The Relatable Longings of Stranger Things and This Is Us

These stories remind viewers of humanity’s universal, never-ending need for validation—to be fully seen and understood.

Stranger Longings: Belonging and Adoption in ST2

Eleven longs for somewhere to belong more than most, though almost every character in Stranger Things 2 mirrors this struggle in some way.

Seeing and Believing 131: Netflix’s Stranger Things 2 and Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express

Mysteries both paranormal and murder-y feature on this week’s episode. First the guys tackle Stranger Things, then go for a ride on the Orient Express.

The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2016

A List of Our Favorite Things from 2016.

The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2016: #10 to #6

A list of our favorite things from 2016, from #10 to #6.

The CAPC Digest: Embracing the Supernatural in Stranger Things with Liz Wann

The idea of a unexplainable supernatural occurrence is the reason Drew and Tyler chat with Liz Wann about her article “Stranger Things and Our Quest for the Extraordinary in the Ordinary.”

Seeing and Believing: ‘Stranger Things’ And ‘Pete’s Dragon’

Wade and Kevin take us back to the 80’s with a modern TV show ‘Stranger Things’ set in 1983 and a remake of a beloved Disney musical from 1977, ‘Pete’s Dragon’.

Stranger Things and Our Quest for the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Stranger Things contrasts the ordinary with the extraordinary, the normal with the supernatural, and the mundane with the unexpected.

The 25 Episode 20: ‘The Great British Bakeoff’, ‘Erased’, and ‘Stranger Things’