Friends Talking Nerdy: A Mental Health Podcast

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they chat about music and octopi. Then they turn back the hands of time to bring you an episode of The Grand Ole Opry from July 7th, 1956, when a young Johnny Cash became a permanent member by appearing on the show. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they discuss the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, they discuss Alex Jones being found financially liable to the parents of the victims of Sandy Hook, they talk about John Cleese pulling out of a speaking engagement, and wrap things up by celebrating Britney Spear's freedom. As always, we wish to tha...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they talk about the new video from the YouTube channel Polyphonic, Led Zeppelin and Cultural Appropriation. Support the Polyphonic channel: https://youtube.com/c/Polyphonic As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they talk about the Reverend's return home and what the previous month had been like during haunt work as well as discuss the tragedy on the set of the movie "Rust", starring Alec Baldwin. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to pur...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Tim Jousma for another episode of Friends Talking Nerdy Radio Theater. This time, we play another adventure from The Shadow. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Follow us on Twitter at @FT...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they head to the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon to watch the Coen Brother's classic, "Fargo". As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Follow us on Twi...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they talk with David D. Jones, from the Creatures of the Night Haunt in Oregon. Find more information about Creatures of the Night at this link . As discussed on the episode, Mr. Jones runs two subreddits you are encourages to check out. You can find Creatures of the Haunt here . You can find Creatures of the Night...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Tim Jousma as he takes you to the movies to see the new James Bond movie, "No Time to Die". He'll give you his spoiler filled thoughts on what worked and didn't in the movie. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Tim Jousma for a special episode of Friends Talking Nerdy Radio Theater. For the Halloween season, we bring you Mercury Theater On the Air's rendition of "The War of the Worlds." As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is avai...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy, Tim Jousma, and Professor Aubrey, as they go walking through the city of Portland. The Reverend Tracy and Tim start things off by taking the Walk With Ramona tour. Beverly Cleary, author of the Ramona Quimby books series, lived in Portland and used a lot of local locations for scenes in her books. Then, Tim is joined by Professor A...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they are joined by special guests Caitlyn and Cassie, hosts of the podcast PNW Haunts and Homicides, as they discuss The Nerdy 5 list of Tim's favorite Halloween movies. Be sure to check out PNW Haunts and Homicides by clicking this link . As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song....

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they are joined by Wendy Nelson, published author who writes under the pen names Wendy Nelson-Sinclair and Becca Baldwin, for the first ever Friends Talking Nerdy Writer's Group. The trio discuss how they became interested in writing, some of the challenges they have faced over the years with their work, as well as...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they talk with Heather Wixson, the managing editor of Daily Dead Central , among other publications, as well as the author of the book, "Monsters, Makeup, and Effects Volume 1", which is available on October 20th, 2021. Head to AM Link Publishing to purchase the book. Follow Heather Wixson on Twitter. Follow "Monster...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they talk about Professor Aubrey's second ever horror film, "Psycho", the 1998 remake from legendary director Gus Van Sant.  As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digita...

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On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they celebrate the Halloween season by watching the classic horror movie "Scream", directed by the legendary Wes Craven. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platfor...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey, Keeli the Librarian, and Tim Jousma for the latest meeting of the Friends Talking Nerdy Book Club. For our featured book, we discuss "Shrill" from Lindy West.  As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is avail...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Tim Jousma as he gives you his thoughts on the new Warner Brothers film, "The Many Saints of Newark", A Sopranos Story. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Follow us on Twitter at @FTNerdy...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they battle it out over a game of Scrabble. Tim also discusses songs from his ten favorite albums from 1991, the playlist for which you can find at this link . As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You,...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey, Tim Jousma, and Karen the Destroyer as they talk about their 5 favorite break up songs. You can find the playlist at this link . As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Follo...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Tim Jousma as he takes you on a trip down memory lane by presenting the old time radio show, "The Shadow". This episode, called "The Death House Rescue", is about a "man who's looking for a job mistakenly becomes involved with a bank robbery. He is later sentenced to death for a cop killing he didn't commit. The Shadow investigates and locates a misse...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they take you on a road trip to Seattle for Tim's birthday. On the way, they also visit Kurt Cobain's apartment in Olympia, Washington where he wrote some of Nirvana's biggest hits, including "Smell's Like Teen Spirit", as well as his final home on the banks of Lake Washington. We talk about depression and suicide in...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they are joined by special guest, Jay Sukow. Jay is a renowned improv artist and teacher, having trained at Second City in Chicago by the likes of Stephen Colbert, Steve Carrell, and Jon Favreau, among others. Jay discusses his early career as well as his current activities teaching improv to students and corporati...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join Professor Aubrey and Tim Jousma as they talk about the passing of Sherman the cat. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Follow us on Twitter at @FTNerdy, @TheRevTracy, @timjousma, and @geng...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they discuss: The Reverend sends out another call for castmates for Fearlandia, one of Portland, Oregon's biggest haunted houses. If you are interested in join, contact The Reverend Tracy at fearlandiacasting@gmail.com . They discuss the recent draconian abortion laws enacted in Texas. Tim discusses the results of...