Marginally Geeky Show

Man, we might have to rename this podcast, “The LitRPG Show.” So you die in our world and wake up in a different one. Now you have powers and super strength. This new world also behaves much like a game would. You are also able to “awaken” creatures that instantly become your friends. Sounds familiar right? Well this time, you’re at the beach and you are obsessed with fishing and eating sea food. That pretty much sums Heretical Fishing by Haylock Jobson. But does this seas-side version of the litRPG formula hot the spot?Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Imagine reaching the very heights of magical power, becoming so powerful in fact, you challenge the gods and win. So what do you do next? Take a nap. Harold is an all powerful lich who was awakened from his slumber only to find a world that is vastly different from the one who knew. While he’d really like to get back to sleep, he decides to see what this new world is about. Read by an incredible cast at SoundBooth, Harold is voiced by our friend Justin Thomas James and it is no wonder he told us Harold is his favorite character to read for.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

It's our 100th episode and we’re celebrating by looking back or at our favorite books and series through the years. From the Bobiverse to Dungeon Crawler Carl, everyone is bringing their own personal list of what they enjoyed best.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Jennifer Hetzel, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Red Dwarf was a British sci-fi comedy show that aired from 1988 to 1999 on BBC Two. Featuring a cast of colorful characters, the show has lived on in books and other media. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers is book one and serves as prequel / jumping off point for the series. But does it do a good job of it? Does the beloved show translate well into book form? Or will it cause yuo to never give the show a shot if you have never seen it?Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLarenLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

There is no such thing as witches. Well maybe back when they burned innocent women at the stake in Salem. But not in the 1890s. But even then, witches were not real. But what if there were real witches? And what if they had just forgotten the old ways for fear of being found out? And what if the women's suffrage movement caused them to remember the old ways and bring witchcraft back to help fight for women's rights? This month we are discussing The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow.Editors Note: If you listen to this show as an audio only podcast, first, thank you for the support. But we have been doing a lot more stuff on YouTube. This month, I left in the pre-show banter that is on the video version of the show just so you can get a taste of what you are missing.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Imagine waking up up in the body of another person in a mystic land where people can use their chi to do incredible things... then getting you butt kicked. Forget those jerks, I'm going to go far away and just become a simple farmer. But when you have the strength of 10 men and the ability to infuse things with powerful Qi, life doesn't stay simple. Especially when your rooster and several other farm animals learn to do the same!Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books growing up? The ones where you got to choose what happens next and hopefully get to on of the “good” outcomes? Well, they’re back, in POG form! No, as actual books you can read. This month we’re chatting with P.J. Hoover who has written multiple Pick Your Own Quest books as well as books for kids, teens, young readers, and adults. In fact sh’e written more than 50 books as well coded a video game and designed computer chips. Come find out what it takes to design a book with multiple endings!Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Joseph Moroles, P.J. HooverP.J. Hoover on Facebook & InstagramLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Have you ever looked at a character in the background of a movie and thought, “I wonder what that guy’s story is?” Have you ever wondered how a certain character got to that point in the story? Have you ever thought about all of the beings that were lost in that big explosion, even if it saved the day? Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is a collection of 40 stories from characters that filled that original classic. Some are well known characters like Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Grand Moff Tarkin. Others are from those who had very little screen time like Aunt Beru and Biggs Darklighter. And others who you may have never even considered like the mouse droids and the dianoga in the trash compactor on the Star Destroyer.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLarenJustin Thomas James on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Like the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

We love audio books on this show and one of our new favorite production companies is Soundbooth Theater. So we jumped at the chance to interview their COO, project manager, narrator, composer, and all around awesome guy, Justin Thomas James. Justin chats with us about what its like to voice multiple characters in audio books, how he got into doing voice work, and some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into bringing an audio book to life. Also, Final Fantasy!Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Justin Thomas JamesJustin Thomas James on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Like the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

No interview this month, hopefully we can get that together for next month. So in the mean time, we’re discussing other books that we have been reading. Some have been brought up on previous episodes while others are entirely new. So sit back and let us tell you why should also be reading this books… or avoiding them like the plague.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Imagine a world where not only did humans turn things around and not destroy the planet, but we also managed to peacefully co-exist with sentient robots and allowed them to go off and do their own thing? In this month’s book, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, a tea serving monk, Sibling Dex, goes on a journey and meets a robot, Mosscap, who has not been seen for hundreds of years. Together, they try to answer the question all robots have for humanity, “ “what do people need?” The philosophical questions it raises fill the lion’s share of this short yet thoughtful book.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph Moroles, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Grab your boxers and your favorite talking cat, we’re heading back to the dungeon! This month we are discussing the next three books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. In The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Carl and Donut are joined by Katia as they try to traverse the most tangled set of rails ever imagined. In book four, The Gate of the Feral Gods, the group has to work with a bunch of slackers to pop their bubble and escape from gods trying to crush them; even cute giant puppies. And in The Butcher’s Masquerade, things get emotional as Carl and Donut have to face people from their past and strengthen their bond in order to fight for the future. Buckle up, because this series doesn’t slow down from here!Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

It has been 5 years since we last spoke with one of our favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, and a lot has happened. Since then, he has written and released, two more books in the Bobiverse series, Heaven’s River and Not Till We Are Lost, and second book in the Quantum Earth Series, Earthside, two short stories, Feedback and A Change of Plans, and a one off book that may get a sequel as well, Roadkill. We had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Mr. Taylor about all of that plus some other fun things like a crossover he didn’t know about.Next Book: Dungeon Crawler Carl Books 3-7Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph Moroles, Shaun McLaren, Dennis E. TaylorLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

No, this is not a how to guide. But if that is what you were hoping for then this novel might be right up your alley. Murder Your Employer is a novel about the McMaster’s Conservatory School that teachers their students how to properly murder someone, and get away with it. And let’s face it, we’ve all had at least one boss that we’ve maybe thought about it. But does the book make it out to be that interesting? Find out as we discuss Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

Almost everyone on Earth is dead. Everything and everyone you know is gone and you have no time at all to internalize any of it because you are instantly thrown into a fight for your life. No worries, this is going to be fun. Well, for the reader at least. Carl on the other hand has no shoes, no pants, and his only companion is his ex-girlfriend’s cat… who can talk. Believe it or not, as dark as that sounds, this is a hilarious book series we can’t get enough of. Find out why when we discuss the first two books in the series; Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman and Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman.Host: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorolesLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen.You can also find us on Facebook, X and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz

It’s time to check in on the Bobs and see what has been happening in the Universe. Not a lot really, well if you don’t count the fact the Skippy’s have created a true AI. Or that Howard and Bridgette are exploring a new race of beings. Oh and Bob is helping to set up the “Quiniverse.” Bill & Gar might have figured out FTL travel. Faith is causing problems again. Just kidding, all of our old friends are up to more than I can possibly write here so let’s get into it with Bobiverse book 5, Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. TaylorNovember: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLarenLike the show? Support us by rating and reviewing wherever you listen.You can also find us on Facebook, X and Instagram.Listen and subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz

Viv is a real estate agent who is also a vampire. Fox is a medium who is a fraud who is also Death’s god-son. Viv needs Fox’s help to get rid of the ghost who is haunting the house she is trying to sell. Sound’s like a great setup for a story right? Too bad thats the book we were sold and not the book we got. Find out what book we actually read in our review of Masters of Death by Olivie BlakeOctober: Not Til We Are Lost by Dennis E. TaylorNovember: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Jennifer HetzelLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fiw4eHYou can find us on Stitcher here: http://bit.ly/2f1IuYPYou can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2PIJwM7You can find us on Amazon Podcast here: https://amzn.to/35Nop5lYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2fffyO0Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz

Even if you are not a coffee person, there is something to be said about a warm, well lit shop with the smell of roasted coffee beans wafting out the front door. Especially fr those who like to curl up with a good book. Like a fantasy book. Now imagine such a coffee shop set in the fantasy book itself. This month we are reading about such an awesome little whole in the wall run by an orc and a succubus in Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeSeptember: Master’s of Death by Olivie BlakeOctober: Not Til We Are Lost by Dennis E. TaylorNovember: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorelesLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fiw4eHYou can find us on Stitcher here: http://bit.ly/2f1IuYPYou can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2PIJwM7You can find us on Amazon Podcast here: https://amzn.to/35Nop5lYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2fffyO0Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz

It’s always best to hear someone’s story from them. Which is why we have autobiographies. So when learning the story of the Milky Way, it would only make sense to hear it from her perspective. This month we discuss The Milky Way by Moiya McTier where we get a lot of information about the creation of existence right from the sharp-tongued, sassy, horse’s mouth.August: Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeSeptember: Ray’s PickOctober: Shaun’s PickNovember: Joseph’s PickHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray Andrew, Shaun McLaren, Joseph MorelesLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fiw4eHYou can find us on Stitcher here: http://bit.ly/2f1IuYPYou can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2PIJwM7You can find us on Amazon Podcast here: https://amzn.to/35Nop5lYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2fffyO0Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz

Kaiju are giant, monstrous creatures, like Godzilla, best known for destroying cities and wreaking havoc on the planet. But what if they needed our help to stay safe? If there was a place where kaiju could live without harming our world, and could be potentially hunted or harvested for financial gain, you better believe people would try to take advantage of them! This month we explore that idea in The Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziJuly: The Milky Way by Moiya McTierAugust: Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeSeptember: Ray’s PickOctober: Shaun’s PickNovember: Joseph’s PickHost: Eugene StephensGuest: Kris Andrew, Ray AndrewLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fiw4eHYou can find us on Stitcher here: http://bit.ly/2f1IuYPYou can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2PIJwM7You can find us on Amazon Podcast here: https://amzn.to/35Nop5lYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2fffyO0Music by: Peter Emerson Jazz