The CAPC Digest with Drew Dixon And Tyler Burns

Each week Drew Dixon and Tyler Burns interview a CaPC writer about a recent article they have authored in order to go deeper into the subject matter. This week Derek Hiebert joins the duo to talk about his article, Ready Player Oneand the Escape From Reality. What are the practical considerations for immersive entertainment like VR? How do we set an example for the family when we are ostensibly cut off from them even though we are in the same room? Is there value in escapsim and entertainment to be had in mediums like VR, video games, and other digital media that exists to take you out of our reality and into another one?

Drew Dixon is joined by Abby Perry and Kathryn Watson to discuss the conflicting ideas of “manhood” in evangelicalism from their co-authored article, Rearing Boys to Be Peacemakers in a World Bent on War. Written as a response to the Federalist’s Jesse Kelly’s article Why A Good Father Prepares His Sons For War, the trio talk about their own experiences raising boys, their collective experience in the western church on how manhood is represented, and what “masculinity” means to them regardless of social expectations.

Drew and Tyler chat with Gina Dalfonzo about her recent article “I, Ashley: We’re Still Imposing the Harding-Kerrigan Narrative on Young Female Skaters.” We discuss the double standard present in sports fandom with regard to how people tend to react to vocal female athletes compared to male athletes. We also discuss how we treat athletes and react to their failures and successes.

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Drew and Tyler chat with Hal Koss about his recent article “Lady Bird Offers Us an Antidote for Our Cultural Homesickness.” We discuss the ultimately hopeful message of Lady Bird. We also chat about the impact our places of origin have had on us and the connection between love and attention.

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Drew and Tyler are back in 2018 with CaPC writer Justin Cloyd to chat about his recent article “The Relatable Longings of Stranger Things and This is Us“. The discussion covers the concept of longing in both shows while the hosts share their thoughts on both series in general, and their hopes for these two shows going forward.

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Special guest Val Dunham returns to the show to talk about the atypical representation of love in the Netflix Original Atypical. There is phrase used in the community of autistic parents and family members, “If you know one person who has autism, you know one person who has autism.” The disability is something that varies in presentation from person to person making the goal of representation in dramatic television a challenge. Drew and Tyler talk with Val about her review of the show and how the oversimplification of of “love is a verb” is detrimental to Christians and all viewers can be. While the show is far from perfect with critics praising and lambasting, Val finds merit in the characters and the nuance found within that she can relate to as the mother of an autistic child.

Drew Dixon and Tyler Burns host returning guest Luke T. Harrington to talk how to navigate an outrage culture. Following up on Luke’s article, “Be Offended and Do Not Sin,” the trio talk about the phenomena of wearing outrage and offense as a mark of identity and pride. “If you are offended at the right things, then you are certainly a good Christian,” is the attitude that Facebook tends to draw out of the morally superior posters. Offense is an emotion and it can have good and bad repercussions as Drew, Tyler, and Luke discuss in this episode.

NOTE – This episode was recorded before the events of August 11 – 13, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA.

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20 years later Radiohead’s album OK Computer still manages to feel fresh and relevant to today’s social media, quick to react culture. The new “I Promise” track from the album that has languished in the unreleased catalog of the band, was released with a new music video.

This week Drew and Tyler are back with special guest, CaPC writer Cameron McAllister. The trio talks about Cameron’s article, Twenty Years Later, Radiohead’s OK Computer Still Sounds Brand New, their Radiohead favorites, and where Tyler should start to experience Radiohead for the first time.

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Tyler Burns is out this week leaving Drew alone in the darkness of the scary video game world with guest Jonathan Clauson. Drew and Jonathan, who both share a love for video games through their work at GameChurch and CaPC, talk about Jonathan’s article ‘Horror Games: They Aren’t All Bad‘ and how the darkness isn’t something to be ignored or afraid of.

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Drew and Tyler chat with Rebecca Calhoun about her recent article, Moving Past the Purity Movement. We discuss our personal experiences with the purity movement and the lessons we have learned since then. We discuss the importance of making sure our teaching is marked by grace as well as how to encourage honest yet gracious conversations about sex in our churches and Christian communities.

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