Anselm potter Nancy Soderstrom joins the table to talk about pottery, watercolors, and COVID. A talented potter, Nancy found herself cut off from her pottery studio because of COVID. So she took up watercolors and--surprise!--became good at that too. Nancy shares her approaches to art and prayer, and how they both encouraged her to keep creating beauty in difficult times.

 

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When Bad People Make Good Art

There’s an artist who does great work. And then we learn the artist did something terrible in their personal life. Can we enjoy the art on its own terms and sift out the artist’s mistakes? Or are the artist and the art so intertwined that we can’t separate them?

Our Stories Need "Undaunted Joy"
Our Stories Need "Undaunted Joy"

Author Shemaiah Gonzales’s latest book is Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight. She joins the pub table to discuss the implications of telling stories that cultivate authentic joy.

Why Should We Care About Jane Austen's Bookshelf?
Why Should We Care About Jane Austen's Bookshelf?

Using Rebecca Romney’s book Jane Austen’s Bookshelf as a guide, Sarah, Matt, and Mandy discuss adding forgotten authors into the literary canon.

Shakespeare and the Dallas Cowboys
Shakespeare and the Dallas Cowboys

Matt invites Luke Moja—his friend and resident 90s sports expert—to the digital pub table to discuss the enduring myth-making and real-life Shakespearean drama that is the Dallas Cowboys.

Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?
Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?

What are the benefits (and drawbacks) of audiobooks? Of e-readers? Of old-fashioned paper books? The cohosts debate all this and more during this roundtable.

Daughters of Bronze--Ashlee Cowles
Daughters of Bronze--Ashlee Cowles

Ashlee Cowles discusses the ways she grounded her new novel in history, and how she was able to find hope—even in the doom of Troy.

BEST OF Believe to See: Is It a Christmas Movie?
BEST OF Believe to See: Is It a Christmas Movie?

To celebrate the holidays, Believe to See is re-airing episodes from past Christmases. Or should we say from Christmas Past?

"Is It a Christmas Movie?" first aired on December 3, 2022.

BEST OF Believe to See: 12 Days of Christmas Carol
BEST OF Believe to See: 12 Days of Christmas Carol

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.

From Rend Collective to Children’s Author
From Rend Collective to Children’s Author

Bestselling children’s author Ali Gilkeson joins the digital pub table to discuss how her background with Rend Collective has influenced her writing.

Harry Potter in 500 Years
Harry Potter in 500 Years

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.


Believe to See Podcast

The podcast of the Anselm Society Arts Guild. Join host Matt Mellema and a rotation of guests at the digital pub table to explore great stories and the meaning of making.

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