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The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! Take a look at us now... Did you feel us coming in the air? We're back in the stu-stu-studio to talk about video games, movies, sci-tech, aaaand Cap interviewed Phil Collins. It wasn't for Nerdy Show, but he did bring an excerpt to share with the class. Hear Phil Collins talk about that one time Phil was on Miami Vice and hear Cap maybe nerd out a bit too much... But that's just one item in a shopping spree of topics! Join Cap, boR, Nicky, and Brandon as we discuss Danny DeVito's role in the future of Pokémon, Star Trek Beyond, Funko flipping, virtual sex apparatus, and more! Join us as we crack open the Kinder Egg of pop culture and succumb to the tempting choking hazards within. For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2016/02/nerdy-show-248-pop-pikachu-and-phil-collins-tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  See acast.com/privacy for privacy an

Nerds are by definition outsiders. If you think differently, loose yourself in fiction or history, or do something strange that the "normies" can't categorize, you're certain to find yourself walking a more solitary path. Lucky us the way ahead has been lit by the luminary nerds before us. Luckier still that we lived in a world with David Bowie, a nerd who transformed our reality into a weirder, wilder, geekier place. Join Cap and Marc With A C, two Bowie-obsessed peoploids, as they share their love of this Lad Insane and personal stories of how the Thin White Duke changed their lives. It's a crash course for the ravers and the novices too with tales from deep in small town record bins and long-forgotten shopping malls, a first-hand account of the longest show Bowie ever played, and strange or little-known facts about the wild-eyed boy from Brixton. For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2016/01/nerdy-show-247-david-bowie-lives/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! No doubt about it - reality is getting stranger by the day. When scientists are citing sci-fi fears of human-animal hybridization as a danger too real to risk, we're officially off the deep end. Whether we go the route of Animal Farm, Island of Dr. Moreau, or even an anthropomorphic utopia; Nerdy Show will be there for off-color commentary on this crazy nerd world of ours. Meanwhile, in other laboratory fiction: our favorite Merc With A Mouth, Deadpool is finally hitting the big screen in a true to form adaptation of his murderous misadventures. Or at least we hope it's true to form... Join Cap, boR, Jess, and Doug as we take on the fan-requested topic of the upcoming film as well as get you hip to the latest craze: Pocket Mortys! We swap stories of collecting an entourage of young boys and making them battle - similar to, but legally-distinct from Pokémon. That's far from all - tune in for your weekly

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! Remember our episode "Fallout... Of Reality"? This is the second half of that episode! We spent so much time talking about video games, we had to corral all our sci-tech, comics, and TV/Movies into this episode. Join Cap, boR, Doug, and Jess for a journey into the unusual! What does feeding cocaine to monkeys have to do with future of memory boosting brain chips? Discover how Aaron linked My Chemical Romance to the future of DC's Doom Patrol. Do international space mining protocols allow for alien slavery? What about space piracy - will the coolness outweigh the horror? Or what about simpler questions like, what are our favorite shows from the Fall 2014 set and how can we subscribe to all the services needed to watch them? Oh - and BTW, this episode was recorded in late November 2015 so if the timeline seems off... that's why! Check out our previous episode for a bit more info on our year-end scheduli

Spiraling from the year-end chaos the holidays bring comes... Nerdy Show! If this is your first episode, let us stop you right here folks. Perhaps we can direct you to our Greatest Hits page where you'll find our finest adventures. THIS episode goes deep. In some cases, Inception deep. Before we return to your regularly scheduled Nerdy Show, we wanted to do an impromptu community update explaining where we've been, where we are, and where we're headed. Join Cap and Doug for an unedited community update ramble through the craziness that comes from the year's end, the various Nerdy Show productions in development, and on a completely unrelated note: a dream Cap had starring Tim and Eric, John C. Reilly, Leonardo DiCaprio, and a cast of performers in flesh-colored banana suits. We've also got some tips for what YOU can do to help Nerdy Show get a leg up in this competitive, crazy podcast world. In the months to come we'll keep you posted on what we're cooking up and how you can help - and on the flip side let u

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings - and in this case all the greatest geeky happenings of the year! It's the moment you've been waiting all year for: your friends at Nerdy Show have once more completed the impossible (and some argue unnecessary) task of ranking the Top 20 Nerdiest Things of the Year. Our list heralds from all facets of society: from science to game shows and pop culture to technology. We've run the gamut, collected a host of nerdy topics, and ranked them on a completely arbitrary and unscientific scale. Join Cap, boR, Jon, Jess, Doug, and Brandon on a Magical Mystery Tour through the peculiar future-present landscape of this strange and amazing year. Not only do we have to distill an entire year of achievements down to 20 items and a smattering of superlatives, but we've only got three minutes on the timer to describe them! The clock is literally ticking as all that was 2015 comes to an explosive end. Listen in as we re

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! Fallout 4 is out now, and frankly it's a miracle that we managed to stop playing it to record an episode, let alone release one. Yes, Nerdy Show is getting lost in the post-apocalyptic Bostonian abyss of Bethesda's latest masterwork. Join Cap, boR, Doug, and Jess as we share our thoughts on the new game and some of our first experiences after stumbling out of the Vault. Even with the momentous undertaking of fighting off Synths and scavenging every last useful piece of junk, the gaming world is positively radiating with news and goings on. We discuss Nintendo's sleeper hit of the season: TriForce Heroes, as well as the latest from Blizzard. The trailer for Duncan Jones' Warcraft film is out and it's been the subject of equal parts excitement, disappointment, and heated debate. We poll the Nerdy Show hosts and fan community for thoughts and then let boR go to work with all the nuanced continuity many of

Ah, the thrill of the hunt. In this listener-requested Microsode the Nerdy Show crew explores the kill or be killed world of the game series Monster Hunter. Whip up some paintballs and pack a whetstone - there's purple dinosaurs to be slain. Join Cap, Brandon, Jonathan and Andrew from Wicked Anime, and Briggs and Wall from Ghostbusters: Resurrection as they roast meat (so tasty!) and share their feels on the wild hunt. Some of them are completely new to the series and need an introduction to what's made these games an international phenomena, decidedly different from your Digimons and your Pokémons. Others are seasoned Monster Hunter veterans with many a monster head mounted on their wall. And then there's Brandon, who's sassy from gin and ready to vent on why he can't stand the games. Does he have a point, or does he just need to "get good"? Thanks to Nerdy Show supporter, Korrik, you're about to find out. For links and more info. head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2015/11/nerdy-show-241-m

We're hittin' the arcades and those sticky, day-glo carpets are gonna be blood-soaked! In this episode of Nerdy Show we've mashed up two listener requested Microsode topics: Arcade Games and Fighting Games and we've got so much to say it's gone overtime. Join Cap, Brandon, Jonathan and Andrew from Wicked Anime, and Briggs and Wall from Ghostbusters: Resurrection as we recollect on the titles of our misspent youth in 90s arcades - from classic titles to the most obscure cabinets we can remember. Hear our triumphs in those darkened, hallowed grounds as well as our greatest defeats. Then it's on to that special subset of the arcade that made its way to the home console: fighting games. What's the difference between fighting games, beat 'em ups, and sports titles? What are our favorite games and who are our mains? And what are some of the weirdest early 90s fighters we can remember? All these and more, just INSERT COIN. Thanks to Sean Redd and Hexual for the topics and come see Cap and Aaron at NC Comicon in Dur

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network's flagship podcast unloads on the latest geek news and happenings! Glamour, glitter, fashion, and debatable Internet notoriety: Nerdy Show, Nerdy Show is our name. And we might not have super-advanced computers capable of projecting realistic holograms from wearable microprojectors, but dammit we've got opinions about people who do. Or don't, as the case may be with the film adaptation of Jem and the Holograms. Yup, we've got an Jem and the Holograms review, and you might be surprised by what you hear. And that's not even remotely all! We share our hands-on feels about Metal Gear Solid 5 and Guitar Hero Live - both setting baffling new precedents in gaming. We weight the possibility of that alien Dyson sphere rumor being legit. We recommend some rad comics and some dope shows! Heck, we even talk about that Harry Potter sequel... stage play... thing. Join Cap, boR, Trench, and Brandon as we explore the strange pleasure of attaching people and animals to balloons, go t

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings! Great Scott! It's October 21st, 2015! You know, the future? Well look, we might be 15 Jaws movies short of perfection, but at least the much-prophesied future brought you Nerdy Show, right? At least we're not living a multi-national lie of shadow governments controlled by lizard people, right? That would be absurd. Anyone who told you that was clearly a nut job and you should probably call the human police on them. That is the normal thing to do. Fact is, we're hard at work on hoverboards and self-lacing sneakers. Clearly the future-present is a-okay. Maybe the Cubs will even win someday. Join Cap, boR, Nicky, and Doug as we go back to Back to the Future, share complicated feelings about Pepsi products, play Rock Band 4 and Star Wars: Battlefront, take bowel advice from a unicorn, recommend an unnecessary sequel that has no right being good, and definitely don't crack open a conspiracy concerning subt

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings! Join us as we hang out with some of the most artful purveyors of Nerd Music on the scene: Chamber Band! You may remember when we spoke to them about their debut record Deities, or perhaps when they made it into the upper echelon of our Top 20 Nerdy Things of 2013. These rockers, who stole our hearts with their emotionally upending songs from the world of Dungeons & Dragons, have returned to conquer a whole new corner of the nerd kingdom: The Hunger Games. But, like their former record, this new album doesn't require fandom to be a fan - these nerdy nuances highlight bigger themes that anyone can connect with. Join Cap and Nerdy.FM station manager Lauren Furze (aka TheFifthSister) as they're joined by Ellen, Chris, A. Sarr, and Sam of Chamber Band for a journey into this new record: Careers. This episode journeys through the record with background on each track, songwriting stories, and tales from t

Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network‘s flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings! Have we got a deal for you, Nerdy Show fans. Coolness is at your fingertips, and just by reading this sentence you're already one step closer. With our trademarked Buy Your Way to Cool Self-Embetterment System™ you can enhance your freshness with minimum harsh burns. If you can envision it, then you're envisioning it wrong. The secret is in your wallet, and we'll show you how. In this "totally ill"episode, Nerdy Show hosts Cap, boR, Jessica, and Doug provide dynamic lifestyle enhancement fundamentals. Unlock the secrets of a Soylent diet, shave with lasers, and that's only the beginning. We're also offering introductory courses to pop culture fundamentals: The future of Pacific Rim 2 and the deadly Hollywood politics surrounding it, The Muppets' return to TV, Back to the Future's 30th Anniversary, and debates on the retro-nosalgia validity of Turbo Kid and Kung Fury. Dope! For links and more info, he

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Every other week, The Nerdy Show Network's flagship podcast pours over the latest geek news and happenings! It's a weird, wild new world for Nintendo nerds. The Big N has announced their first push into the mobile games market (beyond their own hardware) and they've come out balls a-blazing. Pokémon GO brings Pokémon to Earth in an augmented reality experience that's still very much under wraps. We speculate on what's to come and how deep Nintendo can deliver on their pitch for a world teeming with cute, freaky creatures. But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg in this ill-fated pleasure cruise. We switch from A.R. to V.R. as we investigate The VOID, a new company hoping to be the next big thing in interactive entertainment; discuss the dubious announcement of Animorphs, one of our favorite 90s book series, hitting the big screen; and critique the latest iteration of Starcraft. Join Cap, boR, Luke, and Trench for all this and more, including another of Cap's weird dreams and the return of our old

Zibbitty bop ze-wow, Nerdy Show hepcats! We're coming at ya with an all-new Nerdy Show Microsode. That's a short episode where YOU fine folks tell us what to groove to. In this episode, Nerdy Show listener, Jack Oats has challenged us to talk about bebop. But what kind of bebop? Well, that's up to us to decide. Join Cap, boR, Luke, and Trench as we attempt to suss out the musical movement from our cursory knowledge of jazz and then connect the dots to things we actually know about: pop culture of the past 20 years. If you've ever been curious about space fairing anime, incompetent pig-men, or refreshments beneath the ocean's waves - this one's for you. And even if you're fluent in those subjects we might have a trick or two up our sleeves. What's the secret to Captain Murphy's primal screams? What happens when you mix Tron, Michael Jackson, and retromutagen ooze? If you don't click play, you're koo-koo-crazy. For links and more info, head to the main episode page: http://nerdyshow.com/2015/09/nerdy-show-234

Ever getting that sinking, Singularity blues? The 21st Century is shaping up to be that much-prophecised age of exponential change for the human condition. If catastrophic climate change doesn't get us, then we're well on track to building a robotopia. But is a world where all basic jobs are done by 'bots a good thing? Are we destined for an opulent Star Trek future, or something more like Elysium with the ruling class hovering above the rest of us? Join Cap, Jess, Jon, and Doug as we journey deep into sci-tech - evaluating the latest variations on the automated man and considering what futures a robotic workforce will create. Maybe hard-working, red-blooded Americans will feel the bite of cold steel and the gnashing of corporate teeth. Or perhaps we'll be able to survive the paradigm shift and humanity can focus on evolving itself through exploration, creation, and education. Now is the precipice of the coming age; take a plunge with us! Hopefully we're not diving headfirst into a Cyberdyne-led extinction!

State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”. Just when you were almost back to sleep… there has been an awakening! It’s only been two weeks since our last report and there’s already an entire episode’s worth of new Star Wars announcements to cover. The dam has officially burst, the journey to The Force Awakens has truly begun, and the world is on the precipice of descending into Star Wars mania. The epicenter of this latest spike in activity is D23, Disney’s expo celebrating all their various properties and projects. Our very own Matt Spill was on-site to bear witness to the reveal of the cast of Rogue One, new insights from Episode VII, and the announcement that not only is a Star Wars land coming to Disney Parks, but that it’s their biggest, boldest project to date. Join Cap, Doug and Matt as we discuss the possibilities this immersive Star Wars theme park represents, peruse the catalog of forthcoming action figures for hints at Force Awake

As nerds we've been fed our entire lives with dreams of sci-fi destinies. Many of these grand dreams fizzled at the onset of the 21st century, but there's one that you'll have to pry from our cold, dead hands: giant robots. We want to see towering steel goliaths do battle with massive missile launchers and insane blades, and we want to see it now. That glorious future has arrived, dear friends - thanks to MegaBots. These all-American Robot Jox have built their own giant robot and challenged Japan's finest giant robosmiths, Suidobachi Heavy Industry, to a duel. The challenge was accepted and now the race is on to soup up their robo chariot into a melee fighting mecha Rocky. We're joined by MegaBots' Matt Oehrlei and Gui Cavalcanti at the dawn of their Kickstarter quest to supercharge America's robot champion: The Mark II. Hear Cap and Trench alongside Atomic Robo creative team/ fictional robot experts Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener geek out with the MegaBots guys over Mech Warrior and Battletech, get the d

State of the Empire is Nerdy Show’s Star Wars speculation podcast where we “look for news in Alderaan places”. Since Star Wars Celebration there's been a whirlwind of news from the galaxy far, far away. New films announced, new games announced, new comics announced, new secrets from The Force Awakens, and rumors galore! We stand now on the precipice of a transmedia blitz that could surpass even the mayhem of The Phantom Menace... and that's just the beginning. We're also reeling over the announcement that the young Han Solo film is a real thing that's happening. With the directors of 21 Jump Street at the helm, we can only hope that "21 Parsecs" is as cool as we're imagining and that young Lando is along for the ride. The speculation doesn't end there - we've got new insights into all the currently announced Star Wars films, and even some that haven't been announced, as well as discussions on the glory of Micro Machines, the surprising significance of Sullust, our theories surrounding the unexpected return o