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The Sci-Fi Christian
We see The Sci-Fi Christian, in all its iterations, as being about the collision between faith and nerdom. We believe that good genre fiction is about more than just entertainment. We seek to engage with the themes and philosophies behind our favorite stories, wrestling with the big ideas within speculative fiction. We’re unabashedly nerdy and unabashedly Christian. Even if your faith background differs from ours, we look forward to interacting with you at The Sci-Fi Christian!
Episodes
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Episode 1183: Against Efficiency
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Sometimes the struggle is important. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1182: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 10
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Let’s talk all about the amazing finale of Season 2 of “Severance!” VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1181: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 9
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s the penultimate episode of Season 2 of “Severance!” VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1180: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 8
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Did we just go from one of the best episodes of “Severance” to one of the worst? VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING…
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Episode 1179: The Death Of James Bond
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono The James Bond franchise as we’ve known it so far has ceased to exist. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1178: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 7
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Was this the best episode of “Severance” yet? VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1177: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 6
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Season 2 of “Severance” is getting better and better! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1176: Feedback And Other News
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Listener feedback, updates, and some of our future plans for the podcast! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1175: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 5
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We are at the halfway point of Season 2 of “Severance!” VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1174: The Case Against BookTok
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Ben thinks that BookTok may be evidence of the rot of culture. Find out why here. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC…
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Episode 1173: TV Shows I’m Quitting
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono There’s not enough time to watch everything that’s good, so this episode acts as an intervention for Matt…
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Episode 1172: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 4
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono The fourth episode of Season 2 of “Severance” went in a direction that we could not have predicted! VOTE…
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Episode 1171: Movies 2024
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, we discuss our favorite first-time film viewings from 2024, and also list some of our least favorites…
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Episode 1170: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 3
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We are discussing Season 2 of Severance, and the third episode blew away some of our early theories! VOTE FOR AN…
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Episode 1169: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 2
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Season 2 of Severance is here, and we are discussing the second episode! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1168: There’s Something About Severance: Season 2: Episode 1
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Season 2 of Severance is here, and we are discussing the first episode! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1167: Kooky Christmas: Eight Flying Reindeer
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Kooky Christmas continues as we discuss levitation. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1166: Subsequent Severance Sentiments
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We have a few more thoughts before the start of Season Two of “Severance.” VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1165: The Severance Season One Rewatch Review
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In preparation for Season Two of the amazing series, “Severance,” we just rewatched the entire first…
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Episode 1164: Keep Mass In Christmas
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We need to rearrange our priorities. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1163: The Godfather Trilogy
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Merry Christmas! Today we review all three films in the Godfather Trilogy! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1162: Saint Michael The Archangel
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode we discuss the Archangel Michael, and the St. Michael prayer! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1161: Kooky Christmas: Frosty The G-Man
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s Kooky Christmas season, and Ben is bringing us an American conspiracy theory. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1160: Kooky Christmas: Deck The Halls With AI Chatbots
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Kooky Christmas season is back, and this time we unwrap the Dead Internet Theory! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC…
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Episode 1159: Feedback From Germany
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s podcast updates and an amazing piece of listener feedback! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1158: The Next 14 Book Poster Books
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We’ve been making our way through a list of 100 essential novels, and in this episode, we rank the next 14 books that…
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Episode 1157: The Criterion Challenge: Barry Lyndon
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono This time for The Criterion Challenge, we discuss “Barry Lyndon,” Ben’s sixth-favorite film! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING…
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Episode 1156: The Aeneid: Intro
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In preparation for our deep dive series on “The Aeneid,” we present this introduction. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1155: The History Of The Sci-Fi Christian: Season Five
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We continue our reflections on each year of the show. In this episode, Season Five! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC…
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Episode 1154: The Virtue Of Being Uninformed
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono How does the modern world use being well-informed to hurt us? VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1153: Hollywood, AI, and Listener Feedback
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono The power is in your hands. Find out how in this episode. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1152: Biblical Evidence For The Real Presence
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Ben uses the Gospels to aid in his argument that Jesus is really present during communion. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1151: The Tempest: Introduction
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In preparation for our deep dive series on “The Tempest,” we present this introduction. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE…
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Episode 1150: Seein’ With Iain: Resistance is Fertile
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono The whole act of creation is one of resistance, so what is our place in it? VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1149: Disappointed In Disney And Listener Feedback
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono If you’ve ever signed up for Disney+, you’re going to want to hear this. Plus, more listener feedback! VOTE…
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Episode 1148: Somehow Robert Downey Jr. Has Returned And Listener Feedback
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode we cover the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe news, and return to listener feedback! VOTE FOR AN…
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Episode 1147: The SFC Time Loop: The Gospel Of Mark
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono First, Ben talks in the present day about the connections between The Odyssey and The New Testament, and then we Time…
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Episode 1146: Listener Feedback And News
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s the return of listener feedback and pop culture news! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE…
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Episode 1145: Aesthetic Atrophy
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Are we losing our ability to create great art?
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Episode 1144: The Criterion Challenge: Le Cercle Rouge
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono This time for The Criterion Challenge, we discuss “Le Cercle Rouge,” a French heist film!
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Episode 1143: A New Definition For AI
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono There have been some new updates in the ever-evolving world of AI.
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Episode 1142: Recent Recommendations
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We present to you some new recommendations!
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Episode 1141: Thoughts On 3 Body Problem (Season One)
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We start the episode by talking about Season 1 of this new Netflix series, and then we talk about the show in light of…
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Episode 1140: Sequels Again
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono We follow up on our discussion from the last episode with this sequel-themed sequel to “Navigating…
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Episode 1139: Navigating Nostalgia
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono What is at the root of nostalgia, and how can it sometimes be a trap?
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Episode 1138: AI Absolution
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono How far is too far for artificial intelligence in the religious realm?
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Episode 1137: The Expanse: Book 1: Review
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono This is a spoiler-filled review of Book 1 of “The Expanse” book series.
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Episode 1136: Bond, James Bond: The Gardner Era
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono It’s the eighth episode of our series on the entire James Bond franchise!
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Episode 1135: The Criterion Challenge: Ordet
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono This time for The Criterion Challenge, we discuss “Ordet,” one of Ben’s favorite films!
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Episode 1134: Biblical Dudity
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono For the Easter season, we examine the strange story found in Mark 14:51-52.
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Episode 1133: Hop To The Top With Oppenheimer
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode we review the recent winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, “Oppenheimer.”
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Episode 1132: The Transfiguration And Other Bible Thoughts
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode we discuss the Transfiguration, unforgivable sins, confession, and the washing of the feet of the…
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Episode 1131: The Odyssey: Introduction
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In preparation for our deep dive series on “The Odyssey,” we present this introduction.
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Episode 1130: Dune: Part 2: Movie Review
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, we have a deep-dive discussion on the new film, “Dune: Part Two.”
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Episode 1129: Roaming Around The Rosary
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, Ben teaches Matt about the purpose of the Rosary, and how to use it during prayer.
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Episode 1128: You Put The U In Universalism
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono On a previous episode, Ben recently made a comment that made it sound like he was a Universalist, so he clarifies his…
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Episode 1127: Dune: Part Two: Preview Review
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Ben attended an early showing of “Dune: Part Two,” but Matt hasn’t seen it yet. Ben gives some…
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Episode 1126: Books 2023
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode we discuss our favorite reads from 2023.
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Episode 1125: What The Facts?: The End Of Evidence Or How To Build A Cathedral
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono If you find evidence convincing in a debate, maybe you shouldn’t.
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Episode 1124: Movies 2023
Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, we discuss our favorite first-time film viewings from 2023, and also list some of our least favorites…