GeekOut with Spencer & Kevin

Hey there listener! After 3+ years, 130 episodes, and a whole bunch of incredible conversations with incredible people, Spencer & Kevin have decided to hang up the GeekOut hat for other projects. If you'll miss us, don't fret! This is by no means the end for Spencer & Kevin, so be sure to keep an eye out for whatever projects are coming down the pipeline. We love you and can't wait to see you around the bend! Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom Baby!

For the first FreakOut of 2021 the Not Brothers go to fiction other worlds as Not Spencer recounts his experience watching the Netflix original series Alien Worlds. Excited for Marvel's "What If?" series? Then imagine that for all of life! From Wikipedia - Alien Worlds (TV Series): Alien Worlds is a British sci-fi nature docufiction narrated by Sophie Okonedo. The 4-part miniseries, depicted by using CGI techniques, blends fact with science fiction and conceptualizes what alien life...

This Week’s Geek - Gab Bottoni: Twitter - @gabbottoni This Week’s Topic - The Real Housewives of New Jersey: (Source: Wikipedia - The Real Housewives of New Jersey) The Real Housewives of New Jersey (abbreviated RHONJ) is an American reality television series that premiered on May 12, 2009, on Bravo. Developed as the fourth installment of The Real Housewives franchise, it has aired ten seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women residing in New...

Its that time of year folks! Time for the Not Brothers to look back on yet another year of geekin’ and freakin’. Unsurprisingly for a look back on 2020, it felt like we had some of these episodes literal years ago. Remember when you could invite a guest over and record in person? Or just you and your Not Brother? Wild.

This Week’s Geek - Devin Henderson aka the Professor of Danity Kane: Twitter - @hideous_toad Instagram - @hevindenderson This Week’s Topic - Danit Kane: (Source: Wikipedia - Danity Kane) Danity Kane is an American girl group composed of members Aubrey O'Day, Dawn Richard and Shannon Bex. The group originally had five members, but Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett left the group in 2008, and Aundrea Fimbres left in 2014. Formed on the third iteration of MTV's Making the Band reality...

With a single act of destruction, Sylvanas Windrunner has ripped open the way to the afterlife. Azeroth’s staunchest defenders (The Not Brothers of Earth's GeekOut with Spencer & Kevin) have been dragged into all-consuming darkness. An ancient force of death threatens to break its bonds and unravel reality. And that force is presubscribing to and playing WoW once again. Kevin - @RuthInComedy (Twitter and Instagram) Spencer - @whoisspencer (Twitter) / @theotherspencer (Instagram) GeekOut -...

This Week's Geek - Cam Herdt: IG - @mistercam Twitter - @camherdt Spotify Playlist - A playlist of jam bands including Phish. DM for link if interested This Week's Topic - Phish: (Source: Wikipedia - Phish) Phish is an American rock band that formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and...

1, 2, 3, More / Tell us that you want some more / Of us talking about / Video games that came out a while back! (Name that tune!) And also, listen to the latest episode of GeekOut where the Not Brothers talk about their love-hate-gottoplay relationship with Blizzard's Hearthstone. Fun fact, after this conversation Not Spencer can't stop playing (and losing!) at the Battlegrounds mode in Hearthstone. Have you played? Share your thoughts with us and maybe your loved ones! We both want to hear...

This Week's Geek - Layne Gerbig: Check out some of the podcasts Layne has worked on with her work at Knowable (https://www.knowable.fyi/) including Go For Launch with astronaut Scott Kelly (https://www.knowable.fyi/courses/scott-kelly) and others coming out soon! This Week's Topic - The State of Ohio: This week we take a page out of the Statesmen (https://statesmen.libsyn.com/) and talk about Layne's home state of Ohio. For more Ohio love, be sure to check out the Statesmen episodes on...

Well it seems to be that time of year folks, both Halloween and Anthony Rossi (IG/Twitter - @ImARossi) on GeekOut season! We reflect on Halloween's past, scary movies, and candy preference among a bunch of other things. If you want to hear more frequently from Anthony you can check him and other friends of the show Tim Ferrari and Stuart Hicar on their podcast Statesmen (https://statesmen.libsyn.com/)!

This Week's Geek - Cat Huck: The Neo-Futurists: The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral https://neofuturists.org/events/the-infinite-wrench-goes-viral/ This Week's Topic - Online Dating: (Source: Wikipedia - Online Dating Service) Online dating (or Internet dating) is a system that enables people to find and introduce themselves to potential connections over the Internet, usually with the goal of developing personal, romantic, or sexual relationships. An online dating service is a company that...

In a return to our live gaming series GOGO, the Not Brothers try their hands at the indie game sweeping the nation, Among Us. In Among Us, a group of stalwart explorers complete tasks to repair their spaceship while also trying to uncover an imposter among them. The imposter tries to kill crew members off one by one while turning crew members against each other. It is a very fun game and you should check it out on phones and PC (and Mac with an emulator). Let's game!

This Week's Geek - Colin Rourke: https://deathatabakesale.podbean.com/https://logansquareimprov.com/ This Week's Topic - So You Think You Can Dance: (Source: Wikipedia - So You Think You Can Dance) So You Think You Can Dance is an American reality television dance competition show that airs on Fox in the United States and is the flagship series of the international So You Think You Can Dance television franchise. It was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and...

This week we return to wrestling BA-BAY! Not Kevin gave Not Spencer the rundown on the new and upcoming wrestling league, All Elite Wrestling aka AEW. So if you want to dive from the ropes head first into this corner of wrestling we'll give you the skinny on some of the key wrestlers / characters, factions, and storylines. Bada-Bing-Bada-Boom-Baby!

This Week's Geek - Ziggy Williamson: Call your local representatives and let them know you support efforts to support live music and event staff who are struggling in the age of COVID - wemakeevents.org This Week's Topic - Live Music: (Source: Wikipedia - Concerts) A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held...

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Better keep it down because this week the Not Brothers(tm) FreakOut about the Silent Hill video game franchise. Spoilers ahead for anyone who has not played the survival horror franchise and still wanted to check it out, but good times ahead for all!

This Week's Geek - Miranda Rozas: Social Media IG - @sexydragonbuttmuncher Keep an eye out for a documentary in the works! This Week's Topic - All Things Cajun: (Source: Wikipedia - Cajuns) The Cajuns, also known as Acadians, are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and in the Canadian maritimes provinces consisting in part of the descendants of the original Acadian exiles—French-speakers from Acadia in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada. In...

This week the Not Brothers keep the video game train a-rolling as they #FreakOut about the incredible new PS4 game, Ghost of Tsushima. Hear why Not Spencer considers it a solid 9 out of 10 on the GeekOut Gaming Metrics!

The Week's Geek - Ariel Sinha: Social Media IG - @arielsinhaha (To see illustration work) Twitter - @arielsinhaha (For the haha’s) This Week's Topic - Graphic Design: (Source: Wikipedia - Graphic Design) Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography, iconography and illustration. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design, but sometimes the term "graphic design" is used...

Since we seem to be exclusively freaking out about video games these days, the Not Brothers have decided to start giving games a certified GO score out of 10. The first game up for this is Monster Hunter: World which earned a 7/10 for being campy, but fun and for having both good and bad anime troupes throughout the story and game play.