[1] The show began in 1998 as a segment in the Radio From Hell program hosted by Kerry Jackson.

[5] Jeff Vice, a host of the show and a journalist for Deseret News, died in 2014 at the age of 48 due to an asthma attack.

[6][7] The show won "Best podcast" from 2009 until 2015 in the Salt Lake City Weekly awards.

[8] The show later won second place for "Best Local Podcast" in the 2020 Salt Lake City Weekly awards.

[9] The Geek Show was included in the illustration of a Harley Quinn comic.