Nerds of the Old Republic: The Drinking Person’s #Scifi Club

Hey there fellow nerds! We're talking about the 2022 smash movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once while drinking a smoked, maple bourbon peach smash -- kinda an everything all-at-once cocktail. Listen in if you've already watched it, and if not, grab your favorite chapstick, head to Netflix, and give it a watch.   For those mixologists out there, here's my recipe and process for our beverage: 1...

Today we review a book that's all about our avatar's baby cousin -- the octopus. Ray Naylor's The Mountain in the Sea. What's better than octopodes with a culture and written language? How about a near future where we've created the first sentient android, and a security officer with a first name so long you'd have to scroll down to read it all? There's more to Naylor's Mountain than this, but aft...

What do you get when you put three nerds in a room together with spicy margaritas? Our latest 'cast where we discuss the recently released Dune Part 2 based on Frank Herbert's novel, Dune.  Come for the movie review, stay for the Christopher Walken impressions! And if space operas with intense IR camera filmed scenes of Roman Gladiatorial combat isn't your kind of nerdy, then join us next episode...

In a one-off, we read the ChatGPT generated audio drama we discussed in the previous episode; it's a first for us, and a first for podcasts (as far as we know). Listen in as we read the audio drama "Fear and Loathing in Dallas": three friends trying to escape their rustbelt blues on a road trip to see the Buffalo Bills play in the Super Bowl. Try not to laugh, or give in and do! Then, listen in ne...

Join us as we do something a little weird, even for us. As teachers, we are fighting and intrigued by what AI, specifically ChatGPT, can do. So join us for an episode where we ask Chat to do our homework for us to write a story.  Then, tune in next time as we unveil, for the first time anywhere, our radio drama written by ChatGPT, and performed by none other than us -- your friendly Nerds of the O...

Here we go with a new book: Jordan Peele’s Out There Screaming, a collection of new black horror.  We at Nerds are HUGE fans of the editor’s work so we wanted to see what his taste in literature would be like. And man is there a lot to talk about! 

Well, now, this is an end of an era. The last Tarantino movie to review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Listen in as Mike, Shaun and I give the director one last send off, and add a bit of a retrospective as well.   Then, get ready to return to form: we're heading back to books! First, we're going to read Jordan Peele's collection of new black horror in Out There Screaming, then have a little fun...

We’re neck deep into our retrospective here on the man himself: Quentin Tarantino. Join us for a quickie on Hateful Eight before a look on the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. After that  we have a return to form, as we’re going back to books with the collection by Nope director Jordan Peele, titled Out There Screaming. Looking forward to the Wilhelm scream references!  ‘Till then, cheers, nerds!

Hello you poor devils! Welcome to the second last Tarantino episode from us, the Nerds of the Old Republic! We're talking Django Unchained (the D is silent). If you like what you're hearing, we've got two more -  Hateful Eight, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood! What's next, after that? We'll only the AI chatbot will know. Listen in!

We know the holidays can be a a difficult time to be around the family, so why not talk about something we can all agree on: killin' Nazis with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds!  Listen in, go back and watch if you've not yet seen this masterpiece of alternate history war fiction, and if you know the whip cream strudel scene, let me know if you too think it's a lot more sexual than it seem...

Hey there kiddo... let's finish this, shall we? Listen in as we talk about the second half of what Tarantino considers a single film; part samurai warrior, part spaghetti western. Let's talk all things The Bride. When you're done with this cast, check out our other conversations on Tarantino. Or better yet, check out his next film  we will be talking about: Inglorious Basterds. That's right, we're...

There's only one thing left to do, and that's...review Quintin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1. Ok, maybe more than one thing left to do, since we're also drinking some mezcal.  Oh, and there's five other movies to talk about! If you like what you're hearing, please grab Kill Bill Vol 2 and circle on back in two weeks when we talk about that very same movie. After than we're on to Inglorious Basterds...

Well, well, well, look who we have here. It's another Tarantino film. That's who. Welcome back to the Nerds Review Tarantino series, this time looking at Jackie Brown. Grab something cold to drink, and listen on in!   Your homework for next time is to watch both Kill Bill movies -- they're like chips; once you pop, your @ss ain't gonna stop, to quote friend of the cast, Samuel J. Jackson. 

Mmmmm Mmmmmm...that's a tasty podcast! We're back with movie two of our Tarantino study: Pulp Fiction! Listen in as we do terrible impressions of the best moments, and awkwardly use the phrase gimp mask a little too often! But seriously, we talk about what aged well, what didn't age so well. If you don't remember that magical dance scene, go back and watch! Then, get ahead of our next cast by watc...

Well, well, well. If it isn't Mr. Nerd. We're back, and we're taking a different tack with the start of this season. Since we love all things nerd-related and adjacent, we're going to be talking about Quentin Tarantino's work, chronologically. Up first is Reservoir Dogs: the film that thrust the man into our orbit. Listen in as we chat about the man himself, and if you haven't seen the film in a w...

Hey there nerds! Ready for some over-the-top anime with Akira? Supposedly groundbreaking. Supposedly life-altering. Listen in as we discuss our hottakes and sorry about the extra loud munchies -- we were still enjoying our eats from the previous cast on Cory Doctorow's Walkaway.   Lastly, we're looking at changing our scheduling of things, nerds, so stay tuned as we decide when and what's next!

Hi Nerds! Sorry this one's a little late -- there was some problems with the Walkaway net, then someone stole my B+B, it was a whole thing. We're here talking about Cory Doctorow's dystopian/maker/git/gnu/hacker and everything else Neal Stephenson said about this book on the back cover. Join us for our usual lively discussion about literature, nerds, how scientifically correct we like to have our...

Here there fellow nerds! We're at it again, this time looking at the golden age of nerdy television: the 1990's. Join us as we reminisce about days of old. We each bring three TV series to the cast to discuss. Did we miss one you loved? Was Stargate Atlantis an abomination or a missed opportunity for a Netflix reboot? Find us on the socials to join the conversation, we are @nerdsofoldrepublic ever...

Welcome back fellow nerds! If you joined us for the last conversation, you know we're talking about Star Trek: The Next Generation. In this installment, we're doing something new -- we're handing out the first ever Nerds of the Old Republic Awards for a TV Series. But of course, we've got a twist! Listen in to find out who wins our first ever Nerds of the Old Republic Awards! If you're down for mo...

Hello, fellow nerds! And thanks for listening in to our re-watch of a sci-fi classic, Star Trek: The Next Generation. We've picked some of the biggest episodes from this iconic series to talk about, so fire up Paramount Plus, and check out the following episodes:  The Best of Both Worlds, Pt 1 and 2 (s3e26, s4e1) The Measure of a Man (s2e9) Yesterday's Enterprise (s3e15) Chain of Command (s6e10,11...

Hail and well met fellow Tolkienites! Tolkeinists? Either way, we're here and ready to vivisect Amazon's huge investment in the TV series: The Rings of Power. If you haven't gone back and read the (loosely related) source material, we'll save you the time. Listen in to our previous cast where we talk about The Silmarillion.     If high fantasy isn't your thing, then click through some of our sci-f...

Hi there nerds! We’re getting into the high holy of nerd-dom : JRR Tolkien’s fantasy world from the Lord of the Rings. Specifically, we’re looking at the original world building book The Silmarillion.  To go with it, we’re drinking mulled wine. If you’d rather watch your nerdy goodness, we’re talking about the Amazon original The Rings of Power

Hi there! I know it's been a while, but we're back. Back again. Nerds are back. Tell a friend. Ok, enough of that! We're watching the Netflix TV series of the fabulous Neil Gaiman's The Sandman graphic novel series. How'd they do translating this beautiful, lush work onto the screen? Which one of us will shout the f-bomb?   Listen in to find out! If you're enjoying our audio, why not check out our...

Hey fellow Nerds! This month we're reading Chinese sensation Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem, the first book in a hard sci-fi trilogy. There are aliens, Chinese Communists and nanomaterials: Oh My! Listen in here before Netflix makes a terrible rendition of it by making this a thriller, somehow. If you're new to our 'cast, we have a witty conversation about a text while enjoying a beverage or t...

In a world where androids hunt androids...that's right, we're talking Blade Runner 2049, directed by friend of the cast, Denis Villeneuve and staring none else than Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. Join us -- outside again, sorry about the lawnmower man (*gasp -- future cast, maybe?) as we drink the fantastic...beer as Shaun called it. No, seriously, its Labatt's Max Ice. If you can get it, you sho...