How Felicia Day created a geek content empire

25/08/2025 1h 12min Episodio 24

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Felicia Day is an actress, writer, and presenter who starred in the web series The Guild and co-founded the YouTube channel Geek & Sundry.We discuss Felicia’s roles in Joss Whedon’s work and how The Guild differed from other depictions of nerd culture. Her channel Geek & Sundry was launched during YouTube’s push towards producing original content in the early 2010s and was quickly acquired by Legendary.The channel would produce two massive shows - Critical Role and TableTop. Critical Role is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play show featuring a cast of familiar nerd voice actors. TableTop was a board game playthrough with guests hosted by king nerd Wil Wheaton. Both shows were early examples of formats that continue to be popular on YouTube, and Critical Role is still active with a forthcoming campaign.00:00:00 Introduction, 00:00:58 Our history with Felicia Day, 00:03:20 TV acting career, 00:08:23 The Guild, 00:24:47 The Guild original music videos, 00:33:23 Founding Geek & Sundry, 00:34:21 Wil Wheaton's TableTop, 00:40:47 Critical Role and D&D actual play shows, 00:49:42 Geek & Sundry acquisition by Legendary, 00:53:04 Critical Role in the present day, 00:56:25 Felicia Day in 2025, 00:59:53 Felicia Day's YouTube legacy, 01:02:49 Max's subscription: Barbarian (2022), 01:04:38 Lucy's subscription: Tik Tok algorithmEmail us at [email protected] the video feed at www.youtube.com/@RewindTimePodGet more Lucy at www.youtube.com/@LucyLivinYT, www.tiktok.com/@lucy_livin and www.instagram.com/lucy.livin/We post shorts on www.instagram.com/rewindtimepod/ and www.tiktok.com/@rewindtimepod