TG Geeks Webcast

The Two Gay Geeks are back after our hiatus. We chat about some medical challenges (thank you for all of the well wishes during a very stressful time) and a new format for the show. We also want to let you know we are cutting back our output to one episode a month for the time being due to health and stress reasons. The BIG thing we want to let you know is we are celebrating our 8th anniversary of podcasting on Tuesday, June 20th. Thank you to everyone who has listened and supported us over the years. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

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In our second segment, we chat briefly about a few shows we have watched over the hiatus and one that just came back. Spoiler-free. As always, we have our birthday segment in a different format, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening. We really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 412

* Regarding Phoenix Area Peeps – Come Meet Nick Benson – Raising Awareness for Mulligan’s Manor

 

 

We want to bring attention to a Public Service Announcement from the '90s featuring Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) of Star Trek: Discovery.

Beat the Bash - PSA from Mike Costanza on Vimeo.

 

This '90s PSA (GLAAD, La Pietra Foundation, MTV) brings awareness to gay bashing.

Starring Wilson Cruz, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Joseph Reitman. Writer/Director: Mike Costanza.

Director of Photography: Brad Rushing. Producer: Cara Coslow.

 

 

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about their experience attending the Arizona Opera production of Puccini's "Tosca." We were able to get a backstage tour as well as see both casts of the production. It was absolutely amazing, from the voices to the orchestra and the staging and scenery used. It was one of the highlights of our opera experiences. Arizona Opera and Joe Specter have hit a home run with "Tosca." Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators; whether that is film, comics, music, or authors, we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

About Arizona Opera

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Arizona Opera, originally the Tucson Opera Company, was founded in 1971 by a dedicated group of opera enthusiasts. Its inaugural season featured two performances of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in Tucson and by the 1976 – 1977 season Arizona Opera was performing complete seasons in both Tucson and Phoenix.

Arizona Opera produces fully-staged operas, concerts, and collaborative programs throughout the state of Arizona each year, and is among only a handful of companies in the U.S. that regularly performs in more than one city. Having just celebrated its 50th Anniversary Season, Arizona Opera mission is to elevate the transformative power of storytelling through music, cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home. Since its inaugural year in 1971, Arizona Opera has produced more than 200 operas and concerts. The company's artistic history is rich with a blend of opera’s traditional repertoire featuring baroque, bel canto, and verismo works, turn-of-the-century masterpieces, operettas, and contemporary American operas.

About Tosca

A political thriller, set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate, yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust, and self-sacrifice. Tosca’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amidst great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in opera.

The plot centers around three main characters: Rome’s diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting an escaped political prisoner, he seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place and Cavaradossi’s involvement, so he can have Tosca for himself.

When Cavaradossi is captured, Scarpia offers Tosca a horrific bargain – she must give herself to Scarpia, or her lover is killed. What will she choose, and who will survive?

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Nick Benson, Effects Designer for many films as well as theme creation for various businesses. Nick tells us how he got into the business and what he is doing now. We also have a short chat about what brought him to Phoenix this weekend. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Nick Benson

FX master, Nick Benson has provided his special effects magic on a collection of horror films that include, Tremors, The Blob, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Bride of Re-Animator.

About Mulligan's Manor

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Mulligan’s Manor is a loving and supportive group home dedicated to at-risk gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and heterosexual adolescents ranging from 12 to 17 years old. We are a family-oriented, LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Ally) community that nurtures and empowers our youth to reach their full potential, as well as provide tools for a safe and healthy life.

A "Mulligan" is known by golfers as a second chance, or a "do-over". Our mission is to give every member of our family the second chance to experience the love and respect he deserves.

There are approximately 15,000 youth in the Child Protective Services system in Maricopa County, which means that in all likelihood there are hundreds​ of LGBTQ children in need​ of respectful housing.

Mulligan's Manor Link

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In our second segment, we chat briefly about (spoiler free) The Menu and Glass Onion. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 408

* TG Geeks Episode 409

* TG Geeks Episode 412

* Gini Koch Warns us about Phoenix Holiday Decorations

* Nerdy Chupacabras #134

* Phoenix Area Peeps - Come Meet Nick Benson - Raising Awareness for Mulligan's Manor

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about a variety of things as we try to recover from this cold we both have. We have several guests waiting to be interviewed and want to do justice to them and not have our voices give out in the process. Among the items, we chatted about were Star Trek: Prodigy, Slow Horses on Apple TV+, Willow, National Treasure, our re-watch of Grimm, and The Eidolon, the upcoming release from author KD Edwards. We would really love to hear from you about some of these shows we have watched and tell us what you think. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators; whether that is film, comics, music, or authors, we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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In our second segment, we chat about The trailer for Foundation and the trailer for Renfield. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 407

* TG Geeks Episode 408

* TG Geeks Episode 411

* Ben’s Holiday Breakdown | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

* Ben’s Book Breakdown | The Eidolon is a thrilling debut to “Magnus Academy!”

* Nerdy Chupacabras #133

* Arkle's 2022 Movie & TV Breakdown by Category

* Andrea’s Angle | Living – Exquisite Performances,

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about the TG Geeks year in review. Please forgive our voices, we visited the cold for Christmas and came back with sore throats and stuffiness (Not COVID). We had so many things we did besides us just chatting on the podcast, we had a number of very interesting guests and attended Phoenix Fan Fusion, where we had a table. Our contributors kept providing content for us, including Hamish with his New First Friday Playlist, as well as his Five Questions With and his News Sushi. Andrea kept writing reviews for us, and Tommy kept providing our Sunday Funny Page. We can't forget Al Sparrow and Michelle Snyder for their "This Got Made" series. All of this, among many other items. Thank you to all of our contributors and to you, our listeners, and readers, for helping us achieve 400+ episodes and almost 9 years of articles. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators; whether that is film, comics, music, or authors, we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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In our second segment, we chat about The Season 3 Finale of We're Here. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 404

* TG Geeks Episode 410

* Hamish Downie’s Five Questions With Holly Soriano

* Hamish Downie's Five Questions With Michael Lamberti

* Nerdy Chupacabras #132

* Ben's Holiday Breakdown | A Tale of Two Christmas Carols

* Keith’s Holiday Ko...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other about their experience at Winter Horrorfest and the many folks we met. Winter Horrorfest was to benefit Mulligan's Manor, a charity that takes in at-risk LGBTQ+ kids who are about to age out of the foster system. They wanted to provide these kids with the best Christmas ever. A number of celebrities were in attendance, including Mick Strawn, Nick J Benson, Eileen Dietz, Eugene Clark, John Dugan, Father Vampire, Dr. Paul Kourdounaris, and Stephen Biro from Unearthed Films. A fun time was had by all, and some money was raised for the A Fright Before Christmas. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

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Winter HorrorFest presents The Fright Before Christmas, a family-friendly, Christmas-themed horror convention December 16-18 at The Phoenix Center for the Arts. Celebrity guests include Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), SFX Master Mick Strawn, Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist), John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Dr. Paul Koudounaris (Hexencult), Stephen Biro (Unearthed Films) and Father Vampire. Phoenix Ghostbusters will be on site for fun and photo ops, too!

Vendors, food trucks, a costume contest for cash and prizes, a candy crawl, and so many more exciting events and activities await you at this 3-day event.

Special movie screenings with live q&a, an incredible SFX presentation by Mick Strawn, and even a pizza party during the screening of DTLA Film Festival nominee Murder Pizza with a live q&a by writer and director Elizabeth Dowland are included in your ticket price!

As a special part of this event, we are raising funds and awareness for Mulligan's Manor, a local family setting group home for at-risk LGBTQ youth in the foster system. Our goal is to give them the best Christmas ever and show them that there is a whole community ready to love, embrace, guide, and assist them as they age out of the system.

About Mulligan's Manor

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​​There are approximately 15,000 youth in the Child Protective Services system in Maricopa County, which means that in all likelihood there are hundreds​ of LGBTQ children in need​ of respectful housing.

Mulligan’s Manor is a loving and supportive group home dedicated to at-risk gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and heterosexual adolescents ranging from 12 to 17 years old. We are a family-oriented, LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Ally) community that nurtures and empowers our youth to reach their full potential, as well as provide tools for a safe and healthy life.

A "Mulligan" is known by golfers as a second chance, or a "do-over". Our mission is to give every member of our family the second chance to experience the love and respect he deserves.

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In our second segment, we chat about the stress of the Holidays as well as suicide prevention. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Michael Lamberti, writer, producer, and director of a new animated film titled Kingdom City. Michael tells us a little about himself and how he came up with the idea for an animated film. He also tells us about the unique crowdfunding he is using to fund this new film. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Michael Lamberti

Michael Lamberti is an Actor, Writer, and Producer in Winter Park Florida. Michael has been winning awards for writing and acting skills. Also, he just recently signed with Professional Pretty Talent and Modeling Agency earlier this year.

About Kingdom City

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A recent high school graduate and his friends find themselves trapped in a mythical anthropomorphic world, but now human-consuming cult members hunt them down as they’re trying to get back to their world.

Kingdom City is a multi-award-winning screenplay winning over ten film festivals and has been officially accepted by over twenty-five film festivals worldwide.

Kingdom City is a Comedy Horror Animated Fantasy Film. The money will be going towards legal fees, paying the cast, additional crew, animation, merchandise, and marketing/distribution. We thank you in advance for any support and contributions to Kingdom City.

Crowd Funding Website: Lamberti Media: Kingdom City: A Michael Lamberti Production

Twitter: @LambLambMike

Facebook: @LambLambMike

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In our second segment, we chat about Winter Horrorfest and several of the folks we met, including Father Vampire. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening, we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 402

* TG Geeks Episode 408

* Bros Press Junket Interview

* AFM® Opens With Exhibitors And Buyers From 70+ Countries

* Five Questions With…Kyle Card

* Hamish Downie’s Five Questions With Tisa Key

* Nerdy Chupacabras #130

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Sean Lionadh, Director of a short film entitled “Too Rough.” This film comes to us from Scotland and has qualified for Oscar consideration on two separate occasions, as well as won numerous film festival awards and a BAFTA. We chat with Sean about how he got into filmmaking and specifically “Too Rough.” The conversation was lively and fascinating. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Sean Lionadh

Sean Lìonadh is a poet, writer, filmmaker and musician from Glasgow, known for his critically-acclaimed, BAFTA Scotland winning short film Too Rough and visual poem Time for Love which reached millions of people online, won a 2019 Royal Television Society award and was translated into five languages. It also inspired a Ted talk and a poetry collection titled 'Not Normal Anymore'. Sean worked with the Royal Opera House as the librettist on modern opera Honest Skin, live next season. His band, LÌONADH, create dark poetry-infused rock-pop.

With producers Alfredo Covelli and Ross McKenzie, Sean is developing his first feature film, Nostophobia, which explores the terror of adolescent intimacy and trauma. Sean runs poetry workshops with young people, and is keen to work closely with the LGBTQ+ community within schools, community groups and institutions.

Website: https://www.seanlionadh.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lion.adh/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seanlionadh

About "Too Rough"

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After a night of intoxication, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family.

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In our second segment, we chat about our thoughts on “Too Rough.” We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening; we really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 401

* TG Geeks Episode 407

* Fanbase Press Announces LGBTQ+ YA Romance Graphic Novel, FOUR-COLOR HEROES, with Te Reo Māori Translation

* Winter Horror Fest Presents “A Fright Before Christmas” to Benefit Mulligan’s Manor

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The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with Trisha from Winter Horror Fest and the event they are producing later on this month, A Fright Before Christmas. This event is in support of Mulligan House, a group home for at-risk LGBTQ+ kids about to age out of the Foster system. It is a worthy cause. We plan to support this event and encourage you to visit and sign up for their Angel Tree for these kids. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About Trisha "Whisper VanKelt"

Trisha, also known by her stage name, Whisper VanKelt, is a self-described nerd, artist, performer, seamstress, custom clothing and costume designer, and embodiment of chaotic good. Even her stage name came from her character in teenage games of old-school D&D.

Trisha has been involved in every capacity of event production, from performing to planning, promoting to producing, set building to choreography, hosting, and everything in between. She currently runs Thinly Veiled Az, a local theater troupe and shadow cast, performing regular showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in multiple venues, and has found creative ways to turn each show into a production, incorporating opening acts, DJs, vendors, photographers, and other elements to creatively keep the events lively, unique, and usually ridiculous. You'll find her designing costumes, building props, teaching roles, emceeing, and even performing as Magenta. She figures out how to be in a million places at once, and though always chaotic, she somehow keeps everything in place, and the events are certainly entertaining and memorable.

With a love of all things horror, the next step for her needed to be finding a way to fill the huge horror convention void in Arizona. After months of brainstorming and frantic note scribbling, she saw a path forward, and one fishnet and combat boot step at a time, she started the journey. Partnering up with Alexis, they founded a new company, and Winter HorrorFest was born.

About Winter Horror Fest

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Winter HorrorFest presents The Fright Before Christmas, a family-friendly, Christmas-themed horror convention December 16-18 at The Phoenix Center for the Arts. Celebrity guests include Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead), SFX Master Mick Strawn, Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist), John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Dr. Paul Koudounaris (Hexencult), Stephen Biro (Unearthed Films) and Father Vampire. Phoenix Ghostbusters will be on site for fun and photo ops, too!

Vendors, food trucks, a costume contest for cash and prizes, a candy crawl, and so many more exciting events and activities await you at this 3-day event.

Special movie screenings with live q&a, an incredible SFX presentation by Mick Strawn, and even a pizza party during the screening of DTLA Film Festival nominee Murder Pizza with a live q&a by writer and director Elizabeth Dowland are included in your ticket price!

As a special part of this event, we are raising funds and awareness for Mulligan's Manor, a local family setting group home for at-risk LGBTQ youth in the foster system. Our goal is to give them the best Christmas ever and show them that there is a whole community ready to love, embrace, guide, and assist them as they age out of the system.

Website: https://winterhorrorfest.com

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In our second segment, we chat about bots queuing up at a pedestrian crossing and Arizona Opera's production of “Ariadne auf Naxos.” We also highlight recent articles posted to t...

The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with each other again. This time we start off with more Holiday movie watching; Christmas with the Kranks and A Christmas Story Christmas, both delightful films that are feel-good fun films. We then chatted about our visit to Disneyland and the things we did; this trip was one of our more enjoyable trips, and being Christmas time to boot. We gave a shout-out to Duncan Rittschof of Duncan's Books and More. Have a listen, and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

 

About The Two Gay Geeks

Ben and Keith are The Two Gay Geeks behind TG Geeks Webcast, where our motto is “You name it, We talk about it.” ®

Our website, tggeeks.com, is the headquarters for our Webcast as well as articles and reviews on a variety of subjects.

We cover all aspects of Geek-dom and Nerd-ery. As our motto implies, we talk about almost anything. We do tend to talk more about Sci-Fi, Comics, Film, Horror, and Genre, but we have been known to talk about Opera and Disneyland on occasion.

We have become passionate about supporting Independent Creators; whether that is film, comics, music, or authors, we are always open to talking with creators of all types.

So, come along and join our wildest ride in the podosphere.

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In our second segment, we chat about the finale of Andor. We also highlight recent articles posted to tggeeks.com in the past week. As always, we have our birthdays, and we have the ever-popular feedback segment.

We welcome your feedback. Please, let us know what you think. Good or bad, we want to know, and you could receive a shoutout in the feedback segment. Thank you for listening. We really do appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend with us.

 

 

Our YouTube channel is audio only:

 

Show Notes / Links:

* TG Geeks Episode 399

* TG Geeks Episode 400

* TG Geeks Episode 405

* The American Film Market (AFM®) announced its 43rd edition Event as in-person after two years online

* Nerdy Chupacabras #127

* Andrea’s Angle | Bones and All – Ghoulish Love Story

* Andrea’s Angle | The Fabelmans – Breathtaking Performances

* Ben's Breakdown | Mad About You (Giblets for Murray)