The Story Geeks

Daryl Smith and Sandra Dimas are joined by horror enthusiast Megan Salinas from Silver Screams and comic book guru Scott Niswander from NerdSync to dig deeper into BRIGHTBURN! On today's Aftercast: More deep discussion about BRIGHTBURN! Unlock the Aftercast for only $2-a-month and unlock all our Aftercasts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Week 3: IT - CHAPTER 2 Guests: Megan Salinas and Nick

Mirrors are always creepy. But why? Jay Sherer and Sandra Dimas are joined by comic book author and screenwriter Caleb Monroe and Jordan Peele super-fan Samri Alemseged to dig deeper into Jordan Peele's follow-up to GET OUT... US! On today's AFTERCAST: Does US actually make sense? Does it need to make sense for it to work? Unlock the Aftercast for only $2-a-month and unlock all our Aftercasts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Week 2: BRIGHTBURN Guests: Megan Salinas and Scott Niswander Week 3: IT - CHAPTER 2 Guests: Megan Salinas an

Subscribe to The Story Geeks NEW podcast channel: The Story Geeks Talk Disney+ (available soon on your preferred podcast provider)!   What is The Story Geeks Talk Disney+? An entire podcast dedicated to the geek content on Disney+? A Disney+ podcast channel from The Story Geeks? Yep. Welcome to The Story Geeks Talk Disney+! The Story Geeks love podcasting about Disney+! We're not affiliated with Disney or Disney+ in any way, we just dig Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, and Pixar and want to talk about all the Disney+ geek content!   What is a "Geek"? The Story Geeks classify "geek" as anything that falls into the science fiction, fantasy, or comic book genres. If you like one or more of those genres, then you're a geek! Here are some great examples of geek stories on Disney+: Star Wars (e.g., The Mandalorian, The Clone Wars, all the films, etc.) Marvel (e.g., Wandavision, Loki, and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) Disney (e.g., most of Disney's animated movies) Pixar (e.g., most of Pixar's movies)

Disney won't stop producing live-action remakes of their classic animated movies... I guess we better NERDFIGHT over which one's the best! Daryl Smith, Jay Sherer, and Sandra Dimas are joined by geek cosplayer, Bryan Walter to fight over the best Disney Live-Action Remake: NERDFIGHTERS: Bryan: The Jungle Book Jay: Aladdin Sandra: Cinderella                                                                                                      Which live-action Disney remake is YOUR favorite? Vote in our Facebook Group poll! AFTERCAST: Which live-action remake do we REALLY prefer? Listen to find out! Also, Jay breaks down how to become more offensive in your NERDFIGHT arguments. Become a Patreon supporter for only $2-a-month and unlock all our Aftercasts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 TIMESLI

Disney, Pixar, and Pete Doctor play with our emotions with INSIDE OUT! Daryl Smith, Jay Sherer, and Justin Weaver are joined by Cheryl Perlmutter from the Disney Film Project Podcast to dig deeper into one of our favorite Disney and Pixar movies... INSIDE OUT!   On today's AFTERCAST: Is emotion biological? Hope and despair. And can we control our emotions? Become a Patreon supporter for only $2-a-month and unlock all our Aftercasts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MORE DISNEY SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: Pixar's Toy Story Franchise Guest: Matt Parrish (from WEDway Radio and the 3028 podcast) Week 2: NERDFIGHT - Best A

Who's the BEST animated Disney character? That's what we're fighting over today. Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Jack Milliken from No Midnight Media (Theme Park Pulse and Unpacked) and Josh Taylor from Network 1901 to have fun fighting over who they think the best animated Disney character is!   And... on today's AFTERCAST: How come nobody chose Mickey Mouse? We talk about that, and Jack shares his favorite animated Disney character! Oh, and Josh yells at Daryl! Become a Patreon supporter for only $2-a-month and unlock all our Aftercasts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MORE DISNEY SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: P

Pixar's TOY STORY franchise might go down as one of the best franchises in film history. But, why do we care about toys? How does Pixar make us feel so strongly about inanimate objects? And how do they manage to put Woody through four distinct character arcs? Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Matt Parrish from WEDway Radio and the 3028 podcast to dig deeper into the TOY STORY franchise!  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MORE DISNEY SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: Pixar's Toy Story Franchise Guest: Matt Parrish (from WEDway Radio and the 3028 podcast) Week 2: NERDFIGHT - Best Animated Disney Character Guests: Jack Mil

DARK PHOENIX doesn't suck... but as the final movie in an era of X-Men movies, it sorta doesn't matter, either. Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Alan Ng from FilmThreat to dig deeper into DARK PHOENIX! We talk about what the X-Men franchise did to Charles Xavier, fridging and Mystique, and the characters who had the best arcs. AFTERCAST: Alan, Daryl, and Jay re-cast the X-Men movie stars in new comic book movie roles! Support us for $2-a-month or more and gain access to all our Aftercasts!   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MORE X-MEN SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS  Guest: Author Bo

SPECIAL RELEASE! In this special edition of The Story Geeks podcast, we bring you to our TIMESLINGERS Launch Party live audience recording! Daryl Smith and our live audience interview Jay Sherer, the co-writer (with Nathan Scheck) of TIMESLINGERS! They cover why a Writer's Digest judge considered the book "trailblazing," and how the story came about in the first place. Jay also talks about his behind-the-scenes tour of Los Alamos National Laboratories, how to find time to write, how to setup time travel as a gimmick, and then dives into some audience Q&A! The Story Geeks finally get to dig deeper into one of their own stories, TIMESLINGERS!   PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now in print! Kindle version available by 07/29/19, and audiobook version out by 08/05/19. Follow Timeslingers on Twitter for the latest updates!   LINKS: TIMESLINGERS (Jay & Nathan's time travel novel) MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACEBOOK GROUP  

You might be shocked at where Daryl and Jay put DARK PHOENIX...  Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Scott Niswander from NerdSync and Captain Midnight to rank EVERY X-Men movie! LOGAN, FIRST CLASS, X2: X-MEN UNITED, DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, DEADPOOL... so many good films, but which films will rise to the top? Listen in to find out! PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available now!   AFTERCAST: The complete, unedited version of our X-Men movie rankings! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!    SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE X-MEN SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS  Guest: Author Bobby Nash AFTERCAST: More thoughts on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, including rage, serenity, balance, and more! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: Let's Make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Better! Guests: Rod & Karen (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) AFTERCAST: More ways to make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE better! Week 3: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Guest: Amon Warmann, freelance journalist with Empire Magazine

How important is hope? And why does everybody (including Jay) include JFK's assassination in their time travel stories? Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer are joined by Amon Warmann, freelance journalist and contributor to Empire Magazine, to dig deeper into X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST! Many consider this one of the best of the X-Men movies! PURCHASE TIMESLINGERS! Jay and Nathan's time travel novel is available for pre-order now!    AFTERCAST: How should the X-Men fit into the MCU? Amon joins us for today's AFTERCAST to discuss that, and more! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!    SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE X-MEN SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Guest: Author Bobby Nash AFTERCAST: More thoughts on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, including rage, serenity, balance, and more! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: Let's Make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Better! Guests: Rod & Karen (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) AFTERCAST: More ways to make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE better! Week 3: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Guest: Amo

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE! Let's make it better... in a NERDFIGHT! Three rounds. Nine points available. Three competitors. And one moderator who will decide the winner. It's a NERDFIGHT! Here's the lineup for today's show (make sure you follow them on social media!): Moderator: Sandra Dimas Fighter #1: Rod (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) Fighter #2: Karen (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) Fighter #3: Jay Sherer Who will take the trophy home this week? It's the continuation of our X-Men series... Our NERDFIGHT! to try and make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE better!   AFTERCAST: The competition ends... but our ideas for the X-Men don't! Listen to Rod, Karen, Jay, and Sandra throw out MORE ideas to improve X-MEN: APOCALYPSE! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!    SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE X-MEN SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Guest: Author Bobby Nash AFTERCAST: More thoughts on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, including rage, serenity, balance, and more! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: Let's Make X-MEN:

STRANGER THINGS! We dig deeper into Seasons 1 & 2 on the day Season 3 is released! Brionna (one of our loyal Patreon supporters) and Anthony Holdier (The Story Geeks blogger and former host of The Story Cauldron podcast) join Jay Sherer (author of the time travel novel TIMESLINGERS) to discuss: Which character has the best arc? What does the show indicate is good and evil? And what is the Upside Down a metaphor for? (Do NOT miss Brionna's theory on this!) We can't wait to binge-watch Season 3 today... but why not make it a STRANGER THINGS 4th of July and reminisce about Seasons 1 & 2 with us!  AFTERCAST: Brionna and Jay discuss subplots (#JusticeForBarb), the Upside Down, and more! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!    LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACEBOOK GROUP SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify   SOCIAL Facebook Group | The Story Geeks YouTube Channel | Reclamation Society YouTube Channel Twitter | Instagram 

Is X-MEN: FIRST CLASS one of the deepest comic book movies? Bobby Nash joins Daryl Smith and Jay Sherer to dig deeper into X-MEN: FIRST CLASS! Be sure to check out our Facebook Group in order to enter Bobby's giveaway! #TheSummerOfSnow AFTERCAST: More deep discussion (and laughs) about X-MEN: FIRST CLASS! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!    SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE X-MEN SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Guest: Author Bobby Nash AFTERCAST: More thoughts on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, including rage, serenity, balance, and more! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: Let's Make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Better! Guests: Rod & Karen (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) AFTERCAST: More ways to make X-MEN: APOCALYPSE better! Week 3: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Week 4: All the X-MEN Movies Ranked! Week 5: X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX   LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACEBOOK GROUP SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify   SOCIAL Facebook Group | The St

Bryant and Barbra Dillon from Fanbase Press join Daryl Smith and Sandra Dimas to dream a little bit about where DC films are headed. Will Battinson (RBats??) be a hit or miss? A Batmanless The Joker? Suicide Squad? Ava DuVernay and Tom King's New Gods film? AFTERCAST: Favorite DC Media $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!  SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE DCEU SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: SHAZAM - Dig Deeper   Guest: Markeia McCarty from DC Daily AFTERCAST: All the DCEU villains ranked! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: The Best DCEU Movie Week 3: AQUAMAN - Dig Deeper Guests: Scott Niswander and Mike Roe Week 4: The Future of DC Films Guests: Bryant and Barbra Dillon from Fanbase Press PAST DCEU CONTENT: Wonder Woman Costuming Wonder Woman - Dig Deeper Batman v. Superman - Make It Better! Justice League - Make It Better! Justice League - REACTION (Part 1) Justice League - REACTION (Part 2) Man of Steel - Dig Deeper LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACE

Aquaman isn't perfect...but it sure is fun! Justin Weaver and Daryl Smith are joined by Mike Roe (from LAist) and Scott Niswander (from Nerdsync) to dig deeper into the AQUAMAN! AFTERCAST: Aquaman Sequel and Alternate Casting $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!  SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE DCEU SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: SHAZAM - Dig Deeper  Guest: Markeia McCarty from DC Daily AFTERCAST: All the DCEU villains ranked! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: The Best DCEU Movie Week 3: AQUAMAN - Dig Deeper Guests: Scott Niswander and Mike Roe Week 4: NERDFIGHT: What would make the DCEU better? Guests: Bryant and Barbra Dillon PAST DCEU CONTENT: Wonder Woman Costuming Wonder Woman - Dig Deeper Batman v. Superman - Make It Better! Justice League - Make It Better! Justice League - REACTION (Part 1) Justice League - REACTION (Part 2) Man of Steel - Dig Deeper LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACEBOOK GROUP SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Podbean | Stitcher | Spotify

What's the best film in the DCEU? Man of Steel? Batman v. Superman? Wonder Woman? Story Geeks host Sandra Dimas moderates this Nerdfight, as Justin Weaver, Jay Sherer, and Daryl Smith battle it out! AFTERCAST: Jay and Daryl rank all the DCEU villains! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts! SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE DCEU SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: SHAZAM - Dig Deeper Guest: Markeia McCarty from DC Daily AFTERCAST: All the DCEU villains ranked! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: The Best DCEU Movie Week 3: AQUAMAN - Dig Deeper Guests: Scott Niswander and Mike Roe Week 4: NERDFIGHT: What would make the DCEU better? Guests: Bryant and Barbra Dillon   PAST DCEU CONTENT: Wonder Woman Costuming Wonder Woman - Dig Deeper Batman v. Superman - Make It Better! Justice League - Make It Better! Justice League - REACTION (Part 1) Justice League - REACTION (Part 2) Man of Steel - Dig Deeper   LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog) SUPPORT US (...unlock EXCLUSIVE content!) FACEBOOK GROUP   SUBSCRIBE iTun

What makes SHAZAM! work where other DCEU movies struggle? What does SHAZAM! say about the power of family and why it's so essential? And do the Seven Deadly Sins work as a villain? Jay Sherer and Daryl Smith are joined by Markeia McCarty (from DC Daily) to dig deeper into the latest entry in the DCEU... SHAZAM! AFTERCAST: Jay and Daryl rank all the DCEU villains! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!   SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE DCEU SERIES PODCASTS: Week 1: SHAZAM - Dig Deeper Guest: Markeia McCarty from DC Daily AFTERCAST: All the DCEU villains ranked! Week 2: NERDFIGHT: The Best DCEU Movie Week 3: AQUAMAN - Dig Deeper Guests: Scott Niswander and Mike Roe Week 4: NERDFIGHT: What would make the DCEU better? Guests: Bryant and Barbra Dillon   PAST DCEU CONTENT: Wonder Woman Costuming Wonder Woman - Dig Deeper Batman v. Superman - Make It Better! Justice League - Make It Better! Justice League - REACTION (Part 1) Justice League - REACTION (Part 2) Man of Steel - Dig Dee

SPECIAL RELEASE! As GAME OF THRONES careens toward its final episode, Jay Sherer invites Stefan Sasse (from the Boiled Leather Audio Hour podcast) and Rod and Karen (from The Black Guy Who Tips podcast) to discuss why GAME OF THRONES matters so much to our generation. GAME OF THRONES has become one of the most watched cable television show of all time. But... why?  What has made the show (and the books) so popular? Does GAME OF THRONES reflect truth? If so, how? What characters do we resonate with... and why? Be sure to subscribe to The Black Guy Who Tips and the Boiled Leather Audio Hour wherever you listen to podcasts! Also, we have two amazing AFTERCASTS for you this week! Listen to Jay's full-length conversations with Stefan, Rod, and Karen. Both conversations were fun, engaging, and at times, profound. Get access to them for $2-a-month or more! AFTERCAST: Jay's full-length conversation with Rod and Karen. AFTERCAST: Jay's full-length conversation with Stefan.   LINKS: MORE CONTENT (our blog)

Hawkeye as Ronin is awesome... Time travel makes things interesting... And is that really fat shaming? The Story Geeks Patreon supporters, Nick Prokop and Ray De Leon join Jay Sherer to react to (and dig a little deeper into) AVENGERS: ENDGAME! AFTERCAST (exclusive for Patreon supporters): Ray and Nick stick around to discuss Thor, the Infinity Gauntlet, and more! $2-a-month supporters get access to ALL our Aftercasts!   SUBSCRIBE TO GET MORE MCU SERIAL PODCASTS: Week 1: IRON MAN in the MCU Guest: Helen O'Hara from the Empire Podcast AFTERCAST: More character journeys in the MCU - Part 1 Week 2: NERDFIGHT: The BEST Spider-Man Guest: Michael Gordon from the ESO Podcast Week 3: THOR in the MCU  Guest: Helen O'Hara from the Empire Podcast AFTERCAST: Characters who lived through Infinity War Week 4: NERDFIGHT: The BEST MCU Film Guests: ...to be announced AFTERCAST: Daryl & Jay share their favorite MCU movies Week 5: CAPTAIN MARVEL  Guest: Marie-Claire from the What the Force Podcast AF