Church of the Geek
Church of the Geek explores the intersection of the geeky and the divine. Every other Monday, Brian and Sam discuss a recent geeky pop culture offering, looking at it as geeks and examining the theological themes that they see. Church of the Geek offers a review of a recent comic issue in their "Off The Shelf" episodes occasionally.
Episodes
165 episodes
Helm, Ruby and Sand: Sandman eps 1-5
Brian and Sam enter the Dreaming to discuss the first five episodes of the Netflix show Sandman, based on the comic written by Neil Gaiman. Setting the tale in a dream world gives Gaiman a great deal of freedom in writing. C...
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Jane The Worthy
Brian and Sam revisit Thor: Love & Thunder as well as Jason Aaron's work with Jane and Thor to delve into the nature of divinity and what it means for God to be worthy. In many ways, Jane is the counter to Gorr. Not all gods need to die.
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Off The Shelf: Sam Reviews X-Men #12, "Controlled Demolition"
This episode, Sam reviews X-Men #12, “Controlled Demolition”. Story by Gerry Duggan, art by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia, and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles.It's an issue full of questions and tension! Now that the secret of mutant resu...
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The Dollar Bin: The Final Frontier with Dr. James McGrath
Sam and Brian are each off boldly going on adventures to strange new worlds. To continue our mission of faithfully discussing cool geeky content, we offer this excellent dollar bin episode from July 2020 with Dr. James McGrath as we discuss our...
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Strange New Worlds and Fate
Throughout the fantastic first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, one of the major plot threads, if not the biggest thread, is Captain Pike struggling with the foreknowledge of his future death. Brian and Sam discuss this new off...
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Thor: Love & Thunder -- Where are all the gods?
Brian and Sam discuss Thor: Love & Thunder along with the hefty theological question of where is God in the face of suffering? Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch...
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Obi-Wan and Deconstruction
Obi-Wan has to live after Order 66 and find new meaning and purpose, which doesn't seem all that far from what folks who are in the midst of deconstructing their faith are doing. Brian and Sam discuss the new series and what deconstruction look...
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Star Trek: Discovery and Non-Violence
Brian and Sam delve into one of the major themes of Discovery Season 4: non-violence versus retaliation. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch or at our website
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Holy Crit: The Hard Lessons (pt. 2)
The concluding part of The Hard Lessons, where four students of a former teacher return to the school when the teacher dies. In this game, Brian and Sam are joined by the creator of the game, Joshua Wise and their own game master from their D&a...
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Holy Crit: The Hard Lessons (pt. 1)
Church of the Geek goes back to school! In The Hard Lessons, four students of a former teacher return when the teacher dies to remember the teacher. In this game, Brian and Sam are joined by the creator of the game, Joshua Wise and their own ga...
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Star Trek:Discovery (season 4)
Brian and Sam boldly go... into the fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch or at our website Church of the Geek.
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Off The Shelf: New Mutants #25, "Best Laid Plans..."
Sam reviews New Mutants #25, with art by Rod Reis and Jan Juursema, written by Vita Ayala, and lettering by Travis Lanham.Magik is handing Limbo over to the Goblin Queen, and her teammates aren't too keen on the idea. Will Illyana's att...
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Dr. Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
Brian and Sam discuss Dr. Strange 2 and places we have to reckon with notions of heroes and villains. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch or at our website
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Off The Shelf -- The Hard Lessons
Brian and Sam talk with Joshua Wise, creator of the All Ports Open Network about The Hard Lessons, the new collaborative story telling game that he has created and is currently itch funding. You can find
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Previews: 3 Rivers Comicon
Brian and Sam talk with Jon Engel, Regional Manager of New Dimension Comics and Promoter of 3 Rivers Comicon, which takes place in Pittsburgh on June 4-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Find the Con at:
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Moon Knight
The Disney+ series Moon Knight is finished, so Brian and Sam jump in to discuss! Mental health, devotion and commitment, and Brian volunteering to be one particular deity's avatar all inside! Connect with us on Twitter
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Off the Shelf -- Step By Bloody Step
In this installment of Off The Shelf, Sam reviews the series Step By Bloody Step, by the creative team of Si Spurrier, Matias Bergara and Matheus Lopes. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch...
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Off The Shelf -- Daisy
Brian reviews the 5-issue series Daisy, written and illustrated by Colin Lorimer, colors by Joana Lafuente, and lettering by Jim Campbell, published by Dark Horse. Interview with Colin Lorimer at AIPT Comics: https://aiptcomics.com/...
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Blessings and Whoa's!
Brian and Sam take some time to talk about things they are enjoying... aka Blessings, and things they... are not. Those would be the Whoa's! An entire streaming service gets brought up by one of us in one of those categories. Can you guess whic...
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Gods In The MCU: Khonshu
It's a new day! Brian and Sam try a new format for episodes, looking to be shorter an tighter on topics. Also, a bit of a new category of episodes, Gods In The... Sam and Brian look to explore the ways gods are used in comics and comic-related ...
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Off The Shelf -- Radio Spaceman: Mission to Numa 4 #1
In this review, Sam digs into the weirdness and fun of Radio Spaceman by Mike Mignola, Greg Hinkle and Dave Stewart. Mignola called it "a parade of fun things" and Sam totally agrees. Connect with us on Twitter
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The Wheel of Time
Brian and Sam discuss the Amazon series The Wheel of Time, focusing on cyclical versus linear time, messiahs and relationships. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch and on Facebook at
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The Batman
Sam and Brian discuss the newest DC offering of the dark knight, The Batman. We talk vengeance and vocation. Connect with us on Twitter @GeekChurch and on Facebook at
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