Geek Show Podcast

The Geek Show Podcast is a national podcast hosted by Radio From Hell's Kerry Jackson. The panel consists of film critic Jeff Vice of the Deseret News, TV critic Scott Pierce of the Deseret News, radio personality, artist and miniatures expert Leigh George Kade, and Shannon Barnson, whom Kerry calls "our color commentator and my bartender." Geek Show is produced by Zack Shutt, who also runs the official website. The show discusses all things geek: comics, movies, TV, toys, role-playing games, video games, etc. It was named by the Deseret News in 2009 as the "best radio spinoff" for 2008. With over 100 reviews on iTunes, it has an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars. One of Jackson's stated purposes for the show is to "try to get Hardcore Fans to lighten up. I can laugh at Luke Skywalker and secretly want to be him at the same time."
While recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, the show has gained a strong national following. It reaches over 42,000 downloads each episode, over half of which come from outside the Salt Lake City media market. A new episode is released every Monday afternoon, available either on the official website or via iTunes. A video feed is also streamed on Stickam during recording and snippets of video are also posted for download. Video episodes are also available On Demand to Comcast cable subscribers in the Salt Lake Area and on the show's YouTube page . The panel is known to travel on location to record the show, such as local cinema pub Brewvies, Shinebox Studios, or Nickelmania.
History
The podcast began as a semi-regular feature on X-96's Radio From Hell morning program, where it has appeared for a decade. Due to its continuing popularity, Geek Show became a podcast-format program in late Spring 2008. Occasionally the show will return to Radio From Hell.
The show has featured famous guests, including local comic book authors and artists—among them Mike Allred and Ryan Ottley. Other guests have included Andrew Stanton the writer/director of Wall-E and Finding Nemo. During the summer of 2008, Marcus from season six of NBC's Last Comic Standing also acted as a guest panelist for several episodes. In May 2008, the panel welcomed several attendees from Mountain-Con, a local science fiction convention, including David Prowse of Star Wars fame, and Garrett Wang and Chase Masterson from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, respectively. They have also broadcast from the local GEEX convention.
In March 2009 Derek Hunter left the show to further continue his comics career. Hunter stated at the time Geek Show took up time that he would rather be spending with his wife or writing his comics. At that time show producer Zack Shutt's name was added to the logo and website as a panelist.
Geek Show was voted "Best Local Podcast" in Utah by the Salt Lake City alt weekly, as announced in the April 1, 2009 issue of City Weekly.
Format
The show begins with a pre-recorded audio bit, which includes Zack reading a disclaimer that the opinions expressed on Geek Show do not represent the opinions of any of the respective panelists' employers. At various times Kerry has also announced fake sponsorships for the show, often referencing fictional companies and entities from the Marvel Comics or DC Comics universes.
Each panel member is then introduced. Jackson will sometimes announce an official drink of the program at times. The show will then usually consist of two segments, with each one discussing a different geek topic or question. Usually this will be recent news about movies, TV, comic books, or gaming. One recurring segment has been "I Don't Get It," in which panel members discuss popular geek culture that they simply do not get. Past topics have included Manga, Stargate, and Geek Chic.
The show is usually wrapped up by each panel member telling what they personally recommend in terms of reading or watching. Kerry will then sign off the show, after which Shannon will tell everyone to "Eat more ham" or some variation on that theme. The show usually ends with a song selected by Zack.

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