This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2025 and featured two fantastic Guests. Dave Rand-McKay and Lee Harris joined us to talk about Generative AI in their workplace and in the world at Large. Dave works as a professor of Geography and Lee is an Editor with Tor Books. We all talk about our encounters with AI both positive and negative and it is super interesting!
There’s a new documentary about Paul Reubens on HBO or MAX or HBO MAX or whatever the heck they are calling themselves these days. And speaking of an identity crisis, this two part documentary about Reubens and his most famous character, Pee Wee Herman is a really interesting watch. Reubens himself seems uncomfortable with the idea of a documentary although he clearly also definitely wants to make it. We definitely recommend checking this out!...
It’s almost time for CONvergence 2025! As you may well know, our podcast debuted at CONvergence many years ago and we return there like the sparrows returning to wherever they return to every year. This week, we review our schedules for the con (we have a lot of crossover) and if you are coming to the con, we hope you are looking forward to it as much as we are!
Hey check it out! It’s another spoiler filled movie episode with Duck Washington as a guest! This time we are discussing “Thunderbolts,” the most recent entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We are pretty happy with this film overall and even get into some debate about how “bad” the latest string of Marvel movies have been. Maybe it hasn’t been as rough a stretch as many seem to think.
This week, we are talking about Ryan Coogler’s amazing film “Sinners.” Guest Duck Washington joins us to discuss this film and we are definitely spoiling the shit out of the movie so step away and come back when you’ve seen it because while this movie is great no matter how much you know about it, the less you know the better. We all pretty much gush over the film so if you didn’t like it, you are wrong but also this episode might annoy you....
A lot has been said by certain completely unqualified individuals lately when it comes to autism and we figured since Molly is autistic and both of Tim’s kids are autistic, we knew more than other people with the initials RFK. There’s a lot of dangerous misinformation floating around out there so we are here to remind you all that being autistic isn’t bad. It isn’t a disease to be cured. It’s just a thing that some people are and have to navigate as they make their way through their lives. Which...
There has been a lot of talk about Teslas lately but did you know when it comes to electric cars, there are a LOT of other great options out there? Cynn Verbrugge joins us this week to tell us all sorts of information about the market. What does she know about it? Well she only worked on electric vehicle batteries for over a decade! No big deal.
Face it – things are getting pretty scary out there in the world and you may be thinking about standing up against it. We totally support that but we want you to be safe and prepared so this week we are offering advice on what you need to do to keep yourself safe while making your voice heard.
This week it is time for some new geeky boners! Tim and Nick are both talking about remodeling their homes but Molly is talking about having sex in video games! So that one, at least, really fits the theme!
Welcome to a spoiler filled discussion of the latest Captain American movie! And by “spoilers,” we mean that we spoil the movie even more than the trailer already did! Overall, we weren’t super happy with the film but Tim didn’t completely hate it so that’s something anyway…
This week we are joined by frequent guest Ronn Bauman, our resident DC apologist, to discuss the latest Joker movie. He was not a fan of Joker so what are his thoughts on Joker: Folie a Deux? Does he like that it is a musical? Does his opinion of this film change his opinion of the previous film? And can Tim find a way to work Goose the Flerken into the conversation? Listen in to find out!...
1.86.0-UY6YN4FGHMUB5B45N2CMPWLW44.0.1-2This week we have guest Delia Jordan to talk with us about the book Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson. The book itself has some really great representation which leads us into a conversation about Sanderson himself, who is a devout Mormon. His opinions on GLBTQIA+ definitely differ from those of his church so it creates an interesting conversation indeed!...
This week, we are taking a look at Season one of Severance, on Apple Plus! It’s a weird and creepy dystopian show about maintaining a work life balance by not having any work in your life or life in your work. Season 2 will start releasing shortly before this season airs so take some time and catch up because as soon as you do, we know you will want to watch the next season!
This week, we take a look at the film “Heretic,” starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. The movie explores a lot of themes of faith and god and especially organized religion. All three of us really loved that part and had mixed feelings about some of the rest. Spoilers abound!
This week, we are going to give you a preview of Vilification Tennis for 2025. It is the comedy show that brought the three of us together and we don’t toot our own horn all that often. Well some tooting will happen this week as we run down our big plans for the upcoming year.
This week we have guest Barabbas Jones joining us to talk about his new book – The Case Against Jesus . A lot of Christians like to talk about what a good person Jesus was but was he really? Barabbas read all the gospels and he has some opinions about how great this Jesus guy really was. We got a chance to read his book and talked to him about it! He also gets a chance to answer our five questions!...
Time for a Geeky Boner episode! With just a few days to go before Thanksgiving, our boners were definitely focused on food. Nick has a new smoker he’s trying out and Molly has big plans for a Thanksgiving meal. Tim is going to Disney again. Whatever.
This week we are talking about our annual trip to Omegacon in Siren Wisconsin! We always get the chance to try out some new board games and we love to get a chance to tell you about them so you can add them to your annual holiday gift buying list!
Believe it or not, we made it all the way to 640 episodes without ever looking at the Ten Commandments. With states requiring they be posted in classrooms, we thought we ought to take a look at how effective the commandments are in living a moral and/or ethical life. There are, of course, many versions of the commandments so we picked one. And a version they use for kids that is actually a lot better than the biblical ones! Also, we get the chance to answer five questions for the first time in a...
This week’s episode takes a look at the rise of Christofacism in America. It started before the 1980’s but everyone’s favorite President got that thing going and – well – here we are. Guest Jeff Grapevine joins us to discuss the growth of the Christian right as a political movement in the US.
Time for some fun! Nick put together a bracket of 32 different Halloween treats and we debate which ones are the best! One by one, inferior contestants are relegated to the “trade” pile until a final victor is crowned! Will you agree with our ultimate choice or will you flip tables in sugar fueled rage?
This week is the deadline for voting pre registration in Minnesota so it seems like a good time to talk about voting and why we still do it and think it is important. Believe it or not, we have our reasons and we are going to tell you all about them! If you need help figuring out how to vote, hit us up! We are here to help!
It’s a Geeky Boners episode! This week we are taking a look and some of our new favorite things or, in the cast of Molly and Nick, old favorite things. Tim reminds all of you to get some of those sweet sweet D & D stamps from the post office!
One of our favorite guests returns! Ronn Bauman is back to tell us about his experience at The Ark Encounter where we learn all about how Noah’s Ark is actually possible and what dinosaurs were on the ark. There is, of course, biblical evidence to back all of this up (no there isn’t)! Ronn also catches us up on other parts of his life, including his mom making poor life choices!...
This week we take a look at Mental Health issues and specifically OCD with our friend Jen Rogachevsky. We all have a lot of misconceptions around mental health and OCD is often used as a punchline by those who don’t really understand how difficult it can be to live with the symptoms. This episode is a great opportunity to understand the challenges people with OCD and other mental health issues face on a regular basis. We want to give a big thank you to Jen for being willing to talk about it....
This week, we are joined by one of our favorite guests as Tony Miller returns to talk about the Tolerance Paradox. The question before us is does being tolerant of intolerable opinions actually help or does it do more damage? It’s about a lot more than just punching Nazis. Which is totally OK, by the way.
This week we are joined by our friend Fes Works to talk about his journey from Catholicism all the way to antitheism. As with several of our ex Catholic listeners (and hosts), he had a stop at Paganism on the way! It’s always nice to listen to how people arrive at their non belief because it reminds us we aren’t alone.
This week, we are joined by our friend Maren Aalgaard who has something in common with Nick! Both of them have parents who came out as gay while they were growing up. We talk about that experience and how it shaped the two of them.
This week we take a look at the most recent Star Wars series to hit Disney Plus – The Acolyte! There will be all sorts of spoilers and while the show doesn’t have a lot of very deep secrets, if you’d like to find them out for yourself, be warned! We are a little bit split on our opinion of the show but we actually waited to watch the show before we reviewed it, unlike several people on Rottentomatoes....
There will be spoilers a-plenty as we discuss the movie that officially makes Deadpool and Wolverine part of the MCU! Does Disney ruin Deadpool? You will have to watch the film to find out! Or you could listen to this episode but maybe you should watch the movie first.
