The Geek Speak Show

This is the first NEW Geek Speak Treats episode for 2024! Henry welcomes Christopher M. Carter , the co-director, writer & director of photography for a new film called Night of the Harvest . Jessica Morgan is also a co-director, producer and lead actress in the film. They talk about how they came up with the story, the cast, shooting at an actual haunted location and the episode wraps up with som...

Geek Speak Treats are back! All through the month of October, you'll hear these special Halloween-themed episodes. This year kicks off with a replay of author & Halloween historian Lesley Bannatyne 's second visit to The Geek Speak Show. This is from back in Season 2 and a perfect way to kick off October and Spooky Season!

It's officially Fall! Our favorite time of the year! After a new Crystal's World feature, Henry welcomes C.L. Thomas back to the show. C.L. has been on the show before, to talk about her paranormal books. This time, she returns to talk about her newly-launched paranormal magazine, Eerie Expeditions . Then, Angel Nuñez (who happened to be visiting the studio) started telling Henry about what she di...

For this Issues of the Day episode, the whole Geek Speak team assembles! Shanclen & Angel Nuñez join Henry to talk about the Jason Momoa story from last week's Navajo Nerdy News, which leads to a discusion about holding celebrities to a higher standard and whether celebrities are even celebrities anymore. What with anyone becoming famous on social media. Then, as it's officially Fall now, the team...

This week, after Shanclen has a surprise guest on his Navajo Nerdy News segment, Henry welcomes Sian Mandrake to the show. Sian is the writer & artist on John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Blood of the Taken . It's a vampire story, but not what you'd expect from a vampire story. But it is perfect for the Fall and Halloween Season! Then, Marvin Wynn joins the show. Marvin is the creator & writer of Th...

After Shanclen's Nerdy Navajo News, Henry plays back an interview from 2016 with Melanie Scrofano and Dominique Provost-Chalkley from when Wynonna Earp had its Season 1 Finale on SYFY. Then he talks about the new 90-minute special, Wynonna Earp: Vengeance , premiering on Tubi on September 13th. The episode ends with a look back at James Earl Jones and what he meant to Henry.

After a new Nerdy Navajo News with Shanclen, Henry welcomes Jermaine M. Boyd to the show. Jermaine shares his journey from a boy who was introduced to and loved Tim Burton's Batman and comic books, horror, fantasy and sci-fi to making his way into the film industry to creating his own comics and upcoming short film through his production company, Prismacation . A fascinating story, and one that sh...

After Henry starts the show by dedicating this episode to a special group of people and comic book shop, he welcomes director Wes Eastin . Wes directed a documentary called Shopping For Superman , which is all about the history of the comic book shop. The episode wraps up with more info on Shanclen and next year's Geek Speak Expo.

This week, it's this month's Issues of the Week episode! Henry, along with returning guests Marc Pope & Trent Tucker (hosts of the Geek Off The Street podcast), discuss several issues in Geek Culture, including the return of RDJ to the MCU, The Acolyte and toxic fandoms, and AI still threatening to take away actors' opportunities in favor of generated voices.   NOTE: This episode was recorded hour...

Henry welcomes Jonathan London to the show. Jonathan is about to launch a Kickstarter campaign for a comic book which wasn't supposed to be for the public. It started as a love letter to his brother Paul London , a former profesional wrestler. But it will now be a comic book series called Paul London: Hero of the Prophecy . Then, Sarah Elmaleh joins Henry. Sarah is the Chair of the SAG-AFTRA Inter...

Henry welcomes Chris Dane Owens , Ciel Post & Jason Schulz to the show this week. They all are starring in and producing Empire Queen: Golden Age of Magic . Chris talks about how a music video became this film and Ciel shares how and why she went from behind the camera to her starring role in the film. Jason talks about the technical side, including where the film was shot and how the effects were...

Henry & Shanclen talk about their and the rest of the team's experiences at San Diego Comic-Con.

The Countdown To Comic-Con 2024 Guests: David Glanzer , Chief Communications & Strategy Officer, San Diego Comic-Con Tony Kim , founder of Hero Within & Panel Moderator Panel : The Worst Mistake I Ever Made, Thursday at 1 PM in Room 12 Pasquale Piro , Raising Fankids Panel Moderator Panel : Raising Fankids:Teaching Young Geeks To Be Self-Confident & Successful Friday at 2 PM at the Marriott Marqui...

This wek, Henry welcomes Michael Hirsh & Stimson Snead to the show! Michael Hirsh is the author of Animation Nation: How We Built A Cartoon Empire . The book details the rise of one of the most influential independent animation companies, Nelvana, and the cartoon shows that Michael created: Ewoks, Droids, Inspector Gadget,Berenstain Bears, Rolie polie Olie, Johnny Test,Beetlejuice,Care Bears and m...

The Geek Speak Show, Vol. 2 returns from a two-week break! After Shanclen cathes us up on what's been happening in Geek Culture, Henry welcomes Nick Williams (IG: @nick_codename_fulcrum & TikTok: @codename_fulcrum ) to the show. Nick, like Henry, has been enjoying The Acolyte since its premiere and he talks about his love of Star Wars and all things geeky with Henry. Yes, that includes The Acolyte...

Nine years ago, filmmaker Lisa Downs visited The Geek Speak Show to talk about her Life After Flash documentary. This week, she returns to the show to announce the Kickstarter for her latest documentary, Life After The Goonies . She'll talk about what The Goonies means to her and why this documentary is so important to her and the doc's producers. Lisa also shares what it was like to interview Ric...

The episode kicks off with Henry giving all you listeners a voice concerning an upcoming Geek Speak event. Then, Henry welcomes Nick Grimaldi , one of the hosts of the Nerdia podcast and they talk about a few Issues of the Day:  Star Wars: The Acolyte premiere Influencers/cosplayers attending movie & show premieres. Good idea or not? CEOs admitting their studios will be using AI to create new show...

Henry welcomes Mark Russell to the show this week to talk about the upcoming Kickstarter exclusive Traveling To Mars Hardcover edition. tHen, after a fill-in for Shanclen updates us on what's happening in Geek Culture, Henry shares what Evangeline Lily posted on her social media this week and what's coming to the show next week. Hint: It could be YOU.

Filmmaker Taylor Morden joins Henry on the show to talk about his upcoming documentary, Getting LOST .  It's a celebration of the show's 20th Anniversary, but also a look at the things that were started by this iconic TV show. Many of the things you all enjoy about your fandoms were started by LOST and its fans, as you'll hear in this conversation with Taylor. After Shanclen updates us on what's h...

This week, Henry introduces a new type of episode for The Geek Speak Show: Issues of the Week .  No guests, just Henry & Shanclen talking about issues that are happening in Geek Culture at the moment. For this first one, they also invite Marc Pope , from the Geek Off The Street podcast, to join them as they discuss what Francis Ford Coppola said regarding the Hollywood studio system, a new compens...

Henry welcomes Ian Nathan , the director of the upcoming Aliens Expanded documentary. Ian talks about how the idea for this documentary became a reality and how this is more than just a "Making of Aliens" doc. Then, Henry finally reveals info about The Geek Speak Expo , an in-person convention being organized by The Geek Speak Show, Vol.2.

Henry welcomes Deseree & Ian , the co-founders of Infinite Abilities Comics . Through the joy of comic books, their mission is to create employment opportunities for adults with exceptional needs and build a community where everyone feels valued and included. They share the story of how that dream has become a reality and what's coming for the shop in the months to come.

This Saturday May 4th is  Free Comic Book Day  around the world. It will also be the last  Free Comic Book Day  at the shop where it was born:  Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff   in Concord, CA.   Joe Field  returns to the show and looks back at the shop's history, the origin of Free Comic Book Day, what will be happening at Flying Colors Comics this year and what's in store next year for F...

Henry welcomes author S.G. Blaise to the show this week.  S.G. Blaise is the author of The Last Lumenian book series and she talks to Henry about discovering Star Wars during a time when it was illegal to watch American films. (She grew up in Hungary at the height of the Soviet oppression.) S.G. also talks about how she became a professional writer, how she built the world of The Seven Galaxies an...

Henry welcomes grapic designer & artist Anna Horner . Anna is the graphic designer for Gameforge and also the artist on her own comic book, Carrier of the Mask . She talks to Henry about how her interest in gaming began and also how she became a professional graphic artist. Plus, Shanclen's Navajo Nerdy News segment and more details on our return to Flying Colors Comics for Free Comic Book Day .