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All Episodes

Open World Chat — 104 episodes

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Title
1

Our favorite death scenes

2

Our Favorite Parasites

3

A look at spoiled characters

4

Sci-fi Bracketology 2026!!!

5

Star Trek: State of the Franchise

6

Resistance Movements in TV and Movies

7

Movies you wish you could see for the 1st time again

8

Sci-fi that will make aliens laugh their asses off at us

9

Movies that don't know they're horror movies

10

Science as the Bad Guy - When sci-fi hates science

11

"Look at Us Now: A Comic Book Movie" Filmmaker Vee Rodriguez on what comics mean to us

12

Villains who make a good point

13

TV themes! Mark and John Share Their Top 10s!

14

Movie and TV apocalypses - what makes a good one and some examples

15

Genre Swapping! Movies that flip genre in mid-viewing

16

Fascism in Sci-Fi

17

Time Travel in Film and TV (and what a mess it is)

18

Utopian fiction (and is anybody buying in?)

19

Our Favorite Fight Scenes

20

Why does the Right hate Superman (the movie AND the character)?

21

20 Films to get you through the Trump Era

22

The Sounds of the Movies

23

Jim Shooter: Superhero or Supervillain?

24

Identity in Sci Fi: Who Am I Really?

25

The best bits from film soundtracks

26

Cursed productions: figuratively and..... literally?

27

The scariest moments in film and TV

28

Hidden gems from legendary directors

29

The REAL masterpieces of legendary directors

30

The Democracy Episode! Policy, Cybersecurity and more!

31

Christ figures in sci-fi and fantasy

32

How will DEI pushback affect geek media?

33

Movies that Shouldn't be Remade (plus a few stinker remakes)

34

Movies that should be remade, and a few already remade well

35

Franchise fatigue - is it a thing?

36

Underappreciated good stuff

37

Dumb sci fi

38

The Top 18 Evil AIs

39

Drugs, Drug Culture, and Addiction in Sci-Fi

40

The Love Episode!!!

41

Federation and Empire? Imperialism in Star Trek

42

Top 18 most influential sci-fi movies

43

When Sci-Fi and Comics are Repackaged Greek Myths

44

Star Trek and Military Power

45

The 70s and sci fi paranoia cinema

46

Cavemen vs Astronauts

47

9 sci fi movies that don't know they're sci fi

48

Science, Church, and State: Revisiting 'A Canticle for Liebowitz'

49

SO many vampires! Our fixation on vampires

50

Invaders - How immigration fears have fueled horror

51

The Complex History of Women in Star Trek

52

Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino and hatin' on Marvel

53

The War Episode! Sci-fi War, Honor and Fascism with Dr. David Kyle Johnson

54

Paul Cornell talks PROJECT: CRYPTID and his other projects

55

Is the Hollywood Blockbuster on the Way Out?

56

What's with all these bad Supermen?

57

Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn talk everything from Blue Devil to Geoff Johns to Leo Kottke

58

Catching up on Screambox and more with Bloody Disgusting's Alex DiVincenzo

59

Talking Picard

60

Science episode! AI and gray goo nanobots with Piper Welch and Kam Bielawski!

61

Mark Russell talks Jesus (and other stuff)

62

Grant Patterson of the WNFC esports Dojo on competitive gaming and game culture

63

Star Trek Science Advisor and Professor of Biology Dr. Mohamed Noor

64

Steve Morris of Shelfdust on the top 50 comics events of all time

65

2022 in TV! What's good and what's better

66

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

67

Namor? Rorschach? Hannibal Lecter? Who is and isn't an anti-hero with author Philip Baruth

68

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

69

Andrew Liptak on the history, challenges, and power of cosplay

70

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

71

Tim Russ Revisited! From the vault - Star Trek's Tuvok on diversity in Trek, greedy capitalists, and more!

72

Sandman chat with Ryan Higgins (Comics Conspiracy)!

73

John Ostrander! Suicide Squad! Grimjack! Hexer Dusk! The Treatment of Creators! More!

74

Kaitlyn Booth (Bleeding Cool) on Comic Con and Warner shenanigans

75

Jim Infantino on his novels, Carmine, and The Ballad of Barry Allen

76

Joe Glass on The Pride, his brand new book Young Men in Love, and the state of LGBTQ+ representation in comics

77

Luke Thompson enters a Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

78

Captain America, "flag characters," and patriotism, with Dr. Mark Card

79

All Things Zelda with Den of Geek's Matthew Byrd

80

Stuntwoman Elisabeth Carpenter on the industry and her work in projects such as Divergent and Obi-Wan

81

Sarah Gailey on "The Vampire Slayer" and more!

82

Deconstructing the Prime Directive with Dr. Mark Card

83

The politics of the Krakoan X-Men with Elana Levin

84

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

85

Nate Cosby talks about his new "Alter Ego" comic

86

Roy Thomas! Comics! Partying in Vermont! His life as a rocker! And more!

87

Does Gen Z Own Star Trek Now? Lacy Baugher Milas joins Jim and John to talk this and many other things.

88

Weekly World News CEO Greg D'Alessandro guests (with intro featuring Shannon Wheeler)

89

Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) on the Mueller Report, The Bible, the quality of Portland coffee, and what's still funny

90

Jenny Jarzabski of United Paizo Workers and Paizo Freelancer Joe Blomquist: Are Unions Finally Coming to the Nerdosphere?

91

Caitlin Rosberg (The AV Club) on Dune and the nexus of genre, format, form, and media.

92

George Marston (GamesRadar+) on NFTs, their role in the comics industry, and what the heck they are, anyway

93

John and Jim review the buzz going into and coming out of DC Fandome

94

Peter Galbraith, in which we don't end up talking about the Prime Directive, on What Went Wrong in Afghanistan (and Who's to Blame)

95

Archeologist Nathan White on Archeology in Genre Media (what they get wrong, and what they unfortunately get right)

96

Emmy-winner Steve Benen (The Rachel Maddow Show) on the politics of the past, present, and future - as well as Star Trek, Firefly (and X-Men...?)

97

Sean Branney and Andrew Leman (Co-founders, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society) on the "art vs. artist debate" and more

98

Alexander Dunst ("The World According to Philip K Dick"): PKD's Legacy, Impact, and more.

99

Film Critic Margot Harrison: The Ever-Changing Meaning of "Strong Woman Character"

100

Rich Johnston (Bleeding Cool): comicsgate, the industry's cycles of outrage, and more

101

Jim Dandeneau (aka Jim Dandy, Den of Geek): cinematic universes and superhero politics

102

A Conversation with Star Trek's Tim Russ (part 2)

103

Paul Wilson and Tony Panacchio: The latest "Conjuring" Film, working with Shatner, Stan Lee, and much more

104

Tim Russ (Tuvok): Race and diversity in Star Trek