Episodes
A brief bulletin to let you know that there's a feature film documentary about Nerdy Show regular Marc With A C. The film is called Half Serious, Half Kidding: The Digital Footprint Of An Obscure Rock Star it's coming soon to streaming platforms, but if you're keen to get a limited run physical copy with a soundtrack, zine, and a wealth of bonus content... now's your chance - until Thursday, May 2 at 11:50 AM Eastern, that is. Back it...
Published 05/01/24
Nerdy Show doesn’t have a monopoly on going dormant for years at a time - why, twelve years ago, legendary chiptunes artist, Pixelh8, stepped away from music. He turned from pioneering musician to pioneering educator and founded The Creative Computing Club. But no sonic wizard stays entombed forever! Pixelh8 is back! His new record, Hard Reset, is out now, further new projects await, and we've dusted off Nerdy Show to give this old pal a warm welcome home. In this episode Cat and Jess travel...
Published 04/22/24
Published 04/22/24
Nerdy Show is never dead, only sleeping! Your host with the most, Cat, returns to catch you up on what you may have missed, what's going on with her and Nerdy Show, and to share her latest geeky podcast adventure: "MOTHER," She Wrote: An EarthBound Podcast, which explores Nintendo's trilogy of cult sensation RPGs. All this will likely surprise and delight, but this is no mere update - it's a prelude! A new Nerdy Show episode is coming soon and this episode paves the way. So tune in and...
Published 04/19/24
When you least expect it - There's something new in the Nerdy Show feed! A suspicious message! What can it be? We won't leave you to cryptic ponderings: it's Cat, your hostess with the mostess, spontaneously returning to the the feed that started it all. She regails with a ramble to cinch up the gap between broadcasts and to test out some new tech that could terraform talk podcasting (though it's still very much in beta). Join us for a jumble of thoughts and feelings on this Cat catch-up to...
Published 11/23/22
We interrupt this yawing gulf of silence with an important bulletin! The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program and Chaosium have joined forces to bring you a bold new adventure! A live charity spectacle! Two nights of improvised tabletop storytelling - like only Mystery Program can make: November, FRIDAY THE 13TH AND 14TH - 7pm Eastern at CthulhuMystery.com/live. Behold as the horror and hilarity unfold before your very eyes in unedited actual play mayhem! And brace yourselves as our cast...
Published 11/09/20
Talking Heads' David Byrne speaks with Cap Blackard about the Criterion Collection re-release of his 1986 film, True Stories and how this remarkable portrait of 80s America came together. The film is part zany, slice of life comedy, part anthropological study - processed through the music of Talking Heads and projected through a loving, art house lens. Cap and Byrne discuss how this remarkable portrait of 80s America came together and other unexpected art. For links and more info, head to...
Published 09/18/20
In this time of global upheaval, the entirety of The Nerdy Show Network unites! If we must be alone, let us be alone together! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 03/25/20
If we must be alone, let us be alone together! Personalities from Omniverse and The Nerdy Show Network will be gathering on our Discord server to hang out, geek out, and spread love from a distance. Tuesday, March 24th at 8PM EST until ??? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 03/22/20
Are we a news source for niche nerdery? Journalists documenting the geek world? We're all these things! But now, we're also Omniverse! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 02/28/20
We're going to PodTales a festival of audio drama and audio fiction. It's free, it's in Cambridge, MA, and it's on October 20th. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Published 10/10/19
Brace yourselves for a massive announcement years in the making: We've teamed up with The DAVE School to bring Lightning Dogs to life as an animated short!
Published 04/17/19
We discuss the new Twilight Zone, RoboCop, JFK erotica, and a host of other strange media and critical diversions into the life and times of the Nerdy Show crew.
Published 04/03/19
Folks, Cap is plum tuckered. She's fried. Like a fairground pickle. Here's some words from her speaking of things to come, begging your pardon, and sharing a smidge of the latest while we get our ish together. 3
Published 03/20/19
There's no episode of Nerdy Show this week because we put our our long awaited Dungeons & Doritos Q&A 2 - which you can find over on that show's feed. Cap discusses this and shares a few other tidbits of network news.
Published 02/20/19
Join us for an experiment in which Cap plays a high-powered Hollywood executive type taking pitches from hapless writers, Doug and La Valle.
Published 02/06/19
When the Cap is away, the Doug and La Valle will play. The duo discuss some of their favorite Nerdy Show pitches and come up with new ones. Things take a spooky turn when a discussion on horror movies reveals La Valle’s dark, supernatural past.
Published 01/23/19
Indulge in Cap and Local-Shop's fanfic in which their favorite pretentious art ladies of the 90s meet: Judy Funnie (from Nickelodeon/ Disney's Doug) and Maude Lebowski (from The Big Lebowski).
Published 01/10/19
Coming to you live from the deep recesses of your own mind: Nerdy Show is creepin' in your dreams and in your Fallout 76 servers!
Published 12/12/18
Join us for a panel with Chris Ryall (Locke & Key, Zombies Vs. Robots) and Jeremy Whitley (Vampirella) as we chew on chilling tales, crossing genres, and frights for all seasons.
Published 11/28/18
We're on the road! And you might be too! Incept your commute by driving along with us driving and recapping our adventures at NC Comicon and beyond. Cap, Tony, and Doug share their highlights from North Carolina Comicon, Bull City in Durham, NC - the Willow 30th anniversary event, the Lightning Dogs, the pals, the panels, and the wretchedly delightful late nights of bad movies. What's more, it's been a while since this particular trio has been the spotlight of a Nerdy Show episode, so we...
Published 11/14/18
Enter a vortex of horror and existential crisis. We sink our fangs into Netflix's spoopier recent series, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the second season of Castlevania. Hear us extol the nerd nuances that have Cap, boR, and Brandon drinking deeply from these series' black chalices. We also discuss the shocking return of Adult Swim's bastard child, 12 Oz Mouse, Star Trek: Lower Decks, a forthcoming animated series about the nobodies of the Federation fleet, and invite you to invest...
Published 10/31/18
Brandon has returned from his trip to Scotland. Did our resident renegade glean any culture while on his first trip overseas? We're not 100% sure, but he definitely left his mark: he pooped on a mountain! Well, more like a hill; but you have to understand, Floridian standards for elevated landmasses are a bit out of whack. Hear tales of enchanted gastrointestinal distress, fried pizza, castles, and, yes: birds. We also discuss camping at Camp Crystal Lake (the video game kind) with Friday...
Published 10/17/18
Nerdy Show's global cultural exchange continues! Fresh from a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun, two of our hosts share chilling tales of how Universal Studios does Halloween Horror Nights in Japan. It's a drastically different experience guaranteed to make you liquefy with jealousy and set the horror hounds a-barkin'. Our anorak tentacles have crept across the world: Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, soon Scotland... We're not sure why this is the year we've all blown about like dandelion...
Published 10/03/18
Engineered obsolescence: that's what the human body is. It kicks alotta ass and then gets slower, brittler, and much harder to drive. Surely us nerds of the 21st century must've found some way to brain ourselves out of this? Well... turns out we have!  Join Cap, boR, Jon, and Tony as we test out the latest life-extension drugs, brainstorm the sci-fi benefits of custom-engineered organoids, and stay young at heart with rousing discussions on the new Spider-Man game, the animated series The...
Published 09/19/18