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 “teen movies” of the 90s and early 2000s! Our fourth episode is a thoughtful discussion regarding the 10 Things We […uhh…] Hate(?) About Mean Girls…as well as the “These’re All That” things that we actually enjoyed abou ..read more

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 Problem”, a toxic situation that has run rampant in the Star Trek fandom for far too long. A note on this episode’s length: The live webcast from which this audio was pulled ran approximately 3 hours, 10 minutes. While th ..read more

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 ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 88: House of the Dragon at Dragon Con 2023 Please consider checking out the&n ..read more

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 to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 87: Princess & th ..read more

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 neurodivergencies in high fantasy. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is ..read more

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 & Sass 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 minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 8 ..read more

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 aren’t really a part of. (While some minor sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound qua ..read more

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 was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podcast Episode 83: Tress of ..read more

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 sound editing was done to make the original recording somewhat easier on the ears, please keep in mind that this was recorded live and therefore the sound quality is uneven at best.) Geek Saga Podca ..read more

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 – against each other! Listen to find out who the audience voted as “The Worst Person in Westeros”…with plenty of hilarity and friendly debate along the way! (While some minor sound editing was done to mak ..read more