Systematic Geekology

Our hosts Will Rose and Nick Polk discuss the popular series, Rick and Morty! They discuss their favorite episodes in Season 1, why they love the series, and how we can learn to better engage our culture from this animated show! What does Mr. Meeseeks represent? Who made the Meeseeks box? Where can I watch Rick and Morty? What was Snowball's name? Can Christians' be nihilistic? Why would a pastor...

Hosts Christian Ashley and Nick Polk are joined by special guest, Judy Noel, to discuss the first book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"! Why did they change the name to Sorcerer's Stone in America? Is Philosopher's Stone and Sorcerer's stone the same? Who is Harry Potter? Is Harry Potter a pagan series? Should we boycott this series in light of J. K. Rowling,...

Welcome back to the SG Drive-In! This week hosts, Elizabeth (Pangalangan) Clyde and TJ Blackwell discuss the 2010 summer blockbuster event, INCEPTION! Was this Christopher Nolan's best film? What is the main point of Inception? Was Cobb still dreaming? Was Inception a dream all along? What did the end of Inception mean? Did the movie start at the begining or end? How do we know what's real now? We...

We are back with another "what if... ?" episode! We forgot last month's so this time we combined two of the "what if" scenarios that were voted on by our followers in our Facebook group ! You voted for "What if Gandalf never returned from fighting the Balrog?" and "What if Captain America went to Middle Earth?"! So we work through what would happen without Gandalf then we ask if Steve Rogers could...

We are talking all about the one who started the rule of two this time! Hosts TJ Blackwell and Christian Ashley join forces to discuss the Darth Bane trilogy from the Star Wars legends canon! Who defeated Darth Bane? Is Palpatine actually Darth Bane? Who was Darth Bane master? What Jedi fought Darth Bane? What was Darth Bane's origin story? Who is Darth Zannah? How cool was Bane's lightsaber? How...

WE ARE BACK WITH A NEW DRIVE-IN SERIES!!!! This time it's the challenge round! For episode 1, Will Rose invites other hosts James Demmell and David Pizarro to watch the 1983 film, "WarGames"! What's up with the cornbread on the cob? What game do they play in WarGames? What is the message of WarGames? Should Christians be anti-war? What do the messages of the cold war in this film say about our cur...

We are back continuing our series discussing Disney's animated films, this time we are discussing the 1967 animated feature, "The Jungle Book" - Walt Disney's last film! Hosts Joshua Noel and Christian Ashley join together to discuss what they love about this classicmovie that ended the Silver Era of Disney's animated films! When did Walt Disney pass away? Why did the Disney company continue after...

We continue our series focusing on our annual theme of origins and the cosmology of our favorite fandoms, this time we are talking about the cosmology of the Marvel Universe! Hosts Will Rose and Josh Rosengrant are joined by special guest, Kevin Schaefer! Who are the celestials? Why are Galactus and Franklin Richards the last beings in our universe? Who are Knull, the Beyonder, and the Eternals? W...

We are back with another What's New episode! This is the first one we did live and shared to YouTube! Hosts Christian Ashley and Will Rose are joined by special guest, Pablo Acosta, to discuss Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! How great was this film?! Does across the Spiderverse have a cliffhanger? What is the main plot of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse? What is Spider-Man's "canon event"...

That's right we are discussing one of the greatest single season runs on TV this week - FIREFLY! Hosts Christian Ashley and Will Rose discuss this classic in geek culture and why we still love it so much, even recognizing the problems of Joss Whedon in hindsight! Why did firefly end so abruptly? When did firefly get canceled? Have you seen Serenity? Where to watch Serenity (2005)? Why do they call...

We are starting our journey through the anime series, "My Hero Academia", with hosts Elizabeth (Pangalangan) Clyde and Keno Cannady! We go through the Entrance Exam and Quirk Apprehension stories (the first 5 episodes) and discuss what it truly means to be a hero! Do heroes need powers or quirks? How did Izuku Midoriya, aka Deku, get the one for all? What is wrong with All Might? How do you become...

As part of our EVERY TRIBE, (denomi)NATION, & TONGUE convention, our hosts discussed what they geek out on that we don't think other hosts care enough about to do a whole episode on! Get to know your hosts better and our more unique interests in this special live episode! Why does Pastor Will love surfing so much? Are comicbooks like stained glass? How cool is Brandon's interest in Kung FU fil...

We continue our theme of the year, discussing the origins of our favorite IPs - this time discussing the world of Pokemon! Hosts, TJ Blackwell, Christian Ashley, and Elizabeth Pangalangan Clyde, get together and discuss the mysteries surrounding the creation of the pokemon world and whether Mew or Arceus is the Pokémon god! Who would have been the pokemon mascot, if not for Pikachu? Who is the fir...

We are back with another WHATS NEW! Hosts Elizabeth (Pangalangan) Clyde and Christian Ashley are joined by guest, Pablo Acosta, to discuss what's new in the geek world! What platform is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on? What is Star Wars Eclipse? Did too many Jedi survive order 66? Is Guardians 3 the final movie? What happens to Rocket in Guardians 3? WIll any of the Guardians return in the MCU? Who is...

As part of the EVERY TRIBE, (denomi)NATION, & TONGUE convention, we discuss what the Old Testament writers meant by "the heavens" and how the beings they imagined in the heavens compare to what we imagine lives up in space now! Will Rose hosts Joshua Noel of Dummy for Theology , TJ Blackwell of The Whole Church Podcast , Brandon Knight of My Seminary Life , and Christian Ashley of Let Nothing...

Come on grab your friends, we'll go to very distant lands, with hosts Joshua Noel and TJ Blackwell as they continue our year's theme of origins - this time discussing the origins in the show, "Adventure Time"! How did the Land of Ooo come to be? What was the great mushroom war? Which elements are the foundations of Ooo? Why is Simon the way he is in Adventure Time? Who is Gunther, really? Are the...

We are back with another what's news! There has been plenty going on in the geek world this week and hosts Nick Polk and Will Rose discuss it all! Was Guardians of the Galaxy 3 the perfect ending? How excited should we be for Dune 2? When is violence the best answer for systemic justice? Why isn't Star Wars Visions connected to the rest of the Star Wars cannon? Will there be more Guardians of the...

As a follow up to our KOTOR series, Christian Ashley and TJ Blackwell attempt to discuss the ever-popular MMO game, "Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic"! Neither played the game much though, so this was a shorter episode! If you had free range to be a Mandolorian, Jedi, Sith, or whoever you wanted to be in the Star Wars universe, who would you be? How man stories are there to tell in the O...

We discuss hosts, Christian Ashley and TJ Blackwell's, favorite game of all time in this one! Joining them on this special episode about "Knights of the Old Republic 2" is guest, Adam Behr! Who is the Exile? Did the Mandalorian war need to be stopped at any cost? Is the Exile canonically male or female? What are our favorite levels, characters, and planets in this game? Should we accept judgment w...

We are kicking off a new series with a whole group of hosts and guests! Hosts Elizabeth (Pangalangan) Clyde, Christian Ashley, and Nick Polk are joined by return guest James Demmel to discuss My Hero Academia! What does it take to be a true hero? Which quirk would you like to have? What has made this anime so popular?! Why do our hosts love this show? Who is your favorite and least favorite charac...

We are concluding our HBO series with a special episode discussing "The House of the Dragon" season 1! Are you team green or team black? What dragon fights are you looking forward to most? How is this related to Game of Thrones? Is House of Dragon in the books? How many seasons will they make? And how does the land of Westeros treat its women leaders? We discuss all this and more in this one! Let...

HAPPY ARBOR DAY! For this holiday special, we have two guests joining us! Brandon Knight of My Seminary Life returns and Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity and the Tolkien Heads joins us for the first time! They join hosts, Joshua Noel and Will Rose to discuss the lore behind the Lord of the Rings' Ents! The Ents are a race of humanoid trees in the Lord of the Rings who watch over the trees!...

We are back with more Game of Thrones content! Hosts, Christian Ashley and Keno Cannady, discuss the various religions of Westeros and what we can learn from these faiths as Christians! Who are the Old gods? Who are the seven? Who is the Many-Faced god? What religion was practiced in Valyria? What is the religion of Seven Kingdoms got? What gods did Game of Thrones worship? What religion do Targar...

This is our big reveal! The hosts of " My Seminary Life ", " Let Nothing Move You ", " The Whole Church Podcast ", and " Systematic Geekology " have come together to officially announce the launch of our new network! This announcement may be a little informal and crazy, but so are we! Joshua Noel, Christian Ashley, Brandon Knight, and Will Rose discuss why we made a podcast network, what the conne...

You voted and we delivered! WHAT IF... Jar Jar is a SITH?! Host Christian Ashley is joined by guest Brandon Knight to discuss Darth Jar Jar Binks! What do we think of the character Jar Jar? How did the theory of Jar Jar being a secret sith start? Is it really possible Jar Jar was playing us all all along? What happened to Jar Jar Binks after Episode 3? Did Jar Jar Binks become a Sith? Why is Jar J...