Episode 549 – Religion in Sports
This week we are joined by frequent guest Eric Knight to discuss religion in sports and specifically American Football. In the wake of a serious medical emergency at a football game, there were all sorts of pictures of a circle of football players kneeling in prayer while medical professionals saved his life. The store because […]
Episode 547 – Andor
This week we are joined by Star Wars superfan Greg Parks to discuss the latest Disney Plus Star Wars installment – “Andor!” The show revolves around Cassian Andor, whom you might remember from “Rogue One.” If you don’t remember him from “Rogue One,” stop reading this and go watch “Rogue One.” Now, if you haven’t […]
Episode 545 – 2020 Xmas Movies
It may be a couple days after Christmas but we are atheists so who cares about such things? Windy Bowlsby, a HUGE Christmas movie fan, joins us to talk about the newest crop of Holiday movies and specials. We spent a lot of time discussing the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday special (with KEVIN BACOON), […]
Episode 543 – Wakanda Forever
This week, we have returning guest Duck Washington join us to talk about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a movie that seems to be made to help the viewers themselves process the grief they feel over the loss of Chadwick Boseman/T’Challa. We spend a lot of time […]
Episode 542 – Raising Secular Kids
This week we are joined by our friend and Editor of Tor.com, Lee Harris! Lee is from England and talking to us from England because we live in the future! Lee is also raising his kids in a secular household so Lee and Tim talk about the challenges and rewards of trying to teach their […]
Episode 539 – Kusoge
This week, we are joined by our friend Schramm to discuss Kusoge. For those not in the know, Kusoge literally translates as “shitty games” and Schramm is a huge fan of the…um…genre? Of course the classic example is the E.T. video game, which gets brought up for the second time in as many months but […]
Episode 537 – Contemplating the Infinite
This week, we are joined by guest Nels Lennes, who is a founding member of HUGE improv theater in Minneapolis. Nels joins us to talk about infinity. Specifically, we are talking about the concept of infinity and how finite beings such as ourselves make assumptions about how we can understand it. Obviously, as non believers, […]
Episode 536 – Overwatch Drama
This week, we have Nathan Gerber as our guest to discuss Overwatch and Overwatch League. There has been some drama surrounding Overwatch and Blizzard entertainment and Nate will guide us through at least some of it. We also discuss the large amount of Overwatch Porn you can find on the internet! But no Overwatch II […]
Episode 533 – Answering the Hard Questions with Tony Miller
Episode 533 - Answering the Hard Questions with Tony Miller [ 53:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (818)This week, we are once again joined by our friend Tony Miller! Tony works at Renaissance Festivals around the country as Shamus the Insulter but at the end of each day, he becomes Question Man! He will answer any question asked truthfully and he is talking to us about what he does when faced with […]
Episode 532 – Representation & Racism in Geekdom
Episode 532 - Representation and Racism in Geekdom [ 49:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (923)This week, we are joined by frequent guest Byron Miller, one of the proprietors of Broomhilde at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. He has us talking about racism and representation in geekdom and more specifically, outage over black elves and mermaids. Why are fans such assholes? Is it because people are assholes or are fans just […]