Casual gamer Justin Weaver and serious gamer Ryan Swindoll are joined by Nick Duke to dig deeper into Outer Wilds!
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What Remains of Edith Finch – Great Storytelling in Indie Video Games
A Storytelling-Driven Indie Video Game – This Week We Play WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH! Casual gamer Justin Weaver and
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Horror, Indie Video Games, and Deeper Insights – This Week We Play INSIDE by Playdead! Casual gamer Justin Weaver and
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Journey. An award-winning indie video game with deep spiritual underpinnings. Casual gamer Justin Weaver and serious gamer Ryan Swindoll dig
Continue reading »Untitled Goose Game! – A silly, hilarious indie video game with heart and based on… schadenfreude?
Untitled Goose Game! The first video game in our Indie Video Game Series! And it’s a ridiculous one! Casual gamer,
Continue reading »The Story Geeks Talk Indie Video Games – Introduction!
The Story Geeks Talk Indie Video Games! Our very first episode of a special summer series… What Indie video games
Continue reading »The Most Impactful Geek Stories – Daryl and Jay
The conclusion of The Story Geeks Club chosen series! Jay and Daryl share the geek stories most impactful to them!
Continue reading »Onward – The Last Geek Film We Saw in Theaters
Onward… another great Pixar film! Nataly, Nick, and Sandra dig deeper into Pixar’s latest fantasy world on this week’s The Story Geeks
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 »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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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 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 »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
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
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
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 »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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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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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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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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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 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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The Best Geek TV Shows & Movies of 2019 – Sci-fi, Fantasy, & Comic Book Films
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The Influence of Buddhism & Christianity on Star Wars
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Redemption in Star Wars
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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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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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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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Podcast: Darth Vader – Dark Lord of the Sith – with Helen O’Hara (Empire Podcast)
He’s #3 on AFI’s list of 100 best villains of all time… but does he deserve to be? Daryl Smith and Jay
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Podcast: NERDFIGHT! Pitch a New Star Wars Trilogy – with Paul Verhoeven and Andy Neal (@TheDisInsider)
NERDFIGHT!!! 🤓 Daryl Smith moderates as returning guest and comedian Paul F. Verhoeven, Andy Neal (from @TheDisInsider), and Jay Sherer pitch their ideas
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The Mandalorian Podcast – Episodes 1, 2 & 3 from The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus
On today’s podcast… Daryl, Jay, and Ashley are joined by Victoria Fox (for Ep. 1 & 3) and Michael Gordon (for Ep. 2) to dig deeper
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Podcast: Revisiting the Hidden Themes in The Last Jedi – with David from Tatooine Sons
THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IS COMING… but what do we need to dig deeper into from THE LAST JEDI to prepare for #TROS?
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Podcast: NERDFIGHT! The Best Stephen King Horror Movie: The Shining, Misery, or The Mist?
Sandra Dimas and Daryl Smith are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and Nick Duke to fight over The Best Stephen King Horror Movie! Moderator: Daryl Smith Sandra’s
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Podcast: Celebrating Leia: Happy Birthday, Carrie Fisher!
Today (October 21, 2019) is Carrie Fisher’s birthday! As we prepare for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it only
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Podcast: IT Chapter 2 – Pennywise is fear. Face it.
Sandra Dimas and Justin Weaver are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and Nick Duke to dig deeper into IT Chapter 2! Listen now: Listen on iTunes | Listen
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Brightburn – The true story of kid Superman. Or… not.
Daryl Smith and Sandra Dimas are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and comic book guru Scott Niswander from NerdSync to dig deeper into BRIGHTBURN! Listen now: Listen on
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Us – Jordan Peele’s Doppelgänger Movie Kicks Off Scary Movie Month!
Mirrors are always creepy. But why? Jay Sherer and Sandra Dimas are joined by comic book author and screenwriter Caleb Monroe and Jordan Peele super-fan Samri
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Every Geek Disney Plus TV Show & Movie
Every Geek Disney Plus TV Show & Movie Available on Day 1! Jay talks about all the Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, and Pixar content available on Disney Plus as of Nov. 12, 2019.
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NEW! The Story Geeks Talk Disney+ Podcast Channel!
Jay announces The Story Geeks Talk Disney+ podcast channel!
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Podcast: Best Live-Action Disney Movie Remake – Cinderella v. Aladdin v. Jungle Book
Disney won’t stop producing live-action remakes of their classic animated movies… I guess we better NERDFIGHT over which one’s the
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Podcast: Inside Out – Disney Plays with Our Emotions
Disney, Pixar, and Pete Doctor play with our emotions with INSIDE OUT! Daryl Smith, Jay Sherer, and Justin Weaver are joined by Cheryl Perlmutter from the Disney
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Podcast: The Best Animated Disney Character – NERDFIGHT!
Who’s the BEST animated Disney character? That’s what we’re fighting over today. Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Jack Milliken from No Midnight Media (Theme Park Pulse and Unpacked) and Josh
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Podcast: Pixar’s Toy Story franchise – How Disney makes us care about toys
Pixar’s TOY STORY franchise might go down as one of the best franchises in film history. But, why do we care about toys?
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Dark Phoenix – The End of an Era for the X-Men
Alan Ng from FilmThreat joins Jay and Daryl to dig deeper into the last of an era of X-Men movies: Dark Phoenix.
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Timeslingers – Why Writer’s Digest called it ‘trailblazing’
SPECIAL RELEASE! In this special edition of The Story Geeks podcast, we bring you to our TIMESLINGERS Launch Party live audience recording! Daryl Smith and our live audience
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Every X-Men Movie Ranked by Comic Book Movie Super Fans
Scott Niswander from NerdSync and Captain Midnight join The Story Geeks to rank every X-Men movie!
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X-Men: Days of Future Past – Timelines, Hope, and Lee Harvey Oswald
How important is hope? And why does everybody (including Jay) include JFK’s assassination in their time travel stories? Daryl Smith and Jay Shererare
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Podcast: X-Men: Apocalypse – NERDFIGHT! – Who will make it better?
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE! Let’s make it better… in a NERDFIGHT! Three rounds. Nine points available. Three competitors. And one moderator who will decide
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Stranger Things – Good vs. Evil
The Story Geeks podcast digs deeper into Season 1 and 2 of Stranger Things! Good and evil, character arcs, and the Upside Down!
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