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Marginally Geeky Show

The epically geeky book club. Join the Marginally Geeky crew as they read, share and discuss a new book each month. While we may focus on traditionally geeky genres (sci-fi, fantasy, etc.) we"re willing to explore any and all things geeky!

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Ep 38 - Quarantine Book Suggestions

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2020/03/30

While we are all sheltering in place due to Covid-19, we are trying to keep busy and listening to audio books along with Netflix among other things. So what are we listening to? What would we recommend you listen to? This month we’re sharing the books and book series we think will help keep your sanity while you’re trapped in the house.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Jennifer Hetzel, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLarenLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or

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Ep 37 - How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You

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2020/03/02

Keeping up with our “romance / relationship book for February” tradition, we are reading How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You. While the book does have some scientific fact behind it, it is very much of its time… 1996 to be exact. This is going to be a fun discussion about how to get a first date, as long as you can hop into a time machine and go back two decades. Next months book will be Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Jennifer HetzelLike the show

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Ep 36 - Interview with Author Dennis E. Taylor

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2020/01/20

We are excited to have Dennis E. Taylor, author of the Bobiverse series, on the show. We’ve loved this series as well as his other books like Outland. Mr. Taylor has retired from programming and now takes on awesome journeys through time and space. He writes geeky sci-fi at its best.DennisETaylor.orgHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Jennifer Hetzel, Shaun McLarenLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You

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Ep 35 - Bobiverse Books 2 and 3 - For We Are Many,...

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2020/01/13

If you’ve read the first book in the Bobiverse series, We are Legion (We Are Bob), I’m sure you’ve also read books 2 and 3 as the story moves seamlessly between them and doesn’t wrap up until book 3. So we’re finishing our review of the books together as they are nearly impossible to separate. We have to wrap up our review before we interview the author, Dennis E. Taylor, next week so let’s check in with the Bobs. Author interview with Dennis E. Taylor.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray

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Ep 34 - Embrace Your Weird

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2019/12/09

Are you a creative person that is constantly making things? Are you a just starting to explore your creative side? is your creativity nothing more than a small ember burning dimly in your soul? If the answer to any of these is yes then its time to embrace your weird! In Felicia Day’s new book, helps you to get the creative juices flowing and discover the creative talents inside of you. Next book will be Bobiverse Books 2 & 3, For We Are Many and All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor.Host: Eugene

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Ep 33 - Outland

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2019/10/25

If you invented the technology to travel to another dimension, what would you do with it? Make money? Go for a Nobel Prize? How about use it to try to save humanity when the world ends? This month we’re reviewing Outland by Dennis E. Taylor. Next book will be Embrace Your Weird by Felicia Day.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at

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Show Update and PROcrastinators Ep1

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2019/10/16

Hey everyone, Eugene here, I know we haven’t done a show in awhile so I want you to know we have not discontinued the show. Things have been rough with our schedules so getting together has been tough. We will be back with a new episode in the coming weeks. In the mean time, enjoy episode 1 of our new show, PROcrastinators, with Cy, Ray and myself. We’re playing all of the retro games that flew under our radars when they first came out.Host: Cyrus MartinGuests: Eugene Stephens, Ray AndrewLike the

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Ep 32 - Books We Never Finished

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2019/09/07

Have you ever started a book and just couldn’t finish it for one reason or another? It happens to us as well and in fact happened to most of us on our last book. This week we discuss books we never finished and why. We promise we’ll finish the next one… because most of us already have! Next book will be Outloand by Dennis E. Taylor.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts

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Ep 31 - The Vexed Generation

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2019/07/12

It’s the final book in the Magic 2.0 series and we can’t wait to discuss it. Martin and Gwen have kids and have raised them without magical powers. So when Phillip shows up out of no where wearing his hat and robes and disappears after Martin and Gwen are frozen, their kids, Matty and Brewster, have to figure out what happened to their parents, how and why Phillip did all of that and what they plan to do about it . Next book will be Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe.Host: Eugene

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Ep 30 - Children of Blood and Bone

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2019/06/01

What if magic really existed? Would you be drawn to it or fear it and those who wield it? In the universe created by Tomi Adeyemi, magic has disappeared by the actions of the king and there is a chance to bring it back. A group of young people must travel across Africa to reignite the magic spark and bring it back to the people of the land.Host: Jennifer HetzelGuest: Eugene Stephens, Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLarenLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or

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Ep 29 - The Authorities

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2019/04/05

What would you do if Elon Musk showed up to your work out of no where and offered you a job doing what you do now but instead you would be doing it with a team of elite professionals solving crimes and catching bad guys? With a hefty pay raise of course. Would you take it? Thats what Sinclair Rutherford, a rookie cop hoping to make detective, did and became the newest members of The Authorities. Next book will be Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.Host: Ray AndrewGuest: Eugene Stephens, Kris

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Ep 28 - Mating in Captivity

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2019/03/11

Everyone knows when you first start dating the sex if great and once you get married, it dies out. Or does it? Should it? Once kids enter the picture, sex exits it. But does it have to? Can you claim to be champion of equal rights if you enjoy subjugating someone or being subjugated in the bedroom. This month we discuss Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel which attempts to answer some of those questions. Next book will be The Authorities by Scott Meyer.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray

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Ep 27 - Book of Mythicality

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2019/02/08

Mythicality: the quality or state of being that embodies a synergistic coalescence of curiosity, creativity, and tomfoolery, ideally experienced in the context of friendship and intended to bring goodwill to the universe. See, it is a real word… at least on Urban Dictionary. This month we look at YouTube sensations Rhett & Link’s book about how they met and how their lifelong friendship has embodies mythicality and how you too can become a mythical beast. Next book will be Mating in Captivity by

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Ep 26 - For the Win

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2019/01/11

Video games are a huge business taking in even more money than most movie studios so there is no surprise that economies have grown up around them. People pay good money to help level up their characters, gold farm and do all of the other boring and hard things that get in the way of gaming. And even though people who do those jobs are still playing a video game, are they not still in sweatshops with poor to no rights? This month we review For the Win by Cory Doctorow and take a look at the issues

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Ep 25 - The Power

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2018/12/07

What if women all around the world suddenly had a power that could make them extremely dangerous? A power that could kill with a simple touch or destroy a car with a focused thought? Would they take over the world? Rise up and seek vengeance against those who have oppressed them? This month week look at The Power by Naomi Alderman in which that very thing happens.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Jennifer Hetzel, Mandy SheltonLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or

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Ep 24 - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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2018/11/09

Space, the final frontier. We live in an age where we are about to start taking manned trips to the cosmos but what do we know about what we will find out there? This month we discuss Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry which takes a Cliff's Notes version of how the universe and all of space works. Get your thinking caps on for this one!Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Ray Andrew, Kris Andrew, Mandy SheltonLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or

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Ep 23 - Interview with Author Scott Meyer

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2018/09/17

It's our first author interview on the show! We have the pleasure of interviewing Scott Meyer, author of the Magic 2.0 series. Mr. Meyer has also written several other books including The Authorities, Run Program and Master of Formalities. He is also known for his online comic, Basic Instructions. We can't wait to geek out with him over his creations.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Jennifer Hetzel, Ray Andrew, Kris Andrew, Mandy SheltonSpecial Guest: Scott MeyerScoot Meyer Books on AmazonLike the show

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Ep 22 - Out of Spite, Out of Mind

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2018/09/14

Brit the Elder has a problem, a big problem! So she goes to the Phillip for help, but tells him he can't tell Brit the Younger which is a big problem for Phillip. Meanwhile Martin accidentally proposes to Gwen which is a big problem and discovers a shadowy figure trying to get Phillip which is also a big problem. And even though they are wizards, magic doesn't seem to be the answer this time... which is also a big problem. Next show will be interview with author Scott Meyer.Host: Eugene

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Ep 21 - Fight and Flight

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2018/08/10

After Jeff points out that all of the wizards have nearly been killed multiple times, they decide to start training and creating spells (macros) that can be used in battle. Jeff is tasked with creating an army for them to practice against and settles on dragons which are too predictable So he does something rash to improve them and it quickly gets out of hand. Now the wizards must split up and try to correct the dragon problem without creating more additional problems than they can handle. Next book

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Ep 20 - An Unwelcome Quest

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2018/07/06

After the events in the previous two books, Martin and Phillip find themselves in Phillip's rumpus room about to watch the second movie in their now weekly movie night when Phillip and several of their friends and fellow wizards disappear. They are stranded on top of a mountain with an old man describing a quest they must undertake. But who sent them on this quest and why? Stripped of their powers the group must complete this epic journey in order to survive while Martin, Gwen, Brit and Roy try to

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