Best Den Of Geek Podcasts (2025)

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Den of Dice

12d ago

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Short episodes. Big story. Zero filler. The stars remember war. In the aftermath of a cosmic conflict that shattered worlds and birthed fragile alliances, secrets are waking in the dark. House of Glass is a cinematic, story-first actual play podcast set in the Aetheris Expanse—a high-fantasy sci-fi universe of arcane megacorps, astral empires, and …

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Tenet (2020), plus a huge interview with Gina Gershon 1:08:27

12m ago1:08:27

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Christopher Nolan. A filmmaker long linked with James Bond. A man who loves his spy movies. A man who's got to the point where he can make pretty much any film he likes. 2020's Tenet remains arguably his most divisive, but talk of the film is also wrapped up in the lockdown year of 2020, and his split from long-term studio partner Warner Bros. We d…

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In conversation with Pixar producer Mary Alice Drumm 52:06

12h ago52:06

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Chums, talk to producers. They have great stories. For this latest episode of Film Stories, Pixar's Mary Alice Drumm joins me for a long chat about her new film, Elio, and also a long chat about her career. We go from Warner Bros Animation - Quest For Camelot, The Iron Giant! - through to Cinderella II, Curious George and a whole lot more. And then…

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Haunted Prisons & Ghost Hunts with Heather Taddy 1:09:55

20h ago1:09:55

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Paranormal investigator Heather Taddy (Paranormal State, Alien Highway, Portals to Hell) joins Aaron Sagers to talk haunted prisons, shadow figures, and the eerie activity captured in the latest episode of her hit YouTube series, Travel the Dead. Alongside Katrina Weidman, Heather investigates Cambria County Jail in Ebensburg, PA — where slamming j…

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Dastardly Dungeoneers

5d ago

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As days darken and the light of hope begins to wither, travelers on the frontier yearn for a hero to shape the new world's future... Following the wreckage of the Great War, the newly unified Feraelands found themselves taken advantage of by the Nine Archdevils of the Hells – conniving children of the Gods who targeted struggling frontier families …

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Hamlet

5d ago

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Tribeca Festival World Premiere 2025 – This revelatory new take on Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy drops you inside the fractured mind of the prince. With breathtaking binaural sound design by Tony-Award winner Mikhail Fiksel and starring Daniel Kyri (Chicago Fire), this is Hamlet as you’ve never heard it. Link: https://www.hamlet.fm RSS Feed: https:/…

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One By One

6d ago

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One By One is a full-cast genre-bending sci-fi & horror audio drama that features four seemingly random humans in an isolated quadrant of space as they come together to fight off pirates, a deadly arcane virus, and an extra-dimensional unholy entity set to destroy reality as we know it. The show debuts June 9th on podcast services you love, with ne…

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The Storyplayers Podcast

6d ago

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We are a queer woman-lead, character driven actual play podcast telling stories with GMless indie games. Link: https://rss.com/podcasts/storyplayerspod RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/storyplayerspod/feed.xml

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The HD DVD disc format (2006) and Nightcrawler (2014) 58:14

4d ago58:14

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In the 1970s and early 1980s, it was VHS vs Betamax. But in the 2000s, with companies keen to build on the success of DVD, a fresh movie format war sparked. In one corner? It was Blu-ray. In the other? HD DVD. The latter was best positioned to emerge victorious - but it all came to a head over a few days at the start of 2008. Dan Gilroy had built u…

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In conversation with Dean DeBlois 49:13

7d ago49:13

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In a special episode of the Film Stories podcast, Simon is joined by writer/director Dean DeBlois. He's the co-writer and co-director of the original How To Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch films, and after writing and directing the second and third Dragon movies, he's now done the same with the live action remake. Why did he do it? We get into …

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Valiance and Villainy

10d ago

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The valiant souls of our world protect us from the throes of villainy. An extremely superpowered podcast with a focus on character and narrative. Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bountiful-toad-production2 RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/fa086e34/podcast/rss

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Shark Ritual Killings & Dangerous Animals Director Sean Byrne 37:30

9d ago37:30

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Sean Byrne, acclaimed director of The Devil’s Candy and The Loved Ones, returns with Dangerous Animals — a nerve-shredding thriller that blends shark horror with serial killer dread. In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers dives deep with Byrne to discuss the psychological undercurrents of the film, the true nature of predators, and w…

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The Grimoire Diaries

11d ago

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Recent events have made me realise that perhaps my own memories are not as reliable as I once thought... William Moore is a sceptic. He works at a quiet bookshop in North London, shelves odd little fairytales, and rolls his eyes at anything resembling the supernatural. But when something awful happens to someone he loves, William is forced to recko…

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Hearthbound | An Untelling of the Odyssey

10d ago

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Hearthbound is a queer musical audio drama podcast set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It’s a love story, a road trip, and a ballad for ecological restoration. Link: https://www.hearthboundpod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.redcircle.com/3944c967-ddac-48d5-ab57-a124287f8dae

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Waterworld, including The Ulysses Cut (1995), plus Len Wiseman 1:15:57

11d ago1:15:57

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The legend of 1995's Waterworld suggests that it was a huge flop and a criticial disaster. The truth? It was neither. But it was one of the toughest Hollywood productions of the 1990s, and its story continued even after the arduous shoot was complete. In this episode, Simon goes through the origins of the film as a low budget idea, right through to…

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Thorn Creek

14d ago

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Enter Thorn Creek. Discover our chilling, mind-bending collection of original audio horror stories. Link: https://thorncreekaudio.podbean.com RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/thorncreekaudio/feed.xml

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Monster Truckers: Dusty Roads & Derelict Dunes

15d ago

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Using Monster Truckers: Long Haul Into the Worstlands by Table Cat Games, Dusty Roads & Derelict Dunes follows four down-on-their-luck monsters as they travel through Mojave desert to make it to (what's left of) Nevada.While each of our truckers may be eccentric monsters -- they're good at what they do and are ready to take on any threat that comes…

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Dead Arcology

13d ago

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A Science-Fantasy Horror podcast written, recorded, and produced by Michael Austice. Link: https://www.deadarcology.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/deadarcology/feed.xml

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Bring Her Back with Danny & Michael Philippou 40:56

18d ago40:56

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Danny and Michael Philippou — the breakout directors behind Talk to Me, A24’s highest-grossing horror hit — return to the world of supernatural terror with Bring Her Back. In this episode of Talking Strange, host Aaron Sagers talks with the Australian twin filmmakers about their new movie's dark secrets, grief-fueled rituals, and hidden connections…

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The Chester Higgensworth Detective Series

14d ago

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"The Chester Higgensworth Detective Series" A Radio Play by Peppur Chambers. Link: https://www.lower-depth.com RSS Feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/580720/rss

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Battle Cry

14d ago

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Deep below the surface of a hidden realm, humans are enslaved and forced to fight against beasts of myth and legend. Stripped of their names, these unwilling combatants have no choice but to kill to survive, all for the entertainment of a bloodthirsty audience. However, the seeds of rebellion are taking root, and one determined party of misfits wil…

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In conversation with Walter Murch 53:34

16d ago53:34

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Multi-Oscar-winning editor, sound designer, writer and editor Walter Murch joins Simon for a very special episode of Film Stories. Walter's just released his latest book, Suddenly Something Clicked, and it's packed full of advice, plus stories from his extensive career. In this long chat, the pair talk about the Droid Olympics, The Conversation, Fr…

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Olympus Dale: The Ghost of Valkyrie

18d ago

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A supernatural barrier mysteriously appears around the small town of Olympus Dale, trapping the citizens inside and cutting them off from the rest of the world. A group of misfit kids must face paranormal terrors to unravel the town's secrets and reverse a looming cataclysm. Link: https://www.byuradio.org/a8b8306b-8ef2-4e7b-9913-4b89325d3017 RSS Fe…

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Fury of the Small

15d ago

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The Wild Magic Tavern presents Fury of the Small, a limited series D&D podcast made in partnership with The Spinoff. Featuring a stellar cast of Aotearoa's finest storytellers, richly detailed soundscapes and a sweeping musical score, Fury of the Small is an audio adventure like no other. Link: https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts RSS Feed: https://fe…

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Stories By Tea Light

20d ago

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Fleeting moments in time by Imogen Wheal. Link: https://storiesbytealight.podbean.com RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/storiesbytealight/feed.xml

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Leyline High Rewind

17d ago

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New podcast from Gemma Arrowsmith, Susan Harrison and Thomas Nelstrop diving into the huge back catalogue of weird spooky kids' show LEYLINE HIGH (1972-2002). You remember it, right? Of course you do! Everyone ran home from school to watch it - including you! Link: https://www.gemmaarrowsmith.com/leylinehigh/ RSS Feed: https://www.gemmaarrowsmith.c…

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Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire: A Daggerheart Adventure

22d ago

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Join our young Poets of Lacuna as they weather a royal clash between Hope and Fear--and fight to save a land born of both. A love letter to the brand new Daggerheart TTRPG system by Darrington Press. (By/for fans of Actual Play who love drama and gaming in equal measure.) Link: https://queenofdaggers.podbean.com RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/q…

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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), plus Michael Cera 56:46

21d ago56:46

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The summer of 1989 gave Warner Bros an enormous box office hit with Batman - but not far behind it came Lethal Weapon 2, a sequel turned around in a couple of years, and bringing back most of the key creatives. Not writer Shane Black, though. His much darker idea for the sequel would be rejected, and the tone would duly shift. Plus, we'd get a lot …

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We’ve Gotta Get Out of Here!

20d ago

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Tale as old as time– you try to drive your newly-ex boyfriend home after he breaks up with you and you’re so busy fighting with him that you take a wrong turn straight into a pocket dimension. Classic. Ellie and James, two average twenty-somethings from San Jose, California, have found themselves in a very not-average situation. They’re stuck in a …

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Left Alone Once More

20d ago

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A grounded semi-horror story of being alone and the fear that you are not. Skylar recounts their time drifting through life as people slowly pull further and further away. I could be nothing. They could just be imagining it. Just like those thumps late in the night. It's nothing, right? Link: https://left-once-more-pod.carrd.co/ RSS Feed: https://p…

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Apogee

20d ago

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In the year 2043, a private research coalition known as ORION funds an ambitious mission aboard the ISS—an experiment in closed loop life support and the future of long term space habitation. Then, the unthinkable happens, a catastrophic cascade of orbital debris severs communications, the international crew aboard the ISS finds themselves stranded…

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Shane Pittman: Finding Hope in Hauntings 1:08:00

21d ago1:08:00

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On this episode of Talking Strange, Aaron Sagers sits down with Shane Pittman, paranormal investigator, and Aaron's co-star from Netflix’s 28 Days Haunted. Shane Pittman joins the show for a powerful, no-holds-barred conversation. Known for his work on The Holzer Files and as the founder of Beacon TV, Shane opens up about his deeply personal new bo…

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GO

24d ago

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A Friday afternoon in the fall...between the end of school pep rally, and the big game. BEAUVILLE, TEXAS - a small town in which the community rallies around the school, there is nothing else to do in the town besides attending school events, many of the town’s residents were born there, raised there and will die there. Link: https://www.roguemedia…

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In conversation with Mia Threapleton - The Phoenician Scheme, dyslexia, Tesco ClubCard 37:18

23d ago37:18

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Mia Threapleton, in her teens, was obsessed with Moonrise Kingdom, and wanted to work with Wes Anderson. Fast forward to now, and she's the standout of his new film, The Pheonician Scheme. In this long interview, she talks about working with Wes, about how dyslexia affects how she processes a script, and why she keeps being stuck on trains when she…

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Vision | A Dark Fantasy Audio Drama

23d ago

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Based on the novel by Wrenna Stone... Eva has a world inside her head: the land of Astraela, where Darkness and Corrupted beasts threaten eternal doom. Vivid dreams have given her four books as an up-and-coming author, but when undead fiends appear on Earth for a killing spree, she is caught in the crossfire between fantasy and reality. These creat…

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The Midnight Manuscripts

25d ago

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The Midnight Manuscripts is an adult horror podcast where each episode follows Kyle, who inherits a supernatural quill that writes terrifying stories at midnight. As the stories unfold, eerie items from the tales bleed into his reality, blurring the line between fiction and fear. Expect dark twists, creepy theories, and supernatural horrors as list…

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) and Pixar's Newt (abandoned) 58:17

25d ago58:17

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The future of the Mission: Impossible movies was up in the air after the third film, with Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise parting ways. It took some bridge building to get a fourth movie going, and even then, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol would bring with it changes. Plus, a contingency plan to replace Tom Cruise as the figurehead of the f…

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Mage In The Machine

26d ago

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"If you're hearing this then one of three things has happened, none of them good." Mage In The Machine is an audio drama focused around Oz Grimhallow, a man cursed to act as an interreceptor of fates most horrible. Every episode presents a new case, a new horror that was meant for someone else to face but now directs it's attention towards our humb…

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One Guy, One Die

27d ago

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One Guy, One DieSolo TTRPG stories from the weird mind of Turk.Zombies, space gods, cursed dwarves — just me, Dice, and way too much narrative tension. Link: https://thegrouchcouch.com/ RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/one-guy-one-die/feed.xml

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The Diaries of Galadric the Supportive Sage

27d ago

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Greetings, friends! If you don’t know Galádric, it’s all in the name: he is the Supportive Sage! What started as a simple role-play character for a humble D&D setting, GTSS has evolved into a passion project for our creative team. A place where we can live and play in a fantasy world, while reflecting responsibly on our own world, through the eyes …

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In conversation with Bobcat Goldthwait | God Bless America, Robin Williams, cat biscuits, odd Amazon reviews and more 59:45

28d ago59:45

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In a very special episode of Film Stories, Simon is joined by writer, director, actor and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, for a conversation about his film career. In the wide-ranging chat, taking place as God Bless America arrives on the Studiocanal Presents streaming channel in the UK, Bobcat tells us about his approach, The Muppets, and why he write…

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