Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective

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STAR TREK II: The Wrath of Khan and William Shatner Live – SA401
Recently, Ben joined his friends William and Nathan Marchand to see a theatrical showing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which also had William Shatner do a live stage performance that was sort of
“Sci-Fi Vs. Fantasy”: Revisiting Episode 7 – SA400
Episode 400 is here, and to celebrate this milestone were taking a look backwards at an early episode featuring Ben, Steve, and Dr. Jayce! Its a fun conversation that serves as a nice time capsule t
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Road Trip Review – SA399
Its a ROAD TRIP! Ben thought he would have a chance to talk to Evan about AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, but things didnt go their way. Evan got sick . . . and then went on vacation. But on a lark, Ben d
2022 in Review - SA398
its that time again! Time to talk about last years pop culture releases! Taking our cues from Evans ranked list of movies from the year, we talk about our viewing experiences from 2022 as we step i
SHADOW and SUBSTANCE 3 – A TWILIGHT ZONE CHRISTMAS QUARTET: “The Night of the Meek”, “Five Characters in Search of an Exit”, “The Changing of the Guard”, and A CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS – SA397
We continue our series about THE TWILIGHT ZONE (which only has two episodes, but thats actually not too shabby) by covering three Christmas themed episodes of the show (The Night of the Meek, Five
A CHRISTMAS CAROL – SA396
Inspired by re-reading the book and watching the new movie on Netflix, Ben, Stephen, and Evan take to the microphones to appreciate the spiritual themes and fantastical ideas of A Christmas Carol by C
THE FORCE OF STAR WARS: Is It Worth Reading? – SA395
Two options for this episode: You can listen to the audio above OR watch the video below! Ben takes a look at a book that has been in his library for over forty years: Frank Allnutts THE FORCE OF STA
Interview w/ BLACK BLOSSOM Creator Evan David - SA394
Evans new comic book BLACK BLOSSOM is now part of a KickStarter campaign to collect and publish the first 6 issues (plus an annual) into a graphic novel. Ben interviews Evan about the superhero sci-f
DICK TRACY: Post-Batman Pulp Hero Movies Pt. 1 - SA393
Ben is joined by John Harju for the first part of a multi-part series rewatching some superhero movies that came in the wake of 1989s Batman! We are starting with DICK TRACY, which entered production
BLACK ADAM - SA392
Ben and Evan went to see BLACK ADAM! This episode opens with a spoiler-free discussion of the movie and then, after the spoiler warning, they talk about spoiler-y things. Things like:The big thing eve