Monday, February 27, 2023 From the vault: film critic Margot Harrison on the evolution of the Hollywood "strong female character"

Rerun time! In one of our very first episodes, my then co-host Liane Allen and I pick the brain of film critic Margot Harrison on the history and the ...

Monday, February 13, 2023 Grant Patterson of the WNFC esports Dojo on competitive gaming and game culture

Grant Patterson of Champlain College's Wednesday Night Fight Club and the WNFC esports Dojo talks to Jim and John (well, mainly Jim because John ...

Monday, January 30, 2023 Star Trek Science Advisor and Professor of Biology Dr. Mohamed Noor

Jim and John are joined by Duke University Dean of Natural Sciences Dr. Mohamed Noor. We talk about his experience as a science advisor on the Star Tr...

Monday, January 16, 2023 Steve Morris of Shelfdust on the top 50 comics events of all time

Steven Morris of Shelfdust.com polled comics creators and critiques to compile the ultimate list of the Top 50 comics events of all time, and Jim and ...

Sunday, January 1, 2023 2022 in TV! What's good and what's better

John and Jim finish their look back at 2022, looking at the TV that was, genr. and otherwise

Monday, December 19, 2022 The 2022 review part 1! Comics and Movies and Games, Oh my!

With no guests to defer to, Jim and John tell the world what was (and is) what in 2022 without a filter. Listen to it now so you can sound like the sm...

Monday, December 5, 2022 Namor? Rorschach? Hannibal Lecter? Who is and isn't an anti-hero with author Philip Baruth

Anti-heroes are all the rage, but does everyone who uses that term mean the same thing? John talks with novelist, biographer and University of Vermont...

Monday, November 21, 2022 Rerun time! Author and Rachel Maddow show producer Steve Benen talks politics, Deep Space Nine, and Firefly

From the vault - and with very poor sound quality - Jim and I are taking a break and reposting the conversation former host Liane Allen and I had with...

Monday, November 7, 2022 The geek science episode! Jeffery Adkins talks black holes, time travel, and how sci fi gets it wrong!

No podcast purporting to cover all things geek could possibly be complete without a geek science episode! John and Jim are joined by astronomy profess...

Monday, November 7, 2022 The geek science episode! Jeffery Adkins talks black holes, time travel, and how sci fi gets it wrong!

No podcast purporting to cover all things geek could possibly be complete without a geek science episode! John and Jim are joined by astronomy profess...

Monday, October 24, 2022 Andrew Liptak on the history, challenges, and power of cosplay

Andrew Liptak, a veteran of Gizmodo, Grist, io9, Kirkus Reviews, Pando Daily, Polygon, Slate, The Verge and many many others (seriously) joins us to d...

Monday, October 10, 2022 NY Comic Con chat! This is what happens when Jim and John run out of people to talk to.

No one else in the sandbox this time. Jim schools John on all the comics he's not reading, John whines about Star Trek, and all is as it should b...

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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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