JustUs Geeks Podcast - Geek and Pop Culture News and Reviews

It’s a milestone episode of sorts, as JUG 2.0 marks 100 episodes of podcasting. Friends old and new, our corndog, and Harambe help us take a look at the past, and ahead to the future.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! No, seriously, go leave us a review on iTunes. It helps people find the show! Celebrations are in order this week as JUG 2.0, the “new” cast of the JustUs Geeks Podcast, turns 100 episodes old. Well, […] The post Episode 232: JUG 2.0 Turns 100 appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Is there life on Mars? Sorry, Bowie, we don’t know, but the final frontier is on deck for this week’s space and science themed podcast.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! No, seriously, go leave us a review on iTunes. It helps people find the show! Is there life out there in the vastness of space? Of course we aren’t sure, but that doesn’t stop us from talking about it, and other science-related things on this week’s […] The post Episode 231: Space appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Get a different taste of the Geeks in this week’s episode, recorded on location at the nearest Huddle House.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! No, seriously, go leave us a review on iTunes. It helps people find the show! If you’ve been around for a bit, you might have heard of our occasional series, Extra Geeky. In our EG series, hosted over at audioBoom, we’ve tried a couple of small shows outside of the normal JUG […] The post Episode 230: Huddle House Confessions appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

The Founding Father without a father takes centerstage this week, as Dan Marsh returns for this week’s episode about Hamilton: An American Musical.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! No, seriously, go leave us a review on iTunes. It helps people find the show! We first tried to do the Hamilton episode for Episode 216, and well, you know how that turned out. So even though we had MORE technical difficulties this week, the JustUs Geeks’ most […] The post Episode 229: Hamilton: An American Musical appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy? NO! It’s our review (which does contain spoilers!) of Suicide Squad.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Look, we know that we weren’t exactly kind to Batman vs. Superman, but everyone can change, right? In this week’s episode the Geeks try to do just that, and bring you their review (that’s full of spoilers) of Suicide Squad. This movie, well before it’s release, was already cast into […] The post Episode 228: Suicide Squad appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Everyone has a guilty pleasure, and this week on the podcast we talk about some of ours.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Everyone has them, and nobody likes to talk about them. Why is it so hard to talk about the things we like? I this week’s episode the Geeks talk about all of their guilty pleasures in TV, movies, music, and video games. That doesn’t sound like such a bad thing, right? Wrong, and this […] The post Episode 227: Guilty Pleasures appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Learn all about Trebek, Daily Doubles, and more as Dan Marsh takes us behind the scenes of Jeopardy! in this week’s podcast.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to actually be on a game show? As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago during our Nickelodeon series, the desire to be on a game show as a kid, and really as an adult as well, is something that a lot of […] The post Episode 226: Jeopardy! appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

The Geeks try to catch ’em all in this milestone episode about Pokemon GO.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Did we say that this episode was going to be something else entirely? YES. Did that happen? No. Our bad. There’s even an apology in our Facebook group WHICH YOU SHOULD JOIN. So what did we do for our milestone 225th episode? Pokemon GO, of course! In this week’s episode we dive into why this game has […] The post Episode 225: Pokemon GO appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Our Nickelodeon series continues! Check out this week’s episode, and find out how we plan to end our first multi-part series.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! We continue our series on Nickelodeon in this week’s podcast. Logan returns this week to let us know all of his picks from Episode 223 he missed, and the Geeks talk about some of the best and worst actors of the golden days of Nickelodeon. There’s lots more Nick talk in […] The post Episode 224: Nickelodeon – Part 2 appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Simmer down for this week’s podcast for Part 1 of our Nickelodeon series, the shows of the 80’s and 90’s!      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! The Nostalgia Train has finally left the station, as we kick Logan off the show for the week to bring on our good friend Eric Plunk to talk about the best channel for kids of the late 80’s and early 90’s: Nickelodeon. As kids of one of the greatest generations ever born, […] The post Episode 223: Nickelodeon – Part 1: The Shows appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Check out our review of Independence Day: Resurgence (with spoilers), and help us settle a heated debate: was the first film a huge pop culture success? Listen to this week’s episode now.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! By now you’ve made your mind up whether or not you’re going to see ID:4R, and it seems like lots of people stayed away from the latest installment of the Independence Day franchise this weekend. We saw the movie […] The post Episode 222: Independence Day appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

E3 2016 was, well, less than stellar. We break down the winners and losers in this week’s podcast.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! So….E3 happened. Was it great for Sony and Microsoft? Sure. Was it as great as previous years? Probably not. What about Nintendo? They sort of showed up, right? In this week’s episode of the show the Geeks talk about E3 2016, and we break down the winners and losers, company by company. Who […] The post Episode 221: E3 2016 appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

From dialup to digital downloads the Internet has come a very long way, and in this week’s podcast the Geeks talk about it’s evolution.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! In this week’s episode the Geeks talk about the evolution of the internet. Since the AOL days the guys have been surfing the net, and hanging out in local chat rooms. From ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and Netscape, the internet has grown a ridiculous amount, and almost overnight. We […] The post Episode 220: Internet Evolution appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

It’s the time of the year when you get all your friends together, grill some food, throw the pigskin, and have a cookout. In this week’s podcast, the Geeks talk about some of their favorites.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! In this week’s episode the Geeks talk about some of their favorite cookouts to date, after having a cookout of their own. After burgers, BBQ chicken, and some beers, the most featured guest in JUG History, […] The post Episode 219: Cookout appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

The apocalypse is finally here, and this week’s episode features our review of X-Men Apocalypse, spoilers and all.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! In this week’s episode the Geeks trek off to review X-Men Apocalypse, and yes, there are spoilers. Honestly, do yourself a favor and just listen to this episode instead of going to the movie. SAVE YOUR MONEY! Send us the money you’d spend on this “movie” instead! Alright, don’t do that, but take […] The post Episode 218: X-Men Apocalypse appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

You’ve only got one shot to listen to this week’s podcast. Wait, that’s Mom’s spaghetti. This week’s podcast is all about things that are always funny.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! What’s funny to you isn’t always funny to anyone else, and that’s okay. Funny is funny, and as long as it makes you laugh that’s all that matters. In this week’s podcast the Geeks talk all about some of the funniest videos, memes, and stories […] The post Episode 217: It’s Always Funny appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

If you’ve followed along with JUG any over the last four years, this episode is for you. This week’s podcast is an update on the status of the JustUs Geeks Podcast, featuring series host Josh Steen.      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Josh here; listen up. It’s been 216 consecutive weeks since we breathed some wing-flavored life into this podcast. 2-1-6. 216 weeks of no breaks. 216 weeks of thinking about what we’re going to talk […] The post Episode 216: Update appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

This week’s episode is all out war as we review Captain America: Civil War, spoilers and all!      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! Captain America: Civil War is the comic book movie we’ve all been waiting for, not just for the summer, but of all time. Yeah, all time. After the HUGE disappointment that was Batman v. Supes, we have been waiting anxiously for Civil War; probably more so than we had originally thought we would. As […] The post Episode 215: Captain America: Civil War appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Bring your appetite for this week’s podcast that’s all about one of our favorite subjects: food.    Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! We established a long time ago that everyone geeks out over something (it’s why JustUs Geeks was started, after all…), everybody also geeks out over food. For some people it’s fast food, and for others it’s Michelin star quality or bust. Food is the great equalizer, and for this week’s podcast the guys talk about […] The post Episode 214: Food appeared first on JustUs Geeks.

Here’s our interviews from LexCon 2016, featuring interviews with Greg Grunberg, General Grievous, Jambi the Genie, and a Time Lord! Listen now!      Before we go any farther, would you consider leaving us a review on our iTunes page? All you have to do is click this sentence, and review away! LexCon 2016 was our most successful trip to Lexington, Kentucky yet! As always, we had some incredibly great content over on our YouTube channel; you’ve subscribed, right? Seriously, go subscribe, and check out the great content we posted from our time at LexCon 2016, and previous LexCon’s from the […] The post Episode 213: LexCon 2016 Interviews appeared first on JustUs Geeks.