The Nerd Out

Had some server issues but we're back in action! We get into a LOT of TV - welcome to the pandemic, folks! - but also Ritzy's art show, Lisa's running, and lifehacking ourselves into better shape. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.16.20 Our hero: Verve Hosting! They saved our podcasting butt and we recommend them highly. The Science of Wellbeing class from Yale! Take it...or tel...

WE ARE! Join us and special guest Eric for a spoilerific breakdown: comic origins, our fave characters, social commentary, and what that ending means to us. (Plus? A little Star Wars lore and which order we should be watching the Star Wars universe in.) Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR + North Hollywood on 4.18.20 Listen to us here, on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or Spotify!

Who needs Coachella Weekend 1 when you have a pandemic? Not us! (All the cool kids are getting their live performance fix on Instagram these days, anyway.) Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.10.20 Follow our friend Kano on Instagram for cool coloring projects (and art, of course). That's his artwork on this episode! Check out new podcast Sista Brunch about women of color thriving...

Online DJ sets, whisky, our list of must-see movies for little humans (or for you, we don't judge), and RIP to Bill & Adam...still on lockdown but still nerding out. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.4.20 Who needs some afro cuban dance class? (I mean, all of us.) Check out Ritzy's friend and scope her out in a class. Check out the wealth of videos on Paleyfest's YouTube channel...

Going into our 3rd week of LOCKDOWN: it's a mental health check-in (how are YOU?) and recap on what we're watching (no Tiger King...yet), shopping for, and how we're staying sane. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.27.20 Check out some cool stuff:Amy Shira Teitel is doing a virtual book tour for Fighting for Space on Facebook and Youtube. Ritzy's got a new podcast coming: Word To...

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.20.20 It's Week 2 of the LOCKDOWN...which is nerds' time to shine (let's face it). Documentary suggestions, more media ideas, and how to stay sane with our new segment "Quarantine Shit"! You oughta be meditating. Ritzy recommends 5 Minute Meditation, Practicing Human, Unlocking Us with Brene Brown (we love Brene!). As Brene reminds us: GET BUSY...

Greetings from the lockdown! Prepping for the zombie apocalypse, what to watch...and we wanna hear yours: we're in this together, folks. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.13.20 Brains On - all you need to know about coronavirus for kids and dumbass adults. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

See above: we've got a LOT of TV discuss, folks! Plus a couple movies, a book or two, and being a bird (and tea!) nerd. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 2.28.20 Jonesing for your next historic Korean period political zombie epic? Look no further: The Kingdom! It's on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-yByZpaaM Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher.

OSCAR RECAP! Trash talk and high fives, post-ceremony. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 2.11.20 Ritzy's new read: Patron Saint of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Kickin nemeses to the curb, actualizing heroic acts, watching some terrible-mazing reality TV, and podcasts we love. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 1.26.20 Ready to be Zen as Fuck in 2020? Check out the handbook / our book club. Want to help out someone who is visually impaired? Download Be My Eyes app and just maybe, like Ritzy, you'll get the bat sign! Oscar noms: whatcha see...

Welcome to the future, nerds! On this ep we talk STAR WARS, that Birds of Prey trailer, Watchmen, and Ritzy's Terrace House obsession. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 1.7.20 Birds of Prey trailer is AMAZEBALLS. Are you listening to The Watchmen official podcast? Check out the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, too!

Holiday message for YOU :  you are awesome and we like you a lot. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 12.10.19 Hey :  wanna check out the Supernatural Bear's super cool Voltron pins? Check out the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, too!

First we crab. Then we watch - and discuss - TV: Witcher, Modern Love, Sabrina, The Crown, The King, + lots more.  Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 11.22.19 Ritzy is reading “I’m Telling the Truth but I’m Lying.” You reading anything we should check out?  Here's how you read The Witcher. In order, like a grown up. Listen to the podcast here, or on iTunes!

It has been a month since our last episode and we are back! From bird watching to Succession, we catch up on the latest and greatest shows, movies, books we are currently nerding out on.  Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 10.29.19 See the doily vest wearing Flicker Woodpecker Lisa spots during the podcast. Lisa is doing NaNoWriMo are you? Ritzy and The Supernatural Bear's Harry Po...

The Tale of the Exploding Transformer (not the Transformer you're thinking), our love for all things Fleabag, Succession, Wu Tang, and loads more TV...hop aboard! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 9.10.19 Latest Joker trailer here. Good recap of the controversy here. The Supernatural Bear's store front Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

We can't catch a TV break: who else needs to clone themselves to watch everything?! The Boys, OITNB, Succession, Mindhunter, Stranger Things, Vikings, Terrace House; some movie trailers we

It's Marvel's world and we're living in it. We're watching Silicon Valley, Pose, Stranger Things, and Deadwood...but first: we cut the cord (and share our tips).  Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 8.2.19 Marvel has officially forgotten more than we know. They rule all. News from SDCC. Lisa is listening to How To Money podcast. Their episode on Cutting the Cord is here. Th...

Mental health: we got it, let's nerd out about it. Plus podcasts, Deadwood, more.  Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 7.19.19 The secret to mental health? Gratitude. Natasha Lyonne on Earwolf. Tim Ferris' Tribe of Mentors is one of Ritzy's faves. For your young friends - or those who are young at heart - check out Nasa for kids! Plus Nasa image library, now available. List...

Joining us is Very Special Guest Lilliam Rivera to talk her new book, Dealing in Dreams, plus hot literary tips, Bad Bunny, World Cup, and Ritzy's Yelp adventures. Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs, LA + Southern OR on 7.13.19 You can find the AMAZING Lilliam on her site, Twitter, and Instagram. We discuss Dealing in Dreams, her latest novel. Nylon says the book, "exposes a world filled w...

  A veritable orgy of messages from our previous special guests (tx guys!), show highlights and our fave memories. Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.12.19 We

Game of Thrones recovery mode with TNO friend + GOT armchair expert Amy AND our theories, plus our first full episode and loads of TV we're watching. BREAKIN THE WHEEL! Recorded remotely via phone + Skype - Palm Springs + New Jersey + Southern OR on 5.23.19 Amy knows allllll the GOT stuff, and we chat with her regarding Big Theories and the season ending. Bran? Evil Mastermind. (Fight us!) Grey Wo...

Our watch ends: discussion of the GOT finale. Recorded in Palm Springs + Medford, May 19, 2019     Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

They done Dany dirty! In which we are deeply underwhelmed by episode 8.5. Recorded in Palm Springs + Amandine Patisserie in Santa Monica, May 13, 2019     Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

OH NO SHE DIDN'T! (Oh yes, she did!) Join us for our reactions, recap, and bedtime plans as we gnash teeth and rent garments over Game of Thrones. Recorded in Palm Springs + Hollywood, May 5, 2019 Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

FRENDZZZZZZ! It came, it went down, it ended: the Battle for Winterfell is dunzo, and we have some feels. Let's stick 'em with the pointy end in our reaction/recap. Recorded in Palm Springs, CA April 28, 2019 Lisa's Fitbit registered a bit of a workout. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher