Space Croutons is starting a new holiday tradition of Caroling door to door, but when they do it, strange things are happening at each house! Come along and even sing along if you are so inclined!

Settle in for a steak dinner with Marvel's Tom Brevoort as we discuss how a guy whose first love was DC Comics ended up at Marvel, why he hated his early exposure to Marvel so much he'd tell his parents not to buy them because "they're bad," the pluses and minuses of comic book subscriptions (and the horror when issues arrived folded), how Cerebus the Aardvark inspired him to believe he could build a career in indie comics, the most unbelievable thing he ever read in a Flash comic, how he might never have worked at Marvel had I not gone to school with Bob Budiansky, the prevailing Marvel ethos he disagreed with from the moment he was hired, what it takes to last 35 years at the same company without either walking off in disgust or getting fired, the differing ways Marvel and DC reused their Golden Age characters, how to prevent yourself from being pedantic when you own an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of comics, and much more.

Make sure to watch Hanky Panky here!This week on a very special episode of Geek Off The Street, we have filmmakers Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun on the show to talk about their new feature film, Hanky Panky! We get into their careers as multi-talented creators and what got them into filmmaking, the challenges of making a feature film, and also their connection to geek culture! All that and so much more on this week’s exciting episode of the GOTS Official Podcast!Podcast Timecodes![2:45] What is Lindsey’s and Nick’s geek cred?[9:25] How has geek culture change over time? [14:30] Writing and Making Hanky Panky[25:40] What Got Nick and Lindsey into Filmmaking?[57:20] Last Thoughts on Hanky Panky[1:17:20] Rapid Fire[1:30:20] What’s Next for Nick and Lindsey? Check Out These Books!When The Sakura Blooms! by J. Leroy Tucker!Wilbur Mckesson’s Retribution!Greg Sorber’s Mechhaven!Pax Machina Audio Book!Join Us In The Discussion!Email: thegeeksoffthestreet@gmail.comInstagram: @thegotspodSubscribe on Youtube! Like Our Facebook!Twitter: @thegotspodTrent Personal: @trentctuckerMusic: @erictucker__Stuff We Mentioned!Trent Tucker Vlogs!Chikara Ramen!People We Mentioned!Tree of Dreams Music@chikara_ramen@badicalradness@jenjoink@gregerationx@author_wilbur_m@z_daughter_of_light@mindmattermystery@hankypankymovie@lindseyhaun

On this episode of the FTIN podcast the gang all enjoy talking about the topics that Spencer wanted to cover! If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for a future episode reach us at our social links below.Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/FunnyTillItsNotX: https://twitter.com/TillFunnyItsNotEmail: FunnyTillItsNot@proton.me

If you had scanned us for lifesigns a couple of episodes ago, we would have come up as brain dead. But you know, that last one was actually pretty good. This show might have a pulse after all! But is this next one going to keep our hearts beating? Or it will break them? Have your defibrillators ready as we watch this life-affirming episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Episode discussion starts at 18:31. This is episode 13/17 in our look at Voyager. Hosted by Jaron Hatch, Aren Hatch, & Tyson Baker. Email us at storiedstartrek@gmail.com Visit our Discord Server at https://discord.gg/6ynq25Zvkh

We first look at Clawspawn Government. Then we look at normal soldiers' power armor. Then Jana visits an Elf Estate. We then learn that Vampires have a weakness. After that the last republican gets ready to take down his first true enemy.

With the unexpected death of Aurelian and no designated heirs to the empire Rome suffers a number of emperors in quick succession with several only lasting months to a few short years. Looking like the Roman Empire might fracture yet again except for a shrewd officer named Diocletian who through good fortune and good planning is able to wrest the control of the empire and enforce stability upon it once more. Diocletian establishes what is known as the Tetrarchy, a rule of four emperors (two senior and two juniors), and though there is no clear Eastern or Western Roman Empires, Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximianus set the base upon which Rome will continue to endure for hundreds of years. First they must finally come to terms with the Franks and other Germanic tribes that have been decimating the Rhine frontiers for 30 years, and then jointly deal with yet another revolt in the form of breakaway claimant Carausius and his Britannic North Sea Empire before returning jointly to the east again and dealing with yet more revolts in Egypt. This is the era Saint George lived through. The reformation and reimagining of what the Roman Empire could be. Being fortunate enough to take advantage of the reforms of Gallienus only a couple of decades ago as enabled Christians to seek advancement in Roman society, and have career prospects in the Roman legions as Maximian and Diocletian work to enforce peace across the Roman borders. As 303 comes around, Saint George’s fortunes were to take a turn for the worse. With peace at last across the empire Maximian, Diocletian, and Diocletian’s jr emperor Galerius look to stamp out the Manichean Christian faith in the east, widely believed to be behind the most recent revolt in Egypt, before taking a broader anti-Christian stance to the rest of the empire. Saint George, caught up in the famous Christian persecutions under Diocletian in the east suffers martyrdom possibly at the hands of Galerius while a now old Diocletian looks to retire and leave the empire in the hands of the next generation. This bonus episode of Grimdark History Podcast winds down with a look across Season 1 of the podcast and a preview of Season 2 starting in January 2025. Sources Used in this episodeRoman Empire from Severus to Constantine - Patricia Southern Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are we getting toxic messages from speculative fiction about what it means to be alone? We're tackling troubling tropes and eviscerating myths about where loneliness comes from. Later in the episode, we're joined by Peter Pomerantsev, a researcher who studies authoritarianism and propaganda. He’s the author of How to Win an Information War, and he offers us some tantalizing ideas about how to defeat fascist propaganda.  

This week on Lost Terminal: Dee and Cable make plans, Lyosha makes an easy decision, Maddie is a hero, and Seth updates his garden.Lost Terminal will return for the season 18 premiere on 3 February 2025!  📓 Free transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-17-10-117605665🎵 Today's signal is: https://soundcloud.com/namtao/qorsukisland🦣 Mastodon https://fosstodon.org/@lostterminal📝 Tumblr https://lostterminalpod.tumblr.com🎙️ Recorded using a RODE NT-1 v5 USB in 32-bit float, edited with REAPER on Linux🙏 CREDITS  - Credits narrated by Lucy Stringer  ❤️ Thank you so much to everyone who supports me, but especially my Patreon Producers:  - Ada Phillips- Kit- Wynand Marais- Trixie !- Jade Felicity Bilkey- Stephen McCandless- Mike Schneider

We move into the third book in the Star Kingdom series: Treecat Wars, by David Weber and Jane Lindskold.  Published by Baen, this 376-page gem first hit the street in September 2013.   With the brutal fire season over, Stephanie and her friend Anders are heading off to Manticore after being selected to attend Forestry Service ranger school.  Stephanie’s story, along with her three friends Anders, Jessica and Karl, is one of two central storylines.  The second (and arguably the primary) follows the troubles that fall upon a handful of treecat clans revolving around the displacement of one clan after their lands were destroyed by the fires we read about in the previous book in this set.Very real and difficult friction emerges between several of these clans as the treecats who were displaced by the fires now struggle to find a new territory that will support them through the upcoming winter.  That friction culminates in a literal war between clans.  This is remarkable in that prior to this novel the treecats have appeared to us (and to the characters from Stephanie’s time in the Honorverse) as a very homogenous and peaceful people.  While they are when compared to humans, this is our first look into the politics of the interaction of treecat clans, specifically when those clans face challenges tied to survival.  We even get to see some stark differences in treecat personalities and how those personalities impact clan conduct.  In the podcast we even get to discuss the DIME model as we see how it applies to the treecats.Related, we see some (much less deadly) strife appear among our set of four human friends.  While not a surprise, with Stephanie spending several months away from her boyfriend Anders and in training with Karl, her relationship begins to morph as their affection for each other appears to bloom beyond just friendship.  Meanwhile, Anders and Jessica are working closely together with the Forest Service to do what they can to address the consequences of the treecat war.  That proximity and shared mission results in their friendship also blooming into a much deeper relationship.  All this creates the potential for real conflict between these four friends when they’re reunited after ranger training ends on Manticore. There’s even more going on as well, but we’ll leave that for you to enjoy through the book itself.We rated “Treecat Wars” with a 4, another 4 and a 5 (out of 5), for an overall rating of 4.3 from your hosts.As always, thank you for listening and big thanks to those of you who also take the time to like and follow us on social media, to comment on our posts or even reach out through a longer note.  At the end of this show we truly enjoyed reading many of the comments and questions we’ve recently received.  Please keep them coming!Next time on the Honorverse Today podcast, we’re turning our attention to “Shadow of Freedom” by David Weber.  This book is the third novel in the Saganami Island sequence.  We hope you grab it, read it, and find a friend to join us on the continuing adventure through the Honorverse!You can find us, and all our episodes at http://honorverse.net, and email us at honorverse@tpenetwork.com.  We look forward to hearing from you.Now, let’s be about it!