Geek Saga Podcast

Episode 103 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 5, “Regent”. 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 Aemond’s rise, Daemon’s downfall, and more from this week’s episo...

Episode 102 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 4, “The Red Dragon and the Gold”. 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 Tommy of the TKOK Podcast Network (also a lover of ASOIA...

Episode 101 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 3, “The Burning Mill”. 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 happy to announce that the Team Green Propaganda train really lost some steam...

Episode 100 (!!!) of The Geek Saga Podcast is the third episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY This being a somewhat momentous epis...

Episode 99 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 2, “Rhaenyra the Cruel”. 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 back to call out more Team Green Propaganda in their discussion of “Rh...

Episode 98 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon ‘s season 2 premiere, “A Son for a Son”. 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 Patrick (also Unsullied) to discuss “A Son for a Son&#8...

Episode 97 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the second episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY I gave my friends a list of three topics I...

Episode 96 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 1 of a show we love – and that essentially inspired us to start this series – Battlestar Galactica! 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...

Episode 95 of The Geek Saga Podcast is my very first solo podcast and the first episode in my new “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, in which I’ll pick a different subject for each episode – one that I can connect to personal experiences I’ve had – and, well, try to stay on topic as I rant and/or ramble about it for a while! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY The timing o...

Episode 94 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our first Media That Made Us discussion about a show we love – and that essentially inspired us to start this series – Battlestar Galactica! (Specifically, the miniseries.) GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor kick off this new “Media that Made Us&#8...

Episode 93 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our fifth 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about what is possibly the “Big Boss” of 90s & Noughties Cringe – 1999’s American Pie ! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor are back for yet another Cringe Factor installment, in which...

Episode 92 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on the recent Team Black vs. Team Green trailers for 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) break down the newest trailers for season 2 of House of the Dragon , including their Hot (...

Episode 91 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our fourth 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about the ‘new classic’ 2004 film Mean Girls ! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes and 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor are back for yet another Cringe Factor installment, in which we watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “...

Episode 90 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “When Fandom Goes Too Far Part 2: The #StopToxicFandom Movement” on December 30th, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and special guests Paul Jenkins, Mary Anne Butler, and Bill Watters as we discuss the #StopToxicFandom movement, featuring an in-depth look at our experiences with “The Axanar Prob...

Episode 89 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our third 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1999’s Never Been Kissed , starring Drew Barrymore! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from the Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes are back for the next episode in our Cringe Factor podcast series, in which we watch, dissect, and discuss the most popular “teen movies&#82...

Episode 88 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the House of the Dragon panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Violette L. Meier, Rebecca Fant, and Seth Lockhart, this panel focused on the first season of HBO’s House of the Dragon . (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ear...

Episode 87 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Princess and the Queen panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Rebecca Fant and featuring myself, High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang, and Nami Sparrow, this panel focused on the relationship between Alicent and Rhaenyra in HBO’s House of the Dragon . (While some minor sound editing was done t...

Episode 86 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Madness of the King panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Brian D. Anderson, Ryan Cahill, Dakota Krout, and K.N. Lee, this panel discussed how, as society’s understanding of mental health and neurodivergence has evolved, so have the depictions of mental health and neurodivergen...

Episode 85 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Shadow & Bone Season 2 panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself with assistance from my fellow Sagas & Sa ss cohost Nami, and also featuring Kevin Davis, this panel was all about season 2 of Netflix’s Shadow & Bone , based on Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels. (While some min...

Episode 84 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Loner vs. Community panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Jay Boyce, JF Brink, Gail Z. Martin, Frank Morin, and William Joseph Roberts, this panel focused on why most post-apocalypse stories are about loners and the factors that can drive loners to become pillars of societies they ar...

Episode 83 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Tress of the Emerald Sea panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Christina Goodman and featuring myself, John G. Hartness, Frank Morin, and Kevin Davis, this panel focused on Brandon Sanderson’s novel Tress of the Emerald Sea and its place in the Cosmere as a whole. (While some minor sound editing wa...

Episode 82 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2023: The Hangover” on September 16th, 2023. 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 2023! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 82: Drinkin’ Con 2023 – The...

Episode 81 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Please Adapt This panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Milton J. Davis, JM Paquette, Andrea Stewart, and Tao Wong, this panel focused on the books we want to see made into shows or movies and what we think keeps certain stories from being adapted for these mediums. (While some minor...

Episode 80 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Dragon Con High Fantasy Track Director Jen and featuring myself, my Sagas & Sass co-host Nami, and Seth Lockhart, this panel put some of the [really] bad ladies & gents from ASOIAF/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon to the test &#821...

Episode 79 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v7.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2023] Webcast” , on August 19th, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2023…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 79 – Drinkin’ Con v7.0...