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The crowd are going wild as the Dissecting Worlds explore the somewhat lost world of Sports Comics. Joined by Mike Hodder and with a contribution from Max Barnard, we cover... - The Magic Boots of Dead-shot Keane - The Startling Longevity (and crazy plot-lines) of Roy of the Rovers - The strange, and long-running world of Baseball Manga - Class, and other social considerations for our sporting her...

In  Geek To Geek Issue 5  the Scrolls team contributed a little segment on Flash Fiction, defining it and discussing the attraction of this growing form story-telling. It will surprise none of our regular listeners when I tell you that the conversation went on for an awful lot longer than the 18 minutes previously released.  Here, for the first time, you can hear the full discussion (clocking in a...

Yee-haw,   The pair of desperadoes known as Kehaar & Matt are joined by Matt Mitrovitch custodian of the work of boundless energy & love which is the  AH Weekly Update: ( http:// alternatehistoryweeklyupdate. blogspot.com ) looking at that popular alternate history topic of the American Civil War in the course of which they look at   * Harry Harrison’s Star & Stripes series, the Trent affair & opt...

00:00:00  Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation and but hopefully some hope that you will enjoy the experience 00:55:39  Minster of Chance Audio Drama - Episode 3 Trailer more info on the series  here . 00:57:06  The Scrolls  team discuss Flash Fiction with Lily Childs 01:14:56  Scarifyers...

he quarrelsome Northerners are joined by MOMBCAST stalwart James falling in behind the Eagle standard to dissect and consider the alternative histories of Rome and the Roman Empire. Inspired by the History of Rome podcast they march in a less than straight road through: * The Punic Wars (including the alternate history 'Hannibal's Children) * Roman history as a game of Total War * The Porous natur...

Welcome to Episode 39 of  Small   Press  Big Mouth, this the one where Stace and indeed Lee throw the usual format out of the window in a sad and desperate attempt to catch up on some reviews. That's right this is a review only episode! We cover such wonders as Porcelain and The Butterfly Gate, White Knuckle, Disconnected Vol 1, Sgt Mike Battle #17, Leroy and Popo, Robot Shorts and No More Heroes.

Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass. In a slight change of plan we will be releasing Geek to Geek monthly on it's own and then it will also form part of the quarterly  two hour audio magazine show which is the companion to our quarterly Geek Syndicate...

In which we focus in a little on the latest books that we've plucked from the top of our bookstacks.  In the absence of Mattie we are joined by 'The Grampus' a.k.a Matt Farr from Dissecting Worlds.  He kicks things off with Adrian Tchaikovsky's insect-themed fantasy, the  Shadows of the Apt .  Clover follows this up with  Juggernaut , an explosive zombie actioner by Adam Baker set in the Gulf conf...

Taking a break from Alternative Histories, The Dissecting Duo participate in the spirit of the Olympic summer with the first of four episodes looking at sports and games and all that healthy outdoors nonsense we both try and avoid We start by looking at team sports and could hear such highlights as: The fine line between games and sports Star Trek Space Badmington Thingy and other made up sports W...

Join Amaechi and Ant as they bring you the (belated) forty-fourth episode of The Next Level, Geek Syndicate Network's gaming podcast. This time, the guys look at the latest news, including the boom in Downloadable games, MMO justice and the possibility of spreading game blockbusters throughout the year.  Next, Ant talks about a couple of the demo's he's played recently (Dragon's Dogma and Sniper E...

Welcome to Episode 38 of Small Press Big Mouth, this is the Lee Free episode so I have to apologise for the lack of farting/fart jokes. This is two interviews recorded by Stace at Bristol Expo 2012, with two brand new indie publishers - Disconnected Press and Improper Books. I hope you enjoy it and next episode will be back to normality or as close as we can manage!  

In which Susan Hill's chilling classical ghost story is shared, enthused over and examined by the  Scrolls  team.  Clover hosts this special episode, ably assisted by Mattie & Phil and joined by  the multi-talented Sarah Taylor, who has been a fan of the story (in all its forms) for many years.  Whilst absent from the discussion, Dion provides a little atmosphere with selected readings from the te...

Geek to Geek – Episode 3 Welcome to Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom. Contents 00:00:00 Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation but a lot of fun and sass…always sass. 00:51:33  Promo: The Monster Hunters – A Three Part Audio Drama. Find out more...

Dissecting Worlds attempts to digest 30-odd years of global anarchy & its alternate history in the form of two world wars (but no world cup!) A bumper episode including such tit-bits as: Germany's strong right hook Reds, Whites & anarchist also rans The Czech Legion & Belgian Armoured Cars Siberian tours Other Versailles A Very British Civil War  German Mediterranean holidays Halifax for PM! Subma...

Hello and welcome to episode 37 of Small Press Big Mouth where Stacey and Lee do some reviewing of  comics and tell you some news (though some of it may be a bit out of date cos of someone taking their sweet time with the editing!). For more detailed notes and the linkypoos and the good, proper info bit that Lee does -rather than the "ah bum I've forgotten EVERYTHING we talked about" mess that is...

Tim   and   Max  Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the unstable time vortex that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers  Tim  Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia ( psycomedia.wordpress.com )  and  Max  Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This ( imustreadthis.com ) ...

In this episode Ant and Amaechi take time out from killing reapers and saving the universe to talk more gaming news, views and reviews. News   ·        Men in Black and Young Justice games get announced ·        Leaked PS3 trophies suggest a new Batman Arkham City DLC is coming ·        Game and Gamestation goes into administration and close stores ·        More Xbox 720, Wii U and PS4 next gen co...

Doning their tin hats the disagreeing duo of Dissecting Worlds turn their scalpels to Alternate History this series. To open the bowling they're going to limber up with Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Years of Rice & Salt", an exploration of a world in which Europe exited history in the 15th-16th centuries. This gives an opportunity to discuss alternate histories on the way, and in the process they po...

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is STILL the newest podcast in the stable of subetheric continua that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia ( psycomedia.wordpress.com ) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This ( imustreadthis.com ) ...

Join Ant and Amaechi as they delve once more into the latest gaming news, including a discussion of "the GAME Saga". Following this, find out if Resistance 3 is a Buy, Rent or Avoid and the boys chat about some of the demo's they've been playing recently.

After a short hiatus the Scrolls team is back, just in time for the end of the world.  Join us as we explore the subject of apocalypse with regards to our beloved genres of science fiction, horror and fantas y .   Books discussed include: Good Omens, The Tripods trilogy, Wolf In Shadow, The Last Battle, The Stand, The Road, Strength Of Stones, The Mist and Z For Zachariah. We start our exploration...

Welcome to the second issue of Geek to Geek, the audio magazine dedicated to bringing the sass back to geekdom. 2 hours of craziness coming to your mp3 player every month! 00:00:00  Geek to Geek with Monts and Nuge – David Montieth and Barry Nugent bring you their monthly slice of pop culture madness. No script, no preparation and but hopefully some hope that you will enjoy the experience 00:41:18...

Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture is  STILL the newest podcast in the stable of Mandalorian warmounts that is the Geek Syndicate Network. The podcast aims to do exactly what it says on the tin – young buccaneers Tim Swann (@tetrarchangel on twitter) of Psycomedia ( psycomedia.wordpress.com ) and Max Barnard (@maxy_barnard on twitter) of You Must Hear This ( imustreadthis.com...

Despite Kehaar's assertions (or maybe he thinks he's slept through a whole series), Series  Five  wraps up our traditional "Conclusions" episode, where we try to pull together any common threads, talk about things we've missed, and probably continue to miss even more things. We also talk about some of our reader feedback and to add to the excitement it's Matt's first turn in the editing chair.  Th...

The GS crew were out in serious force at the SFX Weekender event this year.  Did you spot us all?  Well one week later Barry and his syndicated geeks Amy, Ant, Clover, Dion, Matt (The Grampus) and Phil got back around the mic to talk through our experiences in North Wales, good and bad.   You'll find out what it's really like to attend one of the best geek Events in Britain, how to survive it and...