Show Notes
Daniel grew up believing that the Harry Potter books were, quite literally, inspired by the devil. Until last year, when he read the whole series. Now, he thinks they are, at their core, essentially Christian novels. What does Kyle think of this theory. Why does our culture love these books so much?
The children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson is briefly mentioned.
The story of Abraham and the near sacrifice of his son Isaac, told in Genesis 22, is briefly alluded to.
Kyle grew up reading Dr. Seuss, the Berenstain Bears, and The Little Golden Books, before picking up chapter books like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series, The Accidental Detectives by Sigmund Brouwer, The Lord of the Rings, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
Daniel remembers sitting on the couch with his Dad, being read to from Ken Taylor's Favourite Bible Stories (
https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Taylors-Favorite-Bible-Stories/dp/0842320040). Picture books include the original Winnie-the-Pooh, Beatrix Potter books, the Alfie series by Shirley Hughes, the Old Bear series by Jane Hissey, Eric Carles books, The Little Red Caboose, Richard Scarry books, Curious George, the Madeline books, and the Asterix and Tintin comics. Chapter books and read-alouds included Red Sails to Capri, The Door in the Wall, The Just So Stories, A Cricket in Times Square, and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events gets referenced, as do George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, the TV shows Breaking Bad, True Detective, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the films Toy Story 3, The Matrix, and the Star Wars original trilogy, and the Marvel comic books, and CBC (the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation).
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Credits:
Assumptions is written and produced by Daniel Melvill Jones and Kyle Marshall.
This episode edited by Kyle Marshall.
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The Parson Red Heads, who have a new album (Blurred Harmony) coming out on June 9th.
Podcast artwork designed by Chris Taniguchi
Photography by Jen Hall
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