Ancient Geeks, episode 6: Classic science fiction writers
Classic science fiction writers were essential parts of our early geek lives. The influential SF writers from the 60s, 70s, and early 80s were almost too many to list! Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Le Gui...
17 Mar 20251h 16min
Ancient Geeks, episode 5: Other classic fantasy writers
We talked about Tolkien last episode, and now we're on a fantasy roll! We discuss the classic fantasy writers we discovered in our youth: The Arthurian legends, Roger Zelazny, Michael Moorcock, Robert...
10 Mar 20251h 10min
Ancient Geeks, episode 4: J.R.R. Tolkien
We're talkin' Tolkien! Steven and Tom discuss J.R.R. Tolkien, author of Farmer Giles of Ham, as well as lesser-known works like The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Follow us as we followed Bilbo and Fro...
3 Mar 20251h 25min
Ancient Geeks, episode 3: Star Trek The Original Series
Space, the final frontier... These words started our lifelong love of Star Trek. In this episode, we talk about our first stage of that love affair, the original series (TOS). The optimism about the f...
24 Feb 20251h 22min
Ancient Geeks, episode 2: Superman in the 60s and 70s
Look! Up in the sky! It's the Superman episode! Last time, we covered the Caped Crusader in the 60s and 70s last time. This episode, we talk about Superman in the same time period, on TV and in the co...
17 Feb 20251h 9min
Ancient Geeks, episode 1: Batman in the 60s and 70s
WHAM! SOCK! POW! We were big fans of the Caped Crusader in the 1960s and the 1970s, starting with both the TV show and the comics. In this episode, we focus on Batman during this pivotal era, when the...
10 Feb 20251h 11min
Ancient Geeks, episode 0: Our origin stories!
It all starts here! Welcome to Ancient Geeks, a podcast about the birth of geek culture, from two older geeks whose younger selves were there at the beginning. In this inaugural episode, Tom Grant and...
15 Jan 20251h 12min
