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Debriefing Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers (Podcast)
Read more: Debriefing Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers (Podcast)In this episode, we debrief Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers, who is Tutor in New Testament at Ridley Hall of the University of Cambridge and the co-editor (with Adam J. Powell) of the volume, Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (published…
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Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)
Read more: Reviewing Squid Game 3 (Podcast)Spoiler alert and content warning! In this episode we review the third season of the smash hit Korean show on Netflix, Squid Game. As we debrief our experience watching the third season, we talk about the crazy ending, what surprised us the most about what the third season did and didn’t do, what we appreciated…
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Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7
Read more: Reviewing Black Mirror Season 7In this episode we review and debrief the seventh season of Black Mirror, the technologically-dystopian anthology series on Netflix (on which Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne produced a collection of essays). We talk about key themes and new emphases that appear this season as we work through each of the six episodes in detail….
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Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)
Read more: Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new volume on Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (Rowman & Littlefield). We’re joined by the editors Dr. Andy Byers (lecturer in New Testament at Ridley Hall in the Cambridge Theological Federation) and Dr. Adam Powell (lecturer in…
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Squid Game 2 (Podcast)
Read more: Squid Game 2 (Podcast)In this episode we discuss the second season of the hit Netflix show, Squid Game. We chat about what we appreciated most about season 2 relative to season 1, how this season builds upon previous questions that the show raises about capitalism and makes the stakes more jarring as we think about its effects on…
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Black Mirror Season 6 Review (Podcast)
Read more: Black Mirror Season 6 Review (Podcast)In this episode some of our team members get together to talk about the new season of one of our favorite TV shows, Black Mirror. The newest season (season 6) of this dystopian anthology just came out on Netflix last month and we discuss it all here. We start with some quick thoughts on the…
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BEEF & Asian American Christianity with Pastor Jason Min (Podcast)
Read more: BEEF & Asian American Christianity with Pastor Jason Min (Podcast)In this episode we are talking about representation of Asian American Christianity in the Netflix and A24 production of the show BEEF starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. Joining us for this conversation is Pastor Jason Min, who is lead pastor at Citizens LA in downtown Los Angeles and cohost of the podcast, Off the…
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Theology and Black Mirror: Part One with Dr. Megan Fritts, Dr. Rebekah Lamb, Dr. Joanna Leidenhag, and Dr. King-Ho Leung (Podcast)
Read more: Theology and Black Mirror: Part One with Dr. Megan Fritts, Dr. Rebekah Lamb, Dr. Joanna Leidenhag, and Dr. King-Ho Leung (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new book, Theology and Black Mirror (published by Lexington and Fortress Academic—imprints of Rowman & Littlefield), that was edited by team members from The Two Cities podcast, Dr. Amber Bowen and Dr. John Anthony Dunne. Joining us for this conversation on our favorite technological dystopian show on Netflix…
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Squid Game Review (Podcast)
Read more: Squid Game Review (Podcast)In this episode we discuss our appreciation of, and enduring fascination with, Netflix’s breakout South Korean horror-drama, Squid Game. We discuss the show’s critique of capitalism and connect this with the historical and theological insights of Albert Hirschman and Kathryn Tanner on capitalism. We also delve further into the ways that show portrays how the…
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Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime Documentaries
Read more: Tiger King and the Ethics of True Crime DocumentariesI recently gave a devotional for student success advisors at Bethel, and I wanted to share a portion of that reflection here. In the midst of this coronavirus situation we’re all obviously impacted in some way, maybe not necessarily physically or financially just yet, though that could come, but we have all experienced disruption to…