The StoryMen welcome graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang. We discuss Gene’s previous work, the award-winning American Born Chinese, and his newest work, Boxers & Saints.
In This Episode:
0:00 – Clay and JR.’s real-life horror film
07:30 – Gene Luen Yang
12:30 – American Born Chinese
24:30 – Boxers & Saints
29:30 – It’s More Complicated than That…
44:00 – Negotiating American Identity
50:00 – Favorite Saints
The StoryMen welcome author and podcaster Matt Mikalatos to the show to discuss his new book Into the Fray. A sequel to The First Time We Saw Him, Matt reimagines the book of Acts, setting the stories of the early church in a contemporary context. Matt shares what he learned writing the book, reads one of his favorite parts and we dream about what the Church can learn today.
The StoryMen make the push for episode 100. We have more guests, bigger episodes and plenty of fodder for the most piercing investigations of history, pop culture and theology yet!