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A Geek History of Time: Full Episode

Salvadorians, adoption as human trafficking, apolitical filmmaking, continuing to spoil the film for Barry (because he's had enough time to watch it but we simply cannot tolerate how much he drags his feet on this). We finish our discussion of the film Logan with the incredibly thoughtful and delightful JStoobs  Tiktok: @jstoobs Instagram: @jsto.obs Twitter: @thejstoobs

Aging, Fatherhood, Childhood, and why the heck can't we get Barry to watch a damn film? Nerdy TikTok commentator JStoobs joins us for an inventory analysis of the film Logan. Tiktok: @jstoobs Instagram: @jsto.obs Twitter: @thejstoobs

Dr. C got to talk with our friends over at the Just Buy Less Coffee Podcast. We felt the discussion was so good, we should share it with y'all. 

 

You can't avoid the mention of misinformation or disinformation. But what's the difference and how are they used in our media landscape?

How would you insert the X-men into the MCU? Nur-D joins us again to discuss our hopes and dreams about our most beloved characters and ways we would want to see a future for them on the silver screen. 

We get together with musician and fellow nerd, Nur-d to talk about how his upbringing and consumption of nerd media shaped how he expresses himself and the music he makes.

 

   

 

Among other things, archeology studies artifacts of the past to learn about people and their cultures. What if we took the same approach to fictional media? Could we learn a little more about ourselves? Archeology professor Howard Williams joins us again to talk about his study of how the characters of The Walking Dead grapple with death and what this could say about us.

Vikings in media. It's complicated. Let's talk with one of THE Viking experts, Dr. Howard Williams about it.

Repeatedly, we see news stories that cover societal trauma surrounding the topic or influenced by race issues. How do you talk about these things with your kids in productive ways? What do you expose them to and how do you help them process these events in healthy ways?

We sit down with Jasmine Bradshaw to talk about kids and parental anxieties around pop culture.

Ed and Damian are back with us for a third episode to talk about banned books in public schools and the demise of the school librarian. 

Did you ever pause in the shower and reflect on how your favorite Pro Wrestler perpetuates a long running archetype in the South's Lost Cause Narrative? No, perhaps you will after this episode with Damian and Ed from A Geek History of Time podcast.

Tolkien was trying really hard to use LOTR as an allegory for Jesus, right? Well...

How much do genre categories shape our media consumption experience?

With ever-recurring controversy surrounding award shows for our favorite media, why do we even bother having them? We bring Shaylynn Lesinski back to talk about what these shows do for us in celebrating pop media, and what they could do better.

We often hear about how the MCU is deviating from the comics' storylines. Let's add to that by discussing how the MCU seems to downplay traditionally Jewish characters, and what's possibly at stake when they do. 

We have our first repeat guest, Rabbi Lenette Herzog, back to talk more about what coding, why so many early characters might be coded as jewish, and how much of that has been removed over time.