Episode 426 – Unscripted Television
This week our guess is Pat Wick! She re-joins us to talk about unscripted television. Tim and Pat have been binging a lot of these shows and we talk a lot about what the two of them find interesting on these shows as well as some of the things that bother them. Then Pat asks […]
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 424 – Amazing Boners
This week we explore some brand new geeky boners! Actually, most of them are quite old since there isn’t a whole lot new right now. We’ve had to dig deep to find our boners but we hope you won’t be too disappointed with them. Enjoy our regular episode filled with ideas of stuff you can […]
Episode 422 – Movies are my God Now
This week our guest is Alan Cerny, who writes movie reviews and analysis for Vital Thrills. He started with Ain’t-it-cool-news and it’s through there that he and Tim connected. We cover a lot of topics with Alan including a little about the destruction of AICN, how he finds movies a more spiritual experience than religion, […]
Episode 421 – Hamilton
Hard to believe we are on episode 421 and there are still a million things we haven’t done! This week, Windy Bowlsby is in the virtual room where it happens while we talk about “Hamilton,” which is now streaming on Disney +. We know there was a long wait for it but we strongly suggest […]
Episode 420 – Fake CONvergence 2020 Panel
Today’s episode was recorded on the week that would have been CONvergence 2020 if CONvergence 2020 had been happening in April. To commemorate the birth of our podcast, we held a virtual panel with Jeremy Stomberg (drink)! We solicited questions via Facebook and Twitter and all of us answer them for you during the episode. […]
Episode 419 – Mental Institutions
This week, we are joined by returning guest Nathan Gerber, who recent spent time in a mental health facility. Molly has talked frequently about her visits to mental health facilities and so we use this as an opportunity to talk about their experiences and to hopefully help normalize mental health issues a little bit. We […]
Episode 418 – Inspired by Pop Culture
This week, we are joined once again by Joseph Scrimshaw, this time from Los Angeles! Jospeh joins us to talk about the ways we can use popular culture as inspiration in our daily lives. We especially focus on ways we are using pop culture as inspiration in a world of Covid-19 but we also talk […]
Episode 417 – antifa
This week, we take a look at the newest terror group as defined by President Trump – antifa! Is being anti fascist all they are about or is there some seedy underbelly of terrorism that is worse in some way than the KKK, which is not a terrorist organization? We will turn over the anti-fascist […]
Episode 416 – Telling the Parents
This week we are joined by Sharon Stiteler, otherwise known as the Birdchick. She joins us to talk about how things went when she told her mom she was getting a divorce and accidentally admitted she was an atheist at the same time. Guess which admission made her mom more upset? Given the title and […]