Category: Podcast
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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. 36 — Favorite Sci-Fi Characters
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAfter a Thanksgiving break, Steve, Dr. Jayce, and Ben return with a list of their favorite five science fiction characters! Some may surprise you . . . others not so much. After that, they each reveal a science fiction character that many people love . . . but…
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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),…
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Episode 21 — “Interview w/ Paul Asay, Author of God on the Streets of Gotham”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA special episode today, to kick off Batman week. We had Paul Asay, author of God on the Streets of Gotham, come and talk about his book, the Batman movies, his favorite villains, his hopes and fears about the new movie, and his opinion of other superheroes .…
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Episode 20 — “Amazing Spider-Man . . . Or Not?”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Steve got together this week to talk about Amazing Spider-Man. Is this big budget reboot spectacular? Just amazing? Or something much, much worse. What do YOU think? We’d love to hear your reactions to the movie or your reactions to our reactions. E-mail us at podcast@strangersandaliens.com…
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Episode 19 — “Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb: Batman Movie Retrospective”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In preparation for The Dark Knight Rises, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve take on the Batman! They take a look back at the Batman films, starting with Adam West’s 1966 Batman, moving to the Tim Burton era Batman and Batman Returns, into the Joel Schumacher era with…