Geek Saga Podcast

Episode 128 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about Battlestar Galactica ‘s “Accountability Arc”, encompassing BSG season 3 episodes 4 – 11. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we&#8...

Episode 127 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from The Rogue Prince fan panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of  the Fandom Hybrid podcast , author Ryan Cahill, and Rebecca Fant, this panel was alllll about the admired, beloved, and, yes, reviled , “Rogue Prince” P...

Episode 126 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 7th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and my first ever travelogue episode on just SOME of our recent experiences in Japan! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY In regard to this particular episode’s name – just to be clear it is a silly play on words, specifically my Best Laid PLANS for JAPAN. This is just part 1 of what will...

Episode 125 of The Geek Saga Podcast is a HOLIDAY SPECIAL edition of our 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor series, in which we dig into the ultimate thread-weaving Christmas movie…2003’s Love Actually ! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes, Media That Made Us, and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor are back for yet another Cringe Fa...

Episode 124 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about Battlestar Galactica ‘s “New Caprica Arc”, encompassing season 2 episodes 18-20 and season 3 episodes 1-3. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in...

Episode 123 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about the Battlestar Galactica TV movie Razor . GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we’ll watch and reminisce about shows, movies, other media we come up...

Episode 122 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Red Rising Saga fan panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Chelsea Darouse and featuring myself, Marcie Aaron, and Marisa Wolf, this panel was a general fan discussion of the Red Rising Saga by Pierce Brown. We talked fave characters, fave book in the series so far, whether we prefer Victra over Mustang,...

Episode 121 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 13-17, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Perfidy Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we&#...

Episode 120 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 6th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and my first ever solo episode that’s “all Halloween, all the time”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Including stories from friends and family (thanks to Bekah, Jeff, Danni, Christy, and Chris!) interspersed with my own Halloween reminiscences, this episode takes you through some...

Episode 119 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 10-12, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Pegasus Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we&#...

Episode 118 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 5th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and includes a brief ‘day in the life’ recording that I made earlier this month! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Along with the day in the life portion of this episode (which includes mention of bras, BLTs, and butter), the introduction mentions four organizations from Western North Ca...

Episode 117 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Aegon’s Conquest panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang, Courtenay Cody, and Rebecca Fant, this panel explored the events that united Westeros under the Targaryen banner. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original re...

Episode 116 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 1-9, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Aftermath Arc”! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor continue their “Media that Made Us” series – in which we&#...

Episode 115 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast , Billy Todd, and Seth Lockhart, this panel began with 8 House of the Dragon characters and narrowed them down via brackets until w...

Episode 114 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Walking Dead Universe panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Michael Frost and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast , and Doug Burbey, this panel focused on the past, present, and future of the Walking Dead universe! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original...

Episode 113 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2024: The Hangover” on September 14th, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we discuss what we did, what we missed, what we loved and what we didn’t, at Dragon Con 2024! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 113: Drinkin’ Con 2024 – Th...

Episode 112 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the House of the Dragon Season 2 panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Courtenay Cody, Ryan Cahill, and Billy Todd, this panel focused on season 2 of House of the Dragon as well as how we feel about the future of the show! (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original re...

Episode 111 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Stormlight Archive Speculation panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Billy Todd and featuring myself, Christina Goodman, and Kevin A. Davis, this panel featured speculation on what’s to come in book 5 of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive! (While some minor sound editing was done to make...

Episode 110 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our HOTTEST HotD Takes from House of the Dragon season 2! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny , a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by Seth ( season 1, episode 4 ) for this HotD season 2 summary episode that covers our favorite hot tak...

Episode 109 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v8.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2024] Webcast” , on August 17th, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2024…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 109: Drinkin’ Con v8.0 Pre...

Episode 108 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 finale, “The Queen Who Ever Was”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny , a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by guests Patrick and Alex discuss how the season 2 finale was basically j...

Episode 107 of The Geek Saga Podcast – an interview with Red Dead’s History author Tore C. Olsson – originally aired as a live webcast on August 2, 2024 . GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join me for this interview with Tore C. Olsson, the award-winning historian and University of Tennessee professor whose book “Red Dead’s History: A Video Game, An Obsession, and America&...

Episode 106 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 7, “The Red Sowing”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny , a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss Oscar Tully as the HotD version of Lyanna Mormont, the Sowing of the Seeds, and mo...

Episode 105 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 6, “Smallfolk”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny , a Game of Thrones fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss the “return” of OUR KING, Team Black Propaganda Boats, and more, fro...

Episode 104 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the fourth episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and features me doing a short but actually pretty focused ramble about Red Dead Online! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY I definitely have quite a bit more to say about Red Dead, but before I got into my cosplay, travel, and event experiences, I wanted to do a quick jaunt into my feelings about...