Geek Syndicate
- Description:
- The long awaited, critically acclaimed, irreverent, touching, intellectual, nonsensical, fairly drunken, incredibly sexy, hilarious.... Hear what happens when 2 old friends(perhaps more in the coming weeks), some pizza, 2 bottles of single malt whiskey and a couple of cats decide to celebrate all aspects of geek life from a UK perspective. We hope to cover TV,Books,Games,Comics..etc every fortnight.
Homepage: http://geeksyndicate.libsyn.com
RSS Feed: http://geeksyndicate.libsyn.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 2165
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:03:53
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:22:21:46
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 96 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 45 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 1 October 2006 (2:23am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 12 September 2024 (1:56pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 3 days, 0 hours, 40 minutes and 53 seconds
Geek Syndicate Episodes
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Children of the Atom - Episode 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 59 secondsIn this episode we review X-Men #2 (November 1963) featuring the Vanisher! We also finally get to discuss the entire Avengers vs X-Men mega-event which finished on October 3rd. Listeners who haven't finished reading the series or who are waiting for the trade should avoid this second part of the show because spoilers abound! Finally, we talk about which back issues we were able to pick up this month in our unplanned spending spree at Orbital Comics. Our poor bank account took a savage beating when we discovered a gold mine in X-Men back issues just begging to be added to our fledgling collection.
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Children of the Atom - Episode 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 59 secondsIn this episode we review X-Men #2 (November 1963) featuring the Vanisher! We also finally get to discuss the entire Avengers vs X-Men mega-event which finished on October 3rd. Listeners who haven't finished reading the series or who are waiting for the trade should avoid this second part of the show because spoilers abound! Finally, we talk about which back issues we were able to pick up this month in our unplanned spending spree at Orbital Comics. Our poor bank account took a savage beating when we discovered a gold mine in X-Men back issues just begging to be added to our fledgling collection.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 6, Ep 5: Secret History and Conspiracy Theories
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 15 secondsGrab on to your sense of the normal as the Dissecting Duo head down the Rabbit Hole and seek out the Truth behind the Veil of Lies fed to you by "The Man" and other Tools of The Conspiracy. Delving into works of (alleged) fiction and (supposed) fact, we take a roaming quest through the twisted landscapes of History, but Not As We Know It. We stop off at:
- The Knights Templar, Merovingian Dynasties and Dan Brown- The Philadelphia Experiment, Escaped Nazis' and conspiricies that really happened.- Aliens from Roswell to The X-Files- Mystical Conspiricies from the Real Illuminati to the Fictional Ones.- Who is "The Man" ?Tom Lehrer's "Wernher Von Braun" can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro We welcome comments and corrections (including audio files for our conclusion ep) to dissectingworlds(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk or tweet @dissectingwrlds.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 6, Ep 5: Secret History and Conspiracy Theories
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 15 secondsGrab on to your sense of the normal as the Dissecting Duo head down the Rabbit Hole and seek out the Truth behind the Veil of Lies fed to you by "The Man" and other Tools of The Conspiracy. Delving into works of (alleged) fiction and (supposed) fact, we take a roaming quest through the twisted landscapes of History, but Not As We Know It. We stop off at:
- The Knights Templar, Merovingian Dynasties and Dan Brown- The Philadelphia Experiment, Escaped Nazis' and conspiricies that really happened.- Aliens from Roswell to The X-Files- Mystical Conspiricies from the Real Illuminati to the Fictional Ones.- Who is "The Man" ?Tom Lehrer's "Wernher Von Braun" can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro We welcome comments and corrections (including audio files for our conclusion ep) to dissectingworlds(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk or tweet @dissectingwrlds.
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Children of the Atom - Episode 0
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 28 secondsIn this first episode of the Children of the Atom podcast we talk about how we first discovered the X-Men and what motivated us to podcast about the X-Universe.
We also discuss the original development of the X-Men by Stan Lee, some contemporary influences on the concept, and where the series fits within the rest of the Marvel universe. In the main part of the show we review the first ever X-Men issue released in September 1963. Finally, we talk about which of the first run issues we managed to buy for our collection this month.
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Children of the Atom - Episode 0
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 28 secondsIn this first episode of the Children of the Atom podcast we talk about how we first discovered the X-Men and what motivated us to podcast about the X-Universe.
We also discuss the original development of the X-Men by Stan Lee, some contemporary influences on the concept, and where the series fits within the rest of the Marvel universe. In the main part of the show we review the first ever X-Men issue released in September 1963. Finally, we talk about which of the first run issues we managed to buy for our collection this month.
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Geek Syndicate Merlin Special: Julian Jones Talks Merlin Series 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 48 secondsSo wth Merlin series 5 all ready to start back on the BBC this weekend we thought it was a perfect time to catch up with our good frend Julian Jones, the co-creator and head writer on the show.
With Dave off on his adventures Barry flys solo in this special episode in which Julian opens up about series 5 and what we can expect from the characters and the story. We also take a little look back at season 4 and some of Julian's thoughts on his episodes and plot points in that series. There's also some talk on season six and the status of a Merlin feature film.
Julian also lets slip a massive spolier for series 5 which we have moved until right at the end of the interview to give those of you who don't want to know fair warning.
Enjoy!
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Geek Syndicate Merlin Special: Julian Jones Talks Merlin Series 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 48 secondsSo wth Merlin series 5 all ready to start back on the BBC this weekend we thought it was a perfect time to catch up with our good frend Julian Jones, the co-creator and head writer on the show.
With Dave off on his adventures Barry flys solo in this special episode in which Julian opens up about series 5 and what we can expect from the characters and the story. We also take a little look back at season 4 and some of Julian's thoughts on his episodes and plot points in that series. There's also some talk on season six and the status of a Merlin feature film.
Julian also lets slip a massive spolier for series 5 which we have moved until right at the end of the interview to give those of you who don't want to know fair warning.
Enjoy!
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 40
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 15 secondsJoin Stace and Lee for the big Four Oh! This episode is the "The" episode with reviews of The Reckoning, The Scarifyers, The Mire and The Absence amongst others, we also have news AND a first for Small Press Big Mouth - a prize giveaway - what could possibly go wrong eh?
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 40
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 15 secondsJoin Stace and Lee for the big Four Oh! This episode is the "The" episode with reviews of The Reckoning, The Scarifyers, The Mire and The Absence amongst others, we also have news AND a first for Small Press Big Mouth - a prize giveaway - what could possibly go wrong eh?
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The Next Level - Eurogamer Expo Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 55 secondsJoin Barry and Amaechi in this special episode as they interview Tom Champion, Community Manager for the Eurogamer Expo. Tom tells us all about this years upcoming Expo and what games, developer session and new additions attendees can expect from this years show.
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The Next Level - Eurogamer Expo Special
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 55 secondsJoin Barry and Amaechi in this special episode as they interview Tom Champion, Community Manager for the Eurogamer Expo. Tom tells us all about this years upcoming Expo and what games, developer session and new additions attendees can expect from this years show.
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The Next Level Episode 46 In this episode the boys we discuss Ant's lack of understand of the difference between stealth gaming
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 26 secondsThe Next Level Episode 46In this episode the boys we discuss Ant's lack of understand of the difference between stealth gaming and going all berserker in our muiltiplayer gaming sessionsNews- The Wii U is about to get an officially release date but will any of the team be buying one
- Resident Evil 6 brings a whole new meaning to limited edition games bundles and Call of Duty Black Ops gets its own limited edition bundle
- Popcap to tricker treat free copies of Plants vs. Zombies
- 2012 Golden Joystick Awards voting opens
- Microsoft reveal poor Summer of Arcade sales
- The first review for Borderlands 2 hits the net
FeatureIn our feature this episode we discuss the growing trend of delays and long development times for games and ask if this negatively effects the final games quality and reception and does extra development time actually deliver a better game.
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The Next Level Episode 46 In this episode the boys we discuss Ant's lack of understand of the difference between stealth gaming
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 26 secondsThe Next Level Episode 46In this episode the boys we discuss Ant's lack of understand of the difference between stealth gaming and going all berserker in our muiltiplayer gaming sessionsNews- The Wii U is about to get an officially release date but will any of the team be buying one
- Resident Evil 6 brings a whole new meaning to limited edition games bundles and Call of Duty Black Ops gets its own limited edition bundle
- Popcap to tricker treat free copies of Plants vs. Zombies
- 2012 Golden Joystick Awards voting opens
- Microsoft reveal poor Summer of Arcade sales
- The first review for Borderlands 2 hits the net
FeatureIn our feature this episode we discuss the growing trend of delays and long development times for games and ask if this negatively effects the final games quality and reception and does extra development time actually deliver a better game.
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Scrolls Book Group: The Life-cycle Of Software Objects
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 48 minutes and 6 secondsThe Life-cycle of Software Objects is a story by Ted Chiang about our relationship with artificial intelligence and what it means to be alive. It's kind of a peculiar read but well worth it, as we quickly discovered. Joining Dion and Phil to discuss the tale is our guest host, the delightful Dee - otherwise known as 'Faint Dreams.'
Now, don't go skipping straight past. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'I've never heard of it, never read it, so why listen to the podcast?' Well, Firstly we're bloody brilliant. Honest, guv'nor. Secondly, it's actually a pretty quick read - a novella rather than a book (Around 60 pages.) Thirdly, The Life-cycle Of Software Objects is available right here for free, and Fourthly it's an absolute corker. We've all had ideas and questions exploding in our brains long after we finished reading it.
So you're not going anywhere, right?
Right :-D
You snuggle down and start reading, I'll just sit here and... I dunno, tweet or something.
Dum de dum... de dum... de dum...
Ready? Brilliant.
For those of you interested in reading more of Ted Chiang's work, there is a round-up of his stories at Metafilter, all free and perfectly legal. Some are in text, some are audiobooks. Here also is a separate link for the story that Dee mentions right at the end of the podcast, called 'Liking What You See: A Documentary.'Want to know a little more about Artificial Intelligence? You could listen to Dissecting Worlds (cheap shot) or have a look at this wikipedia entry. Most edifying.
As ever, feedback is appreciated. You can tweet @Dion_Scrolls, @Phlambler or @FaintDreams, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or share your views with everyone in the Comments section below.
We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.
Keep reading.
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Scrolls Book Group: The Life-cycle Of Software Objects
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 48 minutes and 6 secondsThe Life-cycle of Software Objects is a story by Ted Chiang about our relationship with artificial intelligence and what it means to be alive. It's kind of a peculiar read but well worth it, as we quickly discovered. Joining Dion and Phil to discuss the tale is our guest host, the delightful Dee - otherwise known as 'Faint Dreams.'
Now, don't go skipping straight past. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'I've never heard of it, never read it, so why listen to the podcast?' Well, Firstly we're bloody brilliant. Honest, guv'nor. Secondly, it's actually a pretty quick read - a novella rather than a book (Around 60 pages.) Thirdly, The Life-cycle Of Software Objects is available right here for free, and Fourthly it's an absolute corker. We've all had ideas and questions exploding in our brains long after we finished reading it.
So you're not going anywhere, right?
Right :-D
You snuggle down and start reading, I'll just sit here and... I dunno, tweet or something.
Dum de dum... de dum... de dum...
Ready? Brilliant.
For those of you interested in reading more of Ted Chiang's work, there is a round-up of his stories at Metafilter, all free and perfectly legal. Some are in text, some are audiobooks. Here also is a separate link for the story that Dee mentions right at the end of the podcast, called 'Liking What You See: A Documentary.'Want to know a little more about Artificial Intelligence? You could listen to Dissecting Worlds (cheap shot) or have a look at this wikipedia entry. Most edifying.
As ever, feedback is appreciated. You can tweet @Dion_Scrolls, @Phlambler or @FaintDreams, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or share your views with everyone in the Comments section below.
We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.
Keep reading.
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The Next Level - Episode 45
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 39 secondsThey're Back! After an unscheduled most-of-Summer break, Amaechi, Barry and Ant return to discuss the latest gaming news. This month: the boys talk about Amaechi's weariness with hackers, the switch in payment model for MMORPGs and discuss the forthcoming Halo web-series amongst other stories.
As a feature, they discuss Co-Op gaming: its rise, fall and rise again while talking about some of their favourite co-op game memories. Finally, a brief look at the game releases for September is presented.
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The Next Level - Episode 45
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 39 secondsThey're Back! After an unscheduled most-of-Summer break, Amaechi, Barry and Ant return to discuss the latest gaming news. This month: the boys talk about Amaechi's weariness with hackers, the switch in payment model for MMORPGs and discuss the forthcoming Halo web-series amongst other stories.
As a feature, they discuss Co-Op gaming: its rise, fall and rise again while talking about some of their favourite co-op game memories. Finally, a brief look at the game releases for September is presented.
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Dissecting Worlds Olympic Special 2 Sports Comics
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 54 secondsThe crowd are going wild as the Dissecting Worlds explore the somewhat lost world of Sports Comics. Joined by Mike Hodder and with a contribution from Max Barnard, we cover... - The Magic Boots of Dead-shot Keane - The Startling Longevity (and crazy plot-lines) of Roy of the Rovers - The strange, and long-running world of Baseball Manga - Class, and other social considerations for our sporting heroes. Grab your glass of Vimto and packet of Wagon Wheels and tune in!
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Dissecting Worlds Olympic Special 2 Sports Comics
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 54 secondsThe crowd are going wild as the Dissecting Worlds explore the somewhat lost world of Sports Comics. Joined by Mike Hodder and with a contribution from Max Barnard, we cover... - The Magic Boots of Dead-shot Keane - The Startling Longevity (and crazy plot-lines) of Roy of the Rovers - The strange, and long-running world of Baseball Manga - Class, and other social considerations for our sporting heroes. Grab your glass of Vimto and packet of Wagon Wheels and tune in!
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Scrolls Special: A Little Bit Of Flash
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 46 secondsIn Geek To Geek Issue 5 the Scrolls team contributed a little segment on Flash Fiction, defining it and discussing the attraction of this growing form story-telling.
It will surprise none of our regular listeners when I tell you that the conversation went on for an awful lot longer than the 18 minutes previously released. Here,
for the first time, you can hear the full discussion (clocking in at just under an hour and a half.) Furthermore, for your listening pleasure, we present recordings of
no less that ten Flash pieces scattered throughout the episode.
There is some bad language used by the team and there are elements of horror in several of these Flash pieces, varying from the visceral to the psychological.
Whilst we do not always think to put a Parental Advisory warning on our podcasts, you should think twice before playing this episode in the hearing of children.
I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributing authors here in the order in which their stories appear:
Rebecca Bohn - 'One Night' - a tale of mythic wonder - read by Dion Winton-Polak
Lily Childs - 'A Stitch In Spine' - an erotically charged delight - read by Lily Childs
Absolutely*Kate Pilarcik - 'Stop This Merry Go Round, I Want To Get Off!' - a natty, nuanced noir - read by Brenda Kirk
Anthony Cowin - 'Corridors Of Meat' - a visceral fight for survival - read by Phil Ambler
R.R. Kovar - 'Golden Gate' - creepy lore from the carny folk - read by Dion Winton-Polak
Phil Ambler - 'Gone' - a cry from the aching gulf of grief - read by Phil Ambler
Dion Winton-Polak - 'A Vampires Salvation' - a sonnet to love, loss and redemption - read by Dion Winton-Polak
John Xero - 'Retribution' - a post-plague chiller - read by Phil Ambler
A.J. Humpage - 'Naked' - Hackett displays a terrifyingly artistic side - read by Lily Childs
Lily Childs - 'Spangles' - a dizzying murder mystery with a very unusual killer - read by Lily Childs
Click on the author links above to see their home pages and read more of their work.
Brenda did an ace job reading Kate's story. Why not pop across to see her at Geektress to support their site as well? (hint Etsy hint)
A few more links you may be interested in are flagged up during the course of the episode, so keep your ears peeled. A pen and paper may be handy
- if not to write down links then to start working on your own pieces of Flash Fiction. It's a joyously addictive hobby! Join us...
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Scrolls Special: A Little Bit Of Flash
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 46 secondsIn Geek To Geek Issue 5 the Scrolls team contributed a little segment on Flash Fiction, defining it and discussing the attraction of this growing form story-telling.
It will surprise none of our regular listeners when I tell you that the conversation went on for an awful lot longer than the 18 minutes previously released. Here,
for the first time, you can hear the full discussion (clocking in at just under an hour and a half.) Furthermore, for your listening pleasure, we present recordings of
no less that ten Flash pieces scattered throughout the episode.
There is some bad language used by the team and there are elements of horror in several of these Flash pieces, varying from the visceral to the psychological.
Whilst we do not always think to put a Parental Advisory warning on our podcasts, you should think twice before playing this episode in the hearing of children.
I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributing authors here in the order in which their stories appear:
Rebecca Bohn - 'One Night' - a tale of mythic wonder - read by Dion Winton-Polak
Lily Childs - 'A Stitch In Spine' - an erotically charged delight - read by Lily Childs
Absolutely*Kate Pilarcik - 'Stop This Merry Go Round, I Want To Get Off!' - a natty, nuanced noir - read by Brenda Kirk
Anthony Cowin - 'Corridors Of Meat' - a visceral fight for survival - read by Phil Ambler
R.R. Kovar - 'Golden Gate' - creepy lore from the carny folk - read by Dion Winton-Polak
Phil Ambler - 'Gone' - a cry from the aching gulf of grief - read by Phil Ambler
Dion Winton-Polak - 'A Vampires Salvation' - a sonnet to love, loss and redemption - read by Dion Winton-Polak
John Xero - 'Retribution' - a post-plague chiller - read by Phil Ambler
A.J. Humpage - 'Naked' - Hackett displays a terrifyingly artistic side - read by Lily Childs
Lily Childs - 'Spangles' - a dizzying murder mystery with a very unusual killer - read by Lily Childs
Click on the author links above to see their home pages and read more of their work.
Brenda did an ace job reading Kate's story. Why not pop across to see her at Geektress to support their site as well? (hint Etsy hint)
A few more links you may be interested in are flagged up during the course of the episode, so keep your ears peeled. A pen and paper may be handy
- if not to write down links then to start working on your own pieces of Flash Fiction. It's a joyously addictive hobby! Join us...
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Dissecting Worlds S6 ep 4: The American Civil War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 51 minutes and 18 secondsYee-haw,
The pair of desperadoes known as Kehaar & Matt are joined by Matt Mitrovitch custodian of the work of boundless energy & love which is the AH Weekly Update: (http://
alternatehistoryweeklyupdate. )looking at that popular alternate history topic of the American Civil War in the course of which they look atblogspot.com * Harry Harrison's Star & Stripes series, the Trent affair & options for European intervention
* Harry Turtledove's 191-timeline & the romanticisation of both sides of the ACW
* The appeal (and consequences) of Balkanised America
* Alien Space Bats & South African nazis
* Captain Confederacy!: http://
captainconfederacy.blogspot. com * Race in America and its legacy in fiction and reality
Matts writing blog is http://mitroauthor.
wordpress.com/ He has a story in Jake's Monthly-Alternate History Anthology: https://www.smashwords.com/
books/view/180165 Saddle up, enjoy & feedback :)
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Dissecting Worlds S6 ep 4: The American Civil War
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 51 minutes and 18 secondsYee-haw,
The pair of desperadoes known as Kehaar & Matt are joined by Matt Mitrovitch custodian of the work of boundless energy & love which is the AH Weekly Update: (http://
alternatehistoryweeklyupdate. )looking at that popular alternate history topic of the American Civil War in the course of which they look atblogspot.com * Harry Harrison’s Star & Stripes series, the Trent affair & options for European intervention
* Harry Turtledove's 191-timeline & the romanticisation of both sides of the ACW
* The appeal (and consequences) of Balkanised America
* Alien Space Bats & South African nazis
* Captain Confederacy!: http://
captainconfederacy.blogspot. com * Race in America and its legacy in fiction and reality
Matts writing blog is http://mitroauthor.
wordpress.com/ He has a story in Jake's Monthly-Alternate History Anthology: https://www.smashwords.com/
books/view/180165 Saddle up, enjoy & feedback :)
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Geek to Geek - Issue 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 0 minutes and 13 seconds00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge - David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation and but hopefully some hope that you will enjoy the experience
00:55:39 Minster of Chance Audio Drama - Episode 3 Trailer more info on the series here.
00:57:06 The Scrolls team discuss Flash Fiction with Lily Childs
01:14:56 Scarifyers Audio Drama - The Nazad Conspiracy trailer. More info here
01:15:59 Montoya and Silver Fox from Trailer Trash Two check out the lastest film trailers
01:33:49 Notes from Nuge: Avengers theme played on Violin by Taylor Davis
01:34:56 Woman in Black Book Reading by Dion(Scrolls)
01:37:33 Dark Knight Returns Trailer
01:39:04 A look at early horror with Matt (Dissecting Worlds), Keharr (Dissecting Worlds) and Phil (Scrolls)
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Geek to Geek - Issue 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 0 minutes and 13 seconds00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation and but hopefully some hope that you will enjoy the experience
00:55:39 Minster of Chance Audio Drama - Episode 3 Trailer more info on the series here.
00:57:06 The Scrolls team discuss Flash Fiction with Lily Childs
01:14:56 Scarifyers Audio Drama - The Nazad Conspiracy trailer. More info here
01:15:59 Montoya and Silver Fox from Trailer Trash Two check out the lastest film trailers
01:33:49 Notes from Nuge: Avengers theme played on Violin by Taylor Davis
01:34:56 Woman in Black Book Reading by Dion(Scrolls)
01:37:33 Dark Knight Returns Trailer
01:39:04 A look at early horror with Matt (Dissecting Worlds), Keharr (Dissecting Worlds) and Phil (Scrolls)
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Dissecting Worlds S6 ep3: Romans!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes and 16 secondshe quarrelsome Northerners are joined by MOMBCAST stalwart James falling in behind the Eagle standard to dissect and consider the alternative histories of Rome and the Roman Empire. Inspired by the History of Rome podcast they march in a less than straight road through:
* The Punic Wars (including the alternate history 'Hannibal's Children)* Roman history as a game of Total War
* The Porous nature of Rome to people and ideas* Why couldn't the Greeks get their act together?
* School nativity plays and the Dallas and Dynasty appeal of the Julio-Claudians* Agrippa the Immortal
* The fickle survival and destruction of Republics and Monarchies
* Why not to let Commodus run & ruin your Empire.
* The Marian reforms and the dangers of a professional miltiary (with thanks to Will Self.)
* They debate irresistible nature of monotheism and Time-Travelling Popes
* Mad Max and the fall of the West* Julian the Apostate (Our hero, he's dreamy, titter yee not!)
The Romanitas Trilogy Timeline can be found here: http://www.romanitas.com/text/
history.htm The History of Rome podcast can be found here: http://thehistoryofrome.
typepad.com/ We welcome comments and corrections (including audio files for our conclusion ep) to dissectingworlds(at)yahoo(dot)
co(dot)uk or tweet @dissectingwrlds.
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Dissecting Worlds S6 ep3: Romans!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes and 16 secondshe quarrelsome Northerners are joined by MOMBCAST stalwart James falling in behind the Eagle standard to dissect and consider the alternative histories of Rome and the Roman Empire. Inspired by the History of Rome podcast they march in a less than straight road through:
* The Punic Wars (including the alternate history 'Hannibal's Children)* Roman history as a game of Total War
* The Porous nature of Rome to people and ideas* Why couldn't the Greeks get their act together?
* School nativity plays and the Dallas and Dynasty appeal of the Julio-Claudians* Agrippa the Immortal
* The fickle survival and destruction of Republics and Monarchies
* Why not to let Commodus run & ruin your Empire.
* The Marian reforms and the dangers of a professional miltiary (with thanks to Will Self.)
* They debate irresistible nature of monotheism and Time-Travelling Popes
* Mad Max and the fall of the West* Julian the Apostate (Our hero, he's dreamy, titter yee not!)
The Romanitas Trilogy Timeline can be found here: http://www.romanitas.com/text/
history.htm The History of Rome podcast can be found here: http://thehistoryofrome.
typepad.com/ We welcome comments and corrections (including audio files for our conclusion ep) to dissectingworlds(at)yahoo(dot)
co(dot)uk or tweet @dissectingwrlds.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 39
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 58 secondsWelcome to Episode 39 of Small Press Big Mouth, this the one where Stace and indeed Lee throw the usual format out of the window in a sad and desperate attempt to catch up on some reviews. That's right this is a review only episode! We cover such wonders as Porcelain and The Butterfly Gate, White Knuckle, Disconnected Vol 1, Sgt Mike Battle #17, Leroy and Popo, Robot Shorts and No More Heroes.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 39
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 58 secondsWelcome to Episode 39 of Small Press Big Mouth, this the one where Stace and indeed Lee throw the usual format out of the window in a sad and desperate attempt to catch up on some reviews. That's right this is a review only episode! We cover such wonders as Porcelain and The Butterfly Gate, White Knuckle, Disconnected Vol 1, Sgt Mike Battle #17, Leroy and Popo, Robot Shorts and No More Heroes.
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Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge - Issue 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 53 secondsGeek to Geek with Monts and Nuge - David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass...always sass.
In a slight change of plan we will be releasing Geek to Geek monthly on it's own and then it will also form part of the quarterly two hour audio magazine show which is the companion to our quarterly Geek Syndicate Magazine.Topics covered
Our thoughts on Avengers Assemble.
What we think of the upcoming Green Arrow TV show.
What we're looking forward to reading and watching over the Summer.
Thoughts on the Eagle Awards and MCM Awards (this was recorded before we found out there still would be an Eagle Awards).
What DC can do to catch up to Marvel on the film front.
And much more.
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Scrolls Chapter 19: Recently Reading
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 45 minutes and 46 secondsIn which we focus in a little on the latest books that we've plucked from the top of our bookstacks. In the absence of Mattie we are joined by 'The Grampus' a.k.a Matt Farr from Dissecting Worlds. He kicks things off with Adrian Tchaikovsky's insect-themed fantasy, the Shadows of the Apt. Clover follows this up with Juggernaut, an explosive zombie actioner by Adam Baker set in the Gulf conflict. Next up, Phil tells us about Stacia Kane's stylish and grungy urban fantasy, Unholy Ghosts. Dion then waxes lyrical about Jenny Nimmo's The Snow Spider, a beautiful children's fantasy with a tragic heart. Finally Matt gives us a flavour of the prolific but oft under-appreciated weird fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith. All of this is of course spiced with our usual blend of good humor and pettiness.
Stay tuned also for Adam Baker's first recorded interview on Juggernaut, after the main programme.
Feedback is always welcome. You can post comments here on GS, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us @scrollscast if you like.
If you want to get personal you can send abuse to @phlambler or pedantic diatribes to @thegrampus. @Dion_Scrolls is more partial to flattery or sponsorship deals from major ice-cream producers.
I'm just saying...
Anyway, that's enough waffle. Keep reading.
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Dissecting Worlds Sports Special 1: Sports!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 26 secondsTaking a break from Alternative Histories, The Dissecting Duo participate in the spirit of the Olympic summer with the first of four episodes looking at sports and games and all that healthy outdoors nonsense we both try and avoid
We start by looking at team sports and could hear such highlights as:
- The fine line between games and sports
- Star Trek Space Badmington Thingy and other made up sports
- Why can't the Flash run in the Olympics?
- The challenges of technology, distance, and interplanetary environments.
- The changing faces of Cricket, Football and Rugby and the problems of prediction
- And much more....
So sit back, enjoy & disagree!
Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @thegrampus for Matt
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Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge - Issue 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 53 secondsGeek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass.
In a slight change of plan we will be releasing Geek to Geek monthly on it's own and then it will also form part of the quarterly two hour audio magazine show which is the companion to our quarterly Geek Syndicate Magazine.Topics covered
Our thoughts on Avengers Assemble.
What we think of the upcoming Green Arrow TV show.
What we're looking forward to reading and watching over the Summer.
Thoughts on the Eagle Awards and MCM Awards (this was recorded before we found out there still would be an Eagle Awards).
What DC can do to catch up to Marvel on the film front.
And much more.
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Scrolls Chapter 19: Recently Reading
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 45 minutes and 46 secondsIn which we focus in a little on the latest books that we've plucked from the top of our bookstacks. In the absence of Mattie we are joined by 'The Grampus' a.k.a Matt Farr from Dissecting Worlds. He kicks things off with Adrian Tchaikovsky's insect-themed fantasy, the Shadows of the Apt. Clover follows this up with Juggernaut, an explosive zombie actioner by Adam Baker set in the Gulf conflict. Next up, Phil tells us about Stacia Kane's stylish and grungy urban fantasy, Unholy Ghosts. Dion then waxes lyrical about Jenny Nimmo's The Snow Spider, a beautiful children's fantasy with a tragic heart. Finally Matt gives us a flavour of the prolific but oft under-appreciated weird fiction writer Clark Ashton Smith. All of this is of course spiced with our usual blend of good humor and pettiness.
Stay tuned also for Adam Baker's first recorded interview on Juggernaut, after the main programme.
Feedback is always welcome. You can post comments here on GS, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us @scrollscast if you like.
If you want to get personal you can send abuse to @phlambler or pedantic diatribes to @thegrampus. @Dion_Scrolls is more partial to flattery or sponsorship deals from major ice-cream producers.
I'm just saying...
Anyway, that's enough waffle. Keep reading.
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Dissecting Worlds Sports Special 1: Sports!
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 26 secondsTaking a break from Alternative Histories, The Dissecting Duo participate in the spirit of the Olympic summer with the first of four episodes looking at sports and games and all that healthy outdoors nonsense we both try and avoid
We start by looking at team sports and could hear such highlights as:
- The fine line between games and sports
- Star Trek Space Badmington Thingy and other made up sports
- Why can’t the Flash run in the Olympics?
- The challenges of technology, distance, and interplanetary environments.
- The changing faces of Cricket, Football and Rugby and the problems of prediction
- And much more….
So sit back, enjoy & disagree!
Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @thegrampus for Matt
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The Next Level - Episode 44
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 41 minutes and 10 secondsJoin Amaechi and Ant as they bring you the (belated) forty-fourth episode of The Next Level, Geek Syndicate Network's gaming podcast.
This time, the guys look at the latest news, including the boom in Downloadable games, MMO justice and the possibility of spreading game blockbusters throughout the year.
Next, Ant talks about a couple of the demo's he's played recently (Dragon's Dogma and Sniper Elite V2) and Amaechi reviews The Walking Dead: Episode 1 from XBLA.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 38
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes and 8 secondsWelcome to Episode 38 of Small Press Big Mouth, this is the Lee Free episode so I have to apologise for the lack of farting/fart jokes. This is two interviews recorded by Stace at Bristol Expo 2012, with two brand new indie publishers - Disconnected Press and Improper Books. I hope you enjoy it and next episode will be back to normality or as close as we can manage!
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The Next Level - Episode 44
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 41 minutes and 10 secondsJoin Amaechi and Ant as they bring you the (belated) forty-fourth episode of The Next Level, Geek Syndicate Network's gaming podcast.
This time, the guys look at the latest news, including the boom in Downloadable games, MMO justice and the possibility of spreading game blockbusters throughout the year.
Next, Ant talks about a couple of the demo's he's played recently (Dragon's Dogma and Sniper Elite V2) and Amaechi reviews The Walking Dead: Episode 1 from XBLA.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 38
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes and 8 secondsWelcome to Episode 38 of Small Press Big Mouth, this is the Lee Free episode so I have to apologise for the lack of farting/fart jokes. This is two interviews recorded by Stace at Bristol Expo 2012, with two brand new indie publishers - Disconnected Press and Improper Books. I hope you enjoy it and next episode will be back to normality or as close as we can manage!
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Scrolls Book Group: The Woman In Black
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 51 secondsIn which Susan Hill's chilling classical ghost story is shared, enthused over and examined by the Scrolls team. Clover hosts this special episode, ably assisted by Mattie & Phil and joined by the multi-talented Sarah Taylor, who has been a fan of the story (in all its forms) for many years. Whilst absent from the discussion, Dion provides a little atmosphere with selected readings from the text in the first half of the episode.
With deference to the new film and the ever popular stage production, the second half of the episode examines alternative interpretations of the tale and the ways in which they both succeed and fail to capture the essence of Hill's creation. Along with a certain amount of squeeing. I'm naming no names.
As ever with the Scrolls Book Group, spoilers abound, so we recommend that you read the book before you listen in.
Preferably by candlelight.
Alone...
Feedback is always welcome. You can comment on this post, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or follow our Twitter feed @Scrollscast (for author retweets and news.)
You can even follow our personal accounts @Dion_Scrolls and @Phlambler if you like.
Our next Book Group episode will be in November. If you want to take part in the episode after that then please drop us a line to say what book you would choose, and why you love it so much. We look forward to hearing from you. Keep reading.
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Scrolls Book Group: The Woman In Black
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 51 secondsIn which Susan Hill's chilling classical ghost story is shared, enthused over and examined by the Scrolls team. Clover hosts this special episode, ably assisted by Mattie & Phil and joined by the multi-talented Sarah Taylor, who has been a fan of the story (in all its forms) for many years. Whilst absent from the discussion, Dion provides a little atmosphere with selected readings from the text in the first half of the episode.
With deference to the new film and the ever popular stage production, the second half of the episode examines alternative interpretations of the tale and the ways in which they both succeed and fail to capture the essence of Hill's creation. Along with a certain amount of squeeing. I'm naming no names.
As ever with the Scrolls Book Group, spoilers abound, so we recommend that you read the book before you listen in.
Preferably by candlelight.
Alone...
Feedback is always welcome. You can comment on this post, e-mail us at scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or follow our Twitter feed @Scrollscast (for author retweets and news.)
You can even follow our personal accounts @Dion_Scrolls and @Phlambler if you like.
Our next Book Group episode will be in November. If you want to take part in the episode after that then please drop us a line to say what book you would choose, and why you love it so much. We look forward to hearing from you. Keep reading.
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Geek to Geek - Issue 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 57 minutes and 25 secondsGeek to Geek - Episode 3
Welcome to Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom.
Contents
00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge - David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass...always sass.
00:51:33 Promo: The Monster Hunters - A Three Part Audio Drama. Find out more here
00:52:58 Little Witch aka Amy of the Birds of Geek podcast has a quick chat with comic writer Gail Simone.
00:58:05 Montoya and SilverFox from Trailer Trash Two discuss the greatness that was 1982 for genre films.
01:16:22 Stacey Whittle from Small Press Big Mouth reviews the Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel series from Self Made Hero.
01:22:05 Barry and Ant from The Next Level review Mass Effect 3 (Spoiler Free)
01:39:13 After Hours with Dave and Barry - the guys close out the show in the Geek to Geek Studio bar.
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Geek to Geek - Issue 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 57 minutes and 25 secondsGeek to Geek – Episode 3
Welcome to Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom.
Contents
00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass.
00:51:33 Promo: The Monster Hunters – A Three Part Audio Drama. Find out more here
00:52:58 Little Witch aka Amy of the Birds of Geek podcast has a quick chat with comic writer Gail Simone.
00:58:05 Montoya and SilverFox from Trailer Trash Two discuss the greatness that was 1982 for genre films.
01:16:22 Stacey Whittle from Small Press Big Mouth reviews the Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel series from Self Made Hero.
01:22:05 Barry and Ant from The Next Level review Mass Effect 3 (Spoiler Free)
01:39:13 After Hours with Dave and Barry – the guys close out the show in the Geek to Geek Studio bar.
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Dissecting Worlds Series 6, Episode 2: Nazis! and World War Alternatives
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 29 secondsDissecting Worlds attempts to digest 30-odd years of global anarchy & its alternate history in the form of two world wars (but no world cup!)
A bumper episode including such tit-bits as:
- Germany's strong right hook
- Reds, Whites & anarchist also rans
- The Czech Legion & Belgian Armoured Cars Siberian tours
- Other Versailles
- A Very British Civil War
- German Mediterranean holidays
- Halifax for PM!
- Submarines are alive with sound of music
- Losing Moscow (yes they do eventually get to the Russian front!)
- America's separate wars
- The heavyweight issue of alternative holocausts
- When Matt says 1929 Committee he means 1922!
A Very British Civil War 1938 forum
here: http://gwargamesp.18.
forumer.com/index.php? showforum=4 (& Kehaar's VBCW 38 efforts war gaming
http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/category/vbcw- & roleplaying www.alfiesantics.wordpress.com1938/ So sit back, enjoy & disagree!
Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show, and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @thegrampus for Matt.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 37
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 7 secondsHello and welcome to episode 37 of Small Press Big Mouth where Stacey and Lee do some reviewing of comics and tell you some news (though some of it may be a bit out of date cos of someone taking their sweet time with the editing!). For more detailed notes and the linkypoos and the good, proper info bit that Lee does -rather than the "ah bum I've forgotten EVERYTHING we talked about" mess that is this bit Stace writes, check out smallpressbigmouth.blogspot.
com .
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Dissecting Worlds Series 6, Episode 2: Nazis! and World War Alternatives
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 29 secondsDissecting Worlds attempts to digest 30-odd years of global anarchy & its alternate history in the form of two world wars (but no world cup!)
A bumper episode including such tit-bits as:
- Germany's strong right hook
- Reds, Whites & anarchist also rans
- The Czech Legion & Belgian Armoured Cars Siberian tours
- Other Versailles
- A Very British Civil War
- German Mediterranean holidays
- Halifax for PM!
- Submarines are alive with sound of music
- Losing Moscow (yes they do eventually get to the Russian front!)
- America's separate wars
- The heavyweight issue of alternative holocausts
- When Matt says 1929 Committee he means 1922!
A Very British Civil War 1938 forum
here: http://gwargamesp.18.
forumer.com/index.php? showforum=4 (& Kehaar's VBCW 38 efforts war gaming
http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/category/vbcw- & roleplaying www.alfiesantics.wordpress.com1938/ So sit back, enjoy & disagree!
Feedback and discussion always welcome @Dissectingwrlds for the show, and @clarkythecruel for Kehaar and @thegrampus for Matt.
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Small Press Big Mouth - Episode 37
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 48 minutes and 7 secondsHello and welcome to episode 37 of Small Press Big Mouth where Stacey and Lee do some reviewing of comics and tell you some news (though some of it may be a bit out of date cos of someone taking their sweet time with the editing!). For more detailed notes and the linkypoos and the good, proper info bit that Lee does -rather than the "ah bum I've forgotten EVERYTHING we talked about" mess that is this bit Stace writes, check out smallpressbigmouth.blogspot.
com .
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Tim And Max Episode 6 - Obsession With Origins
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 9 secondsTim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the unstable time vortex that is the Geek Syndicate Network.
The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin - young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia (psycomedia.wordpress.com) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This (imustreadthis.com)
identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our sixth and final-ish episode, we discuss our present obsession with origins, get rather niche in references to our own podcasts, talk a lot about Spiderman, praise All-Star Superman and try and come up with quick summaries for less well-known characters, and Tim's man-crush of the week is Kyle MacLachlan.
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Tim And Max Episode 6 - Obsession With Origins
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 9 secondsTim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the unstable time vortex that is the Geek Syndicate Network.
The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia (psycomedia.wordpress.com) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This (imustreadthis.com)
identify a key area where popular geek culture falls down and then try and come up with some ways that both the creators and the audience can fix it. In our sixth and final-ish episode, we discuss our present obsession with origins, get rather niche in references to our own podcasts, talk a lot about Spiderman, praise All-Star Superman and try and come up with quick summaries for less well-known characters, and Tim's man-crush of the week is Kyle MacLachlan.