Brian, Andrew, and Caleb talk about books, movies, tv shows, AI presidents, and clones. Brian's laptop battery dies at the end, and he disappears abruptly. Join us next time to see what's up in Brian's Attic! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Brian and Andrew briefly talk about video games—Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Halo—and then discuss the problem of evil and its influence on one's worldbuilding. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

After a brief story about throwing up (thanks, Caleb), Brian, Andrew, and Caleb discuss TV shows and movies—the positive and negative use of Darth Vader in Obi-Wan, the terrible infection due to "Producer Brain" in Halo, and the strengths and weaknesses of Avatar 2. Many other movies and shows are referenced, compared, and contrasted along the way. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

The majority of this podcast is Brian explaining Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere novels to Andrew. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Brian, Andrew, and Caleb talk about random stuff, from the implosion of Kanye to nostalgia for childhood media. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Brian, Caleb, and Andrew begin with a discussion on Henry Cavill leaving the Witcher tv show and what would lead him to do so. They then discuss what makes a good adaptation and the problems with producers' perspectives. They contrast and compare various media, including the Witcher, Lost, Rings of Power, The Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, and of course Dune (2021). The three of them have a brief digression into Italian and Canadian politics, and afterward Brian defends his love for Christopher Nolan and Interstellar. What follows is a deeper discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of The Rings of Power television series. Caleb concludes the podcast by the others what are some things they are looking forward to. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Having both finished the book, Brian and Andrew return to discuss The Iliad once again, with a brief thirty-minute digression on movie adaptations. The two discuss what the point of The Iliad is, great and bizarre moments from the book, the horrors of war, and the contrast between the cultures of Ancient Greece and the modern West. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

After kicking out the other two guys, Brian turns to his intellectual brother-in-law Jake for a more mature podcast experience. Together, the two nerds talk about worldbuilding fictional universes, their own fictional worlds they're working on, and the complications, difficulties, and depth that involved in the process. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

After a not-so-interesting regaling from Brian about some mysterious text messages he received, Andrew shares some horrifying tales from his work in retail. Shenanigans ensue and the boys devolve to toilet humor. Once it's out of their system, they briefly talk about literature before they have to give the toilet humor a go again. Brian's Attic will never be the same... Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Stephen joins the podcast once again to substitute for Caleb in his absence. Brian and the Bois talk about how Caleb is actually, truly—we promise—still alive, and how Andrew, completely unrelated, bought a punching bag. Stephen talks about his work at a crisis chat center and Brian reminisces on his own time at a call center. Most importantly, the three attempt to decide the most handsome bald guy to play Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in the upcoming Dune Part II. Enjoy our shenanigans? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

In this episode with an absent Caleb, and after a brief introduction talking about the lately-deceased Hitchbot, Andrew and Brian  talk about Homer's epic poem "The Iliad," how they chose their translations, what surprised them, and epic scenes they love. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

There really isn't a great description for this episode... It goes all over the place, including some topics we fail to avoid. We eventually get it back on track by talking about hiking, literature, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the morality of doing bad things for the greater good. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Brian confesses his love for Anime, and Caleb reveals himself for a terrible Star Trek fan, and Andrew think Epstein didn't kill himself. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

This episode is dedicated to Caleb's favorite Attic Dweller and our faithful Patreon subscriber, Brendan, also known as Greymane24. In our crazy Christmas Special, we only barely avoid talking about Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Instead, we manage to eke out random opinions on the topics of Batman, worst Christmas movies, best Christmas movies, and what we look forward to in the coming year, and a whole lot of other random subject in between. Merry Christmas! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Andrew was sick again for this episode, so we are back to discussing Denis Villeneuve's Dune, but this time with guest co-host Stephen sharing his opinions on the movie as well. We also return to the topic Caleb's brought up at the end of "Discussing Dune (2021) Part One" concerning what the next movie will be like and what we expect or hope from it. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Thanks for joining part Two of our discussion on Denis Villeneuve's Dune! We apologize that we do not actually discuss Dune all that much. Instead, Brian goes on a long tangent about what happened with the Hobbit trilogy. Perhaps you'll get some interesting cinema opinions of ours along the way. Enjoy the podcast? Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

This week Brian, Andrew, and Caleb discuss Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Major spoilers ahead. Caleb thinks J.K. Rowling wrote The Hunger Games. Andrew thinks Baron Harkonnen is better portrayed as a gay pedophile. And Brian is the only one of the three of them that has any sense (although he does need to make the clarification that music and sound mixing fall under the umbrella of sound design, but I'm sure listeners are smart enough to figure out what he's trying to say). Like our weird conversations? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Many apologies for the sound quality—I (Brian) was trying something new and it didn't work. Brian questions Andrew on his assertion from Season 1 that good people should seek power so evil people don't get it first. Brian brings up Tolkien and the Ring of Power and how Gandalf's rejection of it influences Andrew's opinion on power. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

On this week's episode of Brian's Attic (now in stereo audio!), Brian and Andrew are once again joined by Stephen to have a PopTart tasting. What's a PopTart Tasting? Well, you'll soon find out. We lots of PopTarts, and Andrew decides not to eat PopTarts again for a very long time. Disclaimer: NO PopTarts went to waste in the making of this episode (except that maybe we ate more than we probably should have in one sitting). Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic

Stephen guest co-hosts once again. This time, Brian asks them to ask him the questions—the questions of life. We quickly derail to other topics, like Munchhausen's Syndrome and the death penalty, while Stephen demonstrates for us the worst censoring job ever. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BriansAttic