Ep 49: Mormonism and Fantasy (with Ryan Kunz)

Ep 49: Mormonism and Fantasy (with Ryan Kunz)

My cool friend Ryan shares an agent with Brandon Sanderson and his debut novel is being published next year!! We talk favorite fantasy books, how Apple TV will adapt Sanderson's world, the fact Ryan has written 26 NOVELS and the personal inspiration behind the 26th one that helped it break through. We also admit to reading some romantasy BUT NOT THAT MUCH. Follow Ryan's Instagram Runes & Rocketships [https://www.instagram.com/runesandrocketships/], and subscribe to his Substack The Archangel's Gift [https://ryanekunz.substack.com/]. Right now.

Ep 48: Mallory Everton on her creative life in LA

Mallory had the rare experience of being hugely successful as a comedian in her 20s. Since leaving Studio C, she's been on a path to figure out who she is on her own as an artist and how to write what she knows.

Ep 47: Meg and I watched Saturday's Warrior for the first time and we have questions

Are eternal companions pre-determined in heaven? Does a thunder storm help you have a baby faster? What was happening in the 80s and how did we both miss this masterpiece growing up? Also! Get information and tickets for the Wayfare Festival here [https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/the-wayfare-festival-2026].

Ep 46: Does Caro Claire Burke think Yesteryear is about Mormonism?

That isn't snark -- we genuinely want to know. It's a MIM BOOK CLUB where we talk two tradwife novels: Everyone's Lying to You by Jo Piazza and Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Both give big time Ballerina Farm vibes and are vaguely tied to Mormonism, and we have Thoughts about all the above.

Ep 45: Processing "Trust Me: The False Prophet" with Mormon Fundamentalism Expert Cristina Rosetti

Netflix's harrowing 4-part docuseries focuses on the crimes of Sam Batemen, but before Sam Bateman there was Warren Jeffs. As outsiders, Nicole and Rebbie can't begin to understand how either of these men were able to do what they did. Cristina helps contextualize what these religious doctrines and communities are like, how they differ from each other, where they can be mischaracterized, and what kinds of media can help vs. hurt.