Archive - The Citadel Cafe: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Podcast

The Citadel Cafe 349: Locke And Key

Feb 13, 2020

Lou is back with a tale of a recent trip and his thoughts on Locke and Key on Netflix. Joel has returned to The Expanse and has a space themed LEGO set to share.

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The Citadel Cafe 348: Star Trek: Picard

Feb 7, 2020

Alastair and Joel discuss the first three episodes of Star Trek: Picard and the stark difference in writing between the CW “Arrowverse” and Titans on Netflix. Plus, baby yoda email.

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The Citadel Cafe 347: Star Wars: Rebels

Jan 29, 2020

Megan and Joel kick off the show with listener email about geekdom gatekeepers and the Black Widow teaser trailer before letting loth wolves guide them through the final season of of Star Wars: Rebels.

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The Citadel Cafe 346: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Jan 25, 2020

The long awaited conversation about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is here. Joel is joined by Pixlriffs to try to dissect the complicated opinions about Episode IX. Plus, a full look at The Mandalorian and an extended Barista Cut episode for Patrons.

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The Citadel Cafe 345: The Empire and The Vampire

Jan 16, 2020

Megan sinks her teeth into the original Netflix take on Dracula while Joel grabs his blaster and heads off to take on Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars: Rebels. Plus, City Trees green tech out of Germany.

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The Citadel Cafe 344: The Witcher

Jan 8, 2020

Megan is here to kick off the new year with stories of epic digital feline fails in Cats, The Witcher has watched Joel, no wait, that goes the other way around. New Star Wars coming to Disney+ after a holiday break hopefully as Satisfactory as Joel’s.

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The Citadel Cafe 343: One Nerdy Decade

Dec 19, 2019

It’s time for the annual holiday roundtable! Joel is joined by Ryan Murphy, Brockett Vola, Megan Townshend and Alastair McFly to chat about avoiding Star Wars spoilers, holiday plans and our nerdy highlights from the past decade.

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The Citadel Cafe 342: Disco Elysium

Dec 12, 2019

Lou has his Knives Out, ready to talk about his endurance in Disco Elysium, Joel has been checking off The Black List, Season 5, and Lou is adding an expansion pack.

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The Citadel Cafe 341: The Dragon Prince III, Part II

Dec 6, 2019

Joel is joined by Stephen Sharkey-Chouinard to fully dissect the third season of The Dragon Prince. [Definitely Spoilers!] Stephen has a new webcomic, Big Salty Pond, and Joel is a bit frustrated with the space-base building mechanics in No Man’s Sky.

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The Citadel Cafe 340: The Dragon Prince III

Nov 27, 2019

Joel is only two episodes in, but Megan is here to discuss The Dragon Prince, Season 3 [No Spoilers] and how it compares to previous seasons. Joel is still flying high in No Man’s Sky, despite some less than stellar inconsistencies.

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The Citadel Cafe 339: Watching Watchmen

Nov 21, 2019

Brockett is here to talk about the noir experience of watching Watchmen on HBO. Joel has launched a lean-back an adventure in No Man’s Sky and while he’s not king of the cosmos (yet) The Crown is ruling over the available drama on Netflix.

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The Citadel Cafe 338: The Mandalorian+

Nov 14, 2019

Lou joins Joel to talk about the launch of Disney+ in the US and Canada, first impressions of The Mandalorian [NO SPOILERS] and what to expect from Steam sales heading into the holidays.

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The Citadel Cafe 337: Hellboy Hath No Fury

Nov 6, 2019

Megan is back and seeing double Paul Rudd in Living With Yourself. Joel went to hell and back in Hellboy (2019) but has no bones to pick about a new LEGO Ideas play set.

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The Citadel Cafe 336: Behind The Table At Hal-Con

Oct 30, 2019

Megan and Joel spend the episode talking about the fun-filled weekend at the Hal-Con sci-fi and fantasy convention this past weekend. From behind the vendor table to connecting with other content creators, and chatting with nerdy friends, new and old.

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The Citadel Cafe 335: American Gods of Candy

Oct 17, 2019

Brockett keeps the confection flowing with #CandyOfThisDay 2019, Joel talks American Gods – like Kevin Feige – and Brockett slashes through some quick horror hits. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening.

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The Citadel Cafe 334: Megan of Medan

Sep 18, 2019

Megan has ‘little hope’ for the future of The Dark Pictures Anthology after her review of Man of Medan. (Spoilers!) Joel is feeling a little ill after hanging with The Boys on Amazon Prime Video. We get a little political, recommending the Party Lines podcast, and LEGO tries to destroy our wallets.

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The Citadel Cafe 333: Crawling Down Carnival Row

Sep 11, 2019

Joel has been whisked away to Carnival Row and the creation myths behind World of Warcraft Chronicle. Lou has some serious thoughts about zombies, alligators, and… a fried chicken dating simulator. Buckle up, this is going to get weird.

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The Citadel Cafe 332: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Sep 4, 2019

Megan is back to share her experience performing in the Halifax Fringe Festival in the play, Safe, while Joel has been adventuring in the immersive and imaginative world of Thra in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

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The Citadel Cafe 331: World of Warcraft Classic

Aug 28, 2019

Megan joins Joel to wax nostalgic about Teldrassil and early adventures in Elwyn Forest, wondering if they have the time to get back into World of Warcraft Classic. Megan raises her Sword of Protection and highly recommends She-Ra and Joel shares a local backpack beagle.

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The Citadel Cafe 330: Back Into The Expanse

Aug 23, 2019

Alastair stops by the cafe to talk about The Orville and the future of our beloved Spider-man. Joel has returned to The Expanse and has some Canadian conservation news to share before we all get sucked into a black hole.

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The Citadel Cafe 329: No Man’s Sky Beyond

Aug 15, 2019

Lou is back from vacation to talk about The Boys, currently on Amazon Prime, Joel is excited about the new No Man’s Sky Beyond release and is working on his own pre-launch sequence, building a new PC.

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The Citadel Cafe 328: Another Life

Aug 7, 2019

Joel and Megan discuss real life hoverboards, Another Life on Netflix, Safe in the Halifax Fringe Festival, and LEGO tree houses.

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The Citadel Cafe 327: Comic-Con 2019

Jul 24, 2019

Megan and Joel talk about a ton of great, nerd news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend and barely scratch the surface. Star Trek: Picard, The Witcher, The Dark Crystal, Top Gun: Maverick and more!

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The Citadel Cafe 326: 3 Below 2

Jul 17, 2019

Megan pulls up a chair in the cafe to beat the heat and talk about Euphoria, and her personal project The Heir of Keldonan. Joel has been out hiking but enjoying some down time with 3 Below, Season 2 on Netflix.

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