I hope you’re all well, staying safe and that you’ve been having a great holiday. 2020 was a crazy year for everyone so hopefully 2021 is an improvement. Before 2021 begins I wanted to do my yearly looking ahead post to some of our plans for the new year- in this case 2021.
Before I talk about some of our 2021 plans I wanted to thank all of you for your support this year. 2020 was a pretty crazy year all round but your continued support, or new support if you found out about us this year, has always been much appreciated and we love doing the podcast and seeing your reactions especially to our interviews. June marks eight years of our Everything Geek Podcast and it’s incredible to us that we’ve been doing the podcast for so long. We wouldn’t still be here without your support so thanks for your support, following us and for listening to the podcast. We’re looking forward to bringing you a lot more great interviews and other content in 2021.
Also, I wanted to apologise for there being a lot of silence from the podcast in both July and December this year. Unfortunately I lost two family members this year, one in July and one in December, which is why we were very quiet during those months as I needed personal time for myself and why we weren’t doing much those two months. 2020 was a challenging year for everyone and it was no different for me. Hopefully 2021 will be better for everyone. I’m looking forward to regularly producing new content for EGP, interviews and more, in the new year.
As you know if you’ve been following EGP a while the thing we enjoy doing most is interviewing cast and crew members from films, TV shows and video-games. 2020 was an interesting and challenging year for interviewing as because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of TV shows had to be put on hold/have their seasons end early and releases of films postponed for a while. From an interviewer perspective a lot of big names only do publicity when they have something to promote (film, TV show etc) so with so many things being delayed or put on hold it made getting some big interviews challenging. We did do a lot of great interviews in 2020 but hopefully with a lot of films coming out and TV shows airing new episodes in 2021 hopefully next year is a lot bigger for us. We’re certainly looking forward to a lot of the film, TV and video-game releases coming in 2021 and bringing you interviews from them.
Interviewing cast and crew members from films, TV shows and video-games is one of the things we do most regularly and it’s personally what I enjoy doing most on EGP. I think it’s fascinating to talk to cast and crew members (regardless of how big or small their role was) about working on a project or projects that I’m a big fan of. Confirming and announcing new guests for the podcast is very time consuming but very much worth it when we get to interview them and when we get your feedback on the interviews. Feedback is one of the most important things for us regardless of whether it’s positive or negative as we do look to improve our show and get more exciting interviews from a variety of different media. We’ve got a lot of fantastic guests confirmed that we’re looking forward to announcing and interviewing.
That said we did have a lot of great interviews in 2020 that I loved doing. Some of the interview highlights for me this year were our interviews with Emily Swallow (The Mandalorian and Supernatural), Henry Simmons (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Rena Owen (Star Wars and Siren), Elizabeth Grullon (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order), Kid Beyond (Star Wars: Republic Commando and The Walking Dead Telltale Game), Piotr Michael (Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4), Reggie Watkins (Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War), Megan MacPhee (Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS), Justin Badger (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, ZEXAL and Duel Links), Liza Kaplan (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Duel Links), Colby Hollman (Fear The Walking Dead) and Sherri Chung (Batwoman and Riverdale composer). Every guest that was on EGP this year though was very kind and fantastic to interview. I want to thank everyone that was a guest on the podcast this year as we really enjoyed talking to all of you and really appreciate that you joined us on the podcast. We hope to talk to you again sometime.
Now for some teases regarding 2021 plans. We’ll have a lot of guests next year from both Star Wars and Marvel both with new content and media that has been out a while from both franchises. We have a lot of plans for both franchises. There’s a lot of amazing content coming up from both franchises in 2021. Star Wars is debuting the Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett shows next year and we’ll absolutely be trying to get interviews from both soon after they premier if not even before the premieres. We’ll have a lot of guests from previous Star Wars media too. We had a lot of The Mandalorian interviews this year and that will continue in 2021. We’ve already done a few Season 2 interviews recently and we’ve got a lot of interviews from both seasons already confirmed. In fact our first The Mandalorian interview of 2021 is on Saturday!
In regards to Marvel we’ll have a lot more Marvel guests in 2021 than we did this year. We’re really excited for all of the Marvel releases coming this year and are really excited to have a lot of new Marvel interviews this year both from upcoming and previously released Marvel films and TV shows. We’re really looking forward to starting new guest announcements soon.
We’ll also be doing a lot of new Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon interviews in 2021 as we know you love those. We had a bunch of great interviews from both this year including several guests that had never done Yu-Gi-Oh! and/or Pokémon interviews before EGP. We’ve got more great interviews like those coming up for both franchises in 2021 including with some mystery names that will hopefully get more characters credited to the right actors. Stay tuned.
Of course we’ll also be doing interviews with guests from lots of other media as well. We already have our first two interviews of 2021 confirmed and scheduled. More details on these two interviews coming soon.
We started uploading interviews to our YouTube channel again in the last few months of this year and hope to start uploading more regularly again in 2021. I’m currently doing a creative digital media college course which includes learning video and audio editing so both myself and Máirin are editing interviews at the moment. My aim is that at some point we’ll get back to uploading 2-3 interviews per week to the channel but that might take a few more months since I’ve got a lot on my plate between other EGP work and my college course and Máirin has things going on in her life too. We will still be uploading interviews before then though and hopefully one as early as this weekend. We also intend to get back to doing toy reviews soon as well as uploading interviews.
We’re hoping that 2021 will be one of the biggest if not the biggest years for EGP so far. Thanks, as always, for your continued support and I look forward to bringing a lot more fantastic Everything Geek Podcast content next year.
Ruari Williamson, Founder of the Everything Geek Podcast.
By Ruari Williamson
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On the next LIVE special guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place tomorrow we’ll be interviewing actor/comedian/impressionist/writer/producer/director/editor Piotr Michael! Piotr is best known for playing Jason Hudson in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Viktor Reznov, Private, George Barkley and A.D.A.M. in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. His other notable roles include Perry White in Superman: Man of Tomorrow, UAC Scientist, Sentinel King, Dark Lord and Internal Voice in Doom Eternal, The Origin and Demonic Voice in Doom, Skrael and Bellroc in Wizards, Oogway, Wing, Wong and Emperor Kang Zi in Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Fritz, Arfolomew and Woof in Where’s Waldo?, Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mack Fearsen and Sky Captain Swayze in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Sarge in Kingdom Hearts III, Phineas Welles in The Outer Worlds, Rufus Voice in Bill & Ted Face the Music, Nakayama, White Dragon Chef and Doorman in Blade Runner: Revelations, Various Characters in MADtv, Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani in Let’s Be Real, Rudy Giuliani, RNC Rally Announcer, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Anthony Scaramucci, Space Pence Announcer, Trump’s English Translator, Sports Announcer, Harry Potter Spoof – Narrator and News Anchor in Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Joker, Dr. Emmett Brown, Professor X, Joe Brody, Han Solo, Colonel Graff, President Snow, Joe and Mr. Pink in Homemade Movies, Laurent (26 Years Old) in Sergio, Angus Groovy, Gatherer, Oasis Civilian and Abadon Rusher in Rage 2, Piotr Peter Piper in Impress Me, Michael Knight and Garthe Knight in Lego Dimensions, Blademaster in Darksiders II, King of Concordia in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Major Threat, Ms. Myrtle and Jeff in Wander Over Yonder, Bert in Lady Dynamite, Police Captain, Booze Cruiser, Gandalf the Grey and Sergeant in Family Guy, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Michael Caine and Sir Ian McKellen in Raw Commentary, Munchie in Munchie the Agent, RF Soldier, Colonist #2 and Scavenger in Red Faction: Armageddon – The Machinima Miniseries, Newscaster in Chappaquiddick, Homeless Gerald and Kanye West in Powerhouse, Balderich von Adler in Overwatch: Honor and Glory, Kalibak, Perry White and Bruno Mannheim in Justice League Action, Spock and Spock Prime in How It Should Have Ended, Bald Councilmen and Narrator in The League of S.T.E.A.M., Derek Fisher and President Trump in Legends of Chamberlain Heights, George Lucas in JonTron’s StarCade, George Lucas Impression in The People vs. George Lucas, Conspiracy Video Narrator in The X-Files, Emergency Alert Voice in Young Sheldon, Joe Biden in Conan, Spock Prime in Honest Trailers, Soldier A and Walla in Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs and Castle Guard #2 and Shipmate #1 in Animaniacs. Piotr also did Additional Voices on Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Incredibles 2, Edge of Tomorrow, The Good Liar, Vishwaroopam, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, Archer and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Piotr’s behind the scenes credits include a Writer on Raw Commentary and an Executive Producer on Subjective Expressions. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Piotr as well, so if you have any questions for Piotr on any of his roles, please leave them in the comments or call-in when we look for questions or call-ins from our listeners on Channel1138! Piotr’s full list of credits can be found here:
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The Everything Geek Podcast is DELIGHTED to announce that actor/comedian/impressionist/writer/producer/director/editor Piotr Michael is the next actor/comedian/impressionist/writer/producer/director/editor we’re confirming for a celebrity guest interview on the podcast!
Piotr is best known for playing Jason Hudson in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Viktor Reznov, Private, George Barkley and A.D.A.M. in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. His other notable roles include Perry White in Superman: Man of Tomorrow, UAC Scientist, Sentinel King, Dark Lord and Internal Voice in Doom Eternal, The Origin and Demonic Voice in Doom, Skrael and Bellroc in Wizards, Oogway, Wing, Wong and Emperor Kang Zi in Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Fritz, Arfolomew and Woof in Where’s Waldo?, Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mack Fearsen and Sky Captain Swayze in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Sarge in Kingdom Hearts III, Phineas Welles in The Outer Worlds, Rufus Voice in Bill & Ted Face the Music, Nakayama, White Dragon Chef and Doorman in Blade Runner: Revelations, Various Characters in MADtv, Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani in Let’s Be Real, Rudy Giuliani, RNC Rally Announcer, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Anthony Scaramucci, Space Pence Announcer, Trump’s English Translator, Sports Announcer, Harry Potter Spoof – Narrator and News Anchor in Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Joker, Dr. Emmett Brown, Professor X, Joe Brody, Han Solo, Colonel Graff, President Snow, Joe and Mr. Pink in Homemade Movies, Laurent (26 Years Old) in Sergio, Angus Groovy, Gatherer, Oasis Civilian and Abadon Rusher in Rage 2, Piotr Peter Piper in Impress Me, Michael Knight and Garthe Knight in Lego Dimensions, Blademaster in Darksiders II, King of Concordia in Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Major Threat, Ms. Myrtle and Jeff in Wander Over Yonder, Bert in Lady Dynamite, Police Captain, Booze Cruiser, Gandalf the Grey and Sergeant in Family Guy, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Michael Caine and Sir Ian McKellen in Raw Commentary, Munchie in Munchie the Agent, RF Soldier, Colonist #2 and Scavenger in Red Faction: Armageddon – The Machinima Miniseries, Newscaster in Chappaquiddick, Homeless Gerald and Kanye West in Powerhouse, Balderich von Adler in Overwatch: Honor and Glory, Kalibak, Perry White and Bruno Mannheim in Justice League Action, Spock and Spock Prime in How It Should Have Ended, Bald Councilmen and Narrator in The League of S.T.E.A.M., Derek Fisher and President Trump in Legends of Chamberlain Heights, George Lucas in JonTron’s StarCade, George Lucas Impression in The People vs. George Lucas, Conspiracy Video Narrator in The X-Files, Emergency Alert Voice in Young Sheldon, Joe Biden in Conan, Spock Prime in Honest Trailers, Soldier A and Walla in Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs and Castle Guard #2 and Shipmate #1 in Animaniacs. Piotr also did Additional Voices on Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Incredibles 2, Edge of Tomorrow, The Good Liar, Vishwaroopam, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, Archer and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Piotr’s behind the scenes credits include a Writer on Raw Commentary and an Executive Producer on Subjective Expressions.
We’re looking forward to chatting with and interviewing Piotr on the podcast. If you have any questions for Piotr please feel free to leave them in the comments. We’ll make sure to post updates once a date is confirmed for Piotr to be on the podcast.
By Ruari Williamson
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Getting back to our guest announcements and we’ve got another very exciting guest announcement coming tomorrow.
We’ll be announcing the next main cast member from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that we’ll be interviewing.
I’m looking forward to revealing who this guest is!
By Ruari Williamson
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On the next LIVE guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place tomorrow we’ll be interviewing actor/producer/writer/beatboxer/guitarist Dieterich Gray! Dieterich is best known for playing the Mos Pelgo Villager in The Mandalorian. His other notable roles include Rail Baron in Westworld, Cop (1927) in American Horror Story, Reid in The New 30, Rick in 8 of Diamonds, Karl in Living Room Coffin, Rebel Interrogator in Dog Jack, Fighter in Bare Knuckle, Rick Sturgess in Criminal Minds, Shep in Lethal Weapon, Tony Barker in S.W.A.T., Lost Man in V Transporter, Bar Tender in Filter: Happy Together, Masseuse in The Re-Gift and Smarmy Executive in Funny or Die’s Nasty Pantys. Dieterich’s other works include a Producer and a Writer on V Transporter, Filter: Happy Together and BrokeTV, a Co-Producer on This Is a Trent Reznor Song and The Re-Gift and a Producer on Funny or Die’s Nasty Pantys. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Dieterich as well, so if you have any questions for Dieterich on any of his roles, please leave them in the comments or call-in when we look for questions or call-ins from our listeners on Channel1138! Dieterich’s full list of credits can be found here:
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Our interview with actress/singer/narrator Allyson Johnson is now up on our YouTube channel!
You can listen to the interview below:
Join host Ruari in this guest interview with actress/singer/narrator Allyson Johnson, best known for playing Vivian Wong in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Agatha in Pokémon and Additional Voices in Chaotic. In the interview they talk about how Allyson got into acting, how Allyson was originally cast as Vivian Wong in Yu-Gi-Oh!, whether Allyson was a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh! or aware of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s popularity prior to her casting, what Allyson was told about Vivian Wong when she was about to record her first scene as her, Allyson’s experience playing Agatha in Pokémon, which character between Vivian Wong and Agatha Allyson found more challenging to voice and more enjoyable to voice, whether Allyson was given a lot of freedom coming up with the voices for Vivian Wong and Agatha or whether the Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon crews respectively already had it in their minds how they wanted their characters to be portrayed, Allyson’s favourite memories from her time working on Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon, the biggest challenges that Allyson faced while working on Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon, Allyson’s work as a audiobook narrator, some of Allyson’s favourite books she recorded the audiobook narration for, the role that Allyson found to be the most challenging in her career so far and Allyson’s upcoming acting roles and other projects.
Be sure to leave your feedback on the interview and enjoy!
By Ruari Williamson
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We’ll be uploading a new Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon interview to our YouTube channel today.
We’ll be uploading our interview with actress/singer/narrator Allyson Johnson. Allyson is best known for playing Vivian Wong in Yu-Gi-Oh! and Agatha in Pokémon.
We hope you’re looking forward to the uploading of the interview!
By Ruari Williamson
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On the next LIVE guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place tomorrow we’ll be interviewing actor/stuntman/model Ian Campbell! Ian is best known for playing a Stormtrooper in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. His other notable roles include a Freya Army Soldier in The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Rowan in Robin Hood: The Rebellion, Dean in Bone Breaker and Undercover fighter in Undercover Hooligan. Ian’s behind the scenes credits include Stunt Coordinator on Robin Hood: The Rebellion and Hooligan Escape the Russian Job, Stunts on 300: Rise of an Empire, Romeo Vs Juliet and The Guvnors and Action Performance on Fortitude. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Ian as well, so if you have any questions for Ian on any of his roles, please leave them in the comments or call-in when we look for questions or call-ins from our listeners on Channel1138! Ian’s full list of credits can be found here:
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On the next LIVE guest interview from the Everything Geek Podcast which will take place tomorrow we’ll be interviewing actor/producer/writer/beatboxer/guitarist Dieterich Gray! Dieterich is best known for playing the Mos Pelgo Villager in The Mandalorian. His other notable roles include Rail Baron in Westworld, Cop (1927) in American Horror Story, Reid in The New 30, Rick in 8 of Diamonds, Karl in Living Room Coffin, Rebel Interrogator in Dog Jack, Fighter in Bare Knuckle, Rick Sturgess in Criminal Minds, Shep in Lethal Weapon, Tony Barker in S.W.A.T., Lost Man in V Transporter, Bar Tender in Filter: Happy Together, Masseuse in The Re-Gift and Smarmy Executive in Funny or Die’s Nasty Pantys. Dieterich’s other works include a Producer and a Writer on V Transporter, Filter: Happy Together and BrokeTV, a Co-Producer on This Is a Trent Reznor Song and The Re-Gift and a Producer on Funny or Die’s Nasty Pantys. We’ll be taking YOUR questions for Dieterich as well, so if you have any questions for Dieterich on any of his roles, please leave them in the comments or call-in when we look for questions or call-ins from our listeners on Channel1138! Dieterich’s full list of credits can be found here:
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