Episode 118 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the 5th episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and includes a brief ‘day in the life’ recording that I made earlier this month! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Along with the day in the life portion of this episode (which includes mention of bras, BLTs, and butter), the introduction mentions four organizat…

Episode 117 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Aegon’s Conquest panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang, Courtenay Cody, and Rebecca Fant, this panel explored the events that united Westeros under the Targaryen banner. (While some minor so…

Episode 116 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our Media That Made Us discussion about season 2, episodes 1-9, of Battlestar Galactica – what we’re calling “The Aftermath Arc”! 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 115 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Worst Person in Westeros panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by High Fantasy track director Jennifer Liang and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, Billy Todd, and Seth Lockhart, this panel began with 8 House of the Dragon chara…

Episode 114 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Walking Dead Universe panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Michael Frost and featuring myself, Hanako M. Ricks of the Fandom Hybrid podcast, and Doug Burbey, this panel focused on the past, present, and future of the Walking Dead universe! (While some m…

Episode 113 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con 2024: The Hangover” on September 14th, 2024. 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 2024! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 113: Drinkin’…

Episode 112 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the House of the Dragon Season 2 panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by myself and featuring Courtenay Cody, Ryan Cahill, and Billy Todd, this panel focused on season 2 of House of the Dragon as well as how we feel about the future of the show! (While some mi…

Episode 111 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Stormlight Archive Speculation panel at Dragon Con 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Billy Todd and featuring myself, Christina Goodman, and Kevin A. Davis, this panel featured speculation on what’s to come in book 5 of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive! (While som…

Episode 110 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our HOTTEST HotD Takes from 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) – are joined by Seth (season 1, episode 4) for this HotD season 2 summary episode tha…

Episode 109 of The Geek Saga Podcast was originally aired as a live webcast, “Drinkin’ Con v8.0: A Pre-Dragon Con [2024] Webcast”, on August 17th, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and some other Dragon Con-loving friends as we talk all things Dragon Con 2024…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga Podcast Episode 109: Drinkin’ Con v8…

Episode 108 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 finale, “The Queen Who Ever Was”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – are joined by guests Patrick and Alex discuss how the season 2 fin…

Episode 107 of The Geek Saga Podcast – an interview with Red Dead’s History author Tore C. Olsson – originally aired as a live webcast on August 2, 2024. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join me for this interview with Tore C. Olsson, the award-winning historian and University of Tennessee professor whose book “Red Dead’s History: A Video Game, An Obse…

Episode 106 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 7, “The Red Sowing”. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara – an avid reader of all things ASOIAF – and Manny, a GoT/HotD fan who is Unsullied (aka has never read the books) – discuss Oscar Tully as the HotD version of Lyanna Mormont, the Sowing o…

Episode 105 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon season 2 episode 6, “Smallfolk”. 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 the “return” of OUR KING, Team Black Propaganda Boats, and mo…

Episode 104 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the fourth episode in my “Impulsive Hyperfocus” series, and features me doing a short but actually pretty focused ramble about Red Dead Online! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY I definitely have quite a bit more to say about Red Dead, but before I got into my cosplay, travel, and event experiences, I wanted to do…

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 epis…

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 (al…

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 rea…

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 …

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 disc…

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 …

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 …

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” se…

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 SPOTIF…

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 thi…

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 installm…

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 …

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 dis…

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 e…

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 …

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 or…

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.…

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 d…

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…

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 d…

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…

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’ C…

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 …

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 Thr…

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.…

Episode 78 of The Geek Saga Podcast features live audio from the Podcasting 101 panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Moderated by Amin from A Podcast of Ice & Fire and featuring myself, my Sagas & Sass co-host Jonathan, and Varun of the Demon Slayer Podcast, this panel focused on how to choose co-hosts, the tech and softw…

Episode 77 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our second 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait, starring Ethan Embry, Lauren Ambrose, and Jennifer Love Hewitt…among others! 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 a new[-ish] podcast s…

Episode 76 of The Geek Saga Podcast originally aired as a live webcast, “The Thirst of the First Men: A Pre-Ice & Fire Con 2023” on April 15, 2023. GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Join myself and three friends who have been attending Ice & Fire Con since the very beginning (in 2013) as we talk all things IAFC…and have…well…a lot of drinks! Geek Saga P…

Episode 75 of The Geek Saga Podcast is our very first 90s & Noughties Cringe Factor discussion about 1999’s She’s All That, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Hosts Tara and Manny from the Geek Saga Podcast series Hot D Takes are back for a brand new podcast series, in which we will watch, dissect, and di…

Episode 74 of The Geek Saga Podcast is the first installment in our interlude series, “Hot D GIVES…and Takes”, which will feature discussion of characters we met and then lost in House of the Dragon‘s first season…and of course we had to focus on none other than OUR KING, Viserys I Targaryen, to kick off this series! GEEK SAGA PODCAST ON SPOTIFY Ho…

Episode 73 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our HOTTEST Hot D Takes from House of the Dragon‘s first season. 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 new guest Alli (aka “Black Alli Blackwood”) and returning guest…

Episode 72 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon‘s tenth episode, “The Black Queen”. 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 Bekah, another Unsullied Game of Thrones fan and Ice …

Episode 71 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon‘s ninth episode, “The Green Council”. 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 Ashley, co-host of the longest-running ASOIAF podca…

Episode 70 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon‘s eighth episode, “The Lord of the Tides”. 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 Amanda, a fellow ASOIAF fan, to discuss “The L…

Episode 69 of The Geek Saga Podcast features our Hot D Takes on House of the Dragon‘s seventh episode, “Driftmark”. 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 Nami, an ASOIAF fan, cohost of Geek Saga Entertainment’s …