We dig into the season one finale with some serious discussion of the social effects of time travel: when one travels back to fix something, when is it fixed? What is fixed in this context? We compare this episodes events and outcomes to other time travel fiction, like Butterfly Effect, Primer, DS9, and (of course) […]

We talk about our first sci-fi/fantasy/comic convention experiences and delve into our conceptions (and misconceptions) about the process of gathering in the name of geek. GWC listener (and active community member) Julie joins us to tell us about losing her con virginity at the biggest fan con of ’em all, Dragon*Con. And we run down […]

For five days my feet touched the holy ground of San Diego Comic Con 2011 geekness. Short of working in SyFy’s Vancouver-based studios or being on set filming the next Tron: Legacy, Avatar, or Star Trek-type movie, this is the closest I will ever come to geek-topia. The friends were phenomenal, the panels were funny […]

We wrap up our time travel arc with a discussion of the morality of time travel, focusing specifically on Back to the Future. And we run down the week in geek, including the Space Shuttle Discovery’s final liftoff, a possible Blade Runner sequel, a possible RoboCop “reboot,” and lots more. If you haven’t yet RSVP’d […]

This week we head Back to the Future, visiting 2015 Hill Valley. Highlights: We love Michaela’s latest GWC intro, notice the Rylos Star Car cameo, wonder where the hell our flying cars are in 2008, hear Audra’s BttF Junk Report(tm), speculate that all cops are stripper supermodels in the future, discuss future Biff’s final resting […]

Welcome to the Back to the Future arc! Highlights: We hear from a very lucky listener who saw the movie at a theater in the mall where Einstein made time travel history, note that Mayor Wilson totally failed in cleaning up the town, love the fact that you can “see some serious…” in an ’80s […]