Podcast

Ancient Geeks

Author: Ancient Geeks
Feed episode count: 73
Official site: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com
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Summary

Two old geeks talk about being young geeks, at a turning point in popular culture. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the threads of modern geek culture emerged and wove together. Science fiction, fantasy, comics, movies, TV shows, tabletop games, computer games, ad all their incarnations. The great SF&F writers, Star Trek, Star Wars, monster movies, D&D, Doctor Who, the Marvel and DC superheroes, 2001, Planet of the Apes, UFOs, conventions, Zork, Ultima...What was it like to experience these for the first time? Why did we love them? And how do we feel about them, decades later?

Episodes

Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 71: Dangerous Visions, Harlan Ellison's ground-breaking anthology

Duration seconds: 5635
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-71-dangerous-visions-harlan-ellisons-ground-breaking-anthology/

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 70: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes

Duration seconds: 4139
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-70-beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes/

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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 69: 2010 The Year We Make Contact

Duration seconds: 3710
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-69-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 68: Harlan Ellison, part 4, The Starlost and A Boy And His Dog

Duration seconds: 5951
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-68-harlan-ellison-part-4-the-starlost-and-a-boy-and-his-dog/

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks, episode 67: Harlan Ellison, part 3, the TV episodes

Duration seconds: 4966
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-67-harlan-ellison-the-sf-tv-episodes/

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 66: Harlan Ellison, part 2, the writing

Duration seconds: 5888
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-66-harlan-ellison-the-writing/

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 65: Harlan Ellison, part 1, the writer

Duration seconds: 5559
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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 64: Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Duration seconds: 3747
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-64-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 63: 2001 A Space Odyssey

Duration seconds: 5678
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-63-2001-a-space-odyssey/

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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 62: Science fiction cartoons of our youth

Duration seconds: 7747
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-62-science-fiction-cartoons-of-our-youth/

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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks, episode 61: Star Trek The Next Generation part 4 finale

Duration seconds: 3417
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-61-star-trek-the-next-generation-part-4-finale/

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Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks, episode 60: Star Trek The Next Generation part 3

Duration seconds: 6606
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-60-star-trek-the-next-generation-part-3/

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Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 59: Star Trek The Next Generation season one, part 2

Duration seconds: 3841
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Mar 16, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 58: Star Trek: The Next Generation part 1

Duration seconds: 4322
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-58-star-trek-the-next-generation-part-1/

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Mar 9, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 57: Blake's Seven season two

Duration seconds: 4348
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-57-blakes-seven-season-two/

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Mar 2, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 56: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Duration seconds: 6851
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-56-close-encounters-of-the-third-kind/

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Feb 23, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 55: Isaac Asimov's I, Robot

Duration seconds: 4285
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-55-isaac-asimovs-i-robot/

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Feb 16, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 54: Terminator 2

Duration seconds: 5363
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-54-terminator-2/

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Feb 9, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 53: The Terminator

Duration seconds: 3244
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-53-the-terminator/

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Feb 2, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 52: The Night Stalker / The Night Strangler

Duration seconds: 3552
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-52-the-night-stalker-the-night-strangler/

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Jan 26, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 51: Zardoz

Duration seconds: 3803
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-51-zardoz/

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Jan 19, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 50: It's our 50th anniversary!

Duration seconds: 4814
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-50-its-our-50th-anniversary/

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Jan 12, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 49: Pluribus

Duration seconds: 5127
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-49-pluribus/

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Jan 5, 2026 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 48: Denis Villeneuve's Dune parts I & II

Duration seconds: 3811
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-48-denis-villeneuves-dune-parts-i-ii/

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Dec 29, 2025 · not_requested

Ancient Geeks episode 47: David Lynch's Dune

Duration seconds: 4820
Source: https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-47-david-lynchs-dune/

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