Making Geeks is a podcast for people who are striving to find the balance between raising great kids and holding onto the creative passions that keep them Sane. Whether it's woodworking, prop building, 3D printing, or gaming, we're trying to make a new generation of geeks the best way we can
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The Final Episode of the Podcast, recorded live from Wes' workshop featuring some special guests.
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Making Geeks Ep0299 "The Last Spoilercast"
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Spoilercast of the Super Mario Bros Movie, Season 3 recap of the Mandalorian, and the Summer Movie Preview.
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Making Geeks Ep0298 "Did You Hear That?"
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Donovan puts on his game master hat again as we try to guess a variety of video game sounds.
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Wes turns the tables and puts on the GameMaster hat to quiz Shawn and Donovan on their Geek Knowledge
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Making Geeks Ep0296 "This or That"
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Do you prefer this, or that? Listen in and have a few laughs.
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No description, just listen to the episode- it's an important one.
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Donovan's angering Sponsors, Wes is cutting holes in walls, Shawn still playing with lasers and Jordan Rempel is this week's guest.
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After two weeks off we are back, let's catch up and have some laughs.
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Making Geeks Ep0292 "Reflect and Rebuild"
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This episode talks about our good friend Andy Birkey and his recent shop fire. Also, if you had to start over as a maker, what would you buy again and what could you do without. This episode talks about our good friend Andy Birkey and his recent shop fire.
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Making Geeks Ep0291 "Look at this Stuff Isn't it Neat"
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What is our geekiest collections of stuff?
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It's new year which mean we have a new set of goals and events we are excited about for the year
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It's been a while, it's time to catch up! Wes talks home theaters and lanterns, Shawn is gushing over Avatar two, and Donovan is doubling down on 2 YouTube channels
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Welcome to 2017! Listen in as we reflect on 2016 and layout our plans for what we have in store for the New Year
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Making Geeks Ep0287 "Nintendos and Red Ryder BB Guns"
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What was the one magical gift you wanted for Christmas when you were a kid. And did you know that Wes is a marial arts master?
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Making Geeks Ep0286 "The AI Takeover"
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Potential impacts of AI Art generation, who does it help, who does it hurt?
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We have geek coming out of our pores. A ton of new geek related properties were shown today, let's discuss.
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This week we welcome Kit from the Skill Tree YouTube channel to talk about maker origins and the benefits of pairing a theme with your skill.
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What are some different, strange, or funny sayings that you grew up hearing?
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Making Geeks Ep0282 "Han Solo's Grumpy Cousin: The Midseason Spoilercast of Andor"
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The first season of Andor is about halfway done, listen in to hear Wes, Shawn, and Donovan's take on this pre-trilogy drama
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Innovation does not necessarily mean better.
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A good discussion of how A.I. and Algorithms are impacting the way we live and the choices we make.
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Donavan talks 3D Base camp wrap up, Wes talks about the ERRF, and Shawn just talks about balls.
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Donvan made it back across the border in time for us to talk about conventions and the new Super Mario Bros Trailer.
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Making Geeks Ep0277 "Future Tech"
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While Donovan is stuck in another country, Wes and Shawn discuss some future tech that has the potential to vastly change our lives.
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This week we have maker and inventor AJ Huff on to talk about maker and business orgins as well as his new Kickstarter
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Shawn is finally back as we do a minor spoiler cast for She Hulk and discuss some of the D23 Marvel and Star Wars annoucements
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Making Geeks Ep0274 "To the Appendices: Spoilercast for Ep1 of Rings of Power"
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Long time Patron and friend Jordan Rempel takes Shawn's spot in the podcast tonight to get into the weeds as we discuss Amazon's insanely ambitious "The Rings of Power" ?
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Making Geeks Ep0273 "From the Vault: With Great Power"
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Creating Content online is like dealing with the wild west. What responsibilities do we have to our audiences?
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Is Maker Faire still viable in today's community? What other venues could possibly take its place?
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Making Geeks Ep0271 "Ethical Dilemmas"
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The DC Cinematic Universe is Collapsing, Donovan gets some cool recognition, is it ok to still like Bill Cosby, and why is Rudolph's nose really red?
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Making Geeks Ep0270 "OMG It's David Eberle from Mythic Cellar Shopworks"
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We have David Eberle joining us this week to talk about all the awesomeness from the Maker Alliance Maker Camp event
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Donovan hosts the hardest trivia game ever played on the show. Play along and see if you can do better that Wes and Shawn... it won't take much
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It's the end of July and that means that it's also time for Comic Con. What are we most looking forward to?
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Making Geeks Ep0267 "TikTokification"
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Media is in a constant state of change, how willing are we to change and evolve as makers and content creators?
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Making Geeks Ep0266 "OMG It's Thomas Baisch inventor of the Frogpod"
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This week we have Thomas Baisch on inventor of the Frogpod to talk about invention, bringing ideas to reality and his Kickstarter Campaign
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Back from a Small Break, Shawn, Wes and Donvan talk about Education Conferences, Disneyland, current projects and home renovation difficulties
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Making Geeks Ep0264 "From the Vault: OMG It's Maker and FilmMaker Donovan from the Beardless Man"
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This week we welcome, Donovan from the Beardless Man YouTube Channel as he berates us about our geek status and challenges us to a game he calls, "Beat the Geek"
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Shawn hates Star Wars, Wes tramps through a dungeon on the road and Donovan actually likes a movie! And, we celebrate the 6th Anniversary of the MGPC
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Making Geeks Ep0262 "From the Vault: Parental Interneting"
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This week we wish Wes a happy birthday, make fun of old man Shawn and talk about our parents and family's struggle to keep up with changes in technology
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Making Geeks Ep0261 "Freedom Before Kids"
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Do you remember that time before kids? What was it like? What hobbies did you use to have?
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Making Geeks Ep0260 "Multiverse of Sadness: Dr. Strange ATMOM"
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Spoilercast Warning!!! We are doing an in depth review and spoilercast for Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.?
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Spoilercast Warning!!! We are doing a wrap up discussion and review of Moon Knight S1 - Did you like it?
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Science Fiction has always been an amazing repository for innonvation and imagination. How many technological wonders have come to fruition because of those visionaries?
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Wes, Donovan, and Shawn are all back for a major geeking out session. There is too much geeky stuff on the horizon
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Making Geeks Ep0256 "Drawing on the 2's?"
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Wes is out Exploring the world again, so Shawn and Donovan have a one on one about the background and history with animation.
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Making Geeks Ep0255 "Are We Retro Now?"
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All things old are new again. This week we talk about retro games and how we have introduced them to our kids.
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Making Geeks Ep0254 "Dovetail Pants"
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Wes, Shawn, and Donovan do some listener submitted QA's Including the most important one, what is up with Donovan's pants?
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Making Geeks Ep0253 "They Want your Face"
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Ownership and Privacy are being made increasingly more difficult as technology evolves to mimic people IRL, how does that affect content creation and owning your own likeness?
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Making Geeks Ep0252 "Action Notes from WBC"
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Shawn talks about some notes from the Ben Uyeda(Home Made Modern) and Brad Rodriguez's(Fix this Build That) class at WBC and how it applies to working with sponsors.
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Making Geeks Ep0251 "Working the Con"
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Workbench Con 2022 has come and gone and we have quite a bit to say.
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