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 541 – OmegaCon Fall 2022 Games
This week, we are recording at Omegacon Fall 2022. As is our custom, we spend the weekend in Siren, Wisconsin playing games and we get together at the end of the weekend to discuss the games we played and enjoyed. We played a few games together, enjoyed some new Kickstarter finds, and Tim really enjoyed […]
Episode 540 – The Weird Al Yankovic Story
This week, we discuss “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” a brand new biopic about the comedy icon that is available for free on Roku. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Al Yankovic and Rainn Wilson is Dr. Demento in this film that has almost nothing to do with the real Weird Al Yankovic. We’d spoil it for […]
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 538 – She-Hulk
This week, we take a spoiler filled look at She-Hulk on Disney Plus! The newest Marvel series takes aim at toxic masculinity, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and fandom in general. It’s the first Marvel series that feels more like a sitcom than an “event.” We all loved the show. We also read the FINAL FIVE […]
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 535 – Atheists in Comic Books
This week we are returning to a topic we discussed almost ten years ago – atheist comic book characters. In one of our first episodes, we asked whether Batman was an atheist. Now we look at several characters who are canonically atheists and ask how they can be atheists in a universe where magic and […]
Episode 534 – Halloween Movies
It is October and that means our thoughts turn to the best holiday of the year – Halloween! We are going to talk about our favorite Halloween movies and by that we mean movies that are set during Halloween or maybe just make us think of Halloween. We talk about some classic favorites as well […]
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 (879)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 […]