Fantastical Truth
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.
Twitter:
@lorehaven
Language:
English
Website:
http://lorehaven.com/
Email:
podcast@lorehaven.com
Episodes
246. What is Soft Science Fiction? | Echo Nova with Clint Hall
1/21/2025
Some harder sci-fi treats humans as spectators to science, while softer sci-fi may use "handwavium" to explain tech while focusing on heroes.
Duration:01:13:52
245. What is Medieval Fantasy? | Squire of Truth with Jill Williamson
1/14/2025
Castles with knights and wild lands full of creatures remind us of real-life European history, often with one added fantastical ingredient of magic.
Duration:01:04:42
244: How Did Speculative Faith Lead to the Lorehaven Mission?
1/7/2025
As we launch our 2025 podcast season, we celebrate legacies of the original website that boosted many authors and Lorehaven itself.
Duration:01:00:46
243. What Were Your Favorite 2024 Lorehaven Articles and Podcast Episodes?
12/31/2024
After a Christmas break, we return with our first New Year’s Eve special to review last year’s top features, from fantasy apologetics to false “liberation.”
Duration:01:16:09
242. Should Christians Read Lewis and Tolkien But No Newer Fantasy?
12/17/2024
These classic authors are fantastic, but they also enjoyed new stories across many genres and would recommend today’s readers do the same.
Duration:01:08:14
241. What Are the Best and Worst Fantastical Christmas Stories?
12/10/2024
In this holiday special about versions of the Nativity, Santa, and more, let’s open the spiced eggnog to celebrate the best and boo the rest.
Duration:01:10:27
240. How Could We Adapt C. S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy for the Screen?
12/3/2024
Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength would pose unique challenges for even the most Christ-exalting filmmakers.
Duration:01:21:22
239. Do You Prefer ‘Literary’ or ‘Genre’ Fantastical Fiction?
11/19/2024
Complex tales share layers of language and symbols, while basic stories usually get straight to the point—and both offer benefits to readers.
Duration:00:51:30
238. Do Christians Need Dystopian Fiction?
11/12/2024
Stories about bad governments and struggling subjects can prepare us to confront real problems, while helping us beware the darkness within.
Duration:01:04:15
237. How Has ‘The Chosen’ Become The World’s Top Christian-Made Fandom? | with Ryan Swanson
11/5/2024
The cowriter of "The Chosen" and "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!" joins our early Thanksgiving to celebrate the growth of Christian film.
Duration:01:28:33
236. How Can Scary Stories Expose Human Sin? | Christian Horror with Mike Duran
10/29/2024
Horror fiction may have hazards and sinful subgenres, but frightening fiction can also serve us by exposing the unfruitful works of darkness.
Duration:01:16:42
235. What Are the Scariest Stories About Aliens Among Us?
10/22/2024
These fictional space creatures can stalk humans like other horror monsters, but armies of aliens also destroy cities and demon-like beings attack human nature.
Duration:01:01:50
234. Who Are the Future Voices of Christian Fantastical Storytelling? | with Brett Harris and Kara Swanson
10/15/2024
With popular genres changing every month, The Author Conservatory founders help us dare to speculate on the stories of tomorrow.
Duration:01:17:49
233. Should Christian Fans Really ‘Avoid the Appearance of Evil’?
10/8/2024
This twisted interpretation of 1 Thessalonians 5:22 isn't biblical, doesn't work, and enables fake holiness or even spiritual abuse.
Duration:01:00:08
232. What If You Fought a Forest that Cursed Your Family? | The Burning Tree with Helen Dent
10/1/2024
One girl in rural Georgia must confront the ancient tree that cursed two families, and her whole community, in this deep-rooted rural fantasy.
Duration:00:52:19
231. Should Readers Look for ‘Clean’ or ‘Wholesome’ Stories?
9/24/2024
If we look for books without obvious “poisons,” we may overlook our imaginations' need for stories of good taste and nutritional value.
Duration:01:07:50
230. Why Do Modern Stories Keep Reversing Heroes and Villains?
9/17/2024
Cynics often envy real-life heroes like national leaders and astronauts, which drives the self-righteous subversions of heroic virtue in fiction.
Duration:01:08:13
229. What If Christians Joined Civil War Against Immortal Elites? | The Wall by Brian Penn
9/10/2024
Soldier-spy Asher must wrestle with faith and life behind enemy lines, just as Christians engage the challenges of fictional dystopian worlds.
Duration:00:52:37
228. Why Don’t Christian-Made Arts Top Secular Charts?
9/3/2024
Many Christians ask why “the world” tends to make the most popular stories, but we have real answers for why secular culture stays no. 1.
Duration:01:07:47
227. Is Christianity Preventing a ‘Star Trek’ Future? | with Dr. Sarah Salviander
8/27/2024
Christian scholars helped create modern science, yet many sci-fi speculators assume believers should have no place in their visions of progress.
Duration:01:13:36