Q Saturday Night features Fantasy & Legend 06/22

Posted on Jun 16, 2019

Q Saturday Night presents an evening steeped in fantasy and the fantastic. Before venturing into our theme, learn about the hit Netflix show which explores the Rajneeshpuram cult in Wasco County, Oregon. Then sink into back-to-back programs exploring the lives and works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. After that fantasy and history merge into myth as the series Secrets of the dead delves into the legends of King Arthur and the Trojan Horse of Troy. It all starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on KLRU Q.

On Story at 7:30 p.m. Documentary filmmakers Chapman and Maclain Way talk about their Emmy Award-winning documentary Wild Wild Country.

The Fantasy Makers at 8 p.m. The stories of fantasy novelists C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and George MacDonald, how their works have impacted today's culture and the scholars who have dedicated their careers to studying them.

Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & the Quest for Meaning at 9 p.m. Scholars debate the meaning of life; how myth inspires the imagination; how faith factors into the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Secrets of the Dead King Arthur's Lost Kingdom at 10 p.m. Archaeological evidence suggests that the legend of King Arthur began in a 5th-century trading village following the departure of the Romans.

Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse at 11 p.m. Archaeological evidence may explain how ancient Greeks got inside Troy.