Blerd City

So dear listeners, we have ourselves a fantastic episode! We are here with Jade Aurora, the author of the Motor City Witches series. After our What’s Hot (3:36), we get into our introduction of Jade (8:01). With introductions out of the way, we get into our review/discussion of her book, Motor City Witches! (14:10). After that wild ride, Jade shares an interesting Fan Theory (46:58). At the end, w...

In this episode, we get extremely out of pocket! With the return of the Autobot Autumn herself and another new citizen of Blerd City, we perform an X-Men Draft!! After a quick What’s Hot (3:30), we introduce our fourth guest, Dajun Cajun, to the good people (9:01). Then after our Sponsor Break (12:43), we go right into the X-Men draft (13:38) where rules are discussed, teams are assembled (19:10),...

Calling out to all mutants. Class is now in session as we get into our breakdown of all things X-Men. After an epic Get it Off Your Chest segment (10:20), the blerds discuss the X-Men and topics such as their watchability, important themes, and defining the key difference between a mutant and mutate (22:30). In talking about the teams, we kickstart with the OG X-Men and their allies (33:40) before...

That is right y’all! This week is something special! After our What’s Hot [4:10], we delve into a character study of The Prince of Saiyans himself…Vegeta the IV!! We look into his lengthy Dragon Ball Z History [14:45], discussing his character development. After a Sponsor Break [1:01:33], we then go into the Dragon Ball Super Anime Continuity, discussing his further growth as a character. [1:02:30...

And for the first official episode of 2023, we have potentially the most out of pocket combination of guests yet! After the What’s Hot Segment [6:49], along with the returning Afro Puff Samurai, we introduce the problematic Gabfreak[15:11]. We then get into the Anime Recap of 2022 starting with the major players [18:21] before getting into some of the more obscure, but our personal favorites. [1:1...

And kicking off Part 2 to the Anime Showdown, The Afropuff Samurai gives her theory of what went down in the Anime World in 2022. [0:31] Then we take a good look into the big hitters of 2023 [3:33] as well as what we are personally looking forward to! [23:49] We end this outta pocket episode with a Gabfreak fan theory on what may go down in 2023. [32:20] We hope to still have an audience afterward...

The pod first kicks things off by tackling the superhero vs. “real” movies debate (9:35). The Rogue Jedi and Fallen Shinigami put on their historian hats and discuss the history of cinema and the different genres that dominated each era, defend the franchise era of cinema, but also point out its limitations. Then, once we open up our listener mailbag (35:44), the DC questions come flying in, proje...

And here we are…The Grand finale to Part 1 or Season 2! And we decided that since we started the season with horror, it’s only right we end horror. Just like George Lucas stated, “It’s like poetry. It rhymes.” In this VERY outta pocket episode ever, we start with the What’s Hot segment. (5:50) Then we go over the series of Chucky and its most outta pocket plot and characters (11:05). After reviewi...

AND WE STAND ON THAT. In one of the most shocking and out of pocket episodes yet, the Rogue Jedi and Fallen Shinigami start out by calling out people that have succumbed to the thirst. After this, they go into a What’s Hot segment surrounded by controversy (6:31) before giving their honest opinions on Avatar (18:51), including the beauty of the movie, the sins of the second son, and what goes into...

In this episode from the vault of patreon, we get into one of the newer animes of the season: Trapped in a Dating Sim. We review the show, discussing highlights, characters that we love or despise, hand out awards, and discuss why Leon is one of the best MCs. It was another great time recording this episode. Hope you enjoy!

The title speaks for itself. Along with a special guest, Jamie, Daughter of Ferrix, the blerds review the latest Star Wars project, Andor. After a brief introduction of our guest (11:01), we do a full season recap (18:21)! With that down, we give out our awards as well (1:02:45). But make sure you stay tuned for part 2!

In part two of our Andor pod, we get into what made this show standout from the other Star Wars products, and ask if the franchise should continue with the tonal shift. We also discuss our preferred use of nostalgia, along with hopes for current confirmed projects. Finally, we wrap our discussion with executive The Fallen Shinigami making the call to the others in order to see their vision on how...

Alright, Blerd City denizens. We got another great episode in store for you. We wanted to do a Thanksgiving episode, and as such, we recruited our longtime supporter, Me-Ron-JoJo. For the appetizer, we have our emotional What’s Hot (4:25) and introduce our esteemed guest (12:47). Next, we learn about an interesting fan theory from him (20:00). Then we get into the main course of what we are most t...

Buckle up, Blerd City denizens because we got a mega episode in store for you. In our Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review, we touch on one of the most real and touching stories in MCU history. We had to recruit help in the Dreaded Double D, Donovan, in order to capture the magnitude of the movie. After introducing our guest (9:00), we touch on themes, what went right, and hand out awards (13:07)...

Blerd City has now undergone a devastating transformation. We enter through the Green Door and do a character analysis of the Immortal/Devil Hulk. After a quick What’s Hot, we dive into a quick overview of the broken psyche of Bruce Banner [10:20]. After that, we quickly do a recap of the Immortal Hulk 2018 comic run [16:18] before going into a Deep Dive into the themes of Immortal Hulk along with...

In this episode, Blerd City is graced by the presence of our first guest of the season, Sarah The Ventress. After a quick What’s Hot (4:41) and learning about our guest (10:07), we have a funeral procession for the Fallen King in Black. Then, we get into the return of the fan theory which The Fallen Shinigami is still banned from! (14:31). From there, we dive headlong into the topic of gaming!! A...

Kicking off part 2, we go straight into our deep dive, speculating on the future of the DCEU. We talk perception versus quality of movies, the P.R. crisis within DC, Marvel bias, and finally wrap up by giving a phone call to Meech and hearing his thoughts on how he would run creative. Finally, we give out roses to a director that has certainly earned. Note: You can listen to part 1 to hear our ful...

The day of prophecy has arrived. Teth Adam has returned. With the hype surrounding this movie, we even surprised ourselves with a mega episode In part one, we do our movie review of Black Adam, including a breakdown of the biggest moments, The Rock finally playing a different character other than himself, the introduction of the Justice Society, and answering the biggest question of them all: Is t...

Blerd City has embraced the darkness inside us all. The Fallen Shinigami and King in Black are celebrating everything slasher related. After the What’s Hot segment [2:45], we give a mini-review of the now divisive Halloween Ends and The King in Black may have gone off the deep end on that one: Spoilers included [7:30]. After finally calming down and putting the kitchen knife away, we make a deep d...

Blerd City has returned. The Fallen Shinigami and King in Black are back for season two with a vengeance. After a mega What’s Hot segment [7:06], we come out of the gates swinging with our opinions on the “controversies” surrounding recent minority castings in the nerd-sphere [16:20]. Once order is restored and tempers calmed, we do a deep dive into the world of horror and break down different sub...

Why hello there?? I didn't see you come in. It has been a long time coming! But WE HAVE RETURNED!!!! BEHOLD!!!!!! “Meech and Meech presents Blerd City”, a returning journey through the nebula of nerdom, presented from the unique perspective of two variants of the same person. Anime, cartoons, comics, movies, games we got it. Join us on Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen to your favorite podca...

As promised, the King in Black and Fallen Shinigami come at you with a bonus Q&A mailbag episode, all canon and no filler. In it, we answer a litany of listener questions, ranging from the top five comic books movies of all time to animes that made us weep. Of course, it wouldn’t be us if we couldn’t avoid a few rants along the way, but as usual, it’s a great time in the city.

And it is time you all…We approach the ending of Season 1 and to commemorate the occasion, we have undergone a season recap. Like most season recaps before us, we take a look at the past to see where we started from, to where we are now. We take a look at the goals we set out for this podcast and peel back the curtain on certain…issues we had. We also laugh as we look back on our best episodes and...

In this episode, Blerd City welcomes a much anticipated guest, Paulina aka The Afro-Puff Samurai. After getting into What’s Hot and introducing our guest, rules were read for the anime villain draft. Once the draft commenced, pick stealing, vetoes, trash-talk, rule-breaking, and betrayal soon followed as we embraced our inner villains. With the most intense moments occurring over a three-way battl...

In this week’s episode, our descent into villainy continues. First, we open our What’s Hot segment to discuss DC’s continuous fumbling of the bag. From there we highlight different villain archetypes/objectives, tropes, our favorite villains, and the ones we despise. For our deep dive, we fall into the rabbit hole of getting into the psyche of a villain. Finally, for our Make the Case segment, we...