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John Waters Legendary Director of Hair Spray & Cry Baby : Author & Tech Reporter Tripp Mickle : Dr. Strange & Dr. Who News TWIG 5/8/22
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Legendary Director & Writer and the Pope of Trash John Waters is our Guest. He talks about his new book "Liarmouth" which is actually his very first fiction novel. But it has all the hallmarks of a John Waters creation, sex, violence, comedy, and talking genitalia. We also ask him if he would like a talking body part.
Tripp Mickle, former Tech Reporter for the WSJ stops by to discuss his new book, "After Steve : How Apple Became a Trillion Dollar Company and Lost it's Soul". We discuss the fallout of the passing of Steve, and the two main players strained relationship, and how they're single mindedness drove them apart.
Skungy's Pick of the Week is "Weird West" which is currently on Xbox Game Pass.
In Top Nerd News we talk about the BBC announcement of the 14th actor to play Dr. Who. We do a spoiler free Dr. Strange review, but also take a trip back in time to hear from Bruce Campbell about his Dr. Strange Cameo....is it really a Cameo if you show up twice???
All that and more on The Week in Geek with D Squared. Sunday nights at 7pm on WRNO.com and the Free iHeart Radio App. Make sure you Click the SUBSCRIBE button so you never miss a new episode. Follow us on Twitter @TWIGradio and The Week in Geek on Instagram. 5/8/22
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Tripp Mickle, former Tech Reporter for the WSJ stops by to discuss his new book, "After Steve : How Apple Became a Trillion Dollar Company and Lost it's Soul". We discuss the fallout of the passing of Steve, and the two main players strained relationship, and how they're single mindedness drove them apart.
Skungy's Pick of the Week is "Weird West" which is currently on Xbox Game Pass.
In Top Nerd News we talk about the BBC announcement of the 14th actor to play Dr. Who. We do a spoiler free Dr. Strange review, but also take a trip back in time to hear from Bruce Campbell about his Dr. Strange Cameo....is it really a Cameo if you show up twice???
All that and more on The Week in Geek with D Squared. Sunday nights at 7pm on WRNO.com and the Free iHeart Radio App. Make sure you Click the SUBSCRIBE button so you never miss a new episode. Follow us on Twitter @TWIGradio and The Week in Geek on Instagram. 5/8/22
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Legendary Director & Writer and the Pope of Trash John Waters is our Guest. He talks about his new book "Liarmouth" which is actually his very first fiction novel. But it has all the hallmarks of a John Waters creation, sex, violence, comedy, and talking genitalia. We also ask him if he would like a talking body part.
Tripp Mickle, former Tech Reporter for the WSJ stops by to discuss his new book, "After Steve : How Apple Became a Trillion Dollar Company and Lost it's Soul". We discuss the fallout of the passing of Steve, and the two main players strained relationship, and how they're single mindedness drove them apart.
Skungy's Pick of the Week is "Weird West" which is currently on Xbox Game Pass.
In Top Nerd News we talk about the BBC announcement of the 14th actor to play Dr. Who. We do a spoiler free Dr. Strange review, but also take a trip back in time to hear from Bruce Campbell about his Dr. Strange Cameo....is it really a Cameo if you show up twice???
All that and more on The Week in Geek with D Squared. Sunday nights at 7pm on WRNO.com and the Free iHeart Radio App. Make sure you Click the SUBSCRIBE button so you never miss a new episode. Follow us on Twitter @TWIGradio and The Week in Geek on Instagram. 5/8/22
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Tripp Mickle, former Tech Reporter for the WSJ stops by to discuss his new book, "After Steve : How Apple Became a Trillion Dollar Company and Lost it's Soul". We discuss the fallout of the passing of Steve, and the two main players strained relationship, and how they're single mindedness drove them apart.
Skungy's Pick of the Week is "Weird West" which is currently on Xbox Game Pass.
In Top Nerd News we talk about the BBC announcement of the 14th actor to play Dr. Who. We do a spoiler free Dr. Strange review, but also take a trip back in time to hear from Bruce Campbell about his Dr. Strange Cameo....is it really a Cameo if you show up twice???
All that and more on The Week in Geek with D Squared. Sunday nights at 7pm on WRNO.com and the Free iHeart Radio App. Make sure you Click the SUBSCRIBE button so you never miss a new episode. Follow us on Twitter @TWIGradio and The Week in Geek on Instagram. 5/8/22
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