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Broadcasting every other week at pixelatedgeek.com or wherever you get your podcasts, identical twins on opposite sides of the country talking all things geek!
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Art by Daniel Warren Johnson. From his Insta.
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Art by Daniel Warren Johnson. From his Insta.
It's finally here, the final episode of Mayor of Kingstown...OF THIS SEASON. (A 5th season is unconfirmed but likely.)
Who lives? Who dies? Listen in for a spoiler-filled recap, because unlike SOME websites we're not going to put a spoiler in the FREAKING HEADLINE.
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Who lives? Who dies? Listen in for a spoiler-filled recap, because unlike SOME websites we're not going to put a spoiler in the FREAKING HEADLINE.
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Binary System Podcast #488 – Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Finale | Pixelated Geek
It's finally here! Four years of gang wars and prison riots, backroom deals and family ties, unbreakable loyalty and horrific betrayal, and it all brings us to the final episode of Mayor of Kingstown,...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
It's finally here, the final episode of Mayor of Kingstown...OF THIS SEASON. (A 5th season is unconfirmed but likely.)
Who lives? Who dies? Listen in for a spoiler-filled recap, because unlike SOME websites we're not going to put a spoiler in the FREAKING HEADLINE.
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Who lives? Who dies? Listen in for a spoiler-filled recap, because unlike SOME websites we're not going to put a spoiler in the FREAKING HEADLINE.
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Happy New Year! Special guest @hannahwallace.bsky.social joins us this week as we recap 2022's Christmas musical "Spirited," which we really should've watched before now.
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Binary System Podcast #487 – 2022’s Christmas musical “Spirited.” | Pixelated Geek
Happy New Year everybody! Hope your holiday is fun and your 2026 better than you hoped! This week we're sitting down with special guest Hannah Wallace to discuss 2022's epic Christmas musical, Spirite...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Happy New Year! Special guest @hannahwallace.bsky.social joins us this week as we recap 2022's Christmas musical "Spirited," which we really should've watched before now.
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Hope everybody's holidays are going great, this week we recapped the second-to-last episode (of the season? Of the series? Who knows!) of Mayor of Kingstown, which bombarded us for 47 minutes with death, torture, betrayal, plot twists and excrement MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Binary System Podcast #486 – Mayor of Kingstown season 4 episode 9 “Teeth and Tissue” | Pixelated Geek
Okay you guys, this is a really weird episode to drop on a holiday: the latest chapter of Mayor of Kingstown (possibly the second-to-last episode ever?) bombarded us for 47 solid minutes with death, t...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hope everybody's holidays are going great, this week we recapped the second-to-last episode (of the season? Of the series? Who knows!) of Mayor of Kingstown, which bombarded us for 47 minutes with death, torture, betrayal, plot twists and excrement MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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We ran out of time to record this week but we DID have a long Messenger conversation about Mayor of Kingstown season 4 episode eight "Belleville" because AAAAAAAA THIS ISN'T FUN ANYMORE.
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A Conversation about Night Vale, and Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 episode 8 “Belleville” | Pixelated Geek
So a scheduling snafu meant we couldn't record a recap this week, but we COULD have Messenger conversation about season 4 episode 8 of Mayor of Kingstown because WE ARE NOT HAPPY AND WE HAVE A LOT TO ...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We ran out of time to record this week but we DID have a long Messenger conversation about Mayor of Kingstown season 4 episode eight "Belleville" because AAAAAAAA THIS ISN'T FUN ANYMORE.
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The latest episode of Mayor of Kingstown was SLIGHTLY less stressful than the previous ones, but dear lord that ain’t saying much.
Kathryn also watched Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Elizabeth says if anyone asks you to go see The Waverly Gallery you should RUN AWAY.
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Kathryn also watched Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Elizabeth says if anyone asks you to go see The Waverly Gallery you should RUN AWAY.
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Binary System Podcast #485 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks | Pixelated Geek
This week's episode of Mayor of Kingstown was slightly less stressful than last week's, but everyone is still in a hell of a lot of peril. There are some incredibly dangerous characters in this show, ...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The latest episode of Mayor of Kingstown was SLIGHTLY less stressful than the previous ones, but dear lord that ain’t saying much.
Kathryn also watched Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Elizabeth says if anyone asks you to go see The Waverly Gallery you should RUN AWAY.
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Kathryn also watched Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Elizabeth says if anyone asks you to go see The Waverly Gallery you should RUN AWAY.
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On this week's episode, we recap the latest #NightVale (where everyone is accusing everyone else of being a murderer) and the latest #MayorOfKingstown (where everybody actually IS a murderer. Feels like it anyway. SPOILERS AHOY.)
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Binary System Podcast #484 – WTNV #279 “J’Accuse!”, and Mayor of Kingstown | Pixelated Geek
On this week's Night Vale recap, Cecil and Dana are still trying to figure out who in town has murdered two people (that we know of.) (And we're not talking about Tabitha because she's the town founde...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
On this week's episode, we recap the latest #NightVale (where everyone is accusing everyone else of being a murderer) and the latest #MayorOfKingstown (where everybody actually IS a murderer. Feels like it anyway. SPOILERS AHOY.)
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Merry Crazimatic!
Day 3 of #ADVENTICONS, and who's this blasting a ten-hour mix of Feliz Navidad at a sliiiiiightly too-slow speed? It can only be life of the party, SOUNDWAVE!
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Merry Crazimatic!
“…I personally feel it is the best sequel in the modern Disney animation library...From a technical perspective this film is pretty much perfect in every single way…”
Hugh gives Zootopia 2 an A, check out the full review!
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Hugh gives Zootopia 2 an A, check out the full review!
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Review – Zootopia 2 | Pixelated Geek
Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, Zootopia 2 follows rookie animal cops Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) who go on a make-or-break mission that has them coming face-...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“…I personally feel it is the best sequel in the modern Disney animation library...From a technical perspective this film is pretty much perfect in every single way…”
Hugh gives Zootopia 2 an A, check out the full review!
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Hugh gives Zootopia 2 an A, check out the full review!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Enjoy a recap of Mayor of Kingstown where Ian still thinks he can murder his way out of trouble.
Meanwhile on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner's in jail, loses the plot, and T’lynn sciences the shit out of everything.
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Meanwhile on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner's in jail, loses the plot, and T’lynn sciences the shit out of everything.
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Binary System Podcast #483 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks | Pixelated Geek
The theme of this week's episode of Mayor of Kingstown is paranoia. Is Frank Moses playing a long game and setting Bunny up for failure? Is the Warden playing an even longer game and hoping her secret...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Enjoy a recap of Mayor of Kingstown where Ian still thinks he can murder his way out of trouble.
Meanwhile on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner's in jail, loses the plot, and T’lynn sciences the shit out of everything.
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Meanwhile on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner's in jail, loses the plot, and T’lynn sciences the shit out of everything.
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On this week's Night Vale, we agree with Cecil that solving a murder is less fun when it happens a liiittle too close to home. And on Mayor of Kingstown we use the phrase "I like them, I sure hope they don't die" way too many times.
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Binary System Podcast #482 – WTNV #278 “How to Solve a Murder”, and Mayor of Kingstown | Pixelated Geek
On this week's Night Vale recap THERE'S BEEN A MURDER. It's the same murder we heard about last week, but as Cecil points out it's still true, and it's a heck of a hook for a radio program. Here's hop...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
On this week's Night Vale, we agree with Cecil that solving a murder is less fun when it happens a liiittle too close to home. And on Mayor of Kingstown we use the phrase "I like them, I sure hope they don't die" way too many times.
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This week we recap Mayor of Kingstown (houses on fire, Robert's a drunk time bomb, Frank and the Warden are playing "I'm the most powerful person NO I AM.") and the always freaking good-hearted Star Trek: Lower Decks, plus tangents like ARRRGH WHY IS CAPITALISM.
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Binary System Podcast #481 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks | Pixelated Geek
This week we're recapping episode 3 of the last season of Mayor of Kingstown, where pretty much everything is spiraling out of Mike's control. Rival gang members are murdering each other and setting t...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This week we recap Mayor of Kingstown (houses on fire, Robert's a drunk time bomb, Frank and the Warden are playing "I'm the most powerful person NO I AM.") and the always freaking good-hearted Star Trek: Lower Decks, plus tangents like ARRRGH WHY IS CAPITALISM.
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On this week's episode we're recapping Night Vale's murder mystery, (could someone please check on the coroner, they're not doing well). THEN we spoil all the things about season 4 ep 2 of Mayor of Kingstown because VERY VIOLENT STUFF HAPPENED. WE LOVED IT.
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Binary System Podcast #480 – WTNV #277 “The Big Game”, and Mayor of Kingstown | Pixelated Geek
This week's Night Vale is the kind of murder mystery that can only happen in this weird little town, with dead angels, no suspects, surprise bats, and an autopsy report that's just the coroner stabbin...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On this week's episode we're recapping Night Vale's murder mystery, (could someone please check on the coroner, they're not doing well). THEN we spoil all the things about season 4 ep 2 of Mayor of Kingstown because VERY VIOLENT STUFF HAPPENED. WE LOVED IT.
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In our continuing series "Elizabeth And Kathryn Watch Things That Are Less Than A Year Old" we saw 2024's Heretic (just barely less than a year old, still counts!) and episode 1 season 4 of Mayor of Kingstown (maaaan this season's gonna be a bloodbath isn't it?)
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Binary System Podcast #479 – We watched Heretic (and Mayor of Kingstown) | Pixelated Geek
In our continuing series "Elizabeth And Kathryn Watch Things That Are Less Than A Year Old", this week we watched 2024's Heretic (came out last November, just under a year, still counts!) It's a brill...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In our continuing series "Elizabeth And Kathryn Watch Things That Are Less Than A Year Old" we saw 2024's Heretic (just barely less than a year old, still counts!) and episode 1 season 4 of Mayor of Kingstown (maaaan this season's gonna be a bloodbath isn't it?)
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sometimes I think about how completely insane Transformers: The Movie is as a concept
"how do we do a product refresh so that kids want the next line of toys over the existing one"
"let's just kill all the existing guys on screen"
"won't that make the kids sad?"
"why would kids care if toys die?"
"how do we do a product refresh so that kids want the next line of toys over the existing one"
"let's just kill all the existing guys on screen"
"won't that make the kids sad?"
"why would kids care if toys die?"
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
sometimes I think about how completely insane Transformers: The Movie is as a concept
"how do we do a product refresh so that kids want the next line of toys over the existing one"
"let's just kill all the existing guys on screen"
"won't that make the kids sad?"
"why would kids care if toys die?"
"how do we do a product refresh so that kids want the next line of toys over the existing one"
"let's just kill all the existing guys on screen"
"won't that make the kids sad?"
"why would kids care if toys die?"
This week we're discussing an absolutely lovely episode of Welcome to Night Vale before jumping into Wednesday, Angel Heart, Sinners, Mayor of Kingstown, the AWS outage, directors' commentaries, the DragonFall Drawing Challenge, and Kathryn & Nathan's new roommate.
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Binary System Podcast #478 – WTNV #276 “The Big Game”, Wednesday, and random horror | Pixelated Geek
It's a short episode this week because we decided we weren't going to spoil the ending of Night Vale's latest episode: it's such a quiet, subtle story, perfect for an autumn day, and you really should...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This week we're discussing an absolutely lovely episode of Welcome to Night Vale before jumping into Wednesday, Angel Heart, Sinners, Mayor of Kingstown, the AWS outage, directors' commentaries, the DragonFall Drawing Challenge, and Kathryn & Nathan's new roommate.
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Of COURSE we watched Sinners less than 6 months after it came out, it's VAMPIRES and MUSIC and MICHAEL B. JORDAN playing TWINS.
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Binary System Podcast #477 – We watched Sinners | Pixelated Geek
Yep, you read that right. This week in complete defiance of our usual routine we made a plan - watch Sinners - and then we actually followed the plan and watched a movie less than six months after it ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Of COURSE we watched Sinners less than 6 months after it came out, it's VAMPIRES and MUSIC and MICHAEL B. JORDAN playing TWINS.
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Swindled’s episode The Machine (Tyson Foods) has been named a Finalist in the Sustainability, Environment, & Climate Awareness category in The 5th Annual Anthem Awards. Additionally, we are up for an Anthem Community Voice Award which you can vote for here wbby.co/SAWFP
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October 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Swindled’s episode The Machine (Tyson Foods) has been named a Finalist in the Sustainability, Environment, & Climate Awareness category in The 5th Annual Anthem Awards. Additionally, we are up for an Anthem Community Voice Award which you can vote for here wbby.co/SAWFP
Thanks!
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On this week's Night Vale recap, Cecil is on a date and the town founder is EATING PEOPLE.
We also visit Starbase 80 on Star Trek: Lower Decks, and marvel at the stuntcasting on Netflix's Wednesday, which we can't talk about because spoilers.
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We also visit Starbase 80 on Star Trek: Lower Decks, and marvel at the stuntcasting on Netflix's Wednesday, which we can't talk about because spoilers.
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Binary System Podcast #476 – WTNV #275 “Date Night”, Lower Decks, and Wednesday | Pixelated Geek
On this week's Welcome to Night Vale episode Cecil is determined to tell you all about his date night at this awesome little bee-filled restaurant, but his producer wishes we could stick to the Top. S...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On this week's Night Vale recap, Cecil is on a date and the town founder is EATING PEOPLE.
We also visit Starbase 80 on Star Trek: Lower Decks, and marvel at the stuntcasting on Netflix's Wednesday, which we can't talk about because spoilers.
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We also visit Starbase 80 on Star Trek: Lower Decks, and marvel at the stuntcasting on Netflix's Wednesday, which we can't talk about because spoilers.
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"Things happen fast in this book. Life-changing, fatal events taking place in between sentences, an entire WAR in the space between chapters."
@fandragonadams.bsky.social reviews @natashapulley.bsky.social's "The Hymn to Dionysus."
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@fandragonadams.bsky.social reviews @natashapulley.bsky.social's "The Hymn to Dionysus."
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Review: The Hymn to Dionysus | Pixelated Geek
I’ll tell you about rage, and a complicated man. Another big family vacation, another novel by Natasha Pulley to enjoy! Regular readers of my reviews will know that I love a good retold myth. So a sto...
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October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Things happen fast in this book. Life-changing, fatal events taking place in between sentences, an entire WAR in the space between chapters."
@fandragonadams.bsky.social reviews @natashapulley.bsky.social's "The Hymn to Dionysus."
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@fandragonadams.bsky.social reviews @natashapulley.bsky.social's "The Hymn to Dionysus."
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After the Night Vale recap (so HOAs in Night Vale are pretty bad. No, worse than that.) Elizabeth talks about John Wick 2 (amazing fight choreography that went on way too long) and Kathryn saw The Substance DEAR LORD THAT LAST SCENE WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?
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Binary System Podcast #475 – WTNV #274 “The HOA” | Pixelated Geek
There's a new Homeowners' Association trying to muscle its way into Night Vale, and the residents of the Desert Grove neighborhood have a lot of questions. Will the new HOA have rules against owning m...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
After the Night Vale recap (so HOAs in Night Vale are pretty bad. No, worse than that.) Elizabeth talks about John Wick 2 (amazing fight choreography that went on way too long) and Kathryn saw The Substance DEAR LORD THAT LAST SCENE WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?
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"It doesn’t solve any “problem” — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work."
@sagaftra.org releases a statement on "Tilly Norwood," the AI generated "actor" and its creators.
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@sagaftra.org releases a statement on "Tilly Norwood," the AI generated "actor" and its creators.
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SAG-AFTRA releases statement on Synthetic Performer | Pixelated Geek
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 30, 2025) — SAG-AFTRA has released the following statement on the announcement of “Tilly Norwood,” an A.I.-generated “actor” that is reportedly seeking representation: “SAG-AFTRA be...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"It doesn’t solve any “problem” — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work."
@sagaftra.org releases a statement on "Tilly Norwood," the AI generated "actor" and its creators.
pixelatedgeek.com/2025/09/sag-...
@sagaftra.org releases a statement on "Tilly Norwood," the AI generated "actor" and its creators.
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Special guest Hannah Wallace returns for an episode all about Robert Redford and "The Sting."
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Binary System Podcast #474 – Robert Redford and “The Sting.” | Pixelated Geek
It's a travel edition this week, featuring the return of special guest Hannah Wallace! Listen in as we discuss (accompanied by tree frogs and crickets) the life and work of Robert Redford, specificall...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Special guest Hannah Wallace returns for an episode all about Robert Redford and "The Sting."
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We got to meet the lovely Juniper (a Great-Horned Owl) at the Piedmont Wildlife Center booth at the Geek and Grub Market today! Stop by PiedmontWildlifeCenter.org/animals to read her full story.
#owls #greathornedowls #piedmontwildlifecenter #animalambassadors #geekandgrubmarket
#owls #greathornedowls #piedmontwildlifecenter #animalambassadors #geekandgrubmarket
September 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We got to meet the lovely Juniper (a Great-Horned Owl) at the Piedmont Wildlife Center booth at the Geek and Grub Market today! Stop by PiedmontWildlifeCenter.org/animals to read her full story.
#owls #greathornedowls #piedmontwildlifecenter #animalambassadors #geekandgrubmarket
#owls #greathornedowls #piedmontwildlifecenter #animalambassadors #geekandgrubmarket