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A really fun interesting episode as Hope Virgo (author, speaker, campaigner) joins Steven for an extended conversation! They talk about Hopes Battle with anorexia, comparing experiences being in a mental hospital and Hopes book about the experience 'Stand Tall Little Girl'. They also talk about Hopes campaign #DumpTheScales and discuss misconceptions about some disorders!
A really fun episode as Steven travels to Birkley to talk to Darren Taylor and Ian Atkinson from their Empowerment consultancy and training office! The guys talk about Darren and Ian appearing on Mentally Sound, they talk in depth about their disability, what their company offers and the difficulty in mental health awareness and educating companies to talk wellbeing seriously!
Really Fun outdoor episode of the podcast! this is the full unedited version of Steven and Ricki's trip to the Comfrey Project for Mental Health Awareness week! The guys talk to Katherine (session manager) and Suzanne (therapy worker) from the project, Johnny from the charity Handcrafted, Estir from Ethiopia who uses the facility and finally Eleni, who is the director of the Comfrey Project!
its a fun filled hosted episode! Steven (geek_apocalypse) And Ricky (@vividricky) talk gigging and the arena in Newcastle, Steven talks podcasts he is currently enjoying plus his love of abandoned places, the guys talk visiting the Comfrey project in Gateshead and A heartful conversation about why its important for people to deal with mental health issues and being too over relied on for a loved ones happiness.
Gunnar Roxen (sci fi writer: Wyld hunt, Dead Angels) returns to the podcast! he talks to Steven about the writing process, his upcoming third book Firestorm conspiracy and recently becoming a dad! They also talk loving complicated meaningful entertainment as well as equally appreciating silly guilty pleasures, plus the very important attitude of doing the thing you love in life!
A fantastic episode of the podcast as Steven and Ricky travel to the bank of the river tyne in Newcastle to see Nicky Robertson, in her health and wellbeing centre Back to balance (www.back-to-balance.co.uk). Nicky talks about her upbringing in South Africa, running a practice in South Africa, Malaysia and now England and comparing the differences and similarities. they also discuss happiness, as in what makes you happy and how decluttering and not putting your hope in external things can help in leading a balanced life. the guys do this great podcast and debate, all while trying to ignore the hypnotising beautiful view outside Nicki's office!
Its a fun return guest this week! Steven talks to Gary O Brien (Startrekshortfilms.com) about his new Star trek Fan Film The Holy Core! They also talk about his first Fan Film Chance Encounter, the pros and cons of kickstarter, making films on a budget and the guys talk awesome bad films that they have seen recently!
Its a hosted oscar special edition party thingy! the guys talk about Nicholas cage films and his career, the oscars including bohemian rhapsody, fellow brit olivia coleman winning and the controversy surrounding green book and spike lee. The guys talk TV shows they currently recommend, discuss what ever happened to Tom Green and Steven talks to Ricky about writing a book!!
Tom Ross joins Steven on this 2nd fun filled edition of 2019 to talk about creating the website www.designcuts.com, building his business and his love of design! the guys also talk their love for hobbies Plus Steven mentions his idea for his sci fi book and Tom talks about his new podcast The Honest Entrepreneur!
on our first show of 2019, Steven is joined by musician Steve Pledger! (www.stevepledger.co.uk) The guys talk about writing crap songs at the beginning of learning guitar, getting nervous doing gigs, dissecting modern silly songs like clean bandits 'solo' and we end the podcast playing The title track from Steve Pledger's album Striking matches in the wind!
its end of year review time! this is the podcast version of A live mentally Sound show that we did last friday where we look back at 2018, including interviews we did for this show and mentally Sound, plus an interview with Rosie from British red cross and we look ahead to 2019! Happy New Year everyone!
the podcast returns for xmas geek cheer! Steven is joined by his friend Ricky from mentally Sound to talk becoming a dad, plans for the christmas holidays, dealing with stress, anxiety during the winter and the joy of watching the same films at christmas!
In this very special edition of our podcast, we record our 100th episode and reminisce with some of our most featured guests (Steven, Clive and Wayne) favourite moments on their podcasts and vice versa! You can follow Steven on Twitter at @Geek_Apocalypse, Clive at @TheWarpCore and Wayne at @TrekMate1701. Note we had some technical difficulties whilst recording this over skype and the episode does contain some swearing.
Laurence o brien from Wotan games returns to the podcast live from Essen! the guys talk meeting at uk games expo, being in germany for Spiel 2018, lawrence latest board game War of the 9 realms, how board games help our mental health and why they should be used in schools! plus more geeky awesomeness!
in this episode of the podcast, steven provides an update on the podcast from his new place, shares funny stories about the stresses of moving out of his old place to moving in with his partner + he talks also about helping his mam into care and how people talk to you when your an expectant parent.
on this special edition of the podcast, Steven talks about the big revelation he made on last weeks mentally Sound show. Ricky talks about the bbc 3 programme killed by my debt that we covered on mentally Sound. Plus the guys talk about Sacha Baren Cohen, have a frank open talk about religion, Steven talks about a christening he went to where there was an annoying entertainer, and the guys talk taking responsibility!
In a particularly honest and powerful edition of the show, Steve is joined by Ricky to share an update on why Steven had to cancel last minute yesterdays Mentally Sound Radio show. Also, while sharing some key advice on dealing with delirium.the guys also talk the importance of procrastinating, their mutual hate for itvs love island and other similar shows! plus some of the world cup thrown in and our legendary randomness!
A special edition of the podcast as we are releasing the audio version of our last mentally Sound show 2 weeks early for mental health awareness week! we have guests join us in the studio in liz Ferguson from Dyslexia north east and Simon Taylor who is a singer songwriter who plays two acoustic songs of his for us! Steven also talks openly and passionately/powerfully about his mams struggles almost making him miss the show and how the mental health system is failing people who struggle.
In a quest to not be a disappointing sequel ourselves, its a hosted episode! Steven and Ricky talk about weird illnesses, have a fun discussion about unnecessary/disappointing sequels in films, their annoyance at the royal wedding and predict the champions league final (Steven was ridiculously accurate)
Steven solos the show to talk and update about things! He talks about Mentally Sound going to twice a month and doing Geek Apocalypse, talks a bit of history and updates on looking after his mam and provides tips for dealing with someone with depression. He also talks up that the world may not end thanks to north and south korea talking...which is great news! We might not die soon people!
Alex from battlebards (www.battlebards.com) returns to the podcast! He talks to Steven (@geek_apocalypse) about current battlebards news, how providing battlebards (a sound board/mixer for tabletop gaming) has progressed in its history as well as battlebards starting around the same time as Geek Apocalypse. we talk other time Alex was on the show and how to do a successful kickstarter among other things!
Really Fun episode of the podcast! Paul Cram joins Steven to talk Acting with Woody Harrelson and other film work, doing commercials/voice acting and shares a fun story about how well known casting agent Mali Finn told him to embrace being different! Something we definitely approve of. For more info about Pauls work, go to http://www.paulcramactor.com/ !
Really fun episode of the Geek Apocalypse podcast as Gary o brien comes on the show! He talks about making Star Trek short Films set in the next generation universe and his current kickstarter for the next story The Holy Core! plus he talks working as a special effect artist on James Bond's Die Another Day and Oliver Stones Alexander, plus how he fell in love with Star Trek in the first place! Please go to www.startrekshortfilms.com and you find the kickstarter and the last episode Chance Encounter!
Steven Hesse- My name is Steven Hesse and I run Geek Apocalypse, the award-nominated media/podcast website, as well as host/produce the award-winning Mentally Sound radio show in Newcastle. I am a great host and I'm insanely curious about life. I occasionally freelance having worked for the BBC and several independent companies and as a youth worker for Barnados and YMCA amongst others. Listen to another #12minconvo
part 2 of Steven (@gek_apocalypse) and Ricky's (@vividricky) talk about the beast from the east! Steven talks about how his dog Lister has reacted to the snow, the guys both talk about looking after their mothers, supporting a depressed person and they joke about hurricane names!!
its a hosted episode! Steven (@geek_apocalypse) And Ricky (@vividricky) joke about the phrase beast from the east (referring to the storm hitting the uk). They also talk how the weather affected them personally, how crap Britain are in a crisis, with some Howard Stern reminiscing and happy accidents!
In a special episode of Geek Apocalypse, this is the whole audio of a live broadcast of Stevens other podcast Mentally Sound, broadcast live on Spic Fm! This show is all about mental Health, so Ricky and I talk for this hour special about our experiences dealing with our personal disorders, plus share some stories encouraging people to talk openly about mental Health! #timetotalk
In this special Episode of Mentally Sound, Ricky and Steven Do an hour of the show for time to talk day! The guys reminisce about previous shows, and share stories about their own experiences about mental health and dealing with their own individual disorders. We hope this helps people talk openly about mental health more frequently, not just for one day. our usual show is broadcast 12 till 2pm on spice 98.8 fm every second friday, you can listen at www.spicefm.co.uk or as a podcast on itunes after the show!
In our latest episode we discuss different aspects on Mental Health in Star Trek with our guest Steven Hesse from Geek Apocalypse and Mentally Sound. #GetTheInsideOut #TimeToTalk We hope you enjoy listening! Please note that we had some minor sound difficulties in recording this episode. You can check out the Geek Apocalypse website at www.geekapocalypse.com, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Geek-Apocalypse-115522948637201/ and follow them on Twitter at @Geek_Apocalypse. You can also follow Mentally Sound on Twitter at @_MentallySound.
Steven (@geek_apocalypse) solos the podcast!! he talks about how helping his mam through tough times has effected doing the show, tips on helping someone through depression, wanting to learn and encouraging curiosity and also his new relationship plus much more!
Ricky and Steven join forces once again to talk all things 2017 in the first episode of 2018! We talk trump, jury service, having children, science discoveries, new years eve, interviews, our own personal happening in 2017 and much more epic funniness!! (apologies for delay of episode, intro explains why)
A really fun Star Trek heavy episode this week as Steven (@geek_apocalypse) is joined by Simon, Phil and Jamie (@theengagepodcast)from The Engage podcast! The guys talk Star trek Discovery, including whether they liked the series,the characters, the pilot, starting the series not on Discovery ship and also more broad topics such as social media, more female roles, the first openly gay regular character on star trek, plus much more!!
its an extra special episode as Steven (Geek_apocalypse) turns 30! his friend Ricky (@vividricky) joins him at his home to talk the milestone age, mutual love of Faulty towers, share stories of how they met, vintage football(soccer) shirts and Steven talks about his drunken birthday weekend!
Steven (@geek_apocalypse) and Ricky (@vividricky) do a hosted episode pre bonfire night episode! We talk fireworks, dumb people, we share embarrassing/funny stories and Steven shares a funny bonfire night related story as well as touching on turning 30 next weekend!!
Steven solos this episode of the Geek Apocalypse Podcast to talk last minute Guest cancellations, the highs and lows of having netflix, The Expanse, his love of Day 9 and youtube, his upcoming 30th birthday and lastly he gives his thoughts/views on the Harvey Weinstein situation.
part two of our hosted episode with Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) and Ricky (@vividricky)! the conversation continues about Kenneth Williams,which leads to a long debate about the works of Michael Sheen, Will Smith, who should of won an oscar and has not, pets and nephews unconditional love and the awkwardness when you see a sex scene with your family.....plus much more! Really fun Randomness!
Steven and Ricky do a hosted episode of Geek Apocalypse!! We talk about our Favorite panel shows past and present,our other mental health radio show Mentally Sound,how we don't get or understand the Great British bakeoff and we talk about channel 4 and its cult panel show from the past Space Cadets!! plus much more! part one of two!
Steven releases a solo podcast to explain and update on lack of podcasts, his difficult last few months including illness and a broken laptop, and also gives tribute to his friend John and his aunti Anne, who both sadly passed away in the last month.
Alex from Battlebards returns to the podcast! :) he talks to Steven about how the audio software for roleplaying games is doing in 2017, we debate subscription vs micro transactions, we get philosophical about happiness and owning a dog, plus alex has advice for anyone doing kickstarters! plus much more!! really fun enjoyable episode! you can go to www.battlebards.com for more info on all that alex and his company are up to! Fun times!
a very delayed episode of the show (Steven has been super sick) as Pamela Niadoo joins us on this episode to talk her book 'Just Friends, the Ultimate girl's guide to male friendships'!! We talk platonic friendships, research into relationships of any kind, how male female friendships can be great and whether friends with benefits can be possible! plus much more! Super interesting show! had a great time! please go to www.platonicplanet.co.uk to find out more info and her book Just Friends, the Ultimate girl's guide to male friendships' is available on Amazon!
Part two of our recent hosted episode! Steven (@geek_apocalypse) and Ricky (@Vividricky) discuss our other podcast mentally sound returning on Spice Fm 98.8 and how that came to be! We talk fantasy drafting and how thats changed over the years (cos we are almost in our 30's) and we reminisce, amongst other things, about guest appearing on bbc radio! Really fun show we had a great time!
Steven (Geek_apocalypse) and Ricky (@vividricky) return to do a hosted fun filled episode! Steven updates on his dogs health, we talk briefly about mental health and mentally Sound radio show returning! We also talk surviving in heat and we talk the prank shows starting in the 90's, plus about shows we love, from past to present!
Steven hath returned! A solo podcast to discuss the reasons behind the longer than expected time off, including Stevens new dog lister and his health issues, problems with evil companies holding you up for money and also talks about Mentally Sound returning to a FM Station plus much more!!
Its part two of our first new years hosted! Steven and Ricky continue their talk about random thoughts, such as Jeremy Kyle, trump, america, their favourite interviews, Opie and anthony and Howard Stern!!
Its our first shows of 2017! Ricky (@vividRicky) and I (@Geek_Apocalypse) gather together to try and reminisce about 2016! We also discuss talk shows we love, British people trying to make it in america, stevens love of poker, our mutual love of David Mitchell plus a whole host of random tangents!!
Neil Gibson (www.tpub.co.uk) joins Steven for the last show recorded in 2016!! We talk his comic book series Twisted Dark, How he started his business, being a writer and editor and his influences! Steven talks interview techniques i.e if he gets a difficult guest and the guys discuss the various way to make and write a comic!! They have a competition going right now where you can produce a video production for Neils Twisted Dark Series! for more info go to Tpub website homepage for your chance to win 500 dollars and more!
Animator, VFX artist, BBC drama maker and freelancer Ken Turner (www.designimage.co.uk) joins Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) on the show! We talk to Ken about working on the video games Aliens versus Predator and others for reflection Studios for other a decade, directing the video games Crysis, plus motion capture and how the process works! We also talk making horror B movies like Parasite and working on the roleplaying book broken Shield with Gunnar Roxen and doing Drama for the BBC, plus much much more! A perfect interesting fun guest for the podcast, a really great episode!
Its our merry merry merry episode......ok xmas ranting episode! Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) And Ricky (@vividRicky) talk the fun and stresses of xmas shopping and how Christmas feels as you get older. The guys share stories past and present about the holiday period and talk their favourite films and songs related to xmas! Fun ranting episode! Merry xmas and happy holidays from everyone at Geek Apocalypse!
Novelist and friend of the show Gunnar Roxen returns to the show!! He talks to Steven About working on his roleplaying book broken Shield based on his Agency Files books,his influences such as Red Dwarf/ sci fi, fighting illness, going to conventions and other geeky stuff in between!! Super fun episode!! for more info, you can check out Gunnars Site at http://www.gunnarroxen.com/
NHS worker and mental health activist Richard Kirby joins Steven on the show!!! We talk his personal challenges for the time to change charity that he has been doing since jan 2014, his experience on Mentally Sound (Stevens other podcast), his own personal experiences and stories and we also talk a little sport, amongst other things!!! Really enjoyed catching up with him, a fun episode!!! to see all of Richards challenges, please go to http://www.richardkirby.org/ for more info!
The personal trainer of Hugh Jackman David Kingsbury joins the podcast!! We talk how he met Hugh, working with Michael Fassbender on Assassins Creed, how he started his business, meeting Chris Hemsworth, working on hollywood films and starting a gym at Pinewood Studios!! To find our more about David and his online fitness courses etc go to http://www.davidkingsbury.co.uk/ for more info!
Hugely fun episode as Alex Hall from Steamforged Games (http://steamforged.com) joins the show to talk Dark Souls the board game!!! We talk Alex designing the game, his career and how he got started at Steamforged, the hugely successful kickstarter for Dark Souls, the joy of an unwelcome Windows update, tattoos and ofcourse, we talk video games and board games too!! you can have a look at the kickstarter for Dark Souls here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/dark-soulstm-the-board-game
A birthday Special of the show As Steven turns 29! Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) And Ricky (@VividRicky) talk ageing, Ricky talks about his love of Ken Loach, they both share their opinion of Donald Trump winning the Election And Steven talks his new girlfriend and his birthday celebrations!!
Stevens old friend Wayne Madden returns to the podcast!! We talk about Wayne deciding to doing a masters this year, hulk hogan, being in a relationship, using twitch, going to mcm last year and much more random awesome talk!!! really funny and laid back!
Our Friends over at The Engage Podcast Jamie,Philip and Simon join Steven to talk their one year anniversary plus all things Star Trek! We talk how the podcast started, how the guys became friends, we dive into the the last Star Trek film and also, we talk to the guys about old series and what they think about the new TV series Discovery, coming soon to our screens! We encourage you subscribe to both shows and also you can find the guys on twitter and at http://www.theengagepodcast.com/
our friend Gary Pollard from mentellhealth returns to the podcast. We talk playing in a football tournament together, his website www.mentellhealth.org, his love of comic books and fantastic four, plus mental health debate and more geeky chat! you can follow Gary @mentellhealth and us @geek_apocalypse !
In a one off special, Steven solos the podcast to reflect positively and negatively about 2 years since being in hospital. He talks openly about mental health, dealing with bipolar disorder, the misconceptions with it,the difference between social and individual responsibility, the stigma and discrimination people with mental health face and how we can better deal with the issue overall for the better of everyone. We hope it helps anyone that listens!
A special episode this week, As instead of a regular sit down conversation with a guest, this is a compilation/best of edition of Mentally Sound, a mental health podcast/radio show that Steven also hosts. The idea being, that if you like what you hear, to subscribe to that show as well as this one. It is broadcast every second friday every month where we have interviews, debates, pre recorded segments, live guests, songs, live performers around the theme of mental health. So I guess not as tangent filled as this podcast normally is. The episodes features clips/interviews or segments with Steven Hesse, Ricky Thamman, Sharon Race, Jules Clare + Victoria, Steve o driscoll, Jenny Wallwork, Steven warberton, Jason(ex army veteran), holly and jo from nhs Humber, mick (a judge who nominated us for awards and more! It also ends with stevens most recent song 'new beginning' which has not been played on this podcast! you can follow us @geek_apocalypse and the show @_mentallysound on twitter!!
Amazing and fun episode as Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) and Ricky (@vividricky) are joined by Claudia Christian!! (@claudialives).We talk about Babylon 5, how she got the role,her acting career in general, plus her guest appearances in shows like castle and Quantam Leap! We also talk her decision to move to the uk, becoming a writer, her book Wolfs Empire, voice acting for World of Warcraft/ Call of Duty and her C3 Foundation which uses the Sinclair method to treat alcoholism.Fascinating to hear about! Also, Steven puts his foot in his mouth when complaining that a geordie was misrepresented on Castle, with hilarious consequences! Its amazing this was only an hour, shes super nice and interesting! For more info about Claudias foundation, go to http://cthreeeurope.com/ and http://www.cthreefoundation.org/ on how they can potentially help you for free!!
Really fun hosted episode!! Ricky (@vividricky) join Steven (@Geek_apocalypse) to talk accents, the english language, the pros and cons of dating, dealing with being moody and tips to deal with someone like that, and steven reveals to ricky that someone he is a fan of is doing the next episode!!!
Laura Napran from Writing for Wellbeing (www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk) joins Steven on the show! We talk How her business started, How writing really does help your well being, mindfulness and its definition, how Laura came here from Canada and our mutual love of poetry and history you can follow(we both have history degrees!) We also talk what her sessions involve, dealing with grief and depression and how turning even the hardest things into a positive. I found Laura fascinating which is why it was hard to end the podcast!! You can follow Laura on twitter @write4wellbeing and us @geek_apocalypse
Steven is joined by Alix and Jo from NHS Humber (thats national health service for none uk peeps) !!! We talk NHS in general, service users, dealing with mental Health, helping people vs helping yourself, Jo and Steven geek out about Derren Brown, we talk hobbies and much more random tangents! really fun debating episode!
Jessica Hawke from Geek Syndicate joins Steven on the podcast! We talk cosplay, liking unconventional things, going to conventions, being a women in geekdom, making your own costumes, writing, blogging, playing games, going to conventions and much more! super fun episode, she is really awesome! You can find her blog/ videos on Geek Syndicate and she is on twitter @JessHawke92 !
Part two of our interview with the great Ryon Day (Geek and Sundries Co-optitude) which we did live on twitch. We talk america, the joys of dating, staying healthy, team hooman, streaming on the internet plus much more conversation!! plus we take questions from the audience as well as the people on the geek and sundry forums!! really enjoyed this was super fun!!
Steven Hesse (@geek_apocalypse) and Ricky Thamman (@VividRicky) broadcast our 15th show, live on gravity radio north east on 11th may 2016! Todays Episode features Shelagh & Lucy, from ‘Pass It On Parents’ - parents/carers charity - chatting on looking after vulnerable children Matthew King, operations manager of ‘West End Food Bank’ - chatting about biggest food bank in UK serving vulnerable people & recent news developments Jina Lewallan, social worker & university lecturer, chatting on difference between American & British social work Phillip Heslop, social worker & university lecturer, chatting about adopted children's mental health Ilana Mitchell, curator of ‘Opera Helps’, chatting about singing initiative service to vulnerable & low mood plus 2 pre recorded interviews from Silverstone (Cygnets Service User Awards 2016) -Alice from NHS England and Mike one of the judges as we were nominated for an award! with hilarious consequences!!
Ryon Day (Geek and Sundries Co-optitude)returns to the podcast broadcast a couple of weeks ago live on twitch! In part one, we catch up with Ryon over the last year about his life, we debate defining things like geek,his fans Team Hooman, we talk photography and also a little about co-optitude plus much more random talk! we are long lost brothers! Co-optitude is available on Geek and Sundries youtube channel every monday and Ryon Day is on twitch https://www.twitch.tv/ryonday
Steve O'driscoll, author and contributor to our mentally sound radio show, joins Steven and todays co host Ricky to talk the show, mental health, dealing with abuse, and we share fun stories about life!! We also debate friendship, whether dedicating one day to things is a good idea, how to turn your life around, we tease Ricky about being smug about being the permanent co host of mentally sound and to end, Steven tells a story about mentally sound being nominated and how the award ceremony two weeks ago was not all that it seems!!! Mentally Sound is a monthly award winning show about Mental Health that Geek Apocalypse produces that is also available as a podcast!! So we obvious encourage you to subscribe to both!
Today we are joined by the delightful Steven from Geek Apocalypse (www.geekapocalypse.com ) in our joint podcast covering ‘FCD Out of The Ashes', 1st April 2016, we recalling our thoughts and feedback from the day's events. We were also going to be joined by Clive from ‘Some Kind of Trek' but sadly he was unable to make the recording' but still a valued media provider for the day – check him out at www.skost.co.uk . Enjoy!
Steven travelled down to Telford for FCD 2016 to talk to Claudia Christian about Babylon 5,her fans, the trouble with conventions,her own Claudia con and doing Playboy. We talk to stuntmen John Corrigan about Bruce Lee, Gene Roddenberry encouraging him, and working on Independent work amongst other things! We finally talk to the great J G Hertzler about playing Martok, politics in America, visitng england,which series was his favourite plus episodes he guested in, and he ends the show speaking klingon!
writer, artist and Union-verse creator Kit Cox joins the show to talk writing the characters Major Jack Union + Benjamin Gaul,life philosophies, influences and more! We talk meeting at MCM, our love of B movies, the writing process and video/board/card games such as his game 'Evil Ted' published by Steve Jackson that may be coming back! really in depth friendly, funny episode :) For more info, you can download some pdfs and more by going to Kits site www.kitcox.com!
Fun international episode recorded a couple of weeks ago as Steven talks to Danish Drawer, illustrator, and DIY Geek Catharina Jorgensen (@Tonniecat)! We talk her involvement in our web series Looking Forward to Failure, how her love of drawing started, her fondness for cooking, generational differences, her heritage, growing up in Denmark, Drawing for other people and ofcourse, we talk being Team Hooman members! I love doing this podcast!
Really fun star trek themed episode as Steven talk to Risa group founder and also creator of fan site Star Trek Risa Richard Evans! We talk Star Trek Series,how his Risa project started, us both being FCD media partners, being starstruck when meeting Garrett Wang, FCD last year, and who would be our ultimate crew across all star trek franchises!! love geeky episodes this was super fun. for more info you can checkout www.startrekrisa.com and follow them on twitter @startrekrisa !
Delayed episode finally released where Steven Talks to his good friend Chris Warburton Brown about how we met,our mutual love of board games, family and his unique job involving permaculture!!! really fun episode with a very fun human being!!!
Really geeky fun robot themed episode as Steven reveals he is actually a robot...only kidding!! Mark Stay (@markstay), Screenwriter of the film Robot Overlords staring Gillian Anderson (x-files) and Sir Ben Kingsley (everything good), talks how the film started, the stress of casting, how the book written after the film expands on the universe and the pros and cons of making a British film. We talk influences, independant versus mainstream filming and also future projects, including maybe a sequel to Robot Overlords!! ( suspense drum roll!) you can find marks blog at http://unusuallytallstories.com/ really great episode!!
part two of our celebration of the 100th show (technically 101 but hey, whose counting...), we play a live version of the 100th song 'save the world' and talk/share stories/reminisce to Drew Gotobed,Gary Pollard (blogger: www.mentellheath.org),Alex Jarzebinski(creator:www.battlebards.com),Harry Bentley(founder:www.dragonhoard.co.uk) Gunnar Roxen (author/writer, wyld hunt+dead angels), Chris Birch (modiphius games) and the hosts of the Engage podcast!! super long extended show, but stick with it its great and a fun way to celebrate 100/101(really)
Its finally here! 99 shows and around 2 and a bit years and we've hit 100 episodes! So happy :) we are a century old!!! not bad for a show that started in someones bedroom aka mine i wasn't a burgler! So for part one to celebrate: we play a song I wrote for the 100th called 'share the world' and talk to our friends Drew Gotobed, Clive Burrell(Some kind of Star Trek), Laurence O Brien( Wotan Games) and Marty and Fran (Gum on my shoe) about the 100th, their episodes they were involved in and we share some fun stories :)
A friend of the show Mr Jules Clare joins Steven for Geek Apocalypse Festive Edition!!! We talk jules growing up in Wales, living in Birmingham, being a poet, city versus country living, the generation difference, we debate bipolar disorder and mental health and Jules gives a great story about his late friend PDO darts Player Phil Nixon. he also ends on some poems!!! you can follow jules on twitter, @jewelster999 and The Jewelster on facebook and his website www.julesclare.blogspot.co.uk!
Great last minute replacement for the show as Gary Pollard from mentellhealth.org discusses with Steven mental health, his accident, how the site started. they also get their geek on about star wars, battlestar gallactica and talk blogging and treatment and being open about things :) super fun and honest! please go to www.mentellhealth.org for more info about gary and also all things mental health!!
Cheryl gives you many ideas for shopping for that special geek person in your life, and Ed reviews the new X-Men Apocalypse trailer. Thanks for listening, SavageTechman aka Ed 12-14-15 Geek Homeworld Blog Geek Homeworld Facebook Page
In our last interview of 2015 we are joined by Steven from Geek Apocalypse as we chat about Star Trek in-jokes and references as well as finding out about Steven's upcoming projects. Find out more today!
A returning friend joins Steven on the show as Dave Cousins, founder of North and South Games comes on to chat his board games,the convention Essen and how he got literally robbed, uk games expo, running a business and we talk the best board games around!!! really fun friend of the show! to find all of Daves games and about his business, go to www.northandsouthgames.com for more info and follow them on twitter @northandsouthgames !
yay!! been wanting to interview John for a While! Steven talks to John Kovalic about drawing for Steve Jacksons munchkin Series, his online Comic book series Dork Tower, going to conventions, how he got started in the business, his love of games and his experience being on tabletop! Super fun!!! you can find john on twitter @muskrat_john and at www.dorktower.com to see his comic book series!!! follow us on twitter @Geek_apocalypse for all things GA!
Steven Heslewood (@Geek_Apocalypse) and guest host Ricky (@vividricky) present our 8th show broadcast live 9/10/15 Content includes Introducing Ricky: Steven talks to ricky about the podcast they did together, benwell and welcome people to the show. Bootham Park Hospital closure (York) and impact on NE - David Smith (H&EY MIND) recorded interview with victoria. Lexie Thorpe – LIVE overview of her series looking at how does local university research in psychology. WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY - Saturday 10 October 2015 - recorded interview with Helen Mackay CEO Mental Health Matters MH News – LIVE – with Sophie helplines – LIVE Catherine (+1) from Tyneside Samaritans Talk about World Suicide Day, new number and closure of other helplines. Danny Bowman – LIVE Talk about latest campaigns and his own background body dysmorphia, mh minister MH in the Workplace - Charles Tyne Recruitment – LIVE Mark Charlesworth service user / owner.
Superly fun awesome episode as Paul Cram (actor) and Robert Scott Norton come on the podcast to talk about Roberts mystery horror novel 'The Face Stealer' of which Paul did the audiobook version!! We talk how The Face Stealer came to be, how Paul and Robert met, american vs english accents, being a geek, character development, Paul acting with Woody Harrelson, independant publishing, favourite tv shows and much more. I loved this episode, super fun guys. You can purchase the face stealer on amazon and by going to www.robertscottnorton.com to find all the books Scott has wrote. you can find more information about Paul by going to www.paulcramactor.com or checkout his IMDB page!
hugely enjoyable episode this week as Wayne and Steven record a live hosted episode on twitch 18/9/15!! We talk about being media for MCM London, wayne being irish, how he ended up in Newcastle, what the best games console ever is, and much much more fun stuff. I love doing these shows, we are going to do more!! Wayne is going to podcast with us doing a show called 8bitgaming, coming soon!! stay tuned for more, and follow us on Twitch http://www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse for more live podcast and gaming content!!
Fun episode as Steven talks to Clive Burrell from SKOST live on twitch (10/9/15) where we talk star trek, growing up a geek, family influences, and how Some kind of Star Trek Started. We also talk the 80's, things we liked growing up, good and bad TV shows and debate star trek crew members, the tv shows and independant versions plus we joke about star trek inconsistencies. Awesome show, Clives a great guest!! You can find Clive over at his website http://trekclivos79.blogspot.co.uk/ and also @TheWarpCore on twitter! if you'd like to watch some live #podcasting you can do so on our twitch http://www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse
Lawrence the owner and runner of the great Wotan games joins Steven on the podcast to talk Camelot the build/court, board games and their upcoming expansion for the build and some new games! Also we share video games we like, we tell funny anedotes about MMO's and shooter games, and we also chat about the pros and cons of kickstarter and deciding to run your own business. note:I apologise for the fan noise in the background, we tried to stop it as much as we could although it was Lawrence laptop, I got rid of as much as I could in post. i hope you can live with it as its a good show. to find more info about Lawrence and his board game company, go to their website www.wotangames.co.uk
Really fun show this week as Simon Cordell from the Engage Podcast joins Steven live on GA's twitch to talk about their star trek podcast The Engage! We also talk star trek,FCD2016, Next Generation, Voyager, uk podcasting, how Simon met his cohosts and we debate funny stuff about star trek and conventions! its a really enjoyable listen! you can find the video version of this podcast by going here http://www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse/v/13267054 to find more info about Simon and his crew, you can go to http://www.theengagepodcast.com/ :)
Really Awesomely great fun geeky episode in which Alec Peters actor, writer, executive producer from Star Trek Axanar joins Steven on the show. we talk star trek franchises, the writing process, how Axanar came to be, the great actors involved (such as the great Gary Graham!), the prelude to Axanar,Alecs history and how you can still donate! Speaking of Donate, If you'd like to donate to star trek axanar, you can here! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/star-trek-axanar their website:http://www.startrekaxanar.com/ this was broadcast live on twitch, follow us to watch more live content! http://www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse
Really awesome podcast as David and Wil founders of FCD Events join us live on the podcast! we talk conventions, star trek, building a community, we debate playfully which sci if series are awesome, celebrity guests and ofcourse we talk FCD2016 in Telford 1st weekend of april! plus much more! to find out more info, you can go to http://www.fcd2016.com/ and BREAKING NEWS Geek Apocalypse we will be there helping !!! :) so excited!!!!!!!!!
wow, one of the best podcasts from start to finish I think weve done! Steven talks to writer, bloggers and skype ambassadors Marty Baker and Fran Houston about their book and website GumOnMyShoe, in which the book is about marty helping his best friend Fran from america even across the pond deal with her bipolar disorder. its the most open, brilliantly honest podcast talking friendships, how to treat people, how you can be friends with people with a mental health issue and also, how mental health is real, and those that live with it are worthwhile, and worth caring about. i cant tell you how proud I am of this podcast. I sincerely hope it helps you. you can find the guys on twitter @GumOnMyShoeBook and their website http://www.gumonmyshoe.com/, i highly recommend you checkout their stuff!
A really fun Episode as Steven catches up with his old mate Wayne Madden! we talk yradio, kickstarter, wrestling, the undertaker, how we became friends, the works of Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, leonardo di caprio, star trek and many more tangents! great fun, gonna do more in the future! video version coming soon on our youtube! you can find Wayne on our twitch channel www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse 9pm till 12pm thursday nights playing xbox one games. he is also on twitter: @WayneGMadden !
A very unique Geek Apocalypse Podcast as Steven Hesse, the founder and host, gets interviewed by Matt Dawson from one up gaming podcast. We talk about how the podcast started, my work before Geek Apocalypse started, my career in youth work, branding, twitch, running a business, my thoughts on the internet and I share some exclusive reveals of what im focusing on behind the scenes! huge thankyou for Matt for doing this, it was fun :)
Steven Heslewood (Hesse) and guest host Richard Kirby present our fifth show, broadcast live 10/07/15. Content includes Introducing Richard: Steven talks to richard about the challenges he did to raise money for MIND charity. John Lawlor interview part 2 - Chief Exec NTW the second part in the series of interviews MH News –Ricky talks through some mental health related news with the hosts Children’s mental health treatment –Ricky talks to Sally about the mental health treatment of children. David Coombes [LIVE] interview – Creative writing group at Launchpad MH and relationships- Steve O – discussion with his mother about how his MH/substance abuse & recovery affected her Bill S – Gateshead Clubhouse official opening=bill goes to official opening and talk to the people behind it. Jules “life story” recorded with Bill
lots happened with e3, some amazing releases, so with us now having a twitch account, games are more important than ever :) so kooldude and I review all the conferences from all the comoanies, talk about the pro and cons of e3 and what we are most looking forward to *cough unchartered 4 *cough* kooldude is on our twitch monday nights and saturdays! follow us on twitch www.twitch.tv/geekapocalypse