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Good Things Geek

4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

Unscripted, unedited unrehearsed and unabashed weekly geek culture podcast. Join Book (yep, that's really his name) and Tom for a fun and (occasionally) satirical look at what’s going on in the world of geek culture. Your go to podcast for geek news and geek reviews. From Star Trek to Star Wars, Iron Man to Spiderman; we’ve got what you like. Animation, fantasy, comedy, science fiction and even science fact! Book and Tom help you find what’s good to watch on TV, what’s good to see at the movies and what boardgames and RPGs you should be playing. There’s our You in the Tube review, where we help you find what’s hot on YouTube, our Kickstarter and Patreon spotlights, where we highlight the hidden crowd funding gems you should be backing and of course, no podcast would be complete without celebrity interviews. This is Good Things Geek!!

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Episodes

[004] The Sophie Aldred Lost Tapes Interview Episode

February 28, 2021 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

An age ago, the Book and Tom worked on another (alas no longer published) podcast; Board Game Knights (it was about boardgames... get it).  At the last UK Games Expo before the Global Pandemic the podcast went on tour and interviewed some cool guests.  So, in honour of what we hope will be our post-Covid-19 visit to the 2021 UK Games Expo, we wanted to bring back some of the best interviews starting with... In this weeks episode we talk to Sophie Aldred.  Listen in.

[003] The Season One Reloaded Promo Episode

February 11, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

A global pandemic has wrecked havoc on the world and nothing, not even Good Things Geek, has escaped its devastating consequences.  The Podcast was on temporary hiatus while Book and Tom practiced the very best of socially distanced shielding mask wearing hand washing  vaccinated COVID-19 carefulness.  But they are back and churning out weekly content for your listening pleasure. In this weeks episode, the fellas promo the next show and unveil a 5'9" red headed surprise.

[002] The Picard, Muchkin and Kazoo Episode

March 18, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 74 MB

JFK was assassinated the day before Star Trek was first aired.  Poor guy! He never knew the joy of Star Trek.  That and more in this weeks episode... Book and Tom talk about Star Trek Picard, Ally McBeal (*sigh) and Amazonian Nazi Hunters.  Tom's been watching 1917 and homage to 80's action movies, Bad Boyz 3 and he's been playing (a little too much) Season 20 of Diablo 3.  Munckin is our board game of the week and we lend a shoulder to cry on to the crew of Star Trek doing their best to de...

[001] The Promo Episode (Season Spoilers)

March 09, 2020 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MB

The episode where Book and Tom look at what's coming up in Season One. Our intrepid podcasting duo are talking kickstarter, boardgames, Dungeons and Dragons (a little too much) Star Trek and what's hot in geek culture.  Get the skinny on upcoming interviews with Pixar's John Ratzenberger and his Cheers theme tune duet with Book, kick ass cartoonist John Kovalic, Dr Who's Sophie Aldred and Kryptonian supervillain Ursa aka Sarah Douglas. There's a lot packed in to this promo so stop wasting ...

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