

Episode 507: Dubuque, Demons, & Defying Patriarchy (Part Deux) with Beth Allison Barr
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Use Short City Getaways To Boost Writing
- Use short, focused writing retreats away from routine to increase productivity.
- Phil Vischer describes renting a loft in Dubuque and writing multiple segments in a single day.
Surprising Time Capsule Behind A Wall
- A Crystal Lake family renovating in 1959 found a towel-wrapped McDonald's order and remarkably intact fries behind a toilet-paper recess.
- The hosts treat it as a charming time-capsule story and a lesson in odd human habits.
Fiction Became A Real-World Lens
- Frank Peretti's 1980s novels turned fictional spiritual warfare into a literal framework for many evangelicals.
- That literalization helped equate cultural enemies with demonic forces and shaped later culture-war rhetoric.