Bryan Engram, co-founder of Brazen Animation, explains the building blocks of effective  gameplay and how to use those blocks to create a compelling story.

A huge treat: Malcolm Guite joins the podcast!

Join us as Matt and Mandy battle it out to determine which book is better -- The Great Gatsby, or To Kill a Mockingbird.

Brendon Sylvester reflects on
the “dark and shining” mysteries
in the poet's stunning poems.

Faith, hope, and poetry
in Annie Nardone's latest
Pages, Pints, & Pours
featuring Malcolm Guite.

Brendon Sylvester explores
how ordinary daydreaming
can redeem of imaginations

From the decision fatigue of modern life to the machine expectations we place on ourselves, this conversation unpacks why we struggle to be present and offers practical wisdom for reclaiming the art of attention.

Quirky characters, steadfast
determination, and Norse spirits
in this edition of Annie Nardone’s 
Pages, Pints, and Pours.

Author Jennifer Layte is a firm believer in the power of story to draw us closer to Jesus and closer to an understanding of who we are. Join Mandy and Jenn at the pub table as they discuss story, nicknames, and Jenn's latest book, Follower: How Getting Close to Jesus Brings You to Yourself.

Mandy asks her cohosts to consider: why do some of us gravitate toward sad art when we're already sad? What is the purpose and value of art that's a little bit (or very much) heartbreaking?

Karissa Riffel's final post in her
study of The Magician's Nephew
examines our heart's true desire
as we trust Aslan (aka Christ).

Karissa Riffel looks at dominion,
not domination, in Part 3 of
her Magician's Nephew study.

Part 2 of Karissa Riffel’s
four-part study of
The Magician’s Nephew
looks at love over selfishness.

Karissa Riffel begins
a four-part study of
creation themes found
in The Magician's Nephew.

Interview with the author of “In the House of Tom Bombadil”

Noah Love reviews John Mark
McMillan’s latest album in a 
new column from Anselm.

Show up, slow down, and
discover that what you focus on
has the power to shape who
you are, says Matthew Clark

After all, God designed us
to sing—and to wake each
other up to beautiful things.

Isaac Hans introduces us to
Rebekah Blum, Anselm's
Summer 2025 Feature Artist

John Hendrix creates graphic novels that beautifully blend prose and illustrations to tell complex stories. His latest work, The Mythmakers, delves into a subject near and dear to the heart of the Anselm Society: the friendship of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.

How “Encanto” opens our eyes to finding the Great Story in daily life.

Sarah Hendricks is the author of a new YA fantasy novel called Ella. What’s encompassed by the term “YA Fantasy”? What are its different niches and sub-genres? And why does it have such enduring popularity with so many readers? Sarah Hendricks has the answers.

Annie Nardone recommends
a tale from Ray Bradbury in
her Pages, Pints, and Pours.

Join Mandy as she talks with Amanda about how we might “reclaim the holidays for [our] heart’s formation and the glory of God”.

All earthly Christmases
disappoint us, but hiver,
the Eve of Everything,
can sweeten the bitterness
of winter with fresh hope.

Places, like people, only realize their potential when they are loved.

Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the criteria for whether a movie should be considered a Christmas movie and then discuss a number of “close calls” to determine which are properly Christmas movies and which are imposters.

A special Christmas episode with Sally Clarkson!

Live at the Anselm Christmas Party, Matt asks whether CS Lewis should have added Father Christmas to "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." He soon gets interrupted by a couple extra-special guests.

Christ comes as the ruling King, but he also comes as the gentle Shepherd.

Does Father Christmas belong in Narnia? Brian picks a fight, we continue Lewis and Tolkien's debate, and along the way, we hit on how to portray morality in literature, and even the true meaning of Christmas gifts.

Mary is the first Christian, the first person in whom Christ dwelled. Her life and song teach us to bear Christ too.

Welcome to a special series on the season of advent. Sit in the dark, wait for the light, prepare for his coming.

The final installation of our advent series meditating on these three truths: God is light, God sent His light into the world through Christ, we are called to walk as children of the light.

This week, we await the promised shepherd through Isaiah, Hind’s Feet on High Places, Handel's Messiah, and Manchester by the Sea. 

Christmas isn’t just safe and cheery. It has a deeply beautiful dark side.

Christmas is a beautiful building block to begin to plant a flag, make a place, and let things have their proper meaning again.

Mary, the God-bearer, shows us what it looks like to receive Christ. This week we meditate on the Magnificat, the Consolation of Eve, and Thomas Tallis' Magnificat setting.

Joy explains the history of Advent, the theme of Advent, and some ways you can celebrate it, all through the lens of beautiful art.

A sonnet of reclamation, by Malcolm Guite.

An original poem from our 2014 digital Christmas pageant.