Not to be too incongruous with the very dire news out of Washington, but I have been working on a non-politics project, a podcast called Ancient Geeks, with my friend of almost 40 years, Tom Grant.
Tomorrow is the official launch and new episodes will come out every Monday. Episode 0 is “Origin Stories” and next week Episode 1 will focus on the Batman TV series and early comics.
Here’s the official announcement and description:
Announcing a new podcast, Ancient Geeks!
What was it like to be there when geek culture was fresh and new? We’ll tell you about it!
Star Trek, Star Wars, classic science fiction and fantasy works like Lord of the Rings and Dune, comic books, superheroes on TV and in the movies, highbrow movies like 2001 and Planet of the Apes, lowbrow B-movies, D&D, other “hobby games,” and all the rest…Steven and Tom are two old geeks who were once young geeks, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, before all this geekiness went mainstream.
In each episode, we discuss how we discovered these elements of geek culture, why they appealed to us, how they led to other geekery, and how we feel about them now. Our first episode is here: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/
You can find Ancient Geeks on all popular podcast services like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean, or just use the podcast feed https://feed.podbean.com/ancientgeeks/feed.xml.
If you like what you hear, please tell a friend!
If you want to chat with us, email us at someancientgeeks@gmail.com. We’re also on Facebook, Bluesky, and Reddit. Comments, suggestions, praise, and criticism are always welcome.
