Geek Garage Podcast

Episode #61 finds our Geeks talking more cosplay, with the help of their friend Mimi Battaglia. Mimi has her hand in several facets of both cosplay and conventions. She’s not only a cosplayer herself, but also runs several different panels at conventions, and has her own bath bomb business “Bat’s Baths”. Check out Mimi's bath and hygiene products on her website ►  https://www.batsbaths.com/s/shop

Episode #60 finds our Geeks celebrating the wonderful world of cosplay! With the help of friend/cosplayer/prop-maker Gabe Silva, we chat about our first experiences with cosplay, what goes into the DIY side of cosplay, and the possibility of making it a legit business. We then dole out some helpful tips and tricks for listeners that might be interested in getting into cosplay, and/or the DIY side...

Episode #59 finds our Geeks nerding out over Sony’s big Playstation 5 showcase last week! We chat about the new console itself and some of its features, as well as all the games we’re excited about. If you enjoy listening to our podcast, please consider becoming one of our Patreon donors . Tiers start at only $2, and come with some awesome perks! If you'd like to support the show in other (aka che...

Goes to the Movies #22 finds our Geeks celebrating the 60th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s incomparable horror classic “Psycho”, with the help of friend and podcast alum Shauna Hoyt. Join us as we break down several aspects of the film, including the elements that made it a great horror movie, why/how it holds up after 60 years, and of course the infamous shower scene! If you enjoy listening to...

Episode #58 finds our Geeks revisiting The Office (US), with the help of their friend and Geek Garage alum Amanda “Frack” Vanderbrink. We talk about some of our favorite moments from the series, our favorite episodes (spoiler alert, it's "Dinner Party"), and the best of the best of the Jim pranks! If you enjoy listening to the podcast, consider becoming one of our Patreon donors . Tiers start at o...

Goes to the Movies #21 finds our Geeks wrapping up their "First-Watch" month with John Carpenter's 1981 cult action classic "Escape from New York", and David Fincher's 2011 "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"! ICYMI, the purpose behind this theme month was for us to watch a few movies that we haven't seen before, but the other has. For each film, we do a spoiler-free synopsis at the beginning of our...

Episode #58 finds our Geeks nerding out about video games! Our good friend Christian Mougogiannis joins us to talk about the recent developments in the digital gaming sector, such as the Unreal Engine 5 demo. We also dig into the known specs of the upcoming Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles, and what's got us excited about them! If you enjoy listening to the Geek Garage Podcast, consider be...

Goes to the Movies #20 finds our Geeks in week 2 of "First Watch" month! Ted's first pick for David is 2008's "Ip Man", directed by Wilson Yip and starring the one and only Kung Fu badass Donnie Yen. This episode does contain minor spoilers, so do proceed with caution! If you enjoy listening to the Geek Garage Podcast, consider becoming one of our Patreon donors! ►  http://bit.ly/2ODMmCS If you'd...

Goes to the Movies #19 finds our Geeks beginning another theme month (of sorts), where we'll be doing "first-watches"! We've each picked 2 of our favorite movies that the other has not yet seen, and we'll spend each episode asking the respective person their general thoughts on that movie, as well as some other relative questions. Week 1 brings David's first pick of Inside Llewyn Davis , directed...

Episode #56 finds our Geeks wrapping up "Villains" theme month with a quick retrospective! We'd like to thank everyone that took the time to participate in our Facebook polls, and/or engaged in conversation regarding your favorite villains from fiction, movies, TV, and comics. If you're interested in joining our Facebook Group, you can do so here . You are always more than welcome to check our reg...

Goes to the Movies #22 finds our Geeks concluding Villains theme month with a watch-along: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"! If you're new to our watch-along series, here are some helpful tips/disclaimers: You can listen to the episode as a stand-alone podcast, however we definitely suggest you sync it up to the movie. And as of this recording, the movie is still on Netflix, so just push play o...

Episode #55 finds our Geeks in week 3 of "Villains" theme month, tackling some of our favorite evil-doers from comic books and graphic novels!  If you’d like to see a comprehensive list of all our villains from this month, go check out the master list  David & Ted’s Villain Picks ! Make sure you check out week 1 (Fiction's Foulest) and week 2 (Silver Screen Psychos) , if you haven't already. Lastl...

Episode #54 finds our Geeks marching forward with week 2 of "Villains" theme month, wherein we discuss a few of our favorite baddies from TV and film! If you've yet to listen to week 1, where we talked about some of our favorite's from literature/fiction, you can do so here . Additionally, we have a page on our website that lists all of our villain picks for your reference, so be sure to check tha...

Episode #53 finds our Geeks kicking off "Villains" theme month with some of our favorite bad guys from literary history! Join us as we chat about the best of the worsts with some of the books we've read, why we like them, and why we think they make effective villains. There is one correction we need to mention in regards to this episode. At the end, we talk about the next villains episode in our s...

Greetings, fellow geeks and nerds! We hope you all are fairing well out there right now. Things at the moment are...quite strange, to say the least. So we put together an episode for you that might help you make it through this "Social Distancing" period that we are all having to endure. We first talk a bit about some things that we've been doing to bide our time, then we recorded a few mini-segme...

We are back for part 2 of our Better Call Saul series, where we dive into season 4 of the hit show on AMC! Join us as we chat about the highlights of S4, as well as some of our favorite moments, and then do a bit of speculation on the future of Better Call Saul. Just a heads up, we do go into spoiler territory, so if you haven't watched the show AND you care about spoilers, feel free to listen to...

We're celebrating our 50th episode of the podcast with one of our favorite comic book heroes of all time: Batman! First we chat about some of the more noteworthy comic book iterations as well as some of our personal favorites. We also touch on the good/bad/ugly of the Batman film history, and close things out with some speculations on Matt Reeves' "The Batman" due out next year. Just a heads up, w...

We apologize for our absence this week, but we are back! David is joined by his good friend Zack Wills to begin the first of a 2-part series on the AMC show Better Call Saul. During our spoiler-free discussion, we touch on a few broad talking points such as things that make Better Call Saul an incredibly unique and amazing show, some of our favorite aspects of the show, and how well we think it st...

It's the return of the Baba Yaga! David and Ted invite you to a watch-along of one of their favorite movies from 2019, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. If you're new to our watch-along series, here are some helpful tips/disclaimers: First, if you haven't seen the movie at least once already, we HIGHLY suggest you watch it before you enjoy it with us! Second, although you can listen to the episode...

IT’S-A-ME! We are back for part 2 of our Legacy of Mario series, where David and returning guest Chase Hartsook discuss all games under the Super Mario Bros. umbrella, post-Super Mario 64. We hope you have as much fun listening to our episode as we did recording it! If you enjoy listening to the Geek Garage Podcast, consider donating to our Patreon ! We have some cool perks, including making sugge...

Episode #47 finds our Geeks welcoming three amazing artists who have an artistic style that is heavily influenced by anime: Miser, Rachel, and Zailey. We had the pleasure of meeting and working alongside these ladies in the Artist Alley at GalaxyCon Louisville, back in November 2019. They were gracious enough to come on the podcast to discuss what it’s like being artists of different mediums, give...

Episode #46 finds our Geeks with their first Star Trek episode! The podcast welcomes back Mack Elder, and first-time guest Tiffany Elder. They are two of the biggest Trekkies David and Ted know, which made them perfect guests for this episode. Together, we take a look at the history of the long-running show, it’s cultural impact on both nerd-based and regular society, and ask serious questions suc...

Episode #45 finds our Geeks welcoming Jaren Prince, a one-of-a-kind Silent Bob cosplayer, avid fan of Kevin Smith movies, and just an all-around good dude. Jaren, David, and Ted chat about Smith's filmography, especially his most recent film "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot". Jaren also talks about how he got into Silent Bob cosplay, attending comic conventions, and even meeting Kevin Smith himself! Ple...

Episode #44 finds our Geeks welcoming Julian & Lydia Loomis, the founders, operators, and trainers of Everyday Superhero Training. During the episode, Julian breaks down his philosophy and perspective on how to use your passions (geeky, or otherwise) to be the best and healthiest version of yourself!

We have an extra episode for you wonderful listeners this week! For the latest installment of Geek Garage Goes to the Movies, David and Ted discuss Martin Scorsese's 2019 film "The Irishman" as well as Sam Mendes' 2019 film "1917". We'd like to throw out a spoiler alert, since we forgot to mention it during the episode. Also, make sure you tune in to the podcast next week, because we will finally...