Episodes

  • Episode 66 - The 30s
    Feb 19 2025

    Thirty years ago was 1995, and oh how our nerdy hearts beat for the late 1900s! TV, Films, Books, Comics, Trends, and more discussed in this episode. Analese was 17 but following all things law and Rob was 16 but slam dancing along to Primus.


    Also in this episode: Amazing Ghostbusters Nerd Mail, favorite fantasy contests, all things 1995 (Windows 95, birth of eBay and Amazon, and much, much more), Deth Wizards, the age of life for progressive glasses.


    Post-credits mash-up of Ghostbusters and I Want a New Drug by Revartmit on YouTube. Offered for entertainment only, with all credits to original artists.

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Episode 65 - Comic to Screen: Hellboy and the Crooked Man
    Feb 5 2025

    Continuing on this path of horror, the nerds read Hellboy: The Crooked Man and the Return of Effie Kolb and then watch the film. And then NERD OUT about it! Analese digs the horror vibes and Rob is putting tea on his minis.


    Also in this episode: 90s trivia, NBF Podcast on Bluesky, putting terrain on your minis, Final Girl series 3, shifting our nerd goals.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 64 - Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good: the Ghostbusters Franchise
    Jan 22 2025

    It's time to GET SPOOKY and nerd out over the Ghostbusters Franchise! Jump in Ecto1, grab your proton pack, because who you gonna call?? We welcome special guest, Robert C. Murray, author of the Titan Run trilogy of sci-fi books! Analese looooves Paul Rudd and Rob is getting into the HORROR genre more than ever before!


    Also in this episode: games as gifts, Deth Wizards, guesting on other podcasts, Fleetwood Mac's The Dance and Analese's connection, Nerd Best Friends UBER FAN, legos, yearly rewatch traditions.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 63 - 25 for 2025
    Jan 8 2025

    Happy new year, NERDS!! It's time to reflect and reset our NERD goals for the new year - the annual NERD GOAL setting and making our 25 for 2025. We welcome special guest, Ashley, writer and creator of Oakbridge! Dr. Intern Joan joins the episode for nerd goaling, too. Analese reflects her year of Stephen King and Rob got out-cookie'd in his own holiday nerd cookie competition.


    Also in this episode: Dexter: Original Sin, mini paint brush animal hair, lost packages during the holidays, selling nerd stuff on eBay, funny dreams, The Floor.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Episode 62 - Dollhouse (TV series)
    Dec 11 2024

    Season 4 series nerding is on the 2009-2010 television series Dollhouse starring Eliza Dushku. Enter the sci-fi mind-wiping universe from Joss Whedon with the NERDS. Analese knows there's a guy on our team that dresses like a pirate and Rob wishes he could mind-wipe his rewatch to keep the fond memories of this show fonder.


    Also in this episode: Snarling Badger Studios, The Great Goblin Hargle-Bargle, OnlyGames.co, psychedelic therapy, the Whedonverse, mini games, Final Girl series 3.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 61 - Nerd Gift Giving Guide 2024
    Nov 27 2024

    Do the NERDS like nerd gift GIVING or nerd gift RECEIVING more? Are their suggestions purely their own NERD gift WISHLIST? All of these answered and MOAR in this 2024 edition of the Nerd Gift Giving Guide! Analese is excited for HellmouthCon 2025 with the possibility to have a picture with Spike AND Dru together and Rob has taken his mini painting hobby to an AI level.


    Also in this episode: upgrading your phone, school administrator appreciation, what D&D magical item would you want to have in real life, MOAR Buffy the Vampire Slayer talk.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 60 - Nerd Book Club
    Nov 13 2024

    Intern Joan is on the show for the first time ever, as she joins the Nerds in the annual Nerd Book Club. This year is all about Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2023). Analese is rocking Mr. Mercedes TV series and Rob's annual Castle Ravenloft adventure for Halloween commences!


    Also in this episode: Intern Joan's healthy appetite for books, winter priming minis for painting, the 5-man band nerd mail, British recommendations from a fellow podcast, Talk Nerdy to Me.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 59 - Ms. Marvel, or Mar-Vel if ya Nasty
    Oct 30 2024

    From Mar-Vel to Captain Marvel to Ms. Marvel to Spectrum, the annual superhero episode is all-female, all the time! Analese continues her year of Stephen King and Rob just knows future Rob will be so happy with his sunny day priming extravaganza!


    Also in this episode: buying more minis, Nerd trivia, outrageously long audiobooks, when Nerds get out-nerded by their families.

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    1 hr and 7 mins