Episode 581 – Baldur’s Gate
This week, we are joined once again by our Festival road friend, Byron Miller! He wanted to talk about the recently released Baldur’s Gate, which Nick is also playing. Tim and Molly ask most of the questions since they haven’t started the game yet. There are mild story spoilers but we stay mostly free of […]
Episode 532 – Representation & Racism in Geekdom
Episode 532 - Representation and Racism in Geekdom [ 49:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (991)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 […]
Episode 531 – Catching up with Ronn
This week, we are rejoined by our most regular guest, Ronn Bauman! Back in Minnesota for a short while, he joins us to talk about a number of topics that he has on his mind at the moment. This includes dogs being assholes and the death of the only English monarch any of us have […]
Episode 425 – Crafting During COVID
This week, we welcome back Byron Miller from Broomhilde to talk about something really important – how the pandemic is affecting crafters who work the Renaissance Festival circuit. Byron and his wife Arlene have found some ways to keep their business going in spite of all the issues and we use this episode to help […]
Episode 378 – Suing the Devil
It is once again time for our annual Christian Movie night! Ronn Bauman, Byron Miller, and Tony Miller join us to watch “Suing the Devil,” a fundamentalist movie about a guy who may or may not be Australian suing the devil, played by Malcom McDowell. With McDowell, we had hoped this would involve some delightful […]
Episode 377 – Believing Stupid Things
Our road friend Byron Miller shows up to help us answer the question “why do people believe stupid things?” Not just religion but messed up conspiracy theories, homeopathy and all other manner of stupid things? It turns out there has been some research around what makes people believe stupid things and we delve into a […]
Episode 327 – Is Faith Stupid?
If there was ever a topic to piss off the theists, it’s this one! Guest Byron Miller asks us to look at the question of faith. Is it stupid to believe in something without proof? This dives into that asshole atheist conversation because if we answer yes, we are assholes. But if we answer no, […]
Episode 325 – Don Verdean
This week we sit down with movie watching buddies Tony Miller and Byron Miller (no relation) to talk about Don Verdean. Unlike the woefully awful God’s Not Dead films, this movie is a satire of Christian Archaeology starring Sam Rockwell. While Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t think too highly of the movie, we enjoyed it. Your mileage […]
Episode 272 – Saving Christmas
Ugh. We are joined once again by our good friends Ronn Bauman, Byron Miller, and Tony Miller to watch another Christian apologist film. This time it is Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas. We thought the movie might be more fun than our previous experiences with the God’s Not Dead series. Wow were we wrong. Cameron blamed […]
Episode 219 – God’s Not Dead 2
This week, we gather our three good festival friends Tony Miller, Ronn Bauman, and Byron Miller in one room so the six of us can experience the glory that is God is Not Dead 2! Glory is not a good word to describe the film. Torture might be a bit more appropriate. It is not […]