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Tackling issues in culture, education, independent authorship, and the occasional urban legend, this podcast has it all.  Chats with Chad segments are more lighthearted and fun discussions of things going in his author and teaching journeys.  Didactic Cafe segments are dealing with ethical and moral issues in education and the world in general.  Culture Cuts feature book and movie reviews as well as diving into cultural controversies and touchstones of the moment.  And finally, Urban Legends Unmasked look at local and state legends from around the United states, and the lessons (or ...

The American church has become Toxic. Not just to those outside of its walls, but to those inside as well. And we shouldn't be surprised. The history of Christianity is fraught with instances of the church going off the rails. And always in the past, there has come a reform, a change, a decontamination, as it were, that course corrects. In that, we may find hope that perhaps that moment of change is at hand. The answer to detoxifying the church is no further away than a simple turn toward the very thing that Christ offered in his message and his ministry: grace.

We all have a story from our youth that terrified us. One that terrifies and grips our minds in such a way that we develop a deep and abiding morality that can trace its roots to that campfire, or movie, or night that our father sat us down to tell us about the Hookman or some other horror.That last one was my story. The story of my father telling me the gory story of a murderer with a hook for a hand. And today, I am a happy, well-adjusted horror writer and high school teacher. Who still loves scary stories. Each episode of Urban Legends Unmasked will look at famous Urban Legends and the ...

Kingston is a secluded East Texas town surrounded by a lake and giant pine trees. Except for Friday night football, there is not one thing worth getting excited about. Until Ronnie Javorsky runs onto the field after the national anthem and is shot to death by an unseen assailant. But Ronnie is just the first victim. A macabre game of murder has begun in the quaint town, a challenge to see which sadistic killer can rack up the most kills and do the most destruction before the sun rises. All at the invitation of a mysterious figure known as the Host.