Geek Saga Podcast

Episode 122 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Red Rising Saga fan panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Chelsea Darouse and featuring myself, Marcie Aaron, and Marisa Wolf, this panel was a general fan discussion of the Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown. We talked fave characters, fave book in the series so far, whether we prefer Victra over Mustang, and of course, how much MOST of us hate EFFING LYSANDER. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 122: Red Rising Saga at Dragon Con 2024 If you’re interested in more Red Rising discussion, please check out the Sagas & Sass podcast, which features *51* episodes on the series, covering all 6 published novels, the Sons of Ares comics, and our “Mars Madness” brackets to determine the sh*ttiest character in the solar system. Additionally, visit our Summaries page for links to our usually thorough and sometimes hilarious summaries of the series! Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 121 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 13-17, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Perfidy Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, other media we come up with that has had a strong influence on us over the years. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 121: Media That Made Us Discussion of BSG Season 2, Episodes 13-17 “The Perfidy Arc” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 120 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 6th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and my first ever solo episode that’s “all Halloween, all the time”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Including stories from friends and family (thanks to Bekah, Jeff, Danni, Christy, and Chris!) interspersed with my own Halloween reminiscences, this episode takes you through some fave childhood memories, some amusing costume thoughts from early adulthood, topped off by some Halloween tales from New Orleans (spending it there, that is). Geek Saga Podcast Episode 120: Impulsive Hyperfocus All Halloween All The Time Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 119 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 10-12, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Pegasus Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, other media we come up with that has had a strong influence on us over the years. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 119: Media That Made Us Discussion of BSG Season 2, Episodes 10-12 “The Pegasus Arc” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 118 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 5th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and includes a brief ‘day in the life’ recording that I made earlier this month! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Along with the day in the life portion of this episode (which includes mention of bras, BLTs, and butter), the introduction mentions four organizations from Western North Carolina/Upstate South Carolina that I suggest donating to in the wake of Hurricane Helene: Brother Wolf Animal Rescue out of Asheville NC: Venmo @brotherwolfanimalrescueinc Lucky Pup Rescue out of upstate SC: Venmo @luckypuprescueSC , Cashapp $luckypuprescueSC , PayPal luckypuprescueSC WNC Rural Organizing and Resilience aka ROAR: PayPal [email protected] Appalachian Medical Solidarity: Venmo @AppMedSolid Geek Saga Podcast Episode 118: Impulsive Hyperfocus Day in the Life #1 (Bras, BLTs, & Butter) Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 117 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Aegon’s Conquest panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang, Courtenay Cody, and Rebecca Fant, this panel explored the events that united Westeros under the Targaryen banner. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 117: Aegon’s Conquest at Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 116 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 1-9, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Aftermath Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, and any other media we come up with that has had a strong influence on us over the years. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 116: Media That Made Us Discussion of BSG Season 2, Episodes 1-9 “The Aftermath Arc” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 115 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, Billy Todd, and Seth Lockhart, this panel began with 8 House of the Dragon characters and narrowed them down via brackets until we named the Worst (HotD) person in Westeros! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 115: Worst Person in Westeros at Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 114 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Walking Dead Universe panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Michael Frost and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, and Doug Burbey, this panel focused on the past, present, and future of the Walking Dead universe! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 114: The Walking Dead Universe at Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 113 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2024: The Hangover” on September 14th, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we discuss what we did, what we missed, what we loved and what we didn’t, at Dragon Con 2024! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 113: Drinkin’ Con 2024 – The Hangover Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 112 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the House of the Dragon Season 2 panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Courtenay Cody, Ryan Cahill, and Billy Todd, this panel focused on season 2 of House of the Dragon as well as how we feel about the future of the show! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 112: House of the Dragon Season 2 at Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 111 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Stormlight Archive Speculation panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Billy Todd and featuring myself, Christina Goodman, and Kevin A. Davis, this panel featured speculation on what’s to come in book 5 of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 111: Stormlight Archive Speculation at Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 110 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our HOTTEST HotD Takes from House of the Dragon season 2! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by Seth (season 1, episode 4) for this HotD season 2 summary episode that covers our favorite hot takes, moments, characters, episode, and more! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 110: The HOTTEST HotD Season 2 Summary! Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 109 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v8.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2024] Webcast”, on August 17th, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2024…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 109: Drinkin’ Con v8.0 Pre Dragon Con 2024 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 108 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 finale, “The Queen Who Ever Was”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by guests Patrick and Alex discuss how the season 2 finale was basically just one long trailer for season 3. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 108: Hot D Takes on “The Queen Who Ever Was” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 107 of The Geek Saga Podcast – an interview with Red Dead’s History author Tore C. Olsson – originally aired as a live webcast on August 2, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join me for this interview with Tore C. Olsson, the award-winning historian and University of Tennessee professor whose book “Red Dead’s History: A Video Game, An Obsession, and America’s Violent Past” – the audiobook for which is narrated by Roger Clark (aka ARTHUR MORGAN himself) – will be released on August 7th!!! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 107: Red Dead’s History Interview with Tore C. Olsson Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 106 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 7, “The Red Sowing”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss Oscar Tully as the HotD version of Lyanna Mormont, the Sowing of the Seeds, and more from this week’s House of the Dragon episode! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 106: Hot D Takes on “The Red Sowing” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 105 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 6, “Smallfolk”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss the “return” of OUR KING, Team Black Propaganda Boats, and more, from this week’s HotD episode! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 105: Hot D Takes on “Smallfolk” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 104 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the fourth episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and features me doing a short but actually pretty focused ramble about Red Dead Online! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY I definitely have quite a bit more to say about Red Dead, but before I got into my cosplay, travel, and event experiences, I wanted to do a quick jaunt into my feelings about Red Dead Online, including reminiscing about its glitches…the “good” and the not-so-good… Geek Saga Podcast Episode 104: Impulsive Hyperfocus Reflecting on Red Dead Online Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 103 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 5, “Regent”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss Aemond’s rise, Daemon’s downfall, and more from this week’s episode. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 103: Hot D Takes on “Regent” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 102 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 4, “The Red Dragon and the Gold”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by Tommy of the TKOK Podcast Network (also a lover of ASOIAF literature) to discuss “The Red Dragon and the Gold”. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 102: Hot D Takes on “The Red Dragon and the Gold” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 101 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 3, “The Burning Mill”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are happy to announce that the Team Green Propaganda train really lost some steam in “The Burning Mill”! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 101: Hot D Takes on “The Burning Mill” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 100 (!!!) of The Geek Saga Podcast is the third episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY This being a somewhat momentous episode (can’t believe I finally made it to 100!!!), I chose a subject near and dear to me: the Red Dead Redemption video game series! I’ll definitely have to do at least one more Red Dead-focused episode because in this one, I only had time to discuss how I got into the games (around 14 years ago, WOW), some of my basic thoughts on Red Dead Revolver, RDR, and Undead Nightmare, and then a sometimes funny and sometimes emotional read through of the twitter thread I used to keep a running commentary during my first RDR2 playthrough. Hope you enjoy! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 100: Impulsive Hyperfocus Reflecting on Red Dead Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 99 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 2, “Rhaenyra the Cruel”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are back to call out more Team Green Propaganda in their discussion of “Rhaenyra the Cruel”. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 99: Hot D Takes on “Rhaenyra the Cruel” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 98 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon‘s season 2 premiere, “A Son for a Son”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by Patrick (also Unsullied) to discuss “A Son for a Son”. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 98: Hot D Takes on “A Son for a Son” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 97 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the second episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY I gave my friends a list of three topics I was thinking about covering in this second “Impulsive Hyperfocus” episode and, kind of surprisingly, they chose CEREAL! So here’s me rambling on about my love for cereal – going through cereal phases, discontinued cereals I may or may not miss, and more! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 97: Impulsive Hyperfocus Ramblings about Cereal Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 96 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 1 of a show we love – and that essentially inspired us to start this series – Battlestar Galactica! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, and any other media we come up with that has had a strong influence on us over the years. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 96: Media That Made Us Discussion of BSG Season 1 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 95 of The Geek Saga Podcast is my very first solo podcast and the first episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY The timing of my deciding to try my hand at a shorter-form solo podcast series aligned perfectly with my younger step kid’s high school graduation, so this episode features a comparison between that and my own high school graduation. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 95: Impulsive Hyperfocus Ramblings about Graduations Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks! Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Episode 94 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our first Media That Made Us discussion about a show we love – and that essentially inspired us to start this series – Battlestar Galactica! (Specifically, the miniseries.) GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor kick off this new “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, and any other media we come up with that has had a strong influence on us over the years. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 94: Media That Made Us Discussion of the BSG Miniseries Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 93 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our fifth 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about what is possibly the “Big Boss” of 90s & Noughties Cringe – 1999’s American Pie! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor are back for yet another Cringe Factor installment, in which we watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular teen movies and rom coms of the 90s and early 2000s! Our 5th episode is a wine-and-White-Claw infused diatribe regarding the 10 Things We Hate About American Pie…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually enjoyed about this movie, and our final 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor rating of it on a scale of 1 to 10 Zach Morrises! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 93: 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor Discussion of “American Pie” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 92 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on the recent Team Black vs. Team Green trailers for House of the Dragon season 2! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) break down the newest trailers for season 2 of House of the Dragon, including their Hot (aka First) Reactions, new characters/dragons/locations they spied, and more. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 92: HotD Takes on The Season 2 Trailers Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 91 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our fourth 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about the ‘new classic’ 2004 film Mean Girls! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor are back for yet another Cringe Factor installment, in which we watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “teen movies” of the 90s and early 2000s! Our fourth episode is a thoughtful discussion regarding the 10 Things We […uhh…] Hate(?) About Mean Girls…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually enjoyed about this movie, and our final 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor rating of it on a scale of 1 to 10 Zach Morrises! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 91: 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor Discussion of “Mean Girls” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 90 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “When Fandom Goes Too Far Part 2: The #StopToxicFandom Movement” on December 30th, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and special guests Paul Jenkins, Mary Anne Butler, and Bill Watters as we discuss the #StopToxicFandom movement, featuring an in-depth look at our experiences with “The Axanar Problem”, a toxic situation that has run rampant in the Star Trek fandom for far too long. A note on this episode’s length: The live webcast from which this audio was pulled ran approximately 3 hours, 10 minutes. While this podcast version is approximately 27 minutes shorter, I did not remove anything that was imperative to the discussion. With one minor exception (a portion of a sentence that I spoke *about myself* between approximately the 2:44:20-2:44:35 mark in the webcast), the only things removed from the original recording were pauses/periods of silence punctuated by unnecessary words (‘umm’, ‘like’, ‘right’, ‘you know’). Therefore, this episode is a lot more raw than most of my recent podcast episodes. Apologies to my regular listeners for that, but I knew that if I cut out anything other than what I listed above, I would likely be subject to accusations of trying to hide/erase “bad things that were said” (or some other such nonsense phrasing along those lines). Additionally, I would like to give a trigger warning for a brief mention of SA, which takes place between the 2:16-2:23 time stamps in this podcast episode. Geek Saga Podcast Episode 90: When Fandom Goes Too Far Part 2 – The #StopToxicFandom Movement Please consider supporting Paul’s GoFundMe as he attempts to get Alec Peters into a courtroom: https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-my-friend-paul-jenkins– Check out http://stoptoxicfandom.com/ for details on the Axanar bank accounts (find the ‘donors click here’ link toward the bottom of the page) Find MAB online: https://nerdbot.com/author/mab/ Find Bill online: Insta – https://www.instagram.com/billrw3 & Twitter – https://twitter.com/billrw3 For a deeper look into my personal experiences with “The Axanar Problem”, begin reading with my blog entry “I’m Not a Star Trek Fan: Alec Peters & Bullying in Fandom, Part 1” (subsequent entries are all linked at the bottom of each installment) And of course don’t forget to check out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and consider supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 89 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our third 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1999’s Never Been Kissed, starring Drew Barrymore! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from the Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes are back for the next episode in our Cringe Factor podcast series, in which we watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “teen movies” of the 90s and early 2000s! Our third episode is a diatribe that features the 10 Things We Hate About Never Been Kissed…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually, err, “liked” (?) about this movie, and our final 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor rating of it on a scale of 1 to 10 Zach Morrises! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 89: 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor Discussion of “Never Been Kissed” Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 88 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the House of the Dragon panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Violette L. Meier, Rebecca Fant, and Seth Lockhart, this panel focused on the first season of HBO’s House of the Dragon. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 88: House of the Dragon at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 87 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Princess and the Queen panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Rebecca Fant and featuring myself, High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang, and Nami Sparrow, this panel focused on the relationship between Alicent and Rhaenyra in HBO’s House of the Dragon. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 87: Princess & the Queen at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 86 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Madness of the King panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Brian D. Anderson, Ryan Cahill, Dakota Krout, and K.N. Lee, this panel discussed how, as society’s understanding of mental health and neurodivergence has evolved, so have the depictions of mental health and neurodivergencies in high fantasy. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 86: Madness of the King at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 85 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Shadow & Bone Season 2 panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself with assistance from my fellow Sagas & Sass cohost Nami, and also featuring Kevin Davis, this panel was all about season 2 of Netflix’s Shadow & Bone, based on Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 85: Shadow & Bone at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 84 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Loner vs. Community panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Jay Boyce, JF Brink, Gail Z. Martin, Frank Morin, and William Joseph Roberts, this panel focused on why most post-apocalypse stories are about loners and the factors that can drive loners to become pillars of societies they aren’t really a part of. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 84: Loner vs. Community at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 83 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Tress of the Emerald Sea panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Christina Goodman and featuring myself, John G. Hartness, Frank Morin, and Kevin Davis, this panel focused on Brandon Sanderson’s novel Tress of the Emerald Sea and its place in the Cosmere as a whole. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 83: Tress of the Emerald Sea at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 82 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2023: The Hangover” on September 16th, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we discuss what we did, what we missed, what we loved and what we didn’t, at Dragon Con 2023! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 82: Drinkin’ Con 2023 – The Hangover Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 81 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Please Adapt This panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Milton J. Davis, JM Paquette, Andrea Stewart, and Tao Wong, this panel focused on the books we want to see made into shows or movies and what we think keeps certain stories from being adapted for these mediums. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 81: Please Adapt This at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 80 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Dragon Con High Fantasy Track Director Jen and featuring myself, my Sagas & Sass co-host Nami, and Seth Lockhart, this panel put some of the [really] bad ladies & gents from ASOIAF/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon to the test – against each other! Listen to find out who the audience voted as “The Worst Person in Westeros”…with plenty of hilarity and friendly debate along the way! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 80: Worst Person in Westeros at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the Geek Saga Entertainment Patreon and supporting us for early access to our episodes & some other great perks!

Episode 79 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v7.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2023] Webcast”, on August 19th, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2023…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 79 – Drinkin’ Con v7.0: A Pre-Dragon Con Webcast Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 78 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Podcasting 101 panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Amin from A Podcast of Ice & Fire and featuring myself, my Sagas & Sass co-host Jonathan, and Varun of the Demon Slayer Podcast, this panel focused on how to choose co-hosts, the tech and software you might need, and how awful editing is. (Also featuring: the San Diego Central Library Dog Fight Club we maybe aren’t supposed to talk about…) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 78: Podcasting 101 at SDCC 2023

Episode 77 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our second 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait, starring Ethan Embry, Lauren Ambrose, and Jennifer Love Hewitt…among others! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from the Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes are back for the next episode in a new[-ish] podcast series, in which we will watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “teen movies” of the 90s and early 2000s! Our second episode is a diatribe that features the 10 Things We Hate About Can’t Hardly Wait…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually, err, “liked” (?) about this movie, and our final 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor rating of it on a scale of 1 to 10 Zach Morrises! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 77: 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor Discussion of “Can’t Hardly Wait”

Episode 76 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “The Thirst of the First Men: A Pre-Ice & Fire Con 2023” on April 15, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and three friends who have been attending Ice & Fire Con since the very beginning (in 2013) as we talk all things IAFC…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 76 – Thirst of the First Men: Pre-Ice & Fire Con 2023 Click below to watch in webcast form!

Episode 75 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our very first 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1999’s She’s All That, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from the Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes are back for a brand new podcast series, in which we will watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “teen movies” of the 90s and early 2000s! Our first episode is a diatribe that features the 10 Things We Hate About She’s All That…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually, err, “liked” (?) about this movie, and our final 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor rating of it on a scale of 1 to 10 Zach Morrises! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 75: 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor Discussion of “She’s All That”

Episode 74 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the first installment in our interlude series, “Hot D GIVES…and Takes”, which will feature discussion of characters we met and then lost in House of the Dragon‘s first season…and of course we had to focus on none other than OUR KING, Viserys I Targaryen, to kick off this series! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by new guest Moe for this discussion of House of the Dragon‘s treatment of Viserys I! Geek Saga Podcast Episoe 74: Hot D GIVES & Takes Viserys I

Episode 73 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our HOTTEST Hot D Takes from House of the Dragon‘s first season. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by new guest Alli (aka “Black Alli Blackwood”) and returning guests Jason (episode 3), Patrick (episode 1), and Tommy (episode 2) for this HotD season 1 summary episode that covers our favorite hot takes, moments, characters, episode, and more! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 73: The HOTTEST Hot D Season 1 Summary!