The Nerd Academy Podcast

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore venture to Wakanda to revisit Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking epic; Black Panther! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thenerdacade...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore return to Asgard one last time for the end of all things and look back on Thor: Ragnarok! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/the...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore look back at the wall crawler’s first adventure in the MCU as Spider-Man grapples with the plight of the little guy and his role as a hero. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin'...

After 14 years leading Lucasfilm and years of speculation, Kathleen Kennedy has finally stepped down as president and named Dave Filoni and Lynwyn Brennen as her successors. Jarod, Bill, and Conor unpack this massive news as well as the first teaser for Maul: Shadow Lord, changes at Galaxy’s Edge, and debate the “6 7” meme. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ ‍ ‍ Luminous Ody...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore attempt to unpack the next adventure with the galaxy’s lovable a-holes with special guest Eli from Star Wars: In A Galaxy even though Jarod has quite a few complicated feelings on this movie. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.yout...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore break away from the MCU’s Sci-Fi roots to embrace the mystical side of the world and meet the complicated man known Doctor Strange with special guest Alden Diaz. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel He...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore reach Phase 3 with Captain America: Civil War bringing our hosts to a conflict of their own over the infamous Sokovia Accords. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our...

Join Jarod and Travis to unpack a wild fast moving couple of weeks breaking down leaked trailers galore and to look back on a wild year in news! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ ‍ ‍ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems ‍ ‍ Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel ‍ ‍ Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: https://www....

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore wrap up Phase 2 with the introduction of Ant-Man and bask in the glory of this off beat and charming heist flick. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: htt...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore are joined by Mitch692 to discuss a movie that Taylore has very VERY complicated feelings on and a major flashpoint for the MCU: THE AGE OF ULTRON! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Luminous Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by c...

10 years ago Star Wars returned to the big screen and with it came a new era of Star Wars characters and stories from the galaxy far, far away. To celebrate this occasion Ken Napzok, author of “Why We Love Star Wars” and host of ForceCenter joins Jarod to reflect on the surreal time that was the lead up and aftermath to The Force Awakens Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ ‍...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore are joined by Eli from Star Wars: In A Galaxy to discuss the space opera jukebox musical that is Guardians of Galaxy and how it’s rich characters made for the inexplicable success of this movie! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.y...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore are joined by Spencer to discuss the (arguably overrated) lauded Captain America: The Winter Soldier and unpack what makes this entry in the MCU so special. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us...

Hollywood is caving in on itself as Netflix is on the verge of acquiring Warner Brothers and Disney is selling itself down the river with a billion dollar partnership with OpenAI to destroy their own IP, but at least the Supergirl trailer was cool? Join Jarod and Travis as they try to make sense of this week in news and discuss the rumors of Scarlett Johansson joining The Batman Part 2, and the br...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore watch the MCU One-Shot short films and unpack the fun and messy nature of these vignettes! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/th...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore arrive at Phase 2 to deck the halls with the Armored Avenger to close out the Iron Man movies along with Travis! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: http...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore arrive at Phase 2 to deck the halls with the Armored Avenger to close out the Iron Man movies along with Travis! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: http...

The Road to Doomsday continues as we conclude Phase 1 with the movie that secured the MCU’s place in pop culture history. Some assembly may be required. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Patreon: https://www.patr...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore take the fight to Hydra during World War II and revisit Joe Johnston’s pulpy period piece Captain America: The First Avenger with special guest Armin from the ComicBookCast! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch6...

Star Wars Visions Volume 3 is here with another round of Anime from a Galaxy far far away and this week on KNR Jarod is joined by his co-host of Pro & Noob Mitch692 to discuss all of this volume’s shorts. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ ‍ ‍ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems ‍ ‍ Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore venture across the Nine Realms and revisit Thor and appreciate the rich production design and Shakespearean goodness of this movie! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck o...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore go back to Iron Man 2, the first MCU movie accused of existing to set up other movies and are joined by it’s biggest defenders: our very own Travis Grossman and Mitch692! Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692C...

The Star Wars fandom has been taken by storm by the news that Disney shot down a Ben Solo movie pitched by Steven Soderbergh and Adam Driver. This week on KNR Jarod, Bill, and Conor are here to unpack this insane news and reflect on what could have been with a Ben Solo revival. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems...

The Road to Doomsday continues as Jarod and Taylore revisit the often overlooked and underrated The Incredible Hulk and unpack an unfairly judged and strange entry in the MCU. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin' a buck on our Pa...

The Road starts here. Jarod and Taylore are joined by Scotty Jayro from The Bombadcast to revisit the movie that started it all as they rewatch all of the MCU to prepare for Avengers: Doomsday. Sunday’s Bloody Mary: https://sundaysbloodymary.com/shop/ Ionized Basterds: https://www.youtube.com/c/AllRemainingSystems Mitch692 Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMitch692Channel Help us out by chuckin...