Episode 575 – Lazy Agnostics with Jerry Belich

This week’s episode was recorded live at CONVergence. Because it was recorded live, the possibility of technical difficulties goes up and indeed, about five minutes before the end of the episode, our mixer turned off! Fortunately, we had a recording taken in the room that is fairly poor sound quality but we were able to […]

Episode 574 – Cosplay with Bridget Landry

This week we recorded our episode live at CONvergence 2023! Bridget landry, a real live rocket scientist from JPL joined us to talk about…Cosplay! In addition to working on interstellar spacecraft, Bridget is a master costumer with many great costumes to her credit. We talk about our takes on cosplay and Beidget gets a star […]

Episode 573 – Kung-Fu Zombies

This week we bring back friend of the show Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay to talk about her Kung-Fu Zombie saga, which will be opening at Theater Mu in the Twin Cities later this month. We got a sneak peek at the script that is filled with fight scenes, blood, and insightful commentary about refugees. It’s gonna […]

Episode 572 – The Tortuga Twins Get Political

This week, we talk with frequent guest Ronn Bauman about a recent exchange he had with a (former) fan of the Tortuga Twins. While we don’t want to get too deeply into it, the (former) fan had an issue with a portion of the show in which they supported transgender rights. We talk about what […]

Episode 564 – The State of Star Wars

This week, we are re-joined by Joseph Scrimshaw, friend of the show and co-host of the Force Center podcast, to talk with us about his recent visit to Star Wars Celebration in London and the state of Star Wars in general. There is a lot to talk about in terms of new movies and TV […]

Episode 560 – Evangelism and Politics

This week, we are re-joined by Scott Lohman, who is affectionately referred to as our Star Trek expert. He joins us not to talk about Star Trek but rather about the growth of the Religious right as a political movement in America. Since the 1960’s, the religious right has been consolidating power and gaining more […]

Episode 556 – RRR

This week, we talk about the wildly popular Indian film RRR directed by SS Rajamouli. The film has been gaining a cult following for the last year and we are joined by Windy Bowlsby, who knows more about the Indian film industry than we do, to talk about this film and other movies you may […]

Episode 555 – Quantumania

This week we bring back Jeremy Stomberg (take a drink) to discuss the latest Ant Man & Wasp movie – Quantumania! Please note we were recording remotely and Tim’s connection never got working so you aren’t going to get to hear that much from him this week. For some, that could be considered a feature […]

Episode 553 – Multi Classing Your Life

This week, we are joined by our friend Jen Cowitz to talk about geek hobbies and gatekeeping. We look at the difference between broad geek hobbies and deep geek hobbies. Do you get into something really in depth or do you explore all sorts of interests to a lesser degree? Neither way is better but […]

Episode 552 – Scepter of Goth

This week, we have our friend Bob Alberti on to talk about the first commercial multiplayer role playing game and the first commercial Multi-user MUD, Scepter of Goth! Bob was actually responsible for the creation of said game way back in 1983, which many of our listeners probably assumed was a time before computers existed. […]