Best Geek Exchange Podcasts (2025)

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Wondering (and wandering) through Wondercon! 1:16:48

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Episode 57! Con season is upon us! Bryce and Bryan revved up slowly and gently to Wondercon 2025 by first visiting a pop up for Gundam and Gunpla, then the next week went to The Inland Empire Strikes Back!, a small but excellent Star Wars convention. With the convention just days away, there's planning to do! What panels to see? Is there merch to b…

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How to Comic-Con: A Con-Prehensive Guide 1:51:36

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It's that magical time again! San Diego Comic-Con is here at last! Get ready to conquer your next comic-con with Sneaky Geek! In this episode, we're joined by the amazing Sarah McIntosh of MacAttack Cosplay to share insider tips on making the most of your con experience. We chat about what essentials to pack, how to plan your visit, and the best st…

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Anime and Black Music: A Cultural Exchange w/ Dr. Marcus Norris 52:46

1y ago52:46

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Sneaky Geek is talking about anime again, and this time it's not just pokemon. Join us on this episode of Sneaky Geek as we dive into the unique intersection of black culture and anime, especially through the lens of music. We're excited to chat with Dr. Marcus Norris, director of the South Side Symphony, about how black music has influenced popula…

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Big Monster! The History of Kaiju 1:43:13

1y ago1:43:13

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It’s a kaiju podcast! This week we are talking with John Hazlett yet again but this time its not about his time curating Star Wars history, and is instead about his love of the King of all Monsters, Godzilla! Godzilla, or Gojira as they call him in the streets, has been destroying cities since the 50s, and during that time his films have gone from …

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BONUS: Tales of The Empire Trailer breakdown 1:09:54

1y ago1:09:54

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Star Wars: Tales of The Empire is a week away! We're so excited for this follow up to Tales of the Jedi. So we decided we needed ANOTHER trailer breakdown! So we broke the trailer down, frame by frame, to find every reference, Easter egg, or sneaky recut that we could. We also talk about hopes for the series, how it might tie in to Ahsoka, Mandalor…

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WonderCon Recap feat. The Bitches of Dathomir! 1:47:11

1y ago1:47:11

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Wondercon is one of our favorite cons, it's far less daunting than SDCC but still packs a punch. This years Wondercon took place on a rainy Easter weekend, and it had some interesting affects on our usual con experience. But that didn't stop us from seeing great panels like Her Universe with Ashley Eckstein, Star Trek Discoveries season 5 premiere,…

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BONUS: The Acolyte Trailer Breakdown! 44:27

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At 8am on March 19th, 2024, Lucasfilm dropped the trailer for their newest Star Wars show, The Acolyte. It featured intense fight scenes, a whole lot of lightsabers, and a new threat we haven't yet seen! This whole show takes place a hundred years before Anakin told Sebulba he was going to be bugsquat (sleemo), and that means it's during The High R…

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Star Wars: The High Republic, is it worth it? 1:42:08

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This week we are honored to have former Wookiepedia Bureaucrat, writer, and Legends afficionado John Hazlett on the podcast! Lucasfilm is a few years into its multi-media storytelling initiative, "The High Republic." Since it's going strong, we wanted to ask John if he had seen any of these stories before and whether this era in Star Wars overwrite…

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The Nuzlocke AKA - How to make Pokemon utterly tragic 42:31

1+ y ago42:31

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Want to make Pokemon harder? Tragic even? Well do we have a challenge for you! You get two Pokémon games with every new generation, so we're giving you two parts to this Pokémon episode! Because... because it's part 2 of our Pokémon episode... get it? This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we br…

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What keeps bringing us back to Pokemon? 1:30:15

1+ y ago1:30:15

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It's Sneaky Geek's 50th episode! You asked, we listened, and now we're here to talk about Pokémon! This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we broke it into two episodes for you! In this episode, we discuss how pokémon came to be, its many iterations, and how pokémania has taken the world by storm…

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Should you watch Echo? 1:10:04

1+ y ago1:10:04

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Sneaky Geek is an inclusive podcast that discusses all things geek and fight against gatekeeping. This week on the show: -Is Echo worth the watch? -How does it fit in with the MCU? -What is all this Marvel Studio's Spotlight business about? -Should Dargula be played in every Marvel Property? -Why is Biscuits your new favorite MCU NPC? -How is Vince…

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BONUS! Ahsoka Essentials and why Chopper is your new favorite 53:45

2y ago53:45

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So it turns out Ahsoka is your new favorite... or maybe it's Sabine... if it's neither it's obviously Chopper. The problem is, you wanna learn more but you don't know where to start. We have excellent news for you! Bryce hit record right as he and Bryan were discussing this exact subject and before you could say Follow the white Loth-cat, a bonus e…

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The History of the Blue Beetle Part 2! Scarab Boogaloo! 1:22:54

2y ago1:22:54

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"Let's split that Blue Beetle episode into two parts!" Bryan and Bryce said excitedly. Our comic historian Dave Ziegler is back again with us this week as we get to the second part of our Blue Beetle History. Then we talk about what we're reading for a while. Maybe those "what are you reading?" bits should be their own episodes at this point... Hmm…

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The History of the Blue Beetle Part 1 1:02:05

2y ago1:02:05

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Did you know the Blue Beetle comic is almost as old as Super Man? Or that he wasn't originally owned by DC? Or that there was a team of super heroes called the Mystery Men and no one on that team even bowled? Well we didn't, and that's why Bryce went over to our favorite Comic Historian Dave's house to record a podcast episode remote with Bryan bac…

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2023 SDCC Recap! Piecing it all together 1:55:44

2y ago1:55:44

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The whirlwind blur of SDCC has come and gone. Bryan and Bryce try to piece together what exactly happened and when after only a week of being back home. After-parties, panel cancellations, signings, trailer drops and so much more happened! Have a listen and do your best to follow along. Let us know in the comments what you thought of Comic-Con this…

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Weekend at Visions! Part 2 2:54:05

2y ago2:54:05

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The long awaited second half of our WandaVision episode is finally here! Obviously, after so many current and up-to-date episodes, the best thing to do would be to keep our momentum going with an episode about something that was totally relevant two years ago You're welcome for our genius career move to let you hear something recorded about a chara…

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Indiana Jones teaches Indiana Jones how to Indiana Jones 39:36

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Bonus episode! We know it's off schedule but Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny came out last week and we felt compelled to do a quick review! This is Harrison Ford's swan song for his clearly preferred franchise. We happened to like the film very much so don't expect a ton of complaining from us.…

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Three Marios: Mario Mario and Luigi Mario 1:58:10

2y ago1:58:10

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The Illumination Super Mario movie was great, but before Mario could run with his arms stretched out wearing a tanuki costume, Bob Hoskins had to drunkenly walk with a couple of broken fingers, in weird shoes, next to John Leguizamo, also drunk... and with a fractured leg... and through that pain, we got the truest form of art. We caught up with ou…

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All the geek things that happened during the pandemic (And then some) 44:19

2y ago44:19

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After an almost two year hiatus, Sneaky Geek is back with a vengeance! A new season of Sneaky Geek is upon us and we've missed quite a bit since we last hung out. So let's catch up and go over what we missed. We're going to rapid fire through as many things that we missed since the world shut down! Ms. Marvel! Falcon Winter Soldier! John Wick! Godz…

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Sandman's Sleepy Sickness 27:01

2+ y ago27:01

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On this episode, Berly and LA discuss Netflix's the Sandman and the real-world 'sleepy sickness' that infected millions after World War I. Sources:https://showsnob.com/2022/08/08/the-sandman-season-1-episode-1-recap/https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/03/sleepy-sickness/?chrome=1&D4c=1&D_4_6cALL=1&D_4_6_10cALL=1Support the showEvery other week, …

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Namor Amor 39:01

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On this episode, in anticipation of 'Wakanda Forever', Berly and LA discuss the Marvel character, Namor, and speculate on how he will be incorporated into the MCU. Sources:https://youtu.be/RlOB3UALvrQhttps://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-namor-black-panther-wakanda-forever-tenoch-huerta-who-is-sub-mariner#who-is-namorhttps://highoncinemaa.com/news/bl…

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Introducing Denim-wrapped Nightmares! 16:01

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By Berly & LA

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163. Two Geeks plus NellytheGod=(episode163) 1:07:32

3y ago1:07:32

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The Geeks discuss the new units with NellytheGod!!

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162. Genshin 2 Year Anniversary or Exchange your Coordinates! 46:10

3y ago46:10

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No Man's Sky Coordinate Exchange... TOF... Genshin Rewards?

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Evidence of UFOs Revisited 44:35

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By Berly & LA

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161. How Fares the Unfair Bear? or Tower of Fantasy Summon Sesh 56:58

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Unfair Bear! No Man's Sky Polestar Freighter Expedition! TOF summons!

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160. Summoners War- Hoarder Edition! 47:08

3y ago47:08

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Aztec & the chat try to help Lightstar with his monster storage habits! Big shout out to RashiBoshi for his help with some audio issues!

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159. MRGTSW the abridged version 32:42

3y ago32:42

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We talk summoner's war & no man's sky in this condensed episode.

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Somerton Man Identified 36:42

3y ago36:42

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By Berly & LA

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158. Do you Accept These Cookies? or Aztec's back on Genshin! 45:44

3y ago45:44

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Lightstar gets some Cookies. Aztec back on Genshin & TOF!

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The Ultimate Goth: Morgoth 54:24

3y ago54:24

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By Berly & LA

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157. Cookies Run From Lightstar or Are you TOF Enough? 52:52

3y ago52:52

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The Geeks share their opinions on the SW collab with Cookie Run Kingdom. We talk some Tower of Fantasy.

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156. Summoner's War, Ted Lasso, No Man's Sky Polestar?! 48:22

3y ago48:22

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It's in the title! Go listen!

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Secret Societies: the Illuminati and Freemasons 49:26

3y ago49:26

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By Berly & LA

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155. Summer Summoning! or Sixth Grade Comic Stash! 39:10

3y ago39:10

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SW summertime skins. New Games in August, Midnight Fight Express & Tower of Fantasy. Lightstar creates Yo Mi Homie. Aztec fixes the X-men Franchise

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154. Skogul Throws Stones at Your Glass House!! 55:30

3y ago55:30

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Skogul throws stones. Ms. Marvel throws Hardlight? Lightstar uses his Splendid Blessing!

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Stranger Things, Inspired by... Part 2 58:33

3y ago58:33

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By Berly & LA

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153. Two Geeks Talk Trek, Marvel & Summoners War!! 39:32

3y ago39:32

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Deep Space 9 is the best Star Trek series! Come fight me. We talk some Ms. Marvel, Genshin drama, and do some summons!

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Stranger Things, Inspired by... Part 1 35:47

3y ago35:47

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By Berly & LA

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152. Summoners War, Willow, 007 & NellytheGod 52:22

3y ago52:22

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Will the Willow Remake be good? Maybe. Will NellytheGod stop by? Yes.

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151. New Summoners War Skins & Lots of Star Wars!! 34:48

3y ago34:48

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We're Talkin' Kenobi, Darth Maul & New Skins!

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150. Summoners War Collab Speculations!! 51:04

3y ago51:04

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You're not crazy. Started recording after the open. We're Talkin speculations for the upcomming collab.

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149. SW Collab Rumors n Stuff!! 45:10

3y ago45:10

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Collab Rumors, Summons, Stuff!

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148. 8-Year Anniversary 5 Stars & More! 54:58

3y ago54:58

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Choice of 5stars and Heteronyms!

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Worst Year Ever 35:15

3y ago35:15

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By Berly & LA

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Three Ounces 30:58

3y ago30:58

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By Berly & LA

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147. Aztec's Birthday Summons or Lightstar vs. Tom Nook 1:15:18

3y ago1:15:18

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Guaranteed Nat 5s. Moon Knight Finale. Tom Nook is Sus.

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A Pirate's Life for Stede 32:10

3y ago32:10

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By Berly & LA

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146. Infinite Coin Shop Spending or Multiverse Theory! 1:01:21

3y ago1:01:21

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New Skins. Ghostbusters. Event coins for Runes.

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145. Splendid Blessings or To Crystal a Dupe! 44:36

3y ago44:36

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Which dupe should Aztec Crystal? Retro Ninja Turtles Games. Hoyoverse Merch!