Russian Orthodoxy, Fairy Tales, and Good Story Telling w/ Dcn. Nicholas Kotar

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Writer Nicholas Kotar joins the show.

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0:00 40 hour fast
1:40 Intro
3:00 Russian Culture
5:00 Christian Literature
8:27 Transhumanism
10:00 Dostoevsky
13:40 Living in Russia vs U.S.A
21:30 Kotar & Christianity
24:26 Growing up with a Priest as a Dad
28:05 College life
31:51 Appreciating Russian Literature
37:00 Politics & God
53:23 Russian Fairy Tales
1:06:40 Saints & Fairy Tales
1:23:32 Documenting the Lives of Saints
1:29:04 Unhealthy Reflections from Reading Lives of Saints
1:33:20 Saints & Fairy Tales
1:37:30 Children's Intuition & Fairy Tales
1:45:16 Break
1:49:15 Christian Influence on Fairy Tales
1:53:57 Local's Questions
1:54:20 Reading Training
2:20:10 When are Children Ready for Intense Fairy Tales
2:25:00 How Russian Fairy Tales Influence Kotar's Writing
2:26:00 Woke Fairy Tales
2:29:00 Protecting Children From Witchcraft
2:34:04 Modernity & God
2:46:00 Closing