Episode 314 – Melinda Snodgrass
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2018. We were fortunate enough to have Guest of Honor Melinda Snodgrass join us to talk about a wide range of topics including constitutional law, role playing games, and even Star Trek! She also used to be an actress. So she’s pretty much the greatest guest we’ve […]
Episode 311 – CONvergence 2018 Preview
It is that time of year again! CONvergence is coming and in addition to celebrating our anniversary by recording a live podcast at the con, we have a lot of other stuff planned. How much stuff? You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out! We hope you try to find us at the […]
Episode 263 – Life After Death and Austria
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 for our fifth birthday! We are joined by frequent guest Joseph Scrimshaw who tells us all about his work with a video game company in Austria. We also talk about the idea of what we’d like to see in an afterlife and our concerns with the concept […]
Episode 262 – Death with Doctor LOV
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2017 with our good friend Laura Okagaki-Vraspir or, as we call her because of her initials, Doctor Lov! You might remember her as one of our first guests way back on episode 8 when she talked about zombie fungus. She’s back to talk to us about cancer! Specifically, […]
Episode 260 – CONvergence 2017
This week, we are getting ready for our annual trip to CONvergence! Our podcast debuted there five years ago and we all have very personal connections to the convention. We talk about our schedules for the con, some of our favorite things, and even some things that we don’t enjoy quite as much. If you […]
Episode 259 – Mooks is in the House!
This week, our guest is Saymoukda Vongsay, the Refugenius! She is a poet and playwright who is going to be a Guest of Honor at CONvergence 2017. We have a far ranging conversation with her that covers her experiences as a refugee, her buddhist roots, her play “Kung-Fu Zombies” and just about everything else! If […]
Episode 211 – Amanda Marcotte
This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2016 and features political journalist Amanda Marcotte. Much as we did a couple weeks ago with C. Robert Cargill, we spend this episode discussing the current political climate. While the episode was recorded before the National Conventions, our conversation is just as relevant today as it was […]
Episode 210 – Laughing at the Darkness
This week we present the first of two episodes recorded live at CONvergence 2016! Our first guest was author Kelly McCullough, who was invited to talk with us about using humor to illuminate dark situations. In addition to that important topic, a lot of time is spent reminiscing about how much time Tim and Kelly […]
Episode 209 – Brexit and Trump
This week we talk with our friend C. Robert Cargill. Cargill is a novelist (Dreams and Shadows) and screenwriter (Sinister, Dr. Strange) but we talked to him about politics. Cargill is a Christian and a moderate conservative so he provides a considerably different viewpoint from one normally found on our podcast. We spend some time looking at […]
Episode 207 – Safe Spaces and CONvergence
Well, CONvergence is just a few days away and that means it is almost time for our birthday celebration! For those that are new to our podcast, we debuted at CONvergence four years ago and it is a bit of a homecoming for all of us. We spend a bit of time talking about what […]