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Beano and Derek return to the Get Geekish podcast, diving deep into the spooky world of horror movies! They discuss their evolving tastes, the psychology behind a good scare, and their favorite horror comedies and zombie flicks. Join them for a deep dive into the horror movies that have shaped them and kept them coming back for more!

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Intro/Outro Music: "Modern Beat Jingle | Intro" from OpenMusicList on Pixabay.

This week we're talking Tay Tay, Tay Sway, T-Swizzle, T-Swift...you've probably heard of her. Her 'Eras' tour is on track to earn her over 4-billion dollars, and she just release a movie based on that same tour which has already has become the highest-grossing concert movie of all time, bringing in over $123 million on opening weekend. But what does this unprecedented success mean for the future of the music industry? Is Taylor Swift leading a revolution, or is she simply in a league of her own, thanks to her incredibly devoted following? Join us as we explore these intriguing questions in this week's Get Geekish podcast.

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Skynet is live? Things like OpenAI and ChatGPT are disrupting things in the world right now at a break-neck pace. Some for the better, some for the worse, and some....to be determined. The future or artificial intelligence and technology that can learn is is fascinating, but as with any new technology, can also be a bit frightening. We talk about the future of AI in this week's podcast and speculate on just how close we are to the singularity. Join us!

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From dragons to unicorns, and elves, fairies, and the boogeyman, mythical creatures have always played a part in different cultures. We talk about the ebbs and flows of some creatures' popularity.

When we were kids bigfoot, the loch ness monster, jackalopes, and bat boy were basically household names. Today, not so much.

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The release of a big budget superhero movie used to be a big deal. (It also made a number of sub-par movies look like big box-office hits.) With more than a dozen big-name superhero movies on tap in 2023 and countless streaming releases...have we hit the point of oversaturation? Are we the only ones who are feeling a little bit of the superhero fatigue? We love us some superheroes, but maybe Hollywood should focus on qualify instead of quantity.

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Dressing in costume and getting free candy? Halloween was a win-win in my book growing up, and still is today. In this weeks Get Geekish Podcast Derek and I reminisce about some of the costumes we wore as children. We even have photos to share with you. Join us on this trip down memory lane.

What was your favorite childhood Halloween costume?

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Overwatch 2 finally released and it had it's fair share of....issues....on launch week. But now that we've actually been able to play a few matches and a few different game mode we discuss what we like and and we don't like. Take a listen and then chime in your thoughts on the latest iteration of Overwatch.

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"Don't make that face or it'll stick like that."

"Turn that light off in the back of the car or we'll get pulled over."

"If you eat those watermelon seeds, you'll grow one in your belly."

We talk about what we've dubbed, parent-isms, and some of the lies parents knowingly, and unknowingly told their kids, along with some of the ones that we probably tell out own kids now, in this week's podcast.

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Beano was lucky enough to visit THE San Diego Comic Con this year for the first time ever. He and Derek talk about his reflections on the event. Some of the good, some of the bad, and advice for anyone wanting to go in the future.

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We all know at least a few nursery rhymes. They're seemingly innocent little rhymes we sing to small children, but some of them have much darker origins that I would have ever guessed. (And thanks to the internet, there are a ton of made up ones too.) We spend this week looking at a few of the dark nursery rhyme origins we've found.

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