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Should we avoid violence in media? Are certain portrayals of violence in media better for us than others? This week I continue…

Time, despite my best efforts to conquer it, has, yet again, conquered me! In all of my busyness, I wasn’t able to…

The Third Son, a Carpatho-Russian fairy tale, starts like the well-known parable of the talents. But this time, we’re looking at it…

Isn’t empathy a good thing? Well, yes. In moderation. But we seem to live in a world where immoderate empathy is causing…

In this throwback episode, I officially get publicly and loudly angry about The Last Jedi. Seriously, though, paying homage to those masters…

In this wide-ranging conversation with YA author Vesper Stamper, we talk about the power of story, the ways trauma can lead to…