Episode 332 – Weaponizing Religion
This week, we sit down with returning guest Rob Callahan to talk about how the right is weaponizing religion. We connect a lot of it with the current immigration issues plaguing our country. Every now and again we get serious and this would be one of those podcasts. Since we recorded it before election day, […]
Episode 331 – Geeky Media Roundup Fall 2018
As the title of the episode suggests, we are going to take a look at some of the geeky movies, television shows, and comics that are coming out in the last few months of 2018. Some of this stuff will already be available by the time you listen so maybe it’s awful and we didn’t […]
Episode 330 – Geeky Bummers
This week, we are taking a look at some failures of compassion in the geek community. We look at some issues that have arisen at our favorite comic and game shop in Minnesota as well as some poor decisions by a local halloween attraction and by Bleeding Cool. Some of the questions before us are: […]
Episode 329 – Jodie Whittaker
It has been a while since we’ve talked Doctor Who and honestly, all three of us have fallen off of watching the show. Reasons are many but with a woman playing The Doctor for the first time ever as well as a new show runner, we decided it was time to take a new look […]
Episode 328 – Puppy Boners
This week we have some brand new boners to share with all of you! Especially brand new is Nick and Molly’s new puppy! There are pictures and videos all over the place. It is super adorable. Tim has also been enjoying a ton of new movies lately and Molly has been excited about a couple […]
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 326 – Street Epistemology
This week, frequent guest Tony Miller is back to discuss how to engage with theists on the subject of atheism. We talk about how to approach a conversation with theists in a way that can actually motivate them to think about what they believe. Or maybe it can’t. We talk about conversations we’ve had that […]
Episode 324 – Are We Losing?
This week, we sit down in the luxurious trailer studios with Riki Robinson and frequent returning guest Ronn Bauman. The question before our panel – are we losing? Is the secular movement falling further and further behind because of the rise of things like Donald Trump? The answer, like the question itself, is complex. And […]
Episode 323 – Prop Guns Real Guns
This week, our guest is Sean McArdle, a prop designer and builder who works for the Guthrie Theater. Ooooooo! Sean recently created a Fringe show where he talked about gun safety in theaters and how we might be able to use the safety protocols around fake guns to think about safety protocols around real guns. […]
Episode 322 – Digging up the Cyprus Problem
This week, we chat with friend of the show Bob Alberti and Valerie Woelfel about their work at the Idalion site on Cyprus. We learn a little bit about the political issues in the region (the Cyprus problem) and a lot about the archaeological history of Cyprus including some stuff about pygmy hippos and elephants! […]