Geek culture with a pastoral pulse.
Faith & Fandom moves quickly through pop culture, local happenings, convention travel, and Christian meaning-making. Its Feedback Friday rhythm feels live and communal, while longer episodes shift into Geek Church messages or conversations with guests.
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Faith & Fandom is a Christian culture show where fandom news, convention ministry, family updates, and devotional reflection all share the same table. It is busy by design. Recent Feedback Friday episodes move through Marvel shows, Broadway extensions, Fortnite music picks, The Legend of Zelda filming news, Shrek’s anniversary return, Switchfoot, Afroman’s courtroom story, and North Carolina references. Then the conversation turns. A story about AI recreating Val Kilmer becomes an ethical reaction, a real-estate post tied to J. Cole becomes a lesson in knowing an audience, and a Geek Church message turns medical delay into a plainspoken call toward healing and reconciliation. The show is not trying to sound sleek. Its energy comes from livestream texture: greetings to Facebook and Instagram, quick responses to chat, mid-thought corrections, sponsor-style thank-yous, schedule notes, coffee pauses, and the recurring goodbye verse from 3 John. That looseness is part of its identity. The episodes feel like someone talking to a familiar community before heading to work, driving to a convention, DJing a wedding, planning church sermons, or setting up another event. Convention culture matters here. GalaxyCon Richmond and Raleigh are not just backdrops; they are recurring settings for Geek Church, discussion panels, artist alley aftermaths, and the practical exhaustion of showing up in person. Longer interview-style episodes widen the frame, including a conversation with Aaron Dowan about comics, prose, publishing, and faith-shaped creativity. The result is a show for listeners who want Christian reflection that understands Daredevil, Naruto, K-pop Demon Hunters, Ninja Turtles, and comic-con life without treating those references as novelty bait. It is warm, quick, digressive, and sincere. Its best moments happen when a headline dump finds its way to a pastoral point.
Made for: For Christian listeners who live comfortably around comics, cons, streaming shows, games, music, and internet-era pop culture. It also fits fandom-minded people who want spiritual reflection in a casual, conversational register.
What sets it apart: Faith & Fandom stands out by treating convention floors, superhero news, guest work, and church life as one connected world. Its live-chat looseness and Geek Church presence give it a more personal, community-room feel than a standard culture commentary show.
This podcast discusses the intersection of God & Geek Culture as the hosts and guests discuss Faith & Fandom
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Faith & Fandom finds moral and pastoral questions inside superhero stories, entertainment news, and the lived culture of comic conventions.
Faith & Fandom moves easily from entertainment news and comic-con life to Christian reflection, with the host treating geek culture as material for serious moral attention.
An 8.8 for Superman, then a goodbye verse: your fandom brain and faith can share a seat.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A brisk faith-and-fandom check-in where Broadway, AI, church plans, and 3 John 2 naturally share space.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday moves like a weekly bulletin board, letting church planning and personal commitments sit beside Moulin Rouge's Broadway extension, Shrek's anniversary return, completed Legend of Zelda filming, and Leve joining Fortnite.
A weekend check-in blends fandom, sharp local marketing, and a grateful faith-centered close.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday frames the weekend check-in as a loose bridge between fatigue and fandom. The host starts from the scramble of returning to regular work after time off, then moves through entertainment chatter before landing on the episode's strongest thread:…
A GalaxyCon church service links medical vulnerability, strained trust, and forgiveness in a direct call toward healing.
This GalaxyCon Geek Church service builds from a surgeon's warning about a medical baseline into a faith-minded case for seeking healing before hurt has time to deepen.
A live convention-morning roundup where Switchfoot, Afro Man, prayer, and Geek Church share the same thread.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday opens on a convention morning already in motion, then broadens into a look at what public speech can cost. The host checks in from a budget-friendly hotel in Richmond, Virginia, ahead of day two at Galaxy Con Raleigh, touches on Switchfoot's…
A live news roundup where fandom headlines and faith-based encouragement share the same conversational current.
Faith in Fandom's Feedback Friday frames a live community check-in as a brisk news roundup, moving from memory-erasure research and Delta's $79 million settlement to Florida vaccine mandates, Doctor Who's delayed future, the Powerball jackpot, and White Lotus's Paris setting.
A Superman review where the score matters because the moral questions matter more.
Faith & Fandom opens on a non-spoiler Superman review that treats the 8.8 score as more than fan enthusiasm. The discussion frames the film around power, oppression, and the vulnerable, with Superman's care for people set against government rules that point another way.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday for July 11 combines a non-spoiler Superman review with a rapid-fire news rundown.
The host of Faith & Fandom presents a Feedback Friday episode covering pop culture news and a Bible reading.
Hector Mirai hosts a weekly check-in covering news, encouragement, and a Bible reading, with plans to attend Greensboro Comic Con.
The host welcomes listeners to the Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday podcast, discusses time travel confusion, and prepares to share encouraging news while broadcasting live on social media.
The host discusses President Trump denying Diddy's pardon request and mentions a new song by Propaganda.
Faith & Fandom’s “Artist’s Alley Aftermath” follows the host and daughter Carmen to the Brothers Boyd’s third Havelock Comic-Con.
At Empire Comic-Con 2026 in Springfield, Hector says the card-show format brought a stronger crowd than he expected.
Faith & Fandom's September Feedback Friday ranges from Macklemore's departure from Ed Sheeran's tour to a reading of 1 Thessalonians 2.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday is a solo morning roundup that moves from Broadway and horror sequels to church news and national politics.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday opens with a live-stream greeting, a tired-week joke, and a plan to skip the April 30 stream for a birthday hiking trip.
The host discusses Holy Week activities and excitement about Wonder Man getting a second season.
Host discusses personal updates, upcoming events, and audience reactions to Daredevil in a casual Friday podcast.
Hector recounts his travel to GalaxyCon Richmond 2026, including picking up his daughter and the drive to the convention.
“We can't fix it if we never face it,” he says while connecting K-pop Demon Hunters to fear and healing.
Faith & Fandom Feedback Friday on March 20 ranges from Switchfoot’s new album announcement to a courtroom win for Afro Man and a warning about AI Bible answers.
Host introduces guest Aaron Dowen, a comics and prose author/publisher, and discusses podcast distribution channels.
The host discusses the end of October, Halloween alternatives, and his commitment to the Friday News Podcast.