Nuketown Radio Active is a podcast dedicated to life, liberty and the pursuit of geekdom. The show features geek, technology and gaming links from around the Web as well as book, movie, game and podcast reviews. The podcast was first published in March 2005 and is hosted by Ken Newquist, Nuketown’s editor and founder. A web developer by day, he’s also a freelance staff writer for Knights of the Dinner Table.
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The Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Soundtrack takes centerstage in Radio Active #13, with four songs from the new album featured in the podcast. There’s also a bunch of news about the mothership, Nuketown.com, including the launch of our new online message forum and Radio Active’s new logo. I also talk about the Random Signal podcast … Read more
Good news abounds in Radio Active #12, which includes an announcement about a change in my day job that will let me walk to work. Really. It’s also got an announcement about the Atomic Swindlers contest winners and the happy news that Radio Active has joined the ranks of The Science Fiction Podcast Network. It’s … Read more
Radio Active #11 is dedicated entirely to an audio review of Midnight Syndicate’s The 13th Hour CD, an album designed to be used as a soundtrack for Call of Cthulhu role-playing games, but which should work well in any horror game. Getting the Podcast Download the MP3 directly Show Notes Intro To catch up the … Read more
Radio Active takes a turn into the supernatural with #10, offering a review of the F. Paul Wilson’s supernatural detective novel The Tomb as well as a review of the D&D-compatible monster source book A Maze of Minotaurs by Behemoth4. I also talk about staying up late (or rather, getting up early) with a moody … Read more
I make good on my book review promise, and take a look at Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Shadow. There’s also some thoughts on toddlers and Star Wars, news about the extension of the Atomic Swindlers CD giveaway, and a plug for the new scifi magazine podcast, Escape Pod. Getting the Podcast Download the MP3 directly … Read more
Radio Active #8 is dedicated entirely to the music of the Atomic Swindlers, a Ziggy Stardust-meets-The Fifth Element rock’n’roll band. The podcast features a review of the band’s album Coming Out Electric as well as two tracks from the CD. There’s also the first-ever Radio Active podcast, in which Nuketown’s readers and listeners in the … Read more
It’s been too long between podcasts — thanks to a nasty cold that hit back at the beginning of May — but with Radio Active #7, we’re back on track. The podcast opens up with some updates about the show itself, and my plans for the future. I then go into a bit of a … Read more
Show #5 starts off with some Windows and Mac tales before settling down into its more traditional science fiction and fantasy fare. This time around I talk about The Greatest Games I Never Finished (Diablo II, A Fool’s Errand, Legend of Zelda: Orcina of Time), the appeal of the Wheel of Time series, and offer … Read more
Radio Active #4 reviews Stephen King’s alien invasion novel Dreamcatcher and the movie adaptation, discusses the new essay collection Finding Serenity, about Joss Whedon’s Firefly series, talks about Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #100. finally offers some thoughts on gaming when you’re a geek dad. Getting the Podcast You can get the podcast in two … Read more
Radio Active #3 is finally available for download. I’d finished most of the production last week, and foolishly thought I’d be able to work on it over the weekend. Why I thought this–given that my daughter’s birthday party was Saturday, and Easter was Sunday–I have no idea. This time around I eschew the soundclips and … Read more