Podcasts by Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b
The good news: The internet has made it easier than ever to watch, read, play, or listen to just about anything ever made. The bad news: Same. It's easy to get buried, even for two of the biggest pop culture geeks we know: Ourselves. Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b is what happens when we try to make each other -- and everyone who wants to listen along -- discover the good stuff. Join us!
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Further podcasts by Eric Johnson and Emily Jones
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Watergate Weekend, Part Two: Dick (1999) from 2018-06-17T15:46:51
And now for the REAL story of Watergate.
This movie offers a bit of a lighter take on the scandal, as well as a guess at the identity of Woodward and Bernstein's infamous source, Deep Thro...
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Watergate Weekend, Part One: All the President's Men (1976) from 2018-06-16T19:45:04
Tomorrow will be the 46th anniversary of one of the most important political events of the 20th century: The break-in and attempted bugging of the Democratic national headquarters in Washington,...
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Gossip Girl (2007) from 2018-05-13T22:47:23
Hey, Upper East Siders (and, you know, all listeners). I've got the biggest episode EVER.
Ok, maybe not. But it is the second episode stemming from the Listen
Grand Theft Auto V Heist Videos (2014) from 2018-05-12T15:00
Way back in January, Emily and I made a bet: Listen
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) from 2018-04-01T14:59
Surprise again! Although if you listened to yesterday's bonus episode, then this will not be surprising:
On this show, we talked about the new movie adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Ti...
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A Wrinkle in Time (1962) from 2018-03-31T19:58:59
Surprise! We're back with a bonus episode.
In honor of the movie coming out (more on that later), we're rereading A Wrinkle in Time. The book follows Meg Murry, her little brother Char...
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The Sound of Music (1965) from 2018-03-25T21:05:17
We're closing out the season with a pick that's somewhat surprising for a show with this premise: The Sound of Music. Yes, there is (or was until recently) someone who'd never seen this movie be...
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) from 2018-03-24T15:00
- OK, so It's a movie about vampires.
- Oh I love it! And they're terrorizing Los Angeles?
- No, they just hang out in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Twin Peaks (1990) from 2018-03-04T17:58:54
Life in a sleepy small town is turned upside down when a teen girl - pretty, blonde, a good student, the prom queen - is found, brutally murdered. Before long, the secrets start tumbling out, an...
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The Court Jester (1955) from 2018-02-25T16:00
"The Court Jester" has everything: Medieval palace drama! Implausible hypnotism! Acrobatic dwarves!
... Oh, I'm being told that "The Court Jester" is not New York's hottest nightc...
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The Net (1995) from 2018-02-12T03:47:02
This week, we're traveling back to the 90s, when the internet was relatively new and very slow and weird, for a dated thriller that feels oddly relevant today: The Net.
In it, Sandra B...
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Sports Night (1998) from 2018-02-04T16:00
With the exception of that one episode about the Tour de France, we haven't done a lot of sport...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation from 2018-01-28T20:15:37
And now, it's time for round two of Star Trek: a foray into The Next Generation.
Set long after the original show, this popular series returns to the Trek universe for another set of adven...
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The Fast and the Furious (2001) from 2018-01-21T20:46:17
"Hurtling metal, meat and rubber through the concrete jungle at dangerous velocities." That's how, in 1998, Ken Li described New York's underground street racing scene.
His article for Vib...
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) from 2018-01-07T16:00
You've been waiting patiently for it for months, and now it's finally here: Season 6 of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b.
This season, we're shaking things up by bringing in friends and colleagues...
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The Thin Man (1934) from 2017-12-31T22:27:28
And now for the second part of our after-Christmas discussion of movies that are not exactly about Christmas. Much of this one, fittingly, takes place in the time between Christmas and New Year'...
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Gremlins (1984) from 2017-12-30T17:03:19
After a slightly longer-than-expected break (several months instead of several weeks), we're back!
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30 Rock (2006) from 2017-05-18T00:19:28
It's no secret that we both love 30 Rock. A lot. Tina Fey's seven-season comedy for NBC is, in our opinion, one of the best ever, and we've both watched it countless times.
But that's ...
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This Is Us (2016) from 2017-05-18T00:13:53
We're nearly at the end of the fifth season of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, but there's still a lot we haven't done (Listen
Into the Woods (1986) from 2017-04-09T17:48:53
We all know what happens when Cinderella goes to the ball, and when Jack climbs the beanstalk, and when Little Red Riding Hood gets to Granny's house.
...but not in this version.
Ste...
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The Social Network (2010) from 2017-04-02T18:04:06
Technology doesn't materialize out of thin air; it's made by people. And those people aren't necessarily good people.
This week's movie, "The Social Network," is a heavily dramatized telli...
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) from 2017-03-26T20:51:30
"Beauty and the Beast," the first animated movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, is now ... a live-action movie, too! But how does it stack up to the original?<...
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Velvet Goldmine (1998) from 2017-03-26T03:37:22
After exploring the line between public and private - and the notion of faking your death - with "Man on the Moon" last week, there was only one direction we could go in: "Velvet Goldmine."
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Man on the Moon (1999) from 2017-03-18T19:36:18
We've all been there: 40 million people love watching you perform, and you hate it, so you decide to start wrestling women.
OK, actually one person has been there: Andy Kaufman, the subjec...
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Gaslight (1944) from 2017-03-11T13:30
You've heard the term on the news, you've seen it thrown around on Twitter, and now it's time to go to the source.
We're talking about gaslighting, the practice of manipulating someone int...
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The Stanley Parable (2013) from 2017-03-05T01:40:11
This week, Emily and I played a video game with several great features, including offices, hallways, doors, a broom closet and existential dread.
And as if that's not&nbs...
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La La Land (2016) from 2017-02-26T17:47:20
Two lovers, both alike in artistic yearning, in fair Los Angeles where we ... ok, you know what, I'm not going to try and do the Shakespeare thing. "La La Land" is a story about two white people...
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When Harry Met Sally (1989) from 2017-02-26T02:28:58
Does When Harry Met Sally really need an introduction? It isn't just a classic romantic comedy; it is THE romcom. Though far from the first, it's the ultimate and quintessential romcom, the movi...
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The Twilight Zone (1959) from 2017-02-18T21:08:27
Imagine, if you will: A seemingly ordinary podcast suddenly re-emerges after more than a month of silence. Except this is no ordinary season premiere. The two hosts of this podcast have just...
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Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970) from 2016-12-11T21:42:23
Instead of a beloved and critically-acclaimed feature, today we're watching a cheesy-as-hell TV special by Rankin and Bass. They're the same folks that brought us the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reind...
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) from 2016-12-10T07:46:07
What's this? Why, it's another bonus episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b!
Most of the time, people who say "Happy Holidays" aren't thinking of Halloween, but ...
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Bob's Burgers (2011) VS. WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) from 2016-11-23T05:39:58
Surprise! Just in time for Thanksgiving, have an extra serving of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b!
While you're recovering from your food coma this week, join us for six del...
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Hamilton (2015) from 2016-11-06T19:00
How did a bastard orphan immigrant become one of America's founding fathers? How did the country forget about him? And how — and why? — did he become the subject of a wildly popular hi...
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The West Wing (1999) from 2016-11-06T00:56:26
Topic: The West Wing
Geek(s): Emily and Eric
We've got American politics on the brain (can't imagine why that would be), so it seems high time we get to a particularly stellar bit of...
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Machine of Death (2010) from 2016-10-29T14:00
What if you could put your finger in a machine and find out how you were going to die? What if that machine were always right?
And what if that machine was also kind of a jerk...
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Steely Dan (1976) from 2016-10-22T04:00
Topic: Steely Dan
Geek: Emily
Steely Dan is a 1970s band that gets knocked a lot for being stereotypical dad music. But have you ever really listened to them? Eric never has. But eve...
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Rick and Morty (2013) from 2016-10-08T21:50:34
On one of the first episodes of this podcast, I made Emily watch Doctor Who. On a later ...
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Gilmore Girls (2000) from 2016-10-02T04:31:31
Topic: Gilmore Girls
Geek: Emily
If you're out on the road, feeling lonely and so cold, all you have to do is call on Gilmore Girls and they'll be there on the next train.
I've...
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Zombieland (2009) from 2016-09-24T16:00
The last time we visited the zombie apocalypse, when we watched "The Walking Dead," most everything was bleak: People were fighting, some of them got killed, and there was little hope for the fu...
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Le Tour de France from 2016-09-21T00:44:14
Topic: The Tour de France
Geek: Emily
And now for a sport that's a bit off the beaten track (or well-ridden road, as the case may be): cycling. I've been watching the Tour de France ...
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Ex Machina (2015) from 2016-09-10T19:00
You might use Siri, or Cortana, or Alexa — but you would never think of them as real people.
But what if you did? What if you could have a conversation with an artifici...
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The Music Man (1962) from 2016-09-03T12:27:32
Topic: The Music Man
Geek: Emily
Welcome to season four! Let's watch a musical.
As you might recall, last season we watched Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and - spoiler alert - Eric loved...
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UHF (1989) from 2016-07-11T01:14:51
"Weird Al" Yankovic has been writing and performing song parodies since 1976. But he only made one feature-length movie — for good reason.
"UHF" did not do well at the box of...
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015) from 2016-07-02T22:01
Topic: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Geek: Emily
This week's topic hasn't been around for very long, but oh boy has it made a splash. It won a Golden Globe. Vulture named it best show on TV. I...
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Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) from 2016-06-26T16:15:35
The Mario games are full of important life lessons for kids: Get regular exercise! Help your friends! Do mushrooms and kill turtles!
But will those messages resonate for someone (Emil...
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Stick It (2006) from 2016-06-19T01:48:48
Topic: Stick It
Geek: Emily
Today we venture into the world of elite gymnastics - but we're not going to take it too seriously. Stick It is part snarky teen comedy and part inspirati...
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The Big Lebowski (1998) from 2016-06-12T16:00
Sometimes, there's a podcast... And I'm talkin' about the Giant Geek versus the Mega n00b here... Sometimes there's a podcast and, well, it's the podcast for its time and place. It fits righ...
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The Big Sleep (1946) from 2016-05-29T02:14:16
Topic: The Big Sleep
Geek: Emily
Bogart is back on the podcast! This time with his real-life wife and frequent on-screen partner Lauren Bacall.
The Big Sleep is quintessential ...
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Edge of Tomorrow / Live Die Repeat (2014) from 2016-05-21T20:41:16
Think about a Tom Cruise action movie. Okay, now forget everything you just thought of, because we're watching a Tom Cruise action movie where most of that won't apply.
That will make sens...
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Trainspotting (1996) from 2016-05-14T16:00
(Normally, Emily would be writing this because it was her pick, but she's off having some super-cool weekend adventure. Whatever, I'm not jealous.)
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a care...
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Portal (2007) from 2016-05-07T16:00
Hello and, again, welcome to the Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b Podcast Enjoyment Center. Your specimen has been processed and we are now ready to begin this week's episode.
On this...
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Clueless (1995) from 2016-05-01T02:03:54
Topic: Clueless
Geek: Emily
We're back for season three!
And we're starting with a bang: the classic teen comedy Clueless. In case you're unfamiliar (somehow?) with this film, ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998) from 2016-03-27T19:01:57
Topic: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Geek: Emily AND Eric
That's right, it's Harry Potter time!
Now, you might have noticed that Eric and I are both serious Harry Potte...
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The Disaster Artist (2013) from 2016-03-19T16:00
Up-front caveat: If you haven't seen "The...
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In A Lonely Place (1950) from 2016-03-14T02:10:23
Topic: In A Lonely Place
Geek: Emily
We're doing more film noir this week, with another of the greats of the genre: Humphrey Bogart.
I more or less stumbled on "In A Lonely Pla...
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The Walking Dead (2010) from 2016-03-06T20:05:34
The zombies are coming! Grab a knife and a gun, get in your car, lock the doors and pray that your iPhone is charged so that you can listen to this podcast.
Is that a sound survival strate...
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The Third Man (1949) from 2016-03-01T01:01:57
Topic: The Third Man
Geek: Emily
And now, we venture into noir. What better way to dive into the genre than with Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, and World War Two-ravaged Vienna?
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Pet Sounds (1966) from 2016-02-20T15:00
Hooray for trying new things. Unless those things are psychotropic drugs that permanently damage your brain.
On this episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, Emily and I tried the good type of...
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A Tale of Two Cities, Part Two (1859) from 2016-02-15T02:23:36
Topic: A Tale of two Cities (book three)
Geek: Emily
And now for the payoff I sold so, so hard last time: the grand conclusion of A Tale of Two Cities. All the threads - golden threa...
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) from 2016-02-06T14:00
I never really got into anime in the way that a lot of other geeky kids did. Dragonball Z? Did not care. Pokémon? I watched the first season or two of the anime, but the video games were always ...
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A Tale of Two Cities, Part One (1859) from 2016-01-30T13:30
Topic: A Tale of Two Cities (books one and two)
Geek: Emily
This week embark on our lengthiest bit of culture yet: reading Dickens.
I'm not sure when or why I read A Tale of Tw...
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Hearthstone (2014) from 2016-01-23T11:00
WE'RE BACK!
Here's the first episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b Season 2. In it, Eric challenges Emily to overcome years of video game evasion and play Hearthstone, a free digital car...
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) VS. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) from 2015-12-12T05:00
Christmas special! Eric's favorite Muppet Christmas movie is "A Muppet Family Christmas," a TV special originally released in 1987. Emily's is "The Muppet Christmas Carol," which was released th...
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A View to a Kill (1985) from 2015-06-12T23:13:47
Topic: A View to a Kill
Geek: Emily
For the second part of our super special double-whammy season finale we're circling back to where we started: James. Bond.
We're vaulting fr...
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Watchmen, Part Two (1986) from 2015-06-10T10:00
Eric and Emily discuss the second half of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
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This Week: Introducing the Marcia f***ing Brady of the Upper East Side from 2015-05-19T21:32:42
Hello friends! We'll be back this week with another new episode, finally rectifying the fact that although he is obsessed with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Eric is oblivious to Sarah Michelle Gel...
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Watchmen, Part One (1986) from 2015-05-13T10:00
Topic: Watchmen (first half)
Geek: Eric
This week, we finally get to something I've been wanting to discuss since before we started this podcast: The graphic novel Watchmen, by Alan ...
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This Week: Watchmen, Part One from 2015-05-11T10:00
It's time for another book! And that means another two-parter. This week, we're tackling the first half of Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Watchmen is no ordinary book. It's what ...
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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) from 2015-05-01T01:55:31
Topic: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Geek: Emily
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This Week: Four Weddings and a Funeral from 2015-04-28T23:36:11
Hello again, fearless listeners, and sorry for the slight delay on this week's podcasting!
For our latest episode, Eric ventures into territory he's not super into while Emily gushes endle...
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012) from 2015-04-22T10:00
Topic: The Cabin in the Woods
Geek: Eric
Believe it or not, that title doesn't refer to yours truly. At least not in this context.
To understand what it does refer to,...
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This Week: The Cabin in the Woods from 2015-04-20T10:00
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Also, don't watch the trailer for this week's movie, The Cabin in the Woods. It's super-spoilery and we strongly recommend going in to this 2012 ho...
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The Sopranos (1999) from 2015-04-15T10:00
Topic: The Sopranos
Geek: Emily
Oh, the Sopranos. We (here defined as "the TV-obsessed population of the internet) are so caught up in the last set of Mad Men episodes at the moment,...
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This Week: The Sopranos from 2015-04-14T22:04:14
All right, all right, so that's from The Godfather. But they idolize those movies SO MUCH on this show that it makes it ok to use the world's most overused mafia cliche, right?
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In the Loop (2009) from 2015-04-08T10:00
Topic: In The Loop
Geek: Eric
I went back and forth on whether or not to star-star-out the swears in that title, but I don't want to risk getting in trouble with iTunes. So,...
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This Week: In the Loop from 2015-04-06T10:00
Although this podcast is rated "explicit" for our occasional swearing, most of what we watch here on Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b is relatively all-ages-appropriate. This week's movie, In The Loop, ...
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The Bourne Identity (2002) from 2015-04-02T04:22:20
Topic: The Bourne Identity
Geek: Emily
What can I even tell you about the Bourne Identity? As I’ve said 1,000 times if I’ve said it once, what’s remarkable here isn’t th...
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This Week: The Bourne Identity from 2015-03-31T10:00
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The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor (2013) from 2015-03-25T10:00
It only took us seven weeks (not counting part one of Sabriel and another episode, the audio for wh...
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This Week: A Geektastic Return to Doctor Who from 2015-03-24T07:00
We recorded our first episodes of this podcast in August of last year, and Eric's first pick was one of his favorite shows, Listen
James Bond music and video games from 2015-03-18T10:00
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b in its first month-plus. You guys rock.
But did you k...
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This Week: Patreon Minisodes Coming Soon from 2015-03-16T10:00
This week, we're doing something a bit different here at Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b: We're sharing two mini-episodes recorded specifically for Listen
Sabriel (1995) from 2015-03-12T10:00
Topic: Sabriel by Garth Nix
Geek: Emily
Yeah, you knew there was going to be an episode by this title eventually.
Also, let me preface this by saying that half of our Sabriel d...
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This Week: Sabriel by Garth Nix from 2015-03-10T10:00
Last week in this space, we listed all the ways to find our movie of choice, Pacific R...
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Pacific Rim (2013) from 2015-03-04T11:00
Ancient dinosaurs that have been living under the ocean floor for millions of years (for some reason) are attacking! What do you do?
Correct answer: Build giant robots to beat the crap out...
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This Week: Pacific Rim from 2015-03-02T11:00
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Moulin Rouge (2001) from 2015-02-25T11:00
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return... But, barring that, you can just listen to this podcast and learn a thing or two about Moulin Rouge!
The ...
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) from 2015-02-18T17:46:55
Emily has played very few video games in her life, but watches a lot of rom-coms. Eric has played way too many video games, and generally avoids rom-coms. What happens when they watch a rom-com ...
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The Avengers (1967) from 2015-02-09T06:41
The IMDb description of the first thing we watched for this episode is: "The executives of several ceramics companies are being driven crazy or killed by fear."
And that's not even the cra...
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Doctor Who (2007) from 2015-02-09T06:31:04
Ready for an adventure in space and time? How about THREE adventures? Well, allons-y!
In this episode, your hosts Eric Johnson and Emily Jones discuss three episodes of Doctor Who from the...
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Thunderball (1965) from 2015-02-09T06:21:58
Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the very first episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, in which your hosts Emily Jones and Eric Johnson discuss the 1965 James Bond film THUNDERBALL.