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The Fascinating Podcast brings you weekly conversations with the people on the topics you can’t get enough of. Join Kathy Khang, Matt Mikalatos, Clay Morgan and JR. Forasteros for the latest.

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Story Men - April 30, 2014

Q Part 2

Q Part 2

Part 2 of our double-sized Episode 50! The StoryMen come to you live from the Q2014 Conference held in Nashville, TN, where they're joined by English professor and story expert Sarah-Jane Murray. In Part 2, we review the second day of Q, working through our favorite speakers, some problematic discussions of gender, some great discussions of gender, and what we thought of Day 2. Also it was super-late when we recorded, so we're a bit slap-happy. In this Episode: 00:00 - It's Late and our Brains are Full 03:00 - Q Brings the Tension 06:30 - Sarah-Jane's Favorites 09:30 - Clay's Favorites 12:00 - Matt's Favorites 14:00 - The most problematic talk 17:00 - Matt and JR. got in a fight 28:00 - Closing thoughts from Tripp Crosby

From Series: "StoryMen Season 3"

The StoryMen return under the NorvilleRogers banner! We've got better guests, bigger shows and - quite possibly - more potato chip challenges!

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Meet the Hosts

Kathy Khang

Kathy Khang is a speaker, journalist, and activist. She has worked in campus ministry for more than twenty years, with expertise in issues of gender, ethnicity, justice, and leadership development.

She is a columnist for Sojourners magazine, a writer for Faith & Leadership, and a coauthor of More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith.

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Matt Mikalatos

Matt is an author and screenwriter. His most recent books are Journey to Love and a YA fantasy series, the Sunlit Lands, that begins with The Crescent Stone. He’s also the author of a long, involved C.S. Lewis Reread over at Tor.com.

He lives in the Portland, Oregon, area with his family and a gigantic rabbit named Bruce.

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Clay Morgan

After a decade of teaching college courses in history, political science, and communication in Pittsburgh, Clay moved to Dallas, Texas where at least winters aren’t soul-crushing.

He’s been writing professionally for years, doing everything from journalism to corporate consulting. He helps people become better communicators at CommunicationKingdom. Along the way he published Undead: Revised, Resuscitated & Reborn—a book about zombies, God, and what it means to be alive. He loves his wife Jen, hockey, and Oxford commas (unlike JR.).

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JR. Forasteros

JR. lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Amanda. He’s a writer, blogger and pastor (in the Church of the Nazarene). He is the author of Empathy for the Devil, a book about finding ourselves in the Bible’s villains. He also loves Batman, spirited debates and smoking meats.

Check out his blog for his sermon podcast. JR. is addicted to podcasting. In addition to the Fascinating Pod, JR. also cohosts In All Things Charity (Wesleyan Feminist Theology), Don’t Split Up! (horror film reviews), Origami Elephants (religion, philosophy and current events), Bible Bites (Sunday School for the 21st Century) and Oh My Wednesday (a review of the TV show American Gods). He also blogs on faith and pop culture right here on NorvilleRogers.com.


Elliott Dodge

Elliott lives in Houston with his wife and two awesome children. A computer science educator by day and podcast producer by night, he loves to engage with pop culture on a deeper level and is passionate to see God’s will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Elliott DodgeAlso, he was attacked by a seagull on his honeymoon (Elliott’s, not the seagull’s).

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