The Geek-out Podcast-0334

Pol and Kirsten and Bud talk Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth/What, AI voices, Dilbert, Norm!, and . . . or. And, by that, I mean Andor.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

06:26 – Duolingo AI

Coming Soon

08:30 – Task (H!B!O! Max miniseries, September)

12:13 – IT: Welcome to Derry (H!B!O! Max series, 9 eps, ”summer”)

15:46 – Nobody 2 (in theatres August 15)

18:07 – Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth (in theatres July 2)

24:37 – Zootopia 2 (in theatres November 26) (Zoner Mary)

26:54 – Americana (in theatres August 22)

28:33 – The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (in theatres October 9, 2026)

Geek News Proper

30:46 – SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over AI Darth Vader Fortnite voice (family approved?)

38:23 – Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump pulled funding, but will stay on PBS

40:34 – Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he’s dying of ‘the same cancer that Joe Biden has’

44:04 – George Wendt (”Norm!” from Cheers) has died at 76

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

48:12 – Daniel Day-Lewis is being eeeEEEyyyeeeDDD to play Magneto in X-Men reboot (source: Comic…Book…Movie…dot com?)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

48:50 – Thunderbolts* (POL??!?)

56:04 – And? Or?

1:14:01 – The Last of Us S02E06 – The Price

related: Pearl Jam’s TLoU EP

related YES NERDS, OF COURSE HE KNEW THE TIMELINE

related: The Last of Us’ now has four seasons, and Naughty Dog is making a ‘secret game’

1:26:43 – Murderbot S01E01/E02 – FreeCommerce/Eye Contact

1:30:01 – The Studio

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