Nerdy Show

A story of birthright, colonialism, isolationism, empowerment, and oh yeah... superheroes, Black Panther is a big step for the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a wider world. Join boR and Cap for a bite-sized and spoiler-free review that gives you the feels without the reveals. We discuss how Black Panther makes some key changes to the Marvel movie formula, where the film (and the format) falter, an...

From far away lands, near Earth orbit, and the gutters of the Internet, we’re sourcing the finest semi-organic nuanced discussions on all things nerdy. Cap, boR, Brandon and Jess are hunting monsters, breeding monsters, and reminiscing about ranching monsters with the new games Monster Hunter World and Monster Breeder. We also dial up an old pal for his debut appearance on Nerdy Show: long time li...

Throughout Nerdy Show's entire nine year existence we've heralded and cautioned about the oncoming world of augmented reality - That one day the virtual world would explode out from your devices and exist forever in your field of vision atop the world as we know it. Soon you won't even need a phone. What comes next will be wearable. Join Cap, Jon, and Lightning Dogs' Max Acree as they go beyond th...

Folks, we know we don’t always set a good example. But that’s what we’re here for! Let us make mistakes, so you don’t have to. We have no shame, we have no sense of decency, we just have strong opinions about pop culture and very little restraint. Case in point: sometimes we put things in our bodies that we really, really shouldn’t. Or, as you’ll soon find out, sometimes Brandon gives a special fr...

By listener-request we're investigating the curious case of Dracula Untold - the 2014 film that puts a supernatural spin on Vlad the Impaler's real world origins and would have been the first installment in Universal's ill-fated cinematic universe of movie monsters. Does this new spin on a classic have enough bite to hold up against our refined tastes? Join Cap, boR, Doug, La Valle, and Chrystal a...

By listener-request we're investigating the curious case of Dracula Untold - the 2014 film that puts a supernatural spin on Vlad the Impaler's real world origins and would have been the first installment in Universal's ill-fated cinematic universe of movie monsters. Does this new spin on a classic have enough bite to hold up against our refined tastes? Join Cap, boR, Doug, La Valle, and Chrystal a...

Music nerd extraordinaire Marc With A C has held onto a singular dream for most of his life: for a record of his to be produced by Blinker the Star's Jordon Zadorozny - one of his favorite musical acts. That long-sought day has come, and the dream has crystallized into... Obscurity. In this special interview episode of Nerdy Show, Cap is joined by Marc With A C and Zadorozny to tell the making-of...

Join the Nerdy Show crew for a bite-sized episode about Foodfight! - one of the most notoriously bad films of all-time. It's a CGI animation disaster of epic proportions and the dumpster fire that made it to the screen is only half of the sordid story. We tell how this mess was made and share our reactions after surviving this maelstrom of mediocrity. If you think you've heard the tale of Foodfigh...

Join the Nerdy Show crew as they endure Foodfight! - one of the most notoriously bad films of all-time. It's a CGI animation disaster of epic proportions and the dumpster fire that made it to the screen is only half of the sordid story. We tell the strange tale of how this mess was made and share our reactions after surviving this maelstrom of mediocrity. Join, Cap, boR, Doug, Chrystal, and La Val...

The Nerdy Show Network’s flagship podcast has hit a momentous milestone! We're celebrating Nerdy Show's big 3-hundo with a rager of a party, and you're all invited. Stumble with us into a celebratory romp of regrettable decisions! Join Cap, boR, Trench, and Flame On!'s Bryan for an old fashioned game of show and tell; where all the hosts have brought something to the table, and surprises are the o...

It's the Top 20 Nerdy Things of 2017 - our annual list that does the the impossible (and highly unnecessary) task of summarizing the year in orders of geekitude. Our list turns a discerning eye to all corners of human endeavor - from every medium of pop culture to scientific discoveries - and ranks them on a completely arbitrary and unscientific scale. Join Cap, boR, Trench, and Brandon as this ma...

Join Cap for an in-depth exploration of one of the most tragically-overlooked films of the 1990s: Barry Levinson's Toys. This highly unusual holiday film starring Robin Williams turns 25 this year and we're celebrating by putting it in its rightful place as a marvel of filmmaking and a chilling satire of drone warfare - made years before that was even a thing. Haven't seen the film? No problemo! W...

Episode VIII, The Last Jedi is coming out so this week we're putting out THREE episodes of our Star Wars speculation podcast, State of the Empire! Check them out at http://nerdyshow.com/starwars We've got an episode priming you for the film to come, a review of the film, AND a review of the new high-tech VR experience Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire.

Celebrating 300 episodes of Nerdy Show, it's Derpy Show's 300th episode spectacular! Wait... that's not right... What's happening here?! The Derpy Show crew has reunited to host this special episode of Nerdy Show. If you replace the entire crew of a show with that of another, is it even the same show anymore? Find out as we answer that question, and learn what DJ Snorlax, Robojoe, Neofaust, and bo...

15 years ago a television show lived and died, but in its single season rocked the 'verse of geeks everywhere. Joss Whedon's Firefly is still one of the greatest sci-fi adventures to ever straddle the small and big screens. Join Cap, boR, Trench, Jon, and Doug - four longtime fans and one nonplussed nerd who doesn't get the hype - for a listener-requested episode where we reminisce about the serie...

Don't get too excited folks, this is but a toe-dip into the torrid seas of the multiverse and a Thanksgiving bulletin that Nerdy Show is cooling our collective heels as we prepare for the brutal onslaught that is the holiday season. But that doesn't mean we can't have some fun! Join undecipherable whale noise and land lubber cetacean enthusiast Pat Freely for gripping casual conversation on ocean...

Of all the crazy gambles in superhero cinema, Justice League is the biggest. With DC/ Warner Brothers' spotty track record for their cinematic universe... there's no way this ensemble film of largely undeveloped characters could work, right? We're glad we didn't put money on this one because Justice League has absolutely flipped expectations and re-writes the book on what's possible for the future...

Here at Nerdy Show, we're a melting pot of pop culture. We'll gladly mash subject and mix genres when it comes to geeky discussion and dweeby diatribes. Unfortunately, the same thing can be said for us and food. Sometimes you have a peanutbutter cup-like combo of good ideas, but more often than not we make bad, bad ideas. Join Cap, boR, Brandon, and Trench for spoiler-free opinions on Thor: Ragnar...

This episode is dedicated entirely to Margret Atwood's landmark dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. It's a horrifying story that gets closer to reality with each passing day - in which America has been overthrown by religious fundamentalists and anyone not male, white, and heterosexual is killed or subjugated. We experience this awful reality through the eyes of a woman trapped in sexual servitu...

This episode of Nerdy Show is presented by: Candy Corn - the blissful indulgence every hole hungers for. Hear us get hopped up on sugary snacks as we ramble through the streets of our nerdy neighborhood. We knock on a lot of topical doors, but it's not all Snickers and Smarties. Destiny is handing out unwrapped treats with chaos snuggled within their sugary folds. Join Cap, Brandon, boR, and Jon a...

As we brace ourselves for our forthcoming dissection of the disturbingly relevant Handmaid's Tale, we first divert into greener and more peculiar pastures by talking about the other things we've read. Join Cap, Denika, Brandon, and Jess as they unload on a wide expanse of literary explorations. Discover a genre specifically about faeries being dicks, explore the world of video game translation and...

This season of television you've got choices when deciding where to boldly go. Option A: Seth MacFarlane's The Orville; a Galaxy Quest-style, Roddenberry-fueled sci-fi comedy. Option B: Star Trek: Discovery; a darker slice of Trek set in the new movie continuity. Option C: BOTH?! Join Cap, boR, Trench, and Doug as we weigh the pros and cons of both series. The very fact that we have two high-calib...

VGM is a strange genre. For starters, it's a genre consisting almost exclusively of covering other people's music - but the difference between a random band covering a random song and Video Game Music is substantial. VGM focuses on rearrangement of music, sometimes drastically so; often uplifting the source material to previously unrealized heights. So quality VGM is a very special thing - for lov...

Our workloads and life are all feeling fatigue from the Hurricane Irma monkey wrench. We'll resume our regularly scheduled programming next week. In the meantime, here's some updates about the latest happenings behind the scenes.

We survived Hurricane Irma! Venture to the "dirty side of the storm" and thrill as we describe all our first world inconveniences of sassy trees, migratory bird flight plans, power outages, and copious hunkering. It turns out while we were keeping clear of windows and raking endlessly, some cool media came out. Hear our thoughts on Seth MacFarlane's spin on Star Trek and Galaxy Quest, The Orville....