The Naked Geek

Tipple: 1698 from Shepherd Neame Brewery

A book that spawned 11 more books plus a game, a tv series, a comic and several short stories encourages David to assess the importance of truth over his self delusions

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Links:

The Sword of Shannara - https://amzn.to/3op8G65

The original trilogy - https://amzn.to/3ilxTdD

The Shannara Chronicles TV trailer -https://youtu.be/2cbLfgM5z7M

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Contact

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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions - [email protected]

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Tipple: Singleton of Dufftown

Inspiration:  Fantastic Four 109; The Matrix Revolutions

A 50 yr old comic, a much maligned movie and the value of self sacrifice. David explores how and what the Fantastic Four imprinted on his childhood brain. His wife also makes an appearance and it's glorious.

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Links:

The Battle for the Dock from The Matrix Revolutions - I cannot get enough of this

Fantastic Four 109

Contact

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Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions - [email protected]

Title: Grief, Mental Health and Superpowers with Courtney Charlton

Description:

In this episode David chats with Courtney, an incredibly creative geek and fellow parent to a dead child. There's lots of laughter while exploring grief, mental health, children ,geekdom and asking the question - "What geeky artefact would you sell to pay the rent?"

Guest at a Glance

A life long geek and founder of Mother of Mayhem UK Courtney is a friendly and highly creative London-based retoucher who has worked with  clients such as ADIDAS, ITALIA VOGUE, RED, ELLE MAGAZINE, NET-A-PORTER, and more. She's an Artist, Quad Skater & Longboarder. She loves all things 80s n Retro, is a  Mother, Film Geek and probably loves Tom Welling a little more than she should!

Subjects we talked about in this episode:

Where it began

Smallville

Geekdom and Isolation

Finding your tribe

Babyloss, anger and Batman

Naming a dead baby

Mental Health, Grief and Geekdom

Identifying with The Joker

Naming  The Next Generation

Bedtime Stories and "indoctrinating" The Next Generation

Belonging

Paying the rent!

Mentioned in this episode:

Smallville

Harley Quinn Animated Series trailer

Tron Legacy Trailer

The Mummy Returns

DC Superhero Girls

Joker

Invincible Trailer  Invincible Comic

The Boys

Find Courtney:

https://www.courtneycharlton.co.uk/

[email protected]

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - david@thenakedgeek,co,uk14:45 - 15

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Title: Naming The Next Generation

Tipple: Prosecco

Inspiration:  Vixen, Black Canary, The Question, Hawkgirl; Valerian & Laureline; My Children

Description:

When geekdom is embedded in your soul, it's hard to resist the urge to make the Next Generation part of the picture. So meet David's daughters and discover one of the indicators of the perfect partner, how to choose geeky but meaningful names and discover the benefits of a home birth.

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Links:

Vixen - animated movie

Vixen: Return of the Lion (comic)

The Black Canary: Bird of Prey - Old school Black Canary

Birds of Prey - Any BoP title written by Gail Simone is worth reading for Black Canary goodness...maybe on kindle though

Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood - The Question

Earth : The Gathering - Hawkgirl can be found all over the place but I particularly enjoyed her in this story

Valerian and Laureline - The Comic

Valerian - The Movie trailer

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions

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Title: Going Inside with The Question - exploring mindfulness and mindset

Tipple: Beers52.com

Inspiration:  The Question

What does a faceless, trench-coated vigilante created by Spiderman co creator Steve Ditko and modernised by Denny O'Neil at DC comics have to teach us about mindfulness, mindset, self actualisation and the practices that make us better people.

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Who is The Question?

Investigative reporter Vic Sage strives to tell his viewers the truth - and philosophical, trenchcoated hero The Question, whose face is a featureless blank - uncovers what Sage can't. But with deadly martial artist assassins and political intrigue to contend with, will one man be able to make a difference?

Links:

The Question by Steve Ditko - read a collection the original version of The Question by Steve Ditko (1967-1968)

The Question #1 - read the 1st issue of the DC version of The Question on Kindle

The Question Omnibus - coming April 2022 collecting the late 80's run of The Question Comic and more. I cannot recommend this highly enough

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions - [email protected]

Title: Earthsea, Diversity and Me

Tipple: Time Travelling Taxi from Brew York

Inspiration: [2m23s] A Wizard of Earthsea; Motherhood: Fort Salem (Freeform; BBC iPlayer)

Today David shares one of the most influential books from his young years - A Wizard of Earthsea ( in fact the whole Earthsea saga by Ursula LeGuin. Discover what set this book apart, how it relates to a tv show about modern day witches and what exactly is stealth diversity.

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Links:

The Book of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition - https://amzn.to/3BX992C ( This is the 50th anniversary edition and is beautiful)

Do me a favour:

Let me know what books were influential in your development, what books had a huge impact on you?

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions

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David talks with prolific science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his journey from childhood to successful author. We explore his influences, methodology, mindset and discover the book that made him cry.

Bio:

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the acclaimed Shadows of the Apt fantasy series, from the first volume, Empire In Black and Gold in 2008 to the final book, Seal of the Worm, in 2014. In civilian life he is a lawyer, gamer and amateur entomologist.

Tchaikovsky's novel Children of Time won the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award on 24 August 2016.

Show Notes:

2:00 Octopussies or Octopi?

3:15 - Adrian's Doctorate

4:20 - Adrian's journey from University to working in blood spattered offices

9:15 - Landmark geeky influences

11:42 - The significance of role play and how it relates to insect segmentation!

15:59 - Being edited and navigating his love of words

22:42 - writing methodology - for the audience vs writing for yourself

27:24 - What scares Adrian about his own writing

29:55 - Engaging with your version of the future

31:45 - Autism, Being an outcast and reactions from your 12 yr old self

33:23 - The Book that made Adrian cry

34:53 - What's next for Adrian

38:00 - My thoughts and farewell

Books written by Adrian mentioned in this episode

Walking To Aldebaran - https://amzn.to/38NPiq3

Bearhead - https://amzn.to/3tn4sfw

Doors of Eden - https://amzn.to/3zXUpA1

Children of Time - https://amzn.to/2X3o8ZW

Children of Ruin - https://amzn.to/3jQxLUK

Dogs of War - https://amzn.to/3BOXwef

The Expert Systems Brother - https://amzn.to/3nfRjnw

Shards of Earth - https://amzn.to/38PSWQp

Other books mentioned in the podcast

Becky Chambers: Wayfarers series - https://amzn.to/3nhPMgG

Wheel of Time - https://amzn.to/3he55U1

The Infinite - Patience Agbabi - https://amzn.to/3yOusla

Find Adrian:

https://shadowsoftheapt.com/

twitter - @aptshadow

facebook - https://www.facebook.com/adrian.tchaikovsky

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - david@thenakedgeek,co,uk

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This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - [email protected]

Tipple: Glen Scotia Double Cask Single Malt Whisky inspired by the Raid on St Nazaire

You can watch a brilliant documentary about the raid here - The Greatest Raid of all Time

Inspiration:  Raised by Wolves (HBO; SKY Atlantic; NOW TV)

04m:15s - In this episode David explores the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi series Raised by Wolves. When you have a dead baby in your history, it becomes important that any tv show that touches on the subject does it right. Did a story about Androids called Mother and Father, hit the mark? Why is  a song so important?

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Stillbirth Links:

If you or anyone you know has been affected by Babyloss, here are a few links that may be helpful

SANDS

Daddy's With Angels

Grace in Action

Joel The complete Package

Cruse - Bereavement Counselling

I Pause - A spoken Word piece about babyloss

Please contact [email protected] if you need any specific advice or signposting

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions

[email protected]

Tipple: Rhubarbra Streisand from Brew York

Inspiration:  The Witcher; Siren; Ghosts

Description:

02:02 - This week David takes his inspiration from The Witcher (Netflix), Siren (freeform; Amazon) & Ghosts (BBC iPlayer). We also make mention of The Man from Uncle and my other fantastic podcast Geek Syndicate.

What links a tale of mutant monster hunters, dangerous mermaids and a comedy  of inept spirits. What is about them that leads to the growth of bitterness?

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

Contact:

Email: [email protected]

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions

[email protected]

Tipple: Dradas ( The Battlestar Galactica Tribute) from Brew York

Inspiration: Doctor Who

What is it about a being travelling around in a Police Box that could create such an enduring and loved for show for almost 60 years? How could a show that started out with shaky sets form the template for a life journey.

Enter the boudoir of the Naked Geek and David Monteith will share all.

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