Geekstorians - With Dave From Geektown
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Podcast Overview
<p>Geekstorians is a documentary-style podcast uncovering the secret history of geek culture — from the first sci-fi fan clubs and comic conventions to video games, cosplay, and streaming fandoms.</p><br><p>Hosted by Dave from <a href="https://www.geektown.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Geektown</strong></a>, each episode dives into the stories, creators, and communities that shaped modern pop culture. Discover how fans built the worlds we love: comics, film, gaming, and beyond.</p><br><p>Perfect for anyone obsessed with Doctor Who, Star Wars, Marvel, anime, or the evolution of fandom itself. A smart, witty journey through the origins of everything geek.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Geekstorians: The Geek Shall Inherit | How Geek Culture Became A Market Segment – S3E2
<p>In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave looks at the strange five-year window when geek culture stopped being something fans used to find each other, and became something companies used to find them.</p><p>Beginning in 2007, the episode follows the moment geek identity moved from comic shops, conventions, video rental shelves and school computer labs into the mainstream marketplace. The iPhone made technology aspirational. Comic-Con became an industry stage. Iron Man and The Dark Knight helped turn superheroes into serious blockbuster business. The Big Bang Theory brought geek references into prime-time sitcom culture. And by 2012, “geek chic” had reached the high street, where thick-framed glasses, superhero bags, science jokes and slogan T-shirts were being sold back to the people who had once used those signals to recognise each other.</p><p>But visibility is not the same as understanding.</p><p>The Geek Shall Inherit is about what happens when a subculture wins the room, and then discovers the room has buyers, brand managers, market research, and a rack of novelty T-shirts near the tills.</p><p>For more on this and plenty of other geeky things, head to <a href="https://www.geektown.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Geektown.co.uk</a>. And if you haven’t already, check out Geektown Radio, our weekly podcast covering the latest in TV, film, and gaming news.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 17, 2026
Geekstorians: The House That Iron Man Built | How Kevin Feige Built The MCU Machine
<p>Season Three of Geekstorians begins with the moment geek culture stopped knocking on the door and started owning the building.</p><p>In this episode, Dave looks at the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Marvel’s desperate rights situation and the gamble of Iron Man, to Kevin Feige’s phase-planned architecture, the genre trick that kept the films from feeling like a production line, and the extraordinary test of asking audiences to follow a talking raccoon and a sentient tree into space.</p><p>Then we follow the machine to its greatest achievement: Infinity War and Endgame. Two films that asked audiences to trust more than a decade of storytelling, and somehow delivered an ending that felt earned.</p><p>But what happens after the perfect ending?</p><p>This episode also looks at the post-Endgame problem, Disney+, Phase Four, the Kang issue, and Marvel’s attempt to rebuild around Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr., the Russo Brothers, the Fantastic Four, and the next great convergence point.</p><p>Because the MCU’s real superpower was never just spectacle.</p><p>It was trust.</p><p>And once you build the house everybody else moves into, the architect has to keep building.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 10, 2026
Geekstorians: Nothing Went To Plan
<p>This week on Geekstorians, we bring Season 2 to a close with ‘Nothing Went To Plan’.</p><p>Across the season, we’ve looked at films that nearly vanished, companies that collapsed under their own weight, shows that survived cancellation, fandoms that refused to let go, and the strange ways failure can become an origin story.</p><p>In this shorter reflective finale, Dave steps back from the individual stories to ask what they all have in common. Why do so many geek culture landmarks seem to emerge from bad decisions, broken systems, institutional indifference, and accidents that really should have ended everything?</p><p>From Pixar’s near-catastrophic Toy Story 2 deletion to Atari’s buried cartridges, Doctor Who’s wilderness years, Star Trek’s letter-writing fans, Deadpool’s leaked test footage, Rocky Horror’s midnight screenings, and the virtual chaos of World of Warcraft’s Corrupted Blood incident, this episode connects the dots across the season.</p><p>Because the thing institutions keep missing is not the product, the franchise, or the IP.</p><p>It’s the people.</p><p>Geek culture survives because fans, creators, archivists, technicians, and obsessives keep showing up when the official story says there is nothing left to see. And more often than not, they are right.</p><p>This is the Season 2 finale.</p><p>This is ‘Nothing Went To Plan’.</p><p>For more geek culture, TV, film and gaming coverage, head to Geektown.co.uk, and check out Geektown Radio wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p>Alternative shorter show notes version:</p><p>In the Season 2 finale of Geekstorians, Dave steps back from the disasters, collapses, cancellations and near-misses we’ve explored this season to ask what they all have in common.</p><p>From Toy Story 2’s near-deletion and Atari’s desert landfill to Doctor Who’s wilderness years, Star Trek’s fan campaigns, Deadpool’s leaked test footage, Rocky Horror’s midnight screenings and World of Warcraft’s accidental plague, this reflective coda connects the season’s central thesis:</p><p>Geek culture does not survive because everything goes smoothly.</p><p>It survives because people refuse to let it disappear.</p><p>This is ‘Nothing Went To Plan’.</p><p>For more geek culture, TV, film and gaming coverage, head to <a href="https://www.geektown.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Geektown.co.uk</a>, and check out Geektown Radio wherever you get your podcasts.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Geekstorians - With Dave From Geektown?
<p>Geekstorians is a documentary-style podcast uncovering the secret history of geek culture — from the first sci-fi fan clubs and comic conventions to video games, cosplay, and streaming fandoms.</p><br><p>Hosted by Dave from <a href="https://www.geektown.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Geektown</strong></a>, each episode dives into the stories, creators, and communities that shaped modern pop culture. Discover how fans built the worlds we love: comics, film, gaming, and beyond.</p><br><p>Perfect for anyone obsessed with Doctor Who, Star Wars, Marvel, anime, or the evolution of fandom itself. A smart, witty journey through the origins of everything geek.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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