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FAQs about Open World Chat:How many episodes does Open World Chat have?The podcast currently has 110 episodes available.
January 03, 2022Weekly World News CEO Greg D'Alessandro guests (with intro featuring Shannon Wheeler)John and Jim are joined by Weekly World News CEO and Editor-in-Chief Greg D'Alessandro on the rebirth of the revered publication and the many new projects in store for Bat Boy and more. We're joined in the introduction by last episode's guest, cartoonist Shannon Wheeler....more39minPlay
December 20, 2021Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) on the Mueller Report, The Bible, the quality of Portland coffee, and what's still funnyJohn and Jim have a freewheeling chat with Shannon Wheeler (God is Disappointed in You, The New Yorker) about Shannon's work, The Bible, social media, Too Much Coffee Man tattoos, and what's still funny in this world. ...more44minPlay
December 06, 2021Jenny Jarzabski of United Paizo Workers and Paizo Freelancer Joe Blomquist: Are Unions Finally Coming to the Nerdosphere?John and Jim are joined by RPG company Paizo (Pathfinder, Starfinder) staffer Jenny Jarzabski (a member of the United Paizo Workers union) and freelancer Joe Blomquist to discuss the recent successful organizing campaign at the company. We discuss their efforts, along with the burgeoning organizing campaign at Image comics -- and what future efforts to organize at more "geek" companies might look like....more48minPlay
November 22, 2021Caitlin Rosberg (The AV Club) on Dune and the nexus of genre, format, form, and media.Caitlin Rosberg joins Jim and John to discuss the Dune film and the sometimes uneasy handshake between movie adaptations and their source material with a few digressions along the way, of course (who should play Alia in the next Dune movie?)....more55minPlay
November 07, 2021George Marston (GamesRadar+) on NFTs, their role in the comics industry, and what the heck they are, anywayGeorge Marston of GamesRadar+ is here to explain Non-Fungible Tokens to you. We discuss their appeal, their limitations, and their implications to artists, the comics industry, and the very nature of the art marketplace - as well as some perhaps unexpected environmental impacts......more42minPlay
October 25, 2021John and Jim review the buzz going into and coming out of DC FandomeDC Fandome has passed. What sounds good? What looked good? What looked "meh," and what's the buzz around the Milestone Initiative, the new bisexual Superman, and more....more45minPlay
September 27, 2021Zena Marie Therrien (Broken Compass, Emanation) on the Treatment and Status of Latinas in Genre FilmWriter and Independent Film Actor (Emanation, Broken Compass) Zena Marie Therrien, MSW, on where Latinas stand in Hollywood's move toward diversity (in genre and non-genre films and TV alike). Zena shares her thoughts on roles, on the invisible nature of Latinas in the industry, how studios treat Latin culture and filmmakers, and more....more51minPlay
September 13, 2021Peter Galbraith, in which we don't end up talking about the Prime Directive, on What Went Wrong in Afghanistan (and Who's to Blame)John and Special Guest Co-host Maryscott O'Connor break out of OWC's usual paradigm for an in-depth discussion with Author, Scholar, and Diplomat Peter Galbraith. From the perspective of his own involvement in the interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, Peter shares his uniquely qualified analysis of what went wrong, and what an ethical foreign intervention should look like. (Yes, we were originally going to discuss the Prime Directive, but the universe had other ideas)....more57minPlay
August 30, 2021Archeologist Nathan White on Archeology in Genre Media (what they get wrong, and what they unfortunately get right)John and Liane talk with Nathan White, the District Archaeologist and Tribal Liaison, US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. We discuss portrayals of archaeology and archeologists in genre film, how those portrayals perpetuate stereotypes and promote marginalization of indigenous peoples, and how the actual practice or archeology over the decades has itself been responsible for these and worse....more30minPlay
August 15, 2021Emmy-winner Steve Benen (The Rachel Maddow Show) on the politics of the past, present, and future - as well as Star Trek, Firefly (and X-Men...?)Steve Benen joins us to discuss his book The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics, living with a post-policy Republican Party, and blogging. We talk about Steve's early days as a blogger and podcaster, what's changed about our politics since the Trump presidency, why there is reason for optimism... and since this is OWC, we also talk some sci fi and comics....more39minPlay
FAQs about Open World Chat:How many episodes does Open World Chat have?The podcast currently has 110 episodes available.