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| Beyond Geek | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Joe Gillis |
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| Narrated by | Jim Eckes |
| Composer | David Limutau |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company | Jowagi Productions |
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| Release | October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01) – present |
Beyond Geek is an American documentary television series that airs on PBS and public television stations across America. Beyond Geek Season 1 featured the 24 Hours of LeMons, Dagorhir, Belegarth, Amtgard, 8 Bit Weapon, NES Homebrew, JP Aerospace, WW2 Re-enactors, and Real-life Superheroes. Season 2 features Kinetic Sculpture Racing, Lightsaber Combat, Hackathon, Pirate Re-enactors, Professional Wrestling, Telerobotics, and Star Trek Fan Films.[1]
Joe Gillis came up with the idea for Beyond Geek about 2008. He wanted to make a show about things that interested him, and he felt there was a void that needed to be filled when it came to shows about geeky things. It started as a project he was going to do while he was on hiatus in-between seasons on the TV shows he was working on. The problem was the hiatus never happened, so it became a project he worked on during any extra time he had – which wasn't a lot. Eventually, he decided it was time to bite the bullet, and he went all in with a Field of Dreams approach to television – if you make it, they will come. So he called in all his favors, talked his wife into using all their savings, and they set out to make the first season.[2]
Season 1 ran from October 1, 2014 – November 5, 2014 with six episodes hosted by Nate Lake, Sage Michael, and Dan Reynoso. Season 2 will run May 1, 2017 – June 19, 2017 with eight episodes hosted by Brittni Barger, Nate Lake, and Dan Reynoso.[3]
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Original air date | Code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Junk Car Racing" | October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01) | 101 |
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Nate joins the ultimate endurance race with 500-dollar cars where anyone can be a race car driver.
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| 2 | 2 | "Battle Games" | October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08) | 102 |
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The Medieval era meets Middle Earth in full-contact combat that has Sage engaging in a battle that would make Tolkien proud.
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| 3 | 3 | "8-Bit of Fun" | October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15) | 103 |
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Dan learns how to breathe new life into outdated computers and video game consoles.
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| 4 | 4 | "Floating to Space" | October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) | 104 |
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Nate reaches for the final frontier with a group who has spent the past 30 years trying to get to space in a balloon.
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| 5 | 5 | "WW2 Re-enactors" | October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29) | 105 |
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History comes alive as Dan gets a glimpse of what it was like to serve in World War II by donning a uniform and going to battle for the Allies.
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| 6 | 6 | "Real Superheroes" | November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) | 106 |
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Sage joins a group of people who dress up as superheroes to fight crime and finds out there’s more to them than just the tights.
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| 7 | 1 | "Kinetic Sculpture Racing Part 1" | May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01) | 201 |
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Dan races against all odds in a human-powered art sculpture race over land, sand, and water.
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| 8 | 2 | "Kinetic Sculpture Racing Part 2" | May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08) | 202 |
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With everything going wrong, will Dan and the Hot Roddenberrys even finish the race?
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| 9 | 3 | "The Force is Strong" | May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15) | 203 |
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Brittni wields the ultimate sci-fi weapon in lightsaber combat.
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| 10 | 4 | "Hackathon" | May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22) | 204 |
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Nate races against the clock on a team creating something out of thin air in a 44-hour hackathon… and tries to do it with no sleep.
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| 11 | 5 | "A Pirate’s Life for Me" | May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29) | 205 |
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Nate travels through time into a world filled with black powder weapons, swords fights, and adventure.
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| 12 | 6 | "High Flying Smackdown!" | June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05) | 206 |
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Brittni learns to settle the score on the mat as she enters the world of pro-wrestling.
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| 13 | 7 | "Telerobotics" | June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12) | 207 |
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Dan discovers how robots can open up your world to endless possibilities.
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| 14 | 8 | "Beam Me Up" | June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19) | 208 |
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Brittni beams aboard a Star Trek fan film to help them create their latest production.
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