The Story Geeks

THE BEST GEEK TV SHOWS & MOVIES OF 2019 - SCI-FI, FANTASY, & COMIC BOOK FILMS! Want to join our exclusive club for Story Geeks? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   LINKS: THE STORY GEEKS CLUB - Benefits and rewards for our supporters--the smartest geeks on the planet (probably). Join us! TIMESLINGERS - Jay & Nathan's time travel novel. MORE CONTENT - All the content. FACEBOOK GROUP - Keep up to date and join our deep discussions!   SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify   SOCIAL Facebook Group | The Story Geeks YouTube Channel | Reclamation Society YouTube Channel Twitter | 

THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM & CHRISTIANITY ON STAR WARS! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper Nerdfight: Pitch a New Star Wars Trilogy After

REDEMPTION IN STAR WARS! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper Nerdfight: Pitch a New Star Wars Trilogy Aftercast: Stories we want to see after

Our thoughts on THE RISE OF SKYWALKER! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper Nerdfight: Pitch a New Star Wars Trilogy Aftercast: Stories we wa

The Women of Star Wars! Sandra and Nick are joined by Shannon and Alex from Lipstick and Lightsabers... Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper N

In this special Buffy/Angel crossover event with The Fanbase Weekly Podcast, Daryl and Nick are joined by Barbra and Bryant Dillon of Fanbase Press and comic writer/artist Don Aguillo to Dig Deeper into the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series. The second part of the crossover is an Angel 20th Anniversary Retrospective on The Fanbase Weekly with the same group. LINKS: THE STORY GEEKS CLUB - Benefits and rewards for our supporters--the smartest geeks on the planet (probably). Join us! TIMESLINGERS - Jay & Nathan's time travel novel. MORE CONTENT - All the content. FACEBOOK GROUP - Keep up to date and join our deep discussions!   SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify   SOCIAL Facebook Group | The Story Geeks YouTube Channel | Reclamation Society YouTube Channel Twitter | Instagram | Email: thestorygeeks@gmail.com | Jay: @JaySherer | Daryl: @darylhsmith | Sandra: @sand_rad | Justin: @justintheweaver | Nick: @ndukie  

Daryl and Justin join Jay to list their Top 10 Star Wars characters... Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper Aftercast: The Jedi & The Sith - Dig Deeper Nerdfight: Pitch a New Star Wars

Members of The Story Geeks Club join Jay Sherer to list their Top 10 Star Wars characters... Special thanks to Wade Johnson, Nick Prokop, and Jim Baldwin for joining us! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) Week 1: The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Week 1: Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy Week 2: The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disne

He's #3 on AFI's list of 100 best villains of all time... but does he deserve to be? Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Helen O'Hara from the Empire Podcast to dig deeper into the Dark Lord of the Sith, DARTH VADER. Where does Darth Vader rank in our list of Star Wars characters? Does the Prequel Trilogy hurt Darth Vader's journey through the Skywalker Saga? Remembering the biggest twists in the Original Trilogy that involved Darth Vader... Did Darth Vader deserve redemption? And much, much more... including Helen O'Hara singing! You should listen just for THAT!   Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! ---------

On today's Aftercast... Daryl and Jay discuss stories they'd like to see Lucasfilm develop in the Star Wars universe.     Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) Week 1: The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Week 1: Aftercast: Make It Better - The Sequel Trilogy Week 2: The Mandalorian - Episodes 1 & 2 (to listen to ALL our The Mandalorian episodes, subscribe to The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus) Week 3: The Jedi Religion - Dig Deeper

Rian Johnson has one. The GoT team had one. Kevin Feige is up to something... But today, The Story Geeks pitch their ideas for the next Star Wars trilogy! And, since this is a Nerdfight... there will be a WINNER! Competing today: Moderator: Daryl Smith Nerdfighter #1: Paul F. Verhoeven (author of Loose Units) Nerdfighter #2: Andy Neal (from the Dis Insider) Nerdfighter #3: Jay Sherer Who do YOU think won the Nerdfight? Let us know!   Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (N

On today's podcast... Daryl, Jay, and Ashley are joined by Victoria Fox (for Ep. 1) and Michael Gordon (for Ep. 2) to dig deeper into the new Disney Plus Star Wars series... THE MANDALORIAN!  Want to listen to ALL our episodes about THE MANDALORIAN? Subscribe to our new podcast channel, The Story Geeks Talk Disney Plus! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE STAR WARS PODCASTS IN THIS SERIES: (Note: Specific release dates subject to change...) Week 1: The Last Jedi - Dig Deeper Week 1: Aftercast: Make It Better -

WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT by Karl Iglesias - Chapter 3, Part 1 Concepts that Sell - Like Miles Morales as Spider-Man - But Why? On today's episode: Mike Roe: screenwriter and journalist at LAist Will Marlowe: screenwriter, film school faculty member, and host of the Mechadragon podcast ...and Jay Sherer: author of the time travel novel, TIMESLINGERS We dig deeper into Karl Iglesias's book, WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT. Using Karl's thoughts as a jumping off point, we discuss the techniques writers use to elicit emotions, and the importance of emotion in storytelling. This week, it's all about how to "punch up" concepts to make them: (1) more uniquely familiar, and (2) promise more conflict!   Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time t

On today's Aftercast... Daryl and Jay love the Disney Star Wars Sequel Trilogy thus far (THE FORCE AWAKENS and THE LAST JEDI), but if we HAD to find a way to make it better... what would we do? Here are some of the topics from today's Aftercast: Is "bathos" overused inTHE LAST JEDI? Was THE FORCE AWAKENS too derivative or was it paying homage? Why don't we like Canto Bight? And how could we make that better? Special thanks to Jim and Merrie from The Story Geeks Club for joining us on today's Aftercast as we recorded it LIVE! Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! ----------------------------------------------------------

THE RISE OF SKYWALKER IS COMING... but what do we need to dig deeper into from THE LAST JEDI to prepare for #TROS? We've got you covered. Daryl and Jay are joined by David Jesse from the Tatooine Sons podcast to dig deeper into THE LAST JEDI): What surprises from THE LAST JEDI did we like/dislike? Where we land on the concept of balance in Star Wars... What causes Luke to abandon his friends... and what reverses that decision for him? The best way to kick off all our Star Wars content is to dig deeper into the latest movie... THE LAST JEDI!   Want to join us LIVE on an Aftercast and vote on upcoming show topics? Become a member of The Story Geeks Club! Join the club and learn about our tiers and benefits here: https://www.patreon.com/thestorygeeks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! --------------------------------------

WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT by Karl Iglesias - Chapter 3, Part 1 How to Write Story Concepts--Like Jurassic Park!--That Sell... On today's episode: Mike Roe: screenwriter and journalist at LAist Malissa White: author of the comic books SOUNDBOX and NIGHTMARE and host of the Comic Creators Club podcast Will Marlowe: screenwriter, film school faculty member, and host of the Mechadragon podcast ...and Jay Sherer: author of the time travel novel, TIMESLINGERS We dig deeper into Karl Iglesias's book, WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT. Using Karl's thoughts as a jumping off point, we discuss the techniques writers use to elicit emotions, and the importance of emotion in storytelling. This week, it's all about emotionally-driven, compelling "concepts" that audiences crave.   Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   ---------------------------------------------------------------

WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT by Karl Iglesias - Chapter 1 3 Types of Emotions Storytellers Make Us Feel and How to Use Them in YOUR Writing... On today's episode: Mike Roe: screenwriter and journalist at LAist Malissa White: author of the comic books SOUNDBOX and NIGHTMARE and host of the Comic Creators Club podcast Will Marlowe: screenwriter, film school faculty member, and host of the Mechadragon podcast ...and Jay Sherer: author of the time travel novel, TIMESLINGERS ...all dig deeper into Karl Iglesias's book, WRITING FOR EMOTIONAL IMPACT. Using Karl's thoughts as a jumping off point, we discuss the techniques writers use to elicit emotions, and the importance of emotion in storytelling.   Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time tra

Sandra Dimas and Daryl Smith are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and Nick Duke to fight over The Best Stephen King Horror Movie! Moderator: Daryl Smith Sandra's Choice: The Shining Megan's Choice: The Mist Nick's Choice: Misery Which Stephen King horror movie do you think is the best? Let us know!!! And, while you're at it, let us know who you think won the NERDFIGHT! Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! For a limited time, purchase TIMESLINGERS for $0.99 on Kindle before the price increases to $9.99! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE TO GET GEEK HORROR SER

In honor of Carrie Fisher's birthday... here's a special re-release from September 18, 2018 where we dug deeper into Princess/General Leia Organa's story throughout the Skywalker Saga... General LEIA ORGANA! To The Story Geeks, she'll always be royalty. This week, on The Story Geeks podcast, we dig deeper into LEIA ORGANA's journey from Princess Leia to General Leia. How did Leia change over the years? How did she grow? Is Leia someone we should look up to? Alexis Torres (from Black Hollywood Live and AfterBuzzTV) joins Daryl and Jay to dig deeper into one of our favorite Star Wars characters: LEIA ORGANA. What do you think of Princess/General LEIA? Share your thoughts in The Story Geeks Facebook Group! Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time

Sandra Dimas and Justin Weaver are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and Nick Duke to dig deeper into IT Chapter 2! Want to join The Story Geeks Club? Check out all the benefits and rewards available to The Story Geeks Club members! The Story Geeks Club members make this show possible!   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now! TIMESLINGERS currently has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon.com! For a limited time, purchase TIMESLINGERS for $0.99 on Kindle before the price increases to $9.99! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   SUBSCRIBE TO GET GEEK HORROR SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: US  Guests: Caleb Monroe and Samri Alemseged Aftercast: Sandra's fan theory about Jason and Pluto and does US even make sense? Week 2: BRIGHTBURN Guests: Megan Salinas and Scott Niswander Aftercast: More Brightburn discussion! Wee