Nerd Pride Radio

Mike’s a little giddy, because he’s been proved right on the whole diet soda thing by no less an authority than… SCIENCE. On the history segment, he talks about Lake Nyos–the most murderingest lake ever. Mike toots his own horn for a while at the Gaming Table, talking about his own game Pariah. The Book Report finally gets to A Game of Thrones, and black holes dominate our Science Corner. All this before R2 makes his appearance: on the Pod-O-Matic, there’s Clu Clu Land, Eddie Munster, Mike’s curriculum for Nerdity 101, and John Carpenter the RPG… plus so much more. If you can only have one podcast episode on a desert island… this is the one!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 30 – Murder Lake and A Game of Thrones

Show Notes

Intro
Cohosts: Tank and Dozer
Updates: Diet soda… Mike is VINDICATED!

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Unnamed History Segment: Lake Nyos–Murder Lake
Gaming Table: Pariah
Nerd Pride Book Report: A Game of Thrones – Song of Fire and Ice, Book 1
Science Corner: Black holes and 4D black holes
Word of the Week: Pseudepigraph
BAMQotW: Evil Dead II and Ash. And Ash. And more Ash.

Pod-O-Matic
Last non-D&D game you played
Yoga?
Diablo II: barbarian or amazon?
What color is your light saber?
When were you OK with being a geek?
Favorite ColecoVision game
How do we get more nerd girls?
Eddie Munster
Favorite holiday
Favorite great role in a bad movie
Curriculum in Nerdity 101
Does Nerd Pride recycle?
Two magic rings, but only one arm?
John Carpenter the RPG

Closing
Simpsons fanfic

Mike finally made it through Power Man! Find out how it was. Then he tries to give advice on getting into RPGs and distracts himself with nostalgia. There’s dark matter AND dark energy on the Science Corner, plus Road House and the Hunger Games in this week’s movie double feature. And as if all that wasn’t enough, R2 comes through with the Pod-O-Matic and makes Mike talk about M&Ms, eggs, Huey Lewis and the News, what happens when you combine portable holes with bags of holding PLUS no less than TWO kiss/marry/kills, and so much more! Come and get it while it’s still hot!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 29 – Road House, Power Man, & Dark Energy

Show Notes

Intro
New staffer: Yancey the Fanfic Proofreader
Updates: Power Man-the final chapter

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: Getting into RPGs
Science Corner: Dark energy and Asimov’s Relativity of Wrongness
Science Fiction Double Feature: Road House and Hunger Games
BAMQotW: DiNero in Heat

Pod-O-Matic
Eddie Murphy and the hooker
F/M/K – Angel, Buffy, Arthur
Spinning dice
Portable Holes and Bags of Holding
Favorite RPG supplement
M&Ms – plain or peanut?
How do you like your eggs?
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Pi
F/M/K – Zooey Deschanel, Katy Perry, Rosie O’Donnell
Best Order of the Stick moments
Huey Lewis and the News
Favorite Muppet moments
Favorite Defender?
Cab stories

Closing
Anne Frank/DBZ crossover fanfic

Mike explains how the “Phyletic Size Decrease in Hershey Bars” directly impacts his chippin’ and dippin’ recreations. Then there’s yet another awkward nerd encounter, and Mike’s idea for his new TV show: Harvey Manor. And everyone’s favorite: Nerd Rage! In part 2, R2 brings out the Pod-O-Matic and Mike talks about Sons of Anarchy, gnomes, Bob Hoskins, John Cusack, and Mike’s favorite Marvel character of all time. Plus, hidden somewhere in there is an embarrassing story from Mike’s childhood, and the pros and cons of selling your soul to be a better DM. This is information you can’t live without!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 28 – Chips and Dips

Show Notes

Intro
Sponsor: Black Mesa
Excuses excuses excuses

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: Hershey Bars and my chips & dips
Nerd Culture Report: Nerd encounter at career night
As Seen on TV: Harvey Manor, show concept
Nerd Rage: Uncivil discourse

Pod-O-Matic
Sons of Anarchy
What if gnomes were evil?
Dangers of a massive vocabulary
Embarrassing Brasky story?
Bob Hoskins & Expendables 3
Sell your soul for DM skillz?
Weird body skills
Geekitude – nature or nurture?
Favorite John Cusack movie?
Favorite and best Marvel characters
Last podcast you listened to

Closing
Bonus Pod-O-Matic: Robert Heinlein… mysogynist

Mike opens with Warrior Dash–the roughest, toughest, meanest race to ever wear a Viking helmet. Then it’s all about Shared Space: traffic without signs. Io9–the geek news site designed solely to cater to Mike’s nerd predilictions. He waxes philosophical about TV mini-series, and wraps up with a healthy dose of Nerd Rage! Then it’s R2′s turn: he cranks out a baker’s dozen on the Pod-O-Matic with such vital, life-altering questions as… Obi Wan v. Jet Li? Your favorite Greek city-state? And what would Mike do for a Klondike Bar? You can’t miss this… the fate of the universe hangs in the balance!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 27 – Warrior Dash, io9, and Raptors

Show Notes

Intro
Sponsor: Aperture Science Technologies

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: Warrior Dash
Science Corner: Shared Space… traffic without signage
Nerd Culture Report: io9
As Seen on TV: Mini-series
Nerd Rage: Social networking at work
BAMQotW: Jurassic Park

Pod-O-Matic
How do you like your burgers?
You have one month to live…
Obi Wan vs. Jet Li
What happened to Capt Britain?
Funniest movie?
Cool in school
Ever shot a gun?
Cyborg pirate!
Ever shot milk out your nose?
Favorite Greek city-state?
What would you do for a Klondike Bar?
9 vs. 13

Closing
Bonus Pod-O-Matic: Two things you’re a snob about

Late but still awesome! Recoving from illness, Mike still manages to pack tons of nerdy goodness into this abbreviated podcast: Mike finally discovers the joy that is Portal, plus gives his ameteur advice on attending GenCon. New Futurama episodes hit Mike’s Roku, plus he havers on about celebrity baby names, and in the new Comic Timing segment, he recounts breaking into neighbor’s homes as a child. And with R2 batting cleanup on the Pod-O-Matic, there’s some Toontown, old gaming war stories, and your favorite 80′s sitcom cast as D&D characters. C’mon, you know you can’t look away now!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 26 – Portal, GenCon, and Comic Timing

Show Notes

Intro
Nerd Pride smells like the Hufflepuff Quidditch locker room
Feedback: Not yet…

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Metatalk: Getting new music
Gaming Table: Portal
Gaming Table: Flip wants to know about GenCon
Comic Timing: Kevin Pollak and Bill Cosby
Nerd Culture Report: Celebrity baby names
ROKU: Futurama
BAMQotW: Verbal Kint, Usual Suspects

Pod-O-Matic
The coldest letter
Toontown
Red Map Era gaming war story
Cast of Cheers in D&D

Closing
Pod-O-Matic: Kiss/Marry/Kill–Mit, Newt, and Ron

Mike opens with the greatest astronomer to ever lose his nose in a duel, followed by the most awesome toy of the year. Mike introduces The MaryAnn Effect and havers on at length about his ROKU! Plus Jabba the Truck, Casa de mi Padre, and the Whitney Houston time machine. But that’s not all! On the Pod-O-Matic, find out what one listener has done with Joss Whedon’s head, what exactly Number Two’s duty is, as well as the winner of the ultimate nerd showdown: Pan vs. Rabbit (plus Polly Pocket takes on Rainbow Bright in the bonus warmup match)! So tell me… do you think you’re nerd enough?

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 25 – Radio Silence

Show Notes

Intro
Cohost: A Rubik’s Cube with only 2 sides solved
Metatalk: No more licensed music
Updates: One for the Money
Feedback: Flip
Mike was WRONG: Akiva/Akira

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Unnamed History Segment: Tycho Brahe
Gaming Table: Perplexus
Nerd Culture Report: The MaryAnn Effect
Roku: Soapdish, Bunraku, They Live, United States of Tara
Something Completely Different: Jabba the Truck, Casa de mi Padre, the Whitney Houston time machine
Word of the Week: Ketchup
BAMQotW: Billy the Kid, Young Guns

Pod-O-Matic
21st Century Nerd Time Capsule
Number 2′s duty
Pitch your best game
Pac-Man
Favorite XKCD strip
Kiss like a girl
Batman can take down the Justice League
Chicago to Hawaii express train
Peter Pan vs. Roger Rabbit
Yelling FIRE and crowded theaters
RPG you enjoy but have never played
Polly Pocket vs. Rainbow Bright
Where’s Kyle’s book?

Closing
Denis Leary’s A**hole rant

My wife and I are going away for the weekend for Valentines Day.

So no podcast. Sorry.

Some weird electrical feedback threatens to destroy the sound quality for this week’s ‘cast, but luckily, Mike manages to single-handedly save the show! Mike gives his opinion on the upcoming 5th edition of D&D, and then puts his favorite year–1066–into the spotlight for the unnamed history segment. He offers up two unwatched films for the Sci-Fi Double Feature, and doles out not one… but TWO nerd rages! Mumford & Sons provides this week’s music, and Mike goes into full psycho mode for the Badass Movie Quote of the Week. All of that and R2 still delivers a full steaming plate of random podcasting: beholders, Ryan Reynolds, a princess fight… and so much more! 90 minutes of pure nerd awesome wrapped up in a single spectacular podcast!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 24 – King Harald the Hardass

Show Notes

Intro
Nerd Pride smells like Picard’s hair brush
Feedback: Akiva
Updates: Powerman

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: D&D 5th edition
Unnamed History Segment: 1066 & King Harald Hardrade
Gaming Table: Wodin’s Eye
Something Completely Different: Cookie dough
Sci-Fi Double Feature: Yojimbo & One for the Money
Nerd Rage: Pay-per-bid sites
Nerd Rage: The Lone Ranger
Music: Mumford & Sons, The Cave
Right Said Thread: Google Translator Jokes
BAMQotW: No… Wire… Hangers!
Music: Mumford & Sons, Little Lion Man

Pod-O-Matic
Beholders
Ryan Reynolds
Zelda v Peach
Why does Star Wars suck?
Outside
Cats or dogs?
The French
Instant Game challenge
Favorite He-Man character
Ask a Ninja
Red Dawn via Twilight 2000
Mario or Luigi?
Ride the giant owl!

Closing
Anti-Captain, part 3