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Dungeons and Dweebs Podcast

70 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings

Join four grown men as they discuss Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature.

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Episode 16 - Ender's Game Part 2

June 04, 2018 01:30 - 2 hours - 146 MB

Zip up your flash suits and boot up your Galaxian tabletop war game as the boys help Ender finish off the buggers. With legs flashed and arms linked. The D and Dweebz crew heads downward toward the enemy’s gate to finish out their review of Ender’s Game. With everything from empathic pupae, to children over throwing the government with Facebook posts about conspiracies this episode will be sure to leave you as torn as our hosts!

Episode 15 - Ender's Game Part 1

May 19, 2018 20:30 - 2 hours - 154 MB

As Whitney Houston once told us, “Children are our future.”  Yet, we’re thinking that she wasn’t implying that elementary school kids should be taken from their homes and enrolled in a no holds barred military academy in order to train to learn how to defeat invading armies of giant space ants!  In this episode, the Boys dive into the first part of the classic Orson Scott Card novel, Ender’s Game.  Jump on in and determine for yourself which way is “up” as Bob, Klab, Luke, and Paul discuss s...

Episode 14 - The Time Machine

April 17, 2018 17:00 - 2 hours - 149 MB

The boys are back!  This time they are tackling the H.G. Wells classic The Time Machine.  Saddle up, grab a lever, and join Bob, Luke, Klab, and a surprise chrononaut 4th chair as they attempt to “convey the peculiar sensations of time traveling” and that “helpless headlong motion” that is Dungeons and Dweebs!
   On this episode’s Tavern Talk..... Luke continues his overwhelming disappointment with second seasons of Netflix series. Klab has relapsed into his Sims addiction.  Paul is back,...

Episode 13 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

February 21, 2018 17:30 - 2 hours - 160 MB

Let’s talk about Dick… Phillip K. Dick that is. Dungeons and Dweebs takes off on their first solo book adventure to discus the importance of the book and and it’s relevance today. This time on Tavern Talk: Luke hogs most of Tavern Talk to discuss Marvel and Star Wars trailers, and Netflix’s ‘Altered Carbon’… for real this time. Klab’s takes us on some android fueled adventures. Ted “the new kid” brings up VR in the medical community and why the heck is it not good yet, and we take that e...

Episode 12 - Morning Star Part 2

February 09, 2018 15:44 - 3 hours - 184 MB

We have reached the end of our second Trilogy review, my Howlers!  The sun never sets in space, but our squadron's time with Morning Star must inevitably come to its end.  Will Bob, Luke, Klab, and Neal end with the rage of Ares, the strength of Ragnar, the honor of Cassius, the love of Sevro, the loyalty of Victra, the dream of Eo, or will we simply devolve into decapitating our leader in order to appoint a successor? This time on Tavern Talk: Luke gets time bamboozeled by the Netflix ser...

Episode 11 - Morning Star Part 1

January 20, 2018 23:30 - 3 hours - 177 MB

On a chilly northern winter night, the boys find themselves at yet another tavern. They hunker down by the fire to discuss the last book in the Red Rising Trilogy Morning Star.   This time on Tavern Talk: Travelers season 2 as a retrospective, VHS box sets, Critical Role, Game of Thrones, current Lego sets and Lego sets we want made, Ready Player One the book versus the trailers for the movie, a little sneak at our reading calendar for 2019, and Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.  

Episode 10 - Golden Son Part 2

December 29, 2017 22:30 - 2 hours - 142 MB

We gather up in the war room to finish up our review of the second book in the Red Rising trilogy, Golden Son. We'll be cover parts 3 and 4 of the book and give our final thoughts and ratings at the end.   This time on Tavern Talk: Star Wars The Last Jedi (spoiler free), season 2 of Travelers on Netflix, buying toys as an adult, what the heck is Disney going to do with all that Fox stuff, Klab saw Justice League, DC movie universe restructuring, Bob watched Elysium, Red Rising influences i...

BONUS Tavern Talk- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)

December 16, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

***SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*** Our first "on the road" show! Ten minutes after watching The Last Jedi the guys sit down and talk Star Wars. The audio quality on this one is a bit rough, but like the Resistance, we were on the run, and not in-studio.

Episode 9 - Golden Son Part 1

December 06, 2017 17:00 - 2 hours - 157 MB

Stardate: 95532.8   The Dungeons and Dweebs crew has found themselves standing before their greatest challenge yet, Golden Son by Pierce Brown. They do their best to tackle the book in a timely manner and totally fudge it! Hope ya like lengthy discussions about Sci-Fi books!!   This time on Tavern Talk: We discuss our attempt at The Hot Pepper Challenge!

Episode 8 - Red Rising Part 2

November 29, 2017 14:17 - 2 hours - 140 MB

We're baaaaack... After many scheduling conflicts and holiday obligations, we made it back into the studio to conclude our review of the first book in the Red Rising Trilogy! So, take a seat in Ten Forward, grab some Romulan ale, and enjoy episode 8!   This time on Tavern Talk: We spoil the heck out of Stranger Things 2 and Thor Ragnarok, and talk Marvel v. DC movies.

BONUS - Halloween Spooktacular!

October 31, 2017 08:00 - 2 hours - 137 MB

Surprise!! The guys hit the studio to bring you a very special Halloween episode!!   We'll be talking about Skulls in the Stars and The Right Hand of Doom by Robert E. Howard, Mirage by Karl Edward Wagner, and The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft.   This episode also features special readings of Dead Man's Hate by Robert E. Howard, A Song of the Werewolf Folk by Robert E Howard, and Despair by H.P. Lovecraft.

Episode 7 - Red Rising Part 1

October 30, 2017 18:00 - 2 hours - 133 MB

The boys pull back the lever on the hyperdrive motivator, and jump into their first review of a Sci-Fi book! Join Bob, Luke, Klab, and Neal as they dawn their fry suits and talk Red Rising by Pierce Brown.   This time on Tavern Talk: Luke talks Dungeons and Dweebs on the internets, Klab lets us know what he is reading for the Halloween season, Neal talks D&D and Magnus Chase books, and Bob is getting all giddy thinking about Stranger Things 2.

Episode 6 - Dragons of Spring Dawning Part 2

October 18, 2017 18:30 - 3 hours - 172 MB

Here we are at the end of our first trilogy! Thank you all so much for getting us here!! The guys hash out their final thoughts on the last of the Dragonlance Chronicles books and give their review on the entire trilogy. This time on Tavern Talk: A reason to be excited about Magic: The Gathering cards, gory dinosaur cards from the 80's, sports crossing over with Marvel, the new Transformers movie, and a book written by a fan of the show Mick McArt.

Episode 5 - Dragons of Spring Dawning Part 1

October 05, 2017 17:00 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Spring Dawning.  It was just the kind of Dragonlance novel that makes four man-children enjoy sitting in a small studio in the rain aching to discuss at length their passions and their pains.  A volume so dense that it may take six hours to delve into its murky depths.  Join Bob, Luke, Klab, and Paul as they bravely sojourn deep into a Spring Dawning of their very own.

Episode 4 - Dragons of Winter Night Part 2

September 13, 2017 20:00 - 3 hours - 185 MB

Steel yourself! We have returned to close out Volume 2 of the Dragonlance Chronicles with our longest and most contentious episode yet!

Episode 3 - Dragons of Winter Night Part 1

August 28, 2017 01:00 - 2 hours - 136 MB

The guys return to tackle the second book in the Dragonlance Chronicles. When we left book 1 the table was diveded with two of the guys reccomending the book and the other two not. Will the "Empire Strikes Back" of the Dragonlance chronicles bring the table together, or further the divide? Also, introducing a new segment: Tavern Talk. Where we take a couple minutes to talk all things nerdy.

Episode 2.5 - Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight The Movie

August 12, 2017 00:30 - 2 hours - 111 MB

Everyone here at Dungeons and Dweebs is super excited and thankful for the warm reception of our first two episodes. To thank everyone we watched and reviewed the Dragons of Autumn Twilight movie that was released in 2008 for a little bonus content while we continue to work on episode 3.

Episode 2 - Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 2

August 04, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Bob, Luke, Klab, and Paul return to finish their review of Dragons of Autumn Twilight Volume 1. Would they reccomend it to a friend? Do they feel like this podcast is holding them hostage reading this book? Download and listen to find out!

Episode 1 - Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 1

July 29, 2017 01:21 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Join us as we dive into our first review and the first book of the Dragonlance Series. Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Will the hosts be able to keep up with the ever amassing number of characters in this book? Listen to find out!

Episode 0 - Introductions

July 28, 2017 22:17

Prerecorded in a second floor guest room filled with tall ales and taller tales... Get to know your hosts!!