At the Gaming Table, there’s Pathfinder and Bean Boozled and the coolest Viking game ever. Plus, how to get away with murder. Mike watching Stranger Things and loving it. Plus there’s Nerd Rage over the only two book series Mike has ever rage quit. R2 comes out with 4 new listener-submitted questions on the Pod-O-Matic–disappointing games; Peter Pan vs Robin Hood; if you love them, should you REALLY set them free; and a little Heroscape. All that and you know there’s some Listener Betrayal. Listen now, and remember to do your part for the environment by regifting this episode when you’re done.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 147 – Jomswikinger

Mike opens with a History segment about Julie D’Aubigny–La Maupin–swashbuckling, cross-dressing, bisexual, badass, opera-singing swordswoman of the 17th century. Then on the Science Corner, hatching eggs without shells, the beautiful and painful Cowkiller Ant, and riveting talk about lichens. Mike gives an update about his Pathfinder game at the Gaming Table, and in Pod People, he raves about the newly launched Futurama podcast: Slurmcast. All of this, and there’s still 7 brand new listener-submitted questions on the Pod-O-Matic, and a full load of Listener Betrayal to round us out. Listening to this week’s episode is also worth 3 full points of extra-credit on your final grade, so start early. Every minute counts.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 146 – Cowkiller

This week involves a lot of theater talk, including Little Shop of Horrors, and more Pokemon Go talk than you’d expect, considering Mike’s never played the game. And lots of the intervening minutes are filled with R2 and a bunch of listener-submitted questions on the Pod-O-Matic. You have to listen right away–listening to Nerd Pride Radio has been proven to make you a better person!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 145 – Little Pod of Horrors

Mike starts off with the latest game night report, but then R2 makes a triumphant return to the podcast for an all Pod-O-Matic episode. With a full 25 listener submitted questions, Mike and his kids cover everthing from dice and curly fries and the X-Files to drunk gummi bears and who wins in a fight between a dragon and Cybernetic King Kong! Welcome back, R2, indeed!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 144 – Gross

Mike’s last podcast from Camp Cedars 2016. He talks about camp again, plus everything that popped into his head this week: science, astronomy, siafu – the killer ants from Crystal Skull, inkjet printers, linguistics… I don’t know… a bunch of stuff. Mike was pretty punchy by the time he recorded it. But trust me… it’s awesome. There’s even a handful of listener-submitted Pod-O-Matics, and some decent Listener Betrayal. So come on in and set a spell.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 143 – All Day Long Peachy

Mike does his nerd thing at Scout camp this week. Recording from the Trading Post at Camp Cedars, Mike talks about how much he enjoys going away to camp every year. Then it’s Community Game Night, where Mike shares his experiences with the games Battlesheep and Above and Below. Also on the docket: Missoula Children’s Theater. Plus there’s three new listener-submitted questions on the Pod-O-Matic, and a spirited round of Listener Betrayal. Overall, a good start to a week in the woods!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 142 – Camp, Game Night, and Missoula

On this Father’s Day episode, Mike talks about Jennie Wood’s comic Flutter, spending the night in the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, the Higgs Boson, the current death toll in his Paranoia game (three), and how annoying commercials are on Hulu. Then it’s Pod-O-Matic time, and R2 rolls out a half-dozen new listener-submitted questions, plus of course, Listener Betrayal. If you have half as much fun listening to this as Mike had recording it, then he will have enjoyed it twice as much! That’s a guarantee!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 141 – A Night at the Zoo

It’s an episode where I talk about nerd stuff… SURPRISE!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 140 – Mostly Dead

Double Science Corner this week! First there’s the Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index, where a badass scientist went out and intentionally got stung by the worst of the worst just to measure how much they hurt. Then there’s more science as Mike goes on at least semi-coherently about the inscrutable complexity of the human brain. After that, he talks about immersive theater and an amazing Alice in Wonderland-based production out of Brooklyn called Then She Fell that he so wishes he could see. At the Gaming Table, it’s all anticipation of upcoming events, and the Pod-O-Matic brings another half-dozen listener-submitted questions. Hurry now so you can be in the loop when everyone’s talking about this podcast around the water cooler tomorrow.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 139 – #1 with a Bullet Ant

This week, Mike starts with a history segment on George Washington’s slave, Oney Judge. Then at the Gaming Table, Mike tells about two new roleplaying games he’s excited about playing, one a tale of steampunk pirates and one a post-apocalyptic zombie story for his son. Mike shares the Us & Them podcast with everyone and closes the first half describing his visit to Redneck Heaven. R2 has just a few listener-submitted questions on the Pod-O-Matic, and everything wraps up, as always, in Listener Betrayal.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 138 – Redneck Heaven