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Back to SearchA Critical Mass of Lady Geeks
Episode 198
In this episode we convene a panel of women who love geeky stuff to discuss portrayals of girls and women in geek media, how girls and women are rece…
12 years ago
Fail Fast
Episode 197
We love Pixar, and we’re a bunch of creative professional types. So as you can imagine, we devoured “Creativity Inc.”, by Pixar president Ed Catmull.…
12 years ago
Golem and Jinni Detective Agency
Episode 196
Every year Scott and Jason read all the Hugo Award-nominated novels, which supposedly show off the best science fiction has to offer. That hasn’t alw…
12 years, 1 month ago
Peak Crate
Episode 195
Following in the footsteps of our video-game draft, it’s time for us to select some of our favorite computer games of all time. Real-time strategy! A…
12 years, 1 month ago
A Real Imaginary Friend
Episode 194
Grab your black cat and portable radio, climb on your mom’s broomstick, and join us for a king-sized discussion of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated …
12 years, 1 month ago
Don't Worry, We Got This
Episode 193
The casting for “Star Wars: Episode VII” has been announced, and so our team of interested “Star Wars” fans has arrived to break down the returning a…
12 years, 2 months ago
Murderous Roomba
Episode 192
Danger, Will Robinson! It’s time to think outside the bots. We follow up our computer draft with a draft of favorite robots, androids, and other arti…
12 years, 2 months ago
They Don't Make Them Anymore
Episode 191
Live from Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco, it’s the Incomparable Computer Draft! We pick the best computers of all time—real and fictional. (It goes…
12 years, 2 months ago
The Cloud is Run by Hydra
Episode 190
Grab your shield, steal your old uniform, and hop on your motorcycle, because it’s time for us to discuss “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” It’s…
12 years, 2 months ago
Using Computers to Impress Girls
Episode 189
Warm up your modem and turn your nuclear-launch key—it’s time to play Global Thermonuclear War! We discuss “WarGames,” the 1983 John Badham film star…
12 years, 2 months ago