The Geeks OUT Podcast

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan discuss our Strong Female Character of the Week Wonder Woman and her $200mil worldwide opening, dig up some scoop on Stranger Things season 2, and talk about Iceman #1 and tease our interview (immediately following this episode) with Sina Grace in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New details for Stranger Things season 2
• GRAHAM: Misfits is being remade for a pilot for Freeform

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Nova, X-Men Gold, Wonder Woman

• GRAHAM: Iceman, Aquaman, Reborn, Secret Empire

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Wonder Woman breaks records with $200mil worldwide opening

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Iceman #1 is really great

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Pixar's Coco

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Robin Wright to appear in Justice League
• Batgirl & Justice League Dark may be the next movies to go into production
• Silver & Black rumored to be all female cast
• Universal is adding more monsters to it's Dark Universe

TV

• Legends of Tomorrow adds Tala Ashe as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a muslim hacktivist from the future as a series regular
• Gotham's season finale introduced a new villain and teased the Iceberg Lounge
• New Warriors to be filmed in Atlanta
• Jennifer Connelly to star in Snowpiercer series

COMICS

• Batman proposed to Catwoman

SHILF

• KEVIN: Bobby Drake
• GRAHAM: Steve Trevor

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by special guest Amber Garza (@AmberHardFemme) as they discuss the male snowflakes angered by Alamo Drafthouse's female only screenings of Wonder Woman, the new Runaways series from Marvel, and mourn the end of Netflix's Sense8 in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: An Animaniacs reboot is in the works
• AMBER: Women only screenings of Wonder Woman at Alamo Drafthouse

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Secret Empire, Hulk, Saga, American Gods

• AMBER: LA Zinefest, Zinefests in general

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Villain for Supergirl season 3 cast

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Netflix has canceled Sense8

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Deadpool blooper reel released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Fan film exploring the origins of Voldemort releases a teaser trailer
• Henry Zaga cast as Sunspot in New Mutants movie
• Cast & title revealed for Sharknado 5
• Fox Animation has optioned The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

TV

• Floriana Lima, Maggie on Supergirl, reduced to recurring next season
• Harley Quinn appearing in Gotham season finale
• Poster released for Netflix Castlevania animated series
• Netflix Punisher to be released in November
• Stephen Amell competed on American Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day
• Preacher season 2 trailer released

COMICS

• More Runaways teases and confirms new series from Rainbow Rowell & Kris Anka
• Iceman taking on Daken in Marvel solicitations
• Interview with Brian K. Vaughn teases the Y: The Last Man series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Media
• AMBER: She-Hulk & Nightcrawler

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan show some love to American Gods, talk about the trailers for Star Trek: Discovery and Netflix's G.L.O.W. as our Strong Female Characters of the Week and celebrate Keiynan Lonsdale, Wally West from The Flash, coming out as bisexual in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Trailers for all the new shows coming in the fall (Black Lightning, Ghosted, The Gifted, The Orville)
• GRAHAM: Rosario Dawson is Cecilia Reyes

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: American Gods, Supergirl, Flash, Captain America, Generation X

• GRAHAM: Secret Empire, Detective Comics, All-Star Batman, Paper Girls, Wicked + The Divine, The Wildstorm

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Full trailer for G.L.O.W. on Netflix released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Keiynan Lonsdale, Wally West from The Flash, comes out as bisexual

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Star Trek: Discovery trailer released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First poster for the Spider-Man animated movie released
• Tom Hardy to star in Venom movie
• Silver Sable & Black Cat movie is a go, called Silver & Black
• Resident Evil getting a reboot
• Universal's monsters come together in shared Dark Universe
• Snyder steps down, Whedon steps in for Justice League following tragedy
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast photos
• Final trailers for Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Amber Heard as Mera in Aquaman

TV

• Lin-Manuel Miranda is Gizmoduck in Ducktales reboot
• Supernatural will crossover with Scooby-doo next season
• 10 episode prequel to The Dark Crystal is coming to Netflix
• Jordan Peele has new anthology horror series Lovecraft Country coming to HBO
• DC Super Hero Girls getting a full series on Cartoon Network
• New trailer for Game of Thrones season 7
• New teaser for Castlevania animated series for Netfilx

COMICS

• Creative teams & covers revealed for Marvel's Generations
• Marvel teasing a new Runaways series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Black Lightning
• GRAHAM: Michael Cray

In this special edition of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Geeks OUT newsletter editor Greg Wright (@G_J_W) interviews Vincent Rodriguez III (Josh Chan on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"). In part one of their interview, Vincent (@VRodriguezIII) showcases his inner geek and reveals which Star Wars episode is his favorite (you won't believe it). In part two, to be released next month, Greg explores Vincent's love of magic, band, barbershop, and gets into more serious questions. ​

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined once again by @GrahamNolan as they discuss the beginning of Marvel's Secret Empire, how Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 explores found family, and celebrate Image's Pride Month variants in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Tom Holland performing to Umbrella
• GRAHAM: Agents of SHIELD renewed

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Secret Empire, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

• GRAHAM: Detective Comics, All-Star Batman, X-Men Gold, SHIELD

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Final trailer for Wonder Woman released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Image debuts Pride month variants

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Defenders trailer released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Hellboy is coming back, but with a different actor and director
• Trailer for The Dark Tower released
• Promo for Stephen King's It released
• Trailer for Blade Runner 2049 released
• Initial cast announced for New Mutants

TV

• Inhumans teaser trailer
• Runaways official series order
• Gifted (Fox's X-Men series) ordered and teaser released
• Deadpool getting animated series on FXX from Donald Glover
• American Gods renewed for season 2
• Gotham & iZombie renewed for season 4
• Black Lightning ordered to series, making it the 5th DC show on CW
• SyFy orders Krypton & Happy! to series

COMICS

• Character killed in Secret Empire #1
• Love is Love nominated for an Eisner

SHILF

• KEVIN: Tom Holland
• GRAHAM: Kurt Russell

In this special flashback edition of the Geeks OUT Podcast, we go back in time to 2012 to the very first episode, featuring @GrahamNolan and Jono Jarrett. Think of it as an episode of the Golden Girls when they sit in the kitchen, eat cheesecake, and talk about things that happened in the past.

In this special live recording of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan are joined by special guests: VP of Geeks OUT Nicole Gitau (@cocodevaux) and from Massive Goods (@gaymanga) Anne Ishii (@ill_iterate) as they discuss representation in pop culture, the demise of Powerless, and Captain Marvel joining the USA Winter Olympic team as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include:

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Captain Marvel inspired look promo-ed for US Winter Olympic team

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: James Gunn hints that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 has a gay character

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for Kingsman: The Golden Circle

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Disney announces release dates for Star Wars IX, Indiana Jones 5, Frozen 2, and Lion King

• X-Men: Dark Phoenix announced along with dates for Deadpool 2, and New Mutants
• Jeff Goldblum joins cast of Jurassic World 2

TV

• Powerless (mostly) canceled

• Young Justice revival and new live action Titans series coming to DC digital service

• Into the Badlands renewed for expanded season 3

• Rosario Dawson won't appear in Punisher

• X-Files is returning for 10 episode season 11

COMICS

• Final page of Secret Empire FCBD issue leaked

• Marvel Legacy teased to "break the internet"

• Shadow King is returning in Resurrxion

• DC Rebirth wipes away Conner Kent and Superman & Wonder Woman pairing

In this special bonus episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew), @Graham Nolan, and special guests Allie Kolarik (@AllisonKolarik) & Kotaku Managing Editor Riley MacLeod (@rcmacleod) break down the Week in Geek including the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, the Cloak & Dagger trailer, and the breakdown of the characters in New Warriors series.

This Week's Topics Include:

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Directors announced for Captain Marvel

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Stranger Things and Riverdale's Shannon Purser comes out

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser trailer and poster released for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Alien: Covenant to introduce human/xenomorph hybrid
• First teaser of Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• James Gunn to write/direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
• Black Panther may feature first outwardly queer characters

TV

• The full roster announced for Freeform's New Warriors series.
• Trailer released for Freeform's Cloak & Dagger
• Another Gotham promo
• Gina Rodriguez was cast as the voice of Netflix's Carmen Sandiego animated series

VIDEO GAMES

• Triggered snowflakes lose their minds over a female protagonist in Star Wars Battlefront II
• Nintendo working on an SNES mini

It's the 100th episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, and this week Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @Graham Nolan welcome special guests graphic designer and Creative Director for East Coast Comic Con Allie Kolarik (@AllisonKolarik) and Managing Editor of Kotaku Riley MacLeod (@rcmacleod) as they have a panel discussion about what it means to be a queer nerd.

Enjoy some of the pictures from the recording including our cake celebrating 100 episodes. And be sure to join us next week for our Live Podcast recording at Anyone Comics in Brooklyn, NY

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan lose it over the Thor: Ragnarok teaser trailer, discuss the Star Wars Force for Change charity contest, and wonder if Jude Law will be playing an out and proud Dumbledore in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New Force for Change contest announced with many great prizes
• GRAHAM: Artists on Instagram: @beefcakeboss, @egorod, @ianophelan, @snibbits

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Black Panther & the Crew, X-Men Blue, Sam Wilson Captain America, Agents of SHIELD

• GRAHAM: America, Champions, Uncanny Avengers, the Legion Soundtrack

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Atomic Blonde released

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Jude Law cast as a young Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts sequel

CLIP OF THE WEEK: First teaser trailer released for Thor: Ragnarok

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Wonder Woman projected for a "low" $83 million opening weekend
• New Poster for Justice League
• Josh Brolin cast as Cable in Deadpool 2
• Shameik Moore cast as the voice of Miles Morales in the animated Spider-Man movie
• Carrie Fisher will appear in Star Wars: Episode IX
• First look at Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• A Labyrinth sequel is in the works

TV

• The Punisher has wrapped production & some BTS shots
• Trailer for Sense8 season 2
• Young Justice season 3 has begun recording dialogue
• Superman is returning to Supergirl as well as Calista Flockhart
• Final trailer released for the final season of Orphan Black

COMICS

• More Marvel controversy, over X-Men Gold #1 art which the artist apologizes and is terminated
• Shea Fontana (DC Super Hero Girls) to take over writing for Wonder Woman

SHILF

• KEVIN: Hela
• GRAHAM: Madam Hydra