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The Naked Geek

The Naked Geek

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Sci-fi, fantasy, superheroes: they have been a constant companion whether it be books, comics, movies, or tv. To some it's just disposable entertainment - but you know better! Once a week, veteran podcaster and lifelong geek David Monteith invites you on a journey, where, with a little help from a friend now and again, we can explore vulnerability, meaning and purpose through the lens of a life lived in Geekdom. Don't worry, he won't actually be naked...It's a metaphor!
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Title: Grief, Mental Health and Superpowers with Courtney Charlton

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In this episode David chats with Courtney, an incredibly creative geek and fellow parent to a dead child. There's lots of laughter while exploring grief, mental health, children ,geekdom and asking the question - "What geeky artefact would you sell to pay the rent?"

Guest at a Glance

A life long geek and founder of Mother of Mayhem UK Courtney is a friendly and highly creative London-based retoucher who has worked with clients such as ADIDAS, ITALIA VOGUE, RED, ELLE MAGAZINE, NET-A-PORTER, and more. She's an Artist, Quad Skater & Longboarder. She loves all things 80s n Retro, is a Mother, Film Geek and probably loves Tom Welling a little more than she should!

Subjects we talked about in this episode:

Where it began

Smallville

Geekdom and Isolation

Finding your tribe

Babyloss, anger and Batman

Naming a dead baby

Mental Health, Grief and Geekdom

Identifying with The Joker

Naming The Next Generation

Bedtime Stories and "indoctrinating" The Next Generation

Belonging

Paying the rent!

Mentioned in this episode:

Smallville

Harley Quinn Animated Series trailer

Tron Legacy Trailer

The Mummy Returns

DC Superhero Girls

Joker

Invincible Trailer Invincible Comic

The Boys

Find Courtney:

https://www.courtneycharlton.co.uk/

[email protected]

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - david@thenakedgeek,co,uk14:45 - 15

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770/

This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - [email protected]

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The Naked Geek - Stillbirth and Singing Androids
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11/12/21 • 13 min

Tipple: Glen Scotia Double Cask Single Malt Whisky inspired by the Raid on St Nazaire

You can watch a brilliant documentary about the raid here - The Greatest Raid of all Time

Inspiration: Raised by Wolves (HBO; SKY Atlantic; NOW TV)

04m:15s - In this episode David explores the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi series Raised by Wolves. When you have a dead baby in your history, it becomes important that any tv show that touches on the subject does it right. Did a story about Androids called Mother and Father, hit the mark? Why is a song so important?

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Stillbirth Links:

If you or anyone you know has been affected by Babyloss, here are a few links that may be helpful

SANDS

Daddy's With Angels

Grace in Action

Joel The complete Package

Cruse - Bereavement Counselling

I Pause - A spoken Word piece about babyloss

Please contact [email protected] if you need any specific advice or signposting

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group

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The Naked Geek - Who Am I Now? - Grief and Transformation
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02/02/22 • 11 min

Who Am I Now? - Grief and Transformation

Tipple: Not a tipple a bar - The Deer's head in BelfastInspiration - WandaVision and What If...Dr Strange...

Welcome back to the boudoir and this week, David's pays for a night of excess in Northern Ireland and explores the transformative effect of grief, reliving what it costs the grieving and those around them This is a spoiler heavy episode.

The Naked Geek is trying to be as accessible as it can and has an initial goal of making "accurate" transcriptions for each episode. As always, this costs, so If you feel like you can help with this goal then please donate here - https://ko-fi.com/thenakedgeek1

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The Naked Geek - Empathy, Bad Guys & the Justice League
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03/16/22 • 9 min

Ep 19: Empathy, Bad Guys & The Justice League

Tipple: Siren Red Ale - One In All In - https://www.sirencraftbrew.com/stories-and-events/blog/granadilla-vs-one-in-all-in

Inspiration: JLA 157 Till Doom do us Part

Finally on his 3rd attempt David gets to the point he meant to when he first started talking about this Justice League comic and it's all about Empathy.

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Many thanks to Joe Rawlinson-Hunt - https://joerawlinson-hunt.com/ and Siobhan Monteith https://twitter.com/siobhanmonteith for the use of their voices in this episode

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The Naked Geek - The Lensman, your influence and the long game
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03/09/22 • 13 min

Ep18: The Lensman: Influence. Legacy & the long game

Tipple: George T Stagg - https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/stagg/george-t-stagg.html

Inspiration: Tiriplanetary Bk1 of The Lensman Series from E E 'Doc' Smith

David reflects on his importance, legacy and influence while trying to con you into buying him a ridiculously expensive bottle of Bourbon

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The Naked Geek - Foundation: The best laid plans
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02/16/22 • 12 min

Ep15 - Foundation: The Best Laid Plans

Tipple: Pink Grapefruit Juice

Inspiration: Foundation by Asimov

In this episode David use's the classic sci-fi series from Issac Asimov to reflect and project on the importance an a pointless of a good plan on his life and career

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The Naked Geek - Mark Meer: from dropping out to saving the universe
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03/23/22 • 58 min

Ep 20: Mark Meer: from dropping out to saving the universe

Description: In this final episode of Season 1 David gets comfortable in the boudoir with voice actor Mark Meer and explores the intricacies of chasing passions both on and off the mic.

Guest at a Glance

Mark Meer is known worldwide for his voice work in video games, especially Commander Shepard in the Massive Effect series.

Show Notes:

First comic

Marvels what if

Life before societal acceptance

Role playing and satan

The advantage of dropping out

Insane improvisation

From discovering performance to voice work

Gaming as a gaming actor

The biggest influence

TV shows to get you through lockdown

Advice to a 12 yr old then and now

Mentioned in this episode:

Fundraiser auction site for Michael Hogan of Babylon 5 - https://society6.com/fleetisfamily

https://propnomicon.blogspot.com/

Find Mark:

https://www.cameo.com/markmeer

https://twitter.com/Mark_Meer

https://instagram.com/mr.markmeer

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - david@thenakedgeek,co,uk

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770/

Donate - https://ko-fi.com/thenakedgeek1

This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - [email protected]

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Episode: 12

Creativity, Depression & Getting Up Again with Barry Nugent

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David welcomes one of his oldest and closest friends, author and co founder of his other podcast - Geek Syndicate - into the boudoir.

Listen to the banter as they explore their friendship, origins, traumas and dig into how life's mental fallout has affected Barry's creativity.

Guest at a Glance

Barry Nugent is an author of supernatural adventures and the creative force behind the Unseen Shadows Universe, which expands the world and characters from his novels across multiple platforms.

Barry is also the co-host on the Geek Syndicate podcast, that takes a humorous look at pop culture. The success of the podcast led him to co-present two documentaries for the BBC.

Barry lives in sunny Northampton (well sometimes it is) with his wife and two cats.

Show Notes:

Early influences

Family & Geekdom

Influential Characters

Mums & Raiders - The inspiration for creativity

Falling of the bus - an origin story

Imposter syndrome depression and hunger

Dealing with geek prejudice

The importance of music

Trail of the Cursed Cobras

The role of geekdom in your life

Music Mentioned in this episode:

Raiders March - https://youtu.be/ojZ0k9ymdU0

Victory March from Star Wars - https://youtu.be/BjDaPOWdx6s

One of Barry's favourite moments from Indy - https://youtu.be/v1VkhCF8zV4

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Trail of the Cursed Cobras

Find Barry:

[email protected]

http://www.barrynugent.com

https://twitter.com/unseen_shadows

https://instagram.com/geeksyndicate

Help David improve accessibility with transcripts by donating here - https://ko-fi.com/thenakedgeek1

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - [email protected]

Continue the conversation in the Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770/

This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - [email protected]

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The Naked Geek - The Truth, Self delusion & a Sword
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01/12/22 • 10 min

The Truth, Self Delusion and a Sword Inspiration: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Tipple: 1698 from Shepherd Neame Brewery

A book that spawned 11 more books plus a game, a tv series, a comic and several short stories encourages David to assess the importance of truth over his self delusions

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Links:

The Sword of Shannara - https://amzn.to/3op8G65

The original trilogy - https://amzn.to/3ilxTdD

The Shannara Chronicles TV trailer -https://youtu.be/2cbLfgM5z7M

Donate: To pay for transcription services to improve the accessibility of the podcast - https://ko-fi.com/thenakedgeek1

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4381495755276770

Produced by RogueSpirit Productions - [email protected]

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The Naked Geek - Adam Dewhirst - Passion, Growth & Fatherhood
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02/23/22 • 45 min

Episode: 16 - Adam Dewhurst: Passion, Growth & Fatherhood

David and Adam get riff on the the components of the journey that took Adam from watching films on the sofa to being a creative on Marvel Movies and more, while considering how we nurture the next generation.

Guest at a Glance

Adam Dewhirst is a lead modeller at ILM (Industrial light and magic). He has over 17 years experience in VFX spanning Games, film, TV, commercials and children’s television. Perhaps one of his most loved creations is Rocket Racoon for Guardians of the Galaxy

Show Notes:

Stuff Adam has worked on that you love!

Epiphany moments and the journey into a career

Geekdom as a companion

The changing face of Comic Conventions and geek films/tv

What Farscape teaches us about growth

The influence of Spiderman

Navigating a relationship with a civilian

The Next Generation

Charting your life

Mentioned in this episode:

Hickman X-Men - https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/jonathan-hickman-x-men-reading-order

Thor - https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/28031/thor_2020_-_present

Find Adam

https://twitter.com/dewhirstadam

https://www.instagram.com/dewhirstadam/

Message The Naked Geek to share your experience or insights - david@thenakedgeek,co,uk

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This podcast was produced by RogueSpirit Productions - message to see how they can help you produce your podcast - [email protected]

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How many episodes does The Naked Geek have?

The Naked Geek currently has 21 episodes available.

What topics does The Naked Geek cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Leisure, Mental Health and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on The Naked Geek?

The episode title 'Grief, Mental Health & Superpowers with Courtney Charlton' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Naked Geek?

The average episode length on The Naked Geek is 19 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Naked Geek released?

Episodes of The Naked Geek are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of The Naked Geek?

The first episode of The Naked Geek was released on Jul 12, 2021.

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