The Fascinating Podcast

The StoryMen are back together exactly one year since they all met! We review our year of friendship and podcasting, reveal our true identities, our secret origin and dream about the next year of StoryMen!

In This Episode:

01:30 – The StoryMen's True Identities Revealed!

7:30 – The StoryMen's Secret Origin!

16:00 – A Year of Podcasting in Review

21:00 – Dayton, Sushi and Horror Films

35:00 – Arsenic and Old Lace

40:00 – Next Year on StoryMen!

M. S. Corley becomes the first ever returning co-host. We talk all things Halloween: where did it come from, should Christians celebrate it or not, and what is up with Reformation Day?

In this Episode:

0:00 – The Return of M. S. Corley (or: JR. is bad at Halloween)

06:00 – Halloween Stories

14:00 – Halloween vs. Harvest Parties vs. Reformation Day

32:00 – Christian Haunted Houses?

42:00 – What Halloween Candy Needs to Go?

44:00 - Halloween Traditions

53:00 - Halloween Recommendations

The StoryMen welcome StoryMen producer Aaron Kretzmann to the other side of the mic to talk about Alfonzo Cuaron's new film GRAVITY.

In This Episode:

0:00 - Meet StoryMan Aaron Kretzmann

5:00 - GRAVITY (No Spoilers)

14:00 - Gravity as "Dude with a Problem"

16:00 - SPOILERS for Gravity

The StoryMen welcome blogger, author and veteran podcaster Knox McCoy. Knox may be the King of Pop Culture. Either that or Frank Pitt, Brad's smarmy little brother. Listen up as we talk fall television, the fall of film, and the return of Walking Dead!

The StoryMen welcome blogger and speaker Emily Maynard to help us navigate the treacherous world of the Evangelical conversation about Modesty. Are our bodies good? Are they dangerous? Should people who follow Jesus attempt to be modest at all? And where is MIkalatos?

In this Episode:

0:00 – The Fall TV Line Up

09:30 – Emily Maynard (not the Bachelorette)

17:00 – Culottes, Modesty, and Our Bodies

27:00 – Rape Culture

38:30 – Parenting and Good Modesty Rules

After answering some questions from the Storyverse, we use Louis CK's rant on cell phones to springboard into a discussion of social media. Is the price we pay for connectivity worth it? How social, exactly, is our media?

In this Episode:

01:30 – StoryMen Lightening Round

21:00 – Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers and Other Moral Villains

35:00 – Louis CK's Anti-Cell Phone Rant

41:00 – Is our Social Media Anti-Social?

The Storymen welcome author and blogger Matt Lee Anderson to talk about what a good question sounds like. In the process, we all become more self-conscious about the questions we're asking, which is probably a good thing!

In This Episode:

0:00 – Episode 30!

04:00 – Questioning Our Questions

06:00 – What's a Creed?

10:00 – Meet Matt Lee Anderson, blogging dinosaur and Christian ethicist

18:00 – The End of Our Exploring, Evangelical Doubt and Certainty

27:30 – Are there Dumb Questions?

37:00 – Doubt vs. Questioning

47:00 – What's a Bad Question?

59:00 – GIVEAWAY: What’s your favorite question from Pop Culture?

The StoryMen each choose five historical events that aren't movies yet... but should be. Hear our top fives, and share yours with us!

IN THIS EPISODE:

01:30 - Tattoos & Museums

07:30 - Football and Football

14:30 - Fourteen Historical Events that Should be Movies!

01:02:00 - CONTEST!!

After we hear from the Storyverse about what everyone's been reading, we welcome Ally Vesterfelt to talk about her new book, Packing Light.

In This Episode:

2:00 – Stories Populating the Storyverse this Summer

16:00 – Ask the StoryMen anything!

17:00 – Super-blogger Ally Vesterfelt

21:30 – Saying Yes to Adventure

35:00 – Does Jesus Hate My Stuff?

38:30 – You Can't Go Home Again

47:00 – GIVEAWAY: What's the craziest dream you've ever followed?

We wonder what it means to be be a Christian. How do you decide where the boundary markers are? From Hawaiian religion to Scientology to Islam and Mormonism to the Gospel Coalition, we ask some tough questions. And perhaps the toughest of all: does any of it really matter?

1:30 – The Boys are Back Together!

4:00 – Matt and Hawaiian Religion

11:00 – Gary Marshall and Giveaway Winner!

13:00 – Clay and the Church of Scientology

25:30 – Billy Corgan and Christian Rock

33:00 – Who's In? Who's Out? How do we tell?

50:30 – Piper, Keller, Lewis and MacDonald