Word Balloons
A weekly dose of Geeky Questions answered and a touch of trying to stump our own in-house expert.
About the show
The Aeronauts, Zac and Tyler, drop in to answer Geeky Questions and try to pry loose some of Zac's deep down genre knowledge before taking back off on their adventures through Nerdery.
Episodes
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MeesaUnderstood
August 17th, 2022 | Season 6 | 19 mins 51 secs
jar jar binks, phantom menace, star trek, star wars, uss billings
Why does Jar Jar Binks get so much hate? What is the Billings?
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Slug it Out
August 10th, 2022 | Season 6 | 23 mins 40 secs
animorphs, babel fish, brain slug, futurama, goa'uld, star trek, star wars, stargate, trill, yeerk
What are the Greatest Brain Slugs in Science Fiction? What is the Invisible Hand?
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Rogue Reptile
August 3rd, 2022 | Season 6 | 24 mins 11 secs
daedalus, han solo, lizard, star trek, star wars, urellian, yourellian
Was Han Solo a Lizard? What is the Daedalus?
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A Universal Menagerie
July 26th, 2022 | Season 6 | 35 mins 17 secs
borg, chiss, defiant, gand, jawa, klingons, nautolan, q, sarlaac, sith, star trek, tribbles
What is the best Star Wars and Star Trek species? What is the Defiant?
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Tuvix? or not Tuvix? That is the Question
July 19th, 2022 | Season 6 | 27 mins
botany bay, star trek, tuvix, voyager
Did Tuvix deserve to die? What is the Botany Bay?
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Luke, I Was Not Your Father
July 13th, 2022 | Season 6 | 19 mins 17 secs
darth vader, devastator, george lucas, leigh brackett, star wars
Was Darth Vader always Luke's father? What's the Devastator?
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Keeping up with the Cardassians
July 5th, 2022 | Season 6 | 18 mins 4 secs
battlestar galactica, blackbird, cardassian, interspecies erotica, reproduction, star trek
How do Cardassians have children with humans? What is the Blackbird?
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Far-Out Plants
June 28th, 2022 | Season 6 | 11 mins 26 secs
new jedi order, star trek, star wars, uss aries, yuuzhan vong
Who are the Yuuzhan Vong? What is the USS Aries?
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A Dream Amongst the Stars
June 21st, 2022 | Season 6 | 7 mins 37 secs
martin luther king jr., nichelle nichols, star trek, uss bonaventure
Did MLK save Star Trek? What is the Bonaventure?
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To Boldy Go...
June 15th, 2022 | Season 6 | 17 mins 21 secs
chimaera, eu, queer, star trek, star wars, thrawn
It's time for a new journey, and the Aeronauts are talking spaceships, Star Wars and Star Trek. What's the history of gay representation in Star Trek? What is the Chimaera?
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The Moon on a Stick
May 17th, 2022 | Season 5 | 56 mins 30 secs
comics, dc comics, dredd, lawgiver, m'kraan crystal, marvel, muramasa blade, plastimold, x-men
The Aeronauts have finally arrived at the Justice League's Secret Moon Base. it's time for some games, and making Zac make up for his misses from through the season.
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The Mallrats Question
May 10th, 2022 | Season 5 | 17 mins 16 secs
fantastic four, genitalia, m'kraan crystal, sex, thing, x-men
Do superpowers extend to your genitalia? What is the M'Kraan Crystal?
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Uruks, Orcs, Orks
May 4th, 2022 | Season 5 | 22 mins 2 secs
black uruk, boyz, greenskin, lord of the rings, orc, ork, uruk, uruk-hai, warhammer 40k, world of warcraft, wow
Which Orc type is the bigger problem? What is the Breathing Gun?
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Calling the Storm
April 27th, 2022 | Season 5 | 22 mins 12 secs
doctor destiny, dream, magneto, marvel, materioptikon, mjolnir, thor, x-men
Can Magneto's powers affect Mjolnir? What is the Materioptikon?
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Dracula's Dues
April 20th, 2022 | Season 5 | 13 mins 40 secs
dracula, moon knight, muramasa blade, wolverine
What is the origin of the Moon Knight meme? What is the Muramasa Blade?
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Super Localization
April 13th, 2022 | Season 5 | 21 mins 19 secs
batman inc, chapulin colorado, dc, jakeem thunder, knight and squire, marvel, night runner, orphan, red son
Who is the best International Version of a Superhero? What is the Pen of Jakeem Thunder?