Believe to See

The pub table is buzzing with unanswered questions. What makes a good detective story? Can it ever be great literature? Why have so many Christian authors been fans? Author Sarah Pottenger joins the table to crack the case.

How should we respond when horrible people make art that we love? Megan McCluskey and Amy Lee join the table to discuss.

Writer Amy Lee returns to the pub table to talk about the perils of safety, and the sometimes-crazy lengths we go to shield ourselves and our children from dangerous art.

Taking a page from CS Lewis’s famous essay, Church Historian Blake Hartung joins the table to discuss the joys and benefits of reading ancient literature.

Mandi Hart is the president of Cave Pictures Publishing, a new line of comics for the “spiritually inclined.” She joins the table to talk about the unique power of comics, and their role in modern myth-making.

The combined Anselm hosts stick around to talk a broad range of arts and faith topics--everything from whether art should be "useful" to whether Pilgrim's Progress is actually bad.

The whole Anselm digital pub gets together for a special event as Matt and Marcus meet up with the of "Speaking with Joy" and "Redeemed Imagination."

As the Christmas season winds down, Marcus and Matt talk about works of art they used to love. Matt also hands out his first annual "Ralphie Awards" for the (too) many Christmas specials he watched this year.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what books or movies would you bring with you? Arts Guild Director Christina Brown joins the table for this classic conversation starter. They also discuss why this became such a popular conversation topic.

Anselm novelist Mandy Houk joins the pod to talk movie adaptations: what makes a good one? Why were the Narnia movies so bad? Marcus, Matt, and Mandy also pitch a book they want to see turned into a movie.