Theonerd Podcast

On this episode of the TheoNerdCast, Ben and his wife Jessica have a conversation. Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on the TheoNerdCast, Ben has come down with the plague. As a result, we have a Q&A with listener questions. You can submit questions to podcast@theonerd.com Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation with Khadeja Merenkov about being a voice actress for games, her involvement with the Boston game design scene, and her thoughts on religious pluralism and her own Muslim faith. You can see Khadeja's voice acting work at http://www.khadejasvoices.com/. Khadeja recommends you check out the work of Amina Wadud Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.  

This week on the TheoNerdCast, we chat with Anna Megill about empathy cultivation in game design and her love for KPop. We reference many games this week, and want to link to That Dragon Cancer and Fragments of Him. Follow Anna on Twitter @cynixy Anna's website: http://www.annamegill.com/ Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.  

Sorry for no episode last week. Holiday travel and sickness sent us out for the count. This week on the podcast we have the audio from our PAX East Panel that started our thoughts about TheoNerd. You can watch the video on YouTube. Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation about Star Wars, AFA, the link between the Christmas story and current thoughts about folks in need of hospitality, some 411 on Islam, and games and shows we've enjoyed this year. Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd technical difficulties struck us down from having a three way conversation with Aleen Simms from Less Than or Equal so Ben and Aleen have the conversation about diversity and gaming with some nerdy digressions along the way.  Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation about the recent mass shootings in America and previous debates about violence in video games. Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk. Check out this episode!

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation about Patreon and TheoNerd, as well as offer a teaser of bonus content you will get if you pledge. Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben has a conversation with Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology about his love for racing. Philip Clayton wants you to check out ecociv.org theoedu.org Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at brightprimate.tk

This week on TheoNerd, Andrew has a conversation about horror films with Bryan Stone, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Boston University School of Theology.  Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation with gaming podcast host and retro computer fan, Ken Gagne. Ken joins us in a conversation about the controversy at the 2015 SXSW, his love of independent and retro games, and his interest in process theology. Ken hosts the podcast Polygamer, a podcast about equality and diversity in gaming. Ken is an editor and contributor for Gamebits and Juiced.GS Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

This week on TheoNerd, Ben and Andrew have a conversation with comic book author and scholar, A. David Lewis. David authored The Lone and Level Sands and Some New Kind of Slaughter, as well as American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife. We talk about how he came to love comics, why there is crossover for him with religious studies, and what he plans for his reboot of the original Muslim superhero, Kismet the Man of Fate.   Thanks to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.

TheoNerd is a podcast at the intersection of nerd cultures and theology, philosophy, and religious studies. Your hosts, Ben, and Andrew, are both scholars and nerds and talk about topics in the gaming community, comics, and nerdy pop culture fields and how those topics speak with theology, philosophy, and religious studies. This episode tells the TheoNerd origin story.   Thank you to Bright Primate for our intro and outro music. You can find them at http://brightprimate.tk.