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  • 363: Scoop THIS!

    363: Scoop THIS!
    Jan 30 2026

    Pol & Bud host a shortyboi pod, missing our other geek pals, Kirsten, Bryan, and Art, and chat about the Oscars, smartwatches, and Hallmark movies.

    Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

    06:07 – Pebble update

    Coming Soon

    16:38 – Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel series, S2, Disney+, March 24) (Zoner Mary)

    18:59 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (first look at Yoshi, in theatres April 1)

    21:31 – Supergirl (Jason Mamoa as Lobo, in theatres June 26)

    24:57 – The Muppet Show (Disney+ special, February 4, that’s like a week and a half out!)

    29:16 – The Stars Between Us (Hallmark movie, February 21, starring DJ Boitano as…a DJ)

    31:25 – Melania (Amazon MGM movie, in theatres Friday) (Zoner Ewan, ”NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ”)

    Geek News Proper

    35:30 – Academy Awards 2026 nominations (Conan O’Brien to host, ABC & Hulu, Sunday, March 15)

    44:50 – Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie announced as Olympic torchbearers for Milano Cortina 2026

    RUMOURS and HEARSEY

    45:09 – Marvel reeepoooRRRrrrt reveals exactly when MCU’s new Black Panther will arrive (source: The Direct / Daniel Ricthman/DanielRPK’s Patreon??!? It’s literally titled ”creating News, Scoops, Stories.”)

    Reviews and Recommendayshes

    46:58 – Shoresy S6 (Pol?)

    49:00 – Wonder Man S01E01–E04 (Bud)

    52:22 – Wonder Man SPOILERS

    1:00:28 – A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms S01E02 (Pol)

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    1 h et 3 min
  • 362: Do cows have a soul?

    362: Do cows have a soul?
    Jan 23 2026
    Pol, Kirsten, and Bud memberberry Darth Maul, He-Man, The Mummy, Robin Hood— holy crunch. Is Crime 101 the only original IP in this pod??!? Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 16:33 – game dev deletes his own game Coming Soon 18:52 – Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (Star Wars CG animated series, Disney+, April 6, trailer teaser) 19:02 – Masters of the Universe (in theatres June 5, trailer teaser) 23:35 – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (in theaters April 17) 23:25 – The Death of Robin Hood (A24, in theatres…I dunno, sometime in 2026?) 25:14 – Crime 101 (Amazon/MGM, Chris Hemsworth/Mark Ruffalo/Barry Keoghan/Halle Berry, in theatres and IMAX February 13) 28:24 – The Bride! (in theatres March 6) 29:09 – The Dreadful (in theatres AND digital February 20) related: first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft, Tomb Raider 30:42 – God of War live-action series casts Ryan Hurst as Kratos (voiced Thor in GOW: Ragnarök) 31:59 – The live-action Zelda movie is coming to Netflix after its theatrical and VOD periods Geek News Proper 35:05 – Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as the president of Lucasfilm (Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan take over) related: Maybe a Han Solo movie wasn’t a great idea, admits Kathleen Kennedy 45:03 – Peter Jackson took a 12-year movie hiatus after the death of his trusted cinematographer, Andrew Lesnie (heart attack, 2015, age 59) 47:39 – Matt Damon says Netflix wants movies to restate the plot ‘three or four times in the dialogue’ because viewers are ‘on their phones while they’re watching’ 53:41 – Dunesday is what Robert Downey Jr and Timothée Chalamet call their simultaneous Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 day 55:40 – Harry Potter fans unsure about Hans Zimmer score: ”Will never beat John Williams” 58:13 – Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees (1,500 jobs) in Reality Labs division Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:00:43 – The Rip (Kirsten) 1:04:45 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S01E01 (Pol) 1:07:33 – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Pol) 1:14:32 – Heated Rivalry (Bud and Kait) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 26 min
  • 361: Practically perfect in every way!

    361: Practically perfect in every way!
    Jan 16 2026
    After almost a month away due to holidays and scheduling issues, the geek pod gang’s back for 2026! And we talk Avengers, The Odyssey, The Golden Globes, and more! Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 12:10 – CES Coming Soon 21:09 – Avengers: Doomsday Cap · Thor · X · Wak-astic · (in Theaters December 18, 2026) 29:53 – Wonder Man (Marvel 8-episode series, Disney+, January 27 at 6:00 pm Pacific) (Zoner Mary) 31:19 – The Odyssey (in theatres July 17) 35:15 – Euphoria (S3, HBO Max, April 12) 36:05 – Digger (dir: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, in theatres October 2) 37:06 – Dracula (dir: Luc Besson, in theatres February 6) 38:14 – Godzilla Minus Zero coming to North America November 6 38:44 – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (dir: Gore Verbinski, in theatres February 13) 43:56 – Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair (Hulu four-episode miniseries, 30 mins each, Disney+, April 10) 44:24 – New Jackass movie coming to theaters in June (in theatres June 26) 45:31 – Paul King (Paddington and Wonka) to direct Labubu movie (early development) 47:57 – Lars Eidinger will play Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow 50:58 – Live-action Tangled casts its Rapunzel (Teagan Croft) and Flynn (Milo Manheim) NOT Coming Soon 51:48 – Bowen Yang to exit Saturday Night Live after 7 seasons 53:32 – The Last of Us to recast Danny Ramirez’s Manny for season 3 54:16 – House Of The Dragon ends with season 4 and Black Mirror ends with season 8 55:26 – Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize Awards Shows! 56:43 – Golden Globes winners 1:08:48 – The Emmys create a new Legacy Award to honor old favorites 1:09:50 – Disney Loses the Oscars to YouTube . . . AND . . . The Grammys will be on Disney+ starting in 2027! Geek News Proper 1:12:21 – Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, dies at 68 1:14:06 – Rian Johnson confirms Rickroll in Wake Up Dead Man 1:16:39 – Watch the Jim Henson Company bring Magic: The Gathering to life (Lorwyn Eclipsed set, January 23, amazing BTS) 1:18:20 – The Muppet Show returning for one night only (Disney+, February 4, teaser, trailer 1:19:43 – Rhea Seehorn’s career began as the ‘tutorial sorceress’ in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997 1:20:38 – Of course Avatar: Fire and Ash has made a billion dollars already 1:24:08 – Pokémon fans outraged by ‘insane’ ~$900 Canadian dollar Lego set 1:25:27 – Disney+ to start throwing vertical videos at our poor, attention-deficient brains RUMOURS and HEARSEY 1:26:41 – Something something The Hunt for Gollum nothing confirmed Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:32:11 – Anaconda (Pol) related: Mashable review with terribly-written subhead 1:34:02 – CFNY: The Spirit of Radio (Bud) 1:36:31 – Stranger Things (everyone but Bud) 1:44:15 – Heated Rivalry Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 50 min
  • 360: INCONCEIVABLE!

    360: INCONCEIVABLE!
    Dec 19 2025
    Pol & Kirsten (where’s Bud? #BudFlood) remember Rob Reiner, and talk Tik Tok, blue kitties, running men, and feet pics. Coming Soon 14:41 – Supergirl (teaser, Milly Alcock, in theatres June 24) 16:44 – Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (trailer, article) 18:43 – The Moment (less-strobey mockumentary, in theatres January 30) 19:48 – Disclosure Day (created & directed by Steven Spielberg, screenplay by David Koepp, in theatres June 12) (KEP; SILENT O) 21:23 – The Life of Chuck (Stephen King adaptation, Mike Flanagan dir, BONKERS CAST, Hulu film, on Disney+ December 26) 22:58 – The Drama (A24, Zendaya, Robert Pattison, in theatres April 3) 24:39 – PONIES (Peacock series, Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, January 15) 26:16 – The Copenhagen Test (Peacock series, Simu Liu, December 27) 27:13 – Hijack (Idris Elba, Apple TV series, S2, January 14, S1) 28:48 – The inaugural U.S. TikTok Awards (December 18, hosted by…Ciara?) 31:20 – Wonder Man: Ben Mankiewicz interviews Trevor Slattery (Zoner Ewan) Geek News Proper 33:09 – Rob (78) and Michele Reiner (70) found dead 43:31 – ”The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora” related: Disney fires off cease-and-desist letter to Google claiming its ai services infringe on copyright on a ”massive scale” 46:27 – KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year 46:54 – Millie Bobby Brown says she and David Harbour have a ‘great relationship’ amid bullying rumors 49:51 – Avatar: Fire and Ash: How can a film be so stunning, yet so disappointing? (Mashable) related: Read James Cameron’s ‘critical’ letter to theater technicians showing Avatar: Fire And Ash 55:25 – Daisy Ridley was as surprised as anyone that Adam Driver wanted more Star Wars (The Hunt For Ben Solo) Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm) 59:45 – Zoner Ewan: New horror movie sending feet pics to those who buy tickets RUMOURS and HEARSEY 1:03:10 – Helena Bonham Carter is REPORRRTEDLYYY being lined up for the next season of The White Lotus. (source: NME) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:04:32 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Kirsten) 1:10:59 – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Pol) 1:12:02 – The Running Man 1987 (Kirsten) 1:13:40 – The Running Man 2025 (Kirsten) Other stuff that didn’t make the pod – Bud’s Weekly Geek-out: The Game Awards Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 26 min
  • 359: where Jonathan Bailey clog's Kirsten's brain

    359: where Jonathan Bailey clog's Kirsten's brain
    Dec 11 2025
    Pol, Kirsten, and Bud talk Warner Bros wooing, the end of The Boys, and celebrities chirping at each other. Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 07:43 – retro listening Coming Soon 16:58 – The Boys (Amazon series, final season 5, Prime Video, April 8) 18:55 – Paradise (Huhu series, S2, February 23, LOUD HULU LOGO AT THE END) 20:51 – A Private Life (in theatres January 16) 23:54 – Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (in theatres April 10, amazing SMG moment in the trailer, 2006 OG) 28:34 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (”Official Final Trailer,” HBO Max series, January 18) 32:30 – F1 (Apple TV, December 12, was in theatres June 27) 33:41 – Columbia’s New Endor-Inspired Star Wars Collection (drops December 11, BTS) 35:40 – Star Wars returns to theaters for 50th anniversary (February 19, 2027) 39:42 – New 4K restorations of Studio Ghibli movies are coming to IMAX screens in 2026 40:55 – Stranger Things 5 coming to the Odeon at 6:30 pm and 10:00 pm on NYE (adding 11:40a and 3:10p showings NYD) Geek News Proper 42:09 – Netflix Wins Bidding War to Purchase Warner Bros. BUT: Paramount makes $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros 1:01:37 – Golden Globes 2026 nominations 1:04:22 – Joel Edgerton says James Cameron shouldn’t ‘be squabbling’ over ‘what has a right to be seen’ after arguing Netflix films don’t belong at the Oscars 1:05:02 – Quentin Tarantino calls Paul Dano a ”weak, uninteresting guy” related: Dano love, we got Dano love 1:09:02 – wholesome chat beetween Jonathan Bailey and David Corenswet re: levitating kisses (article, full Actors on Actors episode) RUMOURS and HEARSEY 1:10:58 – Scarlett Johansson in taaaAAAaaalks to join The Batman: Part II (source: Consequence) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:16:00 – Eternity 1:18:47 – Squid Game Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 21 min
  • 358: Strange dumb bad / bad stupid not good

    358: Strange dumb bad / bad stupid not good
    Dec 5 2025

    Pol, Bud, and post-shot Kirsten talk AI (ew), Letterman (aw), F––kboats (um), and real live puppets (yay)!

    Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

    06:45 – datacentre home heating

    Coming Soon

    08:35 – The First Snow of Fraggle Rock (Apple TV special, December 5)

    11:49 – Mother Mary (A24 film, Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, fka twigs, in theatres April 2026)

    15:12 – Run Away (Netflix film, January 1)

    16:46 – My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Netflix series, S6, December 16)

    24:06 – Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show (6-episode documentary, Vancouver concerts, with songs from The Tortured Poets Department, Disney+, two-episode premiere December 12)

    26:09 – Glen Powell is chartering a Fuckboat

    NOT Coming Soon

    29:39 – Netflix is killing casting from your phone

    Geek News Proper

    33:38 – A Critter Carol (shot on iPhone 17 Pro, BTS, LNY’s, LNY’s BTS)

    50:20 – Kpop Demon Hunters is now officially eligible in the Animated Feature category for the 2026 Oscars

    54:49 – Stranger Things 5 criticised for Nintendo ”cardinal sin”: showing a TV w/ NES running the arcade version of Ghosts ’n Goblins, NOT the NES port

    related: Dick

    Extro!

    57:40 – Festive Face-Off (Christmas movie bracket)

    Late-breaking listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm)

    1:10:44 – Zoner Spenny: Westhills’ heat transfer

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    1 h et 12 min
  • 357: The Zone's Geek-out Podcast-0357: We put this: 🧠 . . . into this: 🦫!

    357: The Zone's Geek-out Podcast-0357: We put this: 🧠 . . . into this: 🦫!
    Nov 27 2025
    What makes a film eligible for an Oscar? We dig in to that, the 100 best movies of all time, and no-your-child-didn’t-download-porn-on-your-account comeuppance for Kirsten. Preamble 01:21 – Kirsten vs Playstation 11:03 – The Bombadiloff Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 18:03 – Vine is long dead. Long live diVine? Coming Soon 23:04 – The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (in theatres ONE YEAR from trailer drop: November 20, 2026) 24:28 – Scrubs (reboot series, ABC, February 25) (Zoner Ewan) 26:04 – How to Make a Killing (A24, in theatres February 20) 27:23 – We Bury The Dead (Daisy Ridley zombie film, in theatres January 2) 30:58 – STROBE WARNING · The Moment (mockumentary, in theatres January 30) 33:18 – Hoppers (Disney/Pixar animated film, in theatres March 6) 36:06 – Scarlett Johansson to star in Mike Flanagan’s ”radical new take” on The Exorcist 44:13 – Mashable’s 60 second Stranger Things recap (Netflix series, final season, Vol 1 5p November 26, Vol 2 5p Christmas Day, finalé 5p New Year’s Eve ALSO in theatres, Netflix recap, click the thumbs up for a ) 49:10 – Shoresey (Crave series, S5, December 25) Geek News Proper 51:33 – Empire’s fan-voted 100 best movies of all time 1:00:59 – In Australia, under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from December 10th 1:02:17 – James Cameron thinks Netflix’s theatrical strategy is ”rotten to the core” 1:05:23 – House of the Dragon renewed for season 4 at HBO (based on Fire & Blood, final season? non-story non-answer) related: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms renewed for season 2 ahead of its premiere on HBO (based on Dunk and Egg, S1: Janaury 18, S2: 2027) 1:06:51 – Olaf has been added to the list of Disney (audio) animatronics we’d fear in a robot uprising (article) Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:11:40 – Good Fortune (Kirsten) 1:14:55 – Wicked: For Good (Kirsten) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 27 min
  • 355: Disney! Just make a good movie, wouldja?

    355: Disney! Just make a good movie, wouldja?
    Nov 20 2025
    Pol ‘n Bud geek out about AI, Nintendo live-action movies, Disney live-action movies, SpongeBob not-live-action movies, well-deserved recognition for Chadwich Boseman and Tom Cruise, and a cake R&R. Bud’s Weekly Geek-out 03:25 – Data! in! spaaaaaace! Coming Soon 15:37 – Nintendo issues first official The Legend of Zelda movie photos showing Link and Zelda in costume 21:12 – Moana (live action Disney movie, in theatres July 10) (Zoner Mary) 23:34 – Project Hail Mary (in theatres March 20) 25:34 – The Devil Wears Prada 2 (in theatres May 1, 2026) 26:33 – Wake Up Dead Man (in select theatres November 26, Netflix December 12) 28:34 – Fallout (S2, Prime Video, December 17, BLESS WEEKLY THIS TIME) 30:33 – The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (in theatres December 19) 35:42 – Marty Supreme (in theatres Christmas day) 37:09 – Is This Thing On? (in theatres December 19, perfect! ) 38:36 – Taylor Swift | The End of an Era (6-episode documentary, Vancouver concerts, Disney+, two-episode premiere December 12) 43:54 – Labyrinth returning to theaters in 4K for 40th anniversary (January 8–11) 45:42 – Steam Hardware (Controller, Machine, Frame, 2026) 52:40 – Sabrina Carpenter to Produce and Star in New Alice in Wonderland Movie Musical 55:18 – New Star Trek movie in works at Paramount from Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley 1:00:35 – Animated series Death Stranding Isolations coming to Disney+ from Hideo Kojima (TANGENT: a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bJQfUHDZsM” target=”_blank”>new practical Apple TV logo) Geek News Proper 1:03:31 – Chadwick Boseman to get posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1:04:06 – Tom Cruise has finally been awarded an Honourary Oscar (video) 1:04:26 – Disney+ plans to add user-generated, short-form AI content with its characters 1:05:37 – $320 CAD iPhone sock condom Listener mailbag (geekout@TheZone.fm) 1:07:33 – Zoner Ewan: the Batman ’89 soundtrack by Prince Reviews and Recommendayshes 1:11:57 – Frankenstein (again) (Bud) related: they should totally make a Mary Shelly biopic 1:17:39 – Nicole’s birthday cake for Pol 1:19:27 – It: Welcome to Derry (Pol, first four eps) Join The Geek-out Podcast’s Facebook page (where we’ll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone’s Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast
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    1 h et 24 min