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. […]
Episode 482 – Sasha Sagan
This week, we had the opportunity to interview Sasha Sagan, daughter of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Sasha’s book “For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in an Unlikely World” will be released on paperback on October 22nd, 2021 and we had the chance to read the book and talk to Sasha […]
Episode 465 – Mortal Kombat
This week, we are re-joined by our friend Nathan Gerber to talk Mortal Kombat! Yes, there is a new movie on HBO and we all watched it. Nate is a big fan of the video game and the 1995 movie so we look at all things Mortal Kombat. Except Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Nobody should look […]
Episode 464 – Science is Cool
A few weeks ago, Matt Kesson was on with us and we talked about the idea that science is pretty cool. We think science is so cool, we got our good friend Breanne Bilyeu to join us to do an entire episode about how science is pretty cool! A lot of folks suggest that there […]
Episode 318 – A Muslim’s Perspective
This week, we talk with Commarrah Bashar about Islam. The twist is that Commarah is a practicing Muslim! After having talked about Islam a few times in the past, we thought it might be a good idea to bring in someone who actually knows what they are talking about. The conversation covers a lot but nowhere near […]
Episode 306 – Islamophobia
This week, we are joined by our friend Kelvin Hatle to talk about Islamophobia. As atheists, it can be difficult to be critical of Islam while still recognizing that Muslims face incredible levels of persecution in this country. It’s messy and we have to admit how much we don’t know about Islam before we engage […]
Episode 282 – Omegacon Gaming Roundup 2017
This episode was recorded live at Omegacon Fall 2017 with our friend and gaming geek Brianne Bilyeu! We talk over some of the new games we played over the weekend (there weren’t as many as we’d hoped there would be). We all came away big fans of Nmbr9 so that’s probably one you should check […]
Episode 261 – Collectable Cards and Cookies
This week we are joined by Philadelphia comedian and podcaster Brain Durkin. Brian was in town for a little while and we sat down with him to talk about his history making money playing collectable card games, his thoughts on religion, and his podcast Full Belly Laughs. We had a great conversation with him and […]
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 230 – The Faithless Feminist
This week, we are joined my remote guest Karen Garst to discuss her book “” We had a really great conversation about why she put the book the book together and about many of the women who contributed their stories. Please note that on this particular recording, we encountered some audio issues on our end. […]