Galactic Driftwood

Catchphrase! The crew of the Galactic Driftwood has intercepted another transmission from your planet! Thanks to the pandemic, we weren't able to catch Free Guy in the theater, so we were happy to finally be able to watch it on streaming, and it did not disappoint. Tune in for our review and stick around while we talk about the end of the first season of Vox Machina! You can catch Free Guy on Disn...

This is the way. Greetings, humans, from the bridge of the Galactic Driftwood! This week, we're talking about the end of The Book of Boba Fett, or The Mandalorian Season 2.5. Well... we actually spend most of our time talking about Din (Mando) and Grogu and completely forget about poor Boba. But don't worry, there's still plenty of stuff to talk about in the latter half of the season. Leave us a c...

Not gonna lie to you guys... we're talking about video games for a while. Welcome back to the Galactic Driftwood Podcast! This week we're getting caught up on some nerd news and talking about a variety of topics, starting with the recent Nintendo Direct that landed the other week and the various news coming off of that. We're going to talk about more topics around gaming that range from beginner t...

With great power comes great spoiler warnings. Greetings from the crew of the good starship Galactic Driftwood! We're back with another look back at your "popular Earth culture." This week, we're talking about the latest entry into the MCU's Spiderman. We're warning you now, there's a lot of spoilers in this episode. Not only for Spiderman, but we're also going to talk about The Book of Boba Fett!...

Ok gang, it’s time to roll for initiative! This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast there are too many shows to watch! This week we’re going to be talking about Archive 81, currently airing on Netflix, along with A Discovery Of Witches. As if we didn’t have enough to watch, we’re also keeping up with Amazon’s new show, The Legend of Vox Machina, which has somehow gotten around Bill and Linda’s...

A long time ago, in an amusement park, far far away... Bill went shopping again. Welcome back for another broadcast from the Galactic Driftwood Podcast! This week we're starting off with a some show and tell from Bill, who just got some new Droids for us to "Oooo" and "Ahhhh" over. Not content with one universe worth of stuff, then we're going to jump over to the Alpha Quadrant and talk about all...

Seriously though, look up! The crew of the good starship the U.S.S. Galactic Driftwood are a good looking and light-hearted group. As such, we like to watch the occasional feel-good movie of the year and just relax. Something funny and enjoyable without all those annoying "politics" or "pitch dark satire of the current world." Won't you join us as we discuss last year's "feel good movie", Don't Lo...

"No llamas were hurt during the production of this film. Just the dignities of all involved." We here at the Galactic Driftwood Podcast are fans of quality cinema. But, every now and again, we as sci-fi fans have to remember that it's not all "good special effects", "quality writing" and "understandable plot" that make science fiction and genre film. Sometimes, it's just that guy, who knows a guy...

"A true witcher should never abandon poultry in distress." -Geralt of Rivia Welcome geeks and nerds to another episode of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. This week we're mostly talking about the newest season of The Witcher on Netflix. Monsters, mages, and mayhem make up the world of the Witcher and we're going to talk about what happens, so consider this your spoiler alert . We're also going to t...

No one can tell you what the Matrix is.   Happy New Year and welcome back to the Galactic Driftwood Podcast for our first episode of 2022! We’re kicking things off with our discussion on The Matrix: Resurrections. We’re going back into the Matrix, probably not for the first time in twenty years for many of us, but certainly our first new trip into that world. This is your first, but not final...

"It's time to upgrade my optics to iEyes 3.0 ." What's going to happen when the sun finally gets tired of our BS and sends a nice little flare to half-bake the planet? It's a pretty fun and happy question for the last show of 2021. Thankfully, we'll be answering the question by watching Finch, currently streaming on AppleTV+, and Automata (available for rent through multiple sources). Whatever hap...

"Silent Night, Blasphemous Night. Great Ones reign, Death's in sight! " Welcome to another Christmas episode of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. We're once again joined by show favorite Stu Burns to talk about the darker aspects of the holiday season! This time we're going to talk about Elves, a horror series now streaming on Netflix, and talking about the folklore that inspired it. We'll also talk...

“ The Wheel of Time  turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving mem ories that become legend ”   –   Robert Jordan. Welcome back for a new episode of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. This week we’re talking about The Wheel of Time, the show, not the books, now airing on Amazon Prime. While that should be enough for any one podcast, we’re also going to touch base on The Expanse, The Witch...

1) A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Science fiction is full to bursting of what will happen at the advent of the Singularity, or the robot uprising...but what's it going to look like in real life? This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast we're looking at some of the latest technology news, including robots with realistic human expr...

Truth is stranger than fiction...and our fiction is pretty strange! Welcome back to the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. This week we are, once again, joined by our good friend Stu Burns! He's here this week to talk about Bigfoot, Nebraska Tourism, and the odd intersection of those two subjects. But first, Bill and Linda will regale us with tales of how they survived the Martian menace at this year's T...

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Galactic Driftwood podcast! We wanted to do kind of a retrospective on the previous 99 episodes with guests that we've had on over the course of our run. And this was our mistake! This week we're joined by Stu Burns (who will be back for the next episode) and Benito Garcia. Our plans went out the window when Seth and Benito got talking about 3d Printing (drove o...

Gilgamesh was best. Don't @ me. This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast we're going back to the movies! While we've talked about some movies on the podcast over the pandemic, Marvel's Eternals is one of the first movies we've gone back to theaters for. We've all got thoughts on Marvel's newest addition to the MCU and we're eager to share them with you, with the forewarning that ahead there be...

Join us this week as we dive into the metaverse!  Facebook is now Meta and working to create the next generation of the Internet combined with Virtual Reality.  What will it mean for you?  Will the metaverse just be a means for Facebook to gobble up more of your metadata?  Listen in and find out what we like and don’t like, the dangers, pitfalls, and irritations we may encounte...

"To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well." - Isaac Asimov, Foundation This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast we're talking about AppleTV's new show Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov's science fiction classic. Bill, in particular, has been looking forward to this show and has been reading the books to prepare. Join us as we discuss this epic of science fiction. W...

The Spice Must Flow! Journey, once again, to Arrakis, the Desert Planet, home to the Fremen and the giant sandworms, with the cast of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. Granted, the story of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction shouldn't need one, but spoiler warning none-the-less. We're going to be talking about what happens in the movie, characters and story points, so consider yourself forewarn...

Who ya gonna call? The Galactic Driftwood Podcast! We're back for another week, once again with special guest host Stu Burns to talk about the many paranormal and haunted locations in Nebraska. It's October, and if there was ever a time to tell a few ghost stories, this is it! So tune in and listen to Stu and company talk about spooky stuff happening in small (and big!) town Nebraska. Trust me. We...

Fly me to the mooooooon and let me play among the stars. This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast we're joined by Eric Jon Larson (aka Lord Bobbins), organizer, writer, and mad genius extraordinaire behind TeslaCon. TeslaCon is the largest annual immersion event for Steampunk fans in North America and is a standout among steampunk conventions for its ability to immerse attendees in a steampunk...

Vision vs. profitability. Art vs business. Good vs. evil! This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast, Stu Burns is back to talk about Mario Bava, a fantastic Italian horror movie director who has largely fallen by the wayside and been forgotten. Regarded as the father of the modern slasher flick, his films suffered from being edited, and changed for foreign audiences as studio big wigs re-cut the...

Trick or treat! Get your pumpkin spice latte's and get ready for fall to be here at last! This week we've got Stu Burns back on for the first of two shows! This week we're talking about upcoming events, including, National Novel Writing Month, Grand Con, MysticFest, the Paranormal Circus and more! Join us as we go in-depth on NaNoWriMo and the con situation in the Omaha area. Plus, a special first...

On the first night, you hear him. On the second night, you see him. On the third night, you feel him. 2020 and 2021 have been a bit rough on all of us, including the movie industry. This week on the Galactic Driftwood Podcast, we're talking about a horror movie that slipped through the cracks during the long, dark pandemic (and the Fox / Disney merger): The Empty Man. Join us as we discuss a great...