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Geek Squawk Ep 327- 2017 Awards

Matt Armitage, Kulturpop

29-Dec-17 10:00

Geek Squawk Ep 327- 2017 Awards

In this episode, the Geeks go down memory lane to look back at the year of 2017. A year led by Trump and Fake News, although some are still wishing the former is part of the latter. We give out awards on today’s show ranging from suicidal robots to how apple has ripped us off with their over-hyped products.

 

1:11 - Most Important Story Of 2017 / Serious Of The Year

9:20 - Favourite Geek Movie / TV Show / Podcast / Book

19:00 - King Of The Crowd Of The Year

21:37 - Favourite Story Of 2017 / Weird Of The Year

26:47 - Down In The Dumps Of The Year

31:21 - Most Over-Hyped Story Of 2017 / Fail Of The Year

38:17 - Geek Of The Year!

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu


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