Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson hold forth about "Dance of the Happy Shades," a short-story collection from 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro.

Nathan Gilmour chats with Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson about about the bizarre sentence "God is dead," first written in Nietzsche's The Gay Science, later adapted by Christian theologians, and eventually becoming an evangelical bogeyman. At the core of the conversation is the seeming chasm between philosophical discourse and Christian pop culture. Among the texts, thinkers, and other realities discussed are Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Altizer, Steve Taylor, The Newsboys, and "God's Not Dead."

Danny Anderson hosts a a conversation with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about monster movies, focusing on the evolution of the genre from the early Dracula and Frankenstein movies to the self-referential remakes of the twenty-first century. At every turn the trio explores the philosophical implications of the monstrous and the place of such narrative in Christian worlds of thought. Among the movies, ideas, and other realities explored are slasher films, Frankenstein, zombies, Scream, and why low-budget scary movies work better than big-budget blockbusters.

Michial Farmer hosts a a conversation with Danny Anderson and Nathan Gilmour about metamodernism, a philosophical movement described recently in an article by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker. Metamodernism claims to move beyodn postmodernism by giving up the latter's pervasive cynicism, preferring instead to oscillate between naivete and cynicism. A fight over the relative worth or worthlessness of the movement ensues.

Nathan Gilmour hosts a a conversation with Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson on "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." Taking a close-reading, mythological approach to the final Star Wars episode, the trio dig into images of descending into the underworld, gathering the heroes, watching power lose its grip on order, and other such things. Among the characters, mythological constructs, and other realities engaged are the Orpheus myth, Mon Mothma, redemption of betrayers, the self-destructiveness of evil, and post-colonialism on Endor.

Danny Anderson hosts a a conversation with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour on "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back." Conversation focuses on the changing role and character of the Force, its increasing prominence with the introduction of Yoda, and the ways in which the episodes of Star Wars fit together as parts of a trilogy. Among the characters, plot turns, and other matters discussed are the "I am your father" reveal, the Dagobah cave, the religious character of Yoda, and what giant asteroid monsters eat.

Michial Farmer hosts a a conversation with Danny Anderson and Nathan Gilmour on "Star Wars: A New Hope." Focusing on the movie's place in film history and more specifically in the career of George Lucas, the trio talks about its status as one of the first summer blockbusters; the influence of Joseph Campbell's mythological criticism on the film; and what, despite the film's shortcomings, makes it the sort of movie that shapes a whole generation's sense of the universe. Among the people, scenes, and other realities discussed are John Williams, monomyth, and Harrison Ford.

Nathan Gilmour talks with Danny Anderson and Michial Farmer about Plato's dialogue "Meno." The dialogue's central question is whether arete, a word meaning excellence or virtue, can be taught or whether it's naturally part of some people's character but not others'. Among the questions, concepts, and other realities discussed are the pre-existence of the soul, the nature of "Socratic" pedagogy, relationships between dialectic and rhetoric in education, and whether there is any such thing as "the" Platonic position on anything.

Michial Farmer talks with Danny Anderson and Nathan Gilmour about tradition. Starting with its roots in Roman law and its mixed reputation in the New Testament, the crew digs into the strange designator "traditional music," the relationships between Scripture and tradition, a few hard-hitting books on tradition, and some ways to imagine Christian existence as traditional without being static. Among the texts, traditions, and other realities engaged are Alasdair MacIntyre, Matthew Arnold, Hans-Georg Gadamer, conservatism, globalism, and church organs.

Nathan Gilmour talks with Michial Farmer and Danny Anderson about authenticity. A term with etymological roots in reflexive pronouns and historical roots in art criticism, authenticity has taken on philosophical, cultural-critical and pop-cultural meanings that deserve some exploration. Among the texts, trends, and other realities explored are Heidegger's Being and Time, Lionel Trilling's Sincerity and Authenticity, youth ministry, Emerging Church, and faculty workshop speakers.