Systematic Geekology

Welcome back to our special HBO series! This week hosts, Keno Cannady and Christian Ashley are joined by special guest, Nick Polk, to discuss "The Sopranos"! Why is The Sopranos a big deal? How well did the drama series treat the themes of mental health, sexual assault, and homosexuality? How is an Elder of the Church like a made guy? What did New York's 5 families really think of this show? We di...

That's right, it's March 4th which means we are celebrating the victory of "The Battle of Helm's Deep" in the third age 3019 at dawn of this same day! Hosts Will Rose and Joshua Noel are joined by one of the esteemed Tolkien Heads, Nick Polk! Why were the Ents created? What role did the Huorns have in the battle? How did Saruman create the Uruk-Hai and half-orcs? How important was the battle of Ho...

Welcome back to another "What's New" episode! Host Will Rose is joined by fellow Lutheran priest, Brian Bennett, to discuss the newest shows and comics in the geek world! Who is Jean-Luc Picard? Is Picard season 3 going to be better than season 2? How will the crew of The Next Generation play a part? What did we think of the new episodes of The Last of Us? How great can Pedro Pascal be? What are o...

Once again we are back with another "What if... ?" episode that our listeners voted for on our Facebook group, Priests to the Geeks ! This time, hosts Joe Dea and Christian Ashley, give their answer to the question, "What if there was a jedi from krypton?" Would Superman be a Jedi or a Sith? What about Superboy, Supergirl, or John Kent? Would the Jedi order force kyptonian Jedis to suppress who th...

Welcome back to our special HBO series! This week hosts Joshua Noel and Will Rose are joined by Daniel Sigmon to discuss the HBO series, "Titans"! What is the premise of the show? How does HBO's Titans compare to the Teen Titans or Teen Titans Go cartoons? How do these shows compare to the comics? What is Tom Taylor doing with the Titans in the comics? How does the show differ in how it deals with...

What has Sarey Concepción been up to? How do you make an eerie SciFi film about wine-making? Hosts Joshua Noel and Joe Dea ask host, Sarey Concepcion, about her new film project, "The Winemaker", and we discuss one of our favorite Star Trek series all at once! What is Deep Space 9 about? How did this series depart from Gene Roddenberry's vision for the series? What can we learn from Star Trek's cr...

We are reviewing the new MCU film, "Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania" with hosts Will Rose, David Pizarro, and TJ Blackwell! What comic is Quantumania based on? Will Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania be on Disney plus? Is Kang just a human? How does our quantumania review compare with ant man quantumania rotten tomatoes? Did you see the ant man quantumania post credit scene? Are you okay with antm...

Our hosts Will Rose and Christian Ashley take over and merge with " The Whole Church Podcast " to interview Andrew Gillsmith about his new SciFi book, " Our Lady of the Artilects "! What is SciFi? Is it SyFy, SciFi, or Sci-Fi? What defines SciFi? What is Artificial Intelligence? What is a soul? How prepared are our faith traditions to handle AI, Androids, and Robots who may feel somtheing akin to...

The answer is no. We messed up and thought "The Witcher" was an HBO show when it is in fact a Netflix series. Instead of realizing we're wrong and doing something else, we decided to cover "The Witcher" in our HBO series anyway with TJ Blackwell and Christian Ashley reviewing the game, the book, and the television series! why did henry cavill leave the witcher? What do we think of Liam Hemsworth a...

Our hosts TJ Blackwell and Christian Ashley are joined by a special guest from the Church of the Geek podcast, Rev Brian Bennett! Rev Brian Bennett   is Campus Pastor for the Lutheran Campus Ministry in the Oakland suburb of Pittsburgh. With the rising popularity of "The Legend of Vox Machina" we had to talk about the source material - Critical Role campaign 1! Why was Orion kicked off Critic...

Welcome back to the magical world of Walt Disney films! Our hosts, Joshua Noel, Christian Ashley, and TJ (Tiberius Juan) Blackwell discuss this classic film from Disney's Wartime / Package Film era! Why is there a disclaimer before The Three Caballeros? Where are The Three Caballeros from? Was "The Three Caballeros" misogynist or racist? Was the film progressive for its time? How did the good neig...

Welcome back to our special HBO series where we review our favorite HBO series! Hosts Will Rose, Joshua Noel, and TJ Blackwell review the first four episodes of "The Last of Us" in response to a listener's request! What does apocalyptic media reveal to us about our desires and truest values? Would your biggest desire be to survive? Would you rather die than become infected? Is a fungal infection m...

We are continuing our series of creation stories for the year by discussing the origins of the Power Rangers universe! Hosts Joshua Noel asks host Joe Dea all about the series, where the Rangers get there powers, and what a dino gem is! What are the power coins? Have dinosaurs always been a part of power rangers? Did the morphin grid always exist? Is it more like the Force or like gravity? What gi...

Know anyone who geeks out on Sasquatch? Our hosts today Joe Dea and Christian Ashley are joined by Stephanie Dea, the Horrorstorian , to discuss the field of Cryptozoology and their fascination with it! Is the idea of unknown giant sea creatures frightening to you? Is Cryptozoology a real science? Have you been to the Internation Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine? How realistic is the Yeti,...

Welcome to our first HBO Monday where we discuss our favorite HBO series! First up is the Game of Thrones with hosts Keno Cannady, Will Rose, and Christian Ashley! What is Game of Thrones all about? Why do people love it so much? How can Christians tolerate something with so much gore and nudity? Would the Bible have these kind of things in it if it were done as an HBO series? Which house would yo...

We are back with part two of our Comic Con adventure! Hosts Keno Cannady and Joshua Noel discuss the cosplay competition at Matthews NC's first ever Comic Con! Which age group had the best costumes? How much detail goes into it all? Who was most unique and most creative? How did they make the costumes? Say hi to Mando and the Child! Why does Joshua love The Last Jedi? Are we insignificant or are w...

Your hosts Keno Cannady and Joshua Noel went to Matthews NC's first Comic Con, got a table, and did 2 live podcasts! Check out our take on the con as well as some fun geeky and theological conversations! What is an anti-hero? Why does Dragonball GT suck? Is the Church too pragmatic? How much does a hero's posture matter? Should Joshua try Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull again!? Let us know abo...

We are back with a new miniseries! In lieu of another Drive-In series, we will be doing "HBO Mondays"! Look forward to episodes about Game of Thrones, Newsroom, Band of Brothers, Sopranos, Peacemaker, The Last of Us, Witcher, and more! We have a packed schedule and are excited to get started! But how can Christians watch shows with so much nudity or violence or language? What if these shows are mo...

Last GroundHog Day our hosts did a review of the movie, "GroundHog Day", so of course this year we did it again! What better movie to repeat than this!? Hosts Will Rose, Joshua Noel, and Christian Ashley discuss the film and other shows and movies that pay homage to this classic! Is this your favorite Bill Murray film? How do we understand our own finitude? What would we do with eternity? Do we be...

We are back with another what if, voted on by our facebook group ! You all wanted to hear our take of what if we really discovered aliens from another planet and hosts Will Rose, TJ Blackwell, and David Pizarro try to answer just that! What are the chance that we're really the only intelligible life in the universe? What would the existence of aliens mean for how we preach the gospel? How bad is o...

Hosts, Christian Ashley and TJ Blackwell, discuss some of the big items in geek world today! Who is Alex in The Last of Us? What would you do during a zombie apocalypse? Is Gundam Witch from Mercury Yuri? What Gundam is in The Witch From Mercury? Is One Piece Odyssey turn-based? Is One Piece Odyssey canon? Is One Piece Odyssey a good place to start getting into One Piece? What kind of fights are i...

Hosts Joe Dea and TJ Blackwell are back to discuss the Mortal Kombat fighting game series! Why is Mortal Kombat so famous? What story is there to MK? Do the sequels standup? What makes Mortal Kombat stand out? How do we feel about that movie? We discuss all this and more! Let us know your favorite fighting game on our website: systematicgeekology.org Mentioned in this episode: Easily subscribe to...

We're back with another what's new! Hosts TJ Blackwell and Will Rose talk about what they're geeking out on recently! What's going on with Crosshair? Is Bad Batch season 2 better than the first season so far? How will Stormtrooper evolve from clones to humans? What makes One Piece Odyssey so fun? What do you know about the world of surfing? We discuss all this and much more this week! Let us know...

We are back doing a deep dive into one of our favorite film director's, David Cronenberg! Hosts, Joe Dea and Sarey Concepción, discuss their favorite Cronenberg films from "The Fly" to "Scanners"! What is Cronenberg known for? What all movies has he directed? What makes these films unique? What would be a first good film to see from this director? We discuss it all in this one! Let us know your fa...

Welcome back to another what's new! Today, hosts Will Rose and Josh Rosengrant focus on the premier of Bad Batch season 2 on Disney+ then discuss what movies and card games they are looking forward to this year! Why is Omega so special? What's goin on with Crosshair? Will all the Clones be replaced? We discuss all this and more this week! Let us kow what you think on our website: systematicgeekolo...