Category: Featured
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Ep. 42 — Riding on Star Wars’ Coattails
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, Ben and Steve talk about some of the great and horrible movies and television shows that Star Wars inspired because it made so much money. Hollywood never met a successful movies they didn’t want to rip off . . . and therefore, as soon as…
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Ep. 41 — Looking Ahead to 2013
http://media.blubrry.com/strangersandaliens/strangersandaliens.com/wp-content/ThePodcast/StrangersAliens_041.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode we look ahead to the upcoming year, including: The year of C.S. Lewis at Strangers and Aliens — http://strangersandaliens.com/2012/12/2013-strangers-and-aliens-year-of-c-s-lewis/ The Strangers and Aliens “Book Club” — http://strangersandaliens.com/2013/01/book-club-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/ The C.S. Lewis Book giveaway. Listen to the podcast to see how you could win . . . if you…
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Ep. 40 — The Science (Fiction) of Christmas Fantasy
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce tackle some of the big questions of Christmas. And then a group of children answer the questions as well, while posing some other questions for the three strangers and aliens, too. Does Frosty have a soul? Is Santa a Time Lord? Is Rudolph…
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Ep. 39 — The Hobbit: an Unexpected Movie
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce have seen The Hobbit . . . but do they think YOU should? Find out here! Listen as Ben says there will be no small talk . . . and then promptly his wife makes HER first appearance in the show! They talk…
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Ep. 38 — December Doomsday!!! (Interview)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve interviews Geoff Holding, the mastermind behind the website End of the World 2012? at http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/ . . . The website covers many different topics, and Steve and Geoff also cover many different topics . . . but, of course, the question they will also be covering is “will…
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Ep. 37 — Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Reboots!
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Steve tackle REBOOTS! Are reboots evil . . . necessary evil . . . or necessary? What recent reboots work . . . and what don’t? And what is the GREATEST reboot of all time? Steve thinks he knows. And Ben just may know the second…
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Ep. 35 — “It’s Our Birthday!”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode . . . * We celebrate the podcast’s first birthday! * We introduce a new co-host, Twitter-bot!!! * We probably fire said new co-host, Twitter-bot!!! * Listener feedback about Star Wars! (Listen to the episode about the Star Wars Disney purchase here.) * Ben plugs…
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Episode 34 — “Gideon Festival Comic Book Writer and Artist Contest Winners”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSLast summer, the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival featured a new contest: The Comics Writer and Comics Artist Contest. Sponsored by Kingstone Comics, publisher of The Book of Godand The Christ Graphic Novel, one of the prizes (in addition to a cash prize) was to be…
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Episode 33 — “The Ending We Wanted”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn something of a sequel to our episode about sci-fi TV shows that were cancelled too soon — called, coincidentally, Sci-Fi TV: Cancelled Too Soon — we bring you an episode in which we dream a little bit about how we wish some of those cancelled series would…
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Episode 32 — “Disney’s Star Wars Initial Reaction”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Steve react to the news about Disney aquiring Lucasfilm and the promise of a new Star Wars movie in 2015. They talk about what they would like to see happen, what they hope does NOT happen, and Ben makes the prediction of the actual release date…
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Episode 31 — “Gluttony” (Part One of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS Series)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis is the first part of a periodic series we are doing about the Seven Deadly Sins. Part one is Gluttony. In this episode, we explore gluttony and its accompanying virtue temperance in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, while also talking about it from a scriptural and personal point…
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Episode 30 — “Paeter Frandsen of Spirit Blade Productions”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis episode is a special episode — an interview with the “granddaddy of Christian sci-fi podcasting” and the producer of Christian sci-fi stories, Paeter Frandsen. He is also the mastermind behind the Spirit Blade Underground, a fan community for people of Christian faith and geek fandom. The interview covers…
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Episode 29 — “The Justice League: Past, Present, and Future”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Sci-Fi Guys are back, talking about the Justice League, Superman, the Sci-Fi Christian Feud, podcast awards, and the Super Fantastic Facebook Fan Contest of Awesome! First, the Podcast Awards . . . if you go to this link, right here — http://podcastawards.com — you can nominate us for…
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Episode 28 — “Doctor Who Revisited”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe first half of this episode is a spoiler-free discussion between Ben & Steve and Dr. Jayce, as Dr. Jayce puts on his teacher hat and grades his co-hosts on their performance in our previous Doctor Who episode (episode 26). The second half of the episode is spoiler filled!…
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Episode 27 — “The Booth at the End”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Booth at the End is a thought provoking, dramatic speculative fiction series on Hulu.com (available as part of their free service). Ben has reviewed the series, and on getting in contact with the series creator and writer, C.K. Kubasik, was able to take some time to have…
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Episode 26 — “Doctor Who”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSEpisode 26 is “a very special episode” of Strangers and Aliens, featuring two special guests! The topic: Doctor Who. The hosts: Ben and Steve, along with Christa, Steve’s wife and long time Who Fan, and Tom Holste, S&A listener and frequent contributor to the S&A mailbag and big…
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Episode 25 — “Great Pre-Star Wars Sci-Fi Movies”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this latest episode of the show, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve discuss their favorite sci-fi and fantasy movies from before Star Wars changed science fiction and fantasy cinema forever! What will they choose? What movie will make Dr. Jayce completely disown you if you like it? And…
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Episode 24 — “Where Are the Christian Sci-Fi Movies?”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile Dr. Jayce and Ben were at the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival, they got together with two other men who were also there as faculty, Roland Mann and Gary Voelker . . . who also, coincidentally (or not) are Strangers and Aliens listeners! The four…
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Episode 23 — “Sci-Fi Rip Offs”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce are together again . . . and, fortunately for you, none of them sing the song from The Muppets Take Manhattan (although Ben has it stuck in his head as he types these words). The topic? Sci-fi rip offs. The three of them…
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Episode 22 — “The Dark Knight of the Soul”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHow could an episode about The Dark Knight Rises from a podcast about Christianity NOT use this as the title for their podcast. (Apologies to St. John of the Cross, of course.) So, it’s been a while coming, for a variety of reasons (scheduling being the main one),…