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We felt it was high past time to reprise our exploration of season beverages. Back again is Eron Rauch, cocktail enthusiast, photographer, food blogger and friend. We sit down around the microphones to warm up in spirit of the season with some seasonal spirits! Following that, we discuss some simple DIY style gifts ideas.

Here at the S.T.E.A.M.Geeks crew, we know we're lucky and have quite a bit to be thankful for. In the spirit of the season, we reached out to our closest friends and asked them to tell us what they're thankful for this year. Here, like a turkey dinner for your ears, are the thanks of The League of S.T.E.A.M. family.

We decided that Nerf was much to fun of a subject to limit to one podcast! Returning to that fertile field, we discuss how Nerf relates to steampunk, cosplay, has spawned its own costuming subgenre and Nerf culture in general. Joining Nick and Glenn are: Ken Braden, James Fail and Kim Beierl of The Adventurers League of G.E.A.R.S. (YouTube); Austin Serkin and Megan Maude.

In keeping with our spirit of adventure, Glenn and Sheyne took to the streets, er, aisles of Comikaze Expo 2013. With microphone in hand they set out to take the pulse of the con, live, as it happened from the "Fan in the Street."

We couldn't call ourselves "geeks", now, if we didn't devote an episode to discussing all things Nerf. Glenn and Nick, who are the biggest fan of Nerf in the S.T.E.A.M.Geeks crowd, are joined by fellow Nerf-a-holic James Fail, of The Adventurers League of G.E.A.R.S. Along the way they discuss all things Nerf and foam dart related. Will we determine if it truly is "Nerf or Nothing!" ? Well, there's only one way to find out!

Once again it's our favorite time of year. Halloween season, of course! Nick, Glenn, Russ and Andrew convene to commune with the dark powers. By dark powers, I mean breakfast cereals, and by commune I mean eat. General Mills has issued for this Halloween season the it full line of spooky sugary cereals: Fruit Brute, Yummy Mummy, Boo Berry, FrankenBerry and Count Chocula! Suitably fortified with several times the daily recommended allotment of vitamins and minerals, we tell tales of Halloweens gone by.

In keeping with our spirit of adventure, we gave live streaming a try with Google Plus's Hangouts on Air. If you missed it, or just wanted to relive the fun in audio format, we're making our Live Webcast 01 this week's S.T.E.A.M.Geeks episode! Join Nick, Robin, Trip, Russ, Andrew, Kate, Sheyne, Glenn, and Conrad in their own living rooms as we talk like pirates, talk about talking like pirates, discuss some very advance topics regarding the third season of our web series and answer some viewer questions. All as we try to figure out how hangouts work!

We have an awesome podcast for you this time around! While at Dragon*Con 2013, the S.T.E.A.M.Geeks partnered with the Ratchet Retrocast crew to bring you an at-con, recorded in front of a live audience, double podcast. This is part one, part two will be available via the Ratchet Retrocast in one week! Don't miss out!

James Lavrakas joins the S.T.E.A.M.Geeks as we get into the details of preparing, launching and following up on the impending Kickstarter campaign for The Adventures of The League of S.T.E.A.M. Season Three.

Closing fast in a stern chase to our discussion of pirates, Cedric Whittaker of the Airship Isabella (Twitter: @airshipisabella, AirshipIsabellaFilms, Etsy) and Ken "Sharky" Braden of the League of GEARS (Twitter: @LeagueofGEARS) man the bridge with Glenn, Nick and Sheyne to discuss how Airship Piracy and Steampunk ended up going hand in hand.

Once more the bottles of rum are uncorked as Nick, Duane and Russ are joined by Eric Schuman aka Stark Cordwain of The Dread Crew of Oddwood. The rum is sampled and reviewed as the topic of conversation turns to plunder on the high seas! Piracy, the golden age of sail and privateering are all fair game.

It's that time of year when geeks of all type, not just S.T.E.A.M., make their annual pilgrimage to the shores of sunny San Diego, California to attend the annual Comic Con International: San Diego. As our plates get a little full during this season Andrew, Glenn, Nick and Russ sat down to simply reminisce over Comic Cons gone by. It's like story hour, for nerds!

A topic we've missed for far too long, this week the S.T.E.A.M. Geeks start thinking 4th dimensionally! That's right, time travel! Joining us for this discussion are Donna Ricci of Clockwork Couture, and steampunk scholar Austin Sirkin.

We were a bit parched this week, so we decided to focus an entire review on Pear Ciders. Somewhat under represented in most of our local markets, we scoured the local beverage establishments in order to secure adequate supplies to review! Joining us is Joshua Watts of Burbank's own Clockwork Couture.

We're joined by cocktail enthusiast, photographer, food blogger and friend, Eron Rauch. Bottles are gathered, ice is crushed and we talk about cocktails to refresh your summer. Hemingway is invoked, techniques are discussed and hopefully some value is imparted to the listener!

We break the mold and Glenn has a one on two interview with Philippa Ballentine and Tee Morris about their Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences books and "The Ministry Initiative", a Kickstarter campaign to create a role playing game and and an anthology set in the world of The Ministry.

Our Wild Wild West Con "Live" podcast was so much fun we decided to do it again! Recently Glenn, Kate and Trip attended Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition in Santa Clara, CA. While they were up there, they sat down with the ever wonderful Gail Carriger to talk in front of our microphones.

This week we kick off with a review of Lay's Potato Chips "Do Me a Flavor" limited edition chips. Our main topic then covers creating worlds and using science, technology and magic i a steampunk setting for your authorial or role playing efforts. Joining us are Sherri Compton-Myers, author of Of Seraphim and Cherubim and Erik Sanstad.

We open up this podcast with a lively review of the new game from Irrational Games , BioShock: Infinite. Joining Trip and Russell for the review are Claire Hummel, who did some visual development for the game, and renowned game journalist Lisa Foiles. As if that wasn't enough, Brian Kesinger returns to our podcast to give us the scoop on his new book, "Walking Your Octopus".

This week, Nick, Russ and Glen are joined by Thomas Willeford of Brute Force Studios. We lead in with a long anticipated review of four bourbons: Knob Creek, Bulleit, Elijah Craig Small Batch 12 years, and Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage Premium. Following that, our main topic is antiquing. Where to go, how to find, and how to buy antiques to fuel the creative needs of steampunks everywhere!