Tomboy Tirade

Join us on the Tirade Time Machine as we go back in time to unearth some of our most memorable episodes of 2014 and 2015. We turn the clock back and revisit episodes featuring one of India's top standup comedian, Aditi Mittal, UK indie comedy group AhhGee Productions and Jaime Dempsey, biker & host of History's Channel 's travel adventure show, Ride N' SeekTHIS EPISODE FEATURES EXCERPTS FROM:Episode 35: Mumbai Jamming f. Aditi Mittal Episode 34: New York in New York City f. AhhGee Productions Episode 29: Ride N Seek with Jaime Dempsey Take a trip down memory lane with us this August in the first of our final 2-part special here on Podomatic. It's been a great ride knowing and be-friending everyone here but they screwed us up, big time with their recent 'upgrade'. Things we are pissed with Podomatic about as so-called PRO users:- The re-design that caused us to lose traction with listeners and our followers/friends- A complete meltdown in listener numbers- Terrible support!- Terrible support!!!- Awful interface despite the 're-design'. It is not user-friendly and doesn't allow any interaction whatsoever with other podcasters- Terrible support!- Difficulty in migrating to a new feed as Podomatic tries to hold you down to their services. But we're done because the Tomboy Tarts work really hard on our podcast to maintain a special and unique genre of comedy chat and drama that is lost to our current batch of listeners and potential new listeners so we think it is better to regain control of our format and our show and bring the podcast where it belongs. Back to our site. We're sorry for all Podomatic friends and supporters who have been listening to our show but there is just no way to notify anyone of our impending departure except through external sources like social media and this one pathetic post. So having finished this rant, here's how you can find us again, if you so choose. You can now unsubscribe to us on iTunes, delete the playlist and then resubscribe to us. The new feed is at www.tomboy-tarts.com/feed/podcast See the instructions below on how to do it:Or head down to the official home of the podcast at tomboy-tarts.com to listen to all new episodes, uploaded there first! Once again, do take note that our last episode here on Podomatic will be published on the 20th of August. The 'tee-rahd' ends here after that but you can still subscribe and listen to us for FREE at iTunes, Stitcher or at the Tomboy Tarts website.THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SO FAR! WE WILL MISS YOU!

Join us on the Tirade Time Machine as we go back in time to unearth some of our most memorable episodes of 2014 and 2015. We turn the clock back and revisit episodes featuring traveller, international television presenter and personality, Anita Kapoor, Malaysia's favourite comedienne, Joanne Kam and Singapore's fastest rising comic with a mouth to boot, Shahrul Channa. In this episode, we hear excerpts from the following episodes Episode 18: Come Fly With Us featuring Anita Kapoor Episode 30: Wardrobe Malfunction with Joanne Kam Episode 20: Backstage Bitchin' with Sharul Channa FAREWELL PODOMATIC! Take a trip down memory lane with us this August in the first of our final 2-part special here on Podomatic. It's been a great ride knowing and be-friending everyone here but they screwed us up, big time with their recent 'upgrade'. Things we are pissed with Podomatic about as so-called PRO users: - The re-design that caused us to lose traction with listeners and our followers/friends - A complete meltdown in listener numbers - Terrible support! - Terrible support!!! - Awful interface despite the 're-design'. It is not user-friendly and doesn't allow any interaction whatsoever with other podcasters - Terrible support! - Difficulty in migrating to a new feed as Podomatic tries to hold you down to their services. But we're done because the Tomboy Tarts work really hard on our podcast to maintain a special and unique genre of comedy chat and drama that is lost to our current batch of listeners and potential new listeners so we think it is better to regain control of our format and our show and bring the podcast where it belongs. Back to our site. We're sorry for all Podomatic friends and supporters who have been listening to our show but there is just no way to notify anyone of our impending departure except through external sources like social media and this one pathetic post. So having finished this rant, here's how you can find us again, if you so choose. You can now unsubscribe to us on iTunes, delete the playlist and then resubscribe to us. The new feed is at www.tomboy-tarts.com/feed/podcast See the instructions below on how to do it: Or head down to the official home of the podcast at tomboy-tarts.com to listen to all new episodes, uploaded there first! Once again, do take note that our last episode here on Podomatic will be published on the 20th of August. The 'tee-rahd' ends here after that but you can still subscribe and listen to us for FREE at iTunes, Stitcher or at the Tomboy Tarts website. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SO FAR! WE WILL MISS YOU!

In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven get babysitting advice from Singapore's funniest moms Jasmine Han and Shelly Holly. We find out what is like to survive, and not perfect motherhood from these wine loving ladies and how they get away with writing an "explicit" motherhood book. Rated P for Poop! As ex-Shield agents on the run, Tomboy Tarts Persis and Raven are forced to go undercover as security guards at a pool party. The over-enthusiastic Raven wants to issue a Pool Party violation ticket to Jasmine Han & Shelly Holly until Persis realises that they are the authors of "I am not Perfect, I'm a Mom" book. In between getting babysitting advice and being hit by a slime bomb, first-time authors Jasmine & Shelly talk about how they meet and why they write the book. Over copious amounts of champagne, we discuss about about surviving and not perfecting, motherhood, neurotic mums, challenges of writing an "explicit" motherhood book and poop. Lots and lots of poop. Persis decides that she wants to do a truck getaway with the slime bombs and things literally go to the shit from there. How will these Tirade tomboys get out of this stinky mess? Listen and find out on a grossly funny new episode of the show! IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: 1. GUEST BIOWe find out more about Jasmine Han and Shelly Holly, the two co-authors of the funny and explicit motherhood book, I am not Perfect, I'm a Mom. They share with us how they first met and what motivates them to write this not your typical parenting book. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - Hollywood's golden couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner annouced their divorce after 10 years of marriage and it's freaking everybody out big time. - In Alaska, residents of Fairbanks reported seeing several terrifying foot-long eel-like fish scattered around town. - Twitter explodes after a woman named Sarah O'Connor accidentally tweets ultimate 'Terminator' reference. 3. I'M NOT PERFECT, I 'M A MOM Modern-day parenting is tough but there's a lot of fun to be had in raising kids too. We discuss about about surviving and not perfecting, motherhood, neurotic mums, challenges of writing an "explicit" motherhood book and lots of poop. 4. RAPID FIRE In this rapid fire round of questions with Jasmine and Shelly, we ask them what they will do if they swap bodies with each other. Who are their favourite TV moms? What is the funniest thing their kids have said to them? Find out in this hilarious segment. ABOUT JASMINE HAN Jasmine Han was educated in the US, and is the co-owner of SLAP Dance Studio, where she is a pole dance and striptease instructor. She met her husband in a pub that she used to run, got knocked up, got married, and moved back to her hometown of Singapore, where her family lives. She is a working mom with two kids (and no helper), and wants more kids. Connect with SLAP Dance Studio for the latest updates on classes. ABOUT SHELLY HOLLY Shelly Holly hails from Texas, and she met her husband on Match.com. She recently relocated to Singapore because of her husband’s work, and became an expat mom. She has come to realise that for every culture, there are different ideas as to how children should be raised. She has one kid, no helper, no car, and no paycheque. ABOUT I AM NOT PERFECT, I 'M A MOM Most motherhood books tell you how to be the perfect mom and how to raise the perfect kid. This is not one of those books. This is a collection of light-hearted, true stories about the bizarre experience of pregnancy, attempting to avoid public tantrums, making it through the terrible twos (and ones, threes and fours) and trying not to punch the husband while he is trying to be “helpful”. Jasmine Han & Shelly Holly, both moms with three young kids between them, regale us with their humorous collective experiences about surviving, and not perfecting, motherhood. You can get the be book online or follow its updates on Facebook SUBSCRIBE TO TOMBOY TIRADE ON ITUNES & STITCHER OR DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE ABOVE.

In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven along with Singapore's funniest man, Fakkah Fuzz head to his hometown mansion in Malaysia to ring in Eid. We find out what makes this funny man tick and what he looks forward to for "Hari Raya" or Day of Celebrations after a month-long of fasting. It's Eid or Hari Raya as the folks here in Malaysia and Indonesia like to call it and we're ringing it in with Singapore's funniest man right now, Fakkah Fuzz as the Tomboy Tarts are invited to his village countryside home (or should we say leaky shack) in Malaysia for the holidays. Yes, it's time to 'balik kampung' here on Tomboy Tirade! Three days roll by and Fakkah Fuzz has yet to arrive to join them on their Raya holidays. So the tomboys are left to feed the chickens in the meantime. When Fakkah arrives later, a thunderstorm brews and everyone is forced to head inside for shelter and have a chat about the Eid/Hari Raya celebrations and more. When skies clear, the trio decide to head back into town and call their countryside holiday quits but of course, end up getting stuck in another disastrous ending. Listen and find out what it is time time on a brand new episode of the show! IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: 1. GUEST BIOWe find out more about Singapore's funniest man who's been compared to Eddie Murphy. This stand up comic who began his stage antics 5 years ago talks about how he stumbled into stand up comedy. Bring some Red Bull y'all. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS- Raven and Persis tirade about Taylor Swift's recent spat about music subscription fees with Apple and their new music streaming services.- Persis and Raven take the mickey out of Jeb Bush's recent announcement about his Presidential candidacy. We ask just how many Bushes are out there running for president?!- And oh lord, is the Singapore government going round suing more bloggers again? Yes, as Persis and Raven try to figure out what is going on in this island nation where young, outspoken citizens are being way over-punished for their rants. 3. HARI RAYA DELIGHTS- Fakkah Fuzz lets us in on what he looks forward to on "Hari Raya" or Day of Celebrations and of course what he dreads. It's not all about 'Collect Duit' OK? Find out more about the Tomboy Tarts at our official site at http://tomboy-tarts.com And just an important announcement to all our listeners. We will be moving out of Podomatic end of July because well, they screwed us up. BIG TIME! So we'll no longer be posting our episodes there. Instead, we'll be hosting our shows on Blubrry on our own brand new feed. On 1 August, unsubscribe to our current ITunes feed and delete the playlist and then resubscirbe to our new feed on Itunes, which we'll be blasting all over the place.

In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven are excited to attend their first ever comic con. But things go awry when the tomboys run into their nutty nemeses Nuchtchas and Tek, of the Nutty Bites geek podcast. The nutty duo is plotting to take over the comic con and now seeks revenge against the tomboys for accidentally blowing up their peanut butter factory. Can Persis and Raven survive crunch time or will they be crushed into bits in this very nutty episode? [shortshare] LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON PODOMATIC It's comic con season and "Gandalf apprentice" Persis and "Mcfly wannabe" Raven are excited to attend their first ever convention. Things started to go awry when the tomboys were kidnapped by their nutty nemeses, Nuchtchas aka Nutty & Tek aka The Clockwork Doctor, hosts of the Nutty Bites podcast and owners of a peanut butter factory. The supervillian duo has been plotting to take over the comic con until the tomboys came along and disrupted their plans. Nutty and Tek are looking to seek their revenge as they have yet to forgive Persis and Raven for accidentally blowing up their peanut butter factory back in the Night of Nutty Bites Kind episode. All tied up, the wacky tomboys hatch their out-of-the-world escape plan. But first these two nutcases need to distract their enemies by discussing everything comic con, including cosplay, how to plan and survive your first comic con experience and the panels that we are looking forward to - Star Wars and DC presentation for the upcoming San Diego Comic Con which takes place from 9-12 July. Will Persis and Raven make it through come crunch time or are they a few nuts short? If you are as excited about the San Diego Comic Con as we do or wondering what to expect for your first comic con, check out and go nuts over our special comic con edition of Tomboy Tirade! LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON MOBILE. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: 1. GUEST BIOWe find out more about our guests, Nuchtchas aka Nutty & Tek aka The Clockwork Doctor who are hosts of the Nutty Bites Podcast. Nutty Bites is a monthly podcast that is focused on highlighting what’s awesome in geek & pop culture with debates about geeky topics like “Who is the Most Ineffectual Character in SciFi”, “Favourite Villains”, and “Best Lame Super Powers”. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS- United Passions: How FIFA spent millions on a film where Sepp Blatter is a hero- Screen legend Sir Christopher Lee passed away at age of 93- CBS Supergirl pilot "leaks" to pirate sites. 3. DISCUSSION TOPICS- Comic Con Cosplay and the story behind The Clockwork Doctor- Comic Con Survival 101 in a nutshell- San Diego Comic Con- Suicide Squad- Batman v Superman: Justice of Dawn NIMLAS STUDIOS ORIGIN STORY NIMLAS Studios is a website that publishes podcasts, fine art, fiction and articles for people interested in geek culture and creativity. NIMLAS Studios is focused on bringing you interesting original content as our primary mission. While nimlas.org was launched in 2004 it was in 2009 that the site has evolved into NIMLAS Studios and focused more on content creation. As the internet changes and new media becomes old NIMLAS Studios will evolve and grow. The creators are as follows: ABOUT NUNUCHE NUCHTCHAS Artist by day, blogger and podcaster by night, Nuchtchas (nicknamed Nutty) (Artist, blogger, podcaster, gamer, roleplayer, and self professed “Geek Queen”) is the chief editor and director of nimlas.org and NIMLAS Studios. While currently based in Ontario Canada with spouse andDragon, Nuchtchas is often traveling back where she came from, New York and all around the United States. Creating from home or on the road NIMLAS Studios can claim to have 30% Canadian Content. Connect with Nuchtchas on the Nutty Bites Facebook page or as @Nuchtchas on Twitter. ABOUT TEK - THE CLOCKWORK DOCTOR Steampunk Plague Doctor, Costumer, and Lover of SciFi. Real life Weapons Technician, and Writer’s Tech Consultant. Founder of the Dead Tree Society. You can find The Clockwork...

In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven are taking their new stint as Gotham City Police Department detectives pretty seriously as a spate of iconic DC Comics villains go missing. With the help of GeekGirlCon's Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell and her sidekick, sub-editor and master geek expert of geek site, justsaying.asia, Ryan, the crew delve into the dark archives of Gotham City to find out where our favourite villains have disappeared to. All our favourite DC Comics villains, Papa Midnite, Dr Harrison Wells and even Dr Crane (Scarecrow) have all gone missing in this week’s DC Comics-themed episode! What gives? In Gotham City, all our favourite DC universes merge at the home of The Dark Knight. We catch up with Detectives Persis and Raven of Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) as they try to solve an excruciatingly mind-bending missing persons case involving iconic villains of DC. They receive valuable intel from their guests, social media manager of GeekGirlCon, Kristine Hassell aka Kitty Woman, long lost cousin of Catwoman had sidekick, Ryan, a major DC Comics geek and sub-editor of justsaying.asia to find clues and information on these missing villains at the archives section of Wayne Tower. Kristine and Ryan share their passions, theories and more about DC Comics, as well as television shows, The Flash and Gotham. If you’re a DC Comics geek and want to know more about this year’s GeekGirlCon and why you should be there as well as first hand perspectives of your favourite DC Comics heroes and villains, you’ve got to listen to our 50th episode of blockbuster proportions. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: 1. GUEST BIO We find out more about our guests Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell, who is the social media manager for GeekGirlCon - an annual convention held in Seattle that celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to geek culture and Ryan, the sub-editor for justsaying.asia, passionate DC Comics fan and comic book writer. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - The fate of Constantine, Season 2. - DC Comics move from New York to California, Warner Brothers Studios. 3. DISCUSSION TOPICS - The Flash Chronicles - Villains of Gotham ABOUT OUR GUESTS KRISTINE HASSELL Kristine "Kitty Woman" Hassell, is the social media manager for GeekGirlCon - an annual convention held in Seattle that celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women world-wide and creating community to foster continued growth of women in geek culture through events. Connect with Kristine Hasselle on the GeekGirlCon Facebook page or as @GermanCityGirl on Twitter and find out more about this years GeekGirlCon. RYAN Ryan is the sub-editor for justsaying.asia who grew up on Marvel and then moving over to Superman and then thinking flying was a pre-requisite to being an actual superhero. Unfortunately, Ryan found out that that wasn't one of his specialties as he grew up and quickly realised that there were other superheroes in the DC Comics universe that required no special aviation or flying skills. Connect with Ryan at justsaying.asia. GEEK GIRL CON ORIGIN STORY GeekGirlCon celebrates and honors the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; and game play and game design by connecting geeky women world-wide and creating community to foster continued growth of women in geek culture through events. The first inkling of GeekGirlCon took form at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010. Mixed into days of programming focused on superheroes, blockbuster films, and popular television celebrities was a panel called “Geek Girls Exist.” Despite this panel being scheduled at the same time as the popular Scott Pilgrim panel, the room was packed. This panel dedicated to female geeks and nerds motivated a huge audience to come together and celebrate geek girls. Harnessing the momentum, these women and their supporters...

In this episode, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven are taking their new stint as Gotham City Police Department detectives pretty seriously as a spate of iconic DC Comics villains go missing. With the help of Geek Girl Con's Kristine "Kitty Woman" Haselle and her sidekick, sub-editor and master geek expert of geek site, justsaying.asia, Ryan, the crew delve into the dark archives of Gotham City to find out where our favourite villains have disappeared to. Watch out for our 50th episode which drops on the 11 June!

Football fever has taken over Tomboy Tirade as the 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Canada from June 6th to July 5th! In our World Cup Special, we are joined by Tameka Butt, Australian professional football midfielder who plays for the Australian Women's Football Team The Matildas and representing her country in the upcoming World Cup and super fan & women sports advocate Danielle Warby, This week on Tirade, Persis and Raven find themselves on the same football team as their favourite football star, Tameka, who is represnted by Danielle. Up against vicious opponents who are playing dirty, there's only one problem. They both play football, badly. How is this going to work out for the hapless tomboy duo? Will they kicked in their butts or find a wacky way to score some goals? Kicking into your iTunes and Stitcher on 28 May! Here's what went down this episode: 1. GUEST BIO We speak to Tameka Butt to find out how she feels about representing Australia in the upcoming World Cup and find out from Danielle Warby how she plans her big trip to support The Mathildas in Canada. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS a) TICKETS FOR WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FINAL IN VANCOUVER ARE SOLD OUT. The ticket sales are going strong as the excitement builds up for FIFA Women's World Cup in June. As of May, 2 matches have been sold out, including the final. Yes, all 48,000 tickets for the July 5 championship at B.C. Place in Vancouver are gone. Eventually, FIFA and Canadian Football Association officials are hoping to reach 1.5 million in ticket sales for the month-long tournament that will showcase matches at six venues from Moncton to Vancouver. b) THE LINEUP FOR THIS EDITION OF WORLD CUP HAS INCREASED TO 24 TEAMS, FROM THE ORIGINAL 16. The new debuts include Thailand, Switzerland, Spain, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Nederlands and Ecuador. c) BBC HOLDS ITS FIRST EVER WOMEN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD - This year BBC world service is holding its first ever Women's Footballer of the Year award. The five nominees are Spain's Veronica Boquete, Germany's Nadine Kessler and Scotland's Kim Little, Brazilian forward Marta and Nigerian youngster Asisat Oshoala. The winner will be revealed on BBC World Service on 26 May after being decided by a public vote. 3. FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP WINNER PREDICTIONS – The 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Canada from June 6th to July 5th. 24 teams of the best women players from all over the world will compete for the World Cup title. This will be Australia 's 6th appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, having only missed the maiden edition in 1991. The national team that is also known as The Westfield Matildas, has twice reached the quarter-finals in 2007 and 2011. The Matildas start their FIFA World Cup campaign against the USA on the 8th of June. Can the Matildas tip World Cup scales against USA, Sweden and Nigeria in the Group of Death? 4. CHALLENGES FACING WOMEN FOOTBALLER AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SPORTSWOMEN. Sportswomen face sexism on many turns from close scrutiny of their looks to not getting the respect for what they do. A point which is illustrated by the Women’s World Cup being played on turf, something the male players would never be expected to do. Sportswomen need more sponsorship and media coverage to make their sport more popular. But media outlets and sponsors would only invest more time and money if women’s sport attracted more interest in the first place. How do we get around this problem and attract more fans to support women's sport? 5. QUIZ TIME! Who will kick "butt" in our infamous Tirade quiz? About Tameka Butt Tameka Butt is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for the Australian Women's Football Team The Matildas & Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League. She'll be respresenting her country in the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. Follow Tameka on her blog or find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. About Danielle Warby Danielle Warby is a sports fan, advocate...

What, football season is over? Nope, with the FIFA's Women World Cup just right around the corner! That's right, we give you the complete low-down on this on an upcoming brand new episode of Tomboy TEE-RAHD! Featuring Tameka Butt who will be representing Australia for the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and Danielle Warby, The Matildas Fan no, 1 and women sports advocate. We talk everything about women's football or soccer for our US fans, challenges faced by women sports professionals and predict the winners for the World Cup. Kicking into iTunes, Stitcher and everywhere else on the 28 May!

"This week's episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Persis and Raven find themselves as agents trying to escape S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters during an attack from some nasty Asgardians, along with Matt and Pete, hosts of the Phantastic Geek podcast, who are also agents secretly working for a sub-section of S.H.I.E.L.D, also known as G.E.E.K. Listen as we talk Agent Carter, Avengers: Age of Ultron and more." The Tomboy Tarts, Raven and Persis once again, find themselves in a precarious adventure, this time with Matt and Pete, hosts of the Phantastic Geek podcast, as S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters are compromised by Hydra to allow for some nasty Asgardians, loyal to Loki to attack. Along the way, Raven and Persis find out that Matt and Pete are also secret agents working for a sub-section of S.H.I.E.L.D, also known as G.E.E.K. and they lead the Tomboy Tarts to a secret underground exit to find a way to escape. As they trudge through dark corridors and tunnels to find an escape, here's what went down this week: 1. GUEST BIO We find out more about how Matt and Pete came together as hosts of The Phantastic Geek podcast and recall their close encounters on the podcast with Ming Na-Wen and Clark Gregg, who play Agents Melinda May and Coulson from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D TV series. 2. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS - The success of the female Thor series. Apparently, first four Thor female-edition comic books have sold more than any male Thor comic books in 2012, proving that girlpower is more profitable. - there's also a secret Marvel movie about a lesser-known character called Crash Ryan that's in the works right now and we'll wait to see if this relatively unknown Marvel character's film will be able to hold steady at the box-office. - For Incredible Hulk fans who want to see a stand-alone Hulk film, the news is that it could or couldn't happen, only because the comic book character hasn't exactly had the best box-office run in ages and also because Marvel Studios and Universal still have to trudge through gazillion contracts in order to settle rights issues. How long that would take is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, expect to still see Bill Bixby hitchiking his way through episodic adventures on the 70s Incredible Hulk TV series now syndicating on the Syfy Channel. 3. AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D vs AGENT CARTER Then, it's time to clear the air on the Agent Carter vs Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D argument. Who wore their spy better? Peggy Carter or Agent Coulson and his band of merry S.H.I.E.L.D vigilantes? Matt, Pete, Persis and Raven weigh in on the the intricacies of the two TV shows so far. 4. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON As the Asgardians close in, the Agents of G.E.E.K along with Agents Raven and Persis must find their way to Agent Coulson's bus before it's too late. In these trying moments, they decide to talk about Marvel's latest blockbuster, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. (Not much spoilers really, so you can listen safely) Things then start looking really dismal but Agent Pete finally leads the group to the workshop where 'the Bus' is waiting to pick them up or leave them dangling off a rope? Listen to this exciting Marvel-themed episode to find out. Phantastic Geek is a pop culture podcast, hosted by Matt and Pete where they bring you the best of pop culture via articles, podcasts, videos and more. You can find them on Facebook and Twitter or you can follow them individually on Twitter below: Pete: @pieterjketelaar Matt: @lookingbacklost Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our official video and for more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow or like us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and our official fan page on Facebook! Can't get enough of Tomboy Tirade? Then subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher. Click below!

"The comedy duo Persis and Raven, runs a comic shop this week in this comics themed episode of the Tomboy Tirade." It’s a slow sales day, even as the comic book shop is slowly overrun with customers turning up in superhero costumes. But first, the Pawn Star Wannabes have to channel their Kevin Smith and decide if Patrick ‘s zombie baby dolls are a good bargain for the shop. Things never stay quiet for long in the wacky world of Tomboy Tirade. Are those customers your typical cosplayers or do their superhero costumes look too realistic even for fanatic fanboys and fangirls? How did a typical day at a comic book shop explode into a Marvel versus DC superheroes showdown? Here's what went down this episode: 1. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS a) WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHITE ACTORS GONE? - Entertainment news site Deadline came under fire after claiming that white actors were having a hard time getting jobs as shown by all the hiring for TV pilots of "ethnic" actors. Editor Nellie Andreeva appreciates diversity, but “whoa;" she wrote, it was overkill. b) IS ENTHIC CASTING A FAD? - This is following by a half-hearted apology , which excused the intent of the article as to examine if the "uptick of TV pilot casting of people of color" over white actors was just a "fad”. c) NEW WONDERWOMAN COSTUME - Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon and one of the founders of Image Comics, does not like the Wonder Woman costume and took to Twitter to express his opinion. “I’m tired of the big two placating a vocal minority at the expense of the rest of the paying audience by making more practical women outfits." 2. SHE MAKES COMICS - We speak to Producer Patrick Meaney about the making of “She makes comics”, what it is like being on the road to promote it and the audience response to the documentary. She Makes Comics is the first film to bring together the most influential women of the comics world and features interviews Ramona Fradon, Trina Robbins, Joyce Farmer, Karen Berger, Kelly Sue DeConnick, G. Willow Wilson and Gail Simone. 3. QUICK FIRE WITH PATRICK MEANEY - It’s time for our infamous Tirade Quickfire session with Patrick! Is he a superhero or supervillian under the mask? Listen to find out! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PATRICK MEANEY Patrick wears many hats – he is a writer, producer, director and editor, all rolled into one. This comics lover is the filmmaker behind the documentaries featuring Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman and Triphouse. He currently writes Last Born for Black Mask Studios and one of the co-producers for his documentary “She Makes Comics”. Check out his site at http://www.patrickmeaney.com/ and follow him on twitter @patrickmeaney WATCH SHE MAKES COMICS DOCUMENTARY She Makes Comics traces the fascinating history of women in the comics industry. Despite popular assumptions about the comics world, women have been writing, drawing, and reading comics since the medium’s beginnings in the late 19th century. And today, there are scores of women involved in comics and its vibrant fan culture. Featuring dozens of interviews with such vital figures as Ramona Fradon, Trina Robbins, Joyce Farmer, Karen Berger, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Becky Cloonan, She Makes Comicsis the first film to bring together the most influential women of the comics world. The documentary debuted online in December, and is available for download from Sequart, a nonprofit organization dedicated to comics research and literacy. It will also be shown at several comic conventions and film festivals this year. To find out more about the film and where you can watch it, check out its website: http://sequart.org/movies/6/she-makes-comics/ and follow She makes comics on Twitter and Facebook. WHO ARE THE TOMBOY TARTS Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our official video and for more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow or like us on Twitter,...

It’s a Nutty Bites Kind of Night this week on the 46th episode of Tomboy Tirade! as Persis suffers from some serious peanut cravings! She ropes in tomboy BFF, Raven to break into the Nutty Bites Peanut Butter factory one night, owned by Nuchstas and Tek, also co-hosts of the geek podcast, Nutty Bites, to steal their one-of-a-kind peanut butter. With crates of peanut butter all stacked and loaded up in a Nutty Bites delivery truck, the Tomboy Tarts attempt to flee the scene before they get caught but unfortunately, the truck doesn’t have enough fuel to make that quick getaway. To top it all off, they get caught in the act by Nuchstas herself. Persis and Raven try to scam their way back into the factory to look for fuel for their truck. Knowing that they’re in one of the stickiest situations yet, Persis and Raven get into discussion with Nutchtas on all the geeky things she likes. Here's what went down this episode: 1. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS a) Spiderman Reboots in 2017 (again?!) b) Smartwatch Treats at Mobile World Congress - Do we really need them? And are they really taking us to the futuristic promised land or have we surpassed the innovation peak in tech? 2. ORPHAN BLACK S3 - It's finally here!All tomboys rejoice as the show's third season premieres 19th of April. So what are we expecting to see and what have we liked about the series so far? 3. IT'S IN A NUTSHELL POP QUIZ! - Persis, the game master, gets Raven and guest, Nuchstas from the Nutty Bites podcast show to answer a round of 5 simple questions based on their knowledge of peanuts. Who wins and who literally gets ground before this whole night is over? Listen to find out! This episode features music from: M.I.A – Matangi Public Enemy - Nighttrain Thomas Dolby – Close but no Cigar FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE NUCHSTAS Artist by day, blogger and podcaster by night, Nuchtchas (nicknamed Nutty) (Artist, blogger, podcaster, gamer, roleplayer, and self professed “Geek Queen”) is the chief editor and director of nimlas.org and NIMLAS Studios. While currently based in New Brunswick Canada with spouse and Dragon, Nuchtchas is often traveling back where she came from, New York and all around the United States. Creating from home or on the road NIMLAS Studios can claim to have 30% Canadian Content. LISTEN TO THE NUTTY BITES PODCAST: The Nutty Bites Podcast is a monthly podcast that is focused on highlighting what’s awesome in geek & pop culture with debates about geeky topics like “Who is the Most Ineffectual Character in SciFi”, “Favourite Villains”, and “Best Lame Super Powers”. You can email nuttybites@nimlas.org or call in (347) NUTTY-42 or join the facebook group, google plus, or subscribe, with the links below to join in the geek fun!

How nutty is nuts? Well, we give you the complete low-down on this on an upcoming brand new episode of Tomboy TEE-RAHD! Featuring Nuchtas, co-host and self-confessed geek of the Nutty Bites podcast right out of Canada, we talk everything Orphan Black, the new Spiderman reboot and even have time to play a quiz focused on - you guessed it - NUTS! Coming to iTunes, Stitcher and everywhere else on the 16 April!

Feathers are ruffled as the Tirade tomboys serve up a comedic roast of wacky proportions! Persis and Raven are waiting their turn at a local comedy roast. Unfortunately they are up against the wildly popular comedic duo of Crispy the Talking Cock and Cindy his human sidekick from Singapore. The Tirade tomboys need to get rid of their competition. But now? They decide they first have to know their enemy by "warming up their dinner", so to speak. Crispy the Talking Cock and Cindy have a daring new show coming up in April, Singapore Stripped, where they strip away Singapore’s artificial, shiny façade to reveal its comical dark side. Our first news highlights was Vladimir (Voldermot) Putin, who refused to comment on why he suddenly disappeared for 10 days, where he canceled a trip to Kazakhstan, shelved a treaty signing with South Ossetia and skipped out on a meeting of top officials from Russia's domestic intelligence service, the FSB. Naturally the internet went into overdrive, including on Tirade, which involves tanks, Borat and Vodka. Jeremy Clarkson was fired from BBC and landed straight into comedic roast pit. Is BBC killing its golden goose? Why are grumpy old men like Clarkson so popular in UK? What does BBC really stand for? How does an assault becomes a "fracas" when Jeremy punches his producer? On Aug 9, Singapore is planning a big birthday to mark its 50th anniversary of independence. Now 7 August has just been declared as public day so that half of Singapore can cross over to Johor to annoy our neighbours. What is the national bird of Singapore and why does Crispy bear a grudge against Malaysia? We get a sneak peak at Crispy and Cindy's new show as they roast one by one, Singapore 's top tourist spots such as Marina Bay Sands, The Singapore Zoo and Orchard Road. Fries and soda not included. Then it is time for Crispy and Cindy to go on stage and they killed it. Threatened, Persis and Raven decide to take drastic action and create their own "fracas". How are they going to get out of this mess? Will they be burnt to a crisp? Stay tuned for a crispy new episode of Tirade, ruffling your feathers 2 April on iTunes, Stitcher and Libsyn! SINGAPORE STRIPPED! (R18) A Comedy Roast of The Lion CityThe first ever COMEDY ROAST of Singapore takes you on a HILARIOUS WHIRLWIND TOUR of the Lion City. Crispy the Talking Cock - a DEMENTED ROBOT CHICKEN and Cindy Fung - his human sidekick - STRIP AWAY Singapore’s artificial, shiny façade to reveal its COMICAL DARK SIDE! This is the SG50 SHOW the Government DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE!! Singapore Stripped is a breakneck, 60-min show packed with RUDE JOKES, PARODY SONGS and a SIDE-SPLITTING SLIDESHOW that REVEALS key moments in Singapore’s HIDDEN HISTORY! Perfect for SINGAPOREANS, EXPATS and TOURISTS – this show guarantees to ENTERTAIN, SHOCK and THRILL anyone with a TWISTED sense of HUMOUR. Event Date: Wed 1 Apr - Sat 20 Jun 2015 8.30pm Venue: Paulaner Clarke Quay Ticket Pricing(Excludes Booking Fee)Standard: S$28 Get your tickets now! http://www.sistic.com.sg/events/cstripped2015 Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our official videoand for more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow or like us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and our official fan page onFacebook! Can't get enough of Tomboy Tirade? Then subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher. Click below!

The Tirade tomboys are up to their tricks as they ruffle some feathers at a local comedy roast, with wacky duo Crispy the Talking Cock and Cindy, his human sidekick. With Who will be the subjects of the first ever Tirade roast this week? Stay tuned for a crispy new 50 shades of awesome episode of Tomboy Tirade, fries and coke not included.

The Asian Insurgents are coming as the Divergent sequel, based off on the Veronica Roth books, hits theatres this week! The Tomboy Tarts, Raven and Persis once again, find themselves on the run. This time they are factionless, fleeing out of dystopian Chicago on a train. They bump into the Disoriented Comedy faction members, Jenny Yang and Atsuko Okatsuka, who are also on the run and looking to escape a city at war. Jenny and Atsuko share their story on how Disoriented Comedy came about and how they forged a pretty cool comedic partnership and their upcoming nation-wide tour with the rest of the Disoriented troopers. Then we talk about the Asian American comedy revolution in the USA – why Fresh off the Boat, an autobiographical new comedy series based loosely off of chef Eddie Huang’s life, has changed the game and reaction sentiments to the show. Then it’s time to take Jenny Yang’s best-loved Buzzfeed video series on YouTube ‘Ask an Asian’ and place our guests on the spot (with spicy sauce of course). Watch the video below! Nobody wins except the newly formed Asian Insurgents as Jenny, Atsuko, Raven and Persis take a final stab at escaping. Will they succeed? You’ll just have to listen to find out! Disoriented Comedy is the first-ever nationally-touring stand-up comedy showcase that features the fresh and diverse voices of Asian American female-identified comics and the diverse friends who love us. In cities throughout the country, Diso¬riented Comedy creates a unique lineup of nationally-touring talent with local, up-and-coming Asian American female comics. While the tour's focus is on showcasing Asian American female comics, Disoriented Comedy's productions feature unique comics of diverse race, sexuality and gender not often seen on mainstream comedy club stages. Seeking a suppo¬rtive network of comed¬ians, and a desire to build audiences and community, Los Angeles-raised Atsuko Okatsuka and Jenny Yang and Seattle-based founding co-producer Yola Lu created “Dis¬oriented Comedy.” This first-of-its-kind comedy show debuted in Summer 2012 to a sold-out audience of nearly three hundred comedy lovers in the historic David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The sold-out tour has taken the fresh voices of Asian American female comics to colleges and universities such as Wellesley College, Pomona College and Loyola Marymount University, and standing-room only shows in Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California, and the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, California. The troupe are now holding a show March 26, called the Family Reunion so if you're in LA, go check the show out. Tickets are priced at USD$10 plus service fee. We were told you'd need to hold your pee in a bottle. :) More details below. You can connect with Jenny and Atsuko on the Disoriented Comedy Facebook page and on Twitter. Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our official video and for more tomboy-related stuff, visit us at Tomboy Tarts, the official online home of Tomboy Tirade, the comedy chat podcast. Follow or like us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and our official fan page on Facebook! Can't get enough of Tomboy Tirade? Then subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher. Click below!

It's our Insurgent-themed episode coming atcha from the dystopian world of Veronica Roth's best-selling young-adult fiction novels. Our guests this week are the Asian Insurgents of comedy, Jenny Yang and Atsuko Okatsuka from Disoriented Comedy in LA. Disoriented Comedy is the first-ever nationally-touring stand-up comedy showcase that features the fresh and diverse voices of Asian American female-identified comics and the diverse friends who love us. In cities throughout the country, Diso¬riented Comedy creates a unique lineup of nationally-touring talent with local, up-and-coming Asian American female comics. Tune into a brand new, slightly delayed episode of Tomboy Tirade to see if Jenny, Atsuko, Raven and Persis can make it out of Chicago on time and in one piece.

"This week, Persis and Raven embark on an Indiana Jones style of adventure of their own. Joining their quest for a 2500-year old missing lamp is travel blogger writer, and history geek, Candice Walsh. But the stakes are high, as they are not the only ones coveting the precious artifact. Can the zany trio survive Soviet spies, time travel and nasty bugs in this zany new episode of Tomboy Tirade?" The tomboys are in Greece but a beach holiday is far from their minds. With help of an ancient map that Persis had conveniently “borrowed” from the Metropolitan library, they are on hot a trail to unearth a mystery lamp. While excavating a top secret site, they run into Candice Walsh from Newfoundlands, Canada who is living the dream and the travel blogger behind the “Candice Does the World”. She offers to help with the digging that makes Raven very happy. Persis remains skeptical of her motive. The year has just started but many avid travelers have already looked ahead and planned ahead for their vacations. For those who can’t make up their minds, there is the Lonely Planet ‘s list for the top 10 countries to visit in 2015. Singapore tops the list, which is a big surprise for Raven. Candice did not have high hopes for Bosnia and Herzegovina, which she only visited because she won the trip to in a lucky draw but it turns to be unspoiled paradise and now she wanted to visit the neighbouring Serbia. Persis is attracted to Ireland and Candice talks about her experience about going there to find her roots, which involves seaweed baths, drunken Riverdance and 10 days of epic fun in the surfing town of Silgo. The discussion turns to Airbnb that has run into trouble with a few countries lately. Candice is a big fan of the service, having gotten some really good deals including a stay on a Greek island and opportunities to interact with the locals. The tomboys want to hear about Candice travel adventures last year where she spent the first half of the year in Europe. From New York, she flew to Greece and traveled to Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina before rounding the year off with a Caribbean cruise. Candice discusses her first overseas trip, why she is passionate about ancient Greece history, her relocation plans to Berlin later in 2015 and shares her experiences working on in vineyard and olive farm in Greece. Behind the glamour, traveling for a living is a lot of hard work. How do you sustain yourself while traveling or make your dream trip without breaking the bank? The trio discusses travel hacks, managing your budgets, online resources, how to get the best deals, Aktarer Zaman who is sued for sharing cheap flight loopholes, nomadic Matt and his new book, “Travel the world on $50 per day” and how people can get “high” from traveling. Then it is fun part, the Rapidfire section with Candice where we find out about her “spacious” experience in Amsterdam, most memorable food experience, dream vacation spot and whether she would get a second travel tattoo. After all the tedious digging, the trio uncovers and locates the missing lamp! But alas, as it always does here on Tomboy Teee-rahd, things took a complicated and disastrous turn as the Soviet army strikes and Raven decides to take matter into her own hands. So what happens in the end? Well you’ve got to listen to find out, right? About Candice Walsh Candice Walsh is a redheaded Newfoundlander who travels and writes and the brains behind the popular travel blog Candice Does the World. Her travels have taken her around Canada and the world with stopovers in Greece, South America, Iceland, Ireland, South Africa, Jamica, Jordan, to Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the a Caribbean. You can connect with Candice on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Or sign up for her mailing list. Go on, say hi, ask her about traveling, tell her she is beautiful or all three :) Of course, while you're doing that, don’t forget to check us out, the Tomboy Tarts! Here’s our...

In this tyre-screeching 42nd episode of Tomboy Tirade, the Tomboy Tarts, Persis and Raven, are planning to illegally gate-crash the Oscar Odyssey Awards, a cheaper, China-made version of the Academy Awards, with their friends and accomplices from Canberra, Australia, the Silver Screen Queens, Katie Malloy and Melissa Savage. Persis and Raven travel in style in Ellen Degeneres’ limo to the awards venue. Along the way, Persis reveals that Ellen Degeneres’ limo is packed full of surprises, from a built-in toilet to a mobile vet clinic run by every animal’s favourite doc, Dr Doolittle who lives in one of the limo’s glove boxes. As the Tomboy Tarts approach the awards venue, paparazzi are gathering all over the place but thanks to their crazy limo driver, Nitro’s stunt-driving skills, the girls manage to evade them. Not surprisingly, Raven gets car sick and pukes all over the place, just as they discover that the Silver Screen Queens were already at the awards, trying to sneak in, quite unsuccessfully backstage and are now on the run from security. Nitro screeches off and manages to eventually drop the girls off at a quieter part of the awards venue parking lot at Backstage D before unexpectedly getting into a hit and run with Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhall and an angry cat. To avoid being caught, they escape, unseen backstage where they shred the month’s Oscar news and controversies from the surprisingly lack of diversity in this year’s Academy Awards to the increasing Americanisation of the awards resulting in the dearth of appreciation of films from the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada and Asia in the main categories of awards. After that, Persis trawls the backstage corridors to get an interview with Sanif Olek, whose film ‘Sayang Disayang’ was Singapore’s official Foreign Film entry in this year’s Academy Awards. Sanif reveals how the film was made, his challenges while making it and the inspiration behind the film. After that, it’s time for Persis to rejoin Raven, Melissa and Kate at the awards show as they review some of the nominees in the main categories of the awards this year before it all goes to pots when Dr Doolittle, who escapes his glove-box veterinary clinic and takes over the wheels of Nitro’s limo, gatecrashes the awards show, while accepting his award. Who crashes and burns during this star-studded ceremony? Well, you’ll have to tune in and find out, won’t you? IN A NUTSHELL: Tomboy Tirade Ep 42: The Oscar Odyssey Awards f. Silver Screen Queens & Sanif Olek Teaser | The Tomboy Tarts travel in Ellen Degeneres’ limo to the Oscar Odyssey Awards and meet Dr Doolittle Guest Intro | Say hello to the Silver Screen Queens who are on the run from security. News Highlight 1 | The lack of diversity at the 2015 Academy Awards News Highlight 2 | The increasing Americanisation of the Oscars, the death of the Australian film industry and the ‘apology award-makeup rule’ practised so blatantly at the awards. Sanif Speaks | Persis chats with veteran Singapore filmmaker, Sanif Olek on his feature debut, ‘Sayang Disayang’. The 2015 Oscars Predictions Outro | Dr Doolittle gate-crashes the Oscar Odyssey Awards. Meet Sanif Olek! A Singapore producer, director and filmmaker who has been pounding the pavements of directing for TV and films in Singapore since 1998. A full-time freelance director, Sanif's first feature length Malay film, ‘Sayang Disayang’, is Singapore's official entry into the foreign film category of the Oscars. The film has won rave reviews and is travelling the film festival circuit as we speak. Support the film by heading to the film's official Facebook page to find out where it's screening next. Read more about Sanif in this recent interview on the Insider's Guide to Singapore. Based out of Canberra, Australia and not too far away from us, The Silver Screen Queens are Katie Molloy and Melissa Savage, 2 film enthusiasts who met at film school and have come together to produce and host a weekly film review podcast. They...

Get ready to gatecrash the biggest film awards in town, our very own Oscar Odyssey Awards, an award show that's kind of like the Oscars, except it's the cheaper, made-in-China version. Get cozy with us backstage, front of stage and everywhere else as we present to you the next zany episode of Tomboy Tirade, Asia's biggest and ONLY all-female comedy chat podcast featuring film review podcasters, the Silver Screen Queens from Canberra, Australia and Sanif Olek, director and producer of 'Sayang Disayang', a contemporary Malay film that was Singapore's entry into the Foreign Film Category in the 2015 Academy Awards. It's everything Oscar-licious in this next episode so get your VIP Access passes to the show that drops on the 12 February!