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"A Summer Pilgrimage and Popery Potpourri"Alanand Em talk about the Dorkness-related events of their summer vacation, including an actual pilgrimage to an actual shrine of an actual Catholic saint. They also talk about their experiences with
"Audiofeed 2022 (FINALLY)"Alanand Em talk about the return of their favorite music festival, Audiofeed. They talk about their experiences at this year's fest. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download
"Ordinary Time"Alanand Em talk about the church calendar concept of "Ordinary Time," give some personal feedback, cover listener feedback, and discuss Michael F. Flynn's short story "3rd Corinthians," appearing in the June 2003 issue of Analo
"Audiofeed 2020 2021"Alan and Em lament (a little) the cancellation of their favorite music festival, Audiofeed. But mostly they celebrate the bands that they wish they had seen, and play lots of songs. Click on the player below to listen to
"The Big Book of Martyrs"Alanand Em cover 3 stories each (or more like 6 each) from the non-fiction graphic work The Big book of Martyrs. They also talk generally about martyrs, saints, and persecution. Click on the player below to l
"Chit-Chat & Feedback"Alan and Em talk a bit about how they've been passing the time recently -- Dragon Age, Warrior Nun, theology podcasts, and the like. And then they empty out the entire bag of listener feedback. Click on the player below to
"Home for the Holidays"Alanand Em revisit the concept of Blue Christmas, which they covered last year on Episode 35. These are services that allow churches to make space for people who aren't quite ready to celebratethe season. But given
"Harry Whodunit: The Mystery of the Nine Samsons"Enjoy your Covid lockdown with this Harry Whodunit mystery audio adventure!Back in Episode 31, we mentioned Harry Whodunit as one of our favorite little-known bits of Evangelical pop culture. And
"The Book of Ruth: An Original Graphic Novel"Alanand Em discuss the original graphic novel The Book of Ruth, by Meredith Finch & Colin Dyer. The book retells the Old Testament story in the context of the Dust Bowl era. The discussion incl
"A Quarantine Conversation"Alanand Em discuss how they are handling their isolation situations ... and they talk about their emotions, their jobs, church, games, books, music ... and more!Click on the player below to listen to the episo
"Reviews, Recos, and a Rant"Alanand Em discuss some pop culture items they've consumed recently ... TV shows, movies, books, music and more!Click on the player below to listen to the episode:Right-click to download the episode.You
"Christmas Eve and Other Stories"Alanand Em discuss their Christmas 2019 holiday seasons -- church services, family travels, Trans-Siberian Orchestra concerts, Muppets movies ... and more!Click on the player below to listen to the episod
"Harry Whodunit: The Mystery of the Spitball Ghost"Start the New Year right with this Harry Whodunit mystery audio adventure!Back in Episode 31, we mentioned Harry Whodunit as one of our favorite little-known bits of Evangelical pop culture
"Blue Christmas"Alanand Em are not discussing the Elvis song in this episode. Instead, theyare talking about the growing trend of "Blue Christmas" services, in which churches make space for people who aren't quite ready to celebratethe
"Religion in Sci-Fi: Babylon 5"Alanand Em are joined by their podcasting buddy Chris Tyler from The Two True Freaks network to discuss the TV show Babylon 5.They talk about howwell creator J Michael Straczynski did handling religious the
"It's a Feedback Episode!"Alanand Em take the huge chance of turning over the responsibility for creating podcast content to their lovely listeners. Fortunately, The Dorks ask great questions and make wonderful points.Click on the player
"Harry Whodunit: The Phantom of the Barn Mystery"As discussed on last episode, the Harry Whodunit series of audio mysteries was one of Em's favorite things growing up. And here ... with maybe not the best results in digitization from a 20+
"Surprisingly Good Things From Christian Pop Culture"Alan and Em talk about some of the surprisingly good products that have come out from Evangelical pop culture over the year. They talk about some of the music, books, and other items that t
"Congratulations, Timbre "Alanand Em talk about the music of the harpist Timbre, who they discovered at the Cornerstone and Audiofeed festivals. We talk about her latest album, Sun & Moon, which was recently awarded a prestigious honor by a
"Current Events, etc ... "Alanand Em talk about some Dorkness-related current events, give some updates about past episodes and guests, talk about the new Dorkness to Light blog, and then go over lots and lots of terrific feedback from terr
"Surrender"Alan and Em are joined by Garret Godfrey of the Good patron podcast to discuss Christian music in the 1980s. The episode also includes 25 minutes of a 1987 episode of Alan's college radio show, where he played "the best in today's
"Hide No Truth"During our Audiofeed episode, we talked about the "Death by 1000 Cuts" seminar that featured musician Nate Allen, in which he discussed the spiritual abuse he had suffered, and his recovery process. We were pleased to talk wi
"Dorkness to Nightmare: The Nightmare is Over"After the marathon of October mini-series, Em & Alan tackle the piles of feedback that those episodes generated. They also talk about all of the many, many things they forgot to mention during the
"Dorkness to Nightmare: Angels"On this final (not so mini) installment of this mini-series, Em & Alan talk about those scariest of all spiritual beings -- Angels. They discuss what these monsters say about humanity, faith, & God.Topics di
"Dorkness to Nightmare: Nephilim, Lilith & Old Testament Weirdness"On this penultimate sixth mini-sode, Em & Alan talk about Lilith, unicorns, Nephilim, and other weird things that may (or may not) be in the Old Testament. They talk about wha
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