Nick Roth's "Hanky Panky" is, depending on how you view it, a single-location horror comedy, an alien invasion movie on an extreme budget, or both. Writer-director Nick Roth sits down with Jen to talk about the ins and outs of how he got it made, and the challenges of casting when one of your leads is a napkin.

Check out the film for free on Tubi here: 
https://tubitv.com/movies/100018278/hanky-panky

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Actor, activist and the heart and soul behind Star Trek: Picard's Raffi Musiker, Michelle Hurd has a lot to say about a lot of things, and a lot of stories to tell that are good for the soul. She talks about her activism, kindness as an ethos, some of her incredible family stories, and representation in popular culture. We laugh, we cry, it's better than "Cats."

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Self-described nature nerd, "Hollow Kingdom" author joins us to talk about her fantastical, magical, poignant book about a zombie apocalypse told from the POV of a domesticated crow. She's joined by Dr. Kaeli Swift, science communicator and scholar of crow behavior. We talk about the book, how it's informed by science and nature, and how art and nature have a thread that connects them. 

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Many of us saw Adrienne Wilkinson for the first time as Livia/Eve in "Xena: Warrior Princess" in the 90s, but since then, she's become a queen of mocap games, most notably "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed", and has appeared in the Star Trek series "Star Trek: Renegades", among many other roles. We chat about the craft of acting and her experience with fandom culture. You can catch her documentary series here https://www.youtube.com/...

Top-tier guest and friend of the show Ana K. Wrenn returns to put your host in the hot seat to discuss her own new book "Art of the Chase," a romantic thriller that's as sneakily jam-packed with learning as the Geek Girls Story Salon itself. To get your own copy of "Art of the Chase,...

To say that Jen was excited to talk to Belinda Bromilow, Aunt Elizabeth in Hulu’s “The Great,” is putting it very mildly. Elizabeth is one of the most complicated, mercurial and dare we say iconic characters in a series packed with them, and Jen and Belinda get into some of the nooks and crannies of how one finds their way into that type of character and how important it i...

Self described plant-mom Steph and her "proper zoo nerd" partner Connor have created a podcast that makes learning about nature fun by bringing new species of plants and animals to their audience with each episode as part of a fantasy zoo and botanical garden. Steph and Jen talk about how intellectual gatekeeping can discourage everyday people from participating in furthering their own learning and why it's important to make the st...

You may have seen Jazmin Truesdale on any one of a few dozen Comicon panels or local news pieces, talking about her creation, the AZA Universe, which is populated by superpowered women maintaining peace in the galaxy and offers up some pretty flawless representation in the comics world, which is changing, but has been a traditionally male playground for a long time.

We talk about what motivates her to create, and why every intergal...

Comic artist and creator Tyler Crook is behind some of the most gorgeous, instantly recognizable comics and graphic novels of today. We get down in the weeds with what defines an artist's style, why perspective is more important than technique, and why there should be more reprints of comics in black and white. We also talk a lot about how his collaboration with Cullen Bunn has worked to produce some of the most iconic characters a...

Cullen Bunn is the brilliant mind behind the amazing Southern Gothic horror comic "Harrow County," as well as "The Last Book You'll Ever Read," and some of the best Venomverse comics ever made. We talk about the hopeful undertones of the horror genre, creativity during COVID, and the surprising little spark that got him making up his own stories as a kid.

Check out his amazing body of work at https://www.cullenbunn.com/

Clay McLeod Chapman is a busy guy: a comic writer for some of the most popular Marvel IPs on the planet, the Virginia-born author also has been cranking out Southern-style spooky novels that will leave you wanting to sleep with the lights on. We talk about why horror is the best sandbox for processing trauma and guilt, how ghosts and quarantine went hand in hand, and what the secret ingredient was in his kick-ass apple pie.

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Barb Morrison is an accomplished musician and record producer who has worked with the likes of Debbie Harry, Franz Ferdinand and LP. They're also an author, and we sit down to discuss their new novel, "Bottoming for God," part meditation and part memoir of their life in the NYC punk scene in the late 80s and early 90s. We talk about what they mean when they say "God," how the way we think about gender has evolved, and why Taylor Sw...

When you think scientist, you probably don't picture a blond woman with a sleeve of tattoos, who lifts weights, surfs, skates, and writes and illustrates clever, quirky books about science. But Leah Elson, author of "There are No Stupid Questions in Science," is exactly that person. We talk about what it's like to be a "fringe scientists," how science shapes her worldview,...

Actor Tony Hiu Jong Giroux is probably best known for his role as Adil in Freeform's "Motherland: Fort Salem," but he's also a dancer and filmmaker. His most recent directing effort was a documentary series titled "My Name Is," which examines the pitfalls and struggles of navigating a Western culture with a non-Western name. We get into what stories our names tell about us, and what kinds of choices we make about our names as we mo...

Una McCormack is the NY Times Bestselling author of over two dozen novels, many of them building upon the canons of beloved IPs like Trek, Blake's 7, Doctor Who and Firefly. We talk about the unbelievable story of how she made the jump from writing fanfic to writing for accepted canon, and what it was like to suddenly be part of the universes that she loved for so much of ...

Rachael Ancheril, best known as Commander Nhan in Star Trek: Discovery and Maddie the Blacksmith in Wynonna Earp, sits down with us to talk about the unexpected stops on her career, the variety of experiences she had before becoming an actor, and how those experiences inform the roles she's played. We also find out which of her characters she'd most like to have with her on a desert island.

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Jade Tailor knocked our socks off as the tough-skinned, tender-hearted Kady Orloff-Diaz in Syfy's "The Magicians". But she's a multi-talented, multi-dimensional artist who expresses across many disciplines, including writing, directing, songwriting and more. We talk about why storytel...