Geek Herring

Geek Interviews: Gender Identity and Modern Medieval Life with Jamie

July 12th, 2019  |  58 mins 8 secs

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Have you ever wanted to live out your medieval life dreams in a safe and modern way? This is exactly what today's guest, Jamie Unrau, does with the Society for Creative Anahcronism. Today, we're talking about this cool, geeky hobby, their gender identity and journey, and the intersection of both.

Geek Girl in the News: Gender discrimination in game development, FFVII, & female representation in video games

July 5th, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

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The latest and greatest geek girl news from June 2019 covers gender discrimination in game development, FFVII Tifa's chest restriction, E3's sad state of female representation, girls wanting to avoid the "geek" label, and the Amazon/Netflix OTP.

Geek Herring Reviews You're Never Weird on the Internet... Almost by Felicia Day

June 28th, 2019  |  48 mins 25 secs

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Love her or hate her, Felicia Day is, without question, Queen of the Geeks! This week on Geek Herring, we're talking about her hilarious and insightful, yet neurotic, autobiography, You're Never Weird on the Internet... Almost. Listen in to find out whether or not hosts Monika and Amanda enjoyed it!

Geeking Out About Anime and Manga with Jannie & Nat

June 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Calling all our anime and manga lovers.... this episode is for YOU! We're joined by our guest experts, Jannie and Nat, who are sharing their views and thoughts after spending much of their lives involved with this community.

Geek Discussion: Rising Representation and Diversity in Video Games

June 14th, 2019  |  37 mins 37 secs

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Representation matters. In careers, media, and now, more than ever, video games! 2019 has been bringing us a whole amazing host of different character types: LGBTQ+, race, ability, size, and more!

Geek Girl in the News: Gillette's transgender ad, an end to child marriage, and Georgia's abortion bill

June 7th, 2019  |  58 mins 36 secs

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The latest and greatest geek girl news from May 2019 covers Gillette's newest ad featuring a father and his transgender son, Nigerian geek girls fighting for an end to child marriage, Netflix taking a stand against Georgia's new abortion bill, R Patz officially becoming Batman, football, Hearthstone Grandmasters, and more!

Geek Herring & Chill: Upcoming Excitement, Host Updates, & Mental Health

May 31st, 2019  |  40 mins 3 secs

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Sometimes you need to just sit back, relax, and shoot the breeze. So rather than stick to one episode topic, we decided to go free and talk about anything and everything that comes to mind in the geeky world. From the upcoming pop culture we're looking forward to, to what we've been up to, to mental health and gaming - time to grab a cuppa and join this friendly conversation.

Geeking Out About Game of Thrones

May 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 25 mins

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Geek Discussion: Women in Game Development with Three Extra Lives

May 17th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Female game developers are an important part of the game industry! Women have an active and substantial role in not just indie games, but AAA titles as well, including some extremely well-known games. We're joined by Thom Knight from Three Extra Lives to take in some trivia before chatting about women in game dev.

Geek Girl in the News: Space Trolls, Skyrim Granny, + Blizzard Employee Tracking

May 10th, 2019  |  43 mins 49 secs

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The latest and greatest geek girl news from April 2019 covers the next Tomb Raider installment, black hole scientist, Katie Bouman, vs internet trolls, Blizzard's employee pregnancy tracking, Game's Industries top 100 most influential women in game dev, Chicago's first black, lesbian mayor, and Shirley Curry (aka Skyrim Granny) getting immortalised in Elder Scrolls VI.

Geeking Out About Avengers: Endgame: Mental Health, Politics, + Representation

May 3rd, 2019  |  56 mins 4 secs

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Avengers: Endgame just might be the perfect ending to a decade long love affair with these Marvel characters. Not only these characters, but the actors portraying them, have grown in our hearts and lives. Who hasn't had a conversation with their friends of Iron Man vs Captain America, right!?

Geek Interview: Feminism and Gender with Dr. Sol Haring

April 26th, 2019  |  46 mins 7 secs

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Feminism and Gender is something we discuss often at Geek Herring but this week we are lifting the bar and talk with Dr. Sol Haring - a scientist whose research fields include New Media, Ageing, and Gender - about different kinds of definitions of the two, how to make feminism fun again, and how to be more aware with our language to include everyone on the gender spectrum.

Geeking Out About Unicorn Store: Embrace Your Weird

April 19th, 2019  |  52 mins 36 secs

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Unicorn Store is Brie Larson's directorial debut! It's a bright, colourful, and totally extra coming of age film tackling some pretty tough issues. Learning to love yourself and those around you for who they are, even if you come with extra glitter and rainbows, and embracing your weird ass self, even when it feels like the whole world's against you.

Geek Girl Reviews: The Mask You Live In (Exploring Toxic Masculinity)

April 12th, 2019  |  48 mins 22 secs

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While we're a geek feminist podcast, it's so important to understand why toxic masculinity exists. Though not the norm for most men, toxic masculinity is so hate filled and violent that it breeds and seeps its way through society and culture as a whole. But why does it happen?

Geek Milestone: Celebrating 25 Episodes of Geek Feminism

April 5th, 2019  |  1 hr 16 secs

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Our critical geek culture podcast is officially 6 months old! Thank you so much for joining us for the last 25 episodes. We're celebrating what it means to be a geek feminist and what avenues hosting Geek Herring has opened up for us.

Geek Girl in the News: Women's History Month, All Female Space Walk, NBA 2k!

March 29th, 2019  |  34 mins 3 secs

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The latest and greatest geek girl news in March 2019 covers the Women’s History Month, NBA 2k draft picks, history’s first all female spacewalk (however since recording, has been cancelled due to incorrect space suit size!), Brie Larson’s directorial debut, and Final Fantasy XIV race confirmations!