Geeks & Beats

How the Internet is keeping you from bonding with your future spouse over music (even if it is “Swedish Funk”). From WWF to WTF: The 30th anniversary of one of the most influential albums — in Wrestl…

Surprise, jocks: you were the most likely to abandon your favourite adult website for the most anticipated video game of 2015. The fallout from the attacks on Paris: we’ll debate the decision by some…

What the petition to stop CBS from resurrecting Star Trek for television is really all about. We’ll tell you what’s wrong with Hollywood’s plan — and the knee-jerk response from the nerds. They calle…

We are Live on Location at the Toronto Downtown Record Show! We’ll tell you how to search for vintage vinyl and see if we can dig-up some platters that matter. The breakthrough in battery technology …

Yoko Ono may have split up the Beatles, but can’t take the blame for the state of the Clinton Marriage. We’ll debunk the latest rumour ‘rounding The Beltway. Apple’s Self-driving car gets closer to r…

Commander Chris Hadfield tells Michael how he recorded Space Oddity for Songs from a Tin Can amid the whir of the International Space Station and if teen hormones drove him to learn guitar. Chicago l…

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is flapping his extra large lips in the direction of Donald Trump. Some of your favourite bands weren’t the first with that name. We’ll crack open the music history books. Go…

The last time “Your” Toronto Blue Jays were in the playoffs? MP3s hadn’t been invented and Taylor Swift was still in diapers. Stop Trying to Make Mean Girls Day Happen. It’s Not Going to Happen. We’l…

Nirvana’s Teen Spirit is the most iconic song ever? We’ll turn to science for the explanation. The Pope is releasing a progressive rock album. At the risk of eternal damnation, we’ll review the Ponti…

Doctor Who returns! We’ll tell you why the series premiere is a lot like a 48 year old Star Trek episode. We’ll get all “timey wimey”. Want to recreate that Friends episode in which Ross’s Princess L…

Why you shouldn’t laugh at the Apple Pencil, even if Steve Jobs said nobody would want one. In space, nobody can hear you pour a drink. The international space station gets a whisky still. And why Mi…

Hands-on: the Star Wars drone, even if it is the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, you shouldn’t buy it. Stealing cars the high tech way: We’ll introduce you to Samy Kamkar who not only broke Myspa…

Why there's no Song of Summer for 2015. There are four rules before a track can have it “made in the shade.” Don’t like scary movies? What if the theme was in a major key? We’ll transpose some of the…

20-20 Hindsight. We’ll look back at the Canadian radio station responsible for bringing American Motown to the Motor City. Wondering where your luggage is? Geeks and Beats Gadget Ninja Erin Lawrence …

It may be the end of the road for Rush — but there’s good news. We’ll look back at a classic science fiction film for evidence of lazy prop-making. Search your feelings — you know it to be true. Now …

What your choice in music says about you (if you’re an empath, you can skip the Sex Pistols). The Mosaic by PowerStick — we’ll look at the Canadian success story’s new gadget aimed at keeping Alan en…

What are aliens listening to today? If they’re 50 Light Years away, chances are they’re rocking out to the Rolling Stones. Any further back and we’re talking Grampa’s music. Why mosquitos eat you ali…

The Star Wars nerds go wild as the behind the scenes footage of the next instalment hits Comic-Con — and Michael admits Star Trek is better. We’ll introduce you to the latest and most covert member o…

Aliens never landed in New Jersey — unless you include Snookie from Jersey Shore. We’ll look at why the hysteria over War of the Worlds… wasn’t. Thinking of an Apple Watch? Wait. Casio is coming out …

The hoverboard is here! And 4 months before Marty McFly gets his. We’ll look at the technology behind the Lexus deck. Apple Music is here — we’ll look at the streaming service and how the evolution o…