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Dec 2013
56m 36s

Episode 81: The Pope, Batman and Magic w...

PHIL VISCHER
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Is the pope going out at night like Batman?? And then Phil leads Skye and recurring guest Drew Dyck on a wild trip through recent kids movies and how the portrayal of "magic" and the supernatural has shifted from Christian, to modern, to post-modern. And sometimes back again. 
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