The Gene Pool Variety Hour!
 

The Gene Pool Variety Hour!

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Father & son podcast full of geekiness, inane banter, and ADHD-style chicken chasing! We have no idea where this is going.

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Episode 93: Zombie Family Feud

7 days ago

7 days ago

Episode 93: Zombie Family Feud!

  • We jumped video game rabbit holes, including South of Midnight, a smidgen of Destiny, and back to Borderlands 3.
  • Connor started a fun discussion on superhero relationships and why they always seem to fail! 
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we dive into the *FIFTH* (are you kidding me) movie in the Resident Evil franchise, 2012's Resident Evil: Retribution. Not a good move and no clue what is really going on since neither of us have seen a RE movie and Sean last played RE2 on the PS1. If you're a fan, cool... we were not.
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 8:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 92: Well That Was Awkward

Friday May 23, 2025

Friday May 23, 2025

Episode 92! Well THAT was awkward...

  • First of all, apologies for Sean. Head cold + meds + can't breath = kind of out of it. 
  • Let's talk a little bit about Thunderbolts* !!!! It was great!
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, We painfully watch the awkwardness of dating and social media that is the 2023 movie, Cat Person. If you hate the idea of dating in this day and age, this movie will, well, make you scared and hate it even more. Funny, awkward, scary, and sad through and through. Makes you think though!
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 8:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 91: Welcome to Talking Club

Saturday Apr 26, 2025

Saturday Apr 26, 2025

Episode 91! Welcome to Talking Club.

  • First of all, apologies for any audio issues. There is some slight popping in the audio that could not be resolved. We'll get that cleaned up before next week!
  • Man, we start the show by just rambling on with the utterly overwhelming Gold Rush of games that have started coming out in the last 3 months, with more on the horizon. And we're just focusing on XBox! A good time to be a gamer.
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we headed down to the sunny beaches of Florida and chatted up the 2023 comedy, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar. A little like an SNL sketch gone too long, but genuinely funny and light right. But man, Barb and Star are sneaky Cougars... ;-)
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 8:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 90: I'll Be Your Huckleberry

Saturday Apr 12, 2025

Saturday Apr 12, 2025

Welcome to Episode 90! I'll be your huckleberry...

  • To honor the recent loss of Val Kilmer, the intention was to have a very Val-centric episode focusing on some of our favorite movies. We got sidetracked, of course.
  • After 35 years, Sean has picked up his trumpet again and joined a local band. This led to a rabbit hole of some of Sean's more interesting band geek stories from back in the day.
  • Given the recent loss of Val Kilmer, Connor wanted to know about other actors we've lost that we miss and we chased that chicken for some time 
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we *finally* got to Val. No reviews, we just talked about some of his more iconic (at least in our minds) movies. We chatted about Top Secret!, Real Genius, Willow, and finally, Tombstone. 
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 8:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 89: Back from the Beyond!

Saturday Mar 08, 2025

Saturday Mar 08, 2025

Welcome to Episode 89! We're back from the Beyond!

  • We just were giddy with excitement to get back in the saddle, and just nerdy chatted for a long time to start off.
  • We explored movies that we could watch forever or movies that have the same emotional impact on us no matter how many times we watch it. Good stuff and not necessarily what you would expect.
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we talk about the 2017 documentary-style sci-fi movie, The Beyond. Man, for a movie that started out with a promising premise, the wheels fell off! Come hear our thoughts, good and bad... and beyond!  
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 8:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 88: Baa Ram Ewe!

Monday Jul 03, 2023

Monday Jul 03, 2023

Welcome to 88! Baa Ram Ewe!

  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we talk about the 2020 comedy, Rams, Starring Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson! Great little movie that was more touching and poignant than funny, but highly recommended! 
  • We dove into Connor's head a bit and he went off on his love for anime. listen as Sean weakly tries to join in! LOL
  • We finish off the episode doing a little character creation for Sean as we prepare to dive into a new one-man D&D campaign for the month of July. Monks and goblins coming in hot!
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 7:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 87: Let Me Tell You a Story

Sunday Jun 25, 2023

Sunday Jun 25, 2023

Welcome to 87! We might actually have finally gotten out audio issues fixed and getting back on track!

  • In this episode, we welcome our friend TV's Travis, movie &TV aficionado/podcaster to talk about the 2022 thriller, Dig, starring Thomas Jane and Emile Hirsch!
  • Before we can even get started, Connor and Travis go down a rabbit hole of DC superhero media - Sean just had to sit back and listen.
  • Then Travis joins us for a new segment, Everchanging Story, where we join forces to make up a bedtime story of sorts completely random and ad-libbed. There ended up being green sheep, water fountains, villains named Cactus Jack... and Trump. Go figure.
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks go out to Travis for joining us and having a blast. You can find Travis and any of his media and podcasting efforts at https://www.tvstravis.com.

A big shout out to Stephanie Crugnola of the Adventure, Inc. podcast (https://adventureinc.podbean.com/) for the Everchanging Story segment theme song!

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 7:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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[Background music during the Everchanging Story segment was drawn from Youtube's audio library and the following songs were used:]

Journey in the New World by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/258/j... Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org

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Episode 86: We’re back!

Monday Jun 05, 2023

Monday Jun 05, 2023

  • To say it has been too long has been an understatement! We missed y'all! Through life changes and computer changes we made our way back to you!
  • We spend time just catching up and trying to get used to doing this again. We talk about the new things we have planned for you - including guests! - in our upcoming episodes.
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we jump into one of DC's more recent movies, Black Adam! Let's talk about this seemingly-rushed-mashup-with-no-lead-in, I mean recent DC blockbuster!
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Friday at 7:00 pm at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Hope to see you soon, and thanks for listening! 

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Episode 85: Of Fathers, Flies, and Foolishness

Monday Oct 31, 2022

Monday Oct 31, 2022

  • We start off with LOTS of wedding and reception... and honeymoon... talk!
  • The Geek Question of the Week:  What traditional Halloween trope tradition is something you've always wanted to try? Clearly, Sean has had a little more experience here than Connor...  
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we finish off Horror Movie Month and take a look at the 2021 family tragedy horror, Father of Flies! I don't know which was worse, the attempt at horror or the heartbreakingly sad family tragedy.
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Monday at 7:00 pm EDT at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Join us Saturday mornings on twitch at 8:00 am for Gamepassin' Through, where we pick random Gamepass games and play through them. Hope to see you there! 

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Episode 84: Three’s Company!

Monday Oct 24, 2022

Monday Oct 24, 2022

First off, we were joined by Luke, aka Sean's second son and Connor's younger brother. He was in for Connor's wedding so popped on to join us! Let me apologize for audio issues, as Luke's mic was not picking up and we did not realize it until after. Check out his YouTube channel, Experience over Things for everything about the hiker life! Fascinating!

  • The Geek Question of the Week was pretty simple and straightforward:  What is a fandom-based or nerdy wedding you would love to be a guest at? Let's just say some interesting combinations were broached! 
  • In our Roll for Credits segment, we continue Horror Movie Month and take a look at the 2021 Netflix original good ghost/bad ghost movie... Things Heard & Seen! Connor and Luke certainly seemed to like it better than Sean did...
  • And as always, geekery, video games, and chickens. Lots of chickens.  

Thanks for listening, and make sure to give us a 5-star review on your favorite podcasting service! Come watch a livestream of the podcast every Monday at 7:00 pm EDT at https://www.twitch.tv/genepoolvarietyhour! Join us Saturday mornings on twitch at 8:00 am for Gamepassin' Through, where we pick random Gamepass games and play through them. Hope to see you there! 

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