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A Few Facts About The Geek Speak Show

  • The Geek Speak Show premiered on Monday, August 8, 2010 on TalkZone.com and was live Monday through Friday.​

  • The original hosts were Henry San Miguel, Angel Nevarez & Romo. Damien Minor and Angel Nevarez also served as Show Producers/Guest Bookers and Dave Olsen was the show’s technical producer from the TalkZone studios in Chicago, IL.​

  • The first season featured San Diego Comic-Con’s David Glanzer, Rod Roddenberry, Paul Dini, Jeph Loeb, Chloe Grace Moretz, J.J. Abrams, Nicholas Meyer, a Back To The Future 25th Anniversary episode with Claudia Wells and the late James Tolkan and many other Geek Culture creators​.

  • The show became a podcast starting with the second season and remained so until its brief pause in 2022​

  • After requests from previous guests, listeners and from many of Henry’s friends in the film,TV and comic book industries, he brought the show back in 2023 as The Geek Speak Show, Vol. 2.​

  • The show was retconned in 2025 as The Geek Speak Show Season 16, dropping the Volume 2 from the name.​

  • As of May 2026, The Geek Speak Show ranks #1 on Spotify under “Geek Culture Interviews” and #9 under “Geek Culture Discussions" searches. The show is ranked # 11 and # 51 on Apple Podcasts in the same search categories.

  • The annual Halloween and Countdown to Comic-Con episodes are consistently the top two most-downloaded episodes every year.

  • The Geek Speak Show features one of the few (if not the only) Native American geek podcasters, Shanclen, the voice of the Nerdy Navajo News feature and co-host on weekly episodes and event coverage.

  • The Geek Speak Show was the first geek podcast to feature a female co-host and has featured one or more in almost all 16 seasons. Currently, artist & writer Emily Mata is the female co-host.

  • In the 2020s, The Geek Speak Show has gained a reputation as THE podcast that showcases independent creators, although A-list celebrities are still featured at events like San Diego Comic-Con.

  • Several major IPs were heard first on The Geek Speak Show. Among those are Stephen Cognetti and his Hellhouse, LLC  franchise. David Howard Thornton and the Terrifier  films and Legion M.

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