In the beginning there was The Geekly but we soon discovered that we had far too much to talk about and too many interests for one podcast. As a result geek/nerd podcasts was formed, allowing us to pursue what was important to us both individually and collectively.

We have included our current slate of shows and spin-offs below in the hope that we can entertain you with one, but maybe inform and challenge you with another. With content covering a range of topics from niche geek culture to social issues, geek/nerd podcasts offers a little something for everyone.

1. The Geekly #93 – Dark S3 | Doom Patrol 201-203 | The Twilight Zone 202
Join us as we put our years of academia and pop-culture enthusiasm into something fun and light but also insightful and informative. We analyse, review and discuss genre film and television and all the news surrounding it, with as much of an eye on character development and plot momentum as OHHHHMYYYGGOOODDDD moments.

Recent reviews include: Doom Patrol, What We Do in the Shadows, Dispatches From Elsewhere, Dark, The Twilight Zone, Snowpiercer.

2. Podcastaway #5 ft. Ross Chapman
Podcastaway is a monthly show where Jules’s guest picks the nine pieces of electronic media that would keep them sane in a genre fiction inspired isolation situation – which they also choose. Such situations have included a bunker in a post-apocalyptic landscape, the last man alive on a Mars colony base and the classic desert island situation.

Media can include films, tv shows and computer games and through the choices of the guest we get to learn about them and their journey. Episode 5 featured Ross from I Understood That Reference podcast with Episode 6, featuring one of the hosts of Bedknobs and Broomflicks podcast, dropping in the first week of August.

Contact Jules on Twitter if you would like to be a featured guest in 2021.

3. The Leks Files 001: getting the language right
Every month, The Leks Files will discuss one topic, either based on a question someone’s sent, or a subject they’d like to hear about, or maybe even just whatever Leks is obsessed with that month. Some episodes will be serious. Some will be goofy. Some will be somewhere in between. The hope and aim, though, is to inform, entertain, and not get too lecture-y about it.

Leks Drakos is a rogue academic and writer with a doctorate in English Literature and Creative Writing. He specialises primarily in monsters, monstrosity, and representations of the Other in contemporary society. You can follow him on Twitter or visit his website.

4. Vs #2 – Suicide Squad Harley Quinn Vs. B.O.P Harley Quinn
Vs pits two things against each other – what a shock – the caveat is that the two things must have at least a tenuous link.

In episode #1 Space Force and Upload went up against each other as both were created either fully or in part by Greg Daniels. In episode #2 the Harley Quinn of Suicide Squad and the Harley Quinn of Birds of Prey face off in 5 categories. Costume, Script, Fighting Prowess, Character Development and which sequel would we want to see based on where HQ’s story ended.

We discuss the impact of male and female directors, lethal and non lethal fighting methods, comics accurate portrayals compared with more actualised human beings and much more.

If you have any suggestions for future episodes feel free to submit them via DM on Twitter.

5. Q&A with Leks & Jules #2
Not it’s own podcast but we do infrequently answer audience questions. In Q&A #2 we answer six more questions including the most important question we have been asked thus far – If all the actors who ever played Batman were in a fight, as the Batman they played, with all special skills and tools and vehicles that Batman had. Who would win & why?

These sessions are fun and casual but really allow us to flex the geek muscles as we cite examples from all across the fandoms to help with our arguments.

If you have any pop culture, fandom, generally nerdy questions please submit them on Twitter.

The geek/nerd podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Acast, and YouTube.

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THIS WEEKS MUST LISTEN:

BEND THE KNEE: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE PODCAST

It seems, at present, necessary to give praise to a podcast dedicated to Game of Thrones. With the show in its final couple of weeks/episodes, I have spent the last few weeks gauging this show’s hosts’ reactions and predictions for Season 8 of Game Of Thrones. What we have with Bend The Knee are hosts who are experts on the fiction of George R. R. Martin’s Westeros, coupled with an equally fascinated community- who regularly contribute some of the show’s best content. This absolutely sated my obsession with Game of Thrones at times where I couldn’t watch the show, and offered up theories about how the story will conclude and differ from how the books are understood to be ending. Listen on Spotify

EPISODES WORTH A DOWNLOAD:

2 DOPE QUEENS – KARAOKE WITH MICHELLE OBAMA

Given that I hold Barack Obama’s appearance on Marc Maron’s podcast one of my favourite conversations ever, I felt it only fair that I give his First Lady a chance. As described in the New Testament section of Pod Bible Issue #002, 2 Dope Queens features hosts Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, who are comedians and best friends. They offer an insight into lives that I have absolutely no insight to. Their conversation with Michelle Obama opens with a discussion of how important the planning of how the First Lady’s hair was going to look was. As a chunky, white man, hair is very low on my list of priorities on any given day, so it was genuinely fascinating to hear about how something which to me is trivial, was something of great import to a powerful and successful woman. The conversation turns to motherhood, miscarriage, Mrs. Obama’s recent book and how much of an icon she has become to people everywhere. I absolutely loved it. Listen on Acast

THINKING BIG WITH MAISIE WILLIAMS – EPISODE 1 LOYLE CARNER

It takes shrewd marketing and understanding of social media to understand the best time to launch a product. I think the best example of this goes to Maisie Williams with her new podcast Thinking Big. The inaugural episode was released the night of which, her character in Game of Thrones was absolutely guaranteed to be the most-discussed topic on the internet for fans of the show, due to her actions in the episode The Long Night. At the time of writing, the show only has two episodes. The first was with musician Loyle Carner, who goes in depth about the release of his latest album. Carner proves to be an engaging guest and Williams a wonderful interviewer- angling her questions very much from an artistic point of view. I look forward to more episodes from her and the people she chooses to converse with. Listen on Spotify

Joe Ducarreaux is a podcast host, film enthusiast and gardener. For more of his ineffectual and disposable opinions, you can listen to him here or follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

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