The Jungle Book.

In this episode we explore what revenge does to relationships and the collateral damage we incur from the fantasy.