Two Broke Nerds

The broke nerds are back! They've talked about The Beatles before but, this time, Alec and Brian discuss their post-Beatles output.

Brian and Alec discuss the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live."

Alec and Brian decided to use the "Barbie" movie to discuss other movies based on toys. They talk about that subject half of the time. Enjoy.

Ever timely, Alec and Brian discuss the work of Paul Reubens aka Pee-Wee Herman who passed away July 20, 2023. The episode goes off the rails in a way that we think Reubens would appreciate.

All our episodes have random tangents, but this one was so off topic, it had to be trimmed from the episode "Hello, are you enjoying your dystopia today?" But here it is for your listening pleasure.

So because we're living in the worst timeline and basically the dystopia we've been warned about our entire lives in movies, literature and TV, we decided to talk about dystopian art and just the general mess that is our society. Fun!

With the recent announcement of projects like TV series based on "Harry Potter" and "Twilight," more "Lord of the Rings" movies and a live action version of "Moana," Alec and Brian discuss franchises that need to leave well enough alone and just stop.

Two Broke Nerds celebrates its third anniversary by taking requests from its loyal listeners. Joel Barber suggested discussing projects that were announced that didn't happen and franchises that you wish had caught on.

Hey, everyone! We made it to 50 episodes! And for our 50th episode we wanted to talk about a couple of our favorite comedians who are no longer with us: Robin Williams and George Carlin. That leads into a larger discussion free speech, cancel culture and comedy in general. 

Alec and Brian discuss the mixed bag that is the Jurassic Park/World franchise. 

Timely as ever, Alec and Brian finally discuss Disney+'s "Obi-Wan Kenobi" series and make their suggestions on what should happen in a second or third season. There may be a lot of giggling involved. 

We always go off on tangents on Two Broke Nerds. It is kind of our thing. But on our clickbait episode, we went way off topic — even for us and it had to be cut to make the episode flow better. It was a worthwhile discussion of Marvel and toxic fandom, so here it is for your listening pleasure.

Clay Groves on Magic 104 has been call us the most offensive podcast on the internet, now you finally hear why. And also learn about a clickbait article by Spin claiming to list "The 50 Worst Songs By Otherwise Great Artists." 

Brian and Alec finally discuss "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and inevitably get off topic and discuss the other corners of the MCU.

Alec and Brian have spoken about Batman before and they will likely again, but amazingly it two them two years to dedicate a full episode to the Dark Knight. 

Alec and Brian finish their food trilogy by talking about their favorite international cuisine. The broke nerds also debut their new theme music, "Seattle Skies," which was original written for their musical "Catchy Band Name and the Contest of Melodic Sounds." 

Better late than never, Brian and Alec dive into the first three Marvel Disney+ shows, "WandaVision," "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" and "Loki" and discussion the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

The broke nerds are backing with the next installment in their food trilogy. This time they're talking about their favorite junk foods, including chips, candies, snake cakes and cookies. 

There's a lot of snobbery around fast food, but the broke nerds won't deny that they eat it, probably more often than they should. Get ready for a discussion that deep dives into the good, the bad and possibly not even food of fast food. 

A couple months ago, we read a few scenes from the musical we wrote together "Catchy Band Name and the Contest of Melodic Sounds." Here are some outtakes featuring Doug Shapiro, Tristan Andrews-Preston and Ashley Kerr. 

This week, Alec and Brian discuss bands whose sound changed drastically from where they started. These are artists whose first albums barely resemble the signature sound they would later be associated with. Bands discussed include Sugar Ray, Goo Goo Dolls, The Beatles, Alanis Morissette, Depeche Mode, Bad Religion and more. 

Yes, it is true. Brian McElhiney and Alec Kerr wrote a musical, "Catchy Band Name and the Contest of Melodic Sounds," a sequel/spin off to Alec's play "Conflict of Interest." As one might expect, it is super silly and geeky but also has a lot of heart. It is the story of down-on-their-luck band hitting the road with a journalist for a cross-country trip to a battle of the bands in Albuquerque. Alo...

It has been a full year of "Two Broke Nerds," so we're going to extra self indulgent and promote our own work again. For the first time on the podcast, discusses his music, and Alec discusses his latest play, "Conflict of Interest," which was performed via Zoom is available now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aQkI_2JYLME. The nerds also tease how their creative sides combined into a new project. &nbs...

After teasing it for more months, we are finally doing our episode of our favorite sequels that aren't really talked about enough. We aren't talking about obviously great sequels like "Empire Strikes Back," but unsung gems like "Shock Treatment," "Batman Forever," "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey," "Gremlins 2" and "Wayne's World 2."

Inspired by the weird negative backlash Phoebe Bridgers received for her guitar-smashing performance on "Saturday Night Live," the broke nerds discuss sexism in the music industry.