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Generations Geek

Generations Geek

Generations Geek is a more-or-less family-friendly pop culture podcast hosted by sci-fi writer and editor Scott Pearson and his recent-college-graduate daughter, Ella, as they discuss geeky television, movies, books, comic books, games, and more. They also interview geeky guests from New York Times-bestselling authors to screenwriters to astronauts!

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01:36:10

25. X-Men Movies

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/22

AKA "Movie Titles that Start with X": Now that X-Men: Days of Future Past has hit the reset button in the X-Men universe, we look back on the series and discuss our favorite (and not so favorite) moments from the films. Plus, a special segment: “All the Squee” with Ella and Lydia. —October 2014

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01:27:18

24. Interview: Alan Kistler on Comic Books

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "Sizzler on Comics": We welcome author, actor, geek-about-town, and comic book historian Alan “Sizzler” Kistler to talk comic books, comic book movies, and more geeky things about comic books. Plus, tales from San Diego Comic-Con 2014. —August 2014

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00:46:13

23. War of the Worlds in Radio, Film & TV

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "War of the War of the Worlds": We compare and contrast three adaptations of the classic H.G. Wells novel: the 1938 radio show, the 1953 movie version, and the 2005 movie remake. We also discuss the musical version, the TV series sequel to the 1953 movie, and some versions you simply don’t want to watch. —July 2014

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00:42:20

22. Interview: Piers Bizony on 2001

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "The Making of the Making of 2001": We welcome guest Piers Bizony, author of the new book The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and associate producer of the 2001 documentary (that’s the year it was released, really) 2001: The Making of a Myth. We discuss our love of the classic film and the colossal effort behind his definitive book of the movie masterpiece. —June 2014

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00:38:27

21. S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "S.H.I.E.L.D. Takes Over the World": As the first season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wraps up, we talk about the ever-expanding world of S.H.I.E.L.D. as seen in the Marvel movies and TV shows, covering the “Is Coulson dead or isn’t he?” question and other links between the show and movie continuity. —June 2014

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00:40:32

20. Dragons in Film & TV

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "St. Geek and the Dragon": We talk about some of our favorite dragons in movies and TV, covering Dragonslayer, DragonHeart, Reign of Fire, Dragon’s World, and Merlin, plus Ella’s take on which dragon would win a big dragon fight. We loves us some dragons. —May 2014

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00:50:14

19. Interview: Ilsa J. Bick

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "Ashes and Shadows and Monsters, Oh My!": We talk with author Ilsa J. Bick about her young adult books including the post-apocalyptic Ashes trilogy, Ashes, Shadows, and Monsters, as well as her contributions to Star Trek literature and other media-tie in books. Plus anything else geeky we can think of. —March 2014

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00:41:30

18. Interview: Andy Weir

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "A Geek on Mars": We interview Andy Weir, computer programmer and power-geek, about his debut novel The Martian, which began as a serial on his website and snowballed into a New York Times bestselling hardcover from Crown Publishing which has been optioned by 20th Century Fox. —March 2014

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00:32:07

17. Geek TV

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

These days you can’t throw a tribble out a window without hitting a geeky TV show, and old shows are more accessible than ever thanks to Hulu and Netflix and such. We talk about our favorite geek shows that are currently on the air and give shout-outs to older shows that we’ve been watching lately. —January 2014

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01:00:38

16. The Desolation of Smaug

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/20

AKA "The Smaug Report": We talk about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with special guests Kevin Lauderdale—of the Chronic Rift Network podcasts It Has Come to My Attention and Presenting the Transcription Theory—and his daughter. We’re Generations Geek squared! —December 2013

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00:50:25

15. An Astronaut Reviews Gravity

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Geeky About Gravity": We welcome back astronaut Thomas D. Jones to talk about the film Gravity and learn what the film got right and wrong about the low Earth orbit setting from someone who has actually worked in space just like in the movie. —December 2013

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00:48:38

14. Robin Hood in Film & TV

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Robin Geek": We discuss various versions of everyone’s favorite outlaw, Robin Hood, including The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 Warner Bros. film), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1959 British TV series), and Robin Hood (2006–2009 British TV series). —November 2013

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01:18:09

13. Interview: Paul Simpson

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Lord of the Geeks": We interview Paul Simpson of Sci-Fi Bulletin, consummate genre journalist, editor, and writer. Coauthor (with Brian J. Robb) of Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage, and Beyond and Who at 50: Celebrating Five Decades of Doctor Who. —September 2013

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01:04:49

12. Interview: Kevin Dilmore

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "District Geek": We interview Kevin Dilmore, Star Trek author, master of Hallmark Trek ornaments, and all-around power geek, as we wrap up our first series of shows! —August 2013

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00:46:59

11. Harryhausen’s Sinbad Movies

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Sinbad and the Eye of the Geek": We talk about Ray Harryhausen’s Sinbad movies: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Because stop motion animation rules! —July 2013

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00:56:46

10. Interview: Think Geek’s John Frazier

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Geek Story": We interview John Frazier, longtime employee of the website ThinkGeek. Because we want all their things. Find out how Fraize became a mad scientist and gadget wrangler. —June 2013

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00:59:28

9. Star Trek Into Darkness

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Into Geekness": We talk about Star Trek Into Darkness, which we saw in 3-D at the midnight premiere, because we’re geeky like that. We compare and contrast with the first JJ Trek movie and discuss the whole Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan situation. —May 2013

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00:35:05

8. Interview: Astronaut Thomas D. Jones

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Destination Geek": We interview our very special guest Thomas D. Jones, astronaut, scientist, and Star Trek fan. Tom tells us about being aboard the space shuttle and his view of the future of NASA. Plus, listener questions for Tom from Facebook. —April 2013

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00:47:18

7. King Kong Movies

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "King Geek": We compare and contrast the 1933, 1976, and 2005 King Kong movies, plus a little bit about the King Kong X-Box game (based on the 2005 version) and other King Kong movies. —March 2013

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00:53:49

6. Interview: Una McCormack, Pt. 2

Generations Geek ·

2019/09/19

AKA "Night of the Living Geeks": We welcome back Una McCormack and discuss more Doctor Who, the writing life, watching M*A*S*H, Babylon 5, and Stargate, Peter Jackson and The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies, Sherlock, and Elementary in a special double-length episode. Part two of two! —February 2013

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