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March 2013

March 05, 2013

Bunheads: Why the Ballerinas Deserve a Call-Back

Last week I watched what may have been my last episode of “Bunheads” ever. And...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Bravo’s Top Chef and the Likability of Artists

Yesterday Kristen Kish beat Brooke Williamson on the season 10 finale of Bravo’s popular and award-winning reality cooking...

February 27, 2013

Leave Baby Bear and His Doll Alone

"Making silly, absurd claims that confuse what the Bible expects of us and what our...

February 21, 2013

Faith in ABC’s Zero Hour? Don’t Bet on It

I love a well-thought-out conspiracy show; for a researcher like me, there is nothing quite...

February 19, 2013

Podcast #111: Exploring House of Cards (Plus: Are Introverts Being Persecuted?)

Every Tuesday, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address...

February 13, 2013

A Downton Abbey Valentine: What to Make of Marriage in Season Three

Note: This post contains spoilers for Season 3 of Downton Abbey. Like much of Britain...

February 12, 2013

Podcast #110: Athletes for Jesus (Plus the actual Superbowl and Welfare)

Every week, various Christ and Pop Culture writers delve deeper into recent articles and address...

February 05, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: The Problem of Inheritances

I can by no means guarantee a financial bequest...but I possess spiritual gifts from a...

February 05, 2013

Podcast #109: A Bowl Full of Super (Plus: YOLO, Lance Armstrong)

The podcast is back!

February 05, 2013

What They Want Us to Believe: We Tackle the Super Bowl Commercials Head On

We sort through the stuff in between the game and get down to reality.

February 01, 2013

Project Runway Season 11 and the Individual Talent: Is Fashion Really a Team Sport?

Last Thursday marked the season 11 premiere of Lifetime’s popular reality TV fashion series Project...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

YOLO! SNL Turns the Phrase On Its Head And Demonstrates Another Kind of Faithlessness

Most of us have heard the phrase "you only live once," now commonly shortened to...

January 29, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Mad Men, Downton Abbey, and the Oldest Profession

Both of these depictions are fictional but historically accurate, and they raise disturbing questions about...

January 23, 2013

Last Hurrah for ABC’s Last Resort

I will confess that I have a tendency to form attachments to television shows doomed...

January 17, 2013

“Continuum”: Freedom of the Will, the Ethics of Force, and Action-Packed Time Travel

This Monday saw the American premiere of Continuum, a new science fiction series that has...

January 15, 2013

In Which Jodie Foster Feels All The Things

Sunday night I watched the Golden Globes. I could tell I was in a...

January 14, 2013

Where is God at “Downton Abbey”?

"In a show focused in a religious setting, there is little religious behavior to view."

January 10, 2013

The Doomsday Prepping Wagon Is Getting Crowded

It used to be that only paranoid outcasts spoke of doomsday. These folks would fear...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Good OK-Drama: Love Rain

Good OK-Drama is a very occasional series looking at various examples of Korean drama (the...

December 18, 2012

Filmwell’s “Favored TV Moments of 2012”

As a companion piece of sorts to CaPC's own list of favorite television shows from...

December 10, 2012

Our Favorite Television of 2012

The Christ and Pop Culture writers got together and hashed out our list of the...

December 04, 2012

Good OK-Drama: Coffee Prince

Good OK-Drama is a very occasional series looking at various examples of Korean drama (the...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

One of the “Two and a Half Men” Is Growing Up

You may not know who Angus T. Jones is. At least, you don't know that...

November 14, 2012

Good OK-Drama: Queen In Hyun’s Man

Grief is a hard thing. Hard to experience. Hard to convey. Hard to empathize with...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Preaching and Preachiness: A Reflection on ‘Parks and Recreation’

". . . a lot of us are guilty of making canned arguments designed only...

October 19, 2012

The Televangelist: Why Pete and Pete is the Greatest Live Action Kids Show that will Ever Be Made

"In that The Adventures of Pete and Pete sought to reinvest the world with the...

October 18, 2012

Reality TV: Making Western Civilization Smarter and Better?

I hate reality TV. Yes, there may be some "reality" shows with redeeming values, but...

October 05, 2012

The Televangelists: “Freaks and Geeks” Offers a Thoughtful and Hilarious Look at High School

Freaks and Geeks deserves all of the acclaim that it has received over the years,...

October 01, 2012

Fox News Airs Suicide on Live Television

On Friday, September 28, Fox News viewers got a lot more than they bargained for...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

How “Star Trek” Can Shape a Life

Writing for Wired, "GeekMom" Jules Sherred explains the importance of Star Trek to her life, and...

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