2025 Year in Review!

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Hi, this is Frank Todaro, and you’re listening

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to the Geekcast Radio Network. Welcome to the

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358th episode of Geekcast Radio. In this episode,

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we present to you the Geekcast Radio Network

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2025 Year in Review. Yes, that’s right, folks.

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I said Year in Review, not Year in Review. We’ve

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done… These episodes for 2010, 2011, 2012,

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2014, 2015, 2016, 17, and 18. From 2018 to 2025,

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the year we are currently recapping in this episode,

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a lot has happened between 2018 and 2025. I don’t

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know when anything happened, but a lot has happened,

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and we have not done one of these since 2018.

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I don’t even go back and listen to the 2018 year

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in review. I don’t remember what the hell we

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talked about in that one. No clue. It was around

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the time that I got let go. Yep. Yeah. For the

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first time. Yeah, for the first time. Or that

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year. It’s when I was about to get let go for

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the second time. Oh, no. Well, then hopefully

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this is a better year. I don’t know. Yeah, I

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don’t foresee that. Yeah, I don’t know. 2025

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was a frigging year. As you can hear, folks,

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I am, of course, TFG1Mike. Joining me, as

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always, is Steve Megatron. Hello, sir. How are

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you? Yo, I’m doing good. I’m trying to make 26

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better than 25, but 25 was a rough year. Tough

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crowd. Tough crowd. Yeah, like, dude, like, no,

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that last half, man. Man. I had all these plans.

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I wanted to do all this stuff and get all these

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podcasts done. And then all of a sudden, my left

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hand, literally my left hand, my ring finger

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and my pinky finger is like, nope, we’re going

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to go numb. And you have to have surgery. And

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now you’re laid up for three and a half to four

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and a half to five and a half weeks. And you

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can’t do shit. For context, folks, I was born

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with cerebral palsy. If this is your first time

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listening to us ever, because every episode is

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somebody’s first episode, whether you’ve listened

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to the last 357 episodes of this podcast or not.

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Yeah, so I can’t use my right arm. So instead

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of Mr. One Arm, I was now Mr. No Arms for the

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last half of last year. And I live alone. Way

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to be me. You know the old meme about, you know,

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who’s the moron and blah, blah, blah, who has

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two thumbs or who has no thumbs? This guy. Yep.

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But again, at the end of the day, the surgery

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was necessary and it was red ulnar and carpal

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tunnel. Surgery is done on my left arm to fix

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my left hand and whatever and all this and all

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that and everything else. My hand itself is fine.

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The carpal tunnel part of it? I mean, my hand

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has issues, but where the scar was from the carpal

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tunnel surgery, that has healed fine. The ulnar

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nerve surgery scar? Oh, that’s a pain in the

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ass. Literally. I mean, it’s a pain in my arm,

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but it’s a pain in the ass. Yes. Still can’t

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sleep on my left side. That sucks, dude. Yeah,

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no. We’ve said this since day one, since June

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1st of 2009. Life comes before podcasting. Well,

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unfortunately, life got in a big flipping way

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last year, and it delayed a lot of stuff on my

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end. because you all know how I am. I’m the podcast

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machine. I will do this all day. I’ll sit here

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and blah, blah, blah until I’m blue in the face.

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Call it a Smurf turn if you choke him. Green.

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Anyway, 2025, a lot has happened. We are just

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going over what happened with the network. for

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this year in review for 2025, since we are way

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late on this year in review. We’re two weeks

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into 2026, and we figured we’d just give you

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guys the rundown of the network for what it did

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last year. So I’ve got some stuff written down.

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I don’t know if Steve wrote down any site numbers

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or anything. Did you write any site numbers down?

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I did not. Okay. Well, so what, you know, I don’t

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really feel the need to give out the site numbers.

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That’s fine. But I don’t know, like an overall,

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like the website did in 2025 in 365 days, we

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did 40 ,000 downloads. Well, I can’t tell that

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from the website or from the podcast feeds because

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they’re all different. I’d have to go into each

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show individually and get that information. I

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understand that, but I’m saying as far as the

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traffic, was January good? The traffic for the

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website, we average about 120 ,000 impressions

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a month. Nice. Not too bad. That’s cool. That’s

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cool. So I went in and I just counted up all

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the episodes from each of the major shows that

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published episodes last year. So I wrote all

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that information down and I highlighted certain

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ones. Like I didn’t list like all things Transformers.

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We released 13 episodes last year. And I highlighted

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the overall 4 ,000th GCRN episode in, you know,

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since we did that as an episode and then the

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17 years of HETF. And then there were 11 other

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obviously news topical episodes. So we don’t

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really need to list all 13 episodes. Like you

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guys can go on to geekcastradio .com and whatever,

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but like that 4 ,000th episode. Who the hell

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thought that would ever happen? Oh, wait. Exactly.

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Like I was telling somebody the other day. This

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is just a clear and I don’t bear this person

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any like whatever, but this is a buddy of mine.

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I did a podcast with and I’m like. It’s clear

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to me how many of my friends actually go and

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listen to my stuff or don’t listen to my stuff.

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And they’re like, you have this? You have that?

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I’m like, yeah, we have over 4 ,000. You have

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over 4 ,000 episodes? I’m like, yeah. You clearly

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don’t pay attention. It’s kind of like that the

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old master this is what you’re doing this is

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what i want you to do well i’d like you to pay

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attention but anyway if we ever get to 9 000

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i’m going it’s over 9 000 no exactly well you

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know i mean if i once i’m you know i’m okay i

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am better now that i’m still in recovery i’m

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only five months august december for january

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I’m like five months since I had the surgeries

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on my left arm. So I’m technically still in recovery

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almost kind of thing. So I’m not back up to full

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strength, but I say I pulled in a crunch move

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at the end of last year. Edited and released.

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First time I’ve done this in years. I edited

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and released three episodes in one day to get

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all of them out before the end of the year. If

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you look at Studio 2009 on New Year’s Eve of

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2025, episodes 63, 64, and 65 all released New

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Year’s Eve. December 31st, 2021. Because one

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of them was the 30th anniversary of Casper. I’m

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not releasing the 30th anniversary of Casper

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in 2026 when it’s no longer the 30th anniversary

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of Casper. Yes, folks. I’m a… I’m a number

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legislation kind of person, apparently, and only,

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like… One or two people are going to get that

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reference. If you listen to two mics, two furious,

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you’ll get it. So yeah, we had the 4 ,000th episode.

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We had the 17 years of ATTF and all that for

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ATTF altered geek. We had 17 episodes, including

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the return of Steve Megatron in 2025. I think

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you did that solo. I think so. Yeah. Not saying

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it’s your show, not saying, I’m just saying I

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think you did that solo. We did Geekin’ Out with

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3D printing and more, so that was a good episode

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because you were talking about your 3D printing,

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which will actually come up later in the new

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Altered Geek that we’re going to record after

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this episode because I found something at CES

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this year that I’m like, ooh, okay, that’s the

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kind of 3D printing I like. There’s a… I don’t

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think it’s true, but I hope to God it’s true.

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There was a video on Instagram of somebody that

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was at CES this year for 2026. A chocolate 3D

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printer. I instantly turned into Fry, and I’m

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like, shut up and take my money. That’s the kind

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of 3D printer I want. Chocolate 3D printing?

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Yes, please. We did from pixels to physical media

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and more. Even though they are not here and I

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did not ask them to submit a clip for this episode

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because it was too late in the time that we were

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recording this, the Cinema Geeks, Optimus Solo

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and the Comic Con Siege, Dan Clark, Optimus Solo.

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Kevin Thompson. They released 29 episodes in

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2025. They did their box office predictions.

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They did their most anticipated films. They did

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several retro, only two retrospectives, but they

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did the Hitchcock retrospective, which was 16

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episodes. They did their Cary Grant retrospective,

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which was nine episodes. They did their films

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of 2025 so far, which was in July. In July, peas

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grow there. And then they ended the year in December

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with their favorite holiday films. As of right

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now, they just released their first episode of

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2026, which is their box. So what’s it called?

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It’s right there on the main page. Box office

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prediction draft 2026 is what their most recent

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episode is currently. This very podcast, Geekcast

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Radio, we had 10 episodes in 2025. We had the

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ECCC 2025 recap. We had the award shows are a

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joke episode because they are. Oh, totally. But

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the biggest joke at the Golden Globes of the

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People’s Choice Awards this year, the biggest

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joke was told by one of the female whatever people.

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CBS News, see bullshit news. Have you seen that

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clip yet? I’ll later. I forget who said it. But

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anyway, award shows are a joke. And then for

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the 350th episode of Geekcast Radio, I put Mr.

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Stephen C. Phillips to the test and grilled him

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all about his altered audio demystifying podcasting

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because he released his first book last year.

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Totally. So that happened. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

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And then we did our, which is another thing that’s

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coming up here in 2026, but we did our top 100

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nominees, parts one through five. So we revealed

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the nominees for the pre -1980s, 80s, 90s, 2000s,

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2010s, and 2020s, I believe is what the final

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one was. I think I could be wrong, but I think

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that’s what it is. I did two more convention

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recaps, one with my buddy Brad Filicky for New

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York Comic Con, and then the Comic Con series,

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and I did a Baltimore Comic Con recap for Geekcast

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Radio last year. So that’s what’s going on with

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GCR. We’re going to have more GCR stuff this

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year. The Top 100 Animated Series 2026 Edition

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will be coming later this year. It’ll be coming

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this year. The podcast organization without a

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cool acronym, PAOKA, the Phineas and Ferb show,

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had 12 episodes. That ran from episode 98 to

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episode 109. Michael Wilson, Pecan Crow Michael,

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and I will be returning with season five of Phineas

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and Ferb at some point this year, since they

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decided to finally do a season five at some point

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or another. I don’t have the final count since

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I’m… Currently actively still releasing episodes,

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but it was something like 43 episodes. Cause

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originally I had this listed as 43 episodes so

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far in 2025, because I was still under the gun

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of myself of how many episodes can I actually

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release under the gun of new year’s Eve? Like

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literally I was like, Hmm, should I just do one

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an hour on new year’s Eve? So it would be 12

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episodes in one day. No, I’m not that crazy.

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I’m crazy, but I’m not that crazy. So it’s something

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like 43 episodes for the year for Studio 2009.

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Studio 2009 and 2025, we released season two

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of The Columbo Files. We actually recorded season

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three of The Columbo Files. We’ll actually be

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airing in like the next couple of weeks. We recorded

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all of that a year ago. It’ll be released a year

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later. We debuted The Origins in television,

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which is 30 questions all about your TV watching

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habits. So those will be new episodes coming

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this year for more guests for that. David Draper

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and I did Andor Season 2. You and I did the Christmas

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in July Die Hard films. My buddy Sean and I started,

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but we didn’t finish the Fast Saga because of

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things and timing and scheduling. But that’s

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kind of good considering this year is the actual

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25th anniversary of when the original first Fast

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film released in 2001. So hopefully we’re going

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to finish that off this year for the 25th anniversary.

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You and I did Remembering Val Kilmer since Val

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passed away April 1st. Yes, sadly, but the only

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reason why I’m bringing that up is because I’m

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sorry. Literally, I’m checking 70 different websites.

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When that news hit last year, it can’t be real.

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It’s April Fool’s Day. You don’t believe anything

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you see on the internet on April Fool’s Day.

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You just don’t. But yes, unfortunately, we lost

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Val Kilmer April 1st, 2025. So you and I did

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a Remembering Val. We discussed Batman Forever

00:17:28.299 –> 00:17:34.599
and Top Guns 1 and 2. I launched the Gamer Origins

00:17:34.599 –> 00:17:41.920
and more. The pull bag. Oh, the pull bag. Joe

00:17:41.920 –> 00:17:47.640
Reed, you owe me so much. Find your mother flipping

00:17:47.640 –> 00:17:52.319
comics. If he would just use the digital versions,

00:17:52.539 –> 00:17:55.319
I send him. I get it. He wants to use the physical

00:17:55.319 –> 00:18:00.859
versions he supposedly has. In the almost 13

00:18:00.859 –> 00:18:03.440
years, last year was the 12th anniversary of

00:18:03.440 –> 00:18:06.839
the pullback. This March will be the 13th anniversary,

00:18:07.220 –> 00:18:10.859
13th year of the pullback. But last year was

00:18:10.859 –> 00:18:14.359
the lowest. Usually the pullback, I try to aim

00:18:14.359 –> 00:18:18.579
higher every year and get as many episodes in.

00:18:19.339 –> 00:18:24.680
to the 365 days as I can. I think the highest

00:18:24.680 –> 00:18:27.799
I’ve ever gotten is something like, something

00:18:27.799 –> 00:18:34.240
like 150, 175 episodes. In a year, I’d have to

00:18:34.240 –> 00:18:37.180
go back and fact -check myself on that one. But

00:18:37.180 –> 00:18:40.519
last year, we only released nine episodes, and

00:18:40.519 –> 00:18:43.519
it’s all Joe Reed’s fault. Bingo. We’re dealing

00:18:43.519 –> 00:18:46.140
with a real mind here. Because we were in the

00:18:46.140 –> 00:18:49.740
middle of doing the IDW Turtles thing, and we

00:18:49.740 –> 00:18:52.900
ended up having to do the Armageddon game, which

00:18:52.900 –> 00:18:57.450
was a special thing that IDW was doing. And he’s

00:18:57.450 –> 00:18:59.609
like, oh, I don’t know where those are. I’ll

00:18:59.609 –> 00:19:01.309
have to find those. I’m like, okay, let me know

00:19:01.309 –> 00:19:03.789
next week. Next week turned into next month.

00:19:03.869 –> 00:19:07.369
Next month turned into two months. And then life

00:19:07.369 –> 00:19:09.529
just started happening between the two of us

00:19:09.529 –> 00:19:11.930
and everything else. And obviously, as I’ve already

00:19:11.930 –> 00:19:14.289
mentioned, August happened to me and everything

00:19:14.289 –> 00:19:17.569
after and yada, yada, yada. However, what did

00:19:17.569 –> 00:19:22.210
happen, episode 575 last year, which was IDW

00:19:22.210 –> 00:19:25.869
Publishing’s TMNT Reborn Volume 5. So we did

00:19:25.869 –> 00:19:30.589
celebrate 12 years and that’s it for all my podcast

00:19:30.589 –> 00:19:33.390
info that I have out of podcasts that I know

00:19:33.390 –> 00:19:35.509
that we released last year. I think that’s all

00:19:35.509 –> 00:19:38.890
the shows that we, I don’t remember. I think

00:19:38.890 –> 00:19:41.849
so. And I honestly, well, I think, I think it

00:19:41.849 –> 00:19:45.349
was just a slow year in general. Yeah. I mean,

00:19:45.369 –> 00:19:49.690
and usually we have our go -tos like we, like,

00:19:49.690 –> 00:19:53.890
and we, we don’t at this point, 16, 17 years

00:19:53.890 –> 00:19:59.000
in, We’re already, I mean, that’s, what is that?

00:19:59.700 –> 00:20:02.599
One, two, three, four, five. It’s like what?

00:20:02.619 –> 00:20:05.660
Five, six, seven shows, seven different unique

00:20:05.660 –> 00:20:09.579
podcasts that aren’t all that aren’t, that don’t

00:20:09.579 –> 00:20:12.119
cross over with each other. They’re all very

00:20:12.119 –> 00:20:17.240
different audiences. I mean, you know, so it

00:20:17.240 –> 00:20:21.000
is what it is and that’s fine. And, you know,

00:20:21.019 –> 00:20:24.910
we, we can only spread ourselves so thin. kind

00:20:24.910 –> 00:20:28.569
of thing like we’re not i’m not 29 years old

00:20:28.569 –> 00:20:31.329
anymore when we started this network i i can’t

00:20:31.329 –> 00:20:35.970
spread myself thin as a new york or new jersey

00:20:35.970 –> 00:20:39.890
piece of roast beef anymore just can’t there

00:20:39.890 –> 00:20:42.069
may be and this is a funny thing because i i

00:20:42.069 –> 00:20:45.890
told my buddy um michael andrews from two mics

00:20:45.890 –> 00:20:50.269
too furious who is the one that i was recording

00:20:50.269 –> 00:20:54.690
the other day Yes, 4 ,000 episodes. Those are

00:20:54.690 –> 00:20:57.309
only over, I mean, outside of some of the ones

00:20:57.309 –> 00:21:00.589
that we don’t advertise anymore. But out of the

00:21:00.589 –> 00:21:06.730
ones that we do, 40 unique different podcasts,

00:21:07.109 –> 00:21:10.890
mostly. Like there are some that, like Headshot,

00:21:11.009 –> 00:21:14.039
we don’t advertise Headshot. Well, yeah, and

00:21:14.039 –> 00:21:16.819
there are some that are overlapping, but if you

00:21:16.819 –> 00:21:21.099
look at our shows page, I counted our shows page

00:21:21.099 –> 00:21:23.519
last time I looked. We haven’t added any new

00:21:23.519 –> 00:21:25.920
shows. This is fine. We don’t need new shows

00:21:25.920 –> 00:21:30.319
right now. I counted our shows page. I’m like,

00:21:30.400 –> 00:21:33.500
oh, my God, there are only 40 shows here. Holy

00:21:33.500 –> 00:21:37.480
crap. 4 ,000 episodes and 40 shows. That’s crazy.

00:21:38.440 –> 00:21:43.309
That math is… It’s not computer. But yeah.

00:21:43.730 –> 00:21:46.210
Anything you would like to say, sir, about the

00:21:46.210 –> 00:21:49.509
podcasts and the stuff and the thing, all that?

00:21:51.009 –> 00:21:53.349
Almost sound like you’re going into like the

00:21:53.349 –> 00:21:57.170
way the Bill Cosby guy talked, you know, Frank.

00:21:57.210 –> 00:22:02.990
No, no. The podcast and the stuff and the. things

00:22:02.990 –> 00:22:06.609
were doing things and then in the pudding pops

00:22:06.609 –> 00:22:10.869
man the pudding pops jello pudding pops yeah

00:22:10.869 –> 00:22:13.029
i can’t sound like him although i could use ai

00:22:13.029 –> 00:22:16.990
and do it so no don’t and stop vocal replacements

00:22:16.990 –> 00:22:19.289
i mean if i i mean i can’t hit his tones but

00:22:19.289 –> 00:22:21.750
i that’s the only thing i love about being sick

00:22:21.750 –> 00:22:23.970
is i can do morgan freeman’s voice but jello

00:22:23.970 –> 00:22:26.549
brand pudding pops new chocolate vanilla swirl

00:22:26.549 –> 00:22:30.309
but yeah i mean a little bit of a slow year this

00:22:30.309 –> 00:22:32.990
year, you know, this past year, but we’re hoping

00:22:32.990 –> 00:22:35.029
to start things off strong with the top 100.

00:22:35.470 –> 00:22:39.029
Absolutely. Absolutely. Boy, that’s right. Top

00:22:39.029 –> 00:22:46.089
100 animated series, 2026 edition. Totally. Yep.

00:22:46.230 –> 00:22:51.710
Yep. Yeah. So is that all that we’re announcing?

00:22:52.849 –> 00:22:56.220
I think so. Like, I don’t know what else. we

00:22:56.220 –> 00:22:58.700
want to talk about. Cause I mean, I don’t really

00:22:58.700 –> 00:23:00.759
have anything concrete that I’m working on. I

00:23:00.759 –> 00:23:02.480
mean, the goal is I want to have them where come

00:23:02.480 –> 00:23:08.960
out, but it’s one, I, we might possibly be redoing

00:23:08.960 –> 00:23:13.500
my office. Right. Again, real life comes before

00:23:13.500 –> 00:23:16.680
podcasting. You got to make sure. Well, yep.

00:23:17.039 –> 00:23:20.339
Yep. And to be truthful, like my office is not

00:23:20.339 –> 00:23:23.869
set up for a video show right now. I would love

00:23:23.869 –> 00:23:27.829
for it to be. And truthfully, like I, if I’m

00:23:27.829 –> 00:23:29.710
going to do a video show, I honestly would prefer

00:23:29.710 –> 00:23:34.470
to have like a standing desk. I don’t necessarily

00:23:34.470 –> 00:23:36.990
want to be sitting while I’m doing a video show.

00:23:37.109 –> 00:23:39.430
Like a podcast is one thing. And like, I’m just

00:23:39.430 –> 00:23:42.109
going to sit, but I sit all day at work. So honestly,

00:23:42.390 –> 00:23:45.589
I would rather like, so the idea is I want to

00:23:45.589 –> 00:23:48.430
build a, you know, super wide desk and have.

00:23:49.220 –> 00:23:51.619
have it so it’s telescopic so that it can be

00:23:51.619 –> 00:23:54.240
a standing desk or a sitting desk but i i also

00:23:54.240 –> 00:23:58.799
need to uh put some shelves behind me to showcase

00:23:58.799 –> 00:24:01.380
the crap sitting on my desk so that it doesn’t

00:24:01.380 –> 00:24:05.660
look like crap it looks like a collection i mean

00:24:05.660 –> 00:24:08.380
i do have signed you know i do have a sign of

00:24:08.380 –> 00:24:12.599
geek radio anything from david k and scott mcneil

00:24:12.599 –> 00:24:18.390
and then our idw tmnt comic That quote. So there

00:24:18.390 –> 00:24:26.990
is that. Yep, yep. Good times, good times. Yeah,

00:24:27.009 –> 00:24:29.250
I think the only other thing, and I think you’ll

00:24:29.250 –> 00:24:32.609
agree with this without us having to talk about

00:24:32.609 –> 00:24:36.569
it. I don’t know when this year, but we have

00:24:36.569 –> 00:24:41.950
to launch, fully launch Altered Trek. Oh, for

00:24:41.950 –> 00:24:46.700
sure. I would love to get that. back into Trek

00:24:46.700 –> 00:24:48.940
like I just had a discussion with a guy at work

00:24:48.940 –> 00:24:51.339
about it today and wait you know because we were

00:24:51.339 –> 00:24:54.119
discussing something and I said I’m excited for

00:24:54.119 –> 00:24:56.279
Q3 because we were talking about Star Trek and

00:24:56.279 –> 00:24:58.680
he was mentioning Star Trek and you know magic

00:24:58.680 –> 00:25:01.779
cards like yeah they’re having Star Trek themed

00:25:01.779 –> 00:25:03.500
magic cards later this year and he’s like well

00:25:03.500 –> 00:25:05.519
I’ll have to bring you up a card and he’s like

00:25:05.519 –> 00:25:07.359
wait who’s your favorite character and I said

00:25:07.359 –> 00:25:10.660
Captain Kirk and he goes oh okay well you know

00:25:10.660 –> 00:25:13.619
and I says just like in Q3 this year they’re

00:25:13.619 –> 00:25:16.930
supposed to release from Nassau old toy uh star

00:25:16.930 –> 00:25:19.430
trek generations captain kirk i says i’ve only

00:25:19.430 –> 00:25:23.650
been waiting you know 32 years for this toy because

00:25:23.650 –> 00:25:28.450
yeah or you know there about it’s i’m sure it’s

00:25:28.450 –> 00:25:33.769
94 2004 2014 yeah that’s 32 years yeah that’s

00:25:33.769 –> 00:25:36.670
nuts yeah so i saw that movie uh when it came

00:25:36.670 –> 00:25:41.910
out and i’ve always loved the vest version of

00:25:41.910 –> 00:25:44.450
the monster maroon uniform that kirk wore in

00:25:44.450 –> 00:25:48.119
that it’s like by far my favorite i even my mom

00:25:48.119 –> 00:25:49.859
made me a halloween costume of it and i wore

00:25:49.859 –> 00:25:51.920
it for like two years it looked like crap but

00:25:51.920 –> 00:25:54.700
it was the the thought was there yeah i would

00:25:54.700 –> 00:25:57.480
probably buy the costume if you know if it weren’t

00:25:57.480 –> 00:25:59.359
for the fact it cost me like 200 bucks to get

00:25:59.359 –> 00:26:01.599
the shirt section and like the shirt and the

00:26:01.599 –> 00:26:04.599
vest just because it’s the absolute favorite

00:26:04.599 –> 00:26:09.660
uniform for me like i that is downright like

00:26:09.660 –> 00:26:13.680
the best one and then i made a uh Custom one

00:26:13.680 –> 00:26:16.259
of the Playmates toys, but Nacella is coming

00:26:16.259 –> 00:26:21.299
out with one in Q3. And it looks spot on like

00:26:21.299 –> 00:26:23.359
Shatner. Comes with the horse, comes with all

00:26:23.359 –> 00:26:27.039
the stuff. So I’m uber excited. So yeah, roundabout

00:26:27.039 –> 00:26:29.579
way of saying I’m excited for Star Trek. Yeah,

00:26:29.660 –> 00:26:36.240
because we’re up to season two of TNG for Altered

00:26:36.240 –> 00:26:40.960
Trek. We released the reintroduction. and oh

00:26:40.960 –> 00:26:44.319
god look at this dude it was last year no yeah

00:26:44.319 –> 00:26:48.960
no i know but look look at us this is so silly

00:26:48.960 –> 00:26:52.779
and so stupid but it’s us so the reintroduction

00:26:52.779 –> 00:26:56.279
of our hosts and setting our faces for fun was

00:26:56.279 –> 00:27:02.940
january 21st of 2024 season one was september

00:27:02.940 –> 00:27:06.880
25th of 2025 and here it is a year later yeah

00:27:06.880 –> 00:27:09.849
we have to have at least I want at least five

00:27:09.849 –> 00:27:12.009
episodes of Altered Trek before the end of the

00:27:12.009 –> 00:27:18.829
year. I don’t care what shows we have to sacrifice.

00:27:22.230 –> 00:27:25.829
We can pick a couple of slow months of Transformers

00:27:25.829 –> 00:27:33.549
news when there’s nothing. But yeah, no, folks.

00:27:33.849 –> 00:27:43.430
That’s it. 2025 was a, you know, we didn’t let

00:27:43.430 –> 00:27:46.769
it pass us by because life kind of basically

00:27:46.769 –> 00:27:52.130
just, you know, jumped us and said, hey, you

00:27:52.130 –> 00:27:54.930
can’t worry about the podcasting crap right now.

00:27:54.950 –> 00:27:58.789
You got to go out there and live some life. Exactly.

00:27:59.609 –> 00:28:02.390
Yep. And as always, thank you to everyone who

00:28:02.390 –> 00:28:05.049
has listened or has watched the stuff. We’ve

00:28:05.049 –> 00:28:07.329
got the stuff on YouTube. We’ve got the stuff

00:28:07.329 –> 00:28:10.650
on our home .com, wherever you listen to podcasts,

00:28:11.329 –> 00:28:16.410
Apple, Spotify, et cetera. Obviously listen on

00:28:16.410 –> 00:28:22.450
geekcastradio .com, all that good stuff. 2025.

00:28:23.089 –> 00:28:29.690
What a year. Yes, sir. No, I think that’s about

00:28:29.690 –> 00:28:32.890
it. All right. Well, we are going to start the

00:28:32.890 –> 00:28:35.470
year off right. And we’re going to give you some

00:28:35.470 –> 00:28:38.950
quick promotions for other podcasts we love around

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00:28:41.430 –> 00:28:44.529
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00:28:44.630 –> 00:28:47.230
No, make it six. Make it a good even number.

00:28:47.309 –> 00:28:51.250
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00:28:51.250 –> 00:28:55.960
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00:28:55.960 –> 00:28:59.099
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00:29:02.039 –> 00:29:05.099
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00:29:05.160 –> 00:29:07.519
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a galaxy near you. What was that universal greeting

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again? Never mind, I remember. Ba -weep -grana

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-weep -ninny -bong. Hey guys, it’s Rodimus Primal,

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and be sure to check out my YouTube channel.

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Join me as I have Transformers discussions, retrospectives,

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and roll out, and be sure to check out my content,

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till all are one. the summer folks let’s go out

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with a bang on the simplistic reviews podcast

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we talk movies we talk tv we talk hello julie

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what the heck are you doing trying to make our

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spot sound more exciting by adding explosions

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yeah i’m pretty sure you could have got the point

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across with sound effects not the real thing

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Download the show on iTunes or at simplisticreviews

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.blogspot .com. I’m sure your insurance company

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will cover that. No, they won’t. No, they probably

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won’t. Alright, we’re going to do it. Episode

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3 of Geekcast Radio. Anything you’d like to say?

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Anything you’d like to promote before I run through

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the closing, sir? I don’t think so. I think it’s

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going to be a good… Evenly keeled year for

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us here at the GCRN, hopefully. I hope so. Fingers

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crossed. Everything crossed. Microphone wires

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crossed. Headphone wires crossed. Cross all your

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tech, folks. Cross all your tech. All right.

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Thank you for listening to us here on Geekcast

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yet another geeky topic. I haven’t planned that

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yet. We’re only two weeks into this year, folks.

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I still need to get all the rum -induced eggnog

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out of my system. For now, I am TF2 and Mike

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with… Steve Megatron. Thank you for listening.

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Until next time. All in all, rather stocked.

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Fully loaded, I think is the term. You’ve just

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