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How to Comic-Con: A Con-Prehensive Guide 1:51:36

15h ago1:51:36

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It's that magical time again! San Diego Comic-Con is here at last! Get ready to conquer your next comic-con with Sneaky Geek! In this episode, we're joined by the amazing Sarah McIntosh of MacAttack Cosplay to share insider tips on making the most of your con experience. We chat about what essentials to pack, how to plan your visit, and the best st…

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Anime and Black Music: A Cultural Exchange w/ Dr. Marcus Norris 52:46

1M ago52:46

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Sneaky Geek is talking about anime again, and this time it's not just pokemon. Join us on this episode of Sneaky Geek as we dive into the unique intersection of black culture and anime, especially through the lens of music. We're excited to chat with Dr. Marcus Norris, director of the South Side Symphony, about how black music has influenced popula…

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Big Monster! The History of Kaiju 1:43:13

2M ago1:43:13

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It’s a kaiju podcast! This week we are talking with John Hazlett yet again but this time its not about his time curating Star Wars history, and is instead about his love of the King of all Monsters, Godzilla! Godzilla, or Gojira as they call him in the streets, has been destroying cities since the 50s, and during that time his films have gone from …

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BONUS: Tales of The Empire Trailer breakdown 1:09:54

3M ago1:09:54

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Star Wars: Tales of The Empire is a week away! We're so excited for this follow up to Tales of the Jedi. So we decided we needed ANOTHER trailer breakdown! So we broke the trailer down, frame by frame, to find every reference, Easter egg, or sneaky recut that we could. We also talk about hopes for the series, how it might tie in to Ahsoka, Mandalor…

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WonderCon Recap feat. The Bitches of Dathomir! 1:47:11

4M ago1:47:11

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Wondercon is one of our favorite cons, it's far less daunting than SDCC but still packs a punch. This years Wondercon took place on a rainy Easter weekend, and it had some interesting affects on our usual con experience. But that didn't stop us from seeing great panels like Her Universe with Ashley Eckstein, Star Trek Discoveries season 5 premiere,…

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BONUS: The Acolyte Trailer Breakdown! 44:27

5M ago44:27

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At 8am on March 19th, 2024, Lucasfilm dropped the trailer for their newest Star Wars show, The Acolyte. It featured intense fight scenes, a whole lot of lightsabers, and a new threat we haven't yet seen! This whole show takes place a hundred years before Anakin told Sebulba he was going to be bugsquat (sleemo), and that means it's during The High R…

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Star Wars: The High Republic, is it worth it? 1:42:08

5M ago1:42:08

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This week we are honored to have former Wookiepedia Bureaucrat, writer, and Legends afficionado John Hazlett on the podcast! Lucasfilm is a few years into its multi-media storytelling initiative, "The High Republic." Since it's going strong, we wanted to ask John if he had seen any of these stories before and whether this era in Star Wars overwrite…

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The Nuzlocke AKA - How to make Pokemon utterly tragic 42:31

6M ago42:31

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Want to make Pokemon harder? Tragic even? Well do we have a challenge for you! You get two Pokémon games with every new generation, so we're giving you two parts to this Pokémon episode! Because... because it's part 2 of our Pokémon episode... get it? This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we br…

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What keeps bringing us back to Pokemon? 1:30:15

6M ago1:30:15

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It's Sneaky Geek's 50th episode! You asked, we listened, and now we're here to talk about Pokémon! This episode was first streamed LIVE on Twitch.tv/sneakygeekpodcast, and it was so big, that we broke it into two episodes for you! In this episode, we discuss how pokémon came to be, its many iterations, and how pokémania has taken the world by storm…

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Should you watch Echo? 1:10:04

7M ago1:10:04

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Sneaky Geek is an inclusive podcast that discusses all things geek and fight against gatekeeping. This week on the show: -Is Echo worth the watch? -How does it fit in with the MCU? -What is all this Marvel Studio's Spotlight business about? -Should Dargula be played in every Marvel Property? -Why is Biscuits your new favorite MCU NPC? -How is Vince…

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BONUS! Ahsoka Essentials and why Chopper is your new favorite 53:45

11M ago53:45

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So it turns out Ahsoka is your new favorite... or maybe it's Sabine... if it's neither it's obviously Chopper. The problem is, you wanna learn more but you don't know where to start. We have excellent news for you! Bryce hit record right as he and Bryan were discussing this exact subject and before you could say Follow the white Loth-cat, a bonus e…

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The History of the Blue Beetle Part 2! Scarab Boogaloo! 1:22:54

11M ago1:22:54

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"Let's split that Blue Beetle episode into two parts!" Bryan and Bryce said excitedly. Our comic historian Dave Ziegler is back again with us this week as we get to the second part of our Blue Beetle History. Then we talk about what we're reading for a while. Maybe those "what are you reading?" bits should be their own episodes at this point... Hmm…

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The History of the Blue Beetle Part 1 1:02:05

12M ago1:02:05

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Did you know the Blue Beetle comic is almost as old as Super Man? Or that he wasn't originally owned by DC? Or that there was a team of super heroes called the Mystery Men and no one on that team even bowled? Well we didn't, and that's why Bryce went over to our favorite Comic Historian Dave's house to record a podcast episode remote with Bryan bac…

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2023 SDCC Recap! Piecing it all together 1:55:44

1y ago1:55:44

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The whirlwind blur of SDCC has come and gone. Bryan and Bryce try to piece together what exactly happened and when after only a week of being back home. After-parties, panel cancellations, signings, trailer drops and so much more happened! Have a listen and do your best to follow along. Let us know in the comments what you thought of Comic-Con this…

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Weekend at Visions! Part 2 2:54:05

1y ago2:54:05

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The long awaited second half of our WandaVision episode is finally here! Obviously, after so many current and up-to-date episodes, the best thing to do would be to keep our momentum going with an episode about something that was totally relevant two years ago You're welcome for our genius career move to let you hear something recorded about a chara…

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Indiana Jones teaches Indiana Jones how to Indiana Jones 39:36

1y ago39:36

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Bonus episode! We know it's off schedule but Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny came out last week and we felt compelled to do a quick review! This is Harrison Ford's swan song for his clearly preferred franchise. We happened to like the film very much so don't expect a ton of complaining from us.…

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Three Marios: Mario Mario and Luigi Mario 1:58:10

1y ago1:58:10

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The Illumination Super Mario movie was great, but before Mario could run with his arms stretched out wearing a tanuki costume, Bob Hoskins had to drunkenly walk with a couple of broken fingers, in weird shoes, next to John Leguizamo, also drunk... and with a fractured leg... and through that pain, we got the truest form of art. We caught up with ou…

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All the geek things that happened during the pandemic (And then some) 44:19

1y ago44:19

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After an almost two year hiatus, Sneaky Geek is back with a vengeance! A new season of Sneaky Geek is upon us and we've missed quite a bit since we last hung out. So let's catch up and go over what we missed. We're going to rapid fire through as many things that we missed since the world shut down! Ms. Marvel! Falcon Winter Soldier! John Wick! Godz…

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Comic-Con: Special Edition - Putting the Calm in Comic-Con 1:31:22

2+ y ago1:31:22

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It's that time of year again! Comic-Con is here! Except this time, it's special! November 26th through 28th marked the first ever Comic-Con Special Edition. So instead of Black Friday shopping, we went to the exhibit hall!Joining us on the podcast today are Bridget Kelley and Nicole Jones to talk about their first con experience, we also reflect on…

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WandaVision or... So you've accidentally conjured up magic babies, now what? 1:54:14

3+ y ago1:54:14

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So you've finished watching WandaVision and you're thinking to yourself, man oh man... who are those extra characters? Where I can I read their backstories? What if I want to read the greatest young super hero book of all time? When should I start?The answer? Yesterday.We're joined by our in-house historian and fact checker extraordinaire, Dave Zie…

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New Pokemon Snap, The High Republic, and Lucasfilm Games 1:10:22

3+ y ago1:10:22

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Episode 40! Would ya look at that! Lucasfilm Games is BACK! But what does it mean? Star Wars The High Republic is up and running! And there's a new Pokemon Snap on the horizon? Sound the dubstep horn! Hosted by Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero Recorded at SGHQ - Garden Grove Edited by The Legendary Mitchell Thompson…

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Jedi: Fallen Order, Rings of Power, Metal Gear Solid, and Scrubs for some reason? 1:24:53

3+ y ago1:24:53

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Episode 39 - Remember that time that we did an episode, didn't drop it, so we recorded a follow-up, added it to it, and it was all really timey-wimey and confusing? We don't either! But this is just a great update on all the geek things happening at the time we recorded it! Well we've decided to give an update on it! We recorded it in October! And …

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Game of Thrones In Concert, Maximum Carnage, and other pre-pandemic musings 1:42:17

4y ago1:42:17

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Sometimes we record episodes that never make it to you guys, and that makes us sad. So we decided to rectify that problem by presenting to you an old episode of Sneaky Geek, featuring an even older segment with Special Guest Clay Davis! We talked about what was going on in comics, predictions for upcoming events, and a whole bunch of expectations w…

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Bullsh*tting with Bryce 38:41

4y ago38:41

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Here at Sneaky Geek we like to keep things reliable. We like to hit you with a new episode every week. And last week we did not end up succeeding in that mission. But that's okay! We're only three days late! It's fine! It's totally fine. Bryce has set forth to come up with new content. Even if that content is absolute nonsense. He makes some lists,…

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SG SDCC @Home Day 3! 1:22:07

4y ago1:22:07

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Episode 36! It's time for our annual SDCC Recap and this is Day 3 of SDCC @ Home! We talk about our favorite Panels from the Saturday lineup and how Comic-Con International has handled mid-pandemic con life. We discuss: Dune (6:00) Magic the Gathering (17:30) Bill and Ted Face the Music (27:00) Lovecraft Country (40:20) An Evening with Kevin Smith …

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SDCC @ Home Day 2! We Beat Con-Flu! 1:27:56

4y ago1:27:56

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Episode 35! We're back for more Comic-Con @home panel discussions! We watched quite a few panels from Friday! Adventure Time Distant Lands Star Wars books Drawing Ninja Turtles Marvel's new Empyre event Avatar The Last Airbender expanded universe Zoom into Xadia with The Dragon Prince! We also discuss what we miss and what we do not miss about Comi…

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Wakanda Forever - Revisiting Black Panther pt. 2 2:17:57

4y ago2:17:57

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Part 2 of our Black Panther episode, we continue our discussion of the events that led to the Black Panther comic being made, and to the Black Panther film being made, as well as discuss our favorite moments. We'd like to again thank our guests Alita LaShae and Steven Littles, We'd also like to thank our other contributors Mychal Thompson, John-Mic…

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Wakanda Forever - Revisiting Black Panther pt. 1 1:15:11

4y ago1:15:11

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On August 28th the world was shocked to hear that Chadwick Boseman, King T'Challa, The Black Panther, had lost his battle with colon cancer. We recorded a Black Panther episode from 2018 that we had planned to release after Black Panther 2 began filming. However, we felt it would be best to release that episode this week instead. This being our tri…

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SG's 4th annual SDCC Recap @ Home Edition! 1:00:42

4y ago1:00:42

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Cons are cancelled and we won't be getting con-flu, but SDCC brought us panels to watch online! We watched as much as we could and are here to give you the run-down! We talk: Cons from home, Solar Opposites, Marvel's Storyboards Special Guest: Nicole JonesBy Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero

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031 Good News in Gaming 1:04:06

4y ago1:04:06

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An extension of our interview with NFL Blitz World Record Speedrunner and long-time friend of the podcast Nick Fratto is here! Doom Eternal! Animal Crossing! What to do in the face of a cancelled E3?? How the gaming community has risen to the occasion in the face of a pandemic! All this and more on this exciting episode of Sneaky Geek!…

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030 - Sneaky Geek goes... nowhere. We're all staying home. 39:49

4+ y ago39:49

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Welcome back to Sneaky Geek! Deep in the throes of a pandemic, Bryce and Bryan chat it up and muse about all sorts of cancellations. Cons are pushed back! Movies are pushed back! But Animal Crossing is here and life on an island suits us during this time of social distancing! We hope you enjoy! Be sure to like this track, comment on it, and subscri…

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029 - Sneaky Geeks's 3rd Annual SDCC Recap! 1:24:47

5y ago1:24:47

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San Diego Comic-Con was a month ago, and in a sudden inexplicable plot twist, Bryan managed to score last minute tickets! So now we're here to talk about all the cool things that happened at SDCC! Trailers, comics news, tv news, all the things!By Bryce Rankins and Bryan Romero

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028 - A Short Time Ago in a Galaxy's Edge Not Too Far Away 1:41:44

5y ago1:41:44

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We hope you aren't burnt out on Star Wars just yet because we have a rundown on our early thoughts about Star Wars Galaxy's Edge! Now open at Disneyland in Anaheim, California! Joining us today are long time friend of Sneaky Geek, Glynnes, owner and operator of the Comic Book Hideout in Fullerton California, and Ax, costumer and cosplayer extraordi…

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027.4 - Star Wars Celebration Day 4! 43:26

5y ago43:26

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Our last breakdown episode for Star Wars celebration 2019! We go over everything that went down at Star Wars celebration on Monday and finish up this oh-so-long podcast so we can move on to other exciting geek news! Once more we are joined by our dear friend Ameer to discuss everything that happened at the show and our take on what's to come in the…

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027.3 - Star Wars Celebration Day 3! 35:36

5y ago35:36

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Day three of Star Wars Celebration was crazy exciting! We've got deets on The Mandalorian, Clone Wars, and we finally call out our dear friend Ameer for watching The Last Jedi more times than anyone we know despite claiming he hates it! It's great! And guess what!? There's going to be a part 4 because celebration went on to MONDAY. Be sure to give …

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027.2 - Star Wars Celebration Day 2! 50:01

5y ago50:01

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We're back again to give you the low down on what happened this year at Star Wars Celebration!We're joined by artist Meerskii to discuss all the happenings that went down that day and give you all the deets we can remember! Plus our analysis, and a few tangents here and there.Stay tuned for episodes 27.3 AND 27.4 coming very soon!…

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027.1 - Star Wars Celebration Day 1! 1:09:50

5+ y ago1:09:50

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Star Wars Celebration is back again and we got a sweet new Star Wars trailer! So many exciting things happened last weekend and this is just our coverage of day one! Stay tuned later this week for more analysis and gushing, but for now, here's a trailer breakdown and a quick (ish) recap of what happened on Friday!…

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026 - Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Transformers, and more 57:18

5+ y ago57:18

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We're still here! After a lengthy hiatus and some serious time away from the things we love, we are back and ready to once again help fans everywhere evade the pitfalls and dastardly tactics of gatekeepers! Welcome to season three of Sneaky Geek! Man oh man, if you guys saw the white board when we started planning this, you'd be stoked! Want to kno…

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025 - A Podcast Podcast: Let's Get Down to Fighting Business! 1:28:48

5+ y ago1:28:48

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Holy Podcast Batman! It's our 25th episode! And it's a podcast about podcasts and it gets a little explicit. Sorry Mom. The podcastberries taste like podcastberries! Today we're talking with our ol' pal Scooter, but we're also joined by his lovely wife Jenny And to make matters more complicated, Mitch Thompson and Molly Sanchez from Failure to Laun…

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024 - Coheed and Cambria and Amory Wars and Erik and Concept Albums 1:43:53

6y ago1:43:53

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Almost-Doctor Erik joins us this week to discuss the musical stylings of Coheed and Cambria! Why discuss a band on a geek podcast you ask? BECAUSE WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT. Also because the band's entire discography is related to a single fictional universe that has comic book and novel tie-ins! Erik tells us what approach you should take when explor…

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023 - Key Collector Comics: In Glynnes We Trust 1:05:25

6y ago1:05:25

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We interviewed Nick Colianese, owner and creator of Key Collector, an app designed with the first online database for finding 'key issues' of comic books! He found us at SDCC this last year and we loved his app, but thought it might be good to see how a comic store owner might feel about it! So then we went to The Comic Book Hideout (The comic book…

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022.4 - Sunday Sunday Sunday at Comic-Con-con-con 1:47:28

6y ago1:47:28

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And finally, our four parter Sneaky Geek Goes to Comic-Con comes to a close! We bring Reid and Nick back on for a segment and then head over to Dave Ziegler as he recounts his entire stay at SDCC this year (to the best of his ability given that it happened months ago). Heads up listeners, some feels were had in this episode. We love what we do and …

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022.3 - Saturday, at the con, I think it was the 28th of July 49:52

6y ago49:52

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We're doing this one day at a time thing because we have so many crazy great stories from Comic-Con! From grievances about the Wired Lounge DJ selection (He didn't even have the cupid shuffle! Who doesn't have the cupid shuffle!) to our love of collectibles and the many different directions a con can sometimes take you without you realizing it, we'…

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BONUS CAPTAIN MARVEL TRAILER BREAKDOWN EPISODE 17:40

6y ago17:40

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A TRAILER CAME OUT FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL AND WE ARE EXCITED. (see? all caps. that's how you show excitement.) We go through shot by shot and explain all that we can without spoiling too much for ourselves because we may be here to report on these things but it doesn't mean we're desperate to know the plot before it hits us. We talk about who some of t…

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022.2 - SDCC Day 2 34:25

6y ago34:25

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Comic-Con day two was twice as exhausting as day one with twice as many people! So much so that mid-way into recording we wound up giving up and getting distracted and had to record the latter half of the episode weeks later after we recovered! We start at a train station (sorry for the audio) with Tate and end up finishing the episode in a living …

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022.1 - Mr. Sneaky Geek Goes to Comic-Con 42:47

6y ago42:47

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WE'RE BACK BABY! Season 2 of Sneaky Geek is back with a four part Comic Con break down detailing every day of our stay in the beautiful city of San Diego with the chaotic fabulous exhausting wonderful mess that is navigating the crowds and events surrounding San Diego Comic-Con! We discuss what we saw, who we saw, what we're excited about (Did you …

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021 - An Adventure in Time and Whoboots 3:03:32

6y ago3:03:32

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It finally happened! Our podcast with Dave finally concludes with this humongous conclusion. If you aren't fully capable of catching up with Doctor Who, this podcast (without being too terribly spoilery) will get you all caught up! We talk about what's been happening in the show and behind the scenes, how the fans had handled it, and what other Doc…

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020 - LEGO Mini Figs and Growing Up Geeky 1:22:07

6y ago1:22:07

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HOLY CRAP WE MADE IT TO TWENTY EPISODES. I DON'T EVEN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO TWENTY JUMPING JACKS! C.S. Lewis once said "When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and…

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BONUS SOLO A STAR WARS STORY EPISODE 34:32

6y ago34:32

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SOLO SPOILERS AHEAD! We saw another Star War! Because we live in a beautiful time where not only do we get a new Star Wars story every year but we also can set up a microphone and a laptop in my car and record an episode right after we see it! We briefly go over all that we loved in the new Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story and touch on some o…

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019 - Who Shittily Watches The Shitty Watchmen and other Wonder Con Stories 2:04:28

6+ y ago2:04:28

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This week in Sneaky Geek, we got comic store owners, board game designers, professional artists, cosplayers, and comic slingers all here to tell you the ups and downs of their passions! Bryce and Bryan attended Wonder Con in Anaheim, California and interviewed people from all over the industry! So enjoy this two hour episode with laughter, tears, c…

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