The Movies, TV Shows, and other Geeks Stories that impacted us! Justin
Why Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse is SO GOOD
What makes Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse so good? Jay, Nick, and Scilla
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The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey
Is the Hero’s Journey different from the Heroine’s Journey? On today’s podcast,
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The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey
Is the Hero’s Journey different from the Heroine’s Journey? On today’s podcast,
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Best Universal Monster Movies – Classic Monster Movies and Re-Makes!
This week, Sandra, Nick, and Chris Salce from Filmthreat take a look
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The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey
Is the Hero’s Journey different from the Heroine’s Journey? On today’s podcast,
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Top 10 Geek “Hidden Gems” on Streaming Services – Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Comic Book Stories
Top 10 Hidden Geek Gems… …that you can stream right now on
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Most Impactful Geek Stories: The Phantom Menace, LOTR, LOST, and Avatar: The Last Airbender – Justin and Nataly
The Movies, TV Shows, and other Geeks Stories that impacted us! Justin
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Most Impactful Geek Stories: The Phantom Menace, LOTR, LOST, and Avatar: The Last Airbender – Justin and Nataly
The Movies, TV Shows, and other Geeks Stories that impacted us! Justin
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How ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ changed Star Wars forever
Why Episode V turned Star Wars into the franchise we know and
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Jedi Religion and Sith Philosophy: Star Wars Religion Explained
The Story Geeks host and author Jay Sherer explains the religions of The Force in Star Wars. What do the Jedi and Sith believe? Plus, what we do and don’t know about the concepts like light side and dark side, and ‘balance’ in the Force.
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How ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ changed Star Wars forever
Why Episode V turned Star Wars into the franchise we know and love today “The Empire Strikes Back” — regarded
Continue reading »Most Impactful Geek Stories: The Phantom Menace, LOTR, LOST, and Avatar: The Last Airbender – Justin and Nataly
The Movies, TV Shows, and other Geeks Stories that impacted us! Justin and Nataly discuss the stories that shaped their
Continue reading »Snowpiercer – Is the world doomed to injustice and classism?
Snowpiercer… Nihilism on a Train? Daryl, Justin, Nick, and special guest Helen O’Hara dig deeper into the modern science fiction
Continue reading »Looking back on the best arcs of ‘The Clone Wars’ series
After six years of waiting, the animated Star Wars series “The Clone Wars” returned in early 2020 for an epic
Continue reading »Storytelling and Gaming – The Stories Driving Great Video Games
How do the stories in video games impact us? Do video games have an impact on how we behave? What
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Star Wars ‘Queen’s Shadow’ ebook available for free download – here’s what we thought!
It’s Star Wars Day — May the Fourth be with you! In celebration, starwars.com announced that E.K. Johnston’s Padmé Amidala
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The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey …is there a difference between the two or are they the same? Jay
Continue reading »Why Miles Morales is the best Spider-Man
By this point, we’ve seen quite a few versions of Spider-Man on the big screen. Each actor has brought something
Continue reading »Why Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse is SO GOOD
What makes Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse so good? Jay, Nick, and Scilla are joined by Alan Ng from Film Threat
Continue reading »Stuck at home? Now is a great time to watch the BBC’s ‘Merlin’ series
When The Story Geeks chose “hidden gems” on streaming services as the topic for this week’s podcast, I knew right
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The Hero’s Journey vs. The Heroine’s Journey
Is the Hero’s Journey different from the Heroine’s Journey? On today’s podcast, actor, director, and producer Victoria Hansen and Joel
Continue reading »Top 10 Geek “Hidden Gems” on Streaming Services – Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Comic Book Stories
Top 10 Hidden Geek Gems… …that you can stream right now on Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Starz, and more! This
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Why the ‘Wonder Woman’ movie still matters – especially in these uncertain times
‘Wonder Woman’s’ message of hope during global crisis I wasn’t surprised, but I was deeply saddened when I heard that
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Batman v Superman – Director’s Commentary
Jay Breaks Down Zack Snyder’s Director Commentary for Batman v Superman (from VERO) Jay’s Notes from Zack Snyder’s VERO Director’s
Continue reading »The Most Impactful Geek Stories That Shaped Us with Sandra, Nick, and Scilla
The Geek Movies That Made Us… …and TV Shows, and Video Games, and Books! What geek stories impacted us? This week, Sandra
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren’ – Comic Book Review [Part 2]
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren’ – Comic Book Review [Part 2] Why Kylo Ren deserved to be redeemed,
Continue reading »Frozen Podcast – Digging Deeper into Frozen 1 & 2
This week, Justin leads a conversation with Sandra, Nataly, and Daryl as they dig deeper into FROZEN 1 & 2! Listen
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren’ – Comic Book Review
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren’ – Comic Book Review Why Kylo Ren turned to the Dark Side, plus
Continue reading »Best Universal Monster Movies – Classic Monster Movies and Re-Makes!
This week, Sandra, Nick, and Chris Salce from Filmthreat take a look at Universal’s Monster Movies on The Story Geeks
Continue reading »Writing Group: How to Start and Run a GREAT Writing Group
Writing Group: How to Start and Run a GREAT Writing Group
Continue reading »Finding hope (and laughter) at ‘The World’s End’
If you’d walked up to me on Jan. 1, 2020, and told me that by springtime I’d be working remotely
Continue reading »How Movies Tell Us to Act During a Pandemic
World War Z, The Walking Dead, Contagion, Outbreak, Shaun of the Dead, and even Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame have
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Best Sci-Fi TV Shows on Netflix 2020
Best Sci-fi TV Shows on Netflix
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Best Sci-fi Movies on Netflix 2020
Wondering what to binge watch on Netflix? Here are the Movies to Stream on Netflix RIGHT NOW!
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My favorite characters from the Lord of the Rings – and why they matter to me
Asking someone to pick their favorite character from the Lord of the Rings is a little like asking someone to
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Screenwriting 101: How to Write a Short Film
Jay Sherer has written over a dozen short films, co-produced three of them, and has published a novel and several
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Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? Why Lord of the Rings has such GREAT Characters
Why the Lord of the Rings has such great characters… that’s what we discuss today on The Story Geeks Podcast! For the first
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‘Anyone can be a hero’ and other important lessons we can learn from Frodo and Sam in the Lord of the Rings
If you were to ask someone who’d never read or watched the Lord of the Rings before to guess who
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Religion in Lord of the Rings – The Spirituality and Philosophy Guiding The Lord of the Rings
Religion in Lord of the Rings Due to a catastrophic technical failure… last week’s podcast with Justin and Sandra on
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‘The road goes ever on and on’: Looking back on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and its cultural impact
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost 20 years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released
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Why Lord of the Rings is Great – The Brilliant Storytelling Behind Lord of the Rings
Jay, Daryl, and special guest, Andrew Peterson – author of the Wingfeather Saga – dig deeper into one of the
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What makes the Joker a popular villain? Digging deeper
Despite all the awards season buzz it received, I still haven’t seen the 2019 “Joker” movie. And I actually don’t
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Joker Movie Podcast: Are Joker and Batman Half-Brothers?
On today’s podcast… Jay, Nick, and Priscilla dig deeper into one of the most talked about comic book movies of
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Is Harley Quinn actually a villain? Digging deeper into ‘Birds of Prey’
It’s fair to say that the DC Extended Universe has had its ups and downs over the years. You’ve had
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Is Harley Quinn good or bad? – Our Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey Podcast
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey Podcast – Is Harley Quinn Good or Bad? Daryl, Nick, and Priscilla dig deeper into
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How can we be better at ‘fandom’? A look back at 2019
A lot happened in geek pop culture in 2019 — and I mean A LOT. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” TV
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The Best Geek TV Shows & Movies of 2019 – Sci-fi, Fantasy, & Comic Book Films
Listen now: Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The
Continue reading »How to Write a Star Wars Short Film
How to Write a Short Film – 5 ESSENTIAL Steps Storytelling is essential to writing a short film… because it’s all
Continue reading »How to Write a Short Film – 5 ESSENTIAL Steps
How to Write a Short Film – 5 ESSENTIAL Steps Storytelling is essential to writing a short film… because it’s
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How the Jedi Order failed the Force
When you watch the Star Wars original trilogy, it’s impossible to not be fascinated by the Jedi. We encounter this
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The Influence of Buddhism & Christianity on Star Wars
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Redemption, Kylo Ren, and ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
“Does Kylo Ren deserve to be redeemed, or should he die as a villain?” If you were involved in the
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Redemption in Star Wars
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Saving what we love: Thoughts about Star Wars fandom in a post-Episode IX world
I love Star Wars. I love the movies, the TV shows, the books, and the comics. I love the characters,
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The Rise of Skywalker – REACTION
Our thoughts on THE RISE OF SKYWALKER! Listen now: Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming
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Why Rey is not a ‘Mary Sue’
One of the most frustrating criticisms that I commonly hear about the Star Wars sequel trilogy is that Rey is
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The Women of Star Wars with Lipstick and Lightsabers
The Women of Star Wars! Sandra and Nick are joined by Shannon and Alex from Lipstick and Lightsabers… Listen now:
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Opinion: Ashley ranks her top 5 favorite Star Wars characters
As much as I love making geeky lists, it’s also really hard sometimes. How do I manage to rank the
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Top 10 Star Wars Characters w/ The Story Geeks Club
Members of The Story Geeks Club join Jay Sherer to list their Top 10 Star Wars characters… Special thanks to
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Opinion: ‘No one’s ever really gone’: Darth Vader’s character journey
When we first meet Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I “The Phantom Menace,” he is only a young boy.
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