Canon Fodder Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/canon-fodder Everything has a canon. More importantly, everything with a canon has arguments about said canon. That's where we come in...as Canon Fodder. We will discuss a little bit of everything, and we will likely argue about it all. But in a fun way. Hopefully. © 2026 Jeff Ackenback f0b611cf-dc6b-58c1-8e1f-192abe645a2b yes en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:33:58 -0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:34:20 -0400 https://canonfodder.fm https://img.transistorcdn.com/_Ocd7hc6n2njGclXtOSNfZrsuz-hlg4ILWHXYyo0r7o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZjA1/NGJkYTQyOGFiY2Ex/NTRjYmI3ZDIwMjRi/OWY3MC5qcGc.jpg Canon Fodder https://canonfodder.fm episodic Jeff Ackenback Everything has a canon. More importantly, everything with a canon has arguments about said canon. That's where we come in...as Canon Fodder. We will discuss a little bit of everything, and we will likely argue about it all. But in a fun way. Hopefully. Everything has a canon. pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science Jeff Ackenback No No Episode Eight - When You're Here, You're Family 8 8 Episode Eight - When You're Here, You're Family full 9b2f75f4-4db2-4163-a569-716193dd1c48 https://share.transistor.fm/s/312852a1 Welcome to episode eight, live from Olive Garden! On this episode, we grieve over the continued absence of Stephen (who is fine. Probably), as well as his impending return, and then we are joined by my 7-year-old niece Beatrice to discuss her fandom.

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> Welcome to episode eight, live from Olive Garden! On this episode, we grieve over the continued absence of Stephen (who is fine. Probably), as well as his impending return, and then we are joined by my 7-year-old niece Beatrice to discuss her fandom.

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:33:55 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 1380 Welcome to episode eight, live from Olive Garden! On this episode, we grieve over the continued absence of Stephen (who is fine. Probably), as well as his impending return, and then we are joined by my 7-year-old niece Beatrice to discuss her fandom.

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Seven: Into the Mail-tiverse 7 7 Episode Seven: Into the Mail-tiverse full 086f42eb-022f-4aee-8b40-5081210cb926 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f43cc6d9 With Stephen off putting "real life issues" ahead of our fans, Jeff picks up the bag...the mail bag. Welcome to episode seven, where the e-mails are real, and the responses are genuine. Mostly. 

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> With Stephen off putting "real life issues" ahead of our fans, Jeff picks up the bag...the mail bag. Welcome to episode seven, where the e-mails are real, and the responses are genuine. Mostly. 

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:28:15 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 2055 With Stephen off putting "real life issues" ahead of our fans, Jeff picks up the bag...the mail bag. Welcome to episode seven, where the e-mails are real, and the responses are genuine. Mostly. 

E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Six: AI AI OH 6 6 Episode Six: AI AI OH full 850a58eb-dad7-4c11-a45b-d52e591cde37 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b03aef19 There is a theory that if (when) AI gains sentience and takes over, it will scour the internet for all of the people who had negative comments about AI, in general. With that in mind, welcome to episode 6 - where the points don't matter, but AI sure does! Jeff and Stephen discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly surrounding AI, as well as play a couple of games. 

As always, e-mail is at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com, and tell all of your friends! 

]]> There is a theory that if (when) AI gains sentience and takes over, it will scour the internet for all of the people who had negative comments about AI, in general. With that in mind, welcome to episode 6 - where the points don't matter, but AI sure does! Jeff and Stephen discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly surrounding AI, as well as play a couple of games. 

As always, e-mail is at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com, and tell all of your friends! 

]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:39:26 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 3566 There is a theory that if (when) AI gains sentience and takes over, it will scour the internet for all of the people who had negative comments about AI, in general. With that in mind, welcome to episode 6 - where the points don't matter, but AI sure does! Jeff and Stephen discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly surrounding AI, as well as play a couple of games. 

As always, e-mail is at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com, and tell all of your friends! 

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Five: Star Crossed 5 5 Episode Five: Star Crossed full eeae1f12-5382-48d0-946f-9b3e5ccf08f9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/420c3b3c The world is clearly divided into two groups. Groups that run everything, take all our money, and expect our total loyalty. Those groups are, of course, Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. In this episode, Jeff and Stephen tackle the true conflict between the two, pick sides, and solve everything. 

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> The world is clearly divided into two groups. Groups that run everything, take all our money, and expect our total loyalty. Those groups are, of course, Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. In this episode, Jeff and Stephen tackle the true conflict between the two, pick sides, and solve everything. 

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:37:23 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 3360 The world is clearly divided into two groups. Groups that run everything, take all our money, and expect our total loyalty. Those groups are, of course, Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. In this episode, Jeff and Stephen tackle the true conflict between the two, pick sides, and solve everything. 

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Four: It's Time to Play the Game 4 4 Episode Four: It's Time to Play the Game full 12633ae5-ecb3-49a9-be0d-dc45138477d7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a875da3 Episode Four: Hold on to that hope, because we are going to rise to meet it! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen discuss their favorite video games, as well as stage the most amazing video game character tournament of all time.

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Episode Four: Hold on to that hope, because we are going to rise to meet it! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen discuss their favorite video games, as well as stage the most amazing video game character tournament of all time.

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:45:22 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 2453 Episode Four: Hold on to that hope, because we are going to rise to meet it! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen discuss their favorite video games, as well as stage the most amazing video game character tournament of all time.

Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Three: Everything, Everywhere Almost at Once 3 3 Episode Three: Everything, Everywhere Almost at Once full 3652292e-8447-421c-a114-5a40ddb7ef73 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e50e13f3 We are back! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen move away from Marvel and DC to go over several topics lightning-round style. Also, we finally have theme music! Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> We are back! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen move away from Marvel and DC to go over several topics lightning-round style. Also, we finally have theme music! Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:54:08 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 3513 We are back! In this episode, Jeff and Stephen move away from Marvel and DC to go over several topics lightning-round style. Also, we finally have theme music! Thank you to @orangepesigirl (Find her on YouTube) for the music.

Continue e-mailing us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode Two: The Worst Episode 2 2 Episode Two: The Worst Episode full 5b6e286c-6a9c-4f0b-934b-de1d614f45f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1014b111 In this episode, I am once again joined by co-host Stephen Flores, and we tackle the worst of Marvel and DC. E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and suggestions! 

]]> In this episode, I am once again joined by co-host Stephen Flores, and we tackle the worst of Marvel and DC. E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and suggestions! 

]]> Tue, 26 May 2026 01:26:32 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 4172 In this episode, I am once again joined by co-host Stephen Flores, and we tackle the worst of Marvel and DC. E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and suggestions! 

]]> pop culture, comics, games, nerd, geek, news, science No Episode One: The Origin 1 1 Episode One: The Origin full 81804f33-07f2-493c-a9b3-b246af3a4894 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d58edf9 Stephen Flores joins me to kick off our new podcast as we discuss our favorite "canon."  E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Stephen Flores joins me to kick off our new podcast as we discuss our favorite "canon."  E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 10:27:13 -0400 Jeff Ackenback Jeff Ackenback 2755 Stephen Flores joins me to kick off our new podcast as we discuss our favorite "canon."  E-mail us at therealcanonfodder@gmail.com 

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