GeekNights
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- several times a week
- Latest episode
- Nov 3, 2026
About the podcast
Geeknights with Rym and Scott is a late night show for geeks, featuring anime, comics, gaming, sci/tech, gadgetry, manga, videogames, and general geekery. New episodes every weeknight Monday through Thursday.
Episodes 100
The Post-Platform Social Network
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what social media and networking look like when we can no longer use platforms provided by any company, and have to roll our own. This future is inevitable, and you need to …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what social media and networking look like when we can no longer use platforms provided by any company, and have to roll our own. This future is inevitable, and you need to prepare for it. In the news, America is having its election, AO3 got hacked, Binance got hacked, European grocery stores got hacked, and Mercado got hacked.
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we talk about The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. It's fantastic, and her husband is hot. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is the first novel in a …
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Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we talk about The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. It's fantastic, and her husband is hot.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is the first novel in a fantasy adventure series. It follows a legendary pirate who has to come out of retirement to save the daughter of one of her former crewmates. A second book in this series titled The Tapestry of Fate was released recently. The author is well known for The City of Brass, the first novel of The Daevabad Trilogy
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Spiel Essen
Tonight on GeekNights, Scott reviews Spiel Essen. In the news, BioWare is killed by capitalism, Wizards of the Coast refused to voluntarily recognize its new unions, Hasbro appoints a new Wizards of the Coast …
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Tonight on GeekNights, Scott reviews Spiel Essen. In the news, BioWare is killed by capitalism, Wizards of the Coast refused to voluntarily recognize its new unions, Hasbro appoints a new Wizards of the Coast president, and Bolsonaro fled Brazil after losing his election. Also we'll be live at PAX Unplugged!
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- Scott - Tiny Steam Train Wheel Slip!
Chapters (5)
Roller Coaster Technology - Rym and Emily's Cedar Point Tier List
Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily discuss roller coaster technology in the course of tier ranking every roller coaster at Cedar Point. We live streamed this episode back in August, but now it's in the …
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Tonight on GeekNights, Rym and Emily discuss roller coaster technology in the course of tier ranking every roller coaster at Cedar Point. We live streamed this episode back in August, but now it's in the podcast feed! Millennium Force still holds up 26 years later.
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The Kinds of People Who Annoy Us
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the kinds of people who annoy us. In the news, there's some sort of plebian kerfuffle about a toy store and a famous person, and most news media is no longer journalism. Also …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the kinds of people who annoy us. In the news, there's some sort of plebian kerfuffle about a toy store and a famous person, and most news media is no longer journalism. Also we'll be live at PAX Unplugged with three talks!
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What we're watching lately
Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the cartoons we're watching and the comics we're reading right now. Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl, Goodbye, Lara, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, SWARM of …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about the cartoons we're watching and the comics we're reading right now. Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl, Goodbye, Lara, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, SWARM of Wasps & Monsters, Space Battleship Yamato, The Legend of Kamui, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, and Billy Bat.
In the news, the fan convention world is consolidating in a dangerous way (though perhaps you have never been to WORLD OF CONCRETE), Crunchyroll Storyworks is going to try to make live action adaptations of anime, and Sega has learned a valuable lesson about the Internet.
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- Scott - 【MV】浦沢直樹「It's Because I Love You」
Chapters (5)
Robots
Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about robots. Real ones from the real world: not movie robots. In the news, Igor has tasted blood, the Meta pervert glasses are getting regulated in Norway, and do not give Meta's …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about robots. Real ones from the real world: not movie robots. In the news, Igor has tasted blood, the Meta pervert glasses are getting regulated in Norway, and do not give Meta's Muse thing your credit cards.
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Con Drama
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the topic of convention drama. It takes many forms. Attendee vs Attendee. Attendee vs Convention. Convention vs Convention. Convention vs Nature. Convention vs Itself. In the …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the topic of convention drama. It takes many forms. Attendee vs Attendee. Attendee vs Convention. Convention vs Convention. Convention vs Nature. Convention vs Itself. In the news, Malaria is at Frankfurt Airport, never ever pull the emergency brake on a train, the new Resident Evil movie might be good, and the Transformers movie is in theaters again.
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The Old Prince 1871
Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Old Prince 1871. It's an 18xx game, and you can play an alpha implementation at 18xx.games. It's a good one, designed by Lucas Boyd. We've previously reviewed 1817, 1889 …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Old Prince 1871. It's an 18xx game, and you can play an alpha implementation at 18xx.games. It's a good one, designed by Lucas Boyd. We've previously reviewed 1817, 1889: History of Shikoku Railways, and 1846: The Race for the Midwest: you know we love a good train game.
In the news, the Steam Frame is finally here, Nintendo has a big sale, and the Nintendo Direct was overall solid.
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- Scott - Hacks.Guide
Chapters (5)
Common Side Effects
Tonight on GeekNights, we review Common Side Effects. It's got a lot going on and is worth watching: it's only 10 episodes and evokes aspects of Fargo TV. In the news, Ghost in the Shell continues to be …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Common Side Effects. It's got a lot going on and is worth watching: it's only 10 episodes and evokes aspects of Fargo TV. In the news, Ghost in the Shell continues to be fantastic as it follows the original manga, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia is phenomenal, and Goodbye, Lara is absolutely worth watch as a re-take on The Little Mermaid. Also, the discourse around Anime NYC's photography policy.
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- Scott - Tumble Forth
Chapters (5)
E-Bikes, E-Scooters, et al.
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider e-bikes, e-scooters, monowheels, and all the assorted electric conveyances that aren't cares and that are becoming more and more popular everywhere there are people. E.g …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider e-bikes, e-scooters, monowheels, and all the assorted electric conveyances that aren't cares and that are becoming more and more popular everywhere there are people. E.g., what are the "classes" of ebikes? In the news, streamers are suing Twitch and Amazon for their opt-out AI model training, 404 tracked down the "rare book" AI training story, and the Steam Frame might finally be coming.
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Board Game Night
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble Board Game Night. Many of you host (or try to host) them. Some of them are public. Many are haunted by that guy. In the news, Big Walk is out, you can play The Old …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the humble Board Game Night. Many of you host (or try to host) them. Some of them are public. Many are haunted by that guy. In the news, Big Walk is out, you can play The Old Prince at 18xx.games right now, and Rockstar Games is an evil union-busting company and it's going to court soon.
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Data Centers
Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss data centers. Once as positive thing, they have become a blight on the Earth in the ever-growing wake of the AI bubble. Rym and Emily are back from Cedar Point and will have a …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss data centers. Once as positive thing, they have become a blight on the Earth in the ever-growing wake of the AI bubble. Rym and Emily are back from Cedar Point and will have a couple of special episodes about it in the near future, and also have a secret VR project that's slightly less secret than it was before. In the news, the AI slop factory wants help flagging AI slop, and ZGM is an open source gaming mouse firmware.
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- Scott - Milwaukee Transit Passes
Chapters (5)
The Ghost in the Shell (2026)
Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Ghost in the Shell (2026) animated by Science Saru. It's the original manga faithfully animated with a lot of style. In the news, The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) will be in …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Ghost in the Shell (2026) animated by Science Saru. It's the original manga faithfully animated with a lot of style. In the news, The Last Blossom (HOUSENKA) will be in North American theaters for two nights, and Crunchyroll is destroying their own store (RIP Right Stuf).
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Intentionally Retro Technology
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the growing trend of seeking retro technology. From the Charmera to flip phones to audio cassettes, it's part aesthetic and part anti-consumerist anti-capitalist pushback to …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the growing trend of seeking retro technology. From the Charmera to flip phones to audio cassettes, it's part aesthetic and part anti-consumerist anti-capitalist pushback to the ravages of modernity. In the news, Mamdani announces new Click-to-Cancel rule for New York City, workers in Acklam discover Medlar fruit trees (also known as dog's arse), and no technology is going to make exercising effectively take less time. Also, we did it.
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- Scott - MiniPCs.zip
Chapters (5)
Ice Cream
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider ice cream. In the news, DUNC 3 has a trailer, ICE appears to have covered up another brazen murder this time in Houston Texas, and the situation in Russia is destabilizing in …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider ice cream. In the news, DUNC 3 has a trailer, ICE appears to have covered up another brazen murder this time in Houston Texas, and the situation in Russia is destabilizing in a way that evokes 1917.
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- Scott - pizel skylines
Chapters (5)
Association Football
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the game of Association Football. More commonly known as soccer, it's a game of high drama, clever play, and FIFA corruption that is cemented in societal and cultural …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the game of Association Football. More commonly known as soccer, it's a game of high drama, clever play, and FIFA corruption that is cemented in societal and cultural history.
In the news, a Manhattan skyscraper is collapsing, XBOX is collapsing, YOASOBI x Overwatch slaps, and the new Ghost in the Shell slaps.
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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. It's a fantastic continuation of Adventure Time, which we reviewed in 2013, reviewed again in 2014, shared our final thoughts in 2019 …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. It's a fantastic continuation of Adventure Time, which we reviewed in 2013, reviewed again in 2014, shared our final thoughts in 2019, reviewed Distant Lands - BMO in 2020, and Distant Lands - Obsidian also in 2020. It's also deeply metacontextual.
In the news, Science Saru is bringing us Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, the Lefebrvistes are schisming over Vatican II (again), and two people climbed to the top of the Empire State Building today.
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Bicycle Technology
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state and evolution of bicycle technology. Not all advancement in modernity is "good" advancement. In the news, delivery robots are a menace, the illegitimate and …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the current state and evolution of bicycle technology. Not all advancement in modernity is "good" advancement. In the news, delivery robots are a menace, the illegitimate and fully compromised Supreme Court's broken clock was correct on geofence warrants, climate change is killing us, and AI slop music should be demonetized.
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- Scott - Dirty Little Zine
Chapters (5)
Mina the Hollower (2026)
Tonight on GeekNights, we review Mina the Hollower (2026). It's fantastic, evoking the feeling of old NES games but with modern design sensibilities. In the news, the Steam Machine is actually here and still a …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review Mina the Hollower (2026). It's fantastic, evoking the feeling of old NES games but with modern design sensibilities. In the news, the Steam Machine is actually here and still a reasonable price (considering the unreasonable pressure the AI bubble is putting on computer components), Civ VII added hotseat multiplayer, and Deltarune chapter 5 drops TOMORROW.
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Company Devices
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the challenge of company-managed devices. In the news, Britain has banned the kids from all social media, Nvidia is issuing $25 Billion in corporate bonds, and Verizon screwed …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the challenge of company-managed devices. In the news, Britain has banned the kids from all social media, Nvidia is issuing $25 Billion in corporate bonds, and Verizon screwed a guy over with MDM.
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- Scott - Anthropeum
Chapters (5)
Museums
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider museums we've been to. In the news, XBOX is in trouble, and the GOP's incompetence killed FISA. Also the MoMA Design Store (not an ad).Related LinksForum ThreadMuseumsDiscord …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider museums we've been to. In the news, XBOX is in trouble, and the GOP's incompetence killed FISA. Also the MoMA Design Store (not an ad).
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- Scott - programming a gba game on an iphone
Chapters (5)
Chasing the Meta
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what happens when one chases the meta. This is especially a problem when competitive and casual players mix and is the topic of several GeekNights lectures. In the news …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what happens when one chases the meta. This is especially a problem when competitive and casual players mix and is the topic of several GeekNights lectures. In the news, Furality was phenomenal this year, and the Nintendo Direct was underwhelming.
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The Evil Cameras All Around Us
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evil cameras all around us. In the news, Nvidia introduces an underwhelming chip to make underwhelming PCs, the US gestapo are trying to buy advertiser datasets in a …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evil cameras all around us. In the news, Nvidia introduces an underwhelming chip to make underwhelming PCs, the US gestapo are trying to buy advertiser datasets in a dangerous escalation of the police state, and Furality is this weekend!
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- Scott - Because We Feud
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Cinema
Tonight on GeekNights we consider cinema. We both love movies, and have for our entire lives. In the news, the K-shaped economy means the Steam Deck is expensive and also sold out, chemical disasters are …
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Tonight on GeekNights we consider cinema. We both love movies, and have for our entire lives. In the news, the K-shaped economy means the Steam Deck is expensive and also sold out, chemical disasters are occurring in the US, Hawaii is using state power to fight back against the disastrous Citizens United ruling, and Delaware is doing the literal opposite.
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Games where the numbers go up
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider games where the numbers go up. Like Balatro or Slay the Spire or 9 Kings or Vampire Survivors. These games might intersect with deeper societal problems related to the …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider games where the numbers go up. Like Balatro or Slay the Spire or 9 Kings or Vampire Survivors. These games might intersect with deeper societal problems related to the signifier and the signified and the trap of hyperreality. In the news, the NAACP calls for a boycott of southern public school athletics due to their extreme gutting of voting rights, Ferrari launches the Luce, and nobody is booking rooms for the World Cup.
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- Scott - Sales & Dungeons
Chapters (5)
The Mountain in the Sea
Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea. Recommended by the staff at LIC Book Culture it's a cyberpunk novel about minds and consciousness (among other things). It's …
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Tonight on the GeekNights Book Club, we discuss Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea. Recommended by the staff at LIC Book Culture it's a cyberpunk novel about minds and consciousness (among other things). It's worth a read.
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- Scott - ANIMEVOX
Chapters (4)
Spam in 2026
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the problem of spam in the current era. We last talked about spam in 2007. (Note that spam is distinct from slop. In the news, Rym is back from Hong Kong, supply chain attacks …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the problem of spam in the current era. We last talked about spam in 2007. (Note that spam is distinct from slop. In the news, Rym is back from Hong Kong, supply chain attacks remain a major threat, the kids are booing AI people at graduations, Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, deepfake software is getting better, and Meta is laying off 10% of its entire workforce.
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The Running Man (2025)
Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Running Man (2025) directed by Edgar Wright. This completes our full tour of the Runnings Man, as we previously reviewed the original Running Man novel from 1982 and the …
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Tonight on GeekNights, we review The Running Man (2025) directed by Edgar Wright. This completes our full tour of the Runnings Man, as we previously reviewed the original Running Man novel from 1982 and the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Running Man. There are no more men to run. Also look at the difference in mood between the 1987 ending credits and the 2025 ending credits. The latter seem like they're saying something, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
In the news, The American World Cup transit situation is a disaster, and the new Steam Controller sold out once already.
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- Scott - Cursor Camp
Chapters (5)
Tech News Roundup May 2026
Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Madison Square Garden's insane surveillance machine, Github's ongoing collapse, Mac minis being hit by the ongoing RAM crisis, Ask.com is dead, a …
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Tonight on GeekNights, it's a Tech News Roundup! Madison Square Garden's insane surveillance machine, Github's ongoing collapse, Mac minis being hit by the ongoing RAM crisis, Ask.com is dead, a trivial-to-exploit Linux vulnerability, OpenAI won't stop talking about goblins, Apple fixes a notification vulnerability with Signal, iOS finally adds end-to-end encryption to RCS, AI slop podcasts are spreading, Roblox can't make money if kids can't sign up, and Tim Apple is replaced by John Apple.
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