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Geek News From February 2nd, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Thanks Dave. That was the only one I could even
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  Speaker 1: possibly shove. All right, we got a couple of trailers
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  Speaker 1: for you to watch. I know it's only been a month,
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  Speaker 1: but do you miss Stranger Things?
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  Speaker 2: No, they do not. There is there something if you do.
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  Speaker 2: Uh yeah, it's the first TV spin off.
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  Speaker 1: It's called Stranger Things Tails from eighty five and it's
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  Speaker 1: animated and we got our first look at it here.
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  Speaker 2: And let's developed. Hey hey, hey, coat, I need a coat.
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: Anything happens to where these woods had a lot of mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: It's got some involvement from the Duffer brothers and Sean Lady.
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  Speaker 1: It is set between the second and third.
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  Speaker 2: Seasons that will will start the campaigning during the winter.
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  Speaker 2: I always wonder what went on during that time.
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  Speaker 1: So, instead of enjoying the snow like kids usually do,
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  Speaker 1: the Hawkings Gang, I more upside down monsters to fight,
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  Speaker 1: in particular a pumpkinheaded beast that Dustin thinks survived the
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  Speaker 1: events of the previous season.
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  Speaker 2: Something from the Upside Down must have survived last year.
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  Speaker 2: It looks like what's mutating.
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  Speaker 1: Now. They say that the show will reverberate back to
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  Speaker 1: the original Stranger Things in some way, but Here's one
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  Speaker 1: of the interesting things about it. None of no one
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  Speaker 1: from the original cast has come back.
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  Speaker 2: They're did sound sound kind of like what's his name? Though? No,
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  Speaker 2: They've got they got some sound alikes.
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  Speaker 1: They got a guy named Brett Gibson as Hopper, Luca
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  Speaker 1: Diaz as Mike, Brooklyn Davy as Nordsett as Eleven let's
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  Speaker 1: see Braxton Quinny as Dustin, and Alicia Williams's Max.
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  Speaker 2: That did sound kind of like Dustin too.
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  Speaker 1: Notable guest stars include Janine Garofalo, Lou Diamond Phillips. April
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  Speaker 1: twenty three is when that premieres. So I haven't made
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  Speaker 1: a note of that make now on Netflix. Did you
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  Speaker 1: ever watch our r R? I did, did you, Gina?
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  Speaker 2: No, you should have. I suck clips of it. Sorry,
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  Speaker 2: I have an.
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  Speaker 1: Idea of what it's because it's it's it's bare chested men, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: fighting tigers and things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, their skin is bronze.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, these these Well. We got a new trailer that
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  Speaker 1: just dropped about three hours ago for Varanasi, starring Manesh Babu.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you'd like.
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  Speaker 1: This guy, my sweet Baboo and Priyanka Chopra Jones. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you finished watching r R R and immediately thought,
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  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what what's next. Well, the
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  Speaker 1: filmmaker s s Rajahmuli. This is his new film, Varanasi.
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  Speaker 1: It opens April seventh, twenty twenty seven. Described as a
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  Speaker 1: globe trotting adventure in the vein of Indiana Jones and
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  Speaker 1: James Bond. He got Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra, Jones, and
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  Speaker 1: it is being called the largest and most ambitious film
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  Speaker 1: that India has.
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  Speaker 2: Ever least that's saying something.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and twenty twenty seven's biggest film from outside of Hollywood. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Audience has got to look at the film late last
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  Speaker 1: year and they said the story takes place across multiple
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  Speaker 1: time periods, on multiple continents, and in terms of scope,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to make Our Our look like an indie film.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, this thing is Our Our Our was three
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  Speaker 2: hours long. Yeah, I was gonna say, I remember it
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  Speaker 2: being very long.
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  Speaker 1: And so what you do is you take it in
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  Speaker 1: small bites an hour at a time. Okay, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and that's how you can digest it. But yeah, this
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  Speaker 1: is going to be in theaters April seventh, twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see if somebody, you know, another
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  Speaker 1: movie company decides to counter program against it. If you
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  Speaker 1: are a comic book reader, you know the comic book
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  Speaker 1: Sex Criminals.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't. I mean, I'm not.
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  Speaker 1: So. It's written and drawn by two of the best
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  Speaker 1: in the business, Matt Fraction and Chip Zadarski. Well, they've
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  Speaker 1: been trying to get this show made for about ten
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  Speaker 1: years now, okay, and finally Prime Video has decided it's
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  Speaker 1: okay to make this because they also got Kumil nan
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  Speaker 1: Gianni involved in it and his wife Emily Gordon. Now
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  Speaker 1: here's the plot, Sex Criminals. What it is is that
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  Speaker 1: these two people find out that when they have sex,
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  Speaker 1: they can stop time.
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  Speaker 2: Well haven't we all felt like that one.
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  Speaker 1: At Climax Time stops for a certain period of time, and.
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  Speaker 2: So what do you do? Rob Banks?
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  Speaker 1: Of course, But they're but they're not the only ones
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  Speaker 1: who can do this currently, So it'll be interesting to
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  Speaker 1: see that's coming to Amazon and.
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  Speaker 2: Difficult premise to keep working.
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  Speaker 1: Well, they've I don't think it's in production anymore, but
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  Speaker 1: I think they got a good sixty issues out of it. Really,
• 6:14
  Speaker 1: I want to say, I could be wrong. And finally
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  Speaker 1: this I know you've been clamoring for a chia pet
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  Speaker 1: movie or television show.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't shut up about it. That's all I have.
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  Speaker 1: Not everyone's everyone's favorite terrible gag gift that will grow
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  Speaker 1: tiny plants around an animal to give it for thirty
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  Speaker 1: years now. Now, in twenty twenty six, a company called
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  Speaker 1: Rocky Amedia has acquired the media rights to Chia Pet.
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  Speaker 2: You can't make a whole movie.
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  Speaker 1: Making an animated movie or TV show about it, sure
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  Speaker 1: you can, so be looking for.
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  Speaker 2: You look and see how many different iterations of chia
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  Speaker 2: there are chia pet ahead. Then you run into licensing.
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  Speaker 1: Though, yeah, because it's like there's like a Bob Ross one,
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  Speaker 1: Disney one, Simpson's.
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  Speaker 2: One, So you run into licensing. Be interesting to see.
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  Speaker 1: Look for the chia pet movie coming soon.
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  Speaker 2: I won't look for it.