Galactic Driftwood

He's made his list. He's checked it twice. Now Krampus is coming to the Galactic Driftwood Podcast! Stu Burns is back for another round to talk about Krampus, and other dark Christmas legends. Christmas isn't always cookies and candy canes in every part of the world, and we're going to talk about some of the monsters that used to (and still may) stalk the Yule season. But first, Bill updates every...

Don't miss this power-up! This week Chris Cata joins us again for a high-level (see what I did there) discussion on video games. The Galactic Driftwood crew has varying degrees of experience with gaming, from the devoted to the casual observer. This week we're talking about our favorite games, game types, Twitch and everything else video games we can shove into an hour and change.

This week we rolled a nat twenty! We’re bringing you a big show this week! To start off, part of the Galactic Driftwood crew went to Anime Nebraskon to partake in the sites, sounds, cosplay and nerdery. We talk about our experiences there and about the panels that we hosted this year. Benito Garcia joins us again, this time to talk about GO-RPGs (Greater Omaha Roll Playing Games), as well as table...

Guys... I think that I might have been bit. Quick, before the fever sets in, we need to do this week’s episode of Galactic Driftwood. We’re talking about the new movie Zombieland 2: Double Tap. This week involves plenty of talk about zombie movies in general, Seth doesn’t like World War Z because it doesn’t have anything to do with the book, and we talk about the gene-hacking community and how it...

Grab your stakes and some holy water! This week on the Galactic Driftwood podcast we're joined, once again, by Stu Burns, author and folklorist to talk about vampires and other fiends. Be warned, this week you might learn a thing or two about all sorts of things.

Join the crew as we launch into the new sci-fi movie Ad Astra staring Brad Pitt, , Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland.  Beware, here there be spoilers!

Don't mind this vial of strange blue liquid. On this week's episode of Galactic Driftwood we're down to just John, Bill and Seth, but that's all we need to talk about Amazon's "The Boys" out now on their streaming channel.  Join us as we discuss the "heroes" of this new show and other ridiculous super heroes in general. We're also talking about Good Omens, then finishing up with toxic fandom....

Join the crew of the USS Galactic Driftwood as we visit the House of Conundrum and experience "The Final Frontier" escape room trying desperately to repair a crashed Klingon scout ship and escape the planet before hostile Klingon reinforcement arrive and obliterate us! We Interview one of the creative geniuses behind the House of Conundrum, learn about their other amazing escape rooms, and find ou...

Fall is in the air as Halloween decorations fill the stores so it seems appropriate that in this episode we interview Benito Garcia of Wetworks SFX Studio and review the recently released "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" horror movie. Wetworks SFX studio is known for it's premier horror effects having working on numerous local films such as "Shivers Down Your Spine," "The Eyes of Isabelle," and...

Everyone put your black sunglasses on, 'cause we're definitely going to have to neuralyze anyone not cleared for this week's content. This week Audie, Seth, Bill and John talk about the upcoming "raid" on Area 51, Netflix's new documentary on Bob Lazar, and related conspiracy theories.  We finally get to talk about Avengers: Endgame and once again reflect on just  how good  Galaxy Q...

Follow us down into our secret, underground base for Episode 30 of Galactic Driftwood! This week, Seth gets spoiled on Season 3 of Stranger Things, tease Audie with the prospect about talking about Endgame, and devote more time than we probably needed to talking about subterranean lairs. 

Fire up your Flux capacitors and join us a week  before Ocon! This week we’re going through the Goo Hole and into the Upside Down, doing a deep dive into Stranger Things. Join us for for our review of the series leading up to Season 3, and all the questions we hope it will answer.

Join Bill, Jenna, Charles and Audie for a live podcast from the Project Nerd Pavilion at OCon Expo 2019 on Saturday, June 29th (day 2), of the convention.  Find out why Jenna want's to slice off Bill's head, where in the world are Seth and John, some of the amazing costumes we've seen, panels we've attended and some of the crazy stuff going on at this years OCon Expo!

Activate forward deflector screens, we're going in! It's time for Episode 27 of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. The local sci-fi and fantasy convention season is winding down, but not before OCon at the MidAmerica Center in Council Bluffs. Galactic Driftwood will be there and we're excited to get all dressed up, host a couple panels and meet a bunch of new nerds, creators and geek celebs. This wee...

Saddle up your dragons, it's time for Episode 26 of Galactic Driftwood! We start off by talking about ConQuest 50, which just finished up in Kansas City last weekend. Bill and Seth both attended and have plenty to talk about. In other news, the Game of Thrones is over and there's plenty to talk about there as well. Tune in to hear our (cough) expert (cough) opinions. Links to things discussed in t...

Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! In Episode 25, the Galactic Driftwood crew takes a wormhole to Lyons Nebraska to visit Bill Hedges, creator of the Cosmic Cat sci-fi series on YouTube. He gave us a tour of his studio, and some of the other fantastic things that he's built by hand, including sets, and replica ships, not to mention his freakin' adorable cat Penny. If that isn't enough to convince you...

Tighten up your cosplay; it’s time for Episode 24 of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. It's peak convention season, and this time around we visited ConStellation for it's 10th year in Lincoln, NE. This week we're talking about this smaller, local convention and the delights available there. Also in nerd news, what is even going on with Star Trek: Discovery, and what's going to happen next on Game of...

Ignite your lightsabers, cause it’s time for Episode 23 of the Galactic Driftwood Podcast. We’re back from our trip to experience the wonder and majesty of Planet Comicon in Kansas City. We saw some awesome cosplay, some great panels, and bought a lot of lightsabers (collectively) and we’re going to be talking about all of it. And how could we not talk about that Star Wars Episode IX teaser that d...

Bad news for all the Skrulls in the audience: In Episode 22, the Galactic Driftwood crew are talking about Captain Marvel and Alita: Battle Angel. Don’t worry, we’re not doing a “which one is better” show. We liked them both and now you get to listen to what we thought about both of them. Be forewarned though. Here there be spoilers!

Dial up your hyperdrives, its time for Episode 21 of Galactic Driftwood!  With convention season underway, and the crew headed to Planet Comicon in Kansas City this weekend, we thought it would be good to have a discussion about the do's and don'ts of cons.  What do you want to bring?  If you cosplay, what are some good ideas?  We also talk about our favorite cons in the Omaha...

In Part 2 of Episode 20, witness the inevitable doom that befalls our brave adventurers! This is the conclusion of our game of Betrayal at House on the Hill during our excursion to Sparta Games in Omaha.

All Hell breaks loose when the hosts of Galactic Driftwood visit Sparta Games and attempt to defeat the boundless evil that dwells within the House on the Hill. Join us as we play "Betrayal at House on the Hill" and find out who our real friends are!

Episode 19 is the second part of our two-part discussion on time travel. ... Or is it the first part? The timelines are starting to become a little confused as the crew talks about more of our favorite movies and shows with time travel. We also talk about whether or not we'd personally travel to the future, provided that John is wrong and there is a future to travel to.

Episode 18 features a discussion of time travel as portrayed in television and movies. Time dilation, self-consistent, history changing - single universe, history changing - multiple universe, temporal loop time travel... we tackle it all. This is part 1 of a two-episode time travel discussion.

Enter the Darkest Timeline. In episode 17 we’re talking about multiverses, in and out of comic books. The cast of Galactic Driftwood went to see Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse and we talk about that, and other multiverses. Not that we stay on topic. This weeks discussion ranges from vampiric life-extentions to who goes evil and how. Join us for another week of maximum nerdiness!