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Open World Chat — 104 episodes
Our favorite death scenes
Our Favorite Parasites
A look at spoiled characters
Sci-fi Bracketology 2026!!!
Star Trek: State of the Franchise
Resistance Movements in TV and Movies
Movies you wish you could see for the 1st time again
Sci-fi that will make aliens laugh their asses off at us
Movies that don't know they're horror movies
Science as the Bad Guy - When sci-fi hates science
"Look at Us Now: A Comic Book Movie" Filmmaker Vee Rodriguez on what comics mean to us
Villains who make a good point
TV themes! Mark and John Share Their Top 10s!
Movie and TV apocalypses - what makes a good one and some examples
Genre Swapping! Movies that flip genre in mid-viewing
Fascism in Sci-Fi
Time Travel in Film and TV (and what a mess it is)
Utopian fiction (and is anybody buying in?)
Our Favorite Fight Scenes
Why does the Right hate Superman (the movie AND the character)?
20 Films to get you through the Trump Era
The Sounds of the Movies
Jim Shooter: Superhero or Supervillain?
Identity in Sci Fi: Who Am I Really?
The best bits from film soundtracks
Cursed productions: figuratively and..... literally?
The scariest moments in film and TV
Hidden gems from legendary directors
The REAL masterpieces of legendary directors
The Democracy Episode! Policy, Cybersecurity and more!
Christ figures in sci-fi and fantasy
How will DEI pushback affect geek media?
Movies that Shouldn't be Remade (plus a few stinker remakes)
Movies that should be remade, and a few already remade well
Franchise fatigue - is it a thing?
Underappreciated good stuff
Dumb sci fi
The Top 18 Evil AIs
Drugs, Drug Culture, and Addiction in Sci-Fi
The Love Episode!!!
Federation and Empire? Imperialism in Star Trek
Top 18 most influential sci-fi movies
When Sci-Fi and Comics are Repackaged Greek Myths
Star Trek and Military Power
The 70s and sci fi paranoia cinema
Cavemen vs Astronauts
9 sci fi movies that don't know they're sci fi
Science, Church, and State: Revisiting 'A Canticle for Liebowitz'
SO many vampires! Our fixation on vampires
Invaders - How immigration fears have fueled horror
The Complex History of Women in Star Trek
Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino and hatin' on Marvel
The War Episode! Sci-fi War, Honor and Fascism with Dr. David Kyle Johnson
Paul Cornell talks PROJECT: CRYPTID and his other projects
Is the Hollywood Blockbuster on the Way Out?
What's with all these bad Supermen?
Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn talk everything from Blue Devil to Geoff Johns to Leo Kottke
Catching up on Screambox and more with Bloody Disgusting's Alex DiVincenzo
Talking Picard
Science episode! AI and gray goo nanobots with Piper Welch and Kam Bielawski!
Mark Russell talks Jesus (and other stuff)
Grant Patterson of the WNFC esports Dojo on competitive gaming and game culture
Star Trek Science Advisor and Professor of Biology Dr. Mohamed Noor
Steve Morris of Shelfdust on the top 50 comics events of all time
2022 in TV! What's good and what's better
The 2022 review part 1! Comics and Movies and Games, Oh my!
Namor? Rorschach? Hannibal Lecter? Who is and isn't an anti-hero with author Philip Baruth
The geek science episode! Jeffery Adkins talks black holes, time travel, and how sci fi gets it wrong!
Andrew Liptak on the history, challenges, and power of cosplay
NY Comic Con chat! This is what happens when Jim and John run out of people to talk to.
Tim Russ Revisited! From the vault - Star Trek's Tuvok on diversity in Trek, greedy capitalists, and more!
Sandman chat with Ryan Higgins (Comics Conspiracy)!
John Ostrander! Suicide Squad! Grimjack! Hexer Dusk! The Treatment of Creators! More!
Kaitlyn Booth (Bleeding Cool) on Comic Con and Warner shenanigans
Jim Infantino on his novels, Carmine, and The Ballad of Barry Allen
Joe Glass on The Pride, his brand new book Young Men in Love, and the state of LGBTQ+ representation in comics
Luke Thompson enters a Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
Captain America, "flag characters," and patriotism, with Dr. Mark Card
All Things Zelda with Den of Geek's Matthew Byrd
Stuntwoman Elisabeth Carpenter on the industry and her work in projects such as Divergent and Obi-Wan
Sarah Gailey on "The Vampire Slayer" and more!
Deconstructing the Prime Directive with Dr. Mark Card
The politics of the Krakoan X-Men with Elana Levin
Librarian Carolyn Brennan on libraries as the front lines of censorship (with some video game recommendations thrown in)
Nate Cosby talks about his new "Alter Ego" comic
Roy Thomas! Comics! Partying in Vermont! His life as a rocker! And more!
Does Gen Z Own Star Trek Now? Lacy Baugher Milas joins Jim and John to talk this and many other things.
Weekly World News CEO Greg D'Alessandro guests (with intro featuring Shannon Wheeler)
Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) on the Mueller Report, The Bible, the quality of Portland coffee, and what's still funny
Jenny Jarzabski of United Paizo Workers and Paizo Freelancer Joe Blomquist: Are Unions Finally Coming to the Nerdosphere?
Caitlin Rosberg (The AV Club) on Dune and the nexus of genre, format, form, and media.
George Marston (GamesRadar+) on NFTs, their role in the comics industry, and what the heck they are, anyway
John and Jim review the buzz going into and coming out of DC Fandome
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)
Archeologist Nathan White on Archeology in Genre Media (what they get wrong, and what they unfortunately get right)
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...?)
Sean Branney and Andrew Leman (Co-founders, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society) on the "art vs. artist debate" and more
Alexander Dunst ("The World According to Philip K Dick"): PKD's Legacy, Impact, and more.
Film Critic Margot Harrison: The Ever-Changing Meaning of "Strong Woman Character"
Rich Johnston (Bleeding Cool): comicsgate, the industry's cycles of outrage, and more
Jim Dandeneau (aka Jim Dandy, Den of Geek): cinematic universes and superhero politics
A Conversation with Star Trek's Tim Russ (part 2)
Paul Wilson and Tony Panacchio: The latest "Conjuring" Film, working with Shatner, Stan Lee, and much more
Tim Russ (Tuvok): Race and diversity in Star Trek