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ThisWeekInGeek

ThisWeekInGeek is the best place geeks, gamers, and nerds of every type to gather and listen in to the news, reviews, interviews, and topic shows for everything nerd culture! Multiple weeky episodes and content since 2007! We are one of Canada’s longest continuously running geek and nerd culture podcast news outlets with over 1400 episodes and counting! Show feedback/comments can be sent to: feedback@thisweekingeek.net Business/Review/Product inquiries please contact: alex@thisweekingeek.net

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January 15, 2026 51 mins
Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

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In this episode the crew sat down to discuss Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979) & Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982)!

Show Notes:

Your Geekmasters:
Mike "The Birdman" - https://bsky.app/profile/birdmanguelph.bsky.social
Alex "The Producer" - https://bsky.app/profile/dethphasetwig.bsky.social
Ken Reels - https://bsky.app/profile/kenreels.com
Aaron Pollyea

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TurdOrTreasure is ThisWeekInGeek's dedicated review show covering everything from games to movies to tv to electronics and everything between!So please sit back and give a listen! There's likely something for everyone in this smorgasbord of a podcast! 

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Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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This Week in Geek’s Loose Cannon is our all around movies podcast covering the weird, wild, or sometimes nostalgic world of films.

This time, our full crew of Birdman, Ken, David and Adam discuss two underrated movies in the Disney Animation catalog. First is the Swashbuckling Science Fiction twist on Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Treasure Planet, and the second is the classic adventure feature using the designs of comic...
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Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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This Week in Geek’s Loose Cannon is our all around movies podcast covering the weird, wild, or sometimes nostalgic world of films.

Happy Holidays! This time, Ken, Adam and David begin our long digesting Lord of the Rings Retrospective. Some of us are book readers and some of us are revisiting these features for the first time as adults. It’s a Birdman free episode that resulted in a little more freeform discussion that we hope you e...
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In this episode the crew sat down to discuss Judge Dredd (1995) & Dredd (2012)!

Show Notes:

Your Geekmasters:
Mike "The Birdman" - https://bsky.app/profile/birdmanguelph.bsky.social
Alex "The Producer" - https://bsky.app/profile/dethphasetwig.bsky.social
Ken Reels - https://bsky.app/profile/kenreels.com
Aaron Pollyea

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bs...
Mark as Played
Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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Its here! ThisWeekInGeek's annual Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas Guide for 2025!

With a little over a week to go for Christmas here are some ideas and first impressions/reviews of some stuff you can either still buy physical or digitally in time for the holidays!

Thanks to all the great companies and people that sent us items for review and gift guide consideration!

So please sit back and give a listen! 

There's likely something for ev...
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Its that time of year again, The Game Awards has wrapped! The TWIG Crew sat down to discuss the winners, the celebrity appearances, musical performances, world premiere trailers, and ultimately what didn't show up that surprised us!

Show Notes:

Your Geekmasters:
Mike "The Birdman" - https://bsky.app/profile/birdmanguelph.bsky.social
Alex "The Producer" - https://bsky.app/profile/dethphasetwig.bsky.social
Ken Reels - https://bsky.app/pro...
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December 11, 2025 37 mins
Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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TurdOrTreasure is ThisWeekInGeek's dedicated review show covering everything from games to movies to tv to electronics and everything between!So please sit back and give a listen! There's likely something for everyone in this smorgasbord of a podcast! 

Show Links:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3412270/Encounter_The_Lost_Cards/
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/3399110/Jaleco_Sports_Goal/
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1...
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December 8, 2025 110 mins
Its here! ThisWeekInGeek's annual Holiday Gift Guide for 2025!Mike The Birdman & Alex The Producer share their picks and discuss why they make great gifts. TWIG Crew members Ken and JT pop in to give a few picks of their own as well! 

So come join us for a great mix of gift ideas!This year we have a lot of gift ideas to share so we are including a link to a PDF list of our picks with direct links to each so you can have easy acc...
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Its here! ThisWeekInGeek's annual TTRPG & Boardgame Holiday Gift Guide for 2025!

Mike The Birdman & Alex The Producer share their picks and discuss why they make great gifts. 

TWIG 2025 Holiday Tabletop Gift Guide Show Links:

Alex’s Asmodee Boardgame Picks
https://www.asmodee.ca/en/product/take-time/
https://www.asmodee.ca/en/product/ink/
https://www.asmodee.ca/en/product/duplik/
https://www.asmodee.ca/en/product/exploding...
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This Week in Geek’s Loose Cannon is our all around movies podcast covering the weird, wild, or sometimes nostalgic world of films.

This time, our full crew of Birdman, Ken, David and Adam discuss the two lovably nostalgic cult classics that are the Goofy Movies. Yes, the two movies that are the spiritual successors to the Goof Troop TV series have become Millennial staples much to the surprise of Disney themselves. Well…one of them...
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Aaron and Darlene watch some classic sci-fi from the 1950s and '60s, good and bad. They talk about what makes these films memorable and fun, and if you should take a trip back in time and enjoy these films as well.

Feedback for the show?:
Email: feedback@thisweekingeek.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekingeek
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisweekingeek.net

Subscribe to our feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571037/episodes...
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Every week TWIG brings you a variety show full of segments ranging from news, reviews, interviews, and everything in-between to satisfy your geeky appetite!

This week in geek:

- Introductions
- Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 (PS5, Xbox Series X, And PC Review)
https://www.callofduty.com/ca/en/blackops7
- Geek News
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Bethesda Review) https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en-US/oblivion-remastered
- Weird Ne...
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Today TWIG’s special Interview, Mike “The Birdman” sits down with the Guardians of the Globe…err, we mean our friends at Free league Publishing to talk about INVINCIBLE: THE RPG

Based upon the Robert Kirkman comic book series and the Amazon Prime animated series, Invincible: The RPG is developed by Adam Bradford and Tomas härenstam and brings this brutally inventive universe together. The trio talk about game development, power scal...
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