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Flip the Pub Table: Matt Mellema Interview

Flip the Pub Table: Matt Mellema Interview

Matt’s debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Red Rex, is here! Join Mandy and Christina as they talk with Matt about the dream, the process, the plot, the characters, the illustrations — and the footnotes.

Obligated to Create?

Obligated to Create?

Calvin and Hobbes, and the Spiderman question for all of us…does great responsibility come with great power?

Taylor Swift’s Storytelling Power

Taylor Swift’s Storytelling Power

Taylor Swift is the most popular musician since the Beatles. And Matt doesn’t understand. So he sits down with a thoughtful fan to see if she can show him the ways of the Swifties.

The Power of Naming

The Power of Naming

Christina and Evangeline interview Lancia Smith, founder of Cultivating.

Dune

Dune

Matt has never been able to get into Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel Dune or the film adaptations. So he brings Brian Brown and Peter Houk to the digital pub table to convince him of the merit of Dune.

Interview with Jody Collins

Interview with Jody Collins

Matt interviews Jody Collins about poetry and why people should like poetry and it shouldn't be so hard to do so.

Interview with KC Ireton

Interview with KC Ireton

Matt interviews short-story author KC Ireton, discussing KC's work and journey as an author.

Impactful Art from Childhood

Impactful Art from Childhood

Mandy, Matt, and Christina discuss impressions made on them as children by different forms of art, why they made an impression on them, and how it impacts them to today.

Living the Life of the World to Come

Living the Life of the World to Come

Brian joins Michael Minkoff of Renew the Arts for a conversation about Taylor Swift. Oh, and how imagination and art empower us to live like people of heaven.

Interview with Rachel Shinnick

Interview with Rachel Shinnick

Matt interviews Rachel Shinnick, author of YA Fiction novel Moon Thief, discussing what led Rachel to writing her first novel, how she saw God working in the process, and the various trials of getting published for the first time.

Literature Remixes

Literature Remixes

What makes a good literature remix? What makes a bad one? And what is it about some classic stories that compel us to keep remixing and retelling them over and over?

Disney Reboots

Disney Reboots

Matt, Mandy, and Christina discuss Disney movie live-action reboots and whether any (or perhaps some) of the reboots are justified.

Yearning in the Lives of Christians: Interview with Amy Lee

Yearning in the Lives of Christians: Interview with Amy Lee

Matt and his wife, Danielle, interview fellow Anselm Arts Guild member Amy Lee and discuss Amy's new book "This Homeward Ache" and discuss what it means that God has set eternity in the hearts of man and how longing influences our lives.