Episode 38: Live & Local — Taking Down the Bad Guys

Episode 38: Live & Local — Taking Down the Bad Guys – Dynamics of a Podcast

Note: Please mind the explicit tag. "Villains get all the good press — in real life! They're cool, they're awesome, they're — no, wait, they're not, they're actually pretty pathetic. Join our podcast for a fun discussion as we dismantle the reputations of iconic bad guys (and see where Moriarty, Moran, and other Canonical villains fall in the ranking!)." It's a long-overdue Live & Local from 221B Con this past April in Atlanta, Georgia! Joining us on this podcast panel is Ashley Polasek, to help us talk about bad guys in the Canon and a few in real life as well. Much thanks to David Harnois for editing this episode into a reasonably good listen. You can listen to David's podcast I Am Lost Without My Boswell here. Your hosts are Madeline Quiñones and Dixie Parkinson. Contact us at dynamicsofapodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Bluesky @dynamicsofapodcast.bsky.social and on Facebook. You can read the show notes on our website, dynamicsofapodcast.com. Thanks for listening!

Note: Please mind the explicit tag.

“Villains get all the good press — in real life! They’re cool, they’re awesome, they’re — no, wait, they’re not, they’re actually pretty pathetic. Join our podcast for a fun discussion as we dismantle the reputations of iconic bad guys (and see where Moriarty, Moran, and other Canonical villains fall in the ranking!).”

It’s a long-overdue Live & Local from 221B Con this past April in Atlanta, Georgia! Joining us on this podcast panel is Ashley Polasek, to help us talk about bad guys in the Canon and a few in real life as well.

Much thanks to David Harnois for editing this episode into a reasonably good listen. You can listen to David’s podcast I Am Lost Without My Boswell here.

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