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Geek News on the Radio June 15th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: A lot of good Father's Day stuff there Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: It really is way more than a card store cabin
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: fever trolley square.
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: I don't have much for you to watch today, but they're.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: You know, in this in this world, it's just gone
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: completely mad and you tend to doom scroll. The only
• 0:24
  Speaker 2: saving grace that I've had is baby elephant videos, otter videos.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, well, kitty cat videos.
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: Yes, well, Pixar, They've got a new movie coming out
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  Speaker 2: in March.
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: It's kitty Cats and it's about damn time, isn't it.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: We love a good kitty cat movie. It's called Gatto.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: That means cat, you know, yes, it was Yeah, where
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  Speaker 1: is the tuna? Do you have the wrong cat? Tell
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  Speaker 1: the truth? The things are gonna get pretty good, pretty uly.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: I was saving that tuna.
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  Speaker 2: So of course, any good interrogation. You have a light
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  Speaker 2: above the person. Well, the cat keeps getting distracted by
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: the string that's.
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: Swat at it. That sorry, gotto. So yeah, you can
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  Speaker 1: go watch that. It's it's kiddy Cats. It might be cute.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the plots in Gatto.
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  Speaker 2: After years of maneuvering the canal ridden the superstitious city
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  Speaker 2: of Venice, Italy Nero, the black Cat played by Let's
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  Speaker 2: see Mark Ruffalo. Uh Nero begins to question whether he's
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: lived the right lives.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you get more than one.
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  Speaker 2: Indebted to Rocco, the local feline mob boss, Nero finds
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  Speaker 2: himself in a quandary and is forced to forge a
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  Speaker 2: truly unexpected friendship that may lead him finally to his purpose,
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  Speaker 2: unless Venice gets the better of him first. So that
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  Speaker 2: will be March fifth, twenty seven. And I just watched
• 2:20
  Speaker 2: Hoppers recently, that Disney film. It was very funny, it
• 2:26
  Speaker 2: was quite enjoyable. Let's see Last of Us Season three
• 2:30
  Speaker 2: is filming is underway, but they keep announcing cast members
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  Speaker 2: and they're adding Peter Sarsgard Now he's going to join
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  Speaker 2: the show in a recurring role as Ammon, a leader.
• 2:43
  Speaker 1: Of the Seraphyites cult.
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: Just for you keeping track at home, Ammon does not
• 2:49
  Speaker 2: appear in the games. He is a new character created
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: just for the show. Now. Season three of the show
• 2:57
  Speaker 2: will reportedly take place concurrently with the events of season two,
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: but will be told from Abby's perspective instead of Ellie's,
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  Speaker 2: because Abby is a is a Caitlin Deaver former Firefly
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  Speaker 2: who joins the Washington Liberation Front after Joel Pedro Pascal
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  Speaker 2: slaughters a whole bunch of fireflies while removing Ellie from
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  Speaker 2: the group's medical facility. You remember that, effectively destroying the
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: firefly firefly community. The WLF, in turn, is at war
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  Speaker 2: with Seraphytes for control of Seattle, potentially setting Abby and
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  Speaker 2: Amine up for a clash.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, there's a yeah, So.
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  Speaker 2: There are no release date yet that they're they're shooting
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  Speaker 2: right now. So here's a little something for you. Did
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: you know that Anthony Bourdain made a comic book.
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: Yes, I did. I heard something about it. It's called
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  Speaker 1: get Jero. Now.
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  Speaker 2: The reason I bring this up is Adult Swim is
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  Speaker 2: making it into an animated series based on the comic
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  Speaker 2: book Titus well Over, Alison Pill, Justin Kirk, They're going
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  Speaker 2: to have their voices in this get Ziro based on
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  Speaker 2: the Anthony board in comic book. The story concerns a
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  Speaker 2: sushi chef from a not too distant future in which
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  Speaker 2: everybody's needs are being met digitally, whether it's sex or travel.
• 4:20
  Speaker 2: You can put on goggles and go anywhere, but the
• 4:23
  Speaker 2: one thing you cannot do is eat and taste food.
• 4:25
  Speaker 2: And because of that chefs have become the most powerful
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: people in Los Angeles. They're like gangsters as they take
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  Speaker 2: each other out. The comic starts with the mysterious Japanese
• 4:36
  Speaker 2: sushi chef Zio lands in Los Angeles and he starts
• 4:40
  Speaker 2: playing everybody against each other. The series continues, we see
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: that there's a whole method to his madness, and the
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: entire thing is like him creating a recipe for a
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  Speaker 2: grand finale a lot of food May Hammond. Violence happens okay,
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: as you can see in the Oh Yeah, but Get
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  Speaker 2: Zero comic book for Anthony Bourdain. And finally, this Bill
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  Speaker 2: Carne Evil number nine.
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  Speaker 1: Does that ring a bell? It's an Emerson Lincoln Palmer song.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, all right, yep.
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  Speaker 2: Isaac Asben is attached to direct a dystopian sci fi
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  Speaker 2: movie based on the song Okay. Written for the screen
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  Speaker 2: by Tim Headrick. The story follows Zack, a brilliant but
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: troubled musical prodigy who was invited to perform at a
• 5:34
  Speaker 2: major music festival sinulcast in the world's most popular video game. However,
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: Zach is shocked to discover the game's mysterious creator, maybe
• 5:43
  Speaker 2: using him to promote a terrifying new technology. In a
• 5:46
  Speaker 2: harrowing twist, our hero comes to believe that this technology
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  Speaker 2: may be of intestimable benefit to humanity, and he is
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  Speaker 2: hunted by ruthless anti technology mercenaries. So, if you've ever
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: wanted a show based on an Everson Lake and Palmer song.
• 6:03
  Speaker 1: Not really, but well you're getting it. You don't, you
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  Speaker 1: don't have a choice.
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  Speaker 2: You're getting it, all right, Okay,