Episodios

  • Narnia's Dawn Treader: The Albatross is Here
    May 22 2025

    JC Alexandre is back for another adventure to the Utter East of Narnia (and into the things of God).

    The tea: Wait, we might actually mean punch?

    The narrative: More like a story than a spell, and He'll tell it to us for years and years.

    The PARDES: We're invited into a personal confidence, and reassured.

    The Challenge: Five minutes to transform your day.

    As always, you'll find more on Substack, Instagram and Etsy under Mystic Tea and Stories.

    Thank you for listening!

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  • Narnia's Dawn Treader: Renew Your Mind
    Feb 25 2025

    JC Alexandre, fantasy author, and I explore The Voyage of the Dawn Treader from The Chronicles of Narnia.

    JC brings us droll humor, sailors' tea punch (you must try it) and new recs (a Narnia cartoon by the director of Peanuts? Who knew?)

    Content warning: Things get a little dragonish, by which we mean, disgusting. Watch your tummy.

    You can find JC at jcalexandrewrites.com and on social as @jcalexandrewrites. His book, The Light Prince Grail, is available in paperback and e-book.

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    46 m
  • Narnia's Prince Caspian: The Ecstatic Dance
    Jan 28 2025

    Old Narnians on the Dancing Lawn, David and Goliath & doubting Thomas, (what's with the DLF acronym?) and Biblical astrology (as opposed to today's trends). Join Cathy Scoon and I for some realizations and musings from the Chronicles of Narnia's Prince Caspian.

    You'll find Cathy on Instagram as @cathanascoon, and you can follow her podcast, Eruditely Ersatz, on Spotify. As always, you can reach me (Amanda) at mysticteaandstories@gmail.com.

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    51 m
  • 3 Spiritual Challenges to Try (Narnia Edit)
    Jan 20 2025

    Inspired by The Magician's Nephew, Shinto Misogi, Sahlil Bloom and...grubby bathrooms? But really, though. Check out the results of three spiritual challenges inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia. They're quick (though maybe not easy), and impactful, so I say you try them!

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    13 m
  • Narnia's The Horse and His Boy: The Huge, Clear North
    Dec 5 2024

    It's possible you've never wondered why you might want to drink Lion's Mane tea (by the lion's mane, ahem), or whether the Christian poem, Footprints in the Sand, is actually the Horse's Boy, Shasta's, story.

    It's likely you've never thought about why the Hermit of the Southern March only had one window that faced North - or how North figures prominently in Narnia AND other mythologies.

    But now that I've posed the questions, you can't very well just go away without finding out the answers, can you? Give us a listen - it's myself and Sarah Coogan this episode - and let us know what you think!

    As always, you can reach me (Amanda) at mysticteaandstories.com, and you'll find Sarah at sarahcoogan.net. Happy listening (further up and further in)!

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    50 m
  • Narnia's 'The Horse & His Boy:' Better is One Day
    Nov 15 2024

    Excited this week to have Sarah Coogan, scholar of Irish & British literature, join us to explore the mystic depths of the Chronicles of Narnia's The Horse and His Boy!

    Join us as we ask:

    - Did Shasta & Corin have a bit of twin telepathy?

    - What message are the settings (city, desert, hermitage) trying to convey?

    - How judgy is Lewis really trying to be? (We actually hit on some realizations in the next episode, coming soon!)

    As always, you can reach me (Amanda) at mysticteaandstories.com, and you'll find Sarah at sarahcoogan.net. Happy listening (further up and further in)!

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  • Narnia's Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, Snow Tea & Deep Magic
    Nov 3 2024

    In this episode of Mystic Vintage Fiction by Tea & Stories, wet snow gets in our boots and lions jump up to kiss our faces. Join us to find out why Snow Shan tea is amazing, how Aslan's roar echoes both the Book of Joshua and Frozen II, and hear me try not to cry three different times (it's Narnia, guys!).

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    55 m
  • Narnia's 'The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe:'
    Oct 16 2024

    Join us for a fresh look at The Chronicles of Narnia's iconic story, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Let's explore Lucy (a real girl), Edmund (never had a chance), Susan (doomed or just arbitrary?), and Peter (more the green ice fishing hole he visited, but he's in there).

    Our PARDES this time: Lucy said, "this is queer," and then stepped FORWARD, not back. Let's explore the implications of that with our Wild Application for Our World.

    Reach me (Amanda) at mysticvintagefiction@gmail.com and on Instagram at _tea.and.stories_. (And check out teaandstoriespod.com for Narnia (and other) merch.)

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