Portus 2008; July giveaway winner announced; shout-out to my Portus peeps
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Welcome to new readers/listeners
Portus People: Greg and Penny (HP Progs)
Portus People: Dave and Leanne (ChristianAudio.com and GuyNamedDave)
Portus People: David and Toni (HP [...]

 

 Hog's Head PubCast #55: Post Portus Podcast [22:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (379)

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Social Justice, Flawed Characters, and the Fabian Key to Harry Potter’s Sociopolitical Vision; audio clip from A Short History of Myth
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 Hog's Head PubCast #54: Revolutionaries and Gradualists [20:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (699)

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Convention Alley 2008 summary thoughts; George MacDonald; voicemail and E-Owls
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Portus 2008
Journey to the Sea
Phantastes online
The Hog’s Head Bookstore - George MacDonald
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 Hog's Head PubCast #53: Convention Alley, George MacDonald [25:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (665)

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Literacy and Power in Harry Potter; Announcing the winner of the giveaway; news; E-owl response
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Harry Potter blamed for Owl Abandonment
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 Hog's Head PubCast #52: Is Harry Potter Literate? [26:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (889)

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I ramble.  Then I ramble some more.  There might be something good about L’Engle in here.  Mostly, I’m just catching up with you, my gracious listeners.  
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 Hog's Head PubCast #51 [15:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (851)

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Commentary on two recent J.K. Rowling interviews.
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Adeel Amini Interview
Q&A at University College Dublin

 

 Hog's Head Pubcast #50: Two J.K. Rowling Interviews [21:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1551)

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Why are we still talking about Harry? I ramble on.
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ChristianAudio.com
Order On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

 

 Hog's Head PubCast #49: Why are we still talking about Harry? [16:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1176)

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A completely absurd question: How would all those British characters vote in the U.S. elections?
Also: Winner of the Book Givewaway (On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness) announced!
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Andrew Peterson’s book, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness; why do we love Fairy Tales?
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 Hog's Head PubCast #47: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness [25:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1182)

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Othering and Bullying in Chamber of Secrets; News and Commentary; a strange E-Owl
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 Hog's Head PubCast #46: Othering [25:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1608)

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Back to the beginning; the beginning of the artistic process; new beginning for the website
This is a short episode crammed into a really heavy schedule for me. More, better episodes coming soon.
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 Hog's Head PubCast #45: Beginnings [17:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1739)

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Tolkien and Rowling on death; Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo death/resurrection; news and commentary
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Christian Mythmaking: Why did Tolkien, Lewis, L’Engle, and Rowling create? How is story true? How does it make meaning? How does it place us in this world? The Christian “myth” is examined in light of fairy tale-tellers.
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An Author and Her Story; Did Rowling borrow from LeGuin?; L’Engle: “Obey the Story”
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 Hog's Head PubCast #42: Author, Servant of Story [22:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1102)

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My Portus 2008 proposals; Snape and Dumbledore: Rowling’s intent and the literary realities; news and commentary.
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Orson Scott Card: Who is Snape?
Portus 2008 and the Podcast Palooza
C.S. Lewis blog

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 Hog's Head PubCast #41: An Author and Her Characters [28:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1256)

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