HRSFANS.org » theme http://www.hrsfans.org misce stultitiam consiliis brevem Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:37:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 We need the story http://www.hrsfans.org/we-need-the-story/ http://www.hrsfans.org/we-need-the-story/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:24:57 +0000 Jinnayah http://www.hrsfans.org/?p=410 Speaking of Faith is pretty darn awesome as radio programs go. The tag line is “… conversation about religion, meaning, ethics and ideas …” (formerly “… conversation about belief, meaning, ethics and ideas …”, which in my mind scans better). These topics do produce fantastic conversations, and I’ve encountered quite a few of them just by wandering over to the website and shuffling through the archive episodes. This week, I discover TV and Parables of Our Time, a conversation with media scholar Diane Winston of USC.

I didn’t like this episode at first, but even by the end of the first listening it makes a lot more sense, and I think many of you would be happy to think through its themes, as well–not to mention its references. (Battlestar Galactica serves as the “star” example of a TV show that grapples with big questions; Lost and House play second bananas.)

Enjoy … and while you’re at it, enjoy The Novelist As God and A History of Doubt, Speaking of Faith programs from earlier this year.  All are related somehow to the place for storytelling, and narrative-making, in the human mind.

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