Dan’s a freelance writer, podcaster, and author of the upcoming sci-fi novel The Aleph Extraction, as well as The Bayern Agenda and The Caledonian Gambit. On The Incomparable network, he co-hosts Not Playing with Lex and Dan and Biff!, and is the writer and host of Inconceivable!. He’s also a frequent panelist on The Incomparable and Total Party Kill and co-hosts Clockwise on Relay FM and The Rebound. His writing has appeared in Macworld, The Boston Globe, Popular Science, The Magazine, and Tom’s Guide, among others.
Dan Moren
Podcasts hosted by Dan Moren
A Complicated Profession
Biff!
Not Playing with Lex and Dan
Guest Host
The Incomparable
14: There's Guacamole on the Holodeck
TeeVee
707: For All Mankind S2E10 Review: "The Gray"
705: For All Mankind S2E9 Review: "Triage"
703: For All Mankind S2E8 Review: "And Here's To You"
702: For All Mankind S2E7 Review: "Don't Be Cruel"
700: For All Mankind S2E6 Review: "Best-Laid Plans"
699: For All Mankind S2E5 Review: "The Weight"
698: For All Mankind S2E4 Review: "Pathfinder"
696: For All Mankind S2E3 Review: "Rules of Engagement"
692: For All Mankind S2E2 Review: "The Bleeding Edge"
690: For All Mankind S2E1 Review: "Every Little Thing"
683: The Mandalorian S2E8 Review: "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
681: The Mandalorian S2E7 Review: "Chapter 15: The Believer"
680: The Mandalorian S2E6 Review: "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
679: The Mandalorian S2E5 Review: "Chapter 13: The Jedi"
676: The Mandalorian S2E4 Review: "Chapter 12: The Siege"
675: The Mandalorian S2E3 Review: "Chapter 11: The Heiress"
673: The Mandalorian S2E2 Review: "Chapter 10: The Passenger"
672: The Mandalorian S2E1 Review: "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
603: The Mandalorian S1E8 Review: "Chapter 8: Redemption"
602: The Mandalorian S1E7 Review: "Chapter 7: The Reckoning"
601: The Mandalorian S1E6 Review: "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
599: The Mandalorian S1E5 Review: "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
598: The Mandalorian S1E4 Review: "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"
595: The Mandalorian S1E3 Review: "Chapter 3: The Sin"
593: The Mandalorian S1E2 Review: "Chapter 2: The Child"
591: The Mandalorian S1E1 Review: "Chapter 1"
589: Gargoyles: Awakening, Parts I-V
568: Arrow S7E22 Review: "You Have Saved This City"
565: Arrow S7E21 Review: "Living Proof"
562: Arrow S7E20 Review: "Confessions"
559: Arrow S7E19 Review: "Spartan"
556: Arrow S7E18 Review: "Lost Canary"
549: Arrow S7E17 Review: "Inheritance"
544: Arrow S7E15-16 Review: "Training Day/Star City 2040"
540: Arrow S7E14 Review: "Brothers & Sisters"
534: Arrow S7E13 Review: "Star City Slayer"
533: Arrow S7E12 Review: "Emerald Archer"
528: Arrow S7E11 Review: "Past Sins"
524: Arrow S7E10 Review: "My Name Is Emiko Queen"
504: Arrow S7E7-8 Review: "The Slabside Redemption/Unmasked"
498: Arrow S7E6 Review: "Due Process"
494: Arrow S7E5 Review: "The Demon"
489: Arrow S7E3-4 Review: "Crossing Lines/Level Two"
481: Arrow S7E2 Review: "The Longbow Hunters"
477: Arrow S7E1 Review: "Inmate 4587"
430: Arrow S6E23 Review: "Life Sentence"
426: Arrow S6E22 Review: "The Ties That Bind"
421: Arrow S6E21 Review: "Docket No. 11-19-41-73"
417: Arrow S6E20 Review: "Shifting Allegiances"
413: Arrow S6E19 Review: "The Dragon"
410: Arrow S6E18 Review: "Fundamentals"
408: Arrow S6E17 Review: "Brothers in Arms"
406: Arrow S6E16 Review: "The Thanatos Guild"
403: Arrow S6E15 Review: "Doppelgänger"
399: Arrow S6E14 Review: "Collision Course"
395: Arrow S6E12-13 Review: "All For Nothing/The Devil's Greatest Trick"
381: Arrow S6E11 Review: "We Fall"
376: Arrow S6E10 Review: "Divided"
361: Arrow S6E9 Review: "Irreconcilable Differences"
354: Arrow S6E8 Review: "Crisis on Earth-X"
352: Arrow S6E7 Review: "Thanksgiving"
348: Arrow S6E6 Review: "Promises Kept"
345: Arrow S6E5 Review: "Deathstroke Returns"
341: Arrow S6E4 Review: "Reversal"
333: Arrow S6E3 Review: "Next of Kin"
326: Arrow S6E2 Review: "Tribute"
318: Arrow S6E1 Review: "Fallout"
310: Arrow Flashback S1E21-23: "The Undertaking", "Darkness on the Edge of Town", and "Sacrifice"
303: Arrow Flashback S1E19-20: "Unfinished Business" and "Home Invasion"
298: Arrow Flashback S1E17-18: "The Huntress Returns" and "Salvation"
296: Arrow Flashback S1E15-16: "Dodger" and "Dead to Rights"
294: Arrow Flashback S1E13-14: "Betrayal/The Odyssey"
276: Arrow Flashback S1E9-10 Review: "Year's End/Burned"
272: Arrow Flashback S1E7-8 Review: "Muse of Fire/Vendetta"
269: Arrow Flashback S1E5-6 Review: "Damaged/Legacies"
267: Arrow Flashback S1E3-4 Review: "Lone Gunmen/An Innocent Man"
265: Arrow Flashback S1E1-2 Review: "Pilot/Honor Thy Father"
259: Arrow S5E23 Review: "Lian Yu"
253: Arrow S5E22 Review: "Missing"
251: Arrow S5E21 Review: "Honor Thy Fathers"
246: Arrow S5E20 Review: "Underneath"
241: Arrow S5E19 Review: "Dangerous Liaisons"
238: Arrow S5E18 Review: "Disbanded"
236: Arrow S5E17 Review: "Kapiushon"
233: Arrow S5E16 Review: "Checkmate"
228: Arrow S5E15 Review: "Fighting Fire with Fire"
224: Arrow S5E14 Review: "The Sin-Eater"
221: Arrow S5E13 Review: "Spectre of the Gun"
220: Arrow S5E12 Review: "Bratva"
217: Arrow S5E11 Review: "Second Chances"
214: Arrow S5E10 Review: "Who Are You?"
199: Arrow S5E3 Review: "A Matter of Trust"
198: Arrow S5E2 Review: "The Recruits"
195: Arrow S5E1 Review: "Legacy"
169: Arrow S4E23 Review: "Schism"
166: Arrow S4E22 Review: "Lost in the Flood"
162: Arrow S4E21 Review: "Monument Point"
161: Arrow S4E20 Review: "Genesis"
156: Arrow S4E19 Review: "Canary Cry"
153: Arrow S4E18 Review: "Eleven-Fifty-Nine"
150: Arrow S4E17 Review: "Beacon of Hope"
149: Arrow S4E16 Review: "Broken Hearts"
146: Arrow S4E15 Review: "Taken"
144: Arrow S4E14 Review: "Code of Silence"
140: Arrow S4E13 Review: "Sins of the Father"
138: Arrow S4E12 Review: "Unchained"
136: Arrow S4E11 Review: "A.W.O.L."
131: Arrow S4E10 Review: "Blood Debt"
126: Arrow S4E9 Review: "Dark Waters"
116: Arrow S4E7 Review: "Brotherhood"
115: Arrow S4E6 Review: "Lost Souls"
111: Arrow S4E5 Review: "Haunted"
108: Arrow S4E4 Review: "Beyond Redemption"
106: Doctor Who S9E6 review: "The Woman Who Lived"
104: Arrow S4E3 Review: "Restoration"
101: Arrow S4E2 Review: "The Candidate"
98: Arrow S4E1 Review: "Green Arrow"
73: Arrow S3E23 Review: "My Name Is Oliver Queen"
70: Arrow S3E22 Review: "This Is Your Sword"
67: Arrow S3E21 Review: "Al Sah-him"
65: Arrow S3E19-20 Review: "Broken Arrow," "The Fallen"
56: Arrow S3E18 Review: "Public Enemy"
55: Arrow S3E17 Review: "Suicidal Tendencies"
53: Arrow S3E16 Review: "The Offer"
51: Arrow S3E15 Review: "Nanda Parbat"
50: Arrow S3E14 Review: "The Return"
47: Arrow S3E13 Review: "Canaries"
Total Party Kill
311: The Queen of Red Water, Part 4
310: The Queen of Red Water, Part 3
309: The Queen of Red Water, Part 2
308: The Queen of Red Water, Part 1
264: My Favorite Flavor is 'Combination'
178: What Do You Smell Besides Corpses?
177: The Room Really Ties the Rug Together
175: All Orc Poetry is Slam Poetry
174: Rope Me Once, Shame on Me...
173: Hell Bent for Orc Leather
164: This Party Is Complicated
159: A Dog, a Priest, and a Brain Surgeon
118: Please Roll Clockwork Bird
112: This Is Turning Into a Death House
110: Not My Centipedes, Not My Circus
109: The Legendary Hugging Wall
107: Paladins Crying Uncontrollably
92: Science and Other Sciences
89: If You Build It, Bats Will Come
40: There's Always a Lesser Goblin
39: A Slug and a Nice Mint Julep
38: International House of Kobolds
37: This Guy's From Grand Rapids!
36: That Ship Has Sailed to Winch Town
35: Undermountain Thanksgiving
33: Should My Orb Still Be Glowing?
26: Wiggle the Something-or-Others
Bonus Track
Game Show
153: I Knew I Ate It Before 1970
132: One of Those Great Cities With an Umlaut
123: Three of the Four Have Been to Space
111: If Only We'd Ever Read a Book
107: I Solved a Question From the Future
83: I'm Hungry and I Like Cake
78: There Are No Hamburgers in the Phantom Zone
71: The Count Of Monte Brisco County
68: It's Not All Horrible Childhood Memories
61: Inclined To Go For The Liquor
57: Spies, Pies, and Electronics
48: Don't Read the Creepy Old Book
46: Dang, I Wish We Were Physicists
36: This is How We Lost America in the First Place
32: Intangibility is a Serious Problem
29: Laser Cars are Really Sweet
25: Counterclockwise: Order of the University of Phoenix
18: Harry Potter and the Odor of the Weasel
14: Counterclockwise: Zombie King
11: Counterclockwise: All-Father Knows Best
6: Counterclockwise: Long TARDIS Nights
4: Counterclockwise: Lost in Stars
2: Counterclockwise: Space Minivan
Recently Read
10: "The Flowers of Vashnoi" by Lois McMaster Bujold
Football is Life
21: "Midnight Train to Royston" (S2E11)
19: "Beard After Hours" (S2E9)
8: "The Diamond Dogs" Rewatch (S1E8)
Guest Panelist
The Incomparable
575: You're Going to Your Sister's? I'm Going to Space!
557: You Like Witches? Name Three
547: Catching Up On Stuff - The Best of 2020
542: Don't Open the Cthulhu Box
541: The Incomparable Life Day Special
507b: Pandemic Bonus: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" commentary track
506b: Pandemic Bonus: "Star Wars" commentary track
505: It's Always Overcast In Berlin
500: Amalgamated Zeppelin Monocle Company
497: A Concerning Amount of Tootsie Rolls
495: Congratulations, You're All Pregnant - The Best of 2019
462: Misunderstanding-Based Murder
453: Turn Left at the Asteroid
452: Parties for Time Travelers
450: A Surprising Number of Spider-Meetings
448: A Bank the Size of a Planet
442: Sword is Definitely a Personality
440: Full Disclosure - The Best of 2018
430: We're the Magnificent Seven
428: Sour and Smells Like Feet
423: Weird Alien Jiminy Cricket
422: The Inevitable Moon Knight Movie
415: Congratulations to the Flat Earthers
408: Sometimes You Need a Wookiee
387: Good Job, Jerks - The Best of 2017
384: An Old Sock Full of Diamonds
377: Kids Love the Kaiser (An Autumn Reading List)
372: Jedi Inflation is a Serious Problem
370: Someone We've Never Heard Of
329: He's More Man than Puppet
317: You Broke Your Little Ships
315: Show Some Respect for the Chimp
304: Law of Diminishing Ninja Returns
300: The Incomparable Is People
295: A History of Things That Never Happened
292: I Have an Appointment with the Tholian Ambassador
281: I Love a Lot of Awful People - The Best of 2015
276: Don't Drink the Bacta Tea
275: Comprehensive Tapestry Policy
265: Summer Superhero Spectacular: Final Rounds
261: Summer Superhero Spectacular: Round Three
259: Summer Superhero Spectacular: Round 2
255: Summer Superhero Spectacular: Round One
253: Ignoring the Movie Completely
238: Caucus with the Dark Side
228: It's Not a Draft: Our 2014 Favorites
226: Stop Circulating the Tapes
218: Three Dads and a Superfast Baby
191: They Don't Make Them Anymore
190: The Cloud is Run by Hydra
182: Full-Fledged Force Mullet
174b: Behind the Christmas Spectacular
176: Solo Adventures (Our 2013 Favorites)
168: A Different Kind of Sleeper Agent
166: I Assume Everyone is Awful
165: Grieving for My Left Thumb
164: Put In the Zom and Out Comes Com
155: The Cat Who Listened to Podcasts
150: I Look Forward to Ignoring Your Criticism
149: Gleekless (A Superhero Draft)
146: Bashing Two Action Figures Together
145: He Lives By a Stupid Code
143: The Best "Star Wars" Movie In Years
136: We Waited 16 Years For This?
133b: Behind the Incomparable Radio Drama
133: Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air
128: Bureaucracy Is Her Superpower
122: Recursive Clip Loop: Our 2012 Favorites
118: The Incomparable Holiday Vault 2
115: For Dunces, By Dunces, To Dunces
114: When You Wish Upon a Star Wars
113: Indiana Jones is Immortal Now!
108: Then We Touched, Then We Sang
106: Dance With a Dalek in the Pale Moonlight
105: That Mr. Hitler Seems Nice
99: Convenience Store Clerk of Dune (A Summer Reading List)
95: Don't Take the Cinnamon Challenge
94: If You Think It's Funny, That's Fine, You're Wrong
92: Nick Fury's Google Hangout
90: A Suspiciously Efficient Morgue
86: Like "Catcher in the Rye," Except Crappier
79: Everything Sounds Beautiful in German
69: Love Conquers All, But So Do Guns
67: Darth Vader's Office is Really Weird
60: Thanks For Everything... Now Go Die
59: Flitting is in (TV Fantasy Pitches)
58: Greyskull Anonymous (TV Fantasy Draft)
57: Weird Subplots About Fondue
56: Let Me in the Frickin' TARDIS!
55: If a Show Never Airs, Can It Be Cancelled?
52: A Cthuluesque Vomiting of Ideas
51: Zombie Marmaduke (Hugo Awards 2011)
48: Can I Get Some Extra Dragons on That, Please?
46: I Like My Coffee Like My Evil Sith Lords
45: Lesbian, Silurian, Victorian
43: Mulder and Pacey in "The F-Files"
41: ...But Your Kids Are Gonna Love It
37: Shadow War of the Night Dragons
35: The Only Way to Win the Game of Thrones is Not to Play
30: Let Me Show You My Warp Bubble
22: Stephen Fry (Does Not Appear)
17: We're Going to Need Some More Christmas Movies, I Guess
16: If You Love an Autobot, Set it Free
15: My Computer is Powered by Frisbees
13: Harry Potter and the Picasso P.I.
12: He Who Controls Mr. Peanut Controls the World
4: This Film Presented in Mummy-Vision
3: Doctor Sherlock vs. The Melty Man
1: We'll Always Have Zeppelins
Random Trek
227: "Sons and Daughters" (DS9) with Dan Moren
219: "Encounter at Farpoint" (TNG) with Dan Moren
197: "Concerning Flight" (VOY) with Dan Moren
149: "Fair Haven" (VOY) with Dan Moren
103: "Accession" (DS9) with Dan Moren
2: "By Any Other Name" (TOS) with Dan Moren
TeeVee
658: Perry Mason S1E4 review: "Chapter 4"
552: Star Trek: Discovery S2E12 Review: "Through The Valley of Shadows"
518: Voltron: Legendary Defender S8 review
515: Doctor Who 2019 New Year's Day Review: "Resolution"
510: Legends of Tomorrow S4E8 Review: "Legends of To-Meow-Meow"
505: Legends of Tomorrow S4E7 Review: "Hell No, Dolly!"
485: Legends of Tomorrow S4E2 Review: "Witch Hunt"
482: Legends of Tomorrow S4E1 Review: "The Virgin Gary"
461: The Good Place Rewind: S1E3-4
355: Voltron: Legendary Defender S4 review
313: Star Trek: Discovery S1E4 Review: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not For the Lamb's Cry"
255: Doctor Who S10E6 Review: "Extremis"
244: The Expanse Season 2 wrap-up
231: The Expanse Season 2 Midterm Check-In
218: The Expanse S2E1-2 Review: "Safe" and "Doors and Corners"
194: "Mr. Robot" Season 2 wrap-up review
183: Mr. Robot review: "eps2.0_unm4sk.tc" (part 1 and 2)
174: Game of Thrones S6E8 review: "No One"
142: Legends of Tomorrow: Failure Analysis
137: Legends of Tomorrow S1E2 review: "Pilot, part 2"
133: Legends of Tomorrow S1E1 review: "Pilot, part 1"
129: Doctor Who review: "The Husbands of River Song"
124: The Expanse S1E1 review: "Dulcinea"
121: The Flash S2E8 review: "Legends of Today"
103: Doctor Who S9E5 review: "The Girl Who Died"
76: Daredevil Rewind: Episodes 10-12
68: Game of Thrones S5E4 review: "Sons of the Harpy"
64: Daredevil Rewind: Episodes 4-6
54: The Flash S1E16 Review: "Rogue Time"
43: Doctor Who review: "Last Christmas"
30: Doctor Who S8E8 review: "Mummy on the Orient Express"
26: Doctor Who S8E6 review: "The Caretaker"
21: Doctor Who S8E3 review: "Robot of Sherwood"
Total Party Kill
296: The Well of the Black Sun, Part 3
295: The Well of the Black Sun, Part 2
294: The Well of the Black Sun, Part 1
284: The Last Temptation of Goats
281: Were There Ever Chads in Barovia?
276: Strahd von Zarovich: Dreamboat
275: The Hill I'm About to Die On
274: The Last Wine in All of Barovia
271: A Really Aggressive Salad
266: A Face Is a Map of a Person
249: Very Special Holiday Episode
248: Backgammon in the Wine Gazebo
243: Follow Me To Great Deals!
239: A Most Interesting Bone Ghost
238: Little Joys in Big Barovia
237: Sad, Unfortunate, and On Fire
234: Big Trouble In Little Barovia
233: Let's Bury the Burgermeister
198: I Think Your Elf is Broken
153: Regdar's Unregulated School of Magic
152: My Mom Raised Me Not to Lie to a Bird
151: Hello from the Tragic Cavern
138: Oh Man, My Mouth Tastes Like Goodberry!
135: Turn Left at the Shallow Graves
115: Party in the Front, Stables in the Back
73: Two Muls, a Defiler, and a Beetle Place
68: Carlos, Have You Learned Nothing?
65: In That Trunk Is Some Funk
58: Unaffiliated Pottery Outpost
56: Professional Monkey Paw Operator
20: Do You Know the Mushroom Man?
18: Pick Out a Pretty Headstone
2: We've Been In Worse Situations
Incomparable Radio Theater
0.7: Layers: The World of Tomorrow (Live)
0.6: Rehearsing in the Zeppelin
0.4: The Lives of Paul Citron; Marjorie Carter
0.3: The Spooky Twist; The Fog
0.2: Two-Fisted Tales of Tesla; Jenny Lane
Bonus Track
347b: Insert Star Wars Teaser Reaction Here
257b: It Has Always Been My Dream to Write Cyclops
253b: The Fat Man Meets The Thin Man
184b: In Bed with Big Cardboard
182b: Episode II - Omnibus Commentary
174b: Behind the Christmas Spectacular
165b: Unrecorded Personal Conversations
159b: After The Incomparable Movie Draft
155b: Before and After The Incomparable #155
133b: The Incomparable Radio Drama
122b: The World is About to End
115b: Good Times, Sanford and Son
114b: Lena Dunham's "Star Wars"
102b: Extremely Weird and Made Me Think of You
86b: Dragon Loving is a Personal Question
55b: Stuff Cancelled from the Cancelled Shows Draft
Game Show
161: Cleveland Browns Callback
157: Waiting For It To Be Norwegian
152: Everybody Had Weltschmerz
146: This Belt Bucky is Trickle
136: I Really Should Have Studied My Dans
133: Did You Play Music, Dr. Boogie?
119: The Michelangelo of Space Alpaca Raising
117: Luxuriating with Lord Spooky
102: Chasing the Gingerbread Dragon
94: A Penguin Knows to Respect a Gun
77: The Low Definition Holiday Special!
75: It All Boils Down to Valerie Bertinelli
73: Dinosaur Jousting with Pitchforks
66: Low Definition: I Will See a Wrinklepuff
62: Dr. Tiff and the Electric Catfish
47: Low Definition: The Spooky Edition
45: The Incomparable's Ten-Foot Poll
38: Game Night: Gospel According to Short Round
37: Low Definition: This Word Sucks
27: Low Definition: Lake Tourist
24: Game Night: Stephen Hawking Said
17: Low Definition: Hempen Humbug
13: Game Night: Golfing with Hitler
Unjustly Maligned
46: "Lady in the Water" with Dan Moren
11: "Hudson Hawk" with Dan Moren
Friends in Your Ears
7: Dan Moren and Stephen Hackett
Batman University
11: "World's Finest" with Dan Moren
Pants in the Boot
19: The Final Meal (of the Day)
17: Breakfast, Dinner, Launch--No, Lunch!
15: Really, We Never Stop Eating
10: M Is for the Many Names We Gave Her