Sinopsis
Join Nerd Lunch's own Carlin Trammel (CT) and Jeeg, Paxton Holley from Cavalcade of Awesome, and special guests as they discuss a veritable smorgasbord of nerdy topics. Movies, TV, fast food, comic books, action figures, and more are on the menu of this pop culture podcast from The Atomic Geeks Podcasting Network.
Episodios
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361 | After Midnight – Fangs / Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death
09/05/2025 Duración: 01h16minMichael and Jess talk about the comics Fangs by Sarah Andersen and Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death by Terry Moore.
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360 | After Dinner Lounge – It Was a Good Friday
05/05/2025 Duración: 02h41minMichael, Pax, and Rob finish this month's Lounge talking about an Irene Adler novel, Kraven the Hunter (2024), Anora (2024), Black Doves (2024), Young Guns autographs, and the scariest things to crawl on you and/or haunt your house.
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359 | After Dinner Lounge – I’m Not Okay With This
02/05/2025 Duración: 03h08minIn the first half of this month's Lounge, Michael, Pax, and Rob are visited by Noel Thingvall. Topics include pets, death, Kraven the Hunter comics, Sherlock Holmes stories, Kamen Rider, X-Men comics, old Nerd Lunch episodes, Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot, and Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple.
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358 | The Original Atomic Geeks Episode – Monkey, Robot, or Michael Caine
28/04/2025 Duración: 01h06minFollowing up on our C2E2 conversation about things that could be improved by monkeys, robots, or Michael Caine, please enjoy this special rerun of the first time that topic appeared on the Atomic Geeks podcast. With special thanks to Carlin Trammel for the idea and Christian Nielsen for the audio and permission.
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357 | C2E2 Special – Monkey, Robot, Michael Caine
25/04/2025 Duración: 01h08minYou don't put Christian Nielsen, Michael DiGiovanni, Carlin Trammel, Shawn Robare, William Bruce West, Rob Graham, Michael May, Jeeg, and Paxton Holley in a room together and not record a podcast. While at C2E2, the group (minus Jeff Somogyi who sadly was not feeling well that evening) gathered in Christian and DiGio's hotel room to revive the classic Atomic Geeks topic: "Monkey, Robot, Michael Caine." Each person suggests a movie, TV show, event, etc. and discuss what would best improve it: a monkey, a robot, or... well, you'll see.
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356 | Podcast Pals C2E2 Meetup Diary
21/04/2025 Duración: 01h52minIn 2015, the Nerd Lunch crew met up with most of the Atomic Geeks and assorted members of the Fourth Chair Army at C2E2 in Chicago. Ten years later, it's time to get together again with even more friends. The group this time included Carlin Trammel, William Bruce West, Jeeg, Paxton Holley, Jeff Somogyi, Shawn Robare, Michael May, Rob Graham, Christian Nielsen, and Michael DiGiovanni. In this audio diary, we learn about how the trip came together, check in with the attendees at various points of the weekend, and tease a very special podcast episode that we recorded there and will be Coming Soon.
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355 | Recasting Silverado
14/04/2025 Duración: 02h13minMichael and Rob invite Michael DiGiovanni, Christian Nielsen, and Paxton Holley to help cast an imaginary remake of Silverado. Each of our five casting directors have scoured Hollywood for the perfect actors to update the roles of Emmett, Paden, Mal, Jake, Rae, and Cobb, plus other characters we wanted to think about. We've brought our top candidates to the conference room to make final decisions, but also to discuss possible tweaks to the script and even suggest a director.
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354 | Spectre (2015)
07/04/2025 Duración: 02h53minMichael, Rob, and Karen discuss the penultimate Craig Bond film, Sam Mendes's Spectre, co-starring Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, and Dave Bautista.
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353 | After Dinner Lounge – I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This
04/04/2025 Duración: 02h34minRob, Michael, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge talking about The Lost Adventures of James Bond, Mothra, podcasts, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Treason, Snow White (2025), and finding a Holy Grail.
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352 | After Dinner Lounge – I Know a Little German
31/03/2025 Duración: 03h08minRob, Michael, and Pax talk about many things including The Electric State (2025), Sherlock Holmes, Space Ghost comics, “every second counts,” ‘70s JSA comics, and Companion (2025).
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351 | Unlikely Sitcoms
24/03/2025 Duración: 01h21minInspired by the 2001 sitcom Emeril, Michael, Rob, Carlin Trammel, and Tim Lybarger assign each other similarly unlikely celebrities to build sitcoms around. Get ready for pitches for shows starring Bob Ross, The Cure's Robert Smith, Willie Nelson, and Theresa Caputo so that you can decide... would you watch this show?
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350 | After Midnight – "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" / The Ring manga
21/03/2025 Duración: 59minMichael and Jess talk about the comics "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell and The Ring, Volume 1 by Hiroshi Takahashi and Misao Inagaki.
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349 | The Green Hornet (1940)
17/03/2025 Duración: 01h46minHappy Saint Patrick's Day! We're celebrating with that most Irish of superheroes: The Green Hornet! Michael, Rob, and Pax watch and talk about the 1940 serial starring Gordon Jones and Keye Luke.
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348 | After Dinner Lounge – Sniff My Top 50
10/03/2025 Duración: 02h46minPax, Rob, and Michael finish this month's Lounge talking about the Star Wars Holiday Special, Captain America: Brave New World, the Star Wars: Clone Wars / Revenge of the Sith viewing order, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Daisy Ridley in Cleaner (2025), and more.
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347 | After Dinner Lounge – Olive Water
03/03/2025 Duración: 03h07minPax, Rob, and Michael talk about many things including Universal Studios Florida, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the Siskoid Cinema Battles podcast episode about Bond Girls, Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller's new movie The Gorge, a comic called Major Holmes and Captain Watson, and the niftiness of subscription services like Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite Ultra Extreme Radical Far-Out Super-Cool. All this and more, including a special guest appearance by William Bruce West!
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346 | After Midnight – Cat Burglar Black / Yon & Mu
28/02/2025 Duración: 50minContinuing a year of horror comics, Michael and Jess talk about Richard Sala's Cat Burglar Black and Junji Ito's cat diary, Yon & Mu.
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345 | Skyfall (2012)
25/02/2025 Duración: 02h31minMichael, Rob, and Karen are halfway through the Daniel Craig era as we talk about the series-changing film Skyfall by Sam Mendes.
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344 | Top 10 Years Later: 2015
21/02/2025 Duración: 02h36minMichael, Pax, and Noel Thingvall talk about our favorite movies from ten years ago. 2015 was a great year for blockbusters, but a lot of smaller films made our lists as well. We also talk about some stinkers and honorable mentions.
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343 | Fast Five (2011)
17/02/2025 Duración: 01h45minMichael, Rob, and Pax talk about Fast Five, basically the Avengers of the Fast and Furious series in which characters from all the previous films team up to pull off a heist while avoiding capture by The Rock. This is where the series becomes The Series and we're excited to finally be here.
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342 | Quantum of Solace (2008)
10/02/2025 Duración: 02h14minMichael, Rob, and Karen return for a look at the first direct sequel in the Bond series: Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace. While the Bond films have always been nominal sequels to each other, Quantum of Solace closely continues Bond's story begun in Casino Royale. Bond fans had never seen anything like it and not everyone appreciated the new experience. We talk about that and editing and villains and Olga Kurylenko and everything else.