Geek Critique

It's been a while since we last sorted any beloved characters into Hogwarts Houses, so we decided to have a go at LOK this week! While we really don't find a plethora of Ravenclaws, the other 3 Houses abound. In an uncharacteristic manner, Chris wants to force characters into neat little boxes while Brittany enjoys being more open. (Yes, we can still surprise you after all these months.) If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: h

This week we look at privilege in The Hunger Games, while trying not to step too far into our future themes like race, gender, and ability. We discuss Finnick Odair, the full Prep Team, missed opportunities for intersectionalality, and even areas that Katniss has privilege compared to many others. You can find this episode’s show notes here: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast/post/hunger-games-privilege If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsi

In this week's episode, we look to the hobbits for beautiful examples of courage. We also spend time discussing smaller acts of courage throughout the series and don't quite agree on if Gollum showed courage by leaving the Misty Mountains to seek the Ring that Bilbo took. It's good to note that by the end of the episode, Chris admits that he's a coward and wishes that the epic warriors in the Fellowship had revealed more of their own fears along the way. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween We

This week we enjoy diving into all kinds of friendships in the Harry Potter books and look at Luna, Hermione, Harry, Dobby, 'The Marauders', and even Fleur! From powerful to disappointing, adorable, enabling, and life-saving, we praise and critique so many kinds of HP friendships. And while Chris misinterprets Brittany's words to mean she likes James Potter, she ultimately sets Chris right during this episode's takeaways. You can find this episode’s show notes here: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast/post/harry-potter-friends If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : http

This week, we touch on the originals, prequels, sequels, and even the Solo movie! We discuss Luke's use of (and failure at) nonviolence to defy Palpatine, ponder the difference between defiance and rebellion, wish the series went more into defiance among the Sith, and basically find that everything comes a bit up short in comparison with the brilliance of Princess Leia. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit

This week we're celebrating Geek Critique Pod's 1-year anniversary! Hurrah! In this episode, we not only enjoy a wonderful conversation with the creator of our logo, we also discuss the future of our podcast and the ways we can take it to the next level. Find all of the geeky goodies you can get by joining us at: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines It would mean the world to us to have you join us! Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week, we look at ATLA and LOK through the theme of fear. We think about how the nature of fear as a motivator changes each season in Korra, wonder if the Avatar state renders its user fearless, discuss how the rulers and the ruled in ALTA experience fear, and make up a great new hashtag. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week, we look at nationalism in The Hunger Games trilogy, and of course Brittany brings up how the old white male president is the perfect symbol for nationalism and imperialism. We also think a lot about what made certain districts exhibit nationalism vs revolution, and wish the books addressed international applications a little more overtly. (Let's face it, the U.S. is the Capitol after all.) To get the sources we mention in the episode (and learn how optimistic Brittany's doom stat really was) read this episode’s show notes at https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast/post/hunger-games-episode If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweentheline

This week, we finally get to analyze LOTR through the theme of gender! We obviously talk about Éowyn a whole lot, geekily critique representation, look at Sam and Frodo's relationship, and realize that a character is essentially #killedbytoxicmasculinity. Unsurprisingly, Chris makes use of his grad school classes yet again while Brittany uses host of sarcastic tones and air-quotes. You can find this episode’s show notes here: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast/post/gender-in-lotr If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines

In this week’s episode, we look at how several beloved characters interact with shame very differently - from Neville Longbottom to Severus Snape, Ron Weasley, Book 5 CAPS LOCK Harry, and the most admirable Luna Lovegood. We also analyze the function of shame in House Elf culture and wish an element of shame had been integrated into the concept of Dementors. You can find this episode’s show notes here: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast/post/shame-in-harry-potter If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https:

In celebration of this most foolish of days, we are releasing our special blooper reel episode! Including flubbed words, forgetting to prepare questions, and Brittany being mean to Chris, enjoy this peak behind the podcast curtain. If you want to enjoy more bloopers, become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week we look at the theme of pride in our Star Wars podcast episode. We oh-so-shockingly talk a lot of about Anakin, Darth Vader, and the Sith, but look at where pride becomes a problem for the Jedi, too. Also, get ready for a mention of Boba Fett’s sick Mandalorian armor, the new trending #rhythmofpride, and Chris being too Ravenclaw to let Brittany’s jokes be jokes. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://

This week we look at the theme of greed in our ATLA and LOK podcast episode. We analyze the underlying greed that various villains manifest and think about how different governments systems in each nation may or may not foster greed, all while Chris puts his grad school fascism class to good use. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week we do a fun Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse podcast episode! We take a look at the cast of characters, laugh at the film’s cleverness, celebrate the phenomenal artwork, and analyze the multiplicities found in identities, relationships, and neighborhoods throughout the movie. We end the episode by discussing which Spider-Person we would want to save the world with and then sort Miles Morales into a Hogwarts House (why ever not?!). Find our brilliant guest @mrneuropolitan. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter :

In this week’s new podcast episode we discuss the theme of trust in The Hunger Games. Through a fun conversation, we analyze Haymitch, think about not lying to each other, wonder how Katniss and Peeta regained trust after so many breaches, and struggle a lot with words. #genuosity If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week’s Sorting Chat covers some of the characters we get to know in first Hunger Games book. It is particularly difficult for our hosts to sort some of the characters into tidy boxes, so expect a lot of dual-house sortings...and also a ton of Slytherins (because, of any Hogwarts House, they would make it past the cornicopia). If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week, we discuss family in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. We analyze how much impact parents in Middle Earth have on their kids, conclude that Elves must be quite tired of their family after thousands of years together, and think symbolically about the handing down of family dysfunction. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week, we look at race in our Harry Potter podcast episode, and - wow - there’s a lot to discuss! We look at Hagrid and Maxime’s relationship, analyze motivations of the so-called Half-Blood Prince, think on the intersectionality of Hermione as a young black girl, and unsurprisingly critique several things about representation throughout the series. #representationmatters There’s so much more on race in HP and we are in no way experts, so please share your thoughts with us! If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : http

After a long holiday break, we’re back with a new episode discussing loss in Star Wars! This week we look at how much Master Yoda lost, how many limbs everyone else lost, and how little loss of loved ones seems to effect characters long-term. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming one of our amazing patrons for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com

This week’s Sorting Chat is all about Team Avatar (and friends)! We note how Aang is a less sullen and pouty Harry (with a hint of Fred and George), Chris is hesitant to make Sokka the unpowered Hufflepuff of the team, and we see how the elements crossover with the Hogwarts Houses. If you enjoy this episode, consider being as amazing as Sam by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/geekbetweenthelines. Every dollar helps keep the podcast sustainable! Another great way to help the podcast is by leaving us a review on your podcast app and telling a friend about us. Please follow us on social media, too: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/geekbetweenthelines Pinterest : https://www.pinterest.com/geekbetweenthelines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/geekbetweenthelines Twitter : https://twitter.com/geekbetween Website: https://geekbetweenthelines.wixsite.com/podcast Logo artist: https://www.lacelit.com