Current Geek 127: “Follow your nose! It always knows.” Jon sez, “What do you get when you combine just about every breakfast cereal character you know into one magnificent being? Something that’s part Cap’n Crunch, part Sugar Bear, and 14 other parts. Can you name them all?”

Heather Gold joins us with a report about the very reasonable rally for sanity with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

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We’ve got some scoops on how we feel halfway into The Once and Future King.  Some thoughts on the Princess Bride as the book relates to the movie, and a few hints on how to tell if you’re living in a science fiction book or not.

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I don’t know if you have read it or not, Tom, but one of the best (and most plausible) series on your Arthurian theme is The Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte, starting with The Skystone and continuing for 8 more books.  It starts with Arthur’s and Merlin’s grandfathers who are Roman soldiers that decide to stay behind as the Roman armies withdraw back to Italy.  I think you must have read them after listening to episode 44, as you partially describe the premise.  I just thought that this series deserved a mention as one of the best re-tellings of the legend.

-Rodger 

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Justin”   

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Current Geek 126: “Just don’t drop it in the swamp!”

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

Looking forward to an alliance of space colonies rebelling against their BBQ-hating overlords.

Guests: Phil Plait and Nick McKinney

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