Episodes

  • Episode 70 - Top 5 Villains
    Apr 16 2025

    It's our newest Top 5, this time NERDING OUT about our favorite bad guys and gals! Dr. Intern Joan is back! Analese is loving the literary baddies and Rob is loves going back to childhood scares.


    Also in this episode: hockey drinking game or a power hour, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman and great theme songs, goofin and cheesin, true crime, reality tv shows like the Amazing Race, Vecna, The Monkey, crane machines for schools.


    Talk Nerdy to Me TRAILER SWAP: check out the Total Conundrum podcast, all about the spooky, the unexplained, and a good listen!


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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 69 - What are you doing?
    Apr 2 2025

    The Notorious Dr. Intern Joan is back and the nerds are highlighting the nerdy things they are doing right now! Analese is working on her 25 for 2025 and Rob is switching his apps around for maximum nerd-tracking.


    Also in this episode: Nerd Mail from Los805 and more game console knowledge, DIJ's book recommendations, Do it Now and gamifying to-do lists, the renaissance of Women's Basketball (wishing Juju Watkins a speedy recovery and FIGHT ON), miniature of the month at Games Workshop, changing planners and organizing the year of nerd goals.


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 68 - D&D 2024
    Mar 19 2025

    America's Favorite Teen Nerd is back! Andrew, Dr. Intern Joan, and Aaron from the Lore of the Rings Podcast join your nerd best friends for geeky fun. Grab your favorite dice set, your variant cover player's handbook, and let's roll for initiative! Analese has still not committed to being a DM and Rob has turned his focus all on AI for his health goals.


    Also in this episode: Nerd Mail from new subscriber, Maria! Plus Storygraph, ScreenZen, Final Girl 3, Death Clock AI, Notorious DIJ's tips on Hoopla, and make sure you catch the Lore of the Rings podcast!


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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Episode 67 - Reboots and Remakes for NERDS
    Mar 5 2025

    What is a remake versus a reboot? And should they even happen? Your nerd best friends get all jiggy with the nerdverse and storytelling. Analese is still obsessed with Final Girl and Rob has discussions with his AI friendo.


    Also in this episode: NotebookLM, poppin off on Threads, Adam Sandler yay or nay, using Warhammer minis for custom one page rule games.


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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Episode 66 - The 30s
    Feb 19 2025

    Thirty years ago was 1995, and oh how our nerdy hearts beat for the late 1900s! TV, Films, Books, Comics, Trends, and more discussed in this episode. Analese was 17 but following all things law and Rob was 16 but slam dancing along to Primus.


    Also in this episode: Amazing Ghostbusters Nerd Mail, favorite fantasy contests, all things 1995 (Windows 95, birth of eBay and Amazon, and much, much more), Deth Wizards, the age of life for progressive glasses.


    Post-credits mash-up of Ghostbusters and I Want a New Drug by Revartmit on YouTube. Offered for entertainment only, with all credits to original artists.

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Episode 65 - Comic to Screen: Hellboy and the Crooked Man
    Feb 5 2025

    Continuing on this path of horror, the nerds read Hellboy: The Crooked Man and the Return of Effie Kolb and then watch the film. And then NERD OUT about it! Analese digs the horror vibes and Rob is putting tea on his minis.


    Also in this episode: 90s trivia, NBF Podcast on Bluesky, putting terrain on your minis, Final Girl series 3, shifting our nerd goals.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 64 - Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good: the Ghostbusters Franchise
    Jan 22 2025

    It's time to GET SPOOKY and nerd out over the Ghostbusters Franchise! Jump in Ecto1, grab your proton pack, because who you gonna call?? We welcome special guest, Robert C. Murray, author of the Titan Run trilogy of sci-fi books! Analese looooves Paul Rudd and Rob is getting into the HORROR genre more than ever before!


    Also in this episode: games as gifts, Deth Wizards, guesting on other podcasts, Fleetwood Mac's The Dance and Analese's connection, Nerd Best Friends UBER FAN, legos, yearly rewatch traditions.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 63 - 25 for 2025
    Jan 8 2025

    Happy new year, NERDS!! It's time to reflect and reset our NERD goals for the new year - the annual NERD GOAL setting and making our 25 for 2025. We welcome special guest, Ashley, writer and creator of Oakbridge! Dr. Intern Joan joins the episode for nerd goaling, too. Analese reflects her year of Stephen King and Rob got out-cookie'd in his own holiday nerd cookie competition.


    Also in this episode: Dexter: Original Sin, mini paint brush animal hair, lost packages during the holidays, selling nerd stuff on eBay, funny dreams, The Floor.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
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