Should we avoid violence in media? Are certain portrayals of violence in media better for us than others? This week I continue …
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Fantasy For Our Time Special Episode: Sample Audiobook Chapter From Nicholas Kotar’s Raven Son Series
Time, despite my best efforts to conquer it, has, yet again, conquered me! In all of my busyness, I wasn't able to sit down and …
Fantasy For Our Time: Empathy vs Compassion – What Game of Thrones Gets Wrong (Among Other Things)
Isn't empathy a good thing? Well, yes. In moderation. But we seem to live in a world where immoderate empathy is causing …
Fantasy For Our Time: Should We Be Inspired by the Masters or Subvert Them?
In this throwback episode, I officially get publicly and loudly angry about The Last Jedi. Seriously, though, paying homage to …
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Fantasy for Our Time: The Power of Story – A Conversation with Author and Illustrator Vesper Stamper
In this wide-ranging conversation with YA author Vesper Stamper, we talk about the power of story, the ways trauma can lead to …
Fantasy for Our Time: The Green Knight and the Secular Apocalypse
Generally, I like to focus on the ways that fantasy stories help form us and make us into better humans; but, is it possible for …
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Fantasy for Our Time: The Best Epic Sci-fi of the Last Decade – An Interview with Christopher Ruocchio
You’ve heard me rant about bad storytelling before. And I will admit I have been a bit worried about the tendencies of both video …
Fantasy for Our Time: Till We Have Faces – The Fulfillment of All Heroic Journeys
C. S. Lewis's final novel Till We Have Faces is a novelization and adaptation of the Roman myth "Cupid and Psyche." Rather than …
Fantasy for Our Time: Communal Catharsis and the Last Unicorn
In this episode of "Fantasy for our Time," fantasy author Nicholas Kotar tackles the difficult task of addressing the war in …
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