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Therefore I Geek Podcast, Episode 73 Pokémon GO, Frank Cho, and Ghostbusters

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The gang discusses some geek topics of note this week, beginning with the Pokémon GO phenomenon, which threatens to take over the world.  After that, there is a conversation about Frank Cho’s sudden departure from DC Comics.  Finally, none of our heroes really enjoyed Ghostbusters for a variety of reasons:  Tracy hates Kate McKinnon, Dude takes issue with beefcake, dumb Thor, and Andrew makes the excellent point that if Ghostbusters were a baseball game, the cast were essentially t-ball players. Continue reading

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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 71, Marvel’s Civil War

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In which, Andrew, Tracy, and Dude break open the ’06-07 Marvel event Civil War.  We discuss who was responsible for missed deadlines and delayed releases, whether inking had something to do with the hit-or-miss artwork, and the likelihood that some characters were ventriloquists, due to the ambiguity of various speech bubbles.  Tracy reveals an intense dislike of Mariam Sharpe.  We also raise the question: “why won’t Punisher fight Captain America?”  Noteworthy event:  if you listen carefully, you will hear Dude also actually admit that Tracy was not wrong.

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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 68, Censorship and Geek Culture

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In which, Tracy and Dude follow up on the previous podcast on freedom of speech with a podcast on censorship and how it is different for geek culture than it is in the larger American culture.  We discuss the difference between bottom up and top down censorship, the difference between voting with one’s wallet and screaming for censorship of art, and why the religious right of the 80’s and 90’s are both similar and not to today’s third wave feminists and progressives.

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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 66, X-Men: Apocalypse

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This podcast will be discussing plot points of comics and movies which may be considered spoilers. Consider yourselves warned.

In which, Andrew, Tracy, and the Dude take on X-men: Apocalypse.  In this episode, we revisit Dude’s mildly disturbing affinity for Michael Fassbender, discover that Tracy fixates on strange details in movies, and that Andrew once again pulls oddly specific and not-so-oddly relevant minutia from the depths of his brain on demand.

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