So, the American government RIGHT? Oy. What a mess. As someone who teaches all things U.S. politics and government I will at least say how good these crazy political times are for in class discussion and case studies on dysfunctional government. It is what it is though, so what can you do? Well, Melissa Tagg […]
This week the StoryMen are talking all things pop culture with author, podcaster, and legendary Tennessean Knox McCoy. Basically when Knox talks about any subject it becomes instantly more interesting. We cover a range of fun topics and specifically discuss the state of television, the return of AMC’s The Walking Dead, and How to Not […]
For as long as I can remember, film critics and aficionados have considered Citizen Kane to be the greatest movie ever made. For years I just snubbed my nose at the thought without ever asking why. When I finally did become curious during college, the only adults around simply muttered their version of “whatevs” and […]
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How Social Is Our Media?
This month’s featured podcast is our StoryMen episode on what exactly social media does to us. 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? The […]
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Gravity and the Meaning of Life
“Meaninglessness is the plague of our time.” Ravi Zacharias Remember the first time you saw something on the big screen so magical that possibility stretched in new ways? Gravity–a film as deep as space–puts the magic back in movies. After watching hundreds or thousands of movies most of them blur into a forgettable swirl of entertainment. […]
Cold-blooded murder has been around ever since Cain slaughtered his brother Abel in history’s first sibling rivalry. It just took Hollywood a few thousand years to come along and show us the seedy underside of humanity in an artistic way that allowed voyeurs to eat popcorn while they watched. With such strict restrictions on content […]
What’s that you say? You don’t care about hockey? Okay, that’s cool. You’re gonna wanna spend 60 seconds watching this anyway. *jaw hanging open* His name is Tomas Hertl, and he’s only 19. It’s like an opening scene to a summer blockbuster when we need to meet the main character in grand, no, barely believable […]
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What Is Your Fortress Made Of?
If you really forced me to pick my absolute, clear cut, most favorite band on the planet right now I would PROBABLY say Alter Bridge. I like them a lot. Their last album ABIII came out in 2010. Their latest and fourth album releases October 8th. It’s called Fortress. I can’t wait. I was reading […]
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Bringing Up Baby
I had this professor back in college. We worked well together but didn’t have much in common. Then one day as we studied the historical era between the Great Depression and World War II she introduced me to a classic movie called Bringing Up Baby. I’m trying to figure out if that was a watershed moment […]
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Zombie Theology
Hard to believe it’s been more than a year since my book Undead came out. I first had the idea to write about the connection between Christian spirituality and our cultural fascination with zombies way back in the summer of 2010 which seems so long ago. At that time we still hadn’t seen the explosion […]