Current Geek
140 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 355 ratingsTom and Scott discuss something from a geeky perspective. Some weeks it's a TV show, some weeks it's one of the greatest films of all time. Some weeks it's just what's in the news.
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Current Geek 219: Eeee Freee
June 12, 2019 00:21 - 1 hour - 52 MBWelcome to Current Geek! The talk show about items of interest to the geeks of the world, and YOU. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt
Current Geek 218: 12 Angry Men
June 05, 2019 03:45 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt. And this week we're talking about the movie, 12 Angry Men
Current Geek 217: Kids in the Hall and Oates
May 29, 2019 00:35 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBAkira is finally happening, with Taika Waitti at the helm. How did you celebrate Metrology Day? New Coke is coming back for a bit. Rick and Morty announce season 4 coming in November. KOTOR may be coming to the big screen. NASA is making a moon base! And all the other fun bits you want in the show, including Scott's glowing review of the Oculus Quest.
Current Geek 216: The Greatest American Hero
May 24, 2019 01:17 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about The Greatest American Hero
Current Geek 215: Gentlemen’s Sword Duel
May 15, 2019 00:20 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBLet's talk about Star Wars scene 38 a little bit. 1000 year old drug dealers. How much for all those comics? Ron Howard is thinking about Willow again. Starwars is out until 2022. Keep on Rolland! Best thing of all time this week! Fourcast and more!
Current Geek 214: The Maltese Falcon
May 08, 2019 04:11 - 48 minutes - 46.3 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt.And this week we're talking about the movie, The Maltese Falcon
Current Geek 213: A Little Peanut Oil
May 01, 2019 04:03 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBParrots are weird in Brazil. There's more Clockwork coming. Star Trek animated series comes into focus. Keeping brains alive! Lord and Miller are cooking up rad stuff for Sony Pictures. Transporters and how they will work! And more!
Current Geek 212: Farscape
April 23, 2019 23:32 - 55 minutes - 53.3 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about Farscape
Current Geek 211: Programmable Ramen
April 17, 2019 00:21 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBLet's talk about Mark Hamil's SW watch order. And a new SW teaser! And the Messier 87 black hole! Fawlty Towers gets best brit comedy ever. Endgame breaks all records and it's still not out. Programmable potato chips. Zombies and Harry Potter. Legal Geek and more!
Current Geek 210: It Happened One Night
April 12, 2019 00:09 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt. And this week we're talking about the movie, It Happened One Night
Current Geek 209: He's Mythtaken
April 03, 2019 00:06 - 55 minutes - 52.9 MBChucky is coming and Luke is in it. Lots of Garfield phones. Apple says fine, we are not making that thing. Mars gets some cool new stuff. We have the largest T-rex on record. Lots of new Switches coming. Heavy blankets and podcasts and more!
Current Geek 208: Ashes of Love
March 26, 2019 23:59 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about Ashes of Love
Current Geek 207: Dangerous Radish
March 20, 2019 00:22 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBDisney decided to bring James Gunn back after-all. Soft robots are not that hard. Amazon is ramping up the Lord of The Rings series! Want more Sliders? You might get some. Hans Zimmer has his eyes on DUNE now. Holographic landscaping. And MORE!
Current Geek 206: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
March 15, 2019 00:12 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt. And this week we're talking about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Current Geek 205: A world without comics
March 06, 2019 01:18 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBGame of Thrones gets a final trailer. Disney shuttin down Marvel? Fat chance. Mattel and MGM want more toy to movie franchises. How did that whale get into the forest? Akira at the 2020 Olympics. Amazon gives us our final season of High Castle.
Current Geek 204: Autopilot of Fawlty Towers!
February 27, 2019 01:20 - 58 minutes - 56.1 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about Fawlty Towers.
Current Geek 203: Sorry, New Zealand
February 20, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBMario Bros. is expensive. We understand dark matter a little more now. A new face every day! Ikea is in trouble. Samsung is done making Bluray players. Soda of the future and more!
Current Geek 202: One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest
February 13, 2019 01:46 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBA criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients
Current Geek 201: Love American Style
February 06, 2019 01:02 - 39 minutes - 37.7 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about Love, American Style.
Current Geek 200: Sing me a Spiderverse or two
January 16, 2019 02:42 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBSpiderman is a long way from home. Samsung gets snuggly with Apple. Dave Bautista is in Dune. Work out more and help your brain. Homer Mice and more!
Current Geek 199: Star Wars
January 12, 2019 01:25 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBOur Film Festival continues with Star Wars! You may have heard of it.
Current Geek 198: My Homie Chromie
December 21, 2018 20:13 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBScientists at MIT have taken peptides from a South American wasp's venom to create a medicine that kills bacteria but not human cells. It's official. Microsoft will rebuild the Edge browser to run on Chromium and use the Blink and V8 JavaScript engines. The Large Hadron Collider is shutting down for two years for upgrades. Netflix confirmed to the LA times it is testing an instant replay feature. And our recaps of what we loved in 2018!
Current Geek 196: It's a Wonderful Life
December 12, 2018 01:25 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB"Welcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with It's A Wonderful Life"
Current Geek 196: Scratch That Space Itch
December 05, 2018 01:20 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBFrosty the Snowman is a Lich! Daredevil is OUT at Netflix. China launches rockets at their fires. Netflix goes in on BeBop live action. MIT says planes could one day have no moving parts. UPS and Fed need trackers! And more!
CurrentGeek 195: Private Benjamin TV
November 28, 2018 02:31 - 49 minutes - 47.3 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to watch the pilot episode of a TV show and geek out about it! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about Private Benjamin, the TV show.
CurrentGeek 194: North by Northwest
November 21, 2018 01:11 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt.Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with North by Northwest.
CurrentGeek 193: Deadwood, more like Livewood!
November 07, 2018 01:15 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBWe had to turn Hubble off and on again. BBC america gives us more Terry Pratchett. Can Llamas cure the flu? StarCraft 2 shares the glory with the Finnish. HBO releasing that Deadwood movie finally! And so much more!
CurrentGeek 192: The Office UK and US
October 31, 2018 00:09 - 48 minutes - 45.8 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to go back and watch the pilot episode of an old classic/geeky TV show and geek out about the show! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about The Office, both the US and UK versions.
CurrentGeek 191: The Two Decade Rest
October 23, 2018 23:08 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBTom and Scott want fake chicken meat, night satellite based light, and more Harrison Ford as Han Solo. How about Toys R Us making a come back? Oh and get ready for sub-moons.
CurrentGeek 190: Dr. Strangelove
October 18, 2018 23:47 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBOur monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
CurrentGeek 189: Iron Man...Delorean
October 10, 2018 00:15 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBWhat is Voyager 2 showing? Amazon is going Wheel of Time on us. More mobility is a good thing! The Wondiwoi lives! Lucasfilm is showing off it's Man Delorean. Fruit shapes are back, baby! And more!
CurrentGeek 188: Breaking Bart Simpson
October 03, 2018 00:11 - 58 minutes - 61.6 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to go back and watch the pilot episode of an old classic/geeky TV show and talk about how it differed from the rest of the series and what we remember about the show in general! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about The Simpsons
CurrentGeek 187: Breaking Brad
September 26, 2018 00:15 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBBob Iger has us all excited with stuff he said this week. Hey we found Vulcan! There is finally a new leader for Clan Buchanan. Aaron Paul joins Westworld and a whole lot more!
CurrentGeek 186: Modern Times
September 19, 2018 00:19 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBOur monthly look at the best movies of all time! This time: Modern Times!
CurrentGeek 185: Stay awhile, and render!
September 12, 2018 00:15 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBE! gets the people's choice awards! Goats prefer it if you smile. A kangaroo was where it is not usually. Diablo show coming to Netflix? 100 years old and still mathematically correct. ForeCast, Best Things and your emails!
CurrentGeek 184: M*A*S*H
September 06, 2018 17:40 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBAutopilot time, where we talk about MASH! And we go deep here! Also Tom and Scott are in the same studio today!
Current Geek 183: Mars Dictator School
August 29, 2018 00:35 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBNASA wants you to watch your mouth. GRRM says some die in the show that live on in the book. We all want Elephant genes. Lego goes plant based bricks. MIT predicted our demise by 2040. And so much more!
CurrentGeek 182: Godfather Part II
August 22, 2018 00:18 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. I'm Scott Johnson and he's Tom Merritt Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with The Godfather Part II
CurrentGeek 181: The Larry Sanders Show
August 15, 2018 14:40 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWelcome to Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to go back and watch the pilot episode of an old classic/geeky TV show and talk about how it differed from the series it became and what we remember about that series in general! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about The Larry Sanders Show!
CurrentGeek 180: Movie Passed
August 01, 2018 00:38 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBNasa digitized a lot of audio for you and me. Lucasfilm confirms they will put Leia in episode 9. There are 45,000 year old worms among us. Netflix is making Locke and Key a thing. MoviePass might pass soon. Scott is rediscovering level 1 in WoW, and Tom loved MI:6. We will soon have trash bins that sort everything and keep all the good stuff in spools, and more!
CurrentGeek 179: All About Eve
July 26, 2018 23:25 - 48 minutes - 46.3 MBWelcome to the Current Geek Film Festival, a special monthly look at the greatest movies of all time from a geeky perspective. Our monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with All About Eve.
CurrentGeek 178: Land of Lando
July 18, 2018 00:04 - 49 minutes - 47.3 MBLando is coming back for number 9. Space stuff! HBO is doing a new Whedon show. Do NOT open that coffin. Y: The Last Man is coming to FX. What Star Trek ship would you live on? Echos but for dogs! Toto's perspective and more!
CurrentGeek 177: Autopilot episode - The Animaniacs!
July 12, 2018 00:19 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBIt's an AutoPilot episode, and it's time to finally lay The Animaniacs out for all to see! Scott has issues. Tom has thoughts.
CurrentGeek 176: Detachable Pinkie
July 03, 2018 23:15 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBMore star-trek? Sounds good! Lucasfilm is putting stuff on hold. Netflix shows a peak at Matt Groening's new show! That guy did not lose his head as we thought! Russian billionaire wants to take you to space. FOURCAST: No hair in the future. BEST THING OF ALL TIME THIS WEEK: 1password 7 and Broadchurch. Your emails and more!
CurrentGeek 175: Singing In The Rain (Film Fest)
June 27, 2018 00:14 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBOur monthly look at the best films ever continues, this time with Singing In The Rain!
CurrentGeek 174: Chocolate Milk Rain
June 19, 2018 23:43 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThe D&D downfall that almost happened. George Lucas was about to get weird with Star Wars. Bats keep your books safe! HBO has the next Thrones show runner! Comcast is officially bidding on Fox stuff. Pop Quiz! FourCast! The Best movie of all time this week! And more!
Current Geek 173: Thundertom and Thunderscott are Go!
June 13, 2018 00:22 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThis is the Current Geek: Autopilot Edition. A chance for us to go back and watch the pilot episode of an old classic/geeky TV show and talk about how it differed from the series it became and what we remember about that series in general! I'm Scott Johnson, he's Tom Merritt, and this week, we're talking about the original Thunderbirds TV show!
Current Geek 172: Through The Wash
June 06, 2018 01:27 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThe Expanse will not leave us! Netflix is going in on Locke and Key. Babylon V are all on Prime. Ready for plant based meat? We are. Poor guy got a huge rock on his head. Taking to your pets soon, and more!
Current Geek 171: Schindler's List
May 30, 2018 04:45 - 55 minutes - 52.9 MBOur top movies of all time series continues with 1993's Schindler's List. This one is a doozy.
Current Geek 170: Lost in Space!
May 16, 2018 05:50 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBOur look back at the pilot(s) for the original Lost in Space!