The Geeks OUT Podcast: CW Coming Out Party

The Geeks OUT Podcast

Opinions, reviews, incisive discussions of queer geek ideas in pop culture, and the particularly cutting brand of shade that you can only get from a couple of queer geeks all in highly digestible weekly doses.

In this week’s super sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Calvin Cato, as they discuss J.K. Rowling’s latest TERF musings and the new Chuck Tingle book inspired by it, and celebrate CW stars Chyler Leigh & Lili Reinhart coming out as our Strong Female Characters of the Week.

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BIG OPENING

KEVIN: JK Rowling makes more TERF statements, HP stars and Nicole Maines speak out, WB less so, which inspired a new book from Chuck Tingle 
CALVIN: Actor who played Elongated Man on Flash fired for racist tweets

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DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Artemis Fowl, Stargirl, The Great, Snowpiercer, The Hollow, Ring Fit
CALVIN: She-Ra, Our Worlds at War, Steel, Shantae & the Seven Sirens, Streets of Rage

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Chyler Leigh from Supergirl and Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart come out

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THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Nickelodeon celebrates Pride by highlighting LGBTQIA+ characters & actors

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CLIP OF THE WEEK

New trailer for Lovecraft Country

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THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

• Disney developing a Lionel Ritchie inspired movie musical
• New trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music
• Wonder Woman 1984, Tenet, and Matrix 4 all have been pushed back
• The Oscars look to become more inclusive
• New trailer for You Should Have Left
• New trailer for Archive 

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TV

• Promised Neverland is being developed by Amazon
• Watchmen & Stranger Things win Peabody Awards
• New trailer for Crossing Swords
• New trailer for season 2 of Doom Patrol 
Batwoman will not use the “Bury Your Gays” trope
• Riverdale EP apologizes after being called out by Vanessa Morgan
• Premiere of Love, Victor moved out of respect for Juneteenth 
• MTV Movie & TV Awards postponed
• Revival of Looney Tunes decides no guns for Elmer Fudd 

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COMIC BOOKS

• New details of SDCC’s Comic-Con@Home
• Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day coming in July
• DC Comics officially breaks ties with Diamond

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SHILF

• KEVIN: Wrong Hordak
• CALVIN: Hordak

The Geeks OUT Podcast: Dream Daddies of Riverdale

Geeks OUT Podcast: Dream Daddies of Riverdale

In this week’s episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @JonHerzog (on Instagram), as they discuss the game Dream Daddy: a Dad Dating Simulator coming to Oni Press as a 5-issue comic series, decipher the new Riverdale promo for Season 3, and celebrate Marsha Cooke taking on #Comicsgate trolls as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

In this week‘s super-sized episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by Jon Herzog as they discuss the game Dream Daddy: a Dad Dating Simulator coming to Oni Press as a 5-issue comic series, decipher the new Riverdale promo for Season 3, and celebrate Marsha Cooke taking on #Comicsgate trolls as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

 

BIG OPENING

KEVIN: 90’s Nick shows are coming to new streaming platform NickSplat
JON: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator comics are coming to Oni Press

 

DOWN AND NERDY

KEVIN: Dollhouse, The New Mutants, Hunt for Wolverine
JON: BlacKkKlansman, catching up on comics, Binge Mode Harry Potter podcast

 

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER

Marsha Cooke & comics professionals speak out against #Comicsgate

 

THIS WEEK IN QUEER

Gotham’s Cory Michael Smith stars in indie movie 1985

 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

New promo for season 3 of Riverdale

 

THE WEEK IN GEEK

MOVIES

New trailer for Bad Times at the El Royale
• Final trailer released for The Predator

 

TV

• First peek at the new (last) season of Game of Thrones
First look at The Haunting of Hill House series on Netflix
NBC releases the first 10 minutes of Manifest
Hulu orders animated comedy Solar Opposites from Rick & Morty creators
New trailer for Hulu’s The First

 New trailer for Season 2 of Big Mouth
Netflix signs deal with creator of Gravity Falls
Alan Tudyk cast as Mr. Nobody in Doom Patrol
• Titans to debut October 12
New clip for Young Justice: Outsiders
Trailer for Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest

 

COMICS

Shatterstar gets a new costume design

 

SHILF

KEVIN: Shatterstar
JON: Shuri