In violation of his previous rules, Mike makes it all about religion and politics in this episode… but in a nerdy way. The show opens with a new installment of Mike Was Wrong, and then he talks about his recent Wikipedia adventure into the realms of Indian and Arabic myth. In the Science Corner, he reveals how the most recent presidential election has confirmed his faith in math. And to round out the Meticulously Plotted Portion, he explores his take on Catholicism based on a recent conversation with his 9-year-old. Then comes the Pod-O-Matic! R2 has topics on level-draining in D&D, ears on frogs, Peter Dinklage as a superhero, and how the Ghostbusters cartoon invented Underworld! Rock solid Nerd entertainment. Don’t miss it!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 38 – Puny God

Mike’s got news from Alpha Centauri to open. Then he rambles on about how much his dad loves hair metal. And finally back after a long haiatus–it’s time for some NERD RAGE! where Mike complains about people who complain about movies. In the Pod-O-Matic, R2 brings out smelly dads, the hazards of teleportation, frog dissection, Silver Spoons, genetically engineered poultry, and the true nature of beauty (hint: It’s Mila Kunis). Catch this episode and be the envy of all your friends!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 37 – Half Second Cousins Once Removed

It’s all Pod-O-Matic! All the time! I don’t know what could make it more exciting than that. R2 randomly selects some 40-odd entries from user-submitted questions. Are you sick of election coverage? Do you want to know Mike’s favorite cheese? Black magic? Apple users: classic nerds or douchey hipsters? What kind of car does a classic D&D party roll up in? These and 40 more are all answered right here! You can’t miss this!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 36 – Pod-O-Matic-Palooza

Mike opens with a Book Report: More Song of Ice and Fire PLUS… the best time travel stories of the 20th century. In the Science Corner, Mike obsesses over hexaflexagons. Then in the Unnamed History Segment, Mike tells what cool stuff he has learned from his 3rd grader. You’ll be amazed! But all that is just the teaser for the greatest product placement in all of movie history. Then R2 takes over for the Pod-O-Matic, and Mike covers D&D vampires vs. Underworld vampires, World of Warcraft’s assimilation of Kung-Fu Panda, awkward gamers of all ages, and The Kids in the Hall. Add it all up, and you have the must-hear nerd podcast of the season. Don’t miss it!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 35 – Product Placement

Mike explores the underworld of Rome in the History Segment, babbles about his kids again at the Gaming Table, spends time in the Science Corner going from Neptune to space colonization to mass drivers and space elevators, and then wraps up with something different: spicy food. On the Pod-O-Matic, R2 serves up entries from over a dozen different listeners: Direcat has a new take on zombie defense. Skree explores werewolf pirates. Brasky bitches about laugh tracks. Daz yearns for more Daredevil. Ximni starts a new religion. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg–there’s so much more! Listen to this episode or Paul dad’s will beat you with his cheese sword!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 34 – Cloaca Maxima

In this episode, Mike babbles on about gaming with his kids yet again, and then follows up with a rant on how Ustream botched the Hugo Awards. Then Mike details the most amazing year in American cinema EVER… 1999. And because the fans demanded it, Mike addresses the most serious controversy in the realm of superhero fashion. And it wouldn’t be Nerd Pride without R2 bringing the Pod-O-Matic. This week, heat vision vs. x-ray vision; why no one has ever really liked the Transformers; forgetful King Midas; D&D Druid powers; and so much more! The most important Nerd podcast of 2012! Don’t miss it!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 33 – Watching Movies Like It’s 1999

It so awesome to be back! After he’s done begging your forgiveness for the long haiatus, Mike gets right down to business with more talk about Song of Ice and Fire. And you know he’s got to talk about Curiosity, but that’s just the prelude to the greatest space telescope ever! Plus there’s tons of stuff on the Gaming Table, and Mike reveals his pretentious obsession with Scandinavian horror movies. And R2’s back! And he’s bringing the Pod-O-Matic hot and heavy, with censorship, tongue twisters, mind reading, childbirth, and Rascist Pegacorn! And on top of it all… what song is Mike secretly ashamed to reveal that he loves? Listen and find out!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 32 – Back from the Dead

After a long dry summer, Mike is finally back with a NEW episode. And by “new”, he means one that he recorded four months ago and promptly forgot about. But that doesn’t make it any less AWESOME: There’s Origami Yoda & Darth Paper, a whole slew of stuff from his Gaming Table, AND… a big surprise when it’s R2’s turn to take over the show. All that matters is that summer’s over, and Nerd Pride Radio is back! (For the next nine months, at least.) So dive in and get all the Nerd Pride goodness you’ve been Jonesin’ for!

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Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 31 – Origami Yoda vs Darth Paper

Mike’s a little giddy, because he’s been proved right on the whole diet soda thing by no less an authority than… SCIENCE. On the history segment, he talks about Lake Nyos–the most murderingest lake ever. Mike toots his own horn for a while at the Gaming Table, talking about his own game Pariah. The Book Report finally gets to A Game of Thrones, and black holes dominate our Science Corner. All this before R2 makes his appearance: on the Pod-O-Matic, there’s Clu Clu Land, Eddie Munster, Mike’s curriculum for Nerdity 101, and John Carpenter the RPG… plus so much more. If you can only have one podcast episode on a desert island… this is the one!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 30 – Murder Lake and A Game of Thrones

Show Notes

Intro
Cohosts: Tank and Dozer
Updates: Diet soda… Mike is VINDICATED!

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Unnamed History Segment: Lake Nyos–Murder Lake
Gaming Table: Pariah
Nerd Pride Book Report: A Game of Thrones – Song of Fire and Ice, Book 1
Science Corner: Black holes and 4D black holes
Word of the Week: Pseudepigraph
BAMQotW: Evil Dead II and Ash. And Ash. And more Ash.

Pod-O-Matic
Last non-D&D game you played
Yoga?
Diablo II: barbarian or amazon?
What color is your light saber?
When were you OK with being a geek?
Favorite ColecoVision game
How do we get more nerd girls?
Eddie Munster
Favorite holiday
Favorite great role in a bad movie
Curriculum in Nerdity 101
Does Nerd Pride recycle?
Two magic rings, but only one arm?
John Carpenter the RPG

Closing
Simpsons fanfic

Mike finally made it through Power Man! Find out how it was. Then he tries to give advice on getting into RPGs and distracts himself with nostalgia. There’s dark matter AND dark energy on the Science Corner, plus Road House and the Hunger Games in this week’s movie double feature. And as if all that wasn’t enough, R2 comes through with the Pod-O-Matic and makes Mike talk about M&Ms, eggs, Huey Lewis and the News, what happens when you combine portable holes with bags of holding PLUS no less than TWO kiss/marry/kills, and so much more! Come and get it while it’s still hot!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 29 – Road House, Power Man, & Dark Energy

Show Notes

Intro
New staffer: Yancey the Fanfic Proofreader
Updates: Power Man-the final chapter

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: Getting into RPGs
Science Corner: Dark energy and Asimov’s Relativity of Wrongness
Science Fiction Double Feature: Road House and Hunger Games
BAMQotW: DiNero in Heat

Pod-O-Matic
Eddie Murphy and the hooker
F/M/K – Angel, Buffy, Arthur
Spinning dice
Portable Holes and Bags of Holding
Favorite RPG supplement
M&Ms – plain or peanut?
How do you like your eggs?
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Pi
F/M/K – Zooey Deschanel, Katy Perry, Rosie O’Donnell
Best Order of the Stick moments
Huey Lewis and the News
Favorite Muppet moments
Favorite Defender?
Cab stories

Closing
Anne Frank/DBZ crossover fanfic