The Geek Speak Show

The Geek Speak Show kicks off 2026 with the first Issues of the Day episode!

Henry San Miguel is back as the main host, along with the Nerdy Navajo, Shanclen. They welcome Analese & Rob, hosts of the Nerd Best Friends podcast to talk about the Stranger Things Finale and why this love letter to 80s culture made such a global impact for the past nine years. Even with those who didn't grow up in the 80s. That leads the discussion to t...

On the final episode for 2025, Henry & Shanclen, along with Geek Off The Street's Marc Pope & Trent Tucker, begin with the final Issues of the Day for the year. Only two topics: Why Netflix winning the bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery ISN'T as bad as all the "experts" have been bemoaning & why talking during movies in the theater IS bad, as everyone SHOULD be saying. Then, The Geek Speak Awards Show returns! The guys award th...

This is the final (regular) episode for 2025! To wrap up the season in a fun & inspirational way, Henry welcomes artist Emily Mata to the show. Emily talks about knowing she wanted to be an artist from a very young age, explaining to her parents why she wanted to draw for a living, creating Dewy's Adventures and Mira, becoming the comic artist for The Highlander, UC Riverside's newspaper, and how all of this culminated in Emily's g...

This week, Henry highlights a new sci-fi film starring Tom Felton called Altered. Since Tom was a little bit busy on Broadway, Henry talks to director Timo Vueronsola & actress Elizaveta Bugulova about the film. Timo talks about the inspiration for the film and why he chose Tom Felton as the lead. Elizaveta talks about her character (Chloe) and what it was like meeting Tom Felton for the first time...after having grown up as a Harr...

The gang's all here for this Issues of the Day! Henry & Shanclen are joined by Marc Pope & Trent Tucker from Geek Off The Street. They start off the episode by talking about Tilly Norwood, the first AI-generated "actress" and why Hollywood is already scrambling to sign her to a multi-film deal & agents are open to being her reps...as if she were a real person. Henry points out why this will go beyond Hollywood....

Miami Vice. Maste...

Henry San Miguel is joined by the Nerdy Navajo, Shanclen, for this year's Halloween Episode. they play back the ghost stories sent in by you, our listeners, and also a few from our guests. Shanclen explains why his stories aren't just "I saw a shadow" or "I heard a noise" and he also explains why having a little "Halloween fun" and playing with a Ouija board, Bloody Mary or trying to communicate with spirits could invite something ...

A couple of weeks before Halloween, Henry & Shanclen get you ready for what you'll hear on this year's Halloween episode: Ghost Stories! Most of them will be from you, the listeners, but you'll hear a few from Henry and Shanclen, as well. On this episode, Shanclen shares two stories. One from his time as a tour guide at Vulture City Ghost Town in Wickenburg, Arizona and the other from a time that he visited The 13th Floor, A Hallow...

Clover Press publisher Hank Kanalz joins Henry to talk about the ongoing Kickstarter campaign for The Amazing Spider-Man Classic Newspaper Comics. For the first time ever in softcover, Stan Lee and John Romita's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN NEWSPAPER COMICS returns to print in Clover Press's spectacular new line of deluxe slipcase editions!...

The Geek Speak Show is back with an all-new episode! After Shanclen's Nerdy Navajo News report, Henry welcomes writer Joshua Rubin & award-winning Portugese artist Jorge Coelho. Their new comic book, Time Sensitive #1, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign, ending on October 9th. Time Sensitive isn't the typical superhero story...in fact, there are no superheroes in it. It tells the story of L.A detective Caleb Stone, who's w...

The gang's all here for this month's Issues of the Day! Henry & Shanclen are joined by Geek Off The Street's Trent Tucker & Marc Pope as they discuss whether superhero fatigue is actually a thing now...and is it really because of bad stories or just human nature to get tired of too much of something? Marc & Trent bring up a couple of interesting topics at the end: Are all the Korean music, shows and films that are so popular now a ...

On this episode, Henry welcomes Scott & India Cramton to the show. Scott wanted to shoot a Ghostbusters fan film for their wedding day, which he and their friends did. They released it on their theatre company's Youtube channel and it's been a huge hit with Ghostbusters fans. Hear their story in their own words and how even neighbors and locals they didn't know gladly participated in this fan film. For The Book Club, author Maxwell...

This week, Henry welcomes Alessandra Ferreri, Head of Content at Wattpad. Alessandra talks about the stories that Wattpad & its distributing partners look for and how those original stories get monetized, adapted & distributed. Then, writer & director Jeffrey Morris visits to talk about his new documentary, The Eagle Obsession. It follows his journey to find the origins of the Eagle Transporter spaceship from the Space: 1999 TV sho...

Mark Nazal joins Henry on this week's episode. Mark is an award-winning VFX artist/supervisor who has worked on many of the shows we watch. The Walking Dead, Gotham, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,Runaways and more. He's also the founder & Chief Creative Officer of Diwata Komiks, where he's bringing traditional Filipino-American stories to life for a whole new audience. For the Book Club, H.H. German drops by to talk to Henry about Calico,...

It's San Diego Comic-Con week! That means it's time for the annual Countdown To Comic-Con episode! For only the second time in The Geek Speak Show's history, the Countdown does NOT start with Comic-Con's David Glanzer. Instead, our own Nerdy Navajo (Shanclen) kicks off the episode with SDCC Teachings, aka tips for SDCC first-time attendees. The guests this year are:

Joel Rodriguez, CEO of Metal Ninja Studios, who will be debuting C...

A week before SDCC 2025, Henry welcomes writer/director John Paul Ungaretti and writer/producer Christina Heller to the show. Their new film, Unexpected Treasures, will be making its debut at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday July 24th at 7 PM in Ballroom 6DE. They join Henry to talk about the inspiration for the film, the cast and what they're looking forward to next week in San Diego. Plus a Book Club selection sticking to the Comi...

The Fourth of July holiday is behind us, so that means....we're weeks away from San Diego Comic-Con! On this episode, Henry gives some advice to first-time attendees. Their excitement is building, but also a bit of anxiety as they start to see the schedule roll out, the activations, the off-sites, etc. This episode gives you first-time attendees some tips on how to navigate your first San Diego Comic-Con. Not the panels, but the li...

As we celebrate the 4th of July holiday in America, Henry replays an interview with director Lisa Downs. Lisa returned to The Geek Speak Show in June of last year to talk about her upcoming documentary Life After The Goonies. The campaign has ended and was successfuly funded, but you can still back them if you feel the need after you hear Lisa's story. 

The Geek Speak Show, Vol. 2 returns with all-new episodes starting July 9, 2025...