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  • 349: Pol's Airpods case is in Kelowna. SEND IT BACK, YOU COWARDS!

    349: Pol's Airpods case is in Kelowna. SEND IT BACK, YOU COWARDS!
    2025/09/11
    Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk movies made for theatre vs streaming, fly off on a tangent or two, and somehow find a way to talk about being old again. Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 05:30 – The TRICORDER Programme Coming Soon 08:22 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (in theatres November 26, on Netflix December 12) 12:38 – John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video documentary, October 10) 14:17 – Disneyland Handcrafted (documentary, Disney+ AND YOUTUBE, ”winter”) 15:48 – Shell (Elizabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, in theatres and VOD October 3) 16:50 – Oh, Biscuits! Bluey movie to hit cinemas August 6, 2027 18:03 – Weapons is out on digital NOW (yesterday, September 9) Geek News Proper 21:04 – Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for ”purposefully infringing copyrighted work” related: almost geek-out: Anthropic class-action suit and rejection for more details 24:08 – Channing Tatum says his Gambit will ‘’keep the drama’’ in Avengers: Doomsday 25:27 – James Gunn claims Peacemaker will tie-in directly to Superman: Man of Tomorrow (and a WILD POL TANGENT) 34:19 – Canadian director behind Severance episodes learned of Emmy nominations while at a hardware store related: Merritt Wever wins Emmy for Guest Actress in a Drama for Severance re-related: she was in a recent episode of The Severance Podcast RUMOURS and HEARSEY 36:21 – The White Lotus S4 reporrrRRRrrrtedly headed to France (source: Deadline/The Dish, and uh . . . this lady) Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm) 38:15 – Zoner Ewan: I got a robot massage and lived to tell the tale Reviews and Recommendayshes 41:31 – M3GAN 2.0 (Kirsten) Other stuff 45:23 – Apple: ”We Still Make Phones™” Reviews and Recommendayshes again 51:23 – Unknown Number: The Highschool Catfish (Pol) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    55 分
  • 348: What does a Snickers bar come it? A container? A shell? A peel?

    348: What does a Snickers bar come it? A container? A shell? A peel?
    2025/09/05
    Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk AI, zombies, SNL shakeups, and how difficult it is to clap for more than like a few seconds. Plus, Protein Chat with special ghost Art Aronson! Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 05:00 – YouTube AI Shorts Coming Soon 11:36 – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (in theatres January 16, 2026) 15:46 – Marvel Zombies (rated TV-MA, Marvel four-part animated miniseries, Disney+, September 24) 17:04 – Bugonia (Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, in theatres October 24) 21:17 – The Paper (clip, The Office spinoff series, Peacock, September 4) 23:22 – The Roses (Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Kate McKinnon, and more, in theatres now) (Zoner Ewan) 26:59 – The Carpenter’s son (sometime in 2025, article) 28:27 – James Gunn announces next Superman movie: Man of Tomorrow (in theatres July 8, 2027) 33:13 – Sophie Turner is Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series (production begins January 19, 2026) 34:36 – Animal Crossing Crocs NOT Coming Soon 39:28 – Heidi Gardner leaves SNL after eight seasons as cast exodus continues Protein Chat 46:36 – with Art Aronson Geek News Proper 53:41 – Graham Greene, from Dances With Wolves, dies at 73 55:19 – 15-minute standing ovation for Dwayne Johnson’s The Smashing Machine in Venice 58:53 – Heritage Minutes: Viola Desmond (Zoner Ewan) RUMOURS and HEARSEY 1:02:02 – Robert Downey, Jr. ruuuUUUuuumoured to clash with Ryan Reynolds on set of Avengers: Doomsday (source: Gizmodo) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:04:41 – The Jury: Murder Trial review – reality TV so gobsmacking it beat The Traitors to a Bafta (Zoner Ewan) 1:06:26 – The Toxic Avenger (Bud) 1:11:53 – Mickey 17 (Kirsten) 1:16:24 – Peacemaker S2-in-progress (Kirsten) 1:17:36 – Jurassic World: Rebirth (Kirsten) 1:20:13 – The Apprentice (Art) 1:26:12 – Platonic (Art) 1:27:26 – Stick (Art) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 時間 31 分
  • 347: iPhone Pumpkin Pie

    347: iPhone Pumpkin Pie
    2025/08/28
    In (almost) less than the time it took for one free Zoom meeting, Kirsten and Bud geek out about right to repair, if we need an Xbox handheld, diverse dancing, and exactly how you say “KPop.” Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 02:28 – Apple joins Google w/ self-repair services in Canada Coming Soon 05:52 – Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (in theateres October 3) 07:19 – Is This Thing On? (NYFF October 10, in theatres December 19) 08:01 – The Savant (Apple TV+ miniseries, September 26) 08:51 – Steve (in theatres September 19, and on Netflix exactly two weeks later, October 3) 10:05 – Play Dirty (Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Alita Battle Angel Rosa Salazar, Prime Video :face_with_rolling_eyes: film, October 1) 10:35 – Spider-Verse team takes on new Archie movie as the comic begins to vanish 14:43 – ROG Xbox Ally (and Ally X) handhelds launch October 16 (price speculation) 17:27 – Here’s when you can skip work for the iPhone 17 launch event (Tuesday, September 9 at 10:00a Pacific) Geek News Proper 19:14 – Taylor + Travis, TLFEID 23:56 – Tramell Tillman joins Spider-Man: Brand New Day 25:21 – Guillermo del Toro unpacks ‘Frankenstein’: the 30-year journey to make it, getting a Netflix theatrical release and why he axed the plan for two movies (Zoner Mary) 26:03 – Apps like Waze are being used to covertly warn immigrants about ICE activity: ”Icy roads” 27:54 – KPop Demon Hunters is officially the most popular Netflix film ever (WITH STILL NO NUMBERS UGH, arbitrary top 10, 1,300 sold-out theatre screenings) 31:03 – Gap – Better in Denim (a possible answer to Sydney Sweeney’s ”good jeans” ad) 33:27 – Will Smith’s AI crowd ad RUMOURS and HEARSEY 35:57 – Nicolas Cage in taaaAAAaaalks to star in True Detective season 5 (source: Consequence) Reviews and Recommendayshes 36:39 – Jurassic World: Rebirth (Kirsten) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    39 分
  • 346: 'You made us have Shrex with his ear!''

    346: 'You made us have Shrex with his ear!''
    2025/08/22
    Kirsten, Pol, & Bud geek out about Tiny Vinyl, the great Terence Stamp, Weapons (again), and the enigma that is Quentin Tarantino. p.s. – the dog lives Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 02:41 – Tiny Vinyl Coming Soon 13:17 – Fallout (S2, Prime Video, December 17) 15:22 – RED BAND Peacemaker (DC series, HBO Max, August 22) 17:11 – Wednesday (Netflix series, S2, part 2, September 3) 23:03 – Marty Supreme (A24 film, Christmas day) 25:41 – The Importance of Being Ernest (Jim Varney documentary, inspired by the Justin Lloyd [nephew] biography, now in post-production) 28:23 – All of Us Are Dead (Korean zombie series, S2, Netflix, now in production) 29:08 – Good Boy (IFC film, in theatres October 5) 33:23 – Keeper (Neon film, dir: Osgood Perkins, in theatres November 14) 35:42 – Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (Apple TV+ animated special, new music from Ben Folds, out now) 37:46 – Severance season 3 is coming, but Ben Stiller won’t be directing NOT Coming Soon 39:35 – Quentin Tarantino scrapped The Movie Critic because “who wants to see a movie about a fucking movie critic?” 45:32 – King Of The Hill revival showrunner says it’s impossible to recreate original’s animation style because tools don’t exist anymore Geek News Proper 48:35 – Terence Stamp, General Zod in Superman II, dies at 87 53:46 – YouTube bids to broadcast the Oscars 56:44 – Netflix and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie is getting a theatrical release after all (October 17, Netflix November 7) 58:35 – Alan Cumming says it was really healing playing Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday after awful experience shooting X2: ‘I love the film’ 1:01:37 – New Annabelle popcorn bucket makes you eat ”out her ass” 1:05:03 – Sophie Turner found kissing Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harrington ‘vile’ (Seth Meyers interview) (Zoner Ewan) RUMOURS and HEARSEY 1:08:11 – Ryan Reynolds will REPORTEDLY return as Deadpool in Avengers: Doomsday (source: The Marvel Hub Facebook page) (Zoner Mary) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:09:07 – The Book of Mormon (Bud) 1:12:20 – The VelociPastor (Bud) 1:14:52 – Weapons (Bud’s half) 1:22:16 – Jaws @ 50 (Pol) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 時間 24 分
  • 345: At least it's a podcast!

    345: At least it's a podcast!
    2025/08/15

    Guess who's not here for this podcast? That's right, Bud is away! Pol and Kirsten cobble together 45 minutes in their very busy lives to watch trailers, sexualize Heimlich, and talk about Taylor Swift.
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    49 分
  • 344: Heavenly Threesome

    344: Heavenly Threesome
    2025/08/07
    After last week’s TWO HOUR POD!, Pol, Kirsten, and Bud breeze through a calm cuesheet of practical effects, Jeremy Renner’s triumphant return, and the long, long life of Jesus. Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 06:51 – Atari 2600 My Play Watch Coming Soon 08:18 – Frankenstein (Netflix film, November something, sorry the trailer is late) 10:24 – Spider-Man: Brand New Day suit reveal (22 whole seconds, 7 seconds of suit, in theatres July 31, 2026) related: set footage of practical swinging & wire work 14:03 – Eternity (A24 film, November something) 16:44 – Rental Family (Brendan Fraser, in theatres November 21) 17:57 – Star Wars: Starfighter adds Matt Smith in villain role 19:29 – Sequel for The Passion of the Christ — The Resurrection of the Christ — split into two movies for 2027 release 23:19 – Jeremy Renner plans to return to Marvel: ‘My body’s getting ready’ Geek News Proper 24:41 – Variety ranks every Marvel movie and show (54 of ’em!), from best to worst 31:17 – Fantastic Four drops 66% in second weekend, Naked Gun debuts to $17 million USD (F4: $370M USD globally) related: Liam Neeson is a comedy genius in this brilliantly stupid reboot 35:17 – Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death revealed: acute myocardial infarction + heart attack Stuff Bud forgot from last week 35:49 – Mortal Kombat 2: in-world B-movie trailer / RED BAND actual trailer (in theatres October 24) 37:24 – Taika Waititi tapped to direct a ‘fun sci-fi blockbuster’ version of Judge Dredd 40:51 – Billie Eilish says she’s working with James Cameron on some sort of 3D concert thing 41:49 – Eddie Murphy confirms Donkey is getting his own spin-off film Reviews and Recommendayshes 42:54 – The Accountant + The Accountant² (Bud & Art) 45:44 – The Naked Gun (Pol) 49:35 – LOL: Last One Laughing (Britain/Canada) (Kirsten) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    55 分
  • 343: What's her power? Invisibility and rainbows?

    343: What's her power? Invisibility and rainbows?
    2025/07/31
    Superman vs Fantastic Four: First Steps. Which is the geek pod’s summer blockbuster??!? Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 12:19 – men are dumb / some geeky safety Coming Soon (San Diego Comic-Con) 16:06 – Peacemaker (HBO Max series, August 21, Zoner Mary) related: Peacemaker season 2 will have a major connection to Superman 17:29 – Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ series, early 2026, article w/ casting, Zoner Mary) 19:22 – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series, S2, Disney+, December 10, Zoner Mary) 19:32 – RED BAND: Gen V (The Boys spinoff series, Prime Video, September 17) 20:22 – Coyote vs. Acme (in theatres August 28, 2026) 21:24 – Rick and Morty Character President Curtis gets his own animated spinoff show starring Keith David 22:10 – Avatar: Seven Havens (animated series, in production, protagonist Avatar Pavi, w/ cat monkey Geet) * FULL ROUNDUP FROM GIZMODO * Coming Soon (everything else) 23:18 – TRON: Ares (in theatres October 10) related: lead single from NIN: As Alive As You Need Me To Be 28:10 – Avatar: Fire and Ash (in theatres December 19) 33:02 – CLIP/SPOILERS: Weapons (in theatres August 8) 34:46 – Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (in theatres September 12, guest stars include Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Questlove, and more) Bud missed – Mortal Kombat 2: in-world B-movie trailer / RED BAND actual trailer (in theatres October 24) 35:54 – Good Fortune (in theatres October 17) 36:21 – The Last Frontier (Apple TV+ series, October 10) 38:00 – Eyes of Wakanda (Marvel 4-part limited series, Disney+, August 1) 38:52 – Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu (Pokémon series from Aardman Studios, 2027) 41:04 – Ted Lasso’s fourth season is real and there’s a picture of it 42:11 – Vanity Fair first look: Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s Monster 43:55 – Plur1bus (”from the creator of Breaking Bad”) date announce / Hello, Carol. Call us. No pressure. 202-808-3981 (Vince Gilligan series, Apple TV+, November 7) Bud missed – Taika Waititi tapped to direct a ‘fun sci-fi blockbuster’ version of Judge Dredd Bud missed – Billie Eilish says she’s working with James Cameron on some sort of 3D concert thing Bud missed – Eddie Murphy confirms Donkey is getting his own spin-off film NOT Coming Soon Bud missed – John Malkovich’s Red Ghost cut from Fantastic Four Bud missed – Kevin Feige says Marvel was pivoting away from the Kang Dynasty before Jonathan Majors’ arrest for domestic abuse related: Mahershala Ali’s Blade still coming, just delayed Geek News Proper 47:47 – You can now experience Disneyland’s biggest rides at home on Disney+ 49:16 – After Avengers: Secret Wars, Iron Man, Captain America, and more will be recast 57:14 – RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner (54), Hulk Hogan, and Ozzy Osbourne (76) 59:32 – Chimp Crazy star Tonia Haddix arrested, as another ape found hidden in her basement 1:00:06 – Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time (Argentinial sci-fi series ‘The Eternaut’) 1:00:35 – Nintendo says Mario and Princess Peach are just good friends 1:02:53 – Stellan Skarsgard accepted a lower salary on Sentimental Value to give the crew good lunches 1:03:35 – Darth Vader’s lightsaber from OG Star Wars trilogy to be auctioned off, expected to rake in up to $3 million USD Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:05:09 – Squid Game S3 (Art) 1:10:59 – FAN! TAS! TIC! FOOOUUURRR! related: Fantastic Four Shakman Cut not possible related: Pedro Pascal hated his Wonder Woman 1984 look so much, he’s kept beard ever since 1:52:27 – Happy Gilmore 2 (Art & Pol) 1:56:19 – Project Hail Mary (Bud & Kirsten) 1:58:02 – CBS cancels Late Show With Stephen Colbert claiming ‘FiNanCiAL DeCiSiOn’ (Colbert’s announcement) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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  • 342: Indignant Blinks. *poink!* *poink!* *poink!*

    342: Indignant Blinks. *poink!* *poink!* *poink!*
    2025/07/18
    Pol, Kirsten, Bud, and special ghost Art once again ask HOW MANY STRANGE THINGS CAN HAPPEN? Also: Funko Pops, audio animatronics, and Larry David and Barack Obama, together at last! Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 06:35 – Commodore 64 Ultimate Coming Soon 11:17 – Stranger Things 5 (Netflix series, final season, Vol 1 Nov 26, Vol 2 Dec 25, finalé Dec 31) (Zoner Ewan) 16:05 – Nintendo announces first cast members for The Legend Of Zelda Movie (both English: Bo Bragason — 20/21, Roxy in Renegade Nell, Luna mocap in a 2015 Japanese FFXV movie — as Zelda, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — 16, voice of 2022 Pinocchio — as Link) (UPDATE on their set photo-ness) 19:45 – Just Beyond (”from the mind of R.L. Stine”, spoopy series, Disney+, October 13) 21:14 – Exit 8 (Japanese horror film, based on a game, August 29 in Japan, international release sometime in September, Bud’ll probably play the game before either) 23:32 – Firefly Funko Pops (announce video w/ cast) 32:52 – Walt Disney returns as a surreal animatronic for Disneyland’s 70th anniversary (video whoa) 37:37 – HP first looks: Harry and Hagrid 43:52 – The Office spin-off The Paper sets release date (first four eps drop September 5 on Peacock in the US and Sky in the UK, then two episodes weekly until September 25) 46:47 – Larry David & Barack Obama team for HBO sketch comedy NOT Coming Soon… 51:11 – …your seats for The Odyssey (tickets on sale July 17, 2025, in theatres July 17, 2026) 56:57 – …Nintendo Switch game vouchers Geek News Proper 57:57 – George Lucas is coming to Comic-Con for the first time ever 1:02:20 – Andor gets 14 Emmy nominations in a genre-heavy year 1:12:49 – Rian Johnson aimed to make the Empire Strikes Back of the Star Wars sequels Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm) 1:14:42 – Zoner Ewan: There’s a Schumacher Cut of Batman Forever??!? Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:18:24 – Murderbot (Murderbud, Kirstensah) related: renewed for S2! related: Alexander Skarsgård ruined multiple Murderbot finale scenes by crying 1:21:37 – Superman redux w/ Art PLUS late-breaking Supergirl poster reveal Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 時間 36 分