Nerd Optimal

Eat this! This week the we debate vegetarianism and omnivorism.  Looking at it from a economical, social, education, and suffering standpoint.  We weigh a hamburger against a carbon footprint of using manufactured goods.  Do you help the world by eating whole grains sprayed with pesticides and fertilizers or by hunting a deer?  How much suffering can your conscience handle, how much suffering can you stomach in the grocery aisle.  Check out our wildly different viewpoints here! This week’s intro and outro music: Grigor Iliev - Winter Story (https://soundcloud.com/grigor-iliev/grigor-iliev-winter-story)  

A spoonful of sugar helps the drugs go down. This week the Nerds talk about their paths that moved them from prudent youngsters to dirty drug users.  We recount our first uses of alcohol and how it changed our socialization.  Albert explains the dangers of Asian glow from drinking, and Ricky weaves a story of his first drink at 21.  Then move into the super hardcore area of marijuana smoking and describe how we broke out from the anti-drug teachings of grade school.  Weed is our gateway topic, opening up our discloure to some other drugs that offered many intellectual uses.  We touch upon drugs and their utilitarian factors, such as caffeine, adderal and others to help focus the mind or boost creative powers.  So, put this podcast in a needle and inject it straight into your veins! This week’s intro and outro music: Blasphonic - Plastic Pop Rocker (https://soundcloud.com/blasphonic/plastic-rock-piper)

Walk like the Night’s King. This week hell freezes over and bleeds into Hardhome.  The Nerds discuss this episodes features: Cersei's prison sentence breaking her down in solitary confinement and her growing desperation and what will happen to her already erratic psyche after this. Tyrion’s first interaction with the Mother of Dragons and his advice mirroring Albert’s thoughts on Daenerys from earlier this season.  Sansa’s new intel from Reek that will be a single light of hope in her darkest days.   Finally we come to the massacre beyond the wall where our eyes were frozen to the screen is silent horror.  We should all take posture lessons from the Night’s King to walk like a total cocky boss. This week’s intro and outro music: Nico - Dancing with the Stars (https://soundcloud.com/nico-w-1/dancing-with-the-stars)

Win this extravagant podcast episode for one cent a bid. This week we are joined by a new fellow nerd and our topics take a wide arc.  We examine the insanity behind online penny auctions.  We dabble in physiology with a learning experience on the vagal tone.  The nerds discuss future ideas of table tennis mastery through robotics, WIFI sensors and/or the Doppler effect.  Review us, share us, give us a 5/5 like on our AP exams in high school, which we recount during a pontificate on our education system. This week’s intro and outro music: Camo Flex - The Fates  (https://soundcloud.com/camoflex/the-fates)  

Praise to the Seven! This week we talk about Episode 7 season 5 of Game of Thrones.  Topics such as Sam the Slayer getting a little blood on his face, Ser Allister’s cold stare, some background on Ollie’s recruitment into the Night’s Watch, near death experiences of fan favorites and a little lock down on Cersi.  Say your prayers to the Seven and listen! This week’s intro and outro music: Nicolai Heidlas - Golden-Ocean (https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas/golden-ocean-free-positive-guitar-background-music)

Gotta Spend Money to Save Money How often do you hear the phrase “I’m just trying to do my job here?" What does it mean to you, and in what context. It seems to be a mutual respect for the rat race, for trying to pay the bills, make rent, save your mortgage. Don’t mess with my work and I won’t mess with yours, we are all here to just do a job, no more and no less. It is a symptom of being rotted out with debt and living week to week, paycheck to paycheck. Shake off the connection between purchases and happiness, and live to get out from being bond to debt. It’s pay day on Nerd Optimal, hosts Albert and Ricky talk about live as a freeman and life as a career man. This week's intro and outro music: Pr0Beats - Sad Emotional Hip Hop Instrumental - Sometimes - (https://soundcloud.com/pr0beats/sad-emotional-hip-hop-instrumental-sometimes-free-download)

Ayra! Just stop lying to yourself! We had a amazing scene this week where Ayra plays the game of faces against the grand master Jaqen H'ghar.  After getting called out with each twack of a cane, a great truth is revealed! The Hound always had my heart, and seeing Ayra’s reason as to why she didn’t stick needle in that heart was a momentous moment. Another featured story thread was with the other daughter of House Stark.  Sansa and Theon suffer under the Bolton roof with nothing to indicate a reprieve anytime soon. We hope Sansa will use some of her training from Littlefinger to find a way out of her circumstances.  Yet at the same time pushing away any feeling of pity for turncloak Theon Greyjoy. This week’s intro and outro music: The Return! I am Back! - Another Emotional Piano Track (https://soundcloud.com/thewhitewizard/another-emotional-piano-track)

Our team won! Now let’s burn a couch. Are you a die hard, hardcore fan of sports or video games? Let's shake up those institutions a little.  In each area of entertainment there are supporters that will break out from the norm and dedicate themselves to their passion.  They are the hardcore.  We pick apart the uneven definitions of die-hard fans, and poke fun at sports fan. This week’s intro and outro music: Epiclectic - My Name Sitar (https://soundcloud.com/epiclectic/my-name-sitar)

Queen Hypocrite First of her name. Dany’s hold of Mereen is still in trouble, she pulls out some heavy hitting moves to try to rein it back in.  We discuss her tactics and he faults as a leader, now losing her other Westerosi wise counselor her decisions are less and less well thought out such as givng Hizdahr zo loraq a unexpected gift.  We praise Stannis’ leadership abilities, grammar skills and his depth of personality in a great scene between him and Sam Tarly.  Shake off your greyscale, and dive in with us! This week’s intro and outro music: Ong Cmu - Charade Solo Trumpet (https://soundcloud.com/ongcmu/charade-solo-trumpet)

Engorged with King’s blood. Don’t just watch season 5 of Game of Thrones but scheme about it like Littlefinger.  In this episode we talk about the strange weakness of the Unsullied warriors, Ser Barristan’s swordplay, religious fanatics, real magic supporting false religions or the other way around.  Grimace with us as Stannis hugs his daughter and grimace again when Ramsey Bolton speaks! This week’s intro and outro music: Anckorage - Harp of Sorts (https://soundcloud.com/nanisound/anckorage-harp-of-sorts)

It is all a zero sum game. This week we put on our thinking hats and caps.  Zero theory is mystical idea where the outcome of actions cannot be predicted across any period of time.  The inability to predict the outward wave of cause and effect  from your actions puts a veil of mystery over the results of your actions.  How does this affect your behavior or morality?  Are your good deeds resulting in good and bad actions in bad?  Other items on our minds as we explore this: capitalism, DUI checkpoints, civil rights, politics, economics, and Adam Smith’s the invisible hand. This week’s intro and outro music: Xycon - Letting it all Go (https://soundcloud.com/xycon/letting-it-all-go)

I can Haz HAZWOPER On this week’s show Albert speaks on his alleged social chameleon skills where he blends into whatever situation and job class he happens to be in.  The hosts regal us on their working class job stories.  These are their wacky adventures from environmental consulting, being maintenance man, and blowing up basket balls for eight hours a day.  Put on your hardhat and strap on your boots! This week’s intro and outro music: Sgt3d - March of the Red Sun Drums (https://soundcloud.com/sgt3d/march-of-the-red-sun-drums)

What’s under that tarp? High stakes are being set up in the third episode of a Game of Thrones.  A train rolls through and demolishes the preconceived notion for this season as big changes from the books surface. It also leaves a rumbling in the audio’s background. The Nerds pick up the discussion on greyscale, Sam Tarly, theories about Qyburn, and the every frightening Roose Bolton. We talk about Arya’s training and her great methodical scenes with the master assassin Jaqen H'ghar.  Plug in and enjoy! This week’s intro and outro music: ElbCoastBeast - Bah Samba Let the Drums Speak (https://soundcloud.com/elbcoastbeats/bah-samba-let-the-drums-speak)

Feeling a bit blue about blue hair? Not everything is black and white, the signature shades of grey of Game of Thrones is shown off again in this week’s episode. Jon Snow gets two paths for wish fulfillment, what a darn lucky guy, maybe getting his fairy tale ending.  However Dany is finding her happily ever after dirtied up with blood splatters.  Being a ruler often needs tactful handling as seen by Doran Martell, in his debut. His style is not rage and wildfire, as seen in Cersei, or a misfire of justice, as seen in Daenerys.  We talk about leadership and threat of dragonfire as the basis to ruling.  A man is interested in the emergence of a familiar face, a faceless man.  A man is also happy to see Ayra on a path to eventually take her nightly prayer into her own hands. Listen in and become a part of House Nerd Optimal. This week’s intro and outro music: Shannywanna - Electronic Machine (https://soundcloud.com/shannywanna/electronic-machine)  

Hey, follow me to a great podcast. This week we are premiering a new segment format for the show.  The main discussion topic, leadership, is preluded by a monologue to serve as the opening exposition and structure.  We are breaking down our personal leading moments to see what worked and what didn't work.  The Nerds tell stories of their college days and managing other wild students in a fraternity.  Albert breaks down leadership in a World of Warcraft guild and we relate the skills to business management.  If you are a young upstart looking to leave a mark as a leader, listed to our life’s anecdotes and find out the troubles of leading, and great traits to exhibit. This week’s intro and outro music: TRow - Acoustic guitar arrangement for song (https://soundcloud.com/megatrev/acoustic-guitar-arrangement)