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Dragon Smut & Lightning Kisses: Fourth Wing with Misty Stinnett
Episode 51
What happens when a self-help comedy podcaster and a self-proclaimed mainstream mom dive headfirst into the high-stakes world of dragon-based erotica…
1 year, 4 months ago
Captain America: The First Avenger with John Mundy
Episode 50
Let’s talk about America. No—not that America ... Captain America, who—despite being a science experiment in high-waisted pants—somehow manages to be…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Nerd Who Wrote Everything: A Conversation with Bruce Vilanch
Episode 49
Welcome to the show, everybody! In this very special episode of Make Me a Nerd, Mandy Kaplan sits down with Bruce Vilanch—Emmy-winning writer, cultur…
1 year, 5 months ago
Labyrinth with Krissy Lenz
Episode 48
Do you remember a time when David Bowie’s pants were tighter than your schedule, owls were CGI nightmares, and puppets had a suspicious amount of emo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Black Mirror with Tommy Metz III & Pete Wright
Episode 47
Welcome back, nerdlings, to Make Me A Nerd — the show where one mainstream mom dares to plummet headfirst into the gelatinous pit of sci-fi anthologi…
1 year, 5 months ago
The New Doctor Who with Manny Patel
Episode 46
What do you get when you cross a mainstream mom, a Time Lord, and the Spice Girls? A deliriously joyful trip through time, space, pop culture, and pu…
1 year, 6 months ago
Andor with Yoshi Stone
Episode 45
In 1977, George Lucas introduced the world to a galaxy far, far away—a universe filled with lightsabers, Jedi mysticism, and the eternal struggle bet…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Last of Us with Matthew Fox
Episode 44
This week on Make Me A Nerd, Mandy attempts to survive a full-blown fungal apocalypse—emotionally, spiritually, and occasionally by camouflage. And s…
1 year, 6 months ago
Eras with Tommy Metz III
Episode 43
Ladies and gentlemen, Swifties and skeptics, gather round, for today we embark on a journey of seismic cultural significance. No, not another electio…
1 year, 6 months ago
Severance with Jon Cassie
Episode 42
You wake up. You’re at work. You don’t know how you got there. You don’t know who you are outside of this fluorescent-lit, carpeted labyrinth. And wo…
1 year, 7 months ago