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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In Radio Active #75 I look back on the holidays and talk about the presents I found under the Geek Tree this year, geek out with some gaming on the Xbox 360 and Wii, check out a tool for porting Unix utilities to the Mac, contemplate some retro-future t-shirts. Finally, I review the H.P. Lovecraft … Read more
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I dream of a good night’s sleep, remember the adventure that is potty training my son, recount my Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” woes and talk about the boatload of games I’ve been reviewing. In Netheads, I try out the “Is Gd” url shortner, test drive the … Read more
The kids are getting over colds and we’ve got another round of home improvement under our belts as Nuketown Radio Active returns for more adventures in geek parenting. In this episode I’ve got a run down the video games I’ll playing over the next few weeks, I take a look at Green Ronin’s new Wizards … Read more
Nuketown Radio Active #72 contemplates the best way to organize a geeky bookshelf, takes another turn at chess with kids, finds out that Neutron Lad has a lot to talk about, and asks questions about Nuketown’s long-dormant RADIATIONS newsletter. Finally I review Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, the latest edition of the venerable role-playing game by … Read more
Summer’s over and Nuketown Radio Active is back in the saddle as I talk about a different kind of game day, dodge a bullet with a crashed hard drive, get ready for a Western-themed Nuke(m)Con 2008. My promised review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition has been bumped to Radio Active #72, and instead I talk … Read more
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active I talk about my trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets, give an update on my summer reading list, and talk about planning the next Nuke(m)Con. In Netheads I speculate about this year’s PodcampPhilly podcasting conference at Temple University, check out Dark Horse Comics’ online preview of … Read more
It’s summer and that means it’s time to kick back and relax … if only I can remember how. In this episode of Radio Active I run down my summer plans, including a week in New England, trips to Mets and IronPigs baseball games and adventures in home improvement. I also rundown my summer reading … Read more
It’s all Balticon, all the time as I recap my trip to the science fiction convention, talk about the panels I attended, and catch up with some old friends (and find some new ones). I also talk about the new audio and video podcasts — such as Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams’ new podcast ZombInc … Read more
In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital Front of role-playing game PDFs, try out Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 and experiment with a … Read more
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