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Unreliable NarratorsOver the Garden WallElijah Wood (aka Trinity Klomparens) joins Sophie and Raymond to discuss the Cartoon Network TV series Over the Garden Wall. How do the characters (Wert and Greg) wind up in a mysterious wood that seems to resemble Hell? What sins did they commit that got them there? Sophie and Raymond think this show has lots of profound parallels to Pilgrim's Progress and Dante's Inferno. Trinity is convinced there are pumpkin people in her neighborhood.
Our next episode will be the art piece "Right?" by Banu Cennetoğlu (apologies, Raymond announced the wrong episode last time--classic Raymond)****
2025-05-041h 06
DoubletakeJust a bad ideaEverybody knows you’re not supposed to bargain with God. It’s just a bad idea. God doesn’t answer prayers that begin, “Dear God, if you just give me this one thing I’ll do this other thing. For the rest of my life. I promise.”Theologically speaking, we don’t give God our terms. He gives us His.But today we have an essay from someone who actually did bargain with God. Trinity Klomparens is a journalism student at Patrick Henry College.Support WORLD News Group...
2025-02-1514 minInsert PreviewDoubletake - Just a bad ideaEverybody knows you’re not supposed to bargain with God. It’s just a bad idea. God doesn’t answer prayers that begin, “Dear God, if you just give me this one thing I’ll do this other thing. For the rest of my life. I promise.”Theologically speaking, we don’t give God our terms. He gives us His.But today we have an essay from someone who actually did bargain with God. Trinity Klomparens is a journalism student at Patrick Henry College.Support WORLD News Group...
2025-02-1514 min
Unreliable NarratorsThe Four Gospel Frontispieces by Mokoto Fujimura (Ft. Anna Mason)Japanese-American artist Makoto Fujimura says, "We have a language for waywardness, but not a language for coming back home.” What does this mean? Anna Mason, art major at Hillsdale College, joins us to explore Fujimura's art series The Four Gospel Frontispieces, confirming for us once and for all that God approves of abstract art!
What is "slow art" and why is it so important in modern times? What does Fujumura mean by "generative reality"? We talk about the history of Christian art going all the way back to medieval illuminated manuscripts from Iona, but wait till the en...
2022-09-0257 min
Unreliable NarratorsTHIS IS WATER! By David Foster WallaceTrinity joins Sophie and Raymond to discuss absurdism in Gen Z humor, the problems of irony, and deconstructing commencement speeches in the YouTube short film THIS IS WATER!, taken from David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement address at Kenyon college. Wallace earnestly challenges us to rethink what it means to a human being in the world, even when (especially when) it seems replete with tedium, stress, boredom, and frustration.
Check out David Foster Wallace's full commencement address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
In our next episode, we will be discussing Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film The...
2022-08-0558 min
Unreliable NarratorsI Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)Raymond and Sophie are rejoined by special guest Trinity Klomparens to discuss U2's hit song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." Does Bono's music represent a return to religion? What role should spiritual longing play in our faith journey? What is the problem with evangelism? And what does U2 have to do with C.S. Lewis? We answer these questions and more!
Thanks to Caleb Klomparens for our theme music, "No New Words" from the album Krypt. You can listen to more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/kappamuse.
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2021-12-3100 min
Unreliable NarratorsThe Rise of SkywalkerEpisode Notes
Raymond, Sophie, and special guest Trinity Klomparens discuss themes of sacrifice, adoption, and baptism in The Rise of Skywalker, Episode IX of the Star Wars saga. Along the way, we run into topics like the balance between the dark side and the light side, good vs. evil, and the Force as a parallel to Dante's Divine Comedy. We hope you enjoy our discussion!
Thanks to Caleb Klomparens for our theme music, "No New Words" from the album Krypt. You can listen to more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/kappamuse
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2021-12-0259 min