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Geek Fallout Reloaded: July 22nd 2025

·1 hr 52 min·5 clips

Jim Shooter entered comics at 13 and later became Marvel editor-in-chief.

1. Geek Fallout Reloaded on the Pop Culture Pub Podcast Network opens with a July 22, 2025 catch-up format and an in memoriam-heavy rundown. 2. Chris Lockhart hosts with Kevin Decent as co-host, and both matter because they trade stories, reactions, and genre-specific context throughout the episode. 3. The episode functions as a news-and-observations check-in on recent podcast-network news, personal updates, and deaths across film, television, comics, and music. 4. Chris cites millionpodcasts.com and says the Pop Culture Pub Podcast Network was ranked number 36 out of 100 pop-culture podcasts and number 83 out of 100 geek podcasts. 5. He names Vinit S. as the person who reached out with the rankings, and Kevin responds that consistency pays off. 6. Chris also mentions a solo episode about Star Trek and Game of Thrones, which he says Kevin would not have been interested in. 7. The show then shifts to Damien, Chris’s nephew, who races at Edmonton International Raceway in Alberta. 8. Chris says Damien started racing at 12, is now 13, and competes in the Future Stocks Division. 9. He explains that Damien can race at a NASCAR-approved track even though he cannot yet have a learner’s permit in Alberta. 10. Chris describes contributing to Damien’s race fund every paycheck and buying bumper stickers for the race car after a new vehicle replaced a slower Nissan. 11. Kevin’s update centers on free furniture from a neighbor’s sister after a breakup, including a coffee table, dresser, wall art, and a large circular table. 12. He estimates the furniture is worth about a thousand dollars and explains that he moved it and rearranged it upstairs on his own. 13. Chris compares that to moving a large cabinet by bear-hugging it, and both hosts note that heavy items like couches and refrigerators are much harder to manage. 14. The first obituary segment covers Gaylord Sartain, who died at 78 on June 19 and appeared in Ernest Goes to Camp as one of the cooks. 15. Chris and Kevin then discuss Lalo Schifrin, who died at 93 after working on Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry, Enter the Dragon, Cool Hand Luke, and Rush Hour. 16. The longest memorial segment is for Jim Shooter, who died at 73 of esophageal cancer after breaking into comics as a teenager and later becoming Marvel editor-in-chief in 1978. 17. Chris and Kevin connect Shooter to The Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, Secret Wars, Valiant Comics, and the idea that Marvel once had enough leverage for DC to consider giving Marvel control of its characters. 18. Kevin also argues that Shooter’s leadership shaped later versions of Superman and Batman through creators like John Byrne and Frank Miller, while Chris recalls wishing he had met him at a convention. 19. The episode keeps a conversational, unrehearsed pace, with Chris and Kevin moving from rankings to family updates to obituary commentary and comic-book history. 20. Listeners who follow comic history, movie scores, and geek-news roundups will get the most from it, while listeners wanting a tightly focused deep-dive may skip it.

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Loose pop-culture talk that works best when it settles into Ozzy Osbourne reflection.

Geek, Follow, Reloaded starts with the usual housekeeping, then settles into a long look at Ozzy Osbourne and the difference between the stage character and the person underneath it.

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A geek-news catch-up that opens with housekeeping and drifts into an Ozzy memory lane.

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