This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Also in Arts
Arts
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
by David Barr Kirtley
Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.
Chart positions today · New Zealand
Not on the United States charts we track today.
Not on the United Kingdom charts we track today.
Not on the Canada charts we track today.
Not on the Australia charts we track today.
Not on the Germany charts we track today.
Not on the Brazil charts we track today.
Not on the Mexico charts we track today.
Not on the New Zealand charts we track today.
Not on the Ireland charts we track today.
Not on the India charts we track today.
Not on the Japan charts we track today.
Not on the Philippines charts we track today.
Not on the South Africa charts we track today.
If you like Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science…, try…
NPR News Now
Also in Arts
The Mythcreant Podcast
Also in Arts
Empire Wreckers
Also in Arts
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
Also in Arts
The Coode Street Podcast
Also in Arts
Ranking history · New Zealand
No ranking history for this show in New Zealand over the last 7 days.
Latest episodes
-
625. Why Do We Believe in Aliens? (with Adam Kirsch)
September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minAdam Kirsch joins us to discuss his books We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It Matters and The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at…
-
624. Widow's Bay Season 1 Review
September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 31 minAndrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the Apple TV series Widow’s Bay, about a small-town mayor trying to turn his haunted island into a tourist destination. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters…
-
623. Jedediah Berry, author of Kill All Wizards
July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minJedediah Berry, author of The Manual of Detection and The Naming Song, joins us to discuss his new sword & sorcery novel Kill All Wizards. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about…
-
622. Light by M. John Harrison Review (with Philip Gelatt)
July 17, 2026 · 1 hr 28 minPhilip Gelatt, writer of The Europa Report and The Spine of Night, joins us to discuss M. John Harrison’s cosmic horror space opera novel Light. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more…
-
621. For All Mankind Season 5 Review
June 24, 2026 · 1 hr 29 minJohn Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Season 5 of the alternate reality sci-fi show For All Mankind on Apple TV. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn…
Show 7 more episodesShow fewer episodes
-
620. Stephen King Science Fiction Movies Part 2 Review
June 4, 2026 · 1 hr 55 minAndrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Stephen King movie adaptations Firestarter, Maximum Overdrive, Cell, and Dreamcatcher. Time stamps: Firestarter (3:25), Maximum Overdrive (28:21), Cell (58:52)…
-
619. The Best of Vernor Vinge Part 1 Review (with Mercurio D. Rivera)
May 18, 2026 · 1 hr 47 minMercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic novella “True Names” as well as the first nine stories in the book The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge. Stories Discussed: “Bookworm, Run!” (4:12), “The Accomplice” (14:55)…
-
618. The Story of Fallout (with Chris Avellone)
May 1, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minChris Avellone, writer on Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, joins us to discuss the role of storytelling in the Fallout series of post-apocalyptic video games. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at…
-
617. Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny Review
April 13, 2026 · 1 hr 23 minAndrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Roger Zelazny’s classic novel Creatures of Light and Darkness, about a cosmic war between godlike beings. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at…
-
616. The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Part 2 Review (with Anthony Ha)
April 2, 2026 · 2 hr 14 minAnthony Ha joins us to discuss the second half of the book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. Stories discussed: "The Translator" (1:38), "Glacier" (14:57), "The Lunatics" (27:34), "Zurich" (45:56), "Vinland the Dream" (58:34), "A History…
-
615. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 Review
March 18, 2026 · 1 hr 46 minJohn Joseph Adams, Rajan Khanna, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new HBO series set 100 years before Game of Thrones. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at…
-
614. Jonathan Kay: Pluribus and Cancel Culture
March 5, 2026 · 2 hr 2 minJonathan Kay joins us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Pluribus, about an alien virus that transforms most of humanity into an extremely cheerful hive mind, and his book Panics and Persecutions, which explores some of the worst…
About the show
** Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks ** Host David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories, talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Richard Dawkins, Simon Pegg, Amanda Knox, Andrew Yang, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Mechanics. CBC Radio writes, "You may not think a podcast about science fiction and fantasy would be the place to go for political insight, but -- it is. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy manages to be more insightful about politics than many pundits." View a complete list of guests and topics at geeksguideshow.com/episodes/. Listen to the show on YouTube at youtube.com/@geeksguidetothegalaxy to easily skip ahead to our discussion of a particular movie or story.