Geekshow Podcast Explained
Geekshow Podcast |
Genre: | Pop culture |
Language: | American English |
Updates: | Weekly |
Length: | 60-90 Minutes |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 910 |
Began: | September 7, 2008 |
Provider: | Broadway Media |
Geekshow Podcast is a weekly conversational podcast about popular culture produced by Broadway Media.[1]
Background
The show began in 1998 as a segment in the Radio From Hell program hosted by Kerry Jackson.[2] The show includes discussions focused on movies, comics, TV shows, and games.[3] The show is hosted in Kerry Jackson's basement.[4] The hosts of the show are friends so the format of the show is conversational.[5] Jeff Vice, a host of the show and a journalist for Deseret News, died in 2014 at the age of 48 due to an asthma attack.[6] [7]
Reception
The show won "Best podcast" from 2009 until 2015 in the Salt Lake City Weekly awards.[8] The show later won second place for "Best Local Podcast" in the 2020 Salt Lake City Weekly awards.[9] The Geek Show was included in the illustration of a Harley Quinn comic.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Jacobson. Matthew. November 12, 2015. 'Geekshow Podcast's' Message: 'Don't Be That Geek'. live. https://archive.today/20210918144037/https://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/arts/is-my-geek-showing/2015/11/12/geekshow-podcasts-message-dont-geek/75514670/. September 18, 2021. September 18, 2021. The Spectrum & Daily News. Gannett. en-US.
- Web site: Jacobson. Matthew. October 15, 2015. 'Geekshow Podcast' Pioneers Pave Road for Current Geeks. live. https://archive.today/20210918144059/https://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/arts/is-my-geek-showing/2015/10/15/geekshow-podcast-pioneers-pave-road-current-geeks/73923506/. September 18, 2021. September 18, 2021. The Spectrum & Daily News. Gannett. en-US.
- Web site: Renshaw. Scott. September 4, 2019. The Geek Issue. live. https://archive.today/20210919190204/https://m.cityweekly.net/utah/the-geek-issue/Content?oid=14190452. September 19, 2021. September 19, 2021. Salt Lake City Weekly. Copperfield Publishing. en-US.
- Web site: Sheehan. Gavin. October 7, 2015. Geek Show Podcast's Kerry Jackson. live. https://archive.today/20210919190211/https://m.cityweekly.net/utah/geek-show-podcasts-kerry-jackson/Content?oid=3017292. September 19, 2021. September 19, 2021. Salt Lake City Weekly. Copperfield Publishing. en-US.
- Web site: Matthew. Jacobson. October 29, 2015. Tragedy Strengthens Utah's 'Geekshow Podcast'. live. https://archive.today/20210918144112/https://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/arts/is-my-geek-showing/2015/10/29/tragedy-strengthens-utahs-geekshow-podcast/74682660/. September 18, 2021. April 11, 2019. The Spectrum & Daily News. Gannett. en-US.
- Web site: Kennedy. Gene. May 29, 2014. Family, friends gather in SLC to honor memory of Jeff Vice. live. https://archive.today/20210919190444/https://www.fox13now.com/2014/05/28/family-friends-gather-in-slc-to-honor-memory-of-jeff-vice/. September 19, 2021. April 19, 2019. KSTU. E. W. Scripps Company. en-US.
- Web site: Morgan. Emiley. May 29, 2014. Jeff Vice, longtime Deseret News reporter and movie critic, dies. live. https://archive.today/20210919190500/https://www.deseret.com/2014/5/29/20542274/jeff-vice-longtime-deseret-news-reporter-and-movie-critic-dies. September 19, 2021. April 19, 2019. Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. en-US.
- Web site: November 4, 2015. Best of Utah 2015: Welcome to Year 26 of Best of Utah. live. https://archive.today/20210919151838/https://m.cityweekly.net/utah/best-of-utah-2015/BestOf?oid=3057506&fbclid=IwAR1cXpVwiF_Lpcjy59ysExQ3SCWe50vjtBN8wdPX1TYpDJ3BEtCwnxUXubo. September 19, 2021. April 19, 2019. Salt Lake City Weekly. Copperfield Publishing. en-US.
- Web site: Limón. Enrique. November 17, 2020. Best of Utah 2020: The Complete List of Winners From Our Readers and Staff. live. https://archive.today/20210919190518/https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/BestOf. September 19, 2021. September 18, 2021. Salt Lake City Weekly. Copperfield Publishing. en-US.
- Web site: Means. Sean P.. June 19, 2014. Geek Show Podcast Member Immortalized in 'Harley Quinn' Comic. live. https://archive.today/20210919151327/https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/blogs/moviecricket/58089200-66/harley-quinn-geek-hardin.html.csp. September 19, 2021. September 19, 2021. The Salt Lake Tribune. en-US.