What happens when Robin's throat is so swollen he can't really speak? You get a replay of last Christmas' interview with Quinns from Shut Up & Sit Down, becasue boardgames are awesome and you should play more of them. Quintin Smith, or Quinns as he is known, runs one of the greatest boardgame sites ever - Shut Up and Sit Down. You shoud go and visit it and find out mroe about games! https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/   Or visit Coaching for Geeks and check out our courses - how...

Indie Games! Turns out they're almost indefinable, and bring a whole world of games to PC, console, and tabletop. Robin chatted with Emma Spalding of Projekt Indie to talk all things indie, starting a gaming blog, and turning it into a career. You know those episodes where Robin just laughs like a drain for an hour? We had to cut a lot out - Ed Plus! 27 games are up for grabs in the Great Projekt Indie and Coaching for Geeks Winter Indie Steam Key Giveaway! Read on or listen for how to...

What is purpose? Where does it come from? Why do some find it hard to uncover? Mastin Kipp is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, and renowned public speaker. Mastin is the creator of Functional Life Coaching™, an innovative, unique and accelerated approach to creating lasting personal and business change. So what happens when Robin high on Lemsip and codeine meets Mastin? Star Wars, Purpose, the state of the world, and more!     More About Mastin Kipp Find out more...

Rami the dating coach is back! This week he interviews his old friend JP Lachapelle, the former lead singer of multiple bands, including Mire and Keychain. They talk about confidence, and how to build confidence as a geek. They discover the secrets to creating confidence where it doesn't exist, and how to recover confidence when something bad happens in your life... like a breakup or a physical injury. Confidence can be learned like any skill, and as a lead singer JP knows all about...

Coach Austin calls upon one of the highest ranked coaches in the fitness Industry, Sam Pogue, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Onnit & founder of the Fitness Breakroom Podcast to share his XP points with the Coaching for Geeks tribe.   Fitness Breakroom Launches December 4th 2017   http://www.fitnessbreakroom.com/       About Sam Sam Pogue is the co-founder of Fitness Break Room, an online fitness community that specializes in telling the stories and strategies...

>>> STOP THE PRESSES! HOW TO GET A DATE IN 72 HOURS WEBINAR - https://events.genndi.com/register/169105139238468919/c66efd8f93 Bom Chikka Wah Wah Ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhh.  Coach Austin knows his way around ALL the equipment in the gym.  It's time to get moving if you want to increase your stamina, have the hip motion to make her melt, and the, well... to not have aching knees after, you know, going down on your knees for a while. It's time to double down on your lovelife, get...

>>>> UPDATE - HOW TO GET A DATE IN 72 HOURS WEBINAR -  https://events.genndi.com/register/169105139238468919/c66efd8f93 - Wednesday Novermber 22nd 2017 Bars. People still meet in them. For real. How do you approach someone? How do you speak to someone? What if they turn you away? WHAT IF THEY ACTUALLY TALK TO YOU? Rami meets with Mark to cover the ins and outs of meeting people in bars. Confidence. Conversation. We got you covered. And if you want more check out Rami's...

London! City of fish & chips, Big Ben, The Queen, ESports stadia, immersive experiences, and conventions of all kinds. Hannah Cowton, The London Geek, joins Robin as they share their Top 5 Geeky things to do in That London. Hannah is an up-and-coming blogger, with her site The London Geek growing crazyfast as she takes in everything geek themed this city has to offer.   You can join Hannah on her adventures at  https://www.thelondongeek.co.uk/ And follow her on Twitter at...

Rami is a top tier dating coach for geeks, adn joined Coaching for Geeks earlier in 2017. Last year, he created a dating guide for men - Level Up Your Dating - to help them meet more women. But what happens when a woman gets hold of the guide? PLOT TWIST! Rami's guest on this week's episode is Emilia, who reverse-engineered his course and used it on men. They talk about her results, what worked and what didn't. Throw in a smattering of sex talk, online dating apps, and when the best...

Cor that's a long title! Robin went to MCM London Comic Con 2017 as press (fancy!). This is the undedited audio of the Red Dwarf press conference. It was just too good to mess with.     You can get all our convention coverage at https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/conventions/ Pick up our FREE EBook - 7 Steps to Winning at Life - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/7-step-geek-guide/ And Join our geeky Facebook gang at https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks/   Back...

Robin loves to game. Robin stayed up late playing Golf Story and so is sat at 9:30 on a Saturday night recording and editing instead of down hs mate's house playing the latest Jackbox Part Pack. Gamer mindset is capable of some amazing things. It also makes us have just one more go and then oh f**k it's morning and I'm really behind and tired and damnit! What if we harnessed it to level ourselves up? Robin Bates, founder of Coaching for Geeks, explains how to use your gamer mindset to...

Ready to hit start and commence your fitness adventure? Coach Austin has his top ten mistakes that fitness n00bs make - so that you can avoid them all and get on with leveling up! We love hearing from our listenrs - let Coach Austin know how you get on at [email protected] Join the Awesome Coaching for Geeks Facebook Community www.cfgshortcut.com Subscribe and leave us a 5 star review on...

Heather Ness, Professor of Psychology at Middle Georgia State University and author of Broken Heroes: An Unofficial Guide to the Trauma and Psychology of Marvel's Defenders, met wth Robin to discuss why we love less than perfect heroes, how her book opens the lid on the Defenders, why Squirrel Girl is a badass, teaching, speaking, and dinosaurs. Robin had a great time recording this episode, find out how much of a fanboy he is in Epsiode 27 - Super-Psych: The Psychology of Marvel's...

It's October and Rami the Gutsy Geek takes the CfG mic for the first time and interviews girl geek, Serenity. They cover the important topics of where to meet people, the Canadian DDR scene, how having skills is attractive, how to approach someone, and oral sex. Ready to level up your dating? Press start to begin...   Ready to Level Up Your Dating for real? Check out Rami's dating course. http://www.gutsygeek.com/levelup-coaching-for-geeks/ Want daily dating, fitness, and life...

Imagine being unable to game due to an accident or progressive condition. SpecialEffect takes on the challenge of giving gaming back to people through bespoke solutions of engineering, software, advice and support. Mark Saville joined Robin to talk about SpecilEffect's work, the challenegs and successes, and how you can get invoved with raising awarness and/or funds for their important work bringing families and friends together and having a profoundly positive impact on inclusion,...

Coach Austin of Hyper Strenth and Conditoning takes on strength and power!   What do they mean? How can you have more? What's the difference? How much like being a pokemon trainer is it? Does shouting help you reach 9000?   All this and more in Epsiode 24 - Stength versus Power!     Join the CfG Facebook Community for free support, gaming, challenges, events, achievements, stickers, a Discord group - start levelling up today! www.cfgshortcut.com   Check out Austin's Gym...

Friend of the show, panellist, writer, and cosplayer Amanda Conley joins Robin to talk about starting out in cosplay. How accurate doed it need to be? Can I dress as a lady? Where do you find the potentially strange clothes needed? What about makeup and movement and getting to the convention? They cover the important topics of consent, and dressing as a character of another ethnicity, all in the name of having the best time while in costume. Don't be shy, share your cosplays with the gang...

Cooking Rumble was designed from the start to enable Emilio to play games with his young daughter. Robin met with him to discuss the complexities of designing a game that works for different ages at the same time, Mexico's growing game design scene, and the current Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign which smashed through its target in just four hours.   Join the Coaching for Geeks community today - we're not just a podcast www.cfgshortcut.com   Check out the Kickstarter campaign...

What's the deal with fat these days? Sugar? Carbs? Help us Coach Austin! You're our only hope! Austin sets the record straight with the myths around what's good and bad food to help you make the right choices for you, and find your own heroes.   Join our geeky gang on Facebook and we'll help you get what you want (and play games) www.cfgshortcut.com   Check out Coach Austin's Gym https://hyperleveltraining.com/ Email Austin [email protected] Email...

Lloyd joined me back in episode 12, an introduction to role playing games, and promised to return to run Masks: A New Generation for us. Episode 12 quickly became one of our most listened and 8 episodes later Lloyd returns to lead a group of players through their teen superhero lives in Halcyon City. Will The Scales deal with his dark past? Where is MeU2 really from? Which Gods does Bobcat have on speed dial? How many hipflasks did The Flipper bring along? Find out in Masks: A New...

Liam and his buddies at FURN Gaming play Dungeons & Dragons and have a weekly YouTube show of their adventuring exploits. Now they're taking on Gary Gygax's infamous Tomb of Horrors in a 24 hour livestream for mental health charity Mind. Robin met with Liam to talk D&D, surviving 24 hours+ of ridiculously intense adventuring, why Mind is important, and how to get involved in this event, or start your own.       Join us on Facebook - we do gaming, achieveing more,...

When will the Johnny Cabs of Total Recall become reality? Robin meets with Josh Whitely, Lead Software Engineer at AutonomouStuff, the world's foremost supplier of software, engineer, and compononents that enable automation, to discuss the future, ethics, and how to get into the industry.   Join our geeky Facebook community and start levelling up today! We do gaming, planning, fitness, dating, confidence, careers, and loads more. www.cfgshortcut.com     Find out more about...

Coach Austin returns with his top 3 pernicious and unflinching fitness myths that just don't want to go away.  Getting past these myths will help everyone level up faster on their fitness adventure. Also he does a fine line in 'Soccer Mom' voices.   Join the free Coaching for Geeks group for fitness, motivation, dating, games, and much more www.cfgshortcut.com   Check out Coach Austin's gym http://www.hyperleveltraining.com/   Don't forget to subscribe on...

Lead designer at Sensible Object, Tim Burrell-Saward, joins Robin for a chat about the Beasts of Balance development process, turning a co-op game into something with more teeth, and what dinosaur he'd be.     Beasts of Balance is a co-operative, app empowered, stacking game. It's beautiful, tactile, and a lot of fun and gets the Coaching for Geeks first ever 'recommended' award.    Join the Coaching for Geeks Club on Facebook www.cfgshortcut.com   Back the Beasts of...

A New Challenger Approaches! Austin Toloza of Hyper Strength and Conditioning joins the Coaching for Geeks team to take your power level beyond 9000! Level 1 features Coach Austin's 3 top tips for losing weight.   Join our geeky community for more www.cfgshortcut.com   Coach Austin's Gym - Hyper Strength and Conditioning http://www.hyperleveltraining.com   Watch Austin in Action - Saber Combat  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wGkcBYwAXo