The Openly Nerdy Podcast

Join Adrian & Sean as they get back to nerding out after a brief hiatus. We shoot the breeze about some recent announcements and then get into the real topic at hand, Agatha All Along. What a show!! We won't say more than that here but tune in and give us a listen. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording this. As always leave your feedback and until the next one Stay Nerdy...

Join Adrian & Sean as they talk bout their Top 5s (Movies/Franchises & Television Shows) for Rewatches. What did we put on our lists, give us a listen. Let us know what are your favorite shows to re-watch/binge? Do you think we matched on any of our picks? Give us a listen. We hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as we enjoyed recording it. #OpenlyNerdyPodcast #Podcast #Podcasts #P...

Join Adrian and Sean as we shoot the breeze and talk about things old and new. We dive through various topics and subjects. We talk Cobra Kai, gaming in Hogwarts Legacy, old gaming systems from Nintendo & Sega up through what we play now, movies coming and the fun had at The El Capitan when it's a movie opening weekend. We dive through backlogs and what were behind on. We hope you all have...

Welcome back to another episode of Openly Nerdy. Join Adrian and Sean as we talk about D23 and everything Disney, Marvel, Star Wars & More from them. D23 is the Disney sponsored fan event. Big announcements for Disney+, Marvel, Lucas Films, Pixar, and news about additions and expansions of the Disney Parks both in California & Florida. There's a whole lot to unpack from the event. #Ope...

We're back at it! After a brief 4.5 year hiatus Openly Nerdy has returned to the world of podcasts. We know it's been a minute but we've been missing podcasting and geeking out and there's no time like the present! We play a bit of catchup and talk about what we've been up to. And of course, with its recent release we talk about Deadpool & Wolverine! So yes, there are spoil...

I think at this point, we just need to be called the Mandalorian Podcast. What’s Openly Nerdy? Like the title says, we recap The Mandalorian season 2 and talk about that scene with some Jedi that people have been clamoring for since the conclusion of Return of the Jedi. His name rhymes with Duke. We speculate a little about season 3 and whine about what we are going to do with our time now until n...

Disney dropped a massive amount of new information on shows, movies, release dates, and content in general across all of their content partners during Disney’s Investor Day on December 10, 2020. We got our first look at Loki, and an extended trailer for the Falcon and Winter Soldier. Additionally, we got a final look at WandaVision before it drops on January 15, 2021! We’re having information over...

Have you ever been gatekeeped? Have you ever gatekeeped someone else? What the heck is gatekeeping? On this week’s episode of The Openly Nerdy Podcast, Adrian and Sean get into this controversial topic and let you know what it is and how you can avoid being a jerk about any fandom that you love. It’s all about being respectful and trying to bring people in rather than push people away. Then we get...

Well, we were supposed to discuss--in detail--whether we read the books on our pull lists or not (we still do) but we were side tracked by season 2 episode 4 of The Mandalorian! Openly Nerdy lives up to its namesake and analyzes some of the more salient plot points and hopefully convey to you why these are important to the overall Star Wars mythos. Adrian provides his knowledge on the Legends mate...

Well, the Russo brothers have mentioned Secret Wars in the news yet again. But what is this secret war that the Avengers, I mean, Russo brothers keep mentioning?  The Openly Nerdy Crew break it down for you and primarily discuss the 2015 story (as opposed to the one published in 1984) and give you some of the major plot points, the major players, and how we think the lead up in the MCU could...

Join Sean & Adrian this week as they catch up on the current nerd news and talk about what's going on. We introduce a new segment called "Ummm....Actually" where we go back and correct ourselves on things we may have misstated. Then we go into a chat about what we're watching and reading and what we're excited about coming up. We open our show with the news at 15:20 we debut our new segment "Umm.....

The first episode of Season 2 of The Mandalorian has premiered and our Openly Nerdy hosts are here to break it down for you! You can be certain that there will be spoilers but before we get to those, we will provide you ample warning. We start as usual with our weekly headlines for things that are going on in the nerdy world. At 8:01 we begin to discuss The Mandalorian episode without spoilers. Th...

On our latest episode, Sean and Adrian talk Swamp Thing and other scary stories that go bump in the night. Don't worry, this podcast episode won't be creepy or scary but we do talk scary stories and go in-depth (not too in-depth because we'll be talking for hours) on Swamp Thing pertaining to both the recent DC Universe show as well as his comic book origins and what he has been doing recently *co...

Join us this week as we talk about the newest Marvel show to release on Hulu: Helstrom. We try our best to avoid any spoilers (Sean finished the series, Adrian is still watching). The first of only 2 Marvel Cinematic Universe shows to drop this year (we're waiting on you WandaVision)! Check out our current events/news at the top of the episode, followed by the Helstrom discussion at 15:50, and of...

Join The Openly Nerdy pair for a fun-filled episode involving a discussion regarding some of our favorite writers and stories. From grounded crime stories to intergalactic cosmic odysseys to mystic and magical realms, there are a multitude of stories written by some of the best authors in comic books that we just can’t get enough of. So please join us as we nerd out about our favorites such as Ala...

Join Adrian & Sean this week as they discuss where to start if you're new to comics. We talk about our first experiences in comic shops and what might help you navigate the enormity of what you walk into from friends to comic shop employees, and more. We talk about buying individual issues versus trade paper backs and omnibus editions, and even artists, cover variants, along with everything in bet...

Let's start with the biggest drop this week. An official trailer for WandaVision and confirmation that it will drop in 2020! We spend the majority of our time here talking about the sources, our guesses for what they're pulling from, and talking about some comic runs that we see referenced in the trailer.  Also on this week's announcements about CW's Supergirl, some new shows coming to HBO Ma...

Join Sean & Adrian this week as they talk about whats going on in the nerd world and what they're excited about. Announcements from Marvel about She-Hulk and WandaVision as well as plans for their shows on Disney+ to DC and their rebranding of DC Universe into DC Universe Infinite (a digital comic reader app), Harley Quinn Season 3, and of course talk about Star Wars from the Oculus game coming up...

Host Sean is joined again by NicsWorkshop. This is just a fun catch up and talk episode. We talk DC Fandome a bit as the second event happened this weekend. We also discuss the new Avenger video game on PS4 and our impressions of it so far. Along the way there are segues and tangents and just a lot of fun nerdy talk. Hope you all enjoy and as always follow us on our social media on Twitter, Instag...

Join Sean & Adrian this week as they talk about Cobra Kai Season 1, the spinoff from The Karate Kid that originally was produced on YouTube Red for 2 seasons. Recently Netflix has acquired it for Season 3 but before that came out Netflix has released Seasons 1 & 2. Give us a listen and hope you enjoy. Thank you for your support and be sure to follow us on our Instagram, Twitter & Facebook. Also, s...

Come and join hosts Sean & Adrian as they discuss this weekend's DC Fandome event. Bookended by Wonder Woman & Batman movie news and including updates on Suicide Squad, Black Adam & Shazam movies and an Aquaman panel but no word on the sequel. On the TV end, we had panels about: Harley Quinn (well a Q&A), Sandman, and The Flash. Finally, they dropped info on not 1 but 2 new video g...

Welcome back for Episode 7 of The Openly Nerdy Podcast. Adrian is off this week so co-host Sean sat down with ATAKCosplay (Trish & Andi) from Edmonton, Canada. We talk about a lot of things cosplay related: their start, their names, memories, and more. Be sure to follow them on Instagram @ATAKCosplay and follow our podcast as well at @openlynerdypodcast. Please subscribe to the podcast whereve...

Join us for a special episode hosted by CastigloneCosplay and joined by his guests NicsWorkshop & FamineCosplay to talk about what goes on in their minds when it comes to cosplay. From prop making, costume design, and building, to cons we enjoy the most. Additionally, they provide advice for freshman cosplayers and people looking to get started for the first time. You will find all things cosplay...

This week on a GIANT SIZED episode 4 of The Openly Nerdy Pull List, we cover two weeks worth of releases in preparation for shifting the Pull List to Fridays so please enjoy the upcoming releases for the weeks of 7/29/2020 and 8/5/2020 as we discuss tons of Marvel's EMPYRE, DCeased, DEATH METAL, and Firefly. Too much awesome for one episode! Let us know what you're reading. Would love to hear from...

Sean & Adrian sit down this week and talk about the panels that they "attended" from San Diego Comic-Con, Comic-Con @ Home edition. Come by and check out what we listened to followed by what we thought were the highlights of the panels. Hope you all enjoy and as always thank you for listening.