From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — There are MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for the movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once, so please stop scrolling if you haven’t seen it. Because you will want to see this movie. Because this movie was quite frankly deranged and bonkers and we could not love it more. Not only…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — As per usual, Marvel has once again given us a ton to talk about. From the wonder that is Oscar Isaac to the brilliance that is Ethan Hawke to the greatness that is May Calamawy. From mental health issues to modern Egyptian culture to ancient Egyptian mythology, and of course…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — Ramadan Mubarak! We have an extra fun episode for you today…The Grounded Geeks and Quarantined Comics podcasts are proud to present a special team-up to talk about Squire, a new graphic novel by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh. If you’re into girls with swords, commentary about racism, empires (both past…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — The movie Flee made Oscars history this year when it was nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, AND Best International Feature. And those nominations were well deserved. This isn’t a film about robots or superheroes flying around in capes. It’s not science fiction or fantasy. It’s actually much…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — A new graphic novel titled Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter by Philippe Thirault and illustrated by Roberto Zaghi inspired our latest episode on Grounded Geeks. Not only did we get a chance to talk about Ukraine and a bit of its history, but we also talked about labor movements as a…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — Have you spent a lot of time wondering what’s real and what’s not? What has a soul and what doesn’t? Where will our future and technology take us next? Well if you watch Apple TV’s Swan Song, you’ll be thinking about all of those things a lot. You’ll also think…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — Quite frankly, James Gunn has done it again…this time with the HBO show Peacemaker. Somehow he’s taken an entirely goofy ridiculous character and used him to investigate white nationalism, mental health, childhood trauma, political correctness, sexism, racism, climate change, and probably 500 other themes that we couldn’t entirely cover in…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — MAJOR SPOILERS in this episode for the new movie titled, The Batman. You really can’t have any conversation about Batman without talking about childhood trauma, mental health, the Proud Boys(?), and investigative skills. That’s exactly what we cover on this episode — and more. Check out our latest episode on…

From the Grounded Geeks podcast / your co-hosts Aman and Lena — If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by emotions recently, then this is the movie for you. This episode is about the latest Pixar movie called Turning Red, a delightfully adorable story about a Chinese-Canadian girl who turns into a red panda every time she feels intense emotions. We’ve all been there…