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:
The first ever Nerd Hurdles without Mandi. Instead Jakob is joined by Stephen(from episode 130: Going To The Library)to talk about the sacred cows of rock music. Visit Stephen's blog: Shelf Dwindle shelfdwindle.wordpress.com Listen to Stephen's music: Partli Cloudi arachnidiscs.bandcamp.com/album/two-moron-ever-nose
The fifth installment in our DAN'S DEVIL'S BUCKET LIST series in which we watch classic movies of dubious quality that Dan has never seen. In this case, the seminal sci-fi, dystopian thriller love story: Geroge Lucas's 'THX 1138' — the film that made 'Episode 1' a thing that exists.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BSG3-640.jpg) Here's the grinding halt of our journey into one of the most celebrated sci-fi television shows of all time. But don't despair, if you want more take a listen to our BSG: Razor special with Ro Karen of Starbase 66 from back in May of 2010.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/NH159-640.jpg) Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands. The most recent addition to the sub-sub-genre of cult horror films, creepy carnivals, is the aptly named but short lived HBO series Carnivale. It also falls into the Book of Revelations/end times sub-genre of thriller as well. We try to figure out just where it stands (or where it falls) and discuss the cuh-lassic Disney Satanic carnival flick, Something Wicked This Way Comes, to compare and contrast.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BSG2-640.jpg) All this has happened before, and all this will happen again. Yes, we're back with the second installment of our BSG segment repackaging.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/158-640.jpg) Since doing a 007 episode has been on the back-burner since pretty much our 7th episode, we figured that with the release of Skyfall it's high time we took a look at the action movies that set the bar for all action movies that followed.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BSG1-640.jpg) People often ask us when we're going to do a BSG episode, forgetting that we did about a dozen. When we tell them about our Project GalacTALKa segments, instead of seeking them out they ask us when we're going to put out a compilation of all our BSG bits. Well, since Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome recently hit the YouTubes, we figured this is as good a time as any. So here is part 1 of 3 of our journey into one of the most celebrated sci-fi televisions shows of all time.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/157-640.jpg) It's quite easy to understand why a lot of people don't like Star Trek. Even at its best it's kind of cheesy. There's spaceships, robots, green-painted women and a noticeable lack of contractions in speech. But part of the reason so many people dislike it is simply the law of averages—absolutely everyone has seen it. Everyone, that is, except Victoria (aka Bella Fox). Well, her and a few other people. But she's the only one we know who's actively into a plethora of really nerdy things and yet hadn't sought it out. Impressively, she managed to avoid it during its near 24/7 syndication reign in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A near impossible feat regardless of whether you wanted to watch the show or not. So, feeling her nerd cred was suffering, she asked us to help her (and Måthìaş who had seen a little Star Trek 15 years ago) boldly go where so many people have gone before... Episodes watched: "The Pegasus" and "Homeward" from season 7 of The Next Generation.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/156-640.jpg) Some pretty great films, books & television shows just can't live up to the great expectations created by the hype surrounding them. Including, not un-ironically, Great Expectations. Also podcast episodes devoted to this discussion of this psycho-cultural phenomenon. Thanks to Shane for the excellent topic suggestion we don't do justice to. On the other hand, for those of you hoping we'd talk about Star Trek more, we respond to Chris Lockhart (http://www.trek1701.blogspot.com/)'s email regarding our Voyager episode (http://www.simplysyndicated.com/nh-155-voyager/).
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/155-640.jpg) Jakob and Mandi's eight-month voyage has come to an end. So what did they think of the oft-maligned Star Trek series,Voyager? Perhaps not what you'd expect. Or perhaps exactly what you'd expect if you've been reading their Voyager Voyages blog posts. Sorry fanboys, no Kathie this week. Though she doesn't actually have syphilis, she did contract The Phage. This week's The Nerds Know question is from Richard in New Zealand. Send questions to nerds@nerdhurdles.com (mailto:nerds@nerdhurdles.com)
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/154-640.jpg) Nerd Hurdles is really going places. Well, some of the hosts sometimes go places. Especially Kathie and Leigh who've been there and back again a few times. Topic thanks to Mr. Thomas Corcoran.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/153-640.jpg) Jakob, Mandi and Kathie discuss the Bane, the Bat and the Cat.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/152-640.jpg) It's a little of the ol' rough and tumble through the pages of fanfic turned "mommy porn" sensation, Fifty Shades of Grey, with our new regular, semi-permanent co-host, Kathie (What Introduced Mandi to Fanfic, Apparently). She's back and ready to dominate us as we delve into fifty shades of tangents while putting our hard limits to the test (All without agreeing on a safe word before hand, mind you). Plus a certain Starfleet captain leaves behind an Easter egg that's not for the faint of heart.
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/151-640.jpg) Squeezed in a bit of a fail episode about the Toronto Ribfest (www.torontoribfest.com) before Mandi went on vacation. We quickly realize there's not as much to say about carnies on the BBQ ribs circuit than you'd think. THE NERDS KNOW: Questions from GAB and Ava. "What store would you live in?" and "What were your biggestchildhood disappointments?" Want to know something? Ask us: nerds@nerdhurdles.com (mailto:nerds@nerdhurdles.com)
(http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/NH150-640.jpg) This isn't as much what you'd call "Hardcore History" as softcore rambling. If you want to know actual facts about the War of 1812, read this (http://www.historyguy.com/war_of_1812_links.html). More importantly, in this episode we answer the first question in our The Nerds Know segment. First up is a political pickle from listener Jay Gonzalez. Want to know something? Ask us: nerds@nerdhurdles.com (mailto:nerds@nerdhurdles.com)
