Fantasy For Our Time
A podcast by Nicholas Kotar - Mondays
39 Episodes
-  What If Aliens Were Catholic? w/ M.R. LeonardPublished: 24/03/2025
-  Consolation of Grimdark: Why This Failed Quest Was More Satisfying Than VictoryPublished: 10/03/2025
-  Cinema as Sacred Art: Why Tolkien’s World Needs Wes Anderson’s Touch w/ Reno LauroPublished: 24/02/2025
-  A Dune Deep Dive w/ Richard Rohlin : Paul Atreides, Duncan Idaho, and Hollywood’s Religious ProblemPublished: 10/02/2025
-  Surviving the Dark Forest: Lessons from Liu Cixin's Sci-Fi MasterpiecePublished: 27/01/2025
-  Inside the Kotarverse: Slow Productivity & Stories Worth Dying ForPublished: 13/01/2025
-  Cantos of Arcadia: Crafting America’s Post-Apocalyptic MythPublished: 30/12/2024
-  Canon in Sci-Fi? The Case for Shards of Honor and The Vorkosigan Saga 📚Published: 16/12/2024
-  Adrian Tchaikovsky on Giant Spiders, Sci-Fi, and the Unexpected Success of Children of TimePublished: 2/12/2024
-  The Art of Fantasy, Grimdark, and Tolkien’s Vision: Why We Keep Escaping Into These WorldsPublished: 18/11/2024
-  Human-centric Sci Fi vs Lovecraftian Nightmares w/ Richard RohlinPublished: 4/11/2024
-  Touch the Darkness Again...Published: 25/10/2022
-  The Shadow is a Passing Thing... Or Is It?Published: 11/10/2022
-  There Is a Tempest in Me . . .Published: 27/09/2022
-  Without My Sword . . . What Am I?Published: 13/09/2022
-  Resilience and Courage Through Story: Accept Your Quest with Humility and PurposePublished: 29/08/2022
-  Resilience and Courage Through Story: Examining the Heart of Ideas You HatePublished: 22/08/2022
-  Resilience and Courage Through Story: Finding Meaning in SolitudePublished: 15/08/2022
-  Resilience and Courage Through Story: Finding Your MentorPublished: 8/08/2022
-  What Aragorn Can Teach Us About the Deep LifePublished: 1/08/2022
Fantasy stories have inspired readers for centuries, making them think and feel deeply, and offering them glimpses of the magical in mundane reality. Join fantasy author and storyteller Nicholas Kotar as he explores classic and new fantasy media, talks to fantasy authors and storytellers, and explores how these stories can help us all live a better, more fulfilling life.
