Best GeekChew Podcasts (2025)

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GeekChew No. 117: They'll Tighten That Up 27:22

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We’re talking the first arc of The Hunger and the Dusk, a new series from G. Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose! We also have some Shogun, Drive to Survive, and Dune Part 2 thoughts.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 116: What's Wrong With My Vocabulary 24:46

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This week, we dig into our love for the graphic novel horror series, The Night Eaters, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. We also talk about the new tv series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, an instant favorite. Plus, our next book club book will be Babel, by R.F. Kuang.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 115: It Looked Awesome 36:26

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The Black Cloak series from Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren has our highest recommendation, plus we rank our top movies of 2023.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 114: Alright New England, Calm Down 49:41

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We’re back and talking Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky! We also discuss Nope and do some MCU phase 4 rankings.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 113: On the First Read 26:35

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It’s another book club episode! This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is the book and it… was… awesome! We also talk about the Hawkeye trailer and our latest movie jar pull, On the Waterfront.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 112: Not on Order but in the Cart 28:01

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This week we talk Malignant, the trailer for the new Matrix movie, Mazebook by Jeff Lemire, and Defenders by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 111: I'm Gonna Look It Up and Get Back to You on That 26:49

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This week we talked about a new graphic novel from Eric Powell and Harold Schechter, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? Then it’s all about Shang-Chi!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 110: Books I Didn't Read 30:47

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First, we picked our next book club book! It’s This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Read it soon!! We also talked tv with Reservation Dogs and 100 Foot Wave, then movies like Atonement, Reminiscence, and Candyman.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 109: Maybe It Should Go in the Jar 34:21

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We’re back at it, talking about Marvel’s What If…? series premier, The Suicide Squad, The Green Knight, and Free Guy.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 108: Massively Better Than a Normal Human 41:08

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We covered a lot of ground this week, jumping from new shows like The Bad Batch and Girls5Eva, to new movies on Netflix The Mitchells vs the Machines and Army of the Dead, to the debut issues of Wonder Girl and Time Before Time.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 107: Are We Saying the Same Thing? 32:27

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This week we talk about the first two episodes of Jupiter’s Legacy on Netflix, the 2020 movie The Kid Detective, and also debut issue of The Good Asian, by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 106: There Are Drawbacks, for Sure 41:10

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This week we talked about the new movie on Amazon Prime, Without Remorse, the new series written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, BRZRKR, and then we talk about the season finale of Invincible.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 105: Notoriously Spliced 37:03

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This week we talked about a new horror movie on Shudder called Slaxx and a new horror anthology from Image Comics, The Silver Coin, the first issue by Chip Zdarsky and Michael Walsh out now! We hit Mortal Kombat and close out our thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 104: Don't Ask Me Any Details 33:23

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This week we talk about Godzilla vs. Kong, episode 3 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and a couple of new series: Shadecraft by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image Comics) and Silk by Maurene Goo and Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel Comics).By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 103: Unanimously They Hated It 30:55

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This week we dive into the first issue of the new series from Scott Snyder and Tony Daniel, Nocterra, the first two episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the Snyder cut of Justice League.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 102: It's Quite High on My List 48:52

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This week we talk about the 2006 movie The Host from director Bong Joon-Ho, Raya and the Last Dragon, the season/series finale of WandaVision, and then we each do our own rankings for all 23 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 101: She's Got Great Hair 35:10

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This week we talk about episode 8 of WandaVision, the new Billie Eilish doc on Apple TV+ called The World’s a Little Blurry, Emerald Fennell’s movie Promising Young Woman, and then we get into volume one of Once and Future, a series by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 100: It Only Took Us Eight Years 32:56

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This week we talk about episode 7 of WandaVision, the new Netflix movie I Care a Lot, and the new book from Jeff Lemire and Jock, Snow Angels.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 99: Done Rhyming for Now 32:01

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This week we talk about episode 6 of WandaVision, the show The Flight Attendant on HBO Max, then round it out with a couple of movies: Judas and the Black Messiah and Weathering With You.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 98: Sleep Talking 28:48

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This week we talk about another new episode of WandaVision and the new Netflix movie, Space Sweepers. Then we talk about Ted Lasso from Apple TV+ and we could not have loved this show more.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 97: Quaint and Bizarre 36:51

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This week we cover episode four of WandaVision, the new HBO Max movie Locked Down, the latest Batman Black and White series from DC, and Derek DelGaudio’s one-man show Hulu, In & Of Itself.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 96: Maggie the Mechanic 35:34

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It’s our first Love and Rockets episode! We get it rolling with Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 95: Thank You for Not Listening 29:02

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We finally got around to watching Midnight Sky on Netflix and talk about it. Then we discuss DC’s Future State before getting into the premier of WandaVision.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 94: Pausing for Dramatic Effect 31:20

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We watched the new Shadow in the Cloud movie and talk about that before we get into our favorite movies of 2020. Always one of our favorite episodes of the year!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 93: I Only Count Up 28:57

5 years ago28:57

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We’re catching up on Pretty Deadly: The Rat by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios! We also talk about Spontaneous, Soul, and WW84.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 92: That's Some Good Accent Work 46:29

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This week we rank our top three Christmas movies, discuss Image Comics Stillwater by Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez, talk Mank on Netflix, plus so much Disney/Marvel/Star Wars stuff.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 91: For the Love of the Sequels 35:30

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After surviving a 14K foot jump from a plane, we saw The Croods: A New Age and then talked about our favorite sequels. None of this was a mistake.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 90: Never Tell Me What It's Worth 36:24

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We watched the new movie from Blumhouse, Freaky, and David Byrne’s American Utopia. And Charlene is turning 40. It’s not going well.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 89: The Case of the Curious Wallet 32:07

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Sex Criminals has been one of our favorite books over the last seven years, and with issue #69 it has come to an end. We talk about the series from Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky and what it’s meant to us. We also talk Maids from Katie Skelly and unveil our plans to deep-dive into the Love & Rockets books.…

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GeekChew No. 88: What's Old School to You? 42:15

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We announce our new book club book here! Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Then we talk about our annual October Halloween movie binge before we dive into the collected volume of House of X and Powers of X, by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 87: A Batman Recipe 28:19

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Book club episode! We talk about Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, but first we discuss two movies: Your Name and The Devil All the Time.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 86: Chef's Table Stole My Wallet 51:00

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We blew through the season of Chef’s Table BBQ that just dropped on Netflix, and it was amazing. We also started Cobra Kai and talk about Netflix’s newly announced adaptation of The Three-Body Problem. Then we get into a great new series by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead. And finally, a trio of movies from the past …

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GeekChew No. 85: Kid Cudi and the Space-time Continuum 41:47

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Movies! So many movies. We saw Bill and Ted Face the Music and The New Mutants. Casablanca. The Speed Cubers. Class Action Park. We also announce our new book club book: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 84: The Math Does Not Check Out 46:01

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Tenth of December book club episode! We talk about the collection of George Saunders short stories, the news and trailers coming out of the DC Fandome, Lovecraft Country on HBO, and the documentary Boys State. Our book club is the best book club.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 83: Not in a Good Way 44:08

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What did we watch on Netflix? Project Power, Always Be My Maybe, and (un)well. HBO? We finished Perry Mason! Did we subscribe to Shudder? Absolutely we did that to watch Host. iTunes got our money too! Inferno, She Dies Tomorrow, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Oh, we also talked about the Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass book by Mariko Tamaki and S…

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GeekChew No. 82: No Time to Change 37:48

5 years ago37:48

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Movie week! A couple new ones, a couple not as new: we talk about An American Pickle, Guns Akimbo, Yes God Yes, and Jojo Rabbit.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 81: So Many Wrong Words 39:17

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Ran the gamut this week, talking about comics (East of West, Lazarus), TV (Doom Patrol, Umbrella Academy, Perry Mason, Survivor), and a movie (The Vast of Night). Unsurprisingly, we like all these things!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 80: The Horror of Beautiful Darkness 40:30

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It’s horror week! We read Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet, then the first issue of the new Chew spin-off series by John Layman and Dan Boultwood, Chu. Then it’s all movies: Sea Fever, The Conjuring, Drag Me to Hell, and Relic. It was an intense week!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 79: Netflix+ 41:25

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We announce our next book club book! Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders. Then it’s all about movies, from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga to The Old Guard to Palm Springs. Also Greyhound. And a little bit about The King of Staten Island… we’re all over the place.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 78: And Then There Were Two 39:48

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It’s our book club episode! We discuss The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 77: She Didn't Read the Description 35:18

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Things are slow but we picked our new book club book, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin! We also caught up on Saga, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Chinatown, Stuber, playing a lot of Clank! In! Space!, and so much more.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 76: The Target Circles Lady Rides Again 44:01

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We each rank our top 3 movies from 2019 (better late than never) and the 3 movies we’re most looking forward to in 2020 (assuming they’re released this year). We also talk about Strange Adventures, the new Tom King/Mitch Gerads/Evan “Doc” Shaner book!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 75: At Least a Sixpence 49:13

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We catch up on trailers, Deadly Class, and movies we’ve seen.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 74: Nachos are Never a Bad Idea 30:20

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In which we each rank our top 5 movies from 2018.By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No 73: Could've had a Baby 36:20

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We’re back after a short nine-month break and it’s our book club episode! First we talk Aquaman (3:54) and the new Image Comics series Die, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans (10:32). The we get into History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (18:18) and announce our next book club book!By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 72: Transcending Genres One Episode at a Time 39:51

7 years ago39:51

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We cover a lot of ground this week, including I Kill Giants (8:38), Oblivion Song (15:33), Gideon Falls (20:09), Ready Player One (24:37), and A Quiet Place (31:46).By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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No. 71: Nuances... please. 39:44

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This week is book club week! We talk about Paul Auster's book, 4 3 2 1 (18:07).By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 70: We Roll in Culture 33:38

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This week we celebrate 5 years of podcasting! We revisit Quantum & Woody in a throwback to our first episode and discuss the relaunched series, written by Daniel Kibblesmith with art by Kano (3:25). Then we roll into some talk about Deathbed no. 1, a new Vertigo series by Joshua Williamson and Riley Rossmo (11:59). We finish up with the movie Annih…

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GeekChew No. 69: We Need Explainers 44:35

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This week is Black Panther week! First we talked about the Swamp Thing: Winter Special (9:22), then hit on some Netflix sci-fi with The Cloverfield Paradox (19:17) and Altered Carbon (24:37), and finish it out with Black Panther (29:31).By Eamon and Charlene McCracken

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GeekChew No. 68: Irony is too Highbrow 26:37

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This week's episode covers the new Vertigo book Imaginary Fiends, from Tim Seeley and Stephen Molnar (4:28), the Netflix series Dark (11:10), and the latest movie from Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread (18:11).By Eamon and Charlene McCracken