How would you insert the X-men into the MCU? Nur-D joins us again to discuss our hopes and dreams about our most beloved characters and ways we would want to see a future for them on the silver screen. 

We get together with musician and fellow nerd, Nur-d to talk about how his upbringing and consumption of nerd media shaped how he expresses himself and the music he makes.

Among other things, archeology studies artifacts of the past to learn about people and their cultures. What if we took the same approach to fictional media? Could we learn a little more about ourselves? Archeology professor Howard Williams joins us again to talk about his study of how the characters of The Walking Dead grapple with death and what this could say about us.

Vikings in media. It's complicated. Let's talk with one of THE Viking experts, Dr. Howard Williams about it.

Repeatedly, we see news stories that cover societal trauma surrounding the topic or influenced by race issues. How do you talk about these things with your kids in productive ways? What do you expose them to and how do you help them process these events in healthy ways?

We sit down with Jasmine Bradshaw to talk about kids and parental anxieties around pop culture.