Matt chats with Natasha Kennedy, the illustrator for the FatCat (catechisms “fat with meaning”) books.

Matt and Mandy sit down with author Carolyn Leiloglou to talk about her new book, Beneath a Starry Sky, which places Van Gogh's Starry Night within middle grade fiction and the novel's protagonists inside of Starry Sky.

Christina and Mandy sit down to talk with Nicole Stratton, Artistic Director of Logos Theater, discussing a biblical worldview of the dramatic arts

Matt and his wife Danielle sit down with children's author Danielle Hitchens about her new book, "Sacred Seasons: A Family Guide to Center Your Year around Jesus."

Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss both the struggles of finding comps and discuss some possible redeeming qualities of comps.

Nicholas Kotar joins Matt at the Anselm Society digital pub table to discuss the origins of so many of the fairy tales and folk stories we know and love.

Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline try to define what "voice" is in writing.

Matt, Evangeline, and Christina talk about how alien stories have captured the modern imagination and (according to Matt, at least) fall into 3 different categories.

Matt sits down at the Anselm digital pub with children’s author Alice Faye Duncan to talk about her new book and the history and importance of spirituals.

What is up with all the bad boys in literature? Why have girls throughout the centuries fallen for bad boys? Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline try to untangle the conundrum of the appeal of literary bad boys.

Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the importance of "voice" in writing stories.

How do you approach creating a story when it seems too big for you? Matt and Mandy welcome fellow guild member, Gianna Soderstrom, to the Anselm Society digital pub to talk about what to do with a spark of inspiration that seems too big to tackle.

Terry Glaspey describes how C.S. Lewis's intellect and imagination worked together to bring Christianity alive for so many.

Matt and Mandy talk with Anselm Society Arts Guild member Jane Scharl, a poet and playwright. They discuss Jane's recently published and produced play, an imaginative encounter between St. Ignatius of Loyola, John Calvin, and François Rabelais.

Evangeline and her brother, Dr. John Case Tompkins, voyage from the Emerald Isle to Middle Earth via J.R.R. Tolkien’s obscure poem “The Death of Saint Brendan.”

KJ Ramsey and the cohosts also discuss how grief can be a gateway that helps us connect our own stories to the Great Story.

Mandy and Evangeline talk with author and pastor Eric Schumacher about his various projects (fiction, nonfiction, devotional, musical, and more).

What can worldbuilding add to a story? What happens when it is done well? What about when it is not done well?