Anazao Podcasts

Back with another All Reading Counts episode, Joshua Noel and TJ Blackwell discuss the Epic Poem, Beowulf! They talk about their history with this book, why it's still relevant today, and how we can learn to be a true hero from stories like this! . What is the story of Beowulf about? What is the true story of Beowulf? Is Beowulf A Saxon or Viking? What does Beowulf teach us? What happens at the en...

J. Aaron Simmons, Ph. D., joins us for our first episode of the year to discuss what it means to live a life worthy of our finitude and to risk our lives in the direction of faith! Joshua Noel and TJ, Tiberius Juan, Blackwell discuss with Aaron what it means for people who believe in an afterlife to still live as though this life matters! They also discuss how we should go into this new year, why...

Crossover episode with Taylor from Tillich Today, who joined us in the freezing air bnb at Theology Beer Camp. Join us as we discuss everything that popped into our heads as we basked in the glow of friendship.

Back with another Primarily Political episode, TJ Blackwell and Joshua Noel discuss the governing forces and history of politics in the Dead Space videogame franchise! . Could the political history of Dead Space be real? What is EarthGov Dead Space? Is Earth doomed in Dead Space 3? What happened to Earth in Dead Space? Are there two different Earth Govs in Dead Space? What is the secession war in...

Why did God order the clean to be separated from the unclean? How could one make restitution for wrongdoing? Does Numbers 5 advocate for abortion? How were women protected from jealous husbands? What was the purpose of the Nazirite vow? Why did the Nazirites have to abstain from wine, cutting their hair, and touching dead bodies? Should we praise our leaders? Why is Numbers written in a non-chrono...

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode we are wrapping up Hymns of Christmas as we complete our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns. Today's guides are Silent Night & Oh Holy Night. After recapping and taking a brief look at Isaiah 9:6, I talk about this important aspect to the good news of Christmas that Jesus is the Prince of Peace, the pea...

Welcome to my dojo, mthis is Kung Fu Pizza Party. This is the 2025 Coming Soon edition of the show where I talk about three of the most anticipated films of 2025, Karate Kid Legends, Mortal Kombat 2, and Love Hurts. I walk through what we do and do not know about these movies, how simply the two Karate Kid universes are coming together, how I'm not thrilled about Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, and why...

Kicking off a special bonus miniseries, TJ Blackwell, James Demmell, and Laura Wittman discuss the characters from the arcade and Sega Gaming who have been most iconic to them personally! They discuss which Sega and Arcade characters they want to most emulate in 2025, which characters most people recognize, and how these games pass the test of time! . What games are played at an arcade? What is th...

Ending the year with what means most to him, Joshua Noel discusses the songs of Kingdom Hearts and how the community of the Kingdom Hearts fandom has morphed the meaning of these songs into something as beautiful as the songs themselves! . Who sings the Kingdom Hearts song? What is the song in Kingdom Hearts 3 dubstep? Who makes the music for Kingdom Hearts? Is Simple and Clean about Sora and Kair...

Back with another What's News episode, Justin Coleman, Kevin Schaeffer, and Evan Garcia discuss the new Superman trailer, the first season of Skeleton Crew, the first season of Creature Commandos, the new film "Mufasa", and the Doctor Who Christmas Special: "Joy to the World"! . What is Skeleton Crew going to be about? Where does Skeleton Crew fit into the Star Wars timeline? What is the plot of T...

In the finale' to our annual theme of 2024, Elizabeth (Pang) Clyde and TJ Blackwell discuss the religions present in the manga / anime series, "Blue Exorcist"! They discuss both the show and the Manga, as well as the religious implications in both. This series asks us to think about the child of Lucifer working with the Catholic Church to fight demons - what better way to wrap up a conversation ab...

What is the book of Numbers? Why would God ask Moses to have a census of Israel done? How were the tribes separated? Why was Levi exempt from the rules when it came to warfare? How can we better build and organize the church? How do we know what we're good at? How many Israelites were alive at the time of the census? https://zencastr.com/?via=christian-ashley

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. In today's episode, we continue our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns. Hymns of Christmas continues with our guides Joy to the World & Oh Come All Ye Faithful as we look at Luke 2:16-20 and discuss how we are given a testimony to declare of God's faithfulness. I also talk about how brilliant Isaac Watts was and how we sh...

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting... Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. in today's episode, I sit down to go over the history of Carl Douglas's iconic song "Kung Fu Fighting" which turned 50 this year. As I explore the history of the composition of the song, I also explore the history of the term "chopsocky" which contributed to the popularity of the song. After looking over the song's...

As one of Joshua Noel and Christian Ashley's favorite recent television shows, "Star Trek: Lower Decks", comes to an end, these two hosts of ours gush over the 5 seasons of excellent content this series has brought to us! . Is Star Trek: Lower Decks for adults? What do Star Trek fans think of Lower Decks? Is Star Trek: Lower Decks considered canon? Is there swearing in Star Trek: Lower Decks? Is S...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Whole Church and Systematic Geekology fans! Joshua Noel is joined by Nick Polk to discuss how Substack might take the place of Twitter and can help us get out of our echo chambers. They also discuss both of their substacks - Tolkien Pop and The Kingdom Key - and they geek out about Christmas some and talk about where to get Nick's new book, "Tolkien and Pop Culture: Vol 1"! . What...

For a Christmas Eve special, Rev Justin Coleman and Andy Walsh PhD discuss what variable about Jesus could change in different universes and which aspects of Jesus would have to be the same in every universe! Is our Christmas story the only one and is it good enough for all creation across all universes? Or, is there a different Christmas story in every universe?! . Does a multiverse exist? Can we...

Christian is joined once more by Joshua Noel to discuss Leviticus 27. (GoFundMe for Joshua's dog's recovery: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-coppers-recovery-from-gunshot-wound?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet_ai&utm_content=amp8_t4&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link) Why would people be sold in Israel? How many times was Jubilee actually practiced? Are tithes mandatory? How much sh...

Welcome back to My Seminary Life. Our journey through the birth of Jesus guided by our favorite Christmas hymns continues on with the most well known section on the birth of Jesus, when the angels appear to the shepherds. Our guides for this edition of Hymns of Christmas include a folk song that no ones where it came from, a song that the author's best friend changed the lyrics to without his appr...

Mom, I'm tough. Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party, and Merry Christmas everyone. In today's review, I am joined by my wife Claire to review the Justice for All Productions film, A Karate Christmas Miracle. In this episode, we attempt to make sense of this plot, analyze the quality of the film visually, and reflect on the probablility of one of us earning a black belt in twelve days i...

Joe Dea returns as a guest-host for this special edition of our Christmas Classics Drive-In! Joe and Herbie Ramsey discuss the Christmas special, A Charlie Brown's Christmas! . Where can I stream Charlie Brown Christmas? Why was Charlie Brown Christmas taken off TV? Why is peppermint patty not in Charlie Brown Christmas? Is Lucy older than Charlie Brown? What does Linus say to Charlie Brown about...

You voted on our Facebook Group for another "What if... ?" episode and TJ Blackwell, Justin Coleman, and Herbie Ramsey are here to answer your preferred scenario question - What if the hosts of this podcast were to crew the Enterprise?! . Where is the Starfleet Academy located? Who is in charge of Starfleet? What are the jobs in Star Trek? Who are all of the hosts of Systematic Geekology? What are...

Dr Tom Oord joins the show again to discuss with Joshua Noel and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell ideas around the use of mystery language in the Church today. Joshua and Dr Oord have slightly different perspectives on how useful this language can be in modern contexts. . What is the meaning of divine mystery? What is the greatest mystery in the Catholic Church? What is biblical meaning of mystery? Wh...

Talking about a classic videogame franchise that combines Final Fantasy with Disney, as well as discussing the merits of event-based metaphysics, Joshua Noel, Christian Ashley, and Joe Dea have a great time in this episode! We go over the ontological arguments the Kingdom Hearts franchise speaks to regarding what makes us, us! We also discuss how everyone in the games seems to either be revealed t...

There's another slip-up in the schedule and you know what that means: it's time to head into the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha! This time discussing the Life of Adam and Eve and the Book of Giants! Who wrote these different stories? How do they correlate to the Genesis historical narrative? How does Gilgamesh come into play? Why did the animals talk? Is Eve to blame for eating of the fruit? What do...