Geek Cred

Still Alive

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:43:41 +0000

No, that is not a Portal reference. This is a long-overdue post to let you know that I am still alive. Geek Cred has most definitely not podfaded. If you want to stay informed and hang out and have a good time, I encourage you to drop by the IRC chat. Stay subscribed, Geek Cred will be returning from hiatus very soon! Until then… geek on!

Geek Cred Episode #20 - MC Frontalot

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:14:43 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features and interview with nerdcore rap artist MC Frontalot, who talkes about how he got started, what makes nerdcore special, how he gets song ideas, about the upcoming record, and more, along with geek trivia.

Length: 36:56
Size: 25.3 MB

Geek Cred Live #2

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:07:52 +0000

Geek Cred Live #2, recorded live on TalkShoe.com, on February 4th, 2007.

Length: 1:11:34
Size: 49.1 MB

Geek Cred Episode #19 - Steve Saylor (Repost)

Steve Riekeberg — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:53:23 +0000

This episode features an interview with Steve Saylor, the author of the supernatural superhero podcast novel Black Shadow, and co-host of This Week in Geek. Steve talks about Black Shadow, what inspired him, and what is the geekiest thing that he has ever done. Plus, the usual geek trivia, along with details for Geek Cred Live and a new giveaway.

Length: 41:45
Size: 28.6 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #18 - Eric Busby

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:09:07 +0000

The first episode of Geek Cred of 2008 features an interview with Eric Busby, the executive producer at audio drama company Darker Projects. Eric talks about how Darker Projects got founded, why audio drama, what goes into a production, and more. Plus the usual geek trivia.

Length: 30:39
Size: 21.0MB

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Geek Cred Delayed

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:40:57 +0000

I hope you all had a great holiday season and happy new year. After taking a break myself for the holidays, I’d planned to be bringing you the first Geek Cred of 2008 today, but things just aren’t working out. Since Christmas I’ve been battling a severe respiratory and sinus infection that has hit me like a train and left me with little voice. I’m finally on the up swing, but its kept me from working on the show, so I have nothing to release for you today. Never fear, though! Geek Cred will return for the first episode of 2008 next week. Stay tuned, this is going to be a great year!

Happy Holidays

Steve Riekeberg — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:05:50 +0000

Normally I’d be bringing you your latest episode of Geek Cred, but with all the hubub around the holidays, Geek Cred will be going dark. I wish you all have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, and enjoy this special season. See you next year!

Geek Cred Episode #17 - Chris Lester

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:36:00 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with Chris Lester, the creative genius/mad scientist behind the podcast fiction series Metamor City. Chris talks about how he combines high fantasy with modern society into a unique world, along with the announcement of the contest winner and the usual geek trivia.

Length: 49:27
Size: 33.9 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #16 - Red Monday

Steve Riekeberg — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:13:15 +0000

The Return of Geek Cred! Geek Cred returns with an interview with J. Marcus Xavier, this time to talk about his new audio project Red Monday. He talks about what Red Monday is about, the viral marketing/alternate reality game promoting it, and more. Plus the usual geek trivia, and Geek Cred’s first ever contest! Thanks for sticking with the show!

Length: 47:35
Size: 32.6 MB

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Contest:

Win a free subscription to Red Monday! Entering is easy: Just send an e-mail to contest@geekcred.net with “Red Monday” in the subject line by December 9th, 2007, at 11:59PM Pacific Time. The winner will be announced on the next show.

Geek Cred Status Update

Steve Riekeberg — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:14:27 +0000

Well, here I am again, happy to say that I am back online with a new machine. It was very tough getting by with no desktop for this time, but in the end it was worth it. Well, now that I’m back up and running, I can get back to the thing that I missed most: podcasting! Look for the return of Geek Cred with a brand-new episode coming this Tuesday. (New release day.) Thanks for staying with me!

Murphy’s Law Strikes Again

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:27:41 +0000

I am sorry to say that due to circumstances beyond my control, that Geek Cred will be a bit delayed. You see, my long suffering desktop machine that I used to record and produce the show finally bit the dust. As much as I would whine about how old and underpowered it was (by modern standards) it did allow me to do the show. For the time being, I am pretty much without a computer, at least one that I can use to create the show. I will hopefully be getting a new one soon, but that won’t be until about 2 weeks at least, during which I won’t be able to produce new episodes. I will do my best to respond to e-mails and be in the IRC chat room some, but that’s about all I can do with this truly ancient laptop I’m forced to use in the meantime.

I’m not trying to have a pity party here (though I’m I’ll gladly accept any donations!), I just wanted to let you guys know what’s going on, and why I don’t have a new episode out. I do want to reiterate that I am commited to doing the show, I love it, and once I am back up and running, I will get to work on the next episode right away. And as always, you can drop me an e-mail or hit up the chat room. You’ll hear from me soon, and until then, geek on!

It’s The Great Server, Chuck and Kreg! - A Friends in Tech Halloween Special

Steve Riekeberg — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:33:33 +0000

Friends in Tech presents our annual technology-themed Halloween special for this year:

It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg!”

Convinced that the Great Server will be making its yearly appearance, Kreg refuses to go Trick-or-Treating with the rest of the FiT gang and instead pulls an all-nighter waiting for the Great Server to “…rise up out of the server farm and brings technology to all the good geeks around the world.”

Written by Douglas E. Welch and the Members of Friends in Tech

You can also check out previous FiT Halloween Specials:

Geek Cred Episode #15 - Venus Rises

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:00:54 +0000

In this episode, Geek Cred returns from an unexpected hiatus with an interview with J.G. Birdsall, creator and producer of independent science fiction television show Venus Rises, along with 3D artists Stephen Gilbert and Arnand Kularajah. Look for Venus Rises this November online and on Illusion TV.

Length: 30:25
Size: 20.8 MB

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Geek Cred Joins Friends in Tech

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:53:48 +0000

I am proud to announce that Geek Cred has joined Friends in Tech! Friends in Tech is a great group of podcasters that I have been supportive of for quite some time, and I had the pleasure to meet and hang out with many of the guys at the Podcast and New Media Expo last weekend. They are all very cool people, and I’m proud to say now that I am a part of this group. Be sure to check out the Friends in Tech web site, and all of the other great podcasts available there over at www.friendsintech.com.

Geek Cred Episode #14 - LIVE

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:13:36 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred is an experimental live edition, recorded on TalkShoe.com, with special guest co-host Steve “Snowball” Saylor from This Week in Geek. Doing a show live without the luxury of editing a challenge and was definitely an interesting experience, but it was a blast and I definitely want to do this again. Thanks to everyone who came out and participated.

Length: 57:45
Size: 39.6

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Geek Cred Episode #13 - Chris Mack

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:37:17 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with Chris Mack, creator and producer of the science fiction audio drama and 2006 Parsec Award nominee Children of the Gods. There were some audio problems, for which I apologize, so the interview has some background noise, but the content is still great.

Length: 44:58
Size: 30.8 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #12 - Chuck Tomasi & Kreg Steppe

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:51:31 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with the two crazy geeks from the 2007 Parsec Award Finalist ChuckChat Technorama, Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe.

Length: 43:14
Size: 29.6 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #11 - David Simon

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:32:39 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with David Simon, the man behind the science fiction CGI web comic/graphic novel Crimson Dark.

Length: 27:04
Size: 18.5 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #10 - Wess Tobler

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:05:12 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with Wess Tobler, the co-creator and co-host of the technology video podcast Hak.5. Wess talks about how he got into tech, how Hak.5 got started, and more.

Length: 34:38
Size: 23.7 MB

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Geek Cred Promo

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:28:04 +0000

It’s taken way too long to get this finished, but Geek Cred finally has a promo! If you’re a podcaster and you like the show, please get the word out by playing this on your podcast.

Big thanks to Garland Thompson, from Children of the Gods and West Coast Poetry Slam for the excellent voice over, and to Peppermint Bone for the music.

Length: 00:38
Size: 602 KB
Download: Link

Geek Cred Episode #9 - Scott Sigler

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:45:23 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with the notorious podcast novelist Scott Sigler, author of Earthcore, Ancestor, Infection, and The Rookie. Scott talkes about writing, podcasting, his book deal, his next podiobook Nocturnal, and more.

Length: 32:35
Size: 22.3 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #8 - 50/50/50 J.C. Hutchins

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:02:58 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features a return appearence of J.C. Hutchins as part of his 50/50/50 social marketing experiment to promote Book III of 7th Son, which will be launching on July 7th, 2007.

Length: 24:52
Size: 17.0 MB

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Geek Cred Episode #7 - Wesley Clifford

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:29:26 +0000

This episode of Geek Cred features an interview with Wesley Clifford, the creative mind behind Planet Retcon Radio, the home of comedy science fiction audio dramas including the Parsec Award-winning Stargate Cafe.

Length: 40:32
Size: 27.8 MB

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Chat

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:47:39 +0000

Server: irc.thinstack.net
Channel: #geekcred

Note: Java Runtime Required

Geek Cred Episode #6 - Brad Wardell

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:50:35 +0000

In this episode, Geek Cred returns from a hiatus with an interview with Brad Wardell, founder and CEO of independent software and game developer Stardock, the company behind products such as desktop customization software ObjectDesktop and WindowBlinds, the Galactic Civilizations game franchise.

Length: 22:59
Size: 15.7 MB

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Geek Cred #5 - Earl Newton

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:32:15 +0000

In this episode of Geek Cred, we have an interview with Earl Newton, executive producer and creative force behind Stranger Things, the first science fiction anthology video podcast, which premiered with an adaptation of Scott Sigler’s short story “Sacred Cow.” Plus listener voicemails and geek trivia.

Size: 28.1 MB
Length: 41:01

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Geek Cred Uncut: Tee Morris

Steve Riekeberg — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:46:05 +0000

It took way longer than it should have to get this posted, but here is a special bonus, the extended “uncut” edition of the interview with Tee Morris that was in Episode #4. It’s very long, but it’s a fun interview that I had a blast doing.

Length: 1:10:33
Size: 32.33 MB

Geek Cred #4 - Tee Morris

Steve Riekeberg — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:22:09 +0000

In this delayed and episode of Geek Cred, we have an interview with author and podcaster Tee Morris. Tee is the author of Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana, Podcasting for Dummies, and Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword. Tee talks about writing, podcasting, what makes a geek, and more. Plus the usual geek trivia.

The bonus “uncut” extended version of the interview with Tee will be posted soon.

Length: 46:42
Size: 21.4MB

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Show #4 Delayed

Steve Riekeberg — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:30:35 +0000

Well, I’m sorry to say that Geek Cred Show #4 won’t be released tomorrow. I’m home sick in bed. I was ravaged by the flu which has left me with a very nasty sinus infection which is keeping me from getting the show out. What is it with me and getting sick? This is the second time I’ve gotten sick and it’s affected the show, delaying an episode. Well, once I get back on my feet, I assure you that Show #4 will be coming, with another great interview.

New Geek Cred IRC Server

Steve Riekeberg — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:07:33 +0000

Geek Cred has a new IRC server! The channel #geekcred has moved to irc.geekcred.net. If you haven’t joined the party yet, what are you waiting for? If you don’t have one already, grab a copy of mIRC or X-Chat. We’ll see you there! (Note: I will be adding a web-based client soon, for those who don’t have an IRC client installed.)