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Now on the StoryMen podcast: APOCALYPSE WEIRD!

The StoryMen interview the creators of the Apocalypse Weird universe!

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The Joker, Hitler’s Dog and What Makes a Real Monster

What makes a “great” villain? What can fictional villains teach us about the people who scare us in real life?

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Eminem’s Rap God

What’s behind EMINEM’s hit song “Rap God”? What can the song teach us about what it means to wield power?

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Trivia Cracked

It’s the Trivia sensation that’s sweeping internet nation, and J Butt and Clay are at trivia war.

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Better Call Saul Pilot Review by The Gospel According to Breaking Bad Author Blake Atwood

Could the Better Call Saul pilot really be better than Breaking Bad’s? Author Blake Atwood considers the new show.

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Lyle Kyle Roscoe Shane Fuzzy Thing Jelly Donut Batcat Psycho Brain Gush

A random flashback to high school.

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Coolsville Featured Owen and Friends

This one’s for the churros

So many jokes lately about eating churros. It’s time to lay that to rest.

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Islam and Public Spaces

Bryne and JR. investigate three recent instances of conflicts involving Islam and outside cultures and religions. From Charlie Hebdo to the Duke University Chapel to Oxford University Press, we wonder what is at stake in each circumstance and how we can be religious in non-religious spaces. BONUS: We also review SELMA.

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How a 90s Sitcom Inspired Me to Move Cross Country to Chase the Dream of Being a Full-Time Writer

LAYERS OF CLAY  “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”~ Pope John XXIII ~*~*~ I’m chasing a dream that began with a […]

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Coolsville Featured Owen and Friends

Owen and Friends presents: ASK A CHURRO