Recent content by Nerd Mike

Episode 166 - Brown Shirts In this episode, Mike starts a little political discussing potential threats to our freedom of speech. But then it’s Gaming Table, and Mike finally talks about his recent Paranoia game. Which was awesome. Then Aidan joins for a three-fer version of the Sci-Fi Double...

Wow. Can't believe I haven't updated here for a year. Check out the 40-some episodes I didn't tell you about. But here's the latest: Episode 165 - Mars is the Worst Mike opens with a discussion of Webelos Science and cool science-y things he did with his scouts, followed by talk of Mars and...

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 123 - Star Wars 7, Hateful 8 Mike finally saw The Force Awakens! More than that, he also got to see Hateful Eight. And technically Knights of Badassdom too, but c’mon… it’s a Science Fiction DOUBLE Feature, so guess which ones Mike spends his time on. After that, Mike...

Wow... no updates for six months? I'm losing my touch. Episode 122 - Namby Pamby Mike opens with a host of Uncomfortable Topics, just to clear the air and his PocketMod and start the new year with a clean slate. After that, it's the Gaming Table and the slew of games he's been playing over the...

Episode 93 - Counter Propagating Lasers Counter propagating lasers? Apparently, that’s what Australians need to prove that quantum weirdness is exactly as weird as advertised. Mike talks about it in the Science Corner. There’s a little Patherfinder babbling at Mike’s Gaming Table, and then a...

Nope. I wish I had. Was it any good?

Episode 90 - Sports Talk We open up with everyone's favorite segment: Mike was WRONG! Mike talks about his upcoming Gen Con trip on the Gaming Table. But then there's Nerd Rage as Mike talks about sports talk and why nerd-level knowledge about sports is the only socially acceptable nerd...

NEVER! I was actually just there with him, and I had to record a podcast with his son, because he had to work all week and couldn't do it himself.

Episode 89 - Big Bird in Space This week: a little cleanup on the Gaming Table, and Aidan joins Mike for the ROKU! segment where Mike gushes about Daredevil, and Aidan talks about The Babadook. To wrap up the meticulously plotted portion of the show, Mike talks about putting Big Bird into space...

Episode 88 - Flaming Cat Ship In honor of episode 88, Mike has a review of a movie of the same name. After a little chatter at his Gaming Table, Mike explores the possibility that Pope Gregory IX helped cause the Black Death by his hatred of cats. And there’s some other stuff too, but Mike...

Episode 86 - My Leg Feels Funny Mike’s too tired to podcast, so he records the longest episode yet. Go figure. A bunch of listener feedback, a new installment of Mike Was Wrong, and then straight into a Nerd Culture report to talk about happy stuff: the new Star Wars trailer and some random free...

Episode 85 - Goblin Parasite Fighter Warning! Mike’s a little punch-drunk for this one. Rambly and perpetually tangential, and yet, as always, entertaining as all get-out. The credits take no less than 12 minutes as Mike uses them to describe the XF-85 Goblin. Then his Feedback bleeds into his...

Nerd Pride Radio is a weekly podcast about whatever interests me... typically roleplaying games, science, technology, history, comics, movies... anything vaguely nerd-related. Plus each show features the Pod-O-Matic, where the dice determine which user-submitted topics and questions I'll ramble...

Episode 35 - Product Placement Mike opens with a Book Report: More Song of Ice and Fire PLUS... the best time travel stories of the 20th century. In the Science Corner, Mike obsesses over hexaflexagons. Then in the Unnamed History Segment, Mike tells what cool stuff he has learned from his 3rd...

I'm back from my summer haiatus, and there's a month's worth of episodes for everyone to catch up on. Here's the latest: Episode 34 - Cloaca Maxima Mike explores the underworld of Rome in the History Segment, babbles about his kids again at the Gaming Table, spends time in the Science Corner...