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Do you like conversation on a variety of topics? Feel like no one wants to talk about the things that interest you? Tired of only hearing the same political, sports, or catastrophe talk. Yeah, we feel that way too.  Join two high functioning geeks as they discuss just about anything under the sun. We can’t […]

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Episode 144 – Creators

Overview Stephen attended the Pittsburgh festival of books and had some great things to tell – including meeting some wonderful independent comic creators. One with it’s own TV show also. This leads to a nice discussion on supporting creators and how to do it so it helps them. A game creators also. Recommendations Heroineburgh Comics […]

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Episode 143 – Vegas Baby

Overview Let’s talk about Vegas. Alan just went with his wife and we discuss what it means to travel to Vegas in today’s world. There are some Vegas oddities, like smoking indoors, something we’ve gotten used to not having. We also discuss the new Guardians of the Galaxy and Stephen thought it was his favorite […]

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Episode 142 – Politics

Overview We get on the topic of politics. Didn’t really plan it, but there is quite a bit to discuss. Our politicians don’t always seem to be doing what’s in our best interest, and this has affected our culture in many ways. Recommendations Trivia Hecate is a a minor goddess in the Greek pantheon, and […]

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Episode 141 – Mensa Mind Games

Overview Alan went to Mensa mind games. He shares the experience and the winners. There is a lot about playing 30 games in 4 days. Besides trying to grasp rules quickly, you need to be able to play well with others. 🙂 Recommendations Akropolis – https://amzn.to/42owfMN Gartenbau – https://amzn.to/41bbxPA Trekking Through History – https://amzn.to/418PsB4 YouTube […]

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Episode 140 – More Pulps and D&D

Overview In preparation for last weeks episode with John Bruening, we talk about pulps. We really are time travelers, and this episode got caught in a time slip, so it isn’t appearing until after the episode with John. Ah, who cares, we have a good talk about the new Dungeons and Dragons movie also. Recommendations […]

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Episode 139 – With Special Guest, John Bruening

Overview Today we welcome a special guest, John Bruening. John is the author of modern pulp books starring the Midnight Guardian. We discuss pulps of old and new and how he came to write these books. John has also been to PulpFest in Pittsburgh, which he tells us about. And just when you thought we […]

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episode 138 – Weekend and Gaming

Overview We start off with an intro to Relentless Geekery. You’re at episode 138 I hear you say, why would you do an intro now? Well, because it’s our podcast and we can do an intro whenever we want to. We also are going to see about other geek podcast playing our intro and we’ll […]

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Episode 137 – Adventurous

Overview We have a fun trivia question this week, and it leads to updates on what we’ve been listening to lately. Al visited the fan expo while Stephen was at a local author conference. Hear about both and why they were worth attending. Recommendations Trivia What was the 2nd all female group to hit #1 […]

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Episode 136 – Sexy After All These Years

Overview This week we answer: Recommendations https://www.banffcentre.ca/banffmountainfestival/tour https://www.madmagazine.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Test_Dummies https://kentstage.org YouTube Transcript Alan: Good morning, Alan. Good morning. There we go. I okay. Wow. You’ve neatened up the background. It Stephen: looks great. Yes. Thank you for noticing. I’m glad I, I don’t look like a, a teenager putting up rock posters, . It looks […]

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Episode 135 – Censoring?

Overview We babble on a bit about colors. Then we talk about our buddy John Bruening who wrote the Midnight Guardian series – which you should check out. And if you want more good books, listen to the Discovered Wordsmiths podcast. We discuss the new spate of changing books so they aren’t offensive. Whoo boy. […]

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Episode 134 – Oodles of TV

Overview Why do we like the shows we like? We aren’t sure, we just know we like them. While not all shows have been super throughout, many have been good overall – like some of our favorites with DC and Star Wars. And sometimes, something just doesn’t click with you. Maybe you don’t really get […]

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Episode 133 – We Geek It Up

Overview We geek it up with movies and games. Stephen is getting the big Cryptozoic DC Deckbuilder that happened. Tons of great gameplay. We talk about how kickstarter has changed gaming and geekdom. In a good way, mostly. We cover some old silent movies like Phantom Carriage and the modern bands that have provided soundtracks. […]

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Episode 132 – Nostalgic books, music, travel and wizards

Overview If you like reminiscing about music in eras gone by, this is a great episode for you. We talk about music often because we are (as Alan puts it) omnivorous music fans. We recall how different music used to be and the enjoyment of getting new music from your favoite artists. Of course, this […]

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Episode 131 – Just the Facts

Overview We talk about the realities of using social media as a content creator. We continue to try new things to get our geekery word out and there are some things we are trying. There are social media platforms that are better than others with a reason to use or not use them. Social media […]

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Episode 130 – Getting Through the World

Overview We jump around topics more than usual today. This could mean there are just so many things to talk about or it could mean lots of things are happening. It could also mean that our regular jumbled ADD brains are in high gear. How about talking sports? We don’t do that much, but this […]

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Episode 129 – Misc

Overview We discuss a variety of topics today. Little weather since Alan is in California and experiencing the torrential downpours. There’s a bit of tv show recommendation talk with a focus on Keifer it seems, even though Jack Ryan and Last of Us are the newer shows we discuss. We are still looking at different […]

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Episode 128 – Gaming and Sellouts

Overview Two of our favorite topics – gaming and music – are once again talked about. Stephen had a couple fun game day experiences and Alan tells what he loves about attending Mensa mind games. If you enjoy gaming, you’ll understand the fun stories. Does gaming affect your life choices? We talk about what gaming […]

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Episode 127 – Happy New Year!

Overview And we are into a new year. While we enjoyed some things about last year and we had a good holiday season, it’s time to look ahead and see what’s coming up. To kick it off, it’s Star Wars month for Stephen. Time for movies, comics, books, card games, video games, and soundtracks. Since […]

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Episode 126 – Swagfest

Overview It is post Christmas and we discuss the swag we gave and received. We had a wonderful time with family and discuss the holiday festivities. Recommendations New Year’s Eve Celebration with the Music of James Bond – The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Dickens of a Christmas – Ohio History Connection Welcome to Ohio Tea Company […]

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Episode 125 – A.I. and More Christmas

Overview There is a lot going on in the A.I. world, and we discuss only a portion. Starts off with weather and predicting it since Alan is watching that for his flight. We talk about the wondrous glut of Christmas albums and music that we’ve been listening to and recommending. Recommendations Raspberry Pi Sensors – […]