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Culture Wars in Harry Potter – this is my talk and the ensuing discussion with Richard Priggie’s class at Augustana College.

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edmund-burkeAn Irish jig and an intro to Edmund Burke’s Moral Imagination – is there a better combo deal?

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Christmas and fairy tales; the magic of wonder; an excerpt from Harry Potter & Imagination

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Hog’s Head PubCast #62: Quills, Queries, and Quests

November 24, 2008

Education and Politics in Harry Potter; this is my presentation at the NIU Harry Potter Conference, “Searching for Platform 9 and 3/4″
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Hog’s Head Bookstore
Pre-order Harry Potter & Imagination

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #61: Happy Halloween! Buy My Book!

October 31, 2008

Harry Potter & Imagination available for pre-order; some great C.S. Lewis deals; Harry Potter conference this weekend;  and Happy Halloween!
Winner of October Giveaway #2:  Logospilgrim!  Send me an E-Owl, and I’ll get your free Lovecraft volume right out!
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Pre-order Harry Potter [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #60: John Granger Interview, The Deathly Hallows Lectures

September 13, 2008

Interview with John Granger about his new book, The Deathly Hallows Lectures
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Buy The Deathly Hallows Lectures from Amazon.com
Notes from John Granger on his new book and speaking schedule
Hogwarts Professor
For an autograph copy of The [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #59: Interview with Randy Hoyt

September 1, 2008

Interview with Randy Hoyt of Journey to the Sea
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Books on Myth

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #58: Movies, Books, and Culture

August 27, 2008

How do we read Harry Potter?  How does our culture read it?  What are the effects of celebrity culture on the experience of Story?
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Harry Potter Conference: Searching for Platform 9 & 3/4
Daniel Radcliffe Naked: [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #57: Beedle the Bard

August 3, 2008

Tales of Beedle the Bard; why fairy tales matter; Half-Blood Prince trailer; site business
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Pre-order The Tales of Beedle the Bard
G.K. Chesterton: “The Ethics of Elfland”  (Chesterton at The Hog’s Head Bookstore)
Half-Blood [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #56: Jim Dale Press Conference

July 26, 2008

Jim Dale press conference from Portus 2008
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Jim Dale’s website
Order the Harry Potter Audiobooks

Amazon.com Widgets

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #55: Post Portus Podcast

July 20, 2008

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 [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #54: Revolutionaries and Gradualists

July 3, 2008

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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Added: [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #53: Convention Alley, George MacDonald

June 26, 2008

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
Christianaudio.com – George [...]

 
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Hog’s Head Pubcast #52: Is Harry Potter Literate?

June 5, 2008

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
J.K. Rowling Speaks at [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #51

May 28, 2008

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 #50: Two J.K. Rowling Interviews

April 4, 2008

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

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #49: Why we’re still talking about Harry

April 1, 2008

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

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #48: How Would Harry Vote?

March 25, 2008

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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Hog’s Head PubCast #47: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

March 18, 2008

Andrew Peterson’s book, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness; why do we love Fairy Tales?
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Order [...]

 
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Hog’s Head PubCast #46: Othering

March 7, 2008

Othering and Bullying in Chamber of Secrets; News and Commentary; a strange E-Owl
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Hog’s Head PubCast #45: Beginnings

February 26, 2008

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 #44: Tolkien and Rowling on Death

February 14, 2008

Tolkien and Rowling on death; Gandalf, Aragorn, Frodo death/resurrection; news and commentary
Update for iTunes subscribers:  I upgraded my podpress software, and in the process there was a bug that kept iTunes from learning there was a new podcast.  The bug should be fixed, and the podcast should be available through iTunes very soon.
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Hog’s Head PubCast #43: Christian Mythmaking

February 5, 2008

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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Hog’s Head PubCast #42: Author, Servant of Story

January 29, 2008

An Author and Her Story; Did Rowling borrow from LeGuin?; L’Engle: “Obey the Story”
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Hog’s Head PubCast #41: An Author and Her Characters

January 16, 2008

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

My Podcast Alley feed! [...]

 
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