Gaggle of Geeks
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -2ser's Gaggle of Geeks is a weekly wrap up on geek and pop culture. Focusing on film, television and comics, join hosts Blake Howard, Sophie Ly and Tali Aualiitia as they chat news of the week, speak to special guests and review the latest releases.
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Episodes
#53 Jojo Rabbit Trailer
September 05, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutesIt's here! The full trailer for Jojo Rabbit is here and it does not disappoint with a cracking soundtrack and cast to boot. Plus, Tali and Sophie chat the new teaser for Birds Of Prey led by Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and the new and very meta series Content which has gone viral for all the great and meta reasons.
#52 Drag Race is coming to Australia
August 29, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutesSophie and Tali kick off with the best news that had every drag fan gagging, RuPaul's Drag Race is coming to Australia! But who will host the Down Under format? Plus, we chat Jojo Rabbit's delayed Australian release, Disney+ coming to Australia, the sheer amount of announcements coming out of the D23 convention and why Missy Elliot and Lizzo were on everyone's lips at the VMAs.
#51 Harry Style passes on Prince Eric
August 14, 2019 09:30 - 35 minutesTali and Sophie somberly mourn what could've been as Harry Styles passes on the role of Prince Eric in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Plus, it appears some Disney executives may have had issue with Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, Coming 2 America gets some new cast members and why Liam Hemsworth will not be the new Bachelor.
#50 All hail our Disney overlords
August 09, 2019 09:30 - 45 minutesAfter a couple bouts of illness, Sophie and Tali are back this week to chat about our oncoming overlords (Disney) whose reach and power continues to grow daily. Plus we discuss all that missed with our favourite, Taika Waititi, the first look at Jojo Rabbit and the death of originality in these rebooted times.
#49 Emmy Nominations 2019
July 19, 2019 09:30 - 44 minutesThe 2019 Emmy nominations have been announced and Tali and Sophie have many thoughts about a certain show getting so many (it's Game Of Thrones). Plus they review the new Lion King film, talk 007 casting and discuss *that* CATS trailer.
#48 Disney sure love their remakes
July 12, 2019 09:30 - 42 minutesSophie and Tali return to discuss how our geeky world became dominated with Disney remakes. From The Lion King to The Little Mermaid to Mulan, it's going to be nostalgia city. Plus Sophie shares her thoughts on Spider-Man: Far From Home and we return to the Shit List as Tali explains why a parent group wants you to boycott Toy Story 4.
#47 Hamilton the Musical is coming to Australia!
May 23, 2019 10:30 - 56 minutesTali and Sophie rejoice in what surely is a musical miracle! Hamilton the musical is finally coming to the Asia-Pacific, specifically, SYDNEY and Tali is over the moon! Plus, the Gaggle debrief on that Game of Thrones finale (SPOILERS), gush over Keanu Reeves and are conflicted on fan petitions.
#46 What happened Game of Thrones?
May 17, 2019 14:30 - 41 minutesTali and Sophie are finally reunited to get their *SPOILER HEAVY* Game of Thrones grievances off their chest. Plus we see the return of Weekly Waititi, gush over Jodie Comer in Killing Eve and critique the Met Gala outfits.
#45 Back in time for Bey
April 11, 2019 10:30 - 55 minutesAfter a brief hiatus to get our lives together, we are back for more honking and talking about all things geek and pop culture. This week, Tali and Soph catch up on some of the things they missed (like Captain Marvel, Get Krack!n), review US and Shazam! plus, prepare for Beyoncé's Homecoming Netflix special and the return of Game Of Thrones.
#44 Best of 2018
December 14, 2018 08:02 - 47 minutesForty-fourth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Sophie are joined by our favourite geeky goose, Blake for the last episode for the year! As we chat the year that was 2018 and ponder who will host the Oscars (hint: it's Tali), Blake is also looking to buy Stan shares after their incredible deal with Disney. Happy holidays geeky fam!
#43 Captain Marvel Trailer
December 07, 2018 06:12 - 49 minutesForty-third episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Soph get excited over the new Captain Marvel trailer and marvel at the new Asian-led superhero film from Marvel. Plus we chat the gem that is Hannah Gadsby and an unfortunate re-entry to the Shit List.
#42 The Lion King teaser
November 23, 2018 02:34 - 34 minutesForty-second episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Soph get goosebumps over the teaser for The Lion King. Plus there's a Deadpool Christmas special coming and Sophie gets excited for new siren series Tidelands while Tali cries. It's the circle of life.
#41 The Witch Who Courted Death and Vale Stan Lee
November 16, 2018 09:00 - 52 minutesForty-first episode of Gaggle Of Geeks and Sophie is joined by special guest host, OG (as in Original Gaggler) and urban fantasy author Maria Lewis! Chatting about her new book, The Witch Who Courted Death, we talk all things supernatural, rollerskating werewolves and give tribute to Stan Lee.
#40 Spiceworld 2019
November 10, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutesFortieth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali discuss the most anticipated reunion in modern history (in our eyes anyway), The Spice Girls! Plus, we also saw the return of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat for the US Midterm Elections, Idris Elba gets a sexy award and (another) new Star Wars series has been announced.
#39 Halloween
November 03, 2018 01:32 - 41 minutesThirty-ninth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and this is Halloween! Tali and Soph go through their favourite celebrity costumes this year, chat The Haunting of Hill House and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and get majorly excited about the teasers released for the upcoming TV spin-off of What We Do In The Shadows. Plus Naomi Watts gets cast in the Game of Thrones prequel and rumours are swirling about another Marvel series.
#38 Yaz from Doctor Who
October 26, 2018 07:30 - 48 minutesThirty-eighth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Soph get ready for the spooky season with the upcoming release of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Plus we chat the amazing Doctor Who episode that was 'Rosa' and contributor Kevin Suarez speaks to Mandip Gill who plays one of the Doctor's new friends, Yaz!
#37 Aladdin Teaser
October 20, 2018 01:35 - 45 minutesThirty-seventh episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Sophie get musical after the release of the teaser for the live-action Aladdin adaptation, Idris Elba is in talks to join the live-action film of Cats and production for the live-action adaptation of The Lion King begins. Plus new 007 casting rumours are flopping about.
#36 New York Comic Con 2018
October 12, 2018 09:00 - 59 minutesThirty-sixth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and geek Christmas has come early with New York Comic Con dropping plenty of goodies for the geekdom. Tali and Sophie chat their favourite trailers from NYCC and debrief about the first episode of Doctor Who, plus contributor Kevin Suarez chats to the director of the SciFi Film Festival, Simon Foster.
#35 Venom
October 06, 2018 01:00 - 47 minutesThirty-fifth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie reviews Venom (hint: she like it a lot!) and Tali gets mighty upset about the cop-out that was The Bachelor finale. Plus a new live-action Star Wars streaming series is heading our way but piracy is also on the up with too many streaming services available.
#34 Nagini
September 28, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutesThirty-fourth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali chat that final trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and that Nagini revelation (all while mucking up the pronunciation). Plus we look at the first trailer for Dark Phoenix and Tali gets rather stumped by a certain Batawang.
#33 Captain Marvel Trailer
September 21, 2018 06:00 - 45 minutesThirty-third episode of Gaggle Of Geeks where Tali and Sophie discuss the amazing first trailer for Captain Marvel and ask why do people insist that women smile? Plus they chat highlights of The Emmys, new trailers for Doctor Who and Mary Poppins Returns and 007 goes into production with a new director.
#32 The Predator
September 16, 2018 09:00 - 51 minutesThirty-second episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali review and discuss the furore surrounding The Predator after Olivia Munn revealed a sex offender had a role in the movie. Plus, we chat the upcoming season of The Good Place, production of American Gods is falling apart and the awfulness that will be The Bachelorette.
#31 Captain Marvel - First look
September 09, 2018 08:00 - 46 minutesThirty-first episode of Gaggle Of Geeks where Tali and Soph are rejoined by Blake who dials in to gush over the first images of the upcoming Captain Marvel film. Plus Blake reviews The Miseducation of Cameron Post and we say hello to the new Doctor Who and say goodbye to the Oscars ill-thought "Popular" category.
#30 Crazy Rich Asians
September 01, 2018 08:00 - 42 minutesThirtieth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali gush over the film sensation that is Crazy Rich Asians. Plus Star Wars: IX adds a Doctor to their cast and Blake reviews Joaquin Phoenix's latest movie You Were Never Really Here.
#29 To All The Boys I Loved Before
August 23, 2018 01:00 - 50 minutesTwenty-ninth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Sophie discuss the beauty of Netflix rom-com To All The Boys I Loved Before and Kelly Marie Tran's powerful essay on why she quit Instagram after being racially trolled by "Star Wars fans". Plus we get excited on the prospect of a new Veronica Mars reboot and reminisce on great television soundtracks.
#28 My name is Elba, Idris Elba...
August 17, 2018 08:00 - 51 minutesTwenty-eighth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Sophie speculate on whether Idris Elba truly will be 007 or is he just trolling us? Plus we chat the first look of the Mulan live-action film, Twitter trolls hit our Sh*tlist again for dragging Ruby Rose off the platform and get super-cultured and talk the pop culture phenomenon that is the Honey Badger on The Bachelor.
#27 Ruby Rose is Batwoman
August 10, 2018 09:46 - 52 minutesTwenty-seventh episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Tali and Sophie discuss how awesome it is that Ruby Rose has been cast as Batwoman and that (gasp!) a queer person is playing a queer character on screen. Also we chat the Oscars new "category" and Tali rants about new series Insatiable that is offensive in every way.
#26 New-look Terminator and Mission Impossible: Fallout
August 03, 2018 10:20 - 54 minutesTwenty-sixth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali chat the amount of bad-assery in the first official look at the Terminator reboot. Plus Blake reviews Mission Impossible: Fallout and Tali and Sophie discuss whether it's okay to skip television intros .
#25 San Diego Comic Con 2018
July 27, 2018 09:23 - 54 minutesTwenty-fifth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Tali talk about their San Diego Comic Con highlights (Shazam!) and the lowlights (Johnny Depp). Plus we chat the perils of calling something a "reboot" (here's looking at you Buffy).
#24 Wellington Paranormal
July 13, 2018 06:00 - 47 minutesTwenty-fourth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Sophie and Tali gush over Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clements' brilliant new series Wellington Paranormal. Also the Gaggle chat the 10th anniversary of the Twilight film and discuss interesting/terrible TV and film merchandise.
#23 Ant-Man & The Wasp
July 06, 2018 03:30 - 58 minutesTwenty-third episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie reviews Ant-Man & The Wasp and Tali chats RuPaul's Drag Race. Plus rants on spoilers and Scarlett Johansson hits our shit list for continuing her problematic streak.
#22 Big Dick Energy
June 30, 2018 03:30 - 51 minutesTwenty-second episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie introduce the newest member of the Gaggle - Tali Aualiitia! Of course we throw her into the deep end with a thorough discussion of "Big Dick Energy" and chat the What We Do In The Shadows spin-off, Wellington Paranormal!
#21 Creed 2 Trailer & Nanette
June 23, 2018 01:04 - 49 minutesTwenty-first episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie get pumped for the new Creed 2 trailer and chat Hannah Gadsby's new Netflix special Nanette. Plus Chris Hardwick hits our Shit List and bonus Blake rant on the stupid fanboys who are raising $200 million to remake The Last Jedi to "their standards".
#20 Steve Trevor's back in Wonder Woman!
June 15, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutesTwentieth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie discuss the return of Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman 1984. No rant this week but Blake gives us his top Sydney Film Festival picks and Sophie defends Christmas movies (a tad early in the season). Also if you're a keen girl in games, get in touch! We're looking for a regular contributor. Email [email protected].
#19 The Breaker Upperers
June 08, 2018 02:00 - 28 minutesNineteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie are joined by Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van Beek, the directors/writers/stars of the hilarious (and we mean hilarious) Kiwi comedy The Breaker Upperers. Plus certain Star Wars fans have hit our shit list for driving Kelly Marie Tran off social media.
#18 Ambien doesn't make you racist
June 02, 2018 02:00 - 53 minutesNinteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Blake and Sophie do things a little differently and start with their rant/shit list - Roseanne Barr. Plus we chat Taika Waititi's new film Jojo Rabbit and Jennifer Garner's return to bad-ass action roles in Peppermint.
#17 Solo: A Star Wars Story
May 26, 2018 01:00 - 21 minutesSeventeenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie are keeping it short and sweet with their review of Solo: A Star Wars Story or as they like to call it, "Uno". No rant this week but plenty on the shit list and their Solo review is probably a mini rant in itself...
#16 Deadpool 2
May 19, 2018 02:00 - 43 minutesSixteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie review the Merc With a Mouth's second outing, Deadpool 2. Plus mini Sophie rant on Women in Refrigerators and double Blake rant on queer pandering while equally erasing them on-screen.
#15 Never love anything
May 12, 2018 03:10 - 41 minutesFifteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie see which shows are on the chopping block as the TV networks shuffle their line-ups. Plus mini Blake rant on Lethal Weapon the series.
#14 Happy Geek Christmas!
May 05, 2018 02:30 - 32 minutesFourteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie rejoice in Geek Christmas with May the Fourth, Free Comic Book Day and the gift that keeps giving, Deadpool 2. Plus bonus Blake rant on the terrible new Robin Hood trailer.
#13 Infinity War
April 27, 2018 10:00 - 58 minutesThirteenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie give a spoiler-free review of the biggest Marvel team-up movie to date Avengers: Infinity War. Plus bonus Blake rant on if you're gonna complain about Infinity War, don't complain about the MCU's continuity.
#12 We are back!
April 20, 2018 07:00 - 40 minutesTwelfth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Blake and Sophie return from a brief hiatus and chat new Harley Quinn and Terminator movies and countdown to Infinity War. Plus bonus Blake rant on why Michael Mann's Heat is inimitable.
#11 Ready Player One
March 23, 2018 08:12 - 50 minutesEleventh episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Blake reviews Ready Player One and Sophie chats Pacific Rim: Uprising. Alas no rant this week but there's a killer new trailer for Deadpool 2.
#10 Tomb Raider
March 16, 2018 08:13 - 57 minutesTenth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Blake and Sophie review the new and rebooted Tomb Raider film. Plus bonus mini rant from Blake about the broken rating systems on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.
#9 Awesome Women and the Oscars
March 09, 2018 08:30 - 45 minutesNinth episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Blake give their hot takes on the Oscars and the amazing women in Hollywood. Plus no Blake rant this week but there's some crazy stuff brewing on the Solo Star Wars set.
#8 Red Sparrow
March 02, 2018 07:57 - 47 minutesEighth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and Blake and Sophie review Jennifer Lawrence's new spy-thriller Red Sparrow and discuss a potential Roxane Gay penned Batgirl film. Plus bonus mini-rant from Blake on the lack of 2018 films so far.
#7 BONUS: The Tick
February 24, 2018 02:37 - 32 minutesBonus episode of Gaggle of Geeks where Sophie and Blake caught up with the people behind 'The Tick' series - creator Ben Edlund and star Griffin Newman. P.S - check out Griffin's Twitter game. You won't be disappointed.
#7 Bond25
February 23, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutesSeventh episode of Gaggle of Geeks, we nearly have a director locked in for Bond25 and Black Panther is making all the bucks. Plus bonus rant on what Australian genre films (if any) have changed the cultural conversation.
#6 Bite-sized Black Panther Review
February 17, 2018 00:28 - 12 minutesIf you're low on time but still want to know the Gaggle's thoughts on Black Panther, here's the bite-sized review!
#6 Black Panther
February 16, 2018 09:00 - 53 minutesSixth episode of Gaggle of Geeks and the time has finally come to crown the King that is Black Panther. Plus bonus Blake and Sophie rant on useless cut scenes.