Holy cow! There’s three brand new segments this week! Mike explores the world’s disdain for pegacorns in Pegacorns Revealed. He finally gives the cheese it’s own segment in The Cheese Culture Report. Plus, there’s Chinese pirates in The Unnamed History Segment. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s interstellar travel in The Science Corner, Instant Game fun on the Gaming Table, and Mike caps it all off by bringing back the Nerd Rage! Music from Hayseed Dixie. And on the Pod-O-Matic, R2 brings Rock-Paper-Scissors, Blade Runner, more John Hughes movies and a classic Kiss/Marry/Kill. Can you believe you’re getting all this for free?

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 21 – Pegacorn Must Die

Show Notes

Intro
Nerd Pride smells like sunset in the Shire
Duncan MacDougall

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Pegacorns Revealed
The Cheese Culture Report: Saxon Shires
Science Corner: 100 Year Starship Project
Unnamed History Segment: Ching Shih
Gaming Table: Instant Game
Nerd Rage: Hidden tracks
Music: Hayseed Dixie, Centerfold
Word of the Week: escalate
BAMQotW: Kill Bill (Crazy 88)
Music: Hayseed Dixie, Fat Bottom Girls

Pod-O-Matic
Rock Paper Scissors
My backup band
Keaton v Caine
Blade Runner
Grumpy Old Man complains about MTV
Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, or St Elmo?
PSAs for Nerds
Banjo love
Best fantasy mount
Kiss/Marry/Kill – Fillion/Wheaton/NPH

Closing
Lost Pod-O-Matic: Animal Mashup

It’s the first episode of the new year! Mike talks about Pathfinder and gaming with his youngest sons. He havers on about his favorite cartoon voice actors and Order of the Stick. And somehow he still finds time for TWO movie reviews on the SciFi Double Feature! All of this, and R2 still brings the Pod-O-Matic, with bits on Saturday Night Live, Power Pack, an X-Men pillow fight, the final word on the greatest Star Trek captain of all time, plus… a little Inspiration.

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 20 – Chimp with a Katana

Show Notes

Intro
Sponsor: Acme
Feedback: Chimp with a Katana
Updates: Cheese Nerd Project
Mike was WRONG: gorilla gorilla gorilla

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Nerd Culture Report: Voice actors
Gaming Table: Calling Pathfinder Pathfinder and playing with little kids
Nerd Culture Report: Order of the Stick and… O-CHUL!
SciFi Double Feature: Tucker & Dale vs Evil and 13 Assassins
Music: Skindred, Nobody
BAMQotW: Fight Club
Music: Skindred, Pressure

Pod-O-Matic
Movie Reviews
McDonalds v Burger King
Power Pack
Favorite SNL bit
KJ to PJ, You’re the Inspiration
Picard or Kirk
Kitty Pride & Dazzler: X-Men pillow fight
Which Firefly character are you?

Closing
Cheese Shoppe

For Christmas, Mike has not one… but TWO gaming topics this week: Method 1 characters, and the secret lives of teen roleplayers. Plus, Mike is apparently in love with Kaylee Frye and hates Twilight. Go figure. This week’s awesome music is from King Charles, and R2’s Pod-O-Matic asks all the tough questions: Hippo or chimp? Team Edward or Team Jacob? Voldemort or Sauron? Plus the final word on the superiority of real dice over random number generators. All that and a pegacorn? You bet! Merry Christmas!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 19 – Kooikerhondje

Show Notes

Intro
Cohost: Hobo Steve
Something Completely Different: Johnny Carson’s house
Mike was WRONG: Hobo Steve

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: Broken Characters
As Seen on TV: I love Kaylee Frye
Gaming Table: Kids and roleplaying
Nerd Rage: Twilight
Music: King Charles, Bam Bam
Word of the Week: Kooikerhondje
BAMQotW: Underworld
Music: King Charles, We Didn’t Start the Fire

Pod-O-Matic
Boots of Dancing
Hippo vs Chimp
Biting toenails
Podcast suggestions
Pegacorns
Team Edward::Team Jacob
Voldemort or Sauron
Claw games
Random Number Generator vs Dice
Alec Baldwin and Brasky

Closing
Diary of a Sidekick, part 2

Mike opens up about his strange obsession with numbers, then talks about his love of broken characters in RPGs. There’s the upcoming Airbender series, and the twisted secret of… Hobo Steve. Music from AWOLNATION, and of course R2 with the Pod-O-Matic. This week’s Pod-O-Matic: Star Wars v. Star Trek; are there RPGs in Russia; a new Kiss-Marry-Kill; cheese talk; and the long-awaited A-Team/Kidd Video mashup! So strap in and take a listen!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 18 – Broken Characters & Hobo Steve

Show Notes

Intro
Nerd Pride smells like Monte Cook’s beard
Feedback: Commentary from strangers
Updates: Power Man – Hero for Hire

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: Mike’s obsession with numbers
Gaming Table: Broken/flawed characters
Nerd Culture Report: Competition and sportsmanship
As Seen on TV: The Last Airbender-The Legend of Korra
Something Completely Different: Translating Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Something Completely Different: Hobo Steve
Music: AWOLNATION, Sail
BAMQofW: V for Vendetta
Music: AWOLNATION, All I Need

Pod-O-Matic
Warehouse 13
Most recent nightmare
Star Wars v Star Trek
RPGs in Russia
Kiss-Marry-Kill: 80’s sitcom edition
How often?
Bring one classic D&D spell to the real world
Processed cheese
Imaginary friends
A-Team/Kidd Video mashup

Closing
Weezer’s In the Garage

In this episode, Mike has found his Nerd of the Year: 17 year old Angela Zhang who can outnerd any one of you! Plus the greatest Christmas carol ever, and Mike rages pointlessly over his wealth of gadgets. After music from the Beastie Boys, R2 delivers hard on the Pod-O-Matic: it brings up Fred Hicks and Chris Hardwick, there’s a height check on gnolls, some 13th Warrior and Time Cop, and Mike’s favorite moment from the game Paranoia. And with all of that, Mike is still outnerded by Angela Zhang.

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 17 – Outnerded

Show Notes

Intro
Sponsor: Hyrule Bikini Team
Updates: Archipelago

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: Angela Zhang
Nerd Culture Report: The Nerd Pride triumverate
Turntable: A Bone God Wot
Nerd Rage: A plethora of electronics
Music: Beastie Boys, Intergalactic
Word of the Week: Cullion
Music: Beastie Boys, Brass Monkey
BAMQotWeek: X-Men
Music: Beastie Boys, Make Some Noise

Pod-O-Matic
Talk game design with anyone
Felicia Day on The Nerdist
Guys wearing pink
13th Warrior
How tall are gnolls?
JCVD & Time Cop
Sean Connery impression
Favorite Paranoia moment

Closing
A Bone Got Wot

This week’s Science Corner puts feathers on a T-Rex, plus a bonus PSUEDO-Science Corner. There’s Hangman on the gaming table, and: Can the Internet really be the solution to all Mike’s problems? Mike digs out decade-old music that he missed the first time around, and then R2 surprises us with an all Ximnipot edition of the Pod-O-Matic… it’s got a surprise movie review, jet packs vs. flying cars, a tribute to Scandanavians, and how to handle the lamest mummy invasion ever! How can you survive without this knowledge? That’s right–you can’t!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 16 – Spam Spam Spam Spam

Show Notes

Intro
Cohost: Connor MacLeod
Feedback: Blog spam
Update: The Anime Project–Highschool of the Dead
Update: Cracked.com and elevator buttons

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: Dinosaurs had feathers
Pseudo-Science Corner: Nibiru (NASA’s Ask an Astrobiologist)
Gaming Table: Holiday Hangman
Nerd Culture Report: Highest grossing movie star of all time
Something Completely Different: Internet fixes everything
Music: Placebo, Pure Morning
Word of the Week: Dubiety
BAMQotW: Christopher Walken in True Romance
Music: Okkeril River, For Real

Pod-O-Matic (Ximnipot-O-Matic)
Can insanity bring on creativity
If you’re last movie was a pizza… Freeze Frame
What side of the bed do you sleep on
Your first stuffed animal
Do you believe in ghost or aliens?
Jet pack vs. flying car
Your last all-nighter
Nordic people?
Your biggest “what if”
Kill one person?
Hot pie vs. cold pie
Mummy invasion
Your last lie
Favorite boardgame

Closing
Diary of a Sidekick

For Thanksgiving, Mike ponders romance in role-playing games as well as horror RPGs. We get a glimpse of Mike’s cheese fantasies and Yancey’s dream festival. For music, Mike delves into his collection of tunes from the American South and then lets R2 take over and finish the show with the Pod-O-Matic: emoticons, comic books, Voltaire, and a trip to Uruguay… it’s all in there.

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 15 – The Cheese Nerd & RPG Romance

Show Notes

Intro
Sponsor: Yancey’s Fancy Cheeses

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: I want my auto-car
Gaming Table: Romance in RPGs
Nerd Culture Report: I wanna be a cheese nerd
Something Completely Different: Newman Grove JO
Nerd Rage: Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales
Music: Delta Rae, Bottom of the River
Word of the Week: Adoxography
Music: Wayne Hancock, 87 Southbound
BAMQofW: The American President
Music: The Constellations, Perfect Day

Pod-O-Matic
Emoticons
DC v Marvel
Road snacks
Dwarf v Elf
Music of Voltaire
File 13
Copying the Animalcast
Horror RPGs

Closing
5Q+5Q

Hold onto your hats and Katy Bar the Door! Mike’s got a full plate of nerdity this time. First a look at the engineering marvel that is The World (Islands), then talk about turds on TV, THREE movies in the Double Feature, mini-nerd-rage, and of course R2’s there to bring it all home in the Pod-O-Matic. Nerd Pride’s first Kiss/Marry/Kill, plus elevator buttons and Lucky Charms marshmallows. Who could ask for more?

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 14 – Katy Bar the Door

Show Notes
Intro
Nerd Pride smells like Star Fleet Academy locker rooms
Updates: Archipelago
Mike was WRONG: Mike messed s**t up

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Corner: The World Islands
As Seen on TV: American Horror Story, Mad, language on TV
Sci-Fi Double Feature: Deconstructionist films; Galaxy Quest, Skakespeare in Love, Soapdish
Turntable: Shatner’s new album
Nerd Rage: Cell phones in movies
Music: Hugo, 99 Problems
Word of the Week: Katy Bar the Door
BAMQotW: Night of the Hunter
Music: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Hit Em Up Style

Pod-O-Matic
K/M/K – Molly Ringwold, Ally Sheedy, NPH
Bugbears
Favorite number
Behind camera or in front?
SF that blows your mind
Elevator buttons
Lucky Charms marshmallows

Closing
You ain’t nerd! You ain’t nothin!

Mike takes a look at the awesome foresight of the Dutch and their amazing 200 year plan and then segues smoothly into a clown funeral. Music from Never Shout Never, and on the Pod-O-Matic: Mandalorian, Jackie Chan vs. Bruce Willis, and gorilla gorilla gorilla.

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 13 – Dutch Plans and Clown Funerals

Show Notes
Intro
Cohost: Viscount St. Austell-in-the-Moor Biggleswade-Bruxham
Feedback: Skree and Skree’s Dad
Update: NaNoWriMo
Update: The Anime Project
Mike Was WRONG: I’m not that old
Mike Was WRONG: WWE Fanfic

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Gaming Table: Clue LARP!
Nerd Culture Report: Beaker the Muppet
Science Corner: Netherlands 200 year plan
Something Completely Different: Funeral for a Clown
Nerd Rage: American currency
Music: Never Shout Never, The S**t Gets Old
BAMQotW: Sam Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Word of the Week: Mammon
Music: Never Shout Never, I Can’t Stand It

Pod-O-Matic
Speaking Mandalorian
Games that waste space on your shelf
Genus & Species
Jabberwocky
Sticking things up my nose
Jackie Chan vs. Bruce Willis
Who can be a nerd?

Closing
Jabberwocky

Lots and lots of feedback this week, and then a look at some of the darker corners of fan-fiction. Mike saw They Might Be Giants in concert this week, and he can’t shut up about them! And of course R2 brings the Pod-O-Matic, with living in Japan, Zombie Cinema, and finally, which elves are the best. It’s nerdtacular!

Enjoy!

Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 12 – Feedback, Fanfic, and TMBG

Show Notes
Intro
Best smelling podcast
Feedback: Daz
Mike was WRONG: Manx language
Feedback: Skree’s a Mandalorian

The Meticulously Plotted Portion
Science Fiction Double Feature: X-Men First Class and Die Hard
Nerd Culture Report: Pro-wrestling fan-fiction
Nerd Rage: GPS & Cell phones in sci-fi movies
Music: They Might Be Giants, Your Racist Friend
Music: They Might Be Giants, Particle Man
Word of the Week: Penultimate
BAMQotW: Real Genius twofer
Music: They Might Be Giants, Spoiler Alert
Music: They Might Be Giants, The Mesopotamians

Pod-O-Matic
Living in Japan
Languages
Dr Pepper 10
What’s up with elves?
Name a child for a superhero
Best comic book movie EVAR
Zombie Cinema

Closing
Paul Bunyan