This week the team connects the dragon slayer themes of 2.4 to "Beauty and the Beast" as they explore the primal nature of mankind and the themes of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.

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In this episode, the team dives into the exciting world of the dragon slayer theme that we see across literature, legends, and pop culture.

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For our second spotlight episode, we’ve chosen another popular classic: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Join us as we follow Bilbo Baggins along his journey, debate his motives, scrutinize his supporting cast, and, ultimately, tell you why this little “children’s book” is one of the greatest stories ever told.

This episode discusses elements of Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey and seeks to understand how The Hobbit follows in old literary paths, but manages to tread many new ones along the way as well.

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In this episode we review our personal reading lists from 2021 to give you as many classics to read this year as possible.

This episode includes references to All the Light We Cannot See, Endless Night, Out of the Silent Planet, Ben-Hur, Dune, The Outsiders, News of the World, Once Upon a Wardrobe, We Were the Lucky Ones, as well as a number of other books. We hope that this extensive list of our personal 2021 reads offers you a chance to find something you might like for yourself!

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All our lives we’ve been told to “read the classics!” But why should we read the classics? Even more importantly, why are some books considered classics and others not? Today, we answer the question: "what makes a classic a classic?"

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In the season 1 finale we take a look at the power of experience and the spiritual parallels that we see between the character of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Apostle Paul.

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In this episode we take a look at the not-so-kind portrayal of fathers in literature using Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom!" as well as the story of David and Absalom from the Bible.

This episode includes references to Treasure Island, The Lion King, and Peter Pan.

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In this episode we take a look at how mentors operate as a literary device that move the story along past a midpoint, and how mentors and teachers alike hold the skills and information needed for proper character development, and progression, represented in an interesting way.

This episode's primary influence comes from Joseph Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces and includes references to the Lord of the Rings, Great Expectations, Samuel the Prophet, and Harry Potter.

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For our first Book Club episode, we dive into the C.S. Lewis's 1956 classic, Till We Have Faces, a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Till We Have Faces serves as Lewis's attempt to legitimize the actions of the myth's key characters while allowing himself a space in which to explore the deeper motivations and development of the characters he loved. 

This episode includes references to mythology, Beauty and the Beast, and explores literary tropes of masculinity and femininity.

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This episode we turn to the historical time period of World War II and the literature it spawned. Join with us as we discuss the events surrounding the war that informed a generation of writers and take the time to reflect on two classic novels: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Joseph Heller’s infamous Catch-22.

This episode includes references to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Catch-22, and the war's influences on Agatha Christie.

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