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Monday, June 22, 2026 When We Make Contact Part 1: Economy and Politics

Mark and John start their path down a rabbit hole they'll dig into in a multi-part series "When We Make Contact" where we consider the implications to...

Monday, June 8, 2026 Our Favorite Fictional Sociopaths

Diving back into the world of villainy, Mark and John discuss sociopathy and their favorite examples in film and TV.

Monday, May 25, 2026 The Cli-Fi Episode! Climate and Environmental Destruction in Sci-Fi

For obvious reasons, environmental doom is an increasing theme in sci-fi. So much so that the term "Cli-Fi" (with the "Cli" for "Climate," obviously) ...

Monday, May 11, 2026 Our favorite death scenes

Settle in as we review nearly 20 of the best (or at least the best as we see them) death scenes in film and TV. Some obvious ones, some not so obvious...

Monday, April 27, 2026 Our Favorite Parasites

It's tick season! We talk our favorite science fiction parasites (and a few symbiotes) in this episode honoring the return of the clingy bloodsuckers....

Monday, April 13, 2026 A look at spoiled characters

Let's call it the Hank Pym effect - one single choice by one writer making one character kind of wrecked forever. There are quite a few and we talk ab...

Monday, March 30, 2026 Sci-fi Bracketology 2026!!!

It's March Madness folks, get your brackets out and pick the winners -- of the best sci-fi movies and TV! Thirty-two "teams" over four quadrants: Cybe...

Monday, March 16, 2026 Star Trek: State of the Franchise

For the first time in a decade there's no Star Trek series currently in production. John and Mark take a look at the state of the Star Trek franchise ...

Monday, March 2, 2026 Resistance Movements in TV and Movies

Mark and John get into the political once again in an analysis of resistance movements in Sci-Fi on the big and little screens.

Monday, February 16, 2026 Movies you wish you could see for the 1st time again

There are favorite movies, and there are the movies you wish you could have that 1st-viewing experience with again. Sometimes they're your favorite mo...

Monday, February 2, 2026 Sci-fi that will make aliens laugh their asses off at us

Not quite our "dumb" sci-fi.... more the embarrassing ones. The ones that will make you cringe when we finally meet the extraterrestrials, sit down on...

Monday, January 19, 2026 Movies that don't know they're horror movies

Mark and John look at what makes a movie a horror movie (surprisingly complicated!) and apply that to movies that aren't generally considered to be ho...

About The Show

John Odum is a sometimes-freelance writer whose work has appeared in Bleeding Cool, The Guardian (online), and Huffington Post.

Mark Card has a PhD in political science, specializing in international conflict theory and comparative politics. He's also a big wine guy.

Jim Dandeneau reports on comics, television, and film for Den of Geek.

Liane Allen is an IT nerd, with a passion for genre movies, progressive politics, and all things sci-fi.

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