Meet The Godzillavangelists
Ryan Sargent
As the diehard Godzilla fan and ringleader of the Godzillavangelists, Ryan often takes the defensive against the more cynical converts Sam and Joanna.
After rising from the depths of the Chesapeake Bay, Ryan grew up in Virginia and honed his strange powers in California. He spends a bit of time on both coasts so you can never be sure you are safe.
Ryan is a game writer with featured and critically-loved publications on D&D’s Dungeon Master’s Guild website. Ryan has also written about movies, games, music, and other geeky stuff for Geek and Sundry, Crossfader, and Ranker.
Sam Schlenker
It's clear that Sam is absolutely willing to embrace his role as the Steve Martin (Raymond Burr, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) of the podcast -- he's unapologetically dismissive, vain, and can't help but ruin a beautiful thing Ryan loves so much.
An L.A. native (or "unicorn" -- as non-L.A. natives who've never seen a real unicorn like to call them), he spends most of his time editing for film and TV. He also writes and directs his own personal projects with whatever time he has left.
You can check out his work at samschlenker.com, or meet him in person by flying to Cairo, only to get waylaid in Tokyo right in the midst of a monster attack. He'll be there--he takes being Steve Martin very seriously.
Joanna Brodecki
Joanna is the least nerdy of the trio, but perhaps a little more optimistic than Sam regardless. Her theater kid past makes her a sucker for the charismatic scientist performances that fill the Godzilla movies.
Emerging from the fabled planet of Chicago, a world of sausages and John Hughes movies, Joanna crash-landed in Los Angeles before blazing a trail of destruction to New York City. Somehow she survives, passing as a human through her skills in performing and marketing.
Joanna can be spotted in the NY theater world and also has been showcased at the Edinburgh and NY Fringe Festivals.