Geeks Without God

This week, we try something that may become a regular feature or we may never do again! We all pulled some recent news or online discussions or…whatever…that we thought were worthy of ridicule and talk about them for a little bit. If you think this is a great episode idea, feel free to send us stuff you think we should talk about!

This week, we talk about the latest Marvel series on Disney Plus – Echo! Featuring a protagonist and star who is deaf, Native American, and an amputee, this show is huge when it comes to representation. We also get the return of Vincent D’onofrio as Kingpin, which isn’t all that relevant as far as representation or diversity but still worth noting. Our thoughts on the show are mixed but if you want to make up your own mind, keep in mind we’ll be spoiling the shit out of it!

This week we take a look at some of the movies, TV shows, games, and books that we are looking forward to this year. We were recording remotely and Tim’s connection got messed up for quite a while in the middle of the show so you are treated to Molly and Nick’s uninterrupted opinions for quite a while. Some may consider this a bug and others may consider it a feature.

Wow! This is our six hundredth episode! This week, we have Scott Homan, director and producer of “Witness Underground,” a new documentary about Jehovah’s Witnesses leaving the church and an underground music scene within the community. We also reconnect with James Zimmerman, author of “Deliverance at Hand,” whom we talked to way back in episode 67! We learn a lot about the documentary and about the Jehovah’s Witness cult.

This week, we are doing a quick this or that episode! The three of us do some rapid fire questions with a winter theme and we all have to pick our favorite of the two options given. Did you really want to learn more about all of us? This might help! And hey – send us your this or that questions for a future episode if you are so inclined!

This week, we are once again joined by Minnesota State Representative Mike Freiberg to talk about Minnesota politics…um…Geocaching! Mike is the 65th ranked geocacher in the State of Minnesota. He tells us about this geeky hobby that the three of us thought was a lot less involved than it really is. We are going to start hiding some shit! Learn more about what Mike is up to at geocaching.com!

Godzilla is back on the big screen! The newest Godzilla offering from Toho studios, the creator of the giant, radiation mutated lizard had a limited US run and people went crazy for it! Whether you are a long time fan of everyone’s favorite Kaiju or a relative newcomer, this new Godzilla film is about as good as Godzilla can get. We do spoil the shit out of it so if you didn’t want to spoilers for a Godzilla film, move along!

It’s time for another episode filled with our latest geeky obsessions and also jokes about erections! Because even as we’ve nearly reached 600 episodes, we are still twelve. Nick’s obsession involves a video game recently nominated for a whole lot of awards. Molly is excited about a book series that came out when she was a teenager. Tim is just watching Christmas movies because it’s that time of year.