Episode 533 – Answering the Hard Questions with Tony Miller

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 […]

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 320 – A Farewell to Fest

Ever since we started this podcast, we’ve talked about the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, where all three of us have worked. Well some stuff has gone down this year and Nick and Molly are calling it quits after this season. We have a really frank discussion about the realities of working for the Festival. We’ll all […]

Episode 220 – Arts and Crafters

This week, we are joined by regular guest Byron Miller.  Byron is a crafter on the Renaissance Festival circuit and we talk to him about what he does for a living.  It is interesting to listen to how much work goes into the process of selling wands, brooms and walking sticks.  The next time you […]

Episode 171 – Five Answer Boners

We’ve had a lot of guests joining us over the last several weeks but it’s time for an episode with just the three of us.  We have three very quick geeky boners to cover before we move on to the important task of answering our new five questions.  The boners have a lot to do […]

Episode 169 – Pope Francis

The Pope was in the US last week and we got together with our friend Byron Miller to talk about the religious leader even atheists seem to love.  Francis may not be a bad guy but is he as liberal as he seems?  In our conversation about the pope, we talk about visits both Byron […]

Episode 116 – Dark Dungeons

This week, we sat down with Tony Miller and Ronn Bauman to watch “Dark Dungeons,” a faithful adaptation of a Chick Tract of the same name.  For those unaware, Chick Tracks are fundamentalist comic books and the makers of the film got permission to adapt this particular comic as long as they did not produce […]

Episode 112 – Don’t Stop Not Believin’

This week we gathered in the luxurious trailer studios to record an episode with our friend Eric Thompson.  Eric (like Tim) grew up in the Catholic Church and he takes us on an exploration of the difference between being devout and being bored.  We learn how Tim ditched church with the help of his Father […]