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Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks’ cotinues its second season after a brief hiatus! Season 02, episode 02 starts with special geek James Edward Raggi IV, a fellow former metal media owner! The episode starts with him sharing his history in music and OSR and continues as we discuss controversy, music, and games!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks reaches its second season after a brief hiatus! Season 02, episode 01 starts with special geek Kathy Criswell, a visual and written artist! The main topics include Xena: Warrior Princess, being book-obsessed kids, life online in the ‘90s, online fanclubs and collections, early internet videos and misheard lyrics, extended universes, and positivity, art, and passion!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 15 wraps up the first year with special geek Andy Gillion, a heavy metal and somewhat geeky musician! The main topics include growing up a little bit different, going through religions and bullying, and of course, a little bit of retro gaming!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 14 features special geek May Lo, who is a multifaceted artist! The main topics include modeling and art, including makeup and body image, being a geek generally, TTRPGs (Mörk Borg, Dungeons & Dragons, Avatar), Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra, and being fantasy-lovers who have grown more and more interested in sci-fi over the years.

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 13 features special geek John Mondelli aka John Sprocket of The Cog Is Dead. The main topics include steampunk, being a weird kid who doesn’t fit in, music making, filmmaking, voice acting and voice actors, the convention scene in America, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 12 features special geeks Henna Helasvuo and Lasse Turunen of Pihka is My Name. The main topics include Miyazaki and Pixar movies, video games (like Legend of Zelda), A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, Star Wars, and much more!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 11 features special geek artist & graphic designer Jouni Koponen. The main topics cover a lot of territory, including video games, movies, and tabletop roleplaying games. Spoiler warnings for some games and series, but nothing too new/relevant.

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 10 features special geek vocalist Helena Haaparanta. The main topics are tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder, as well as storycraft and songwriting, and as much more!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 9 features special geeks Anne Lil Rajala and Harri Koskela from Lost in Grey. The main topics are books and music (and a little bit of gaming), as we talk about Pippy Longstocking, 8-bit gaming soundtracks, gaming orchestras (like SCORE), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Animorphs, Ori and the Blind Forest, Hollow Knight, Johanna Sinisalo, Aku Ankka (Finnish Donald Duck), the scariest parts of the Moomins, bands who have extended universes to their music, and more!

Bear Wiseman’s Gathering of Geeks podcast continues! Episode 8 features special geeks Keith Mosfet and Ilari Oinonen from The Mosfets. The main topics are Game of Throne/A Song of Ice and Fire, House of the Dragon, The Rings of Power, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek… and more!