Season 4, Ep. 2: Toying with my feelingS with Adrian Butler

July 28, 2026 by Michael Boyce

On this episode of Geek4, I’m joined by my old high school friend, Adrian Butler. Adrian has collected toys since childhood and has a truly impressive collection. Not only does he collect toys, he’s turned his artistic talents to designing and making toys - whether from obscure media or his own original creations!

We get into what started Adrian’s obsession with toys, his favourite toys from the 1980s, like G.I. Joe and Micronaughts (which I had completely forgotten about), and his own philosophy for life. We get sidetracked to comics, movies, and TV - but how could you not when talking about 80s toys when literally every piece of media had a toyline! We talk about the shows we watched growing up - TVO’s Saturday Nights at the Movies, Prisoners of Gravity.

Adrian talks with passion and expertise and this conversation was a wonderful trip down memory lane.

I mentioned this video in the episode. Prepare yourselves.

Here’s the commercial Adrian mentioned for S#!thawks: Fighters for Freedom!

Season 4, Ep. 1: It’s so puzzling with Carrie and Glenda

July 16, 2026 by Michael Boyce

Did you miss me?

The break was a bit longer than I planned, but I’m back with all new episodes of Geek4.

On this episode, I’m joined by my long-time friends, Carrie Leblanc (from Episode 221) and Glenda Casimir. We’ve known each other since grade 7 and we still hang out on. When they told me about their new hobby - competitive puzzling (?) - I knew I had to have them on the show to explain.

I also learned that the city I currently live in (Georgetown ON) has a pretty excellent puzzle store that I have not been to.

You can follow Glenda’s amazing yarn creations on Instagram @charmed.by.yarn

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I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Episode 312: Having a Ball - Talking Lucille Ball with Lauren Ashley

June 30, 2025 by Michael Boyce

On this episode of Geek4, I’m joined by Lauren Ashley. Lauren is an actor and social media presence, and a huge fan of lots of things! Lauren is an absolute delight, whom I’ve been following on Instagram for a few years now.

We discuss her love of Lucille Ball – from discovering I Love Lucy as a kid (on Nick at Nite) and her movies on AMC and Blockbuster to attending Lucille Ball conventions and collecting Lucy swag. We also talk about Lauren’s own acting, which is how I first discovered her of Hollywood Graveyard in Arthur Dark’s two short films, The Tomb of Nosferatu and Graves from the Black Lagoon. They’re fantastic and I highly recommend watching them.

You can follow Lauren on Instagram @ohfolklaur and Youtube @hollywoodfolklaur. She’s a great follow.

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