The Greatest Pod

This is a classic Nerd Goat episode with Grant Pardee going deep on Ultimate Spider-man but also just talking about how great the web head is in general. The fun part about these old episodes is we now want to go back and check in with all of our buddies to see where they are at on their character choices and who knows we might just do that. Follow us! Here's everybody's Twitter: https://twitter.c...

“The Greatest X-Men Adaptation” is obviously X-Men ‘97 and we spend this action packed and hilarious hour breaking down why. It’s pretty light on spoilers but it’s probably best if you’ve seen about half the episodes. We discuss the show’s themes, pacing, writing, art style, and how it depicts our favorite outcasts. Enjoy. We’re BACK BABAY!!!!   For bonus and some truly WILD speculation we just co...

This is another Nerd Goat Classic while Ed is on the road with Brian Posehn. We have the hilarious and now famous like he deserves to be Brian Simpson on to talk about Grand Admiral Thrawn. This is before the show came out but maybe we will have him on again to talk about this amazing character. We talk about this characters struggles, how they moved up in a society where that's hard and how their...

The boys are back in town!!!! We return with an ep about taste, culture, and social engineering disguised as a jolly talk about “The Greatest Comedy Movies”. As always these are the ones that impact us and there are some glaring omissions cuz we do these off the top of the dome but once you hit play you’ll get a dose of our signature analysis and feel right at home amongst friends because you are!...

This is a classic Nerd Goat episode where the screenwriter from X-men First Class (Among many of the movies he has written) talks about Magneto a character that he may have arguably had the most influence on in pop culture. From his roots as in a concentration camp to the decisions he makes as an older man and mutant. We explore the depths of one of the most powerful and interesting mutants in all...

This is a classic Nerd Goat episode with Rick Wood talking about how Skeletor is misunderstood and is barely a bad guy. Truly, he is battling against the oppressive regime of a monarchy. That is just an example of the many fun and silly ideas we roll with in this episode. Don't worry everyone. We will be back with new episodes soon.   Follow us! Here's everybody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nerd...

We all got busy doing various projects and are so sorry for falling behind. We will have new episodes out soon. We thought it would be nice to delve super deep into the past and give you one of our favorite episodes of Nerd Goat with Travis Clark where we talked about KITT from Knight Rider. Enjoy!   Follow us! Here's everybody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdGoatPodcast (Our Twitter account) h...

“The Greatest Pod Reboots DC Comics” is our attempt to explain what we think is not quite optimized in the modern DC Comics universe. Of course, we talk about reimagining the role of  “The Trinity” of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman BUT WE ALSO want to make characters like Bronze Tiger, Lady Shiva, and The Question become more important to the fans. DC has so many forgotten characters that need...

This episode features Ed going crazy in the middle and our special guest, filmmaker Henry McCommas (Wolfman’s Got Nards, The Camp Host) talking him off the ledge. Besides that bit of scintillating radio we have an awesome (if male filmmaker centric) conversation about the “The Greatest Low Budget Movies” of our lifetimes. We’ll do another acknowledging the works of the gals and non binary pals but...

In this episode titled, “The Greatest Powers Redux” we TRY to have a conversation about the greatest superpowers but it quickly turns into another psychological exploration about the nature of power as conceived of by nerds without it.  This time Producer Bill joins us so it gets even more serious and navel gazey but you know us, riffs aplenty and we say five to ten thousand things that could get...

In this one we discuss and debate what makes “The Greatest Heist Movies.”  Many pieces of media are said to be Rorschach tests, but your appreciation or lack thereof for the heist genre sparks a great conversation about crime, punishment, and taste. What counts as a heist movie? The ingredients seem to be a plan, a crew, and a dramatic need but when you really delve into the genre it’s about the v...

Ed, Ron, Producer Bill, and superb guest comedian Fifi Dosch discuss and debate which is “The Greatest Iteration of Star Trek.” Is it the original that basically started the nerd and convention culture? Is it the Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Lower Decks, Discovery, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds….Picard??? The discussion is truly star-spanning and the rants come at W...

“The Greatest Pod Goes Evil” is about what we would do IF we were evil, which villains we most identify with, and what even is “evil?” Ed, Ron, and Producer Bill discuss the other side of heroism. You get a real insight into our conception of what evil is and why so many revolutionary things are labeled evil even if they are actually justice. Or is that just what someone evil would say??   Follow...

“The Greatest Action Hero Draft” is an instant classic with a battle royale to end them all. I almost envy you because you get to hear this podcast for the first time right now. These are some of the most iconic characters to ever kick ass onscreen and you know Ed,  Ron and Producer Bill bring the pathos, philosophy and extreme humor to these proceedings. Dutch from Predator vs. John Matrix from C...

“The Greatest Creatures In Fiction'' is about the legendary animals that most impacted us. No not Air Bud or some shit like that, we’re talking minotaurs, dragons, chimera, and stuff. Our list is as offbeat and weird as we are. Ron talks about dragons and unicorns and stuff. Producer Bill and Ed get their mythology rocks off in an epic pitch that we've already registered with the writer’s guild ba...

“The Greatest Myths In Nerd Culture” is our discussion on some of the beliefs nerds had in the past and some that persist to this day.  But overall this is a fun convo about a changing landscape and about some of the ways so called “nerd culture” has evolved. The ability to see that some of your core beliefs are outdated or flawed is a key to being intelligent. We think it’s high time people exami...

“The Greatest Cartoon Reboots” could be misleading. We aren’t trying to rank cartoon reboots, we are talking about the ones that deserve it according to us. There are so many action cartoons from different eras that seem like they’d be slam dunks in our modern IP obsessed times but these seem forgotten or relegated to development hell. This isn’t just nostalgia (well some of it is) we’re really tr...

“The Greatest Year End Review and MAILBAG!!” is a truly unique show because we try to sum up our year but get sidetracked by the “how do we ‘save’ comics” conversation that comics retailers and people like Mark Millar ignited this last week online. Then we deftly transition into some truly illuminating mailbag questions that have us questioning our innermost beliefs about everything from crime and...

“Is Superhero Fatigue The Greatest?” That’s a loaded question isn’t it? It’s funny that it only took about 12 years of consistent, big budget comic book fare at the movies for us to declare that the party was over and mostly because one company “started losing the thread.”  Ed and Producer Bill refute this assertion while also acknowledging the limitations of the genre as presently represented. Th...

Of course this can’t be THE definitive list of “The Greatest Films of The Last Five Years” but it’s the ones that sprang to mind while we recorded this. We’re here to debunk the notion that “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore.” Because they kinda do but you’re missing them because you’re a slave to the algorithm and marketing. Ron said during the recording that we’d provide a list of all the mo...

You ever want to get away? Of course you do, you’re listening to a pop culture podcast.  So we present to you the “The Greatest Vacation Spots in The Multiverse.” Would you book a trip to Gotham City? Is the theater scene worth all the crime? Is Metropolis real estate insanely expensive? Would you live anywhere in Star Wars? Is visiting Latveria under Dr. Doom or the city of the Elves from Lord Of...

Just in time for Halloween, we discuss “The Greatest Horrors.” This isn’t just about movies or novels or comic depictions of horror, it's a revelatory look at what scares us as a group. Is open water more scary than Michael Myers? Is Chucky more scary than Annabelle? What makes horror work for us as a genre? Producer Bill, Ron, and Ed tell what makes them shiver and hopefully we can bond over the...

Jeff's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536854088/rogues-kingdom-issue-1?fbclid=IwAR1ijZ4jXC-GZ9WYuXkChjadCQoaEEX_TBPmkPr6ufu8Due1_3PjV4Osnkw   “The Greatest Thing About Independent Comics” is the subject of our chat with comic book artist, and storyboard savant Jeff Johnson. He’s got an independent, fantasy adventure comic on Kickstarter called Rogues’ Kingdom with James Robinso...

This is the senses-shattering conclusion to our series on “The Greatest Writers In Comics.” We discuss canceled people, low-key right-wingers, idea guys, and luminaries…some of these writers are all of these things at once. We get into the business of comics writing and cover some of the people who have decided that “working for the man” i.e. the Big 2 isn’t for them.  Or they use the Big 2 (Marve...

In part two of The Greatest Comic Book Writers we try to get to the modern guys but the giants like Miller, Gaiman, Dwayne McDuffie, Mark Waid, Alan Moore etc., emerge to lead us through the 1980’s and the 1990’s using their vision to expand what comics could be.   Follow us! Here's everybody's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdGoatPodcast (Our Twitter account) https://twitter.com/EdGreerDestroys h...