Dispatch Ajax! Podcast

Dispatch Ajax!

A Geek Culture Podcast - Two life-long Nerds explain, critique and poke fun at the major pillars of Geek Culture for your listening pleasure.

  1. MAR 26

    Important Update!

    Rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated! We're still going, just having some hiccups, kinda like the rest of the world.

    1 min

  2. MAR 4

    Nerd Culture, No Gatekeeping: A Little About Us

    We open the door to the underexplained corners of Nerd and Geek culture—where a driveway TARDIS keeps you warm at the bus stop, Flash Gordon becomes a friendship hinge, and debates about whether Star Wars is science fiction or fantasy spark better ways to watch everything else. This is a brief note from Podfest in Orlando earlier this year.

    7 min

  3. FEB 26

    159th Episode Spectacular!

    We celebrate our 159th with - among many Geeky things - a fast, funny tour of Star Trek’s dangling threads, from Tasha Yar’s exit to the lost “Conspiracy” arc, plus DS9’s long-game brilliance and Voyager’s resets. We field listener questions on Avengers, The Question, X-Men deep cuts, and stage a Borg Cube vs Death Star face-off. Plus, Data and the Force?

    1h 8m

  4. FEB 18

    We're Not Saying It's Erich Von Däniken, But...

    ...It's Erich Von Däniken. In the 1960's a Swiss hotelier wrote a book that changed how millions see the past—and how pop culture tells stories about it. We revisit the wild trajectory of Chariots of the Gods, the “ancient aliens” hypothesis it popularized, and the uncomfortable roots that made its rise possible. Then we pull the camera back: how the Space Age, New Age mysticism, and a collapsing trust in old narratives set the stage for infotainment, speculative nonfiction, and a meme that just won’t die.

    1h 20m

  5. FEB 9

    Gil Gerard: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    RIP Gil Gerard. A New York cab, a day job in drama class, and a shot at the 25th century: that’s the unlikely runway that launched Gil Gerard into Buck Rogers, and it still glows with neon charm. We open the vault on Gerard’s early grind through commercials, soaps, and 70s disaster flicks, then follow the thread back to Buck’s pulp origins in newspapers, radio waves, and the 1939 serials that taught America to love ray guns, zeppelins, and cliffhangers. It’s a fast, affectionate tour of the DNA that links John Carter’s planetary romance, Flash Gordon’s space opera, and Lucas-era spectacle, all converging in a TV series that dared to mix swagger with sincere camp.

    34 min

  6. JAN 29

    536: The Worst Year Ever

    536 CE: What happens when the sun dims for eighteen months and summer never really arrives? The volcanic winter that blanketed much of the world in a cold, bluish haze, and the chain reaction it set off—failed harvests, famine, migrations, plagues, and the quiet rewiring of global power. Drawing on eyewitness chronicles and modern climate forensics like ice-core sulfate spikes and tree-ring anomalies, we piece together how a cluster of eruptions chilled the planet and turned a bad year into one of the harshest periods to be alive.

    44 min

  7. JAN 20

    Cult Classics: 2 Cult 2 Curious

    Cult Classic status doesn’t happen by accident—it’s engineered by obsession, scarcity, and a helluva lot of Weird. We set out to map that journey and name the films from the last decade that might evolve from overlooked curiosities into midnight fixtures, using clear criteria: underseen on release, minimal awards heat, fervent fan energy, and a distinct voice that invites rewatching and debate. If you’re searching for the next cult classic to champion, this guide gives you a map, a shortlist, and the logic behind the love. Listen, share your picks with us, and help build the crowd that turns hidden gems into legends. If you enjoyed the conversation, subscribe, rate, and leave a review to keep this series thriving.

    34 min

  8. JAN 12

    Cult Classics, Part 1

    We trace how films become cult classics, from midnight screenings and VHS trades to streaming silos and algorithm feeds. We pull apart cult vs underground vs underseen, weigh the death of monoculture, and map how community keeps the weird and beloved alive. Along the way, we separate “cult” from its lookalikes: underground (how a movie is made), underseen (how many people found it), and the elusive chemistry that turns a movie into a banner for a community. We trade examples across eras—Rocky Horror, The Big Lebowski, The Room, Freaks, Plan 9, Who Killed Captain Alex, even early Nolan and Aronofsky—to show how transgression, quirk, and voice pull in fans who crave something off the map. Then we zoom out to the bigger shift: the decline of monoculture and the rise of siloed viewing. When everyone used to watch the same thing at the same time, “cult” had a clear counterpoint. Now access is near-total, but discovery is fragmented. Is mystique gone when everything is one click away, or has the ritual simply moved from midnight screenings to Discord watch parties and cosplay threads?

    39 min
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A Geek Culture Podcast - Two life-long Nerds explain, critique and poke fun at the major pillars of Geek Culture for your listening pleasure.

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  • Creator
    Dispatch Ajax!
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    167
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Dispatch Ajax! Podcast
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