Geekdown Podcast

This week on the show Jord and Cait check out another HBO show of the moment, "Winning Time," based on the true story of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers. We also talk about another story of a comic creator getting low-key shafted when their work gets adapted into the MCU and update on everything we've been checking out including The Expanse, Spy X Family, Tokyo Vice and more!

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This week on the show Jordan and Cait are mutually bringing in HBO Max's Minx, a workplace comedy about feminism and porn that might singlehandedly bring about the parity in televised nudity Cait's been arguing in favour of for nearly five years.

Also this week!: The Oscars unleash the take event horizon, a Chapek Check-In because we're weirdos, and all the things we've been checking out including Thermae Romae Novae, Moon Knight, The Dropout and a show about Japanese preschoolers doing errands.

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After an unexpected hiatus your new BFFs return to discuss the Netflix family sci-fi throwback "The Adam Project." We also concern troll Star Wars again, talk about Crunchyroll doing away with free simulcasts and updates on everything we've been watching including The Batman, Bridgerton The Dropout, the end of Ranking of Kings and more.

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This week on the show we check out Pixar's latest, the celebrated 'Turning Red' and talk about what makes a story universal and explain all of the Toronto-centric in-jokes.

We also talk about Disney's Very Bad, Horrible, No Good Week, Brandon Sanderson's record-setting Kickstarter and what it means for publishing, and touch on all we've been checking out including more manhwa, more anime, and a celebration of Jordan's arrival to Worldle.

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This week on the show we check out Netflix's three-part documentary 'Jeen-Yuhs,' covering over 20 years in the polarizing life of one Kanye West.

We also talk about Crunchyroll emerging as the ultimate champion of anime streaming and all the things we've been checking out including The Gilded Age, Warhammer 40K, Spielberg's West Side Story, Grand Crew, and more.

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This week on the show Cait brings in a documentary based around the work of botanist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger, "The Call of the Forest." Trees, man.

Also this ep! ALF returns for some reason, the Star Wars hotel is disrespectfully expensive, Ranking of Kings proves we can't have nice things, and updates on what we've been checking out, including Disenchantment, the board game Horrified, and a pair of docs on the joys and shames of what we know on this show as The Sickness.

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This week we take the opportunity to look at something Jordan's been putting off for months, "Summer of Soul," the Oscar-nominated documentary on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, directed by Questlove of the Legendary Roots Crew.

Also this week, we break down why Tolkien fans are spamming the comment section, decide if Peacemaker stuck the landing, and update on what we've been checking out including Neil Gaiman's 1602 comic, Sister Boniface, Love is Blind Japan, Ranking of Kings and more.

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Cait's pick is up this week and she brings in a recent favourite of hers, the Netflix absurdist kids fare 'Cupcake & Dino.' Lots of shows working this particular lane of all ages weirdness, did this one stand out? We shall see.

Also this ep! We are done with the convoy, 'Futurama's controversial return, Obi-Wan keeps us trapped on Tattooine again and all the things we've been checking out including 'Sister Boniface', 'Gilded Age', 'Grand Crew', 'We Need to Talk About Cosby' and more, as well as a special halftime interlude as two olds reckon with 'Euphoria' for the first time.

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Last week Jordan mentioned how impressed he was by if the "Suicide Squad" spinoff "Peacemaker." This week we see if the show mixes gore and sophomoric humour in all the ways that Caitlin loves.

Also this week! The existential fandom crisis and ethical dilemmas brought by the Book of Boba Fett and all the things we've been checking out including Dollface, Abbott Elementary, Persona 5 Strikers, Ranking of Kings and more.

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This week on the show we check out one of Jordan's current favourites, the fantasy anime from fan-favourite WiT Studio, Ranking of Kings.

Also this ep! Peacemaker is doing better than either of us thought it would, Persona 5 Strikers is making Jordan's eyes hurt, and Caitlin unloads on what she sees as the growing monetization of Dungeons & Dragons.

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If you'd like to support the show financially, you can buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod, but we'd really prefer you instead donate to organizations like True North Aid or other organizations (truenorthaid.ca/first-nations-charities-html/) that work to support and improve the lives of members of Indigenous communities in Canada.

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