Serial Sidelines

Serial Sidelines


Latest Episodes

Star Wars (or: Fooling your S.O. into watching camp.)
November 03, 2012

This week we discussed Star Wars, including the fact that we host a geek podcast and half the hosts haven't seen it since they were kids. The new Serial Sidelines - the random hobbies podcast, cause we lost our geek cred. Something like that. Plus, we hav

Space Part 2 – Interstellar space! (or: Darrin can’t resist the gas giants)
October 29, 2012

This episode we took a dive into interstellar space - detecting planets, travel to other stars, meeting sentient species, and how humans might screw it all up. Jump in and let us know what you think on the forums at serialsidelines.com! For those who like

Space Part 1 (or: Queue the resident aerospace engineer)
October 21, 2012

The topic this week was Space with a focus on the efforts to launch vehicles into space, the differences between commercial and government efforts and robotic exploration within our solar system. The main topic started 36 minutes in for those who want to

Geekery at Work and Home (or: The wide and wooly world of malware)
October 14, 2012

Welcome to episode 25 of Serial Sidelines! This time we ventured places we only wish we had never visited before and at somewhere around 41 minutes minutes in we shift-gears to talking about both home and work geek exploits throughout the years. Join us o

iOS 6 (or: Jim lays the Star Wars street-side smack down)
October 08, 2012

This week we discussed the failure that is a geek podcast that hasn't fully grokked Star Wars, the Apple IOS6 release, new hardware announcements, Nanowrimo and when it is time to force culture down your own throat. Let us know what you think at serialsi

Growing up Geek (or: How Greek are you?)
October 01, 2012

During this episode we took-on the topic of what it was like to grow up as a geek. Let us know what you think, or, if we have completely misrepresented geek culture tell us in the forums at serialsidelines.com!

Defining Fantasy (or: Error Correction by the Co-Co-Host)
September 24, 2012

This week we addressed the wild wooly world of Fantasy. The conversation took us through the discussion of what is Fantasy and what is not, how it is defined, and the tie-in with other genres such as SciFi. Jump into our forums at SerialSidelines.com and

SciFi Part 2 (or: DragonCon condensed to 9 minutes for your listening pleasure)
September 16, 2012

This week we took-on SciFi with a focus on television series and movies, which influenced our early lives and continue to inspire us today. The main topic starts 33 minutes in. Please visit our website - serialsidelines.com to recommend future topics, pro

Science Fiction Pt. 1 (or: Heinlein Approved Orgies – Discuss)
September 02, 2012

On this week's episode we took-on Science Fiction (but not double feature shows). This will be a multi-part series so we started with books and will drift wherever the winds take us. We had the recorder stop recording at about 44 minutes so we'll continue

Board Games (or: Hipster Estate Sale Today!)
August 26, 2012

This week we grappled with both standard board games everyone would know such as Monopoly or Risk, and more obscure games such as Ticket to Ride, Illuminati, and Zombies!!!. In addition, we spent some time discussing Minecraft, Fallout, Grimrock, and A Ta