Ok kids … pack your kilts, stick some gears on old waistcoats and find those Vulcan ears. Geek Media Expo 2010 is only days away (October 22-24) and WhatTheCast is ready to take it over.

Saturday brings the madness that is Race of the Tauntauns … a sack race using sleeping bags that look like tauntauns from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (you know, the movie that didn’t suck). Contestants can use the ThinkGeek edition sleeping bag or their own creation, but they must complete the course while avoiding our twisted obstacles (cue evil laugh). Contestants also have to survive Crispy and Brian’s sportscaster commentary, adding another degree of difficulty to the event.

The live WhatTheCast recording is at noon on Sunday (Oct 24th), so you have plenty of time to grab brunch before we recap a fantastic geek weekend. We’re also hanging out on the “Geek Journalism” panel (Saturday at 5:00pm).

Stephen brings the science (SCIENCE!) to the show on two panels … “Science of the Whedonverse” (Saturday at 2:00pm) and his awesome “There Ain’t No Stealth in Space” presentation (Sunday at 1:00pm).

We’ve also got friends along for the ride. Garret Wang, Voyager crew member and director of Dragon*Con Star Trek programming, is bringing his personal brand of fun to the show. GMX also added the Sci-Fi Janitors (Bob and Carl) to the guest list (if you don’t clean up after yourselves they will call you out … you have been warned). It’s a great guest list so there’s something to do when we’re not on stage.

The whole GMX schedule is here in PDF: http://www.whatisgmx.net/GMX-Vol2-Schedule.pdf (subject to change without warning)

Crispy and Brian bring the podcast back from near death, after weeks of the podcaster’s “personal lives” keep them away from the wonders of internet audio. In this episode, our cast covers everything from upcoming conventions and Doctor Who to Kick Ass and some awesome comic book news. It’s all here in this fantastic piece of downloadable content … so enjoy!

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Brian, Stephen & Crispy (pic from Flickr by Derek Deweese)

We talk about zombie walks, TV ratings, podcasting, drinking and hanging out at a con where none of work staff (shocking, I know). Along with the audio, check out pics from GMX courtesy of Brian & Derek.