In this episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by GLAAD Media Award winning artist D.J. Kirkland (@ohheydj) as they discuss drag queen vampire slayers in the trailer for Slay, breakdown the reaction to the X-Men's post-Krakoan Age reboot, celebrate the DC Pride announcements, and catch up on what they’re getting Down & Nerdy with in pop culture. 

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: The first reveal has been made for the next era in X-Men comics

• D.J.: Nintendo announces a new movie set in Super Mario Bros. world is coming

DOWN & NERDY: 

• KEVIN:  Damsel, Shogun, Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda, Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Washington’s Gay General

• D.J.: Drag Race S16, Survivor 46, Traitors S2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender 
  

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER:  Neve Campbell to star in Scream 7 directed by Kevin Williamson

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: A Rachel Pollack tribute and more planned for this year’s DC Pride launch 

CLIP OF THE WEEK:  New trailer for drag queens vs. vampires movie Slay

SHILF

• KEVIN: Apollo & Midnighter

• D.J.: Nightwing

*Art by Ryan Stegman

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Jon Herzog (@jonherzog) as they discuss Lifetime casting a real-life couple as the leads in their first queer X-mas movie, the new trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian, and celebrate Disney+ casting Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk for our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: New Harry Potter game reportedly doesn’t involve J.K. Rowling
• JON: New trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian 

DOWN & NERDY: 

• KEVIN: We Are Who We Are, Ratched, Away
• JON: The Boys, GLOW Season 2, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Invisible Man

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Tatiana Maslany cast as She-Hulk for Disney+ series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Lifetime casts married gay couple as leads in The Christmas Setup

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Love and Monsters

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• Ant-Man 3 adds Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror
• New trailer for Synchronic 
• New trailer for Evil Eye
• New trailer for The Lie
• New trailer for Nocturne
• New trailer for Black Box

TV

• HBO Max renews Raised by Wolves for a second season & Harley Quinn
• DC Universe becomes DC Universe Infinite and only offers comics
• CBS All Access is rebranding to Paramount+
• SNL adds first out Black LGBTQ cast member Punkie Johnson
• First look at the black-ish animated election special 
• Netflix orders animated reboot of Good Times
• New BTS look at the Animaniacs revival

VIDEO GAMES

• Sony announces more details for Playstation 5 but screws up pre-orders

SHILF

• KEVIN: RBG
• JON: RBG

In this special bonus episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin talks to artists Yoshi Yoshitani (@yoshisquared), Lewd Alfred Douglas (@hismajesty), and Tana Ford (@tanaford) to discover what they're getting down and nerdy with live from the floor of NYCC. 

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by the VP of Geeks OUT, Steve Gianaca (@sgianaca) as they discuss Marvel continuing to tease a gay character in Eternals, the new Steven Universe movie trailer, and celebrate Linda Hamilton in the new Terminator: Dark Fate trailer for our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:  

• KEVIN: New trailer for AHS: 1984
• STEVE: Steven Universe new Toonami trailer

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Young Justice: Outsiders, Twelve Forever, Marvel Comics #1000
• STEVE: Fruits Basket, Harry Potter Series, Dragon Quest 6, Final Fantasy X-2

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Eternals’ unnamed gay hero will be married and have a family

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Joker

THE WEEK IN GEEK: 

MOVIES

• First look at characters from Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon
• New Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker teases darkside Rey

TV

• New teaser trailer for Disenchantment Part Two
• New trailer for The I-Land
• New trailer for season 2 of Titans

VIDEO GAMES

• Pokemon Sword & Shield’s Gym Battles will be more of a spectacle 

SHILF

• KEVIN: Guy Gardner
• STEVE: Kyle Rayner

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Kate Moran (@kickasskmo) as they discuss the witchy goodness of AHS: Apocalypse & Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, take heart in GLAAD's Where We Are On TV report, and celebrate Jamie Lee Curtis and Halloween as our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Star Trek: Lower Decks animated series coming to CBS: All Access
• KATE: Black Widow and The Eternals rumored for 2020

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: American Horror Story: Apocalypse, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Iceman
• KATE: Sims 4 Get Famous releases 11/16, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Bob’s Burgers

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Halloween gets highest opening ever for horror movie with female lead

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: GLAAD Where We Are On TV report shows representation is on the rise

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Netflix’s Bird Box

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Wonder Woman 1984 moved to summer 2020
• New trailer for Reign of the Supermen
• New trailer for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• Clueless reboot in the works

TV

• Disenchantment renewed for season 2
• First look at Shane West as Bane on Gotham
• Extended trailer for The Passage
• New promo for Titans introduces Doom Patrol
• New BTS photo of Batwoman & Supergirl
• The Simpsons reportedly dropping Apu

COMICS

• Marvel’s hip-hop variants made into actual album covers
• Mark Waid crowdfunding his ComicsGate lawsuit

SHILF

• KEVIN: Stephen Amwell as Flash
• KATE: Batwoman

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Tom Lotito from Geeks OUT DC as they discuss the demise of Luke Cage, the promises from Geoff Johns of queer characters (maybe) in the next season of Titans, and celebrate Supergirl focusing less on romance and more on empowerment as our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Jason Blum gets called out for minimizing female directors
• TOM: Netflix cancels Luke Cage

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Halloween, Venom, Flash
• TOM: Bad Times at the El Royal, Daredevil, O.K. KO let's be heroes hits Hulu, Unstoppable Wasp

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Supergirl to focus on empowerment not romance

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Geoff Johns makes vague promise to add queer character for Titans

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for Escape Room

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• The Warrens return for Annabelle 3
• New trailer for The Kid Who Would Be King
• New trailer for The Curse of La Llorona
• New music video/trailer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Tom Holland shows off new Spider-Man costume  

TV

• Supergirl adding Lex Luthor to season 4
• New trailer for Legends of Tomorrow
• Poster for Arrowverse Elseworlds crossover
• New look at Raven & Starfire in Titans
• New trailer for Super Drags

COMICS

• Playboy to feature James Bond comics
• Boom! Studios releasing a Rugrats Chanukah special

SHILF

• KEVIN: Chris Evans
• TOM: Evangeline Lily

In this week's episode, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by comedian & Flame Con performer, Bobby Hankinson (@bobbyhank) as they discuss the new teaser for American Horror Story: Apocalypse, the possibility of Gal Gadot playing Hedy Lamarr, and weigh in on the excitement and "controversy" over Ruby Rose playing Batwoman in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Oscars to add Popular Film category
• BOBBY: AHS: Apocalypse releases a teaser and announces returning cast

DOWN & NERDY:

• KEVIN: Fantastic Four, Castle Rock, Crash Bandicoot

• BOBBY: Riverdale, WWE RAW, Fortnight

FLAME CON FAVES:

• KEVIN: Cosplay Corner, Ultimate Clapback, Performances

• BOBBY: Jen Bartel

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Gal Gadot in talks to play Hedy Lamarr in Showtime limited series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Ruby Rose cast as Batwoman

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New look at Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2                                         

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Supergirl movie is being developed
• Sword and the Stone also being remade for Disney streaming
• Power Rangers sequel in the works
• Deleted scene from Deadpool 2
• Ben Schwartz to voice Sonic the Hedgehog
• Trailer for Slaughterhouse Rulez
• Fox developing Simpsons sequel and Bob’s Burgers movie
• Star Trek 4 may not happen

TV

• New trailer for Maniac starring Emma Stone
• New trailer for Netflix series The Innocents
• Cyborg added to cast of Doom Patrol
• First look at The Flash’s new costume

COMICS

• X-Men: Disassembled coming in November
• DC comics teases a hero’s death
• Image to feature special anti-censorship covers

VIDEO GAMES

Gay gamer wins world title at the 2018 Evolution Championship Series

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and John Jennison (@Johnneecurtis) spoil plot points from Avengers: Infinity War, discuss Annette Benning joining the cast of Captain Marvel, and celebrate the new gay rom/com Alex Strangelove in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New trailer and poster for season 2 of Luke Cage
• JOHN: Fox orders new vampire drama The Passage starring Zach Morris

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Legion, Riverdale, Exiles, No Justice                                          

• JOHN: Detective Comics, Action Comics Special #1, Infinity War

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Captain Marvel adds Annette Bening to the cast

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer for Netflix’s Alex Strangelove

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Teaser trailer for Shane Black’s The Predator released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First look at Jimmy Woo and Janet van Dyne in Ant-Man and The Wasp
• Comcast making last ditch effort to buy 21st Century Fox
• Jurassic World 3 won’t feature more hybrid dinos
• Bill & Ted Face the Music has been greenlit to go into production
• Avengers stars get matching tattoos
• Deadpool demands your silence
• Patty Jenkins will be highest paid female director with Wonder Woman 2
• 6 Billion Dollar Man loses another director
• Netflix acquires In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and son Joe Hill

TV

• Punisher season 2 cast two new villains
• Santa Clarita Diet renewed for season 3
• New horror series Light as a Feather ordered at Hulu
• FX orders What We Do In The Shadows to series
• Agents of SHIELD not helped by Infinity War
• Rick & Morty renewed for 70 more episodes

COMICS

• Marvel plans to kill off original X-Men in Extermination event

SHILF

• KEVIN: F.P. Jones
• JOHN: Old Man Lex

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @GrahamNolan, back from his hiatus, as they discuss the new trailer for Fear the Walking Dead, the return of the Fantastic Four to Marvel Comics, and celebrate Gina Rodriguez becoming Carmen Sandiego, our Strong Female Character of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Fantastic Four returning in August
• GRAHAM: X-Men: Dark Phoenix and New Mutants delayed until 2019

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Agents of SHIELD, Saga

• GRAHAM: Jessica Jones, Batman, Cloverfield Paradox, Black Lightning, not the X-Men books

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Carmen Sandiego is coming to Netflix starring Gina Rodriguez

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Captain Marvel brings back queer actor Lee Pace and more

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New trailer for season 2 of Westworld

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• New TV spot for Teen Titans Go! to the Movies
• New trailer for Daphne & Velma
• Duke Nukem movie to star John Cena
• New trailer for The House with a Clock in Its Walls
• New trailer for The Darkest Minds based on the YA book

TV

• Street Fighter series is in development
• Deadpool animated series on FXX no longer on
• Astro City series being developed
• New trailer for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
• New trailer for season 4 of Fear the Walking Dead

COMICS

• Two new Justice League series coming and new Teen Titans lineup
• New Avengers line-up announced and Death of the Inhumans

SHILF

• KEVIN: Marko
• GRAHAM: Fab Fighter

In this week episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by Lynae DePriest (@ThoughtressPoet) as they discuss the new trailer for Tomb Raider, take a sneak peak at Freeform's Cloak & Dagger, check out the new Heathers reboot, and celebrate Love, Simon in This Week in Queer. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: First sneak peak at Cloak & Dagger
• LYNAЀ: Trailer released for Queer Eye reboot on Netflix

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  Star Trek: Discovery, Black Lightning, Avengers No Surrender

• LYNAЀ: Pinky & Brain, Living Single

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: New trailer released for Tomb Raider

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer for Love, Simon released

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for new Heathers reboot series

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Harry Potter has thoughts on Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts sequel
• Guardians of the Galaxy 3 to come out in 2020
• Eliza Dushku opens up about abuse from True Lies stunt coordinator
• Flashpoint to be directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming writers
• Trailer for animated Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
• Someone made a women-free cut of The Last Jedi

TV

• The Simpsons to address the problem with Apu
• Producer of The Gifted teases more Morlocks, maybe X-Factor in season 2
• We are getting a bisexual Constantine on Legends of Tomorrow
• Extended trailer for Wayward Sisters backdoor pilot
• We are one step closer to a Y: The Last Man series

COMICS

• Tom King has created a Sanctuary for DC heroes
• John Ridley writing The Other History of the DC Universe mini-series focusing on POC, Women, and Queer characters
• New Image series Crude from Steve Orlando, explores being queer in Russia
• Marvel announces the “Wedding of the Century”
• Stan Lee accused of sexually abusing his nurses

SHILF

• KEVIN: M.A.N.T.I.S
• LYNAЀ: Blankman

The Geeks OUT Podcast is back, and this week Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @Rebeatmag & @toughpigs contributor Louie Pearlman (@Louie4711), as they discuss how Black Panther is already breaking records, wonder if Teen Titans Go! to the Movies will be a much needed palate cleanser for the DCEU, and celebrate Thunder from the CW's Black Lightning in This Week in Queer.

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Black Panther outdoes all other MCU pre-sales after new trailer released
• LOUIE: Trailer for Teen Titans Go! to the Movies released

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN:  The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Iceman, Detective Comics, Phoenix Resurrection, Star Trek: Discovery

• LOUIE: The Archies (meets the Monkees), The Orville

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Mad Men star cast as Sabrina in new Netflix series

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: First look at Thunder in costume from Black Lightning

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Trailer released for The Tick’s midseason premiere

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Black Widow movie in development w/ female screenwriter
• Kitty Pryde movie being developed by Deadpool director
• Gambit loses yet another director, while New Mutants & Deadpool get moved around
• Dewanda Wise cast in Captain Marvel, possibly as Spectrum

TV

• Bryan Singer loses credit on Legion, The Gifted likely to follow
• Marvel’s Runaways renewed for a season 2
• Constantine animated series will be darker and more adult
• Trailer released for Syfy’s Krypton
• Anne Rice developing Vampire Chronicles series with Bryan Fuller
• Snowpiercer ordered to series on TNT
• Hulu is bringing back Animaniacs with a 2 season order

COMICS

• The Ultimate Universe is back at Marvel
• New Exiles series coming featuring Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie
• Gail Simone returning to Marvel with a Domino solo series

SHILF

• KEVIN: Moose
• LOUIE: Jughead

Art by Paulina Ganucheau

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) is joined by @JonHerzog as they discuss the first amazing look at Domino from Deadpool 2, breakout the shovels as Kingdom joins the list of other shows who "bury your gays" in This Week in Queer, and we raise a milkshake to the wonderful women at Marvel as our Strong Female Characters of the Week. 

This Week's Topics Include:

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: New clip of The Inhumans shows Medusa’s hair in “action”
• JON: Jon wrote a book!

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Rick & Morty, X-Men Blue, Secret Empire

• JON: Comics: Iceman, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man, Game of Thrones

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: DC comics shows solidarity with Marvel with #MakeMineMilkshake tweet

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Audience Network’s Kingdom “Buries it’s Gays”

CLIP OF THE WEEK: Netflix: Mindhunter Trailer new show starring Jonathan Groff and Anna Torv (Fringe)

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• First looks of Zazie Beetz as Domino in Deadpool 2
• First look of what the Skrulls will look like in Captain Marvel
• The Dark Universe movies future in doubt
• Chiwetel Ejiofor may voice Scar in Lion King remake

TV

• Flash has cast their Ralph Dibny (Elongated Man)
• This year’s upcoming Arrow-verse crossover event happening over 2 nights in November
• AMC has greenlit Rainn Wilson as an alien series & developing several series including Shock Theatre (scifi/horror anthology) & Underbelly (horror anthology)
• Stretch Armstrong animated series coming to Netflix
• Titans series has cast Raven
• AHS: Cult releases new character images
• Divergent series being developed to continue as a TV series on Starz

COMICS

• DC introduces children of the Justice League

SHILF

• KEVIN: Domino
• JON: Iceman

In this week's episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin (@Gilligan_McJew) and @GrahamNolan talk about all the announcements from D23 and SDCC, wonder if they can be in a polyamorous relationship with Dr. Marston & the Wonder Women, and boo the haters & celebrate the first female actor to portray The Doctor as our Strong Female Character of the Week.

This Week's Topics Include: 

BIG OPENING:

• KEVIN: Flutter by Jennie Wood is being developed into a tv series
• GRAHAM: Avengers: Infinity War trailer shown at D23 and Black Order confirmed

DOWN AND NERDY:

• KEVIN: Gotham, Fargo

• GRAHAM: The Wild Storm, Uncanny Avengers, Green Lantern Corps. taking DC recommendations

STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Doctor Who casts first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker

THIS WEEK IN QUEER: Trailer released for Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

CLIP OF THE WEEK: New Blade Runner 2049 trailer released

THE WEEK IN GEEK:

MOVIES

• Disney/Pixar developing a Cars/Planes spinoff set in space
• Disney reveals cast of live action Aladdin
• And live action Dumbo cast
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi BTS video released
• Silver & Black director says film will be a buddy film like Thelma & Louise
• A Wrinkle in Time teaser trailer released
• Trailer released for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water
• New red band trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle

TV

• New Spider-Man cartoon coming to DisneyXD
• Character posters released for The Inhumans
• Marvel’s Runaways premiering Nov. 21 on Hulu
• Riverdale cast Brit Morgan as Penny Peabody “The Snake Charmer”
• Poster for new season of Gotham teases Bruce Wayne beginning his transition into Batman
• MTV is talking about rebooting Teen Wolf as it nears series finale
• American Horror Story casts Lena Dunham
• First look at Fahrenheit 451 remake on HBO
• Game of Thrones EP’s bringing alternative history drama Confederate to HBO

COMICS

• Detective Comics to bring back Azrael Batman
• DC debuts Flash inspired Batman

SHILF

• KEVIN: Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
• GRAHAM: Azrael and Batwing

This week, as we prepare for Flame Con take a listen to this special episode recorded live at Nauticon 2016.

Featuring: John Jennison, Josh Siegel and our co-host, Kevin Gilligan.