Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon is where counselling meets geek culture.
Hosted by counsellor and lifelong geek Chris Smith, each episode invites a fictional character from games, films or television into the imaginary counselling room. Together with guests, Chris explores the choices they make, the patterns they repeat and how they experience their world—using counselling ideas, curiosity and humour.
Come for the characters and stories you love; leave seeing them, and perhaps yourself, a little differently.
CGHD is for enjoyment, curiosity and reflection, exploring geek culture through accessible counselling ideas. It is not therapy, diagnosis or individual mental-health advice.
Harry Potter's Professor Snape: Secrets, Trust, and the Man Behind the Cloak
Send us Fan Mail What would Professor Snape make of a counselling room full of fluffy cushions? And could he trust a Muggle with his secrets? For the first guest episode of Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon, my wife Bex joins me to bring one of Harry Potter’s most complicated characters into the imaginary counselling room. We talk about Alan Rickman’s unforgettable performance, the scenes that changed how we saw Snape, and the loneliness of a double life. What might he be carrying after Dumbledore’s...
13 Oct 2026
Reflections: Now the rain has passed
Send us Fan Mail What stays with us after Roy Batty’s final moments in Blade Runner? And how much of what we see in his story comes from the hopes we bring to it? In this CGHD Reflections episode, I return to the questions that lingered after our visit to the imaginary counselling room. Roy has reached the end of his life, but the effects of his choices continue. That leaves me thinking about uncertainty, what we leave behind, and whether we need a grand purpose for our lives to matter. Along...
26 Sept 2026
Blade Runner's Roy Batty: Mortality, Identity & Running Out of Time
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the mission that has driven you across worlds is over, the answer is no, and there is nowhere else left to go? In the first episode inspired by a listener’s character suggestion, Chatty revisits Blade Runner and imagines Roy Batty entering the counselling room immediately after his devastating meeting with Tyrell. Using Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development—particularly integrity versus despair—this episode explores autonomy, identity, grief, mor...
27 Aug 2026
Reflections: Life After Yoda
Send us Fan Mail In the first CGHD Reflections, Chatty looks back at Episode 1, discovers the peculiar experience of repeatedly listening to his own voice, and explains why the main episodes of Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon aim for that oddly specific 50-minute mark. There’s also a proper invitation to future guests: you don’t need to be a counsellor or psychologist. Bring a fictional character you care about, know far too much about, or simply cannot stop thinking about, and we’ll get curious a...
18 Aug 2026
Star Wars’ Yoda: Honesty, Wisdom & the Weight of Leadership
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the wisest person in the room no longer has all the answers? In the first full episode of Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon, Chatty brings Jedi Master Yoda into the imaginary counselling room shortly after the events of Revenge of the Sith. With the Jedi Order destroyed and Yoda entering exile on Dagobah, we get curious about what might sit beneath centuries of wisdom: grief, responsibility, loss of role, uncertainty, vulnerability — and the strange experience of b...
27 Jul 2026
Introducing Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon
Send us Fan Mail Meet Chatty Geek, Hidden Dragon — a podcast where counselling meets geek culture. I’m Chris, a qualified counsellor and lifelong geek. Together with guests, I’ll invite fictional characters from games, films and television into the imaginary counselling room to explore their choices, patterns and experiences with empathy, curiosity and humour. Whether you’re into counselling, psychology, geek culture, or simply love getting lost in a good story, you’re welcome here. Come for ...
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