Message: “True Detective featuring Scott Poole”

The StoryMen welcome professor of American History Scott Poole. Scott’s an expert in the sociology of horror, so he dives in with us to discuss the groundbreaking first season of HBO’s True Detective.

IN THIS EPISODE:
0:00 – Scott Poole and the Horror of True Detective
10:00 – The High Cost of Horror: Lovecraft, Carcosa and the King in Yellow
18:00 – True Detective is Just Plain Gorgeous
22:30 – SPOILERS
29:00 – Russ, Pessimism and that Ending
38:00 – Is TRUE DETECTIVE anti-female, anti-Southern, or anti-Christian?
50:00 – Favorite moments in the show

Story Men - April 9, 2014

NOAH and Ecology

NOAH and Ecology

The StoryMen welcome back Rabbi Eliyahu Fink and Reel World Theology Podcast host Mikey Fissel to chew on Darren Aronofsky's new film NOAH some more. We consider whether NOAH is left-wing, pro-Environmental propaganda. We also consider how persons of faith ought to engage films about sacred texts. IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 – Welcome back Rabbi Eliyahu Fink and Mikey Fissel 02:00 – Is the Pro-Ecology Message in NOAH bad? 17:00 – Faith, Hollywood and People of Faith

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