A Geek History of Time
Two public-school teacher-nerd-geeks (with surprisingly little overlap in our geekdom) teach each other through the common ground of history about our favorite things
293 episodes transcribedEpisode 51 - Greek Myths and Superheroes
Episode Date: April 19, 2020Ed and Damian take a look at both main-and-accepted canons of modern mythology: comic books. And they’ve both come to the same conclusion – nothing ha...
Episode 46 - WASH YOUR HANDS
Episode Date: March 24, 2020WASH YOUR HANDS – Damian and Ed address the elephant in the room, giving some context to why some episodes may be tinted with talk of quarantine, epid...
Episode 45 - Dark Crystal Israel Palestine Part II
Episode Date: March 14, 2020While Ed is on assignment working with the Wisconsin Trade Federation, Damian invites in a trivia host, Ashley Sanders, in the hopes that someone will...
Episode 44 - Dark Crystal Israel Palestine Part I
Episode Date: March 7, 2020While Ed is on assignment working with the Wisconsin Trade Federation, Damian invites in a trivia host, Ashley Sanders, in the hopes that someone will...
Episode 43 - BSG and GWOT Part II
Episode Date: February 29, 2020In this episode, Ed shares the story behind the development of the first BSG series, and begins comparing it to the reboot of the 2000’s. Damian open...
Episode 42 – BSG and GWOT Part I
Episode Date: February 22, 2020Damian and Ed Discuess
Episode 41 - Captain America and the New Deal Part II
Episode Date: February 15, 2020Damian and Ed discuss how Steve Rogers / Captain American is the personification of The New Deal.
Episode 40 - Captain America and the New Deal Part I
Episode Date: February 8, 2020Damian and Ed discuss how Steve Rogers / Captain American is the personification of The New Deal.
Episode 39 - V For Vendetta Part II
Episode Date: February 1, 2020This week, comic book writer Tim Watts joins Damian for a discussion of the changing resonance of V for Vendetta over time and across media (the comic...
Episode 38- V For Vendetta Part I
Episode Date: January 25, 2020This week, comic book writer Tim Watts joins Damian for a discussion of the changing resonance of V for Vendetta over time and across media (the comic...
Holidays Hiatus 2019
Episode Date: December 24, 2019A message from Producer George about the break we’re taking for the holidays. See you all in the next decade!
Episode 37- Which Hogwarts House Has No Chill?
Episode Date: November 24, 2019Our good friend Tessa Pogorelskin joins us for a discussion around the defining traits of the Houses of Hogwarts. As the lone Gryffindor at the table...
Episode 36- The Evolution of Orcs
Episode Date: November 16, 2019In this episode, Ed traces the development of Orcs from their origins in Tolkien’s work up through their current incarnation in World of Warcraft, and...
Episode 35- Marvel's Civil War and the Patriot Act (Part 2)
Episode Date: November 9, 2019In this episode, Damian fully develops his argument about the connection between the Patriot Act and Civil War. Ed spends some time talking about wha...
Episode 34- Marvel's Civil War and the Patriot Act
Episode Date: November 4, 2019Damian sets up the real-world background for the passage of the Patriot Act in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Ed laments how the Civil War series seem...