Geeks Without God

It’s almost time for CONvergence 2025! As you may well know, our podcast debuted at CONvergence many years ago and we return there like the sparrows returning to wherever they return to every year. This week, we review our schedules for the con (we have a lot of crossover) and if you are coming to […]

Hey check it out! It’s another spoiler filled movie episode with Duck Washington as a guest! This time we are discussing “Thunderbolts,” the most recent entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We are pretty happy with this film overall and even get into some debate about how “bad” the latest string of Marvel movies have […]

This week, we are talking about Ryan Coogler’s amazing film “Sinners.” Guest Duck Washington joins us to discuss this film and we are definitely spoiling the shit out of the movie so step away and come back when you’ve seen it because while this movie is great no matter how much you know about it, […]

A lot has been said by certain completely unqualified individuals lately when it comes to autism and we figured since Molly is autistic and both of Tim’s kids are autistic, we knew more than other people with the initials RFK. There’s a lot of dangerous misinformation floating around out there so we are here to […]

There has been a lot of talk about Teslas lately but did you know when it comes to electric cars, there are a LOT of other great options out there? Cynn Verbrugge joins us this week to tell us all sorts of information about the market. What does she know about it? Well she only […]

Face it – things are getting pretty scary out there in the world and you may be thinking about standing up against it. We totally support that but we want you to be safe and prepared so this week we are offering advice on what you need to do to keep yourself safe while making […]

This week it is time for some new geeky boners! Tim and Nick are both talking about remodeling their homes but Molly is talking about having sex in video games! So that one, at least, really fits the theme!

Welcome to a spoiler filled discussion of the latest Captain American movie! And by “spoilers,” we mean that we spoil the movie even more than the trailer already did! Overall, we weren’t super happy with the film but Tim didn’t completely hate it so that’s something anyway…

This week we are joined by frequent guest Ronn Bauman, our resident DC apologist, to discuss the latest Joker movie. He was not a fan of Joker so what are his thoughts on Joker: Folie a Deux? Does he like that it is a musical? Does his opinion of this film change his opinion of […]

This week we have guest Delia Jordan to talk with us about the book Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson. The book itself has some really great representation which leads us into a conversation about Sanderson himself, who is a devout Mormon. His opinions on GLBTQIA+ definitely differ from those of his church so it […]

This week, we are taking a look at Season one of Severance, on Apple Plus! It’s a weird and creepy dystopian show about maintaining a work life balance by not having any work in your life or life in your work. Season 2 will start releasing shortly before this season airs so take some time […]

This week, we take a look at the film “Heretic,” starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. The movie explores a lot of themes of faith and god and especially organized religion. All three of us really loved that part and had mixed feelings about some of the rest. Spoilers abound!

This week, we are going to give you a preview of Vilification Tennis for 2025. It is the comedy show that brought the three of us together and we don’t toot our own horn all that often. Well some tooting will happen this week as we run down our big plans for the upcoming year.

This week we have guest Barabbas Jones joining us to talk about his new book – The Case Against Jesus. A lot of Christians like to talk about what a good person Jesus was but was he really? Barabbas read all the gospels and he has some opinions about how great this Jesus guy really […]

Time for a Geeky Boner episode! With just a few days to go before Thanksgiving, our boners were definitely focused on food. Nick has a new smoker he’s trying out and Molly has big plans for a Thanksgiving meal. Tim is going to Disney again. Whatever.

This week we are talking about our annual trip to Omegacon in Siren Wisconsin! We always get the chance to try out some new board games and we love to get a chance to tell you about them so you can add them to your annual holiday gift buying list!

Believe it or not, we made it all the way to 640 episodes without ever looking at the Ten Commandments. With states requiring they be posted in classrooms, we thought we ought to take a look at how effective the commandments are in living a moral and/or ethical life. There are, of course, many versions […]

This week’s episode takes a look at the rise of Christofacism in America. It started before the 1980’s but everyone’s favorite President got that thing going and – well – here we are. Guest Jeff Grapevine joins us to discuss the growth of the Christian right as a political movement in the US.

Time for some fun! Nick put together a bracket of 32 different Halloween treats and we debate which ones are the best! One by one, inferior contestants are relegated to the “trade” pile until a final victor is crowned! Will you agree with our ultimate choice or will you flip tables in sugar fueled rage?

This week is the deadline for voting pre registration in Minnesota so it seems like a good time to talk about voting and why we still do it and think it is important. Believe it or not, we have our reasons and we are going to tell you all about them! If you need help […]

It’s a Geeky Boners episode! This week we are taking a look and some of our new favorite things or, in the cast of Molly and Nick, old favorite things. Tim reminds all of you to get some of those sweet sweet D & D stamps from the post office!

One of our favorite guests returns! Ronn Bauman is back to tell us about his experience at The Ark Encounter where we learn all about how Noah’s Ark is actually possible and what dinosaurs were on the ark. There is, of course, biblical evidence to back all of this up (no there isn’t)! Ronn also […]

This week we take a look at Mental Health issues and specifically OCD with our friend Jen Rogachevsky. We all have a lot of misconceptions around mental health and OCD is often used as a punchline by those who don’t really understand how difficult it can be to live with the symptoms. This episode is […]

This week, we are joined by one of our favorite guests as Tony Miller returns to talk about the Tolerance Paradox. The question before us is does being tolerant of intolerable opinions actually help or does it do more damage? It’s about a lot more than just punching Nazis. Which is totally OK, by the […]

This week we are joined by our friend Fes Works to talk about his journey from Catholicism all the way to antitheism. As with several of our ex Catholic listeners (and hosts), he had a stop at Paganism on the way! It’s always nice to listen to how people arrive at their non belief because […]

This week, we are joined by our friend Maren Aalgaard who has something in common with Nick! Both of them have parents who came out as gay while they were growing up. We talk about that experience and how it shaped the two of them.

This week we take a look at the most recent Star Wars series to hit Disney Plus – The Acolyte! There will be all sorts of spoilers and while the show doesn’t have a lot of very deep secrets, if you’d like to find them out for yourself, be warned! We are a little bit […]

There will be spoilers a-plenty as we discuss the movie that officially makes Deadpool and Wolverine part of the MCU! Does Disney ruin Deadpool? You will have to watch the film to find out! Or you could listen to this episode but maybe you should watch the movie first.

Two weeks ago, we posted an episode recorded right after someone took a shot at Donald Trump and by the time the episode aired, the news was woefully out of date. Well we are trying it again! We are specifically looking at some news items that popped up seemingly as a direct result of Kamala […]

It’s time for another episode of Geeky Boners! For those new to the podcast, our Geeky Boner episodes allow us to talk about whatever cool things have excited at the moment. This week, we take a look at a TV show that is as old as Tim is as well as some physical media Molly […]

This week we talk about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump (or whatever that was). More importantly, we talk about the question of whether or not it is OK to make jokes about that event. Apparently Jack Black doesn’t think so. We aren’t sure we agree so we talk about what makes it OK to […]

This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2024. We invited the audience to submit ideas for an episode and selected Nikki Armstrong, who wanted to talk about Sizeism in Cosplay. Nikki spent the weekend engaging in self described “fat girl does skinny” cosplay with costumes that included Leeloo from “The Fifth Element” and Kim […]

This week’s episode was recorded live at CONvergence 2024! We had a great turnout for our recording and we decided to so a sort of ask us anything episode where we answered any question our audience members gave us. The questions were all over the place but there were definitely a lot about how to […]

It’s summer and we are back with a This or That episode that is summer themed! Our This or that episodes are basically a bunch of binary questions with quick fire answers. So what summer questions did we have for each other? Find out!

This week, we are talking about the latest film in the Mad Max series – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anya Taylor Joy takes over the role of Furiosa in this prequel to Fury Road and we spoil the shit out of the movie. Granted, it’s a Mad Max movie so spoilers may not matter […]

This week, Tim is going to tell us about his recent trip to Europe and the way the Catholicism is pretty much everywhere. He visited a lot of churches and didn’t get struck by lightning in any of them. What were his impressions of these places? And what is a reliquary?

This week we are previewing our CONvergence 2024 weekend! For those unaware, CONvergence is a science fiction convention in Minnesota and it is where our podcast got our start lo so many years and episodes ago. If you are going to be there, come find us!

One last Nick & Molly episode: this week we talk about the HBO show, Hacks! It’s a bit of a comedy about comedy, and worth watching! Enjoy!

This week, Molly and Nick are going rogue and doing an episode about their local “field trip” style event, Doors Open Minneapolis!

It’s time for a boners episode! For those unfamiliar, this is an episode where we talk about the stuff that has our geeky hearts excited. Maybe some of you will be excited as well! We sure hope so.

This week we are taking look at common superstitions. Where did they come from? Do we, as non believers still hold on to some of those superstitions or do we gleefully shout “Macbeth” in a theater every chance we get?

This week, we talk about Dune Part II! A sprawling, beautiful film about how great messiahs are and how much better they make everything and how religious leaders never ever use fundamentalism for personal gain! A perfect topic for an atheist podcast. We do spoil it so if you don’t know the story, maybe go […]

This week, we are taking a look at the Fallout TV series, which is based on the popular video games of the same name. Ella Purnell stars as Lucy, who has left her Valut to explore a post apocalyptic wasteland. It’s a good show and we do spoil it some so don’t listen if you […]

This week, we are putting on our skeptic glasses and looking at some very commonly held beliefs that are completely wrong! How many spiders do we swallow in a year? The answer might surprise you. Unless you think about it for a few minutes. Then it seems pretty obvious.

Sorry we skipped a week but we had a good reason – Tim’s mom died! And while that sucks, it gives us a great opportunity to talk about the experience of losing a loved one of faith and having to deal with all that faith stuff while you are grieving and that faith stuff means […]

We scour the news for some topics this week. In the “God and Technology” category, we talk about AI Godbots and a bible museum in Philadelphia that is closing because, apparently, nobody went to it. In the “late stage capitalism” category, we talk about Uber and Lyft pulling out of Minneapolis because they would rather […]

This week, we take a look at Lisa Frankenstein, a movie written by Diablo Cody. The movie is kind of a parody of 80’s horror movies and definitely takes inspiration from the original Frankenstein. We spoil the shit out of it but we all had our problems with this one. You might like it, though, […]

This week is another boner episode where we talk about whatever geeky things have us super excited right now. Also, we make juvenile dick jokes. Because we are fourteen. If you’d like to know why we chose the title “Grimacing Boners,” you will just have to listen to find out!

We had a guest cancel at the last minute this week so we had to come up with a topic in a hurry. We decided to check in as far as where we are with being atheists compared to where we were when we started this podcast almost 13 years ago. It never hurts to […]

This week, we are talking about the billion (with a B) dollar ad campaign called He Gets Us. They had ads during the last two Super Bowls and have a big presence on Reddit. It seems to be a nice, friendly kind of Christianity but is it really?

This week, we are discussing a Christian movie so bad, it makes God is Dead look like an Oscar worth film. Gramps Goes to College, suggested by former friend of the show Jeremy Stomberg, is a badly written, badly filmed, and badly acted story about a 62 year old computer programmer who is a chess […]