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In 2006, the Geek Syndicate was born. And who came roaring out but a pair of crazy-yet-loveable geeks by the names David “Monts” Monteith and Barry “Nuge” Nugent. Producing a weekly (well most of the time) podcast celebrating and commenting all aspects of geek life GS is one of the longest running geek related podcasts in the UK. It’s critically acclaimed, irreverent, touching, intellectual, nonsensical, fairly drunken, incredibly sexy, hilarious…er…and stuff.

Aug 29, 2015

Monts flys solo and interviews comics maestro Al Ewing.

A stalwart of British comics Al is making his name having just signed a n exclusive contract with Marvel Comics.

In this episode he talks about his beginnings in comics, 2000AD and his work at Marvel. We briefly touch upon some of Marvels diversity issues befor...


Aug 21, 2015

With Monts off somewhere doing his acting thing Nuge brings in GS team member Ant aka Wedgedoc and straps him into the podcasting hot seat.

News

  • Wedgedoc talks Arrow Crossovers
  • The Fantastic Four Flop get talked about which leads into a Hot Potato

Hot Potato

Has the world has enough of superhero films

Week that...


Aug 5, 2015

In this episode our Northern Hobgoblins debate Orcs and their place in geek fiction including:

     Are Orcs racist or snobbish or both?

     The Noble Savage

     Other narratives of the Lord of the Rings

     Glorantha's Trolls and hateful Broo

     Walking bags of experience points and the...