Nerd Hurdles
Summary: Nerd Hurdles is a podcast. Chances are if you’re here, you know that already. But just in case you got sent here by Google or a link sent to you by someone in your office, Nerd Hurdles is a podcast about things nerds like. Things that regular people (”normals”) scoff at or outright shun. We discuss these things in a generally humorous and vaguely intelligent way. Or is that intelligible? It might be neither intelligent nor intelligible. Jakob and Mandi discuss all manner and forms of nerdery and geekery and what makes them magnificent and tragic. This weekly epic explored the depths of what fandoms mean to their fans. Sacred cows of the scifi, fantasy, comic book and any other genre that makes the general public squirm with discomfort get the irreverent Nerd Hurdles treatment (and nerdy love).
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Podcasts:
Detectives. Private Dicks. On TV. Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Jessica Jones Season 1, Death In Paradise Season 3 and Bones Season 10.
Before heading back to Africa, Kathie wanted to slam the new E.L. James book. Mandi wanted an update on her Tinder adventures and tangents ensued. So much so neither topic gets talked about much—"Grey" not at all. We do however critique the so-called "best selfie ever". Heck, even the title of the episode is a reference to a post-credits easter egg at the end of the episode. Have fun. We did.
Regular co-host Kathie (What introduced Mandi to fanfic, apparently) signs up for Tinder just in time to leave the country for nine months. Married couple Jakob and Mandi live vicariously through her (potential) online dating adventures.
After Mandi comes back from a camping trip, the Hurdlers discuss one of Jakob's biggest hurdles: Camping. They also discuss Sense8 (spoiler free!) and Age of Ultron.
Kathie drops by to talk about Octavia E. Butler's harrowing post-collapse books 'Parable of the Sower' and 'Parable of the Talents'. Thanks to Matthew Fava for giving us these cheery reads.
A topic suggested by listener Rose, Jakob and Mandi talk about cosplay (something they admittedly don't know all that much about), dress codes and personal identity.
Jakob and Mandi watch one of the seminal "manic pixie dream girl" movies, 'Harold and Maude' (1971), then talk about the MPDG trope.
Jakob and Mandi go for a drive on Fury Road.
Kathie (what came back from Chad and made us watch the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, apparently) joins Jakob and Mandi to talk about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie.
Dan drops by to travel back in time and get trippy in the year 2001.
Jakob and Mandi talk about television sitcoms. The TV genre which, previous to the advent of reality TV, was considered the lowest form of TV. Well, after soap operas and afternoon talk shows. Anyway, in this episode they primarily discuss as examples WKRP (late-70's), Friends (mid-90's) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (today). And don't worry, the laugh-track cuts out about 10 minutes into the episode.
Dan joins Jakob and Mandi to discuss the 1971 sci-fi cult classic The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston's teeth and sweaty man boobs.
Riddles in the dark: What comes at the end but sits in the middle, is the last of six but only the third? Answer: It's The Hobbit: Battle of The Five Armies, of course. Even Gollum could get that.
To celebrate their 200th episode, Jakob and Mandi return to the halcyon days of Jakob's previous podcast (P)reviews where he'd review movies based on their trailers. This episode they take a look at the four big upcoming franchise reboot/sequels—Jurassic World, Terminator: Genisys, Mad Max: Fury Road and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
A fistful of tangents. Mandi, Jakob and Dan talk about the 2007 video game documentary King of Kong as well as Downton Abbey S4, Hunger Games Mockingjay P1 and texts from superheroes.
