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TSTP 85- Stranger Things In Review
The final chapter of Stranger Things has closed, and the Hawkins crew is gone but not forgotten. After years of covering every twist, monster, and Upside Down revelation, we're gathering with...
SILY 686- Holly the Heroic
Heroes have been a part of American pop culture for decades. We’ve seen them come to life on the pages of comic books and movie screens, and heard them sung about by some of our favorite musical...
SILY 685- The Honesty Advantage
Remember when you were a kid and broke your mom's favorite vase? You had a split-second decision to make: confess immediately or concoct an elaborate story about the dog, the wind, or maybe even a...
SILY 684- The Greatest Investment
Our date had been magical. The horse-drawn carriage ride through the Victorian town adorned with Christmas lights was beautiful and romantic. It was a cold evening, but the beauty and sparkle of the...
SILY 683- The Greatest of These
"As you wish." Throughout The Princess Bride, those three words carry weight far beyond their surface meaning. When Westley says them to Buttercup, he's not just agreeing to fetch her water or...
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What if getting exactly what you want is the moment everything starts to go wrong? Two Twilight Zone tales explore the seductive promise of beating the odds, only to reveal how quickly fortune...
SILY 682- Getting To Your Happy Place
I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to experience. I mean, I was 42 years old, less than a month away from turning 42, and I was about to do something many people have done by the time they were...
SILY 681- In the Company of Greatness
He was universally hated by his men, removed from command for incompetence, and died alone and forgotten in a veterans' home—yet he may have been the single most important reason the most legendary...
TSTP 84- One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
The Stranger Things era is officially over, but "One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5" documentary gives us one final glimpse into the magic behind the final season. Join hosts...
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SILY 693- Make the Call
I’ve made it no secret on this podcast that I am a super fan of the TV show LOST. I love the mysteries, and the beautiful setting. I love the way the character stories interweave, I love the lore...
SILY 692- Burying Your Best
I love that the audience of this podcast is filled with many of those who consider themselves Christians and many of those who do not. Regardless of where you fall within those two categories,...
S5E3 In Absentia
Join us this week as we, along with special guest Danielle (DillyDilly), discuss “In Absentia” - an episode that shows us somewhat of a dark turn for Etta as she captures and tortures a Loyalist. We...
Pulling Back the Curtain
What happens when the monsters we fear most turn out to be the ones staring back at us in the mirror? In Four O'Clock, a fanatical man consumed by self-righteous rage believes he alone has the power...
691- Monday Mailbag
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I am looking forward to covering the Stranger Things spinoff, "Tales from '85" next month with my daughter, and I believe that if...
SILY 690- Message in a Bottle
Some evenings you take a walk and wonder if the tides are listening. In today’s story, the shore holds more than shells and driftwood. A mysterious traveler drifts ashore in a tale older than sand,...
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SILY 695- Sweetness is Coming
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When he was only 16 years old, C.S. Lewis had his first vision of what would become the land of Narnia. Just a mental image. A faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. That’s it. That’s all he had. I recently had a dream about a mason jar full of honey. And when I woke up, I had to immediately write it down. We won’t be visiting anything like Narnia today. There are no fauns, no packages, no lions, no witches. But I do hope this leaves you inspired in its own way.

TSTP 86- Welcome to Hawkins, New Kid
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Hawkins, Indiana never stays quiet for long, and in the dead of winter 1985, it’s already getting weird again. Darrell and Addi are diving headfirst into Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, the brand-new animated spinoff from the Duffer Brothers and showrunner Eric Robles, set between the events of Seasons 2 and 3 of the original series.

SILY 694- The Third Mind
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In October of 1883, a boy was born in a one-room cabin in southwest Virginia. His mother died when he was just nine years old. By thirteen, he was writing for his father’s newspaper. At twenty-five, his business went bankrupt and his wife divorced him. He remarried in 1910, launched various ventures, and kept grinding through failure after failure. Then, in 1925, he wrote a book that coined a phrase and introduced a concept that would quietly change everything.

S5E4 The Recordist
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Although Chris didn’t join us this week (he had some behind-the-scenes undercover work to do with Anil), Darrell and repeat guest and frequent feedbacker ShelkyBean are here to share their thoughts on this episode of Fringe! Also sharing their thoughts on “The Recordist” are some phenomenal Fringe feedbackers like Rory, Anna (not Torv), Erin, and Geoff (xorce11)!

SILY 693- Make the Call
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I’ve made it no secret on this podcast that I am a super fan of the TV show LOST. I love the mysteries, and the beautiful setting. I love the way the character stories interweave, I love the lore and history of the island. There are a lot of poignant moments and pieces of dialog that still echo in my mind today. But perhaps the most tragic line ever spoken in the series was, “Something tells me he never got around to making that call.”






















