Countdowns

Top 5s, Top 50s, Top 100s

№ 523 Top 50 Comic Book Characters Countdown: Runners Up

2016-12-05

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Who doesn't love a good countdown? And who doesn't like a mediocre countdown

№ 497 The SFC Time Loop: Messianic Moments in The Lord of the Rings

2016-09-01

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Some funny moments as always, but nothing noteworthy in the top 5s

№ 436 Top 5 Ways We’ve Changed in 5 Years

2016-01-11

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Catch-up to where the hosts are now

№ 427 Top 5 Sci-Fi Fandoms

2015-12-22

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Great guests have a really interesting, rambling discussion

№ 425 Top 100 Sci-Fi Movies Countdown: 10-1

2015-12-17

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The countdown ends with the top 10

№ 424 Top 100 Sci-Fi Movies Countdown: 20-11

2015-12-15

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The penultimate episode of the countdown

№ 345 Revivals, Reboots, and Reimaginings

2015-04-09

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Good discussion but a topic they've covered a lot

№ 328 Top 10 Video Games

2015-01-29

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Everyone likes top 10 lists

№ 312 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 10-1

2014-12-19

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The final episode of the countdown

№ 311 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 20-11

2014-12-14

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The penultimate episode of the countdown

№ 310 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 30-21

2014-12-09

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The countdown continues with markedly better authors

№ 309 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 40-31

2014-12-08

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The best hiatus countdown continues

№ 308 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 50-41

2014-12-04

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The countdown continues, featuring Ernest Cline!

№ 307 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 60-51

2014-12-01

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The best hiatus countdown continues

№ 306 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 70-61

2014-11-26

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The best hiatus countdown continues

№ 304 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 80-71

2014-11-19

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The countdown continues and Ben shares his Terry Goodkind testimony

№ 302 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 90-81

2014-11-13

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The countdown continues with the Reinis and nine other authors

№ 300 The Sci-Fi Christian Tri-Centennial Self-Celebration Extravaganza

2014-11-09

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Long zany look at the hosts' current TV and movie favorites.

№ 298 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: 100-91

2014-11-05

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The countdown begins and we learn about The Candy Shop War

№ 297 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: Runners Up: Part 2

2014-11-03

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The countdown continues to begin

№ 296 Top 100 Sci-Fi Authors Countdown: Runners Up: Part 1

2014-11-01

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The start of an amazing countdown

№ 275 Top 5 Topics We’ve Never Done

2014-07-24

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Per Ben, "Show Planning: The Episode"

№ 271 Prelude to Hiatus

2014-07-17

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No need to listen to old announcements.

№ 269 The SFC Time Loop: Top 5 Superpowers You Would Want In the Mission Field

2014-07-05

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The first "Bad but Great" episode. It's a silly premise and a silly discussion with some of the funniest moments of Season 1.

№ 260 Top 20 Comic Book Movies

2014-05-31

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Mostly ground that's been covered.

№ 239 Top 5 Sci-Fi Villains

2014-03-27

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Not a lot of new discussion

№ 210 The Man-isode

2013-12-08

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Excellent topic with great guests.

№ 183 Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Show Countdown: 10-1

2013-08-29

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The completion of the first hiatus countdown.

№ 182 Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Show Countdown: 20-11

2013-08-27

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The first hiatus countdown continues

№ 181 Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Show Countdown: 30-21

2013-08-22

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The first hiatus countdown continues.

№ 180 Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Show Countdown: 40-31

2013-08-20

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The first hiatus countdown continues.

№ 179 Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Show Countdown: 50-41

2013-08-15

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The first hiatus countdown. Both hosts are engaged. Listeners left voicemails about their favorites, and everyone did a great job selling.

№ 170 Top 5 Things I’m Nostalgic For

2013-07-16

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Just read the lists for this one.

№ 150 Top Ten All Time Favorite Sci-Fi Things

2013-05-01

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Interesting to see the change in tastes since the podcast started.

№ 135 Top 5 Sci-Fi Trilogies

2013-03-21

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Not a super interesting discussion.

№ 127 Top 5 Sci-Fi Things We’re Not Into, But Wish We Were

2013-03-07

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The lists are interesting, the discussion is not very in-depth

№ 113 Top 5 Sci-Fi Bible Adventures

2013-02-02

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Bonkers. In a good way.

№ 104 Top 5 Movies of 2012

2013-01-09

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Just a list of 2012 movies.

№ 103 Top 5 Current Sci-Fi Favorites

2013-01-05

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Not much happens other than the lists

№ 102 Top 5 Childhood Sci-Fi Influences

2013-01-03

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Brief lists of the Koby, Daniel, and Matt's childhood sci-fi favorites.

№ 80 Top 5 Sci-Fi Visionaries

2012-09-01

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Interesting topic, more zaniness, near-constant Koby-bashing.

№ 65 The SFC Time Loop – Happy Sci-Fi Father’s Day!

2012-06-17

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Listen to the sermon itself, but the sci-fi tie-in is weak.

№ 42 Top 5 Pixar Movies

2012-01-22

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More interesting animation history, this time focusing on Pixar.

№ 41 Top 5 Disney Movies

2012-01-16

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Daniel presents a great, interesting history of Disney.

№ 30 Top 5 Sci-Fi Theme Songs

2011-09-11

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Some fun moments (check out Matt "playing the marimba"), but not otherwise memorable.

№ 25 Top 5 Sam & Frodo Messianic Moments

2011-07-17

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Some funny moments as always, but nothing noteworthy in the top 5s

№ 21 Sci-Fi Fathers

2011-06-19

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Listen to the sermon itself, but the sci-fi tie-in is weak.

№ 20 Top 5 Sidekicks

2011-06-12

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A fine top 5 list with some interesting listener feedback

№ 15 Top 5 Sci-Fi Worlds

2011-05-03

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One of the funniest episodes, with the all-time great moment of Ben singing the Avatar closing credits song.

№ 11 Top 5 Superpowers

2011-04-06

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Time Loop (№ 269)

The first "Bad but Great" episode. It's a silly premise and a silly discussion with some of the funniest moments of Season 1.

№ 8 Sci-Fi Movies We HATE HATE HATE!

2011-03-01

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Time Loop (№ 413)

Full of hate and fun!

№ 5 Top 5 MesSCIahs

2011-02-07

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Not noteworthy.