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Anomaly Podcast

Jen and Angelaanomalypodcast.com
The Anomaly Podcast offers unique insights into the world of sic fi and fantasy. This women-hosted, fun-loving show will satisfy your craving for something different with entertaining (some say hilarious) and enlightening commentary on your favorite movies, TV shows, books, and games. Podcasting since 2007 from South Central Texas—we're the halfway point between Muggle and Geek.
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Episodes

Your Moment of Who | The Husbands of River Song (2015 Christmas Special)

In the last Moment of Who of Series 9, KC and Sue talk about "The Husbands of River Song," which they both enjoyed much more than they expected to. Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment or email to girlygeekz@gmail.com Call our...

Jan 06, 201621 min

Anomaly | Star Trek Palooza / Worst of Trek: Sub Rosa

Get the Show Notes Here ! Angela lost her voice, so I'm flying solo this week. This episode of Anomaly features eight of my favorite Rick Moyer Star Trek parodies. I play them as an opener to a Classic Anomaly episode: Worst of Trek: Sub Rosa. Our Sub Rosa review was recorded and released in 2010 and archived on our site when we had to switch podcast feeds. If you don't remember Sub Rosa, it's the one where Beverley becomes weirdly infatuated with her recently deceased Nana's lover. Eww. Gross. ...

Jan 03, 20161 hr 33 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Classic Sci Fi Roll-A-Panel (Dragon Con)

Time Stamps 01:30 – Panel and Panelist Introductions 10:35 – #3 Judge Dredd 13:44 – #8 The Stepford Wives 16:23 – #20 Clue 21:43 – #2 Waterworld 26:48 – #17 Death Race 2000 30:30 – #15 Return to Oz 35:02 – #9 Cocoon 37:11 – #19 Dick Tracy 42:51 – #13 Apollo 13 48:40 – #1 Battlefield Earth 54:53 – #11 Teen Wolf 58:53 – What we didn’t get to Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling ...

Dec 23, 20151 hr 3 min

Anomaly Review | Star Wars The Force Awakens

Please see our show notes for additional content and links to referenced material. Jen and Angela FINALLY chat about their experience watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens before getting into their review of the film. The first 15 minutes are spoiler free. An alert is played about 15 minutes into the episode, to warn of impending spoils... :) There's a MINOR spoiler for Star Wars: Aftermath (no alert played in the episode), pertaining to the Empire. Is it the best Star Wars film yet? What do you...

Dec 21, 20151 hr

Your Moment of Who | Doctor Who Reactions: Series 9 Eps 9-12

SPOILERS 0:50 - Sleep No More 8:50 - Face The Raven *Spoiler for Heaven Sent at 9:56-10:43 15:16 - Heaven Sent 22:06 - Hell Bent 28:00 - The Season as a Whole 29:21 - Mini-preview of the Christmas special 30:30 - Listener Comments Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voic...

Dec 14, 201540 min

Anomaly | Revenge of the Sith: Subtle as a Frat House

Visit the website to find show notes, subscribe, learn more about the show and get in touch at AnomalyPodcast.com Even with its flaws, Revenge of the Sith is the best of the prequel trilogy. There are reasons why we don’t hate the prequels and we chat about that this episode. We also talk about the strengths and weaknesses of Episode 3, pose “what if” questions, offer our theories and suggest an order for watching the films. What do you think of The Revenge of the Sith? Do you agree or disagree ...

Dec 06, 20151 hr 15 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Truly Outrageous! Female Heroes of Classic Sci-Fi (Dragon Con)

The annual "Truly Outrageous" panel on the American Sci-Fi Classics Track at Dragon Con focuses on the women of classic sci-fi who influenced the panelists as children and young adults. It's always a convention highlight, but this year was extra special... While usually a fan panel, this year we were joined by the one and only Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) to discuss our favorite female heroes of classic sci-fi and discuss some of the bigger issues and questions surrou...

Nov 24, 20151 hr 8 min

Anomaly Vidcast Report | Our Comic Con Austin 2015 Adventure

We braved the foul weather to make it to Austin Comic Con and bring you a report on the adventures had there, like Bruce Campbell photo bombing us! This is a video exported for mobile devices, so if you're only hearing audio...please make sure you visit the show notes to view the report and get all the links we talked about. We're on our way to The Texas Renaissance Festival this weekend, but we will add the HD version to the show notes when we return. Thank you for listening! If you like our sh...

Nov 22, 201536 min

Your Moment of Who | Doctor Who Reactions: Series 9 Eps 5-8

SPOILERS: 03:41 - The Girl Who Died 12:09 - The Woman Who Lived *Discussion of these two episodes kept mostly separate 24:54 - The Zygon Invasion/Inversion (Content Warning: Discussion of terrorism, immigration, war, PTSD, etc) 32:21 - Speculation of series themes Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in ...

Nov 15, 201538 min

Anomaly | Jason Isaacs Panel (Harry Potter / Star Wars Rebels Actor)

This is a panel recorded last week (Oct. 31, 2015) at Wizard World Comic Con Austin. A full vidcast report on our experience at the convention, is coming Sunday, Nov 22. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast to ensure you never miss an episode. http://www.anomalypodcast.com/subscribe-to-our-podcasts/ Check out the show notes for photos and other info. Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, b...

Nov 08, 201546 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Farscape, "PK Tech Girl"

Anomaly Supplemental returns with an episode all about Farscape. Sue and KC discuss the plot, the characters, and emotional turmoil found in first season episode "PK Tech Girl". Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment or email to...

Nov 02, 201543 min

Anomaly |Halloween Boo-tacular!

BOO! Happy Halloween! This episode is all about the stuff that creeps us out the most, spooky movies we like to watch, halloween memories and Austin Comic Con 2015 (October 30-31). Please subscribe to Anomaly to get all our episodes and be sure to visit the show notes for related episodes and our old Halloween photos. Thanks to Rico Dosti for joining us. Be sure to subscribe to Treks In Sci Fi! Find a link to his show in our show notes, as well as the full episode of "It's the Great Pumpkin Char...

Oct 26, 20151 hr 39 min

Anomaly | It's Get'n Real: The Force Awakens Official Trailer

Check out the show notes and let us know your thoughts! Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment or email to girlygeekz@gmail.com Call our voicemail line at 432-363-4742 or comment in the show notes at Anomalypodcast.com/Shownotes...

Oct 21, 201558 min

Your Moment of Who | Doctor Who Reactions: Series 9 Eps 1-4

KC and Sue are back with their Doctor Who reactions in "Your Moment of Who" for Series 9! This episode covers the first four episodes of the series: The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar, Under the Lake, and Before the Flood. Since most of the stories in Series 9 will be "two-parters," we've decided to discuss each story as a whole, rather than go episode-by-episode. So if you haven't seen both parts of the story, don't listen to that part of the podcast (timestamps below). ***SPOILERS...

Oct 18, 201544 min

Anomaly Vidcast | Take a Trip "Back to the Future" (video)

In this special video installment of Anomaly, Jen and Angela celebrate Back to the Future's 30th anniversary. Cheers to the future! Visit the show notes for movie trailers. Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment or email to girl...

Oct 12, 201538 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Babylon 5, Season 4, Part 2

So here it is! Sarah's two part review on Babylon 5 Season 4. Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment or email to girlygeekz@gmail.com Call our voicemail line at 432-363-4742 or comment in the show notes at Anomalypodcast.com/Sho...

Oct 04, 201542 min

Anomaly | The Princess Bride: As You Wish

In this episode of Anomaly, your hosts, Jen and Angela, are joined by Kasey and Sue from Anomaly Supplemental to discuss the highly quotable cult classic—"The Princess Bride". Make sure to visit the show notes to see the trailer to this movie, links and related Anomaly Podcast episodes. Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice ...

Sep 27, 201557 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Xena Warrior Princess: The Power. The Passion. The Panel.

The Legend of Xena: 20th Anniversary of the Warrior Princess The chakram. The battle cry. The amazing reign of an epic fantasy hero. American Sci-Fi Classic Track Panel at Dragon Con 2015 Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the conversation and get your voice heard on Anomaly: Send an audio comment o...

Sep 20, 20151 hr 8 min

Anomaly | WORST of TREK Series : Genesis (from ST:TNG)

Jen and Angela continue their "Worst of Trek" series on Anomaly, with an episode from TNG's seventh season entitled: "Genesis". You know, the one where everyone "de-evolves" into salamanders, cavemen, monkeys and spiders. Could it be the worst of the Worst of Trek??? Find out! Visit the Show Notes for More (like the episode trailer, screen shots etc) Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, ...

Sep 13, 201543 min

Your Moment of Who: The Fires of Pompeii/Series 9 Rumors

Doctor Who Episode Reactions **THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS** KC and Sue discuss the Series 4 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" and Series 9 rumors. **This episode is part of the "Anomaly Supplemental Catch-up Initiative. It was recorded on August 22, 2015.** Thank you for listening! If you like our show, please rate us in iTunes and Stitcher and share with your friends. Help us improve what we do here, by filling out this survey: survey.libsyn.com/anomaly Your voice matters to us! Join in the co...

Sep 07, 201546 min

Anomaly | Best of Trek: Lower Decks

The ladies of Anomaly AND Anomaly Supplemental join together to cover one of Sue's favorite episodes of TNG from the 7th season. The unconventional look at the Lower Decks. We explore this episode that shoes the Enterprise from the junior officer's perspective. SPOILERS!! WATCH THE EPISODE FIRST! There is a major plot point that will affect your enjoyment of the episode if you listen first. If you detect a disturbance in the force, Angela edited this episode so she could enjoy her birthday weeke...

Aug 30, 201543 min

Anomaly Supplemental | An Interview with Kayla LaFrance (King of the Nerds)

This week's Anomaly Supplemental is an interview Kayla LaFrance, winner of Season 2 of TBS's King of the Nerds! We, of course, talk about her experiences on the show and what she's been doing since then, as well as Star Trek, real-life and fictional inspirations, growing up geek, women in science and fandom, NASA history, and the current state of space exploration and hopes for the future. www.anomalypodcast.com @anomalypodcast facebook.com/anomalypodcast

Aug 23, 20151 hr 1 min

Anomaly | Vader's Fist Opens Up: An Interview with a Member of the 501st Legion (Star Wars Costume Club)

In this episode of Anomaly, Jen is joined by “Sith Jen” as they crash a 501st armor building party at the TechShop in Round Rock, Texas. See the show notes for photos galore! The 501st Legion is an international Star Wars costuming club, started in 1997 by Albin Johnson (Member designation TK-210). It is an all volunteer charity organization whose primary purpose is to raise money for a multitude of charities. While armor party crashing they get a chance glimpse into the process of costume build...

Aug 16, 20151 hr

Anomaly Supplemental | Into the Woods - Stage v. Screen

In this episode of Anomaly Supplemental, Angela joins KC and Sue to discuss Disney's Into the Woods feature film. Well, not so much "discuss" as "critique." Well, not so much "critique" as "complain about." All three hosts have very long and deep history with the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical, and the film version created... feelings. Not great ones, for the most part. As usual, we start of attempting to point out the things we thought were good about the film, acknowledge that our o...

Aug 09, 201548 min

Anomaly | Smells Like The 90s: Grunge & the Games we Rocked

Visit the Show Notes for more! This is the second installment Anomaly's gaming series (check out " Classic 80s games we loved too). Jen and Angela talk about what they were up to as Gen Xers in the 90s. They share some fun personal stories, talk about discovering email for the first time, the music they loved, and games, Games, GAMES! From PC games to consoles, they do their best to mention everything...at least once. Email Us: GirlyGeekZ@Gmail.com Send us a Voice Mail Message: 432-363-4742 Show...

Jul 31, 20151 hr 8 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Babylon 5, Season 4, Part 1

www.anomalypodcast.com @anomalypodcast facebook.com/anomalypodcast When I started watching Babylon 5 Season 4, I couldn’t believe how much time had passed since I’d seen the end of season 3! I also couldn’t believe I hadn’t gone insane wondering what happened to Sheridan and Garibaldi seeing as I was raving about how great the show was, but how cliff-hanger-esque. But even though it’s been close to two years since I last watched this show I definitely felt right back at home starting it! Because...

Jul 26, 20151 hr 9 min

Anomaly | Attack of the Clones: Anakin the Creepy Creeper

Please visit the show notes for much more Info . In this episode of Anomaly, Jen and Angela continue their series on the Star Wars prequel films by discussing Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. They talk about the fact that Anakin Skywalker is a creeper and discuss how they would improve upon the film that they decided has "good bones", but requires a slightly different relationship between Anakin and Padme (among other things). Comment: 432-363-4742 (voice mail) girlygeekz@gmail.com anomalypodcas...

Jul 19, 20151 hr 11 min

Anomaly Supplemental | Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett's Discworld)

Over four years of podcasting together, and I finally got KC to read a Discworld book - in fact, it was kind of her idea! After a quick catchup on life, we give a general introduction to the Discworld and then a short summary of Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8, Watch #1), before sounding our spoiler alert and diving a little deeper. We talk about Pratchett's writing style (including the undercurrent of anger that is often noted by readers), dialogue, and humor; gender representation in the Watch; ...

Jul 12, 20151 hr 2 min

"Independence Day": Breakthrough Blockbuster or Mediocre Movie? | Anomaly

Stop! Everyone get out of their cars and stare at the giant space ship! Bad idea. Here's a good idea, listen to Angela and Jen celebrate the 4th of July and chat about "Independence Day", staring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman. Also appearing: Vivica A. Fox, Mary MacDonnell, Adam Baldwin, Randy Quaid and many more familiar faces. Visit the shownotes to see the trailer, screen shots from the film and to find a list of castmembers. Don't forget you could win a $50 VISA Gift Card by sig...

Jul 04, 201550 min

Anomaly Supplemental: The Emperor's New Groove

This week’s episode of Anomaly Supplemental features co-hosts KC and Sue covering Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove. Though neither a musical nor a princess movie, The Emperor’s New Groove is one of the funniest films in Disney’s repertoire. The ladies discuss everything from the development history of the film, behind-the-scenes trivia, favorite quotes, even down to their youthful experiences with AOL dial-up. For full show notes, visit www.AnomalyPodcast.com

Jun 28, 20151 hr 1 min
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