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 obsession in today’s society. Then there’s a handful of Fingertips, as Mike cleans up his PocketMod, and he caps off the first segment of the show with a review of Age of Ultron and his anticipation of the new Mad Max film. But don’t put away your earbuds yet: R2 joins Mike for the Pod-O-Matic, and challenges Mike on the appeal of portal fantasies, human randomness, why bad things happen, and the first album Mike ever bought (spoiler: it’s Madonna). Then R2 gets to the History Channel, brontosauri, publishing order vs. chronological order in series, and succeeding in failure. Listen now… it’s like getting an entire podcast… for FREE.

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 90 – Sports Talk

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 on the Unnamed History Segment. Still not enough for you? Well then R2 is here to save the day with a slew of Pod-O-Matics. It’s Legos vs. K’Nex. It’s kilt design. There’s gnomes vs. elves, phobias, and the Alien movie, plus many more. The best podcast you’ll listen to in the next 90 minutes!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 89 – Big Bird in Space

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 glosses over that to hurry into the Pod-O-Matic. R2 is in fine form, bringing entries on a cartoon themed F/M/K, how to identify Mike in the morgue, Mike’s superhero weakness, the mount he rides into Mordor, and why there’s so much math in Pathfinder. There’s so much more, but Mike would rather be watching Daredevil than writing more copy. Just go listen!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 88 – Flaming Cat Ship

A podcast in two parts: Fingertips and Pod-O-Matic. In the Fingertips segment, Mike finally clears the detritus from his ever-expanding master list with short discussions on Neanderthal brains, caffeine, how everyone is a freak in their own way, the intelligence of crows, Aidan, a double movie review, George Takei’s boycott of Indiana, and Daredevil. Whew! And as if that wasn’t enough, R2 goes crazy on the Pod-O-Matic, and brings us a trip to the moon, Arnold in a new Conan movie, alternate names for the U.S.of A., conspiracy theories, school lunches, roleplaying games, curse words, and so. Much. MORE! There’s more awesome nerdiness in here than you can shake a stick at. Listen now!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 87 – Son of Fingertips

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 hugs dude from YouTube. Then onto the Gaming Table, where Mike talks about… I don’t know, it starts from Pathfinder and then he just runs with it. After that, a listener question about friendship diversity leads Mike into some seriously awkward rambling before talking about the highest ranking openly gay member of the U.S. military. To the joy of millions, Mike skips the Clean Up segment for this week and vows never to sing that Barney song again. But that’s not even halfway, because R2 drops in for a surprise visit and brings the Pod-O-Matic with him! There’s space travel, metal dice, has Mike ever caught on fire (hint: very nearly). Then he’s got American Idol song choice, why no two zombies can ever have the same name, and even more. Oh yeah, and Mike’s kids are all over this thing. Come on in a set a spell. We knew you were coming, so we baked a cake!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 86 – My Leg Feels Funny

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 Culture Report as he uses listener commentary and a review of Shrek the Musical to expound on his newfound thoughts about trans-issues and his late discovery of the word ‘cisgendered.’ And you’d think that would be enough, but there’s dwarf planets and space probes and other cool physics stuff in the Science Corner, and at the Gaming Table, Mike talks about the morality of looting in the Pathfinder roleplaying game. But that’s not all! R2 comes out for an abbreviated Pod-O-Matic segment discussing sincere, yet still horrible, movies (including The Room and The Stink of Flesh); cool names for groups of animals; and exactly how many player characters Mike has killed off as a game master (hint, the answer was slightly more than Mike expected). Maybe he’s biased and more than a little sleep-deprived, but on a scale of 1 to W, Mike rates this episode a solid Magenta. And you can take that to the bank!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 85 – Goblin Parasite Fighter

This week, Mike rolls our his gaming table right away and talks about the ups and downs of his favorite game in the world: Pathfinder. Then it’s on to cryptids of North America in the Unnamed History Segment. Then he proceeds to undermine himself while ranting about intellectual property theft on this week’s Nerd Rage. If only he could have remembered the term ‘Fair Use.’ Oh well. But then it’s straight into the Pod-O-Matic with R2 and appearances by most of the family. They talk about naming planets, improving the Star Wars sequels, Mario’s career trajectory, the fate of the AnimalCast, unforgivable actions in RPGs, and best of all: the weirdest Aidan rumor ever. Plus even more. Download now, and you can get all of our back-episodes absolutely FREE! So listen now!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 84 – Pukwudgie

First, Mike nerds out about robot naming patterns. Then, in the Pod People segment, Mike mourns the loss of the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast. In a new Nerd Culture Report, Mike explores the cultural significance of zombies and copyright law. Plus there’s tons of good TV on ROKUUUUUUUU! But that’s only the first half of the show. R2 shows up for the Pod-O-Matic and rolls out all sorts of goodies from the listeners: Mike’s tell-all memoir, Hawaiian shirts, nerd animals, and magicians. If that’s not enough, there’s coffee, superhero movies, messing with telemarketers, and Mike’s most embarrassing moments of gullible stupidity. This is the podcast you’ve been waiting your whole life for, so don’t let this magic moment pass you by. Listen now!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 83 – Robot Names

Happy Birthday to Mike! And his birthday gift to himself this year is not having to write show notes. Which doesn’t make this one any less awesome. Come listen and have fun!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 82 – RPG Lock-in

Mike is going commando this ep… no scripts! He delves into the exciting world of release schedules and podcast pimpin in Metatalk. On his Gaming Table, Mike talks about the possibility of roleplaying bit parts in RPGs. The Science Corner brings a visit to the planetarium, and Mike waxes poetic about the vastness of the universe and how we’re going to screw up our first encounter with aliens. On the Pod-O-Matic, R2 brings the best of the listeners: Synesthesia, Mike’s favorite NON-roleplaying games, bedtimes, Christmas shopping, and onion rings vs. french fries. But we also find out what could turn Mike to the dark side, the time limits of fortune cookies, the meanest thing Mike’s ever done, and the D&D alignments of five Simpsons characters. Plus so much more. This is your chance to be part of the cool crowd! Start listening NOW!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 81 – Scriptless