Upcoming Episodes

Monday, July 4, 2022 Luke Y. Thompson enters a Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Jim is joined by Luke Thompson (A.V. Club, SuperHeroHype and more) ostensibly to talk about the recently concluded Obi-Wan series, which they do - bef...

Monday, June 20, 2022 Captain America, "flag characters," and patriotism, with Dr. Mark Card

Mark Card returns to look at the ways Captain America, Superman, and others have reflected, represented, and refined the meaning of patriotism over th...

Monday, June 6, 2022 All Things Zelda with Den of Geek's Matthew Byrd

Okay Zelda fans, this is your show. Jim and John talk all things The Legend of Zelda with Matthew Byrd from Jim's online home, Den of Geek. We go...

Monday, May 23, 2022 Stuntwoman Elisabeth Carpenter on the industry and her work in projects such as Divergent and Obi-Wan

Stuntwoman, musician, actor and all around polymath Elisabeth Carpenter talks with us about life and work as a Hollywood stunt performer including her...

Monday, May 9, 2022 Sarah Gailey on "The Vampire Slayer" and more!

Hugo-winning Author and writer of the new BOOM! comic "The Vampire Slayer" joins Jim and John to talk about the comic, the impact of Buffy 2...

Monday, April 25, 2022 Deconstructing the Prime Directive with Dr. Mark Card

John and Jim are joined by International Conflict specialist Mark Card to poke, prod, pry, and dissect the Federations' legendary "General O...

Monday, April 11, 2022 The politics of the Krakoan X-Men with Elana Levin

Tackling the rich politics of the ongoing Krakoa era of the X-Men with Elana Levin (Graphic Policy). Jim, Elana, and John look at the Krakoan X-Men&ap...

Monday, March 28, 2022 Librarian Carolyn Brennan on libraries as the front lines of censorship (with some video game recommendations thrown in)

Carolyn Brennan, Co-Director of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier Vermont, Joins Jim and John for a discussion of Maus and other targets of bo...

Monday, March 14, 2022 Nate Cosby talks about his new "Alter Ego" comic

Writer, editor, and general comics industry force-of-nature Nate Cosby (Cow Boy writer, editor of about a zillion things...) talks with Jim and John a...

Monday, February 28, 2022 Three Top-10 lists! Most Overappreciated Sci-Fi Films part 2

Blast from the past part two! In the second part of this "lost" episode, John and former host Liane Allen have another conversation with fil...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Roy Thomas! Comics! Partying in Vermont! His life as a rocker! And more!

Special video episode! John gets to talk with one of his heroes, the legendary Roy Thomas! We discuss his life in comics, antics at the legendary Rutl...

Monday, January 31, 2022 Three Top-10 lists! Most Overappreciated Sci-Fi Films part 1

Blast from the past! In part one this "lost" episode, John and former host Liane Allen have another conversation with filmmaker Bill Simmon ...

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

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

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

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