Geek Between the Lines

After seeing The Magicians cast at Enchanticon, Britt and Chris share stories from meeting Summer Bishil and Hale Appleman, clips from insightful and hilarious panel conversations, and mini interviews with some of the awesome fans they got to meet! Listen to the whole Magicians watch-through at bit.ly/magicians-podcast and get your Fillory button and Eliot card here: bit.ly/fillorybutton and bit.l...

Britt and Chris discuss the character arcs of Haymitch, Maysilee, and Ampert in "The Rascal," thinking about radicalization, class conscience, and community action. They also explore the 50th arena’s capitalist messages and how we sing the songs of the dead. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amaz...

Britt and Chris begrudgingly dive into this horrible chapter, discussing Ampert's end, Haymitch's thoughts on death, backup generators, and Palestinian and Native American acts of resistance. They also explore quite a few POVs, including Wiress, Capitol citizens, tributes, and Gamemakers. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, b...

Britt and Chris are back to discuss hope (gasp!), disappeared and tortured bodies, Lou Lou's ferocity, Haymitch creating a fan identity, and Capitol elitism complete with grape juice goblet etiquette. They also explore the POVs of Lenore Dove, Maysilee Donner, and sweet hugging boy Ampert. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content,...

Britt and Chris dive into Wyatt and Lou Lou's deaths, undocumented immigrant labor, ideas about canaries, and how Haymitch boldly screamed, "Enough!" at the end of the chapter. They also explore the POVs of President Snow, Haymitch's mother, and even a little bit of Katniss in her first Games. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy...

Britt and Chris finish their discussion on Chapter 15, exploring Newcomers strategies, the "launch room," ideas of abundance and of course poisoning the environment. They also think about the POVs of Wiress seeing her mentees off, Maysilee preparing to enter the arena, and Capitol citizens viewing the start of the 50th Hunger Games. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review...

There was way too much to discuss in Chapter 15, so Britt and Chris split their discussion into two parts. This first part explores the District 11 tributes finding out about Lou Lou, THE GROUP HUG 😭, and Effie Trinket seeing Haymitch off into the Games. They also think about the pull Haymitch feels to help his fellow Newcomers and several parallels to the other Hunger Games books. Please tell a...

Britt and Chris talk all about Lenore Dove and Haymitch's phone call (and Britt being a weird teenager), ideas of freedom and forbidden songs, and the Hunger Games being a "family-friendly" show. They also explore the POVs of off-page Beetee and distraught Lenore Dove. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one...

With a lot going on in the world, Britt and Chris wanted to have a different kind of episode that is one part serious and one part fun! It includes a little US-Iran history and some Panem capitalist enterprises the Capitol would definitely have (or at least have tried and failed at). Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become...

Britt and Chris dive into meme culture, Effie's patriotic speech, Caesar's palate cleansers, and Lou Lou's hissing accusations. They also think about the POVs of Effie joining the District 12 team and Marrilee watching the interviews from home. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amazing patrons to get more...

Britt and Chris discuss the tributes' interview prep, the power of stage presence, and Drusilla knowing a riot when she sees one. They also think about the connection between empathy and relatability, and explore the POVs of Wiress mentoring Wyatt and Maysilee disliking mockingjays. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become...

Britt and Chris think about lovesick Haymitch, District 9's sunflower tokens, if Ampert knows he's going to die, and how #SuperSillySnow puts pettines above logic (as per usual). They also make several connections to the other Hunger Games books and explore the POVs of Maysilee winning over District 9 and Wyatt protecting Lou Lou. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podc...

Britt and Chris of course must discuss "Lou Lou" and all of the horrible elements surrounding her forced insertion into the 50th Games. They also explore some choice Haymitch lines, Plutarch being Plutarch, arsenic complexion wafers, and the POVs of Mags and Maysilee. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one o...

Britt and Chris think about Haymitch and Maysilee's character arcs in Part I and include some conversations from their Patreon meet-up. They also discuss the narrative threads of lies, Capitol weakness, and community action, tying them to the original trilogy and Songbirds and Snakes. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, becom...

Britt and Chris jump into some great conversations about mansions, sabotage as resistance, Snow's caricature of the Covey, and the huge Heavensbee library complete with a hidden bar. They also explore the POVs of sad-for-himself Snow and  we-don't-know-if-he's-a-rebel-yet Plutarch. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become o...

Britt and Chris discuss the Newcomers alliances, potato batteries, District 6 kids, and the goodest boy Ampert. They also explore Wyatt being coded as on the autistic spectrum, in addition to the POVs of token master Maysilee and poor, poor Beetee. Link to the video britt mentioned: https://bit.ly/newton-of-gaza Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you rea...

Britt and Chris jump into discussions on Panem surveillance, the tributes considering what they want in their Hunger Games, and that pot of grief soup. They also explore Haymitch's desire for the Capitol to see tributes as people, along with the POVs of Wise Wiress and Magnificent Mags. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, bec...

Britt and Chris bow to Haymitch's snarky audacity, laugh over Wiress' Hunger Games fails, celebrate Collins' evocative writing, and launch a new segment to rave about Mags. They also discuss Olympic Villages and ideas of disobedience, along with the POVs of Wyatt Callow, Maysilee Donner, and President Snow. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really e...

Britt and Chris dive into conversations about insecticide showers, the backstage chaos of kids musicals, Lenore Dove's willingness to sacrifice, and the fiasco of the 50th Opening Ceremony. They also explore Haymitch's last conversation with Louella McCoy and the POVs of Proserpina, Vitus, and Magno Stift. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really en...

Britt and Chris discuss the icon that is Maysilee Donner and THE SLAP . They also laugh about birthday singing and what the Capitol would do with AI, and end with an exploration of clothing imports, US military bases, and the POVs of Drusilla Sickle and Wyatt Callow. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amazi...

Britt and Chris explore the good, the bad, and the amazing moments on the train. They also discuss the Potosí silver mine, some Romani history, and the POVs of Louella McCoy and Maysilee Donner. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amazing patrons to get more of it for just $1 per month here: https://www.patr...

For Chapter 2, Britt and Chris discuss important differences between the 50th and 74th reapings, Haymitch's brief goodbyes, the very dreadful Drusilla Sickle, and the prioirty of cinematic production vs district control. They also explore the POVs of both Plutarch Heavensbee and a random district kid. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy o...

Covering Chapter 1, Britt and Chris discuss defiant District 12 families, the inevitability of the Hunger Games, the Goose and the Common song, and of course Courtesy of the Capitol butt shorts. They also explore the POVs of Lenore Dove and Haymitch's mother, and the unexpected end to the first chapter of Sunrise on the Reaping . Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podca...

Britt and Chris introduce their new read-through podcast for Sunrise on the Reaping , including a bit about themselves and what they hope to find in the new Hunger Games book. Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amazing patrons to get more of it for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetween...

In a final Magicians episode, Britt and Chris have fun with a little Q & A and then sort the series' main characters into Hogwarts Houses! Grab your Fillory button sticker and Eliot card at: https://www.lacelit.com/shop Please tell a geeky friend about us and leave a review on your podcast app! If you really enjoy our content, become one of our amazing patrons to get more of it for just $1 per...