The Geek Speak Show kicks off 2026 with the first Issues of the Day episode!

Henry San Miguel is back as the main host, along with the Nerdy Navajo, Shanclen. They welcome Analese & Rob, hosts of the Nerd Best Friends podcast to talk about the Stranger Things Finale and why this love letter to 80s culture made such a global impact for the past nine years. Even with those who didn't grow up in the 80s. That leads the discussion to these other topics:

Avengers: Doomsday. Something to get excited about or not really? Is spoiler culture ruining how we enjoy movies and shows? What will ruin the movie theatre expreience more: Artificial Intelligence used to make movies or Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery?

The episode ends with the introduction of The Geek Speak Show's newest co-host, Emily Mata. Emily talks to the writer & artist of the new comic book, Maguro, Jevin Loop & Phillip Quick. Kevin Tran, who illustrated the variant cover, also joins the chat.

On the final episode for 2025, Henry & Shanclen, along with Geek Off The Street's Marc Pope & Trent Tucker, begin with the final Issues of the Day for the year. Only two topics: Why Netflix winning the bid to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery ISN'T as bad as all the "experts" have been bemoaning & why talking during movies in the theater IS bad, as everyone SHOULD be saying. Then, The Geek Speak Awards Show returns! The guys award the best of the year in comic books, video games, shows and movies. Yes, the WTF Award is back, too. (Meaning the worst movie of 2025.) The guys also look forward to what they're most anticipating in 2026.

The Geek Speak Show will return in January 2026.

This is the final (regular) episode for 2025! To wrap up the season in a fun & inspirational way, Henry welcomes artist Emily Mata to the show. Emily talks about knowing she wanted to be an artist from a very young age, explaining to her parents why she wanted to draw for a living, creating Dewy's Adventures and Mira, becoming the comic artist for The Highlander, UC Riverside's newspaper, and how all of this culminated in Emily's goal for a looong time: attending & exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con. Then, for the final Book Club of the year, Shanclen and Henry share books with you all and they tease next week's Season Finale.

This week, Henry highlights a new sci-fi film starring Tom Felton called Altered. Since Tom was a little bit busy on Broadway, Henry talks to director Timo Vueronsola & actress Elizaveta Bugulova about the film. Timo talks about the inspiration for the film and why he chose Tom Felton as the lead. Elizaveta talks about her character (Chloe) and what it was like meeting Tom Felton for the first time...after having grown up as a Harry Potter fan and Draco Malfoy being her favorite character. Then, Shanclen joins Henry and they talk about what's been happening in Geek Culture, including a spoiler-filled discussion of Predator: Badlands.

The gang's all here for this Issues of the Day! Henry & Shanclen are joined by Marc Pope & Trent Tucker from Geek Off The Street. They start off the episode by talking about Tilly Norwood, the first AI-generated "actress" and why Hollywood is already scrambling to sign her to a multi-film deal & agents are open to being her reps...as if she were a real person. Henry points out why this will go beyond Hollywood....

Miami Vice. Masters of the Universe. Knight Rider. the Running Man. Baywatch. Those are some of the reboots coming soon. Is 2026 the year that we finally have to accept the fact that Hollywood has no new ideas?

The episode ends with some fun with time travel. As this episode was released on November 5, 2025, the guys celebrate the anniversary of the day that Doc Brown invented the Flux Capacitor. Just as Marty McFly went back 30 years to 1955, the guys go back 30 years to 1995. What do we miss from '95 and what are we glad stayed back in '95? What do we wish had stayed in 1995?

Henry San Miguel is joined by the Nerdy Navajo, Shanclen, for this year's Halloween Episode. they play back the ghost stories sent in by you, our listeners, and also a few from our guests. Shanclen explains why his stories aren't just "I saw a shadow" or "I heard a noise" and he also explains why having a little "Halloween fun" and playing with a Ouija board, Bloody Mary or trying to communicate with spirits could invite something you only think would be in movies. Plus Henry has one last treat regarding this year's Geek Speak Treats. Almost two hours of Halloween fun, spookiness and info for you!

Happy Halloween from all of us at The Geek Speak Show!

A couple of weeks before Halloween, Henry & Shanclen get you ready for what you'll hear on this year's Halloween episode: Ghost Stories! Most of them will be from you, the listeners, but you'll hear a few from Henry and Shanclen, as well. On this episode, Shanclen shares two stories. One from his time as a tour guide at Vulture City Ghost Town in Wickenburg, Arizona and the other from a time that he visited The 13th Floor, A Halloween haunt in Phoenix,Arizona. Both tales are spooky, but also show you another side of the Nerdy Navajo.

Clover Press publisher Hank Kanalz joins Henry to talk about the ongoing Kickstarter campaign for The Amazing Spider-Man Classic Newspaper Comics. For the first time ever in softcover, Stan Lee and John Romita's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN NEWSPAPER COMICS returns to print in Clover Press's spectacular new line of deluxe slipcase editions! The Book Club features a surprise this week. Not the book selection, but who the selection comes from.

The Geek Speak Show is back with an all-new episode! After Shanclen's Nerdy Navajo News report, Henry welcomes writer Joshua Rubin & award-winning Portugese artist Jorge Coelho. Their new comic book, Time Sensitive #1, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign, ending on October 9th. Time Sensitive isn't the typical superhero story...in fact, there are no superheroes in it. It tells the story of L.A detective Caleb Stone, who's wife disappears one day...and everyone claims she never existed. Except for one teenage girl Caleb meets who not only believes him, but knows why his wife and many other people are being deleted. After that, the Book Club selection is Mark Tullius' Try Not To Die series, with 20 titles published and 30 more in development. In addition to his other novels and short story collections, he's also written two nonfiction books inspired by his reckless journey through Ivy League football, MMA, and boxing—Unlocking the Cage, the largest sociological study of fighters, and TBI or CTE, which raises awareness for brain injury survivors.

Henry welcomes RJ Palisoc to the show this week. RJ is a producer & writer who has worked at Marvel Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Legendary Pictures. He's now created his own comic book series called Barkskin, based on the Filipino mythological creature known as the Kapre. Plus a new Book Club selection that's perfect for the upcoming spooky season and a new Nerdy Navajo News with Shanclen.