Geek History Lesson

Not just another geek podcast, Geek History Lesson guides you through the fictional biography of pop culture characters! Diving deep into the history of superhero, film, tv and comic book characters. Each episode hosts Jason Inman and Ashley Victoria Robinson will have animated debates, recommended reading and bad impressions. Enter your mind university! You’ll geek out, grin and learn!

Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)

Werewolves

Superman Family MEGA EPISODE (Jon Kent, Superboy Conner Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Our Superman Timeline & Top Supergirl Stories)

Batman Villains MEGA EPISODE 2 (Mask of the Phantasm, Riddler, Talia Al Ghul, Clayface & Ra's Al Ghul)

The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)

Gladiator with Mark Ellis

Star Trek: Generations with John Orquiola

Horror Movie MEGA EPISODE (Top 5 Horror Movies, Best Movie to Watch on Hallowe'en, The Addams Family)

Green Lanterns MEGA EPISODE (Alan Scott, Guy Gardner, John Stewart)

Spider-Man Villains MEGA EPISODE (Kraven, Doctor Octopus, Mysterio & Vulture)

Frankenstein (DC Comics)

Frankenstein in Pop Culture

The Lord of the Rings MEGA EPISODE

Batman Villains MEGA EPISODE (Penguin, Poison Ivy, Joker, Top 5 Batman Villains)

Canon: Why It Does and Doesn't Matter

Teen Titans (Silver Age 1964 - 1979)

Alien

How Wolverine Became the Best X-Man

Teen Titans MEGA EPISODE (Teen Titans, Best Titans Team & Donna Troy)

X-Force

Colossus (X-Men)

Wolverine MEGA EPISODE (Logan & X23)

Chatting My Adventures with Superman with Josie Campbell

Dragon Ball Z with Diego Anthony Nuñez

Static (Milestone Comics)

Batman Family MEGA EPISODE (Gotham City, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth)

502: X-Men 97s JP Karliak Talks Voicing Morph

501: A Geek History Lesson Mailbag for Episode 501

500: 10th Anniversary Show filled with Celebrities!

499: The Crow

498: Raven (Teen Titans)

497: Dead Boy Detectives

Godzilla and King Kong MEGA EPISODE

Captain America MEGA EPISODE (Steve Rogers, Falcon & Winter Soldier)

Mad About M*A*S*H #123: Fade In Fade Out Pt 1

496: Best Time Travel Movies

495: Magneto

494: Batman The Dark Age 1985-2000

X-Men MEGA EPISODE (Cyclops, Jean Grey & Professor X)

493: DUNE

492: Our First Comics with Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum & More!

491: Madame Web

490: Julia Carpenter (Madame Web)

489: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Why Are We Still Talking About It? with DJ Wooldridge

488: Echo (Marvel Comics)

Doctor Who MEGA EPISODE

Every Doctor Strange Holiday Special Part 2

Every Doctor Strange Holiday Special Part 1

487: The Doctor Strange Holiday Special 2023

486: Percy Jackson & the Olympians with Jordanne Dunn

485: The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King

484: Superman the Movie (45th Anniversary)

Aquaman MEGA EPISODE (Aquaman, Mera, Best Aquaman Stories & Aqualad)

Captain Marvel MEGA EPISODE (Best Captain Marvel Stories, Ms. Marvel & Captain Marvel: Higher Faster Further More)

483: Alan Scott Green Lantern with Tim Sheridan

482: Scott Pilgrim

Introducing: Grown, a podcast from The Moth

481: Photon (The Marvels)

480: Yuri Lowenthal on Marvels Spider-Man 2

479: Kraven the Hunter

478: From Russia With Love with Mike Carlson

477: Van Helsing (2004) with Matt Kelly

476: Van Helsing in Pop Culture

475: Batman Mask of the Phantasm with The Arkham Sessions & Eric Radomski

474: Blade

Iron Man MEGA EPISODE (Tony Stark, Ironheart (Riri Williams) and Christopher Cantwell Inteview)

473: Emma Frost (X-Men)

472: Gotham City (Batman)

471: Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)

Blue Beetle MEGA EPISODE (Jamie Reyes, Ted Kord & Booster Gold Complete History)

470: Haunted Mansion

469: Most Under-Appreciated Spider-Man Characters with Sabir Pirzada

468: War Machine (James Rhodes)

467: Barbie

466: Akira 35th Anniversary with Stephen Schleicher

465: Vampires with Lon Harris

464: Indiana Jones

463: Iris West (The Flash)

462: Man of Steel 10th Anniversary with Diego Anthony Nunez

461: The Secret to Crafting Engaging Spider-Man Stories

Spider Man, Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales Complete Spider-History MEGA EPISODE

460: Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse with Mark Hughes

459: Mantis (Guardians of the Galaxy)

458: The Legend of Zelda

457: Nebula (Guardians of the Galaxy)

456: Drax the Destroyer (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Guardians of the Galaxy - Complete History MEGA EPISODE

455: Super Mario Bros.

454: John Wick Chapter 2 & 3

453: Mary Marvel (Shazam)

452: Superman Blue

451: Kite Man with Matt Oberg

Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Review - Featuring Only Stupid Answers!

450: Cassie Lang (Ant-Man & The Wasp)

449: Kang the Conqueror

Ant-Man & The Wasp's Complete History MEGA EPISODE

448: Icon (Milestone Comics)

447: Superman The Dark Age 1985-2000

Superman's History Through the Golden to the Bronze Age of Comics 1938-1985 MEGA EPISODE

446: Batman The Bronze Age 1970-1985

Batman's History Through the Golden & Silver Age of Comics MEGA EPISODE

JUSTICE LEAGUE s2e01 Twilight Review!

445: Best Geeky Prose Reads

444: Best of 2022

443: The Doctor Strange Holiday Special 2022

442: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

441: The Muppet Christmas Carol - FOR REAL THIS TIME

440: The Muppet Christmas Carol

439: Death of Superman with Charlie Stickney

438: Dora Milaje (Black Panther Wakanda Forever)

437: Ironheart (Black Panther Wakanda Forever)

436: X-Men the Animated Series 1992 with Eric and Julia Lewald

Black Adam Review featuring Only Stupid Answers!

435: Black Panther

434: Black Adam

433: Doctor Fate

432: Best Alfred Pennyworth Stories

431: Best Batman Family Stories

430: Best Multiverse Versions of Batman

429: Superior Spider Man

428: Star Trek: Lower Decks

427: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

426: Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon

425: She-Hulk

424: Best Spider-Man Villains

423: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman

422: DC League of Super Pets

421: Valkyrie (Thor)

420: Marvel's Asgard Explained

419: Jane Foster (Thor)

418: Leia Organa

417: Best Superhero Movie Actors of All Time with DJ Wooldridge

416: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan

GHL BONUS - Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace Retrospective

415: Obi-Wan Kenobi

GHL BONUS - Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Movie Review

GHL BONUS - Doctor Strange (2016) Movie Retrospective

414: Conan the Barbarian (40th Anniversary Movie Retrospective)

413: Doctor Strange (RECAST)

412: Clea (Doctor Strange)

GHL BONUS - Interview with Rich Fogel (Jason and Jeremy Jawin About Justice League)

411: The Avengers 10th Anniversary with Brian Ibbott

GHL BONUS - Interview with Susan Eisenberg (Jason and Jeremy Jawin About Justice League)

410: Wong (Doctor Strange)

409: Best Superhero Video Games with Brian Tong

408: Moon Knight

407: America Chavez (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)

406: Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)

405: The Penguin (Batman)

404: Best Catwoman Stories with Isaac Goodhart

403: The Riddler with Tom King (RECAST)

402: Best Batman Writers of All Time

401: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

400: Young Avengers

399: Best Wolverine Stories with Ben Percy

398: Peacemaker w/ Kevin Mahadeo

397: Most Anticipated Movies & TV Shows of 2022

396: The Doctor Strange Holiday Special 2021

395: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

394: The Expanse

393: Doctor Octopus

JUSTICE LEAGUE s1e16 "Fury"

392: Cowboy Bebop

391: Best Movie Musicals w/ Andy Merryweather

390: Star Trek Production Secrets with Dave Rossi

389: Eternals with Susan Damon

388: Best Superhero Movie Fights with Greg Alba

387: No Time To Die with Andrew Secunda

386: Is James Bond Still Relevant with Danielle Price

385: James Bond (The Daniel Craig Films)

384: Dominic Keating on Star Trek Enterprise

383: Batman (The Silver Age)

382: Superman's Ideal Version of Krypton

381: Shang-Chi

380: Comic Book Lettering Secrets with Taylor Esposito

379: MAILBAG: Essential Elements for a Green Lantern Story

378: MAILBAG: Favorite Indie Comic Titles

377: Best Suicide Squad Ever

376: Castle in the Sky with Wendy Lee Szany

375: Booster Gold with Dan Jurgens

374: Poison Ivy with Patrick Schumacker

373: Black Widow (Yelena Belova)

372: The Great Mouse Detective with DJ Wooldridge

371: Comic Book Inker Secrets with John Livesay

370: Silver Surfer

369: Loki (RECAST)

368: Best Superhero Movie Scores with Andy Merryweather

367: Batwing (Luke Fox)

366: Comic Book Shop Secrets with Timmy Heague

365: Impulse (Bart Allen)

364: Baron Zemo

363: Kevin Smith talks Masters of the Universe & Clerks 3

362: King Kong (2005)

361: Godzilla with Erik Burnham

360: Falcon (RECAST)

Introducing JASON AND JEREMY JAWING ABOUT JUSTICE LEAGUE

359: Aquaman

358: Agatha Harkness (WandaVision)

357: Superman (The Bronze Age)

356: Superboy (Jon Kent)

355: Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)

354: Magik (Illyana Rasputina)

353: Scarlet Witch (RECAST)

352: Vision

351: Best Superman Stories w/ Adam Mallinger (Bitter Script Reader)

350: Wonder Woman (The Silver Age)

349: Cheetah (Wonder Woman)

348: Best of 2020

347: How Old is the Justice League w/ Cameron Cuffe

346: The Doctor Strange Holiday Special 2020

345: Blackest Night Explained Part 5 (Blackest Night Club)

344: Blackest Night Explained Part 4 (Blackest Night Club)

343: Blackest Night Explained Part 3 (Blackest Night Club)

342: Blackest Night Explained Part 2 (Blackest Night Club)

341: Blackest Night Explained Part 1 (Blackest Night Club)

340: Susan Eisenberg on Masters of the Universe & Justice League

339: Arrowette

338: His Dark Materials

337: Super Soldiers

336: Superboy (Conner Kent)

335: Best Comic Book Reboots with DJ Wooldridge

334: HBO's Watchmen

Introducing... My 90s Playlist

333: Mera with Danielle Paige

332: James Bond (The Pierce Brosnan Films)

331: MAILBAG: Scariest Character in Pop Culture?

330: Iron Man Spotlight with Christopher Cantwell

329: Sailor Moon with Jacque Aye

328: Our Superman Chronological Timeline with Cameron Cuffe

327: Jupiter Jet & The Forgotten Radio

326: Bill and Ted

325: James Bond (The Timothy Dalton Films)

324: Top 5 Queer Comic Book Characters

323: Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark)

322: March Book One (Book Club)

321: The Secret World of Arrietty

320: MAILBAG: The Weirdest Comics We've Ever Read

319: MAILBAG: Rebooting the Universal Movie Monsters

318: Why We Love The Beatles

317: Best Marvel Animated Shows

316: X-Men (2000) with Damion Poitier

315: Batman Begins with Mark Ellis

314: Black Heroes Matter

313: Star Wars The Force Awakens with Trisha Hershberger

312: Best DC Animated Shows with Sam Humphries

311: Adam Strange with Tom King, Mitch Gerads & Doc Shaner

310: Stargirl

309: Gladiator with Mark Ellis

308: Donna Troy (Wonder Girl)

307: James Bond (The Sean Connery Films)

306: MAILBAG: Why is Harley Quinn so popular?

305: Star Trek First Contact

304: MAILBAG: Marvel/DC Crossovers & More!

303: Groot

302: Best Digimon Team Ever

301: Watchmen The Movie

300: John Wick

299: John Stewart (Green Lantern)

298: Avatar The Last Airbender (Series Retrospective)

297: Locke & Key vol 1 (Book Club)

296: Arrow (A Series Retrospective)

295: Birds of Prey

294: Top 5 Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes

293: Guy Gardner (Green Lantern)

292: Top 5 Batman Artists

291: Batman & Robin

290: Best of 2019

289: Exploring Our Zodiac Signs

288: The Doctor Strange Holiday Special 2019

287: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 11 and 12 (Crisis Club)

286: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 9 and 10 (Crisis Club)

285: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 7 and 8 (Crisis Club)

284: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 5 and 6 (Crisis Club)

283: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 3 and 4 (Crisis Club)

282: Crisis on Infinite Earths Issue 1 and 2 (Crisis Club)

281: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith Vol. 1 (Book Club)

280: How to Write Sci Fi Based on Real Science (Live Panel)

279: Falcon

278: Spirited Away

277: Scooby-Doo and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery! with Kevin Shinick

276: Watchmen (Book Club)

275: Addams Family

274: Joker

273: Top 5 Batman Villains

272: Best DC Animated Movies

271: Hulk

270: Howl's Moving Castle

269: Green Arrow: Quiver (Book Club)

268: The Dark Crystal

267: Zatanna

266: Best Swamp Thing Stories

265: Spider-Man: Blue (Book Club)

264: Kiki's Delivery Service

263: Top 5 Underrated X-Men Characters

262: Storm (X-Men)

261: Midnighter: The Complete Wildstorm Series (Book Club)

260: Mysterio

259: Top 5 Pixar Movies

258: Best X-Men Stories

257: Invincible: Family Matters (Book Club)

256: Game of Thrones Series Review and Retrospective

255: Analyzing the Avengers Films (LA Live Show)

254: Best DC Comics Duos

253: Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil (Book Club)

252: Top 5 Marvel Cinematic Universe Films with Brian Ibbott

251: Our Perfect Kingsguard (Game of Thrones)

250: Doctor Doom

249: Shazam!

248: Best Superman Artists (Comic Source Crossover Episode)

247: Captain Marvel: Higher, Further, Faster, More (Book Club)

246: Vibe (The Flash)

245: Best Captain Marvel Stories with Brent Schoonover

244: Black Vol. 1 (Book Club)

243: Doom Patrol

242: Jason Inman

241: Top 5 Independent Comics

240: Young Justice

239: Best of 2018

238: Holiday Special ft. Doctor Strange

237: Best Aquaman Stories

236: Top 5 Spider-Verse Characters

235: Best Stan Lee Characters with Jonathan London

234: History of Hogwarts (Harry Potter) with Rachel Cushing

233: Star Wars vs Star Trek with Ken Napzok

232: Best Daredevil Stories

231: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

230: Top 5 Horror Movie Villains

229: Mega Man

228: The Flash (Barry Allen)

227: Best Comic Book Issues of All Time

226: Best Iron Fist Stories

225: Nightcrawler (X-Men)

224: Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) with Kelly Thompson

223: Batwoman

222: Robin (Damian Wayne)

221: Best Marvel Comics Duos

220: Mission: Impossible with Samm Levine & Rachel Cushing

219: Best Teen Titans Team Ever

218: Most Powerful Weapons in Comics LIVE!

217: Greatest DC Comics Couples

216: Daughters of the Dragon (Luke Cage)

215: Top 5 Supergirl Stories with Sterling Gates

214: Voltron

213: Iron Man Part 2

212: Iron Man

211: Cable

210: Top 5 Avengers Stories

209: Thanos

208: Superman (The Silver Age)

207: Top 5 Superman Villains

206: Lana Lang (Superman)

205: Tuttle (Mad about M*A*S*H)

204: Digimon

203: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan Part 2)

202: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

201: Shuri (Black Panther)

200: Comic's Best Supporting Characters LIVE!

199: Greatest Marvel Comics Couples

198: Black Panther

197: The Signal (Duke Thomas)

196: Vigilante (Arrow)

195: DC Comics Best Elseworlds Stories

194: Black Lightning

193: Brainiac 5

192: Best of 2017

191: The Doctor Strange Show

190: The Ray

189: Cyborg

188: Runaways

187: Justice League Part Two with Mark Waid

186: Justice League

185: Thor

184: Ralph Dibny (Elongated Man)

183: Maggie Sawyer (Supergirl)

182: 5 DC Comic Characters that Need TV Shows

181: Jimmy Olsen

180: Star Trek: History of the Vulcans

179: Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)

178: 5 MARVEL Characters That Need TV Shows

177: Hellcat (Patricia "Trish" Walker)

176: The Inhumans

175: Our Batman Chronological Timeline

174: The Defenders

173: Mister Miracle

172: Huntress

171: Aqualad

170: House Greyjoy (Game of Thrones)

169: Spider-Man Homecoming Review

168: Top 5 SPIDER-MAN Stories

167: The Vulture (Spider-Man)

166: The Riddler

165: Wonder Woman Movie Review

164: Wonder Woman (The Golden Age)

163: Baywatch with Nick Mundy

162: Injustice: Gods Among Us

161: Gamora

160: Guardians of the Galaxy

159: Marvel Phase 4 - What If We Controlled It?

158: Doctor Who: History of the Time Lords

157: Jean Grey (X-Men)

156: Mon-El (Supergirl)

155: Red Hood (Jason Todd)

154: Iron Fist

153: X-23 (Logan)

152: Logan Review & Old Man Logan: Similarities and Differences

151: Wolverine Part Two

150: Wolverine

149: Wild Dog (Arrow)

148: GHL Ep 148 - Justice League Dark

147: Talia al Ghul

146: Kid Flash (Wally West)

145: Silk

144: Miss Martian

143: Best of 2016

142: Assassin's Creed

141: Star Wars: History of the Sith

140: Best Comic Book Events & Crossovers

139: Cyclops (X-Men)

138: Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

137: Jonah Hex

136: Doctor Strange

135: Mister Terrific (Arrow)

134: Justice Society of America

133: Prometheus (Arrow)

132: Misty Knight (Luke Cage)

131: Luke Cage

130: Flashpoint

129: Cat Grant (Supergirl)

128: Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)

127: Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)

126: Teen Titans Part 2

125: Teen Titans

124: Suicide Squad

123: USS Enterprise (Star Trek)

122: Top Ten Star Trek Starships

121: Ghostbusters

120: Best Justice League Ever

119: Katana (Suicide Squad)

118: History of Pixar

117: Clayface (Batman)

116: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

115: Psylocke (X-Men)

114: Apocalypse (X-Men)

113: Captain America Part 2

112: Captain America

111: House Lannister (Game of Thrones)

110: Zoom (The Flash)

109: Alfred Pennyworth

108: Superman (The Golden Age)

107: Batman (The Golden Age)

106: Top 5 Batman v Superman Stories

105: The Punisher

104: Black Widow

103: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

102: Vixen

101: Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow)

100: West Coast Avengers

99: Deadpool

98: Jarvis (Agent Carter)

97: Rip Hunter (Legends of Tomorrow)

96: Martian Manhunter

95: Best of 2015

94: Top 5 Comics Every Fan Should Read

93: Star Wars: History of the Jedi

92: Hawkman

91: Jessica Jones Season 1 Review

90: Jessica Jones

89: The Purple Man from Jessica Jones

88: James Bond 007

87: Supergirl

86: Jem and the Holograms

85: Spider-Man 2099

84: The Flash (Jay Garrick)

83: The Leftovers Season One Review

82: Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)

81: Best Star Trek Crew Ever

80: True Detective Season 2 Review

79: History of Robin - LIVE from NerdCon 2015!

78: Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)

77: Best Fantastic Four Team Ever

76: Fantastic Four Part Two

75: Fantastic Four

74: Ant-Man (Scott Lang) w/ Joshua Williamson

73: Irredeemable Ant-Man & Ant-Man Movie Review

72: Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man

71: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Review

70: She-Hulk

69: Secret Wars Review

68: Darkseid

67: Starfire

66: Ra's Al Ghul

65: Robin (Tim Drake)

64: Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

63: Best Avengers Team Ever

62: Avengers: Ultron Unlimited Review

61: Scarlet Witch

60: House Stark (Game of Thrones)

59: Daredevil

58: The Man Without Fear Review

57: Cyborg Superman

56: Howard the Duck

55: Hawkeye

54: 6 Best Spock Stories

53: Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)

52: Flash: Rogue War Review

51: Captain Cold

50: Lois Lane

49: Cabin Pressure

48: The Spectre

47: Sharon Carter (Agent 13)

46: Best of 2014

45: Drama Class (Detective Comics #826)

44: Gandalf

43: Penguin

42: Nick Fury

41: Hunger Games (Districts of Panem)

40: Big Hero 6

39: Gwen Stacy

38: Secrets of The Flash - LIVE from Comikaze 2014!

37: Wildcat (Ted Grant)

36: John Constantine

35: Catwoman (Selina Kyle)

34: Green Arrow

33: James Gordon (Commissioner)

32: Best Doctor Who Villain

31: Doctor Who: Best Doctor Ever

30: Best Doctor Who Companion with Sterling Gates

29: If We Controlled Doctor Who

28: Harley Quinn

27: Disney's Aladdin

26: Star-Lord

25: Rocket Raccoon

24: Jack Bauer (24)

23: Lara Croft Tomb Raider

22: Planet of the Apes

21: Nightwing (Dick Grayson)

20: Optimus Prime

19: House Targaryen

18: If We Controlled DC Comics

17: Best X-Men Team Ever

16: Black Canary

15: Professor X

14: Kitty Pryde

13: Spider-Man Part 2

12: Spider-Man

11: Electro

10: Jon Snow

9: True Detective Season One

8: Winter Soldier

7: Teen Wolf

6: Divergent

5: Lex Luthor

4: Loki

3: Deathstroke

2: Ms. Marvel

1: Robocop