Geek Apocalypse

Its part two of our first new years hosted! Steven and Ricky continue their talk about random thoughts, such as Jeremy Kyle, trump, america, their favourite interviews, Opie and anthony and Howard Stern!!

Its our first shows of 2017! Ricky (@vividRicky) and I (@Geek_Apocalypse) gather together to try and reminisce about 2016! We also discuss talk shows we love, British people trying to make it in america, stevens love of poker, our mutual love of David Mitchell plus a whole host of random tangents!!

Neil Gibson (www.tpub.co.uk) joins Steven for the last show recorded in 2016!! We talk his comic book series Twisted Dark, How he started his business, being a writer and editor and his influences! Steven talks interview techniques i.e if he gets a difficult guest and the guys discuss the various way to make and write a comic!! They have a competition going right now where you can produce a video production for Neils Twisted Dark Series! for more info go to Tpub website homepage for your chance to win 500 dollars and more!

Its our merry merry merry episode......ok xmas ranting episode! Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) And Ricky (@vividRicky) talk the fun and stresses of xmas shopping and how Christmas feels as you get older. The guys share stories past and present about the holiday period and talk their favourite films and songs related to xmas! Fun ranting episode! Merry xmas and happy holidays from everyone at Geek Apocalypse!

Animator, VFX artist, BBC drama maker and freelancer Ken Turner (www.designimage.co.uk) joins Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) on the show! We talk to Ken about working on the video games Aliens versus Predator and others for reflection Studios for other a decade, directing the video games Crysis, plus motion capture and how the process works! We also talk making horror B movies like Parasite and working on the roleplaying book broken Shield with Gunnar Roxen and doing Drama for the BBC, plus much much more! A perfect interesting fun guest for the podcast, a really great episode!

NHS worker and mental health activist Richard Kirby joins Steven on the show!!! We talk his personal challenges for the time to change charity that he has been doing since jan 2014, his experience on Mentally Sound (Stevens other podcast), his own personal experiences and stories and we also talk a little sport, amongst other things!!! Really enjoyed catching up with him, a fun episode!!! to see all of Richards challenges, please go to http://www.richardkirby.org/ for more info!

Novelist and friend of the show Gunnar Roxen returns to the show!! He talks to Steven About working on his roleplaying book broken Shield based on his Agency Files books,his influences such as Red Dwarf/ sci fi, fighting illness, going to conventions and other geeky stuff in between!! Super fun episode!! for more info, you can check out Gunnars Site at http://www.gunnarroxen.com/

A very different Geek Apocalypse Podcast as Steven (@Geek_apocalypse) Does a Solo episode!!! Steven answers some questions sent in by Talking Starting/maintaining an independent podcast like this one, facebook friends versus close friends, the right to not vote as opposed to voting in elections, plus upcoming guests on the show and the annoyance of people who do gimmick things just to make money.

The personal trainer of Hugh Jackman David Kingsbury joins the podcast!! We talk how he met Hugh, working with Michael Fassbender on Assassins Creed, how he started his business, meeting Chris Hemsworth, working on hollywood films and starting a gym at Pinewood Studios!! To find our more about David and his online fitness courses etc go to http://www.davidkingsbury.co.uk/ for more info!

Hugely fun episode as Alex Hall from Steamforged Games (http://steamforged.com) joins the show to talk Dark Souls the board game!!! We talk Alex designing the game, his career and how he got started at Steamforged, the hugely successful kickstarter for Dark Souls, the joy of an unwelcome Windows update, tattoos and ofcourse, we talk video games and board games too!! you can have a look at the kickstarter for Dark Souls here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/dark-soulstm-the-board-game

A birthday Special of the show As Steven turns 29! Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) And Ricky (@VividRicky) talk ageing, Ricky talks about his love of Ken Loach, they both share their opinion of Donald Trump winning the Election And Steven talks his new girlfriend and his birthday celebrations!!

Stevens old friend Wayne Madden returns to the podcast!! We talk about Wayne deciding to doing a masters this year, hulk hogan, being in a relationship, using twitch, going to mcm last year and much more random awesome talk!!! really funny and laid back!

Manu Intiraymi aka Icheb from Star Trek Voyager joins Steven on the show! We talk his new project The Circuit on kickstarter-(http://kck.st/2d0Iaxq) plus We talk about working on Voyager, His scene in J Edgar working with Clint Eastwood and Leonardo Di Caprio plus the pros and cons of living in LA. We also talk visiting the Uk, working in Hollywood and some of his guest appearances on other shows! Really great fun interview!!

Our Friends over at The Engage Podcast Jamie,Philip and Simon join Steven to talk their one year anniversary plus all things Star Trek! We talk how the podcast started, how the guys became friends, we dive into the the last Star Trek film and also, we talk to the guys about old series and what they think about the new TV series Discovery, coming soon to our screens! We encourage you subscribe to both shows and also you can find the guys on twitter and at http://www.theengagepodcast.com/

our friend Gary Pollard from mentellhealth returns to the podcast. We talk playing in a football tournament together, his website www.mentellhealth.org, his love of comic books and fantastic four, plus mental health debate and more geeky chat! you can follow Gary @mentellhealth and us @geek_apocalypse !

In a one off special, Steven solos the podcast to reflect positively and negatively about 2 years since being in hospital. He talks openly about mental health, dealing with bipolar disorder, the misconceptions with it,the difference between social and individual responsibility, the stigma and discrimination people with mental health face and how we can better deal with the issue overall for the better of everyone. We hope it helps anyone that listens!

Fun Episode as Marty and Fran return to the podcast!! We talk about their new publishing deal for their book gum on my shoe, which is now called high tide low tide!! We also discuss the new name change, bipolar disorder, the writing process, internet relationships, and advice for helping a friend with a mental health issue. Really honest, fun and open chat, really like talking to them! their book High tide: low tide will be released in early october! For more info, check out their website at www.gumonmyshoe.com !

A special episode this week, As instead of a regular sit down conversation with a guest, this is a compilation/best of edition of Mentally Sound, a mental health podcast/radio show that Steven also hosts. The idea being, that if you like what you hear, to subscribe to that show as well as this one. It is broadcast every second friday every month where we have interviews, debates, pre recorded segments, live guests, songs, live performers around the theme of mental health. So I guess not as tangent filled as this podcast normally is. The episodes features clips/interviews or segments with Steven Hesse, Ricky Thamman, Sharon Race, Jules Clare + Victoria, Steve o driscoll, Jenny Wallwork, Steven warberton, Jason(ex army veteran), holly and jo from nhs Humber, mick (a judge who nominated us for awards and more! It also ends with stevens most recent song 'new beginning' which has not been played on this podcast! you can follow us @geek_apocalypse and the show @_mentallysound on twitter!!

Amazing and fun episode as Steven (@Geek_Apocalypse) and Ricky (@vividricky) are joined by Claudia Christian!! (@claudialives).We talk about Babylon 5, how she got the role,her acting career in general, plus her guest appearances in shows like castle and Quantam Leap! We also talk her decision to move to the uk, becoming a writer, her book Wolfs Empire, voice acting for World of Warcraft/ Call of Duty and her C3 Foundation which uses the Sinclair method to treat alcoholism.Fascinating to hear about! Also, Steven puts his foot in his mouth when complaining that a geordie was misrepresented on Castle, with hilarious consequences! Its amazing this was only an hour, shes super nice and interesting! For more info about Claudias foundation, go to http://cthreeeurope.com/ and http://www.cthreefoundation.org/ on how they can potentially help you for free!!

Really fun hosted episode!! Ricky (@vividricky) join Steven (@Geek_apocalypse) to talk accents, the english language, the pros and cons of dating, dealing with being moody and tips to deal with someone like that, and steven reveals to ricky that someone he is a fan of is doing the next episode!!!