Geek Syndicate

In this special episode the guys take a break from the usual ramblings to talk to Julian Jones, one of the creators of the hit BBC series Merlin. We talk to Julian about what it's like being the fable 'Dr Who' slot as well as his thoughts on the cast. He also gives us an insight into the how he came involved with the series and how it has developed and evovled through it's run. Along the way Julian reveals his favourite episode. We finish up with a look forward to the future of the show and the possibility of a second season. Enjoy!!!

It's episode 100 baby! that's right finally it's here. In true EPOCH fashion they make a last ditch attempt to ruin things. We had quite a bit of distortion on the episode which needed to be edited out hence the slight delay getting this episode out (curse you EPOCH!). In this special, feature length, episode we are both in the same location drinking a lot of whisky(surpirse) while trying to put the geek world to rights. Look out for drunken reviews of Smallville(I know!), Quantum of Solace, Sleeper, Echo, Rock Night and more. In our main (which we did announce but was so distorted we had to edit it out...sorry) feature we answer a bucket load of questions sent to us by you guys. Enjoy and thanks for listening and supporting Geek Syndicate!!! Get Yer Geek on Ninjas!!!

With one episode to go to their 100th episode EPOCH make their strike against Geek Syndicate. In a lethal cyber-attack Barry's hard drive is fried erasing all trace of episode 99 forcing them to not only miss a week but to record the episode. Highlights from this week's thrilling adventure includes reviews of indie comic Damnation, the two minute preview of the Doctor Who Christmas Special, Merlin, Legend of the Seeker and The new Star Trek trailer. The main feature is the lads trip to the Thought Bubble Comic Con in Leeds. Can they survive...tune in to find out

Here we go again on another crazy ass ride into geekdom...GET YER GEEK ON NINJAS!!!! This week the boys discuss the Heroes firing scandal, The Last Dragon remake(Why!!!??) and the newest con on the block,Cymru Con 2009. In the week that was the week long UK Zombie fest Dead Set is reviewed. The guys also review the indie comic Harker, Flash Gordon issue 2, Serenity: Better Days and Dave tries to come up with a new segment. In the main feature the London MCM Expo is given the once over  and the winner of the latest writing competition is unveiled. Oh and an old seasonal friend makes a welcome special! Enjoy!!! 

So once again gentle listener we find ourselves on the scariest day of the year All Hallow’s eve. In this blood curdling episode the guys discuss David Tennant’s departure from Doctor Who and idea of who to replace him. There’s also some chat on IPhones and comics  In the week that was Dave rectifies his mistake on the last episode and the boys are able to sit down a review the first episode of the US version of Life on Mars. There are also reviews of The Ultimates 1 & 2 (better late than never) Sanctuary and the novel Arrowhead by Paul Kane. In the Halloween inspired main feature the guys chat about some of the thing from their life as well movies, comics, books etc that scare the beejezzus out of them. Enjoy! Only a week to go until voting ends on the 2008 Podcast Awards so please head over to www.podcastawards.com and vote for us in the Entertainment category. Cheers guys and beware the giant pumpkin !

Voting for the 2008 awards are now open and thanks to you awesome people we have been nominated in The Best Entertainment category. Voting takes only a few minutes (if that) and you can vote once every 24 hours for us. So if you like the podcast and want to show that then please head over to www.podcastawards.com and vote for Geek Syndicate in the Best Entertainment category. Voting ends on Nov 6th. Also please feel free to nick this post and post it up on your own websites. Spread the word! Many thanks for voting guys! Barry and Dave

The nights are drawing in and the weather is getting colder but Geek Syndicate is still here lighting that fire in your geeky underbelly! In this week's episode (only 3 away from the big 100) the guys discuss and reflect on the first cast photos from the upcoming Star Trek movie. The boys commiserate with Terrance Howard as he is booted off Iron Man 2. Finally the war against EPOCH has it's first champion in the shape of the W.A.R DC. In the week that was there are reviews of Marvel Heroes,The Encyclopaedia of classic Saturday night telly, Strontium Dog, Half Dead, Sanctuary, Life on mars (kind of), Sarah Jane adventures and Kin. Dave announces the winner of the 'name Dave's new Doctor Who podcast' competition and Notes from Nuge makes a welcome return. In our main feature we take a look at the upcoming Thought Bubble Festival in November. Big thanks to everyone who nominated us in the 2008 Podcast Awards!Enjoy

In a departure from the usual format (can you have a usual format after only 1 episode?), episode 2 is a live recording of Karl's Science of Superheroes panel at the Birmingham International Comic Show. Find out how Spider-man can climb walls, how to make yourself invisible, the truth behind Wonder Woman's lasso, who would win in a fight between the Blob and the Juggernaut, and much, much more. Hopefully you'll be able to make sense of what's going on without the visuals and look out for some familiar guest victi....er, I mean volunteers. Hope you enjoy it! If you have any comments or suggestions, you can contact Karl at sciencefriction@ymail.com

In this week's comic heavy episode the guys review some of the stuff they picked up from the Birmingham International Comics Show. Reviews include Flash Gordon issue 1, Dexter's Half Dozen, Devoid of Life, High Pilot, Thugs and DFC. In the main feature the boys discuss their experiences at BICS 2008 and some of the panels they attended. Also the guys find their new Smallville in the shape of Knight Rider. Enjoy and remember... as High Pilot would say ' SOMEWHERE THERE IS TROUBLE!"  

Welcome to Episode 23, where Comic Racks will engage you with tales of squidgy fingers, job-miffs, and podcast-theivery...and then actually get on with the episode itself.This week we have real-people news (Comic Racks, Jamie Smart, and Almost Dr Karl Byrne)and some pretty spiffy reviews:Deadpool #1 and 2Big Hero 6 #1The Dead #1Our Top of the Racks are as outstanding as ever with a controversial Tail thrown in for good measure (via a big joint fume about Forbidden Planet)...Our main topic this episode is less of a blow-by-blow account of Brum Con 08, but rather more of a how-drunk-did-we-get-and-what-panels-did-we-miss? account Join us as we ramble about our celebrity new best friends, the panels that we *did* manage to get to, and what we got up to with all our forum buddies We round off with some cracking Rack Music (Clint Eastwood from Gorillaz and Cath... from Death Cab for Cutie), as well as a rather dubious Peeve...Tune in next fortnight for an Ask the Racks special and don't forget this is the last ep

In this special panel, recorded live at the Birmingham International Comics Show, the guys are joined by four UK comics titans. Dave Gibbons, Doug Braithwaite, Paul Cornell and Mark Buckingham discuss who the UK comic professionals have invaded the US and what their impact has been. We also discover the differences working in both the US and the UK as a comic professional and what it takes to break into the US market. Look out for a vidcast of this event coming soon! Enjoy!

In this week's episode the guys gear up for their annual trip to the Birmingham International Comics Show. There's still enough time to chat about the crazy new tv pilot coming soon called 'The Grayson's, the upcoming webseries Loner, the Sweat Watch(I kid you not), the Cylon Toaster(still not kidding) and a look at the brand new Spirit trailer. There are also reviews of Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods, Dresden files: Grave Peril, Monster and Star Wars the Force Unleashed on the Wii. Enjoy and to those going to BICS we'll see you there!  

Science Friction: Where sci-fi meets sci-fact! Where your devilishly handsome and witty (not to mention humble) host, Karl Byrne takes a look at the real science behind science fiction, from time travel and alternate universes, to evil clones and superheroes.Episode 1To start the ball rolling, and in honour of the world surviving the Large Hadron Collider (aka "big scary black hole machine") being turned on, in this episode Karl talks about blackholes: what they are, where they come from and the reality behind what we've seen on TV and in the movies. He also reviews some of his favourite sci-fi books, TV shows and movie's that involve black holes and as an added tells you how the sun is going to die.If you have any questions or comments about the show or any suggestions about what you'd like to hear in future episodes, you can contact karl here on the forum's (where he's known as Carlitobaby) or alternatively email him at sciencefriction@ymail.com.So have a listen and then come along and watch him make a fool

The is a quick 2 minute reminder about the 2008 Podcast Awards Well everyone it's that time again. Last year we ask you guys to nominate us in the 2007 and podcast awards and the response was fantastic. I'm sure you will rise to the challenge once more. Although we didn't win we did get nominated and given the numbers and podcasts involved that was a huge achievement so thanks to everyone who voted. So if you like what we've been doing on Geek Syndicate then please vote. We've got out 100th episode coming up so to get a 2nd nomination would be an awesome way to celebrate our 100th episode! It only take a few mins out of your day so please vote today(wow I just made that rhyme). NOMINATIONS CLOSE AT 2359 ON SEPT, 30th SO PLEASE NOMINATE NOW. VERY IMPORTANT: You only get to submit this form "1" time. Fill it out completely! Once you hit Submit you are done for 2008! Do not submit the same show in multiple categories. Exception: "You can submit a Show for "People's Choice" or "Best Produced" and one other

We return to our usual disorganised ‘format’ in this episode – join us as we discuss the not-so newsworthy-News, a wide ranging Reviews section, groovy Top of the Racks, very dis-similar Rack Music, and a bit of a natter about the upcoming Birmingham Con (without knowing who was doing what events/panels – which helpfully went up the day after we recorded!).Prepare for tangents-a-go-go as we get distracted (surprise!) over Jamie Smart drawing robots hurling over nuns, Stace diving on creators, Iz going dreamy over Almost Dr Karl and his debut at BrumCon.Reviews include: Mummy 3, Angry Gnome’s Short Stack, Mercury & the Murd, Catwoman #82 and True Story Swear To God.Top of the Racks this episode are Fat Chunk & the Judge Dredd Megazine’s Tank Girl – both of which *everyone* should pick up Rack Music: Biffy Clyro – Mountains, Jonathan Coulton – Skullcrusher Mountain

Join us as we continue our epic march towards episode 100 with another trek into the fertile land that is Geek. Before the boys can get a head of steam going they are already tearing to shreds the new Bond theme Another Day to Die. In the news the guys dicuss the crazy idea of a Naked Gun movie without Leslie Nielsen, the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, how Vigrin Comics have gone liquid and Warner Bros earns itself a few dry slaps. Moving onto The Week that was there are reviews of Umbrella Academy: Apolcalypse Suite, Batman: Going Sane and The Hunter: 3 Terminal Oblivion and well as a brief mention of a few 2000AD titles In this week's main feature Barry watches his last ever episode of Smallville as the lads take us on a whistle-stop tour through some of the season openers. Some the shows covered are Supernatural,Smallville, Merlin, Sarah Conner Chronicles and more. Be warned there may be a few spoilers bumps(massive ones for Smallville) along the way but nothing you can't handle. Also the winner of

Welcome to more underbelly trawling in the murky world of Geekdom. This week there is some excessive use of the f word and bad singing (I know surprise) from the outset...you have been warned. In the news we talk about some of the claims being made about Transformers 2 and Star trek. Dave reveals his lack of excitement for season 3 of Heroes. In this week's week that was we chat about Spooks code 9, Buffy, Infinite crisis and Secret invasion what we think so far, Samurai Girl and Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. Week that was kind of became our main feature as we went into a discussion/ rant about well Geek Marketing I guess and how Comic/tv companies could better use of the tools around them. Enjoy! Please Nominate GS in the People's choice and Entertainment categories of the 2008 Podcast Awards over at www.podcastawards.com Thanks all!

That's right people after we're are back after our month long hiatus and we're back with a bang!In our main feature we have the first ever podcast interview with Drew Pearce, the writer/ creator of the new superhero sitcom 'No Heroics' coming to ITV2. It will be the channel's first ever original sitcom.Drew reveals the origin of the show and it's cast as well as his own comic roots before taking some questions from our forum members.Warning this episode contains bad signing from the outset! News We have a brand new website! Ghostbusters 3 the movie is on but maybe not the game! News on the US remake of Life on Mars An old pain in the ass returns to 24. Hadron Collider...lovely invention or the end of humankind ? A new sci-fi show about an alien invasion of earth...how original ! Week that was Quick interview with Jon Harrison at Forbidden Planet's 30th anniversary party. Kick Ass issue 4 and the movie adaptation chat. Gravel the ongoing comic series by Warren Series The Mummy 3 Criminal macabre antholo

In this super-duper special episode, The Ladies of the Racks get up close and personal with none other than Ubu Bubu creator and all-round cool dude, Jamie Smart!Alas, there are no news and reviews segments, but heck, who needs those when you have a awesome interview?? Especially when said interview reveals a deep seated hatred of Jaffa Cakes, a general fear of selling oneself at conventions, a far too large amount of talk about cat porn, and the revelation that Jamie Smart smells. It's true. No, really.Sir Jamie Smartington sticks with the girls through Rack Music, almost causing a divide in Rack City, and even puts forth a Peeve of the Fortnight. Like this podcast wasn't filled with enough vitriol All this plus girly squeals, more random swear words than you can shake a stick at and a whole lot of fun!~ Please to note: We apologise profusely for the sound quality of this episode. Unfortunately technical difficulties minutes before recording and the Pamela program's all-round hatred of Racks fun lead to a ra

SURPRISE!!!!..In this super secret episode Barry and Stace from Comic Racks join forces in this explosive episode. No episode blurb just sit back and wonder at just how many tangents these two can go off on without their respective co-hosts to keep them on the straight and narrow. Oh and there might be some singing...you have been warned! Enjoy!!!!