BEST OF Believe to See: 12 Days of Christmas Carol
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To Celebrate the week of Christmas, Believe to See is re-airing episodes from past Christmases . . . Should we say from Christmas Past? “12 Days of Christmas Carol” first aired on December 29, 2020.
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Are Today’s Literary Novels Only for Women?
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The clear majority of literary novels are read by women. The clear majority are written by women, too. Women also dominate the publishing industry around these books. As a result, more and more men are feeling alienated by this new literary landscape. What’s led to this shift in the literary world? Is the development good, bad, or neutral? Matt, Mandy, and Christina delve into this multi-faceted issue.
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From Rend Collective to Children’s Author
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Ali Gilkeson is a founding member of Rend Collective. She’s also a best-selling children’s author. Her latest book, “Keeping the Light,” is newly-published from WaterBrook Multnomah. Gilkeson joins the digital pub table to discuss how her background with Rend Collective has influenced her writing. She also explores the enduring symbolic power of the lighthouse.
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Harry Potter in 500 Years
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How will people in the future, say 500 years from now, view today’s art? What are the novels, movies, and songs that will still be relevant and important to people in the year 2525? Each of the co-hosts offers their best guess.
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Why the Hammered Dulcimer Is the Greatest Instrument You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
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When most of us hear “ dulcimer,” we think of Irish peasants in the Middle Ages. Or maybe that “damsel with a dulcimer” in the poem “Kubla Khan.” The actual hammered dulcimer, however, is something else entirely. It’s a unique blend of percussion and stringed instruments with ancient roots across the world. And it’s capable of creating gorgeous music. Musician and composer Joshua Messick joins the table to discuss all things hammered dulcimer. He’s composed ten albums of hammered dulcimer music, and played for the soundtracks of major movies and video games. He explains the...
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Neve Foster's Big Reveal
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Author Neve Foster joins the table to discuss her new novel, Of Ink and Spirit. Along the way, she makes a shocking revelation. Neve Foster is, in fact, the pen name for Anselm’s own Evangeline Denmark! Evangeline—err, Neve—discusses her novel’s long journey to print and its grounding in Japanese folklore. She also talks about co-founding a new publishing co-op: Unity Inkworks.
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You Can't Judge a Book . . .
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You know the saying, but is it accurate? Perhaps if we said shouldn't instead of can't, it would ring true. The fact is, we do judge books by their covers, all the time. Join our cohosts in a discussion of what makes a book cover good, bad, memorable, or even misleading.
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Beneath, Between, Beyond--Carolyn Leiloglou
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Middle grade fantasy author Carolyn Leiloglou returns to the pub table to chat about the conclusion of her award-winning Restorationists trilogy, Beyond the Far Horizon (available 09/09/2025). Carolyn grew up surrounded by the paintings of her art collector grandparents and took that love into her stories. But her characters are not only surrounded by art--they climb into the paintings themselves and travel between them. Join us for a conversation about the God-given impulse to create, what stops young people (and old) from pursuing that impulse, famous paintings, infamous art heists, and...
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What Our Favorite Colors Say About Us
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Did you know that your everyday experience with color has a deep effect on your brain? And why have you always hated yellow, anyway? Popular psychology argues that our favorite colors say a lot about us, often claiming that our favorite colors are linked to our personality profiles. Is there any truth to that? Can our favorite colors tell us something about ourselves? Join our roundtable as we discuss this question and more, turning to painter Mark Rothko's masterful approach, using the relationship between color and the human brain to engage his audience.
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The Happiest Saddest People
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JL Gerhardt is an author and partner at Hazefire Studios, where she and her husband, Justin Gerhardt, collaborate on the podcast Holy Ghost Stories. Gerhardt joins the table to talk about one of Hazefire’s recent podcast projects: "The Happiest Saddest People." JL Gerhardt writes and narrates these episodes, which are a memoir of her own life, with reflections of faith, memory, and loss. It’s also really excellent. Just the first episode alone is emotionally gutting and profound. And this memoir—which is also a theological reflection—takes place in the context of a beautifully...
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