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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
Everything Everywhere All At Once with Lester Ryan Clark & Kynan Dias
Episode 41
Everything Everywhere All at Once. It’s the film that took home a million Oscars, melted a billion brains, and somehow made hot dog fingers emotional…
1 year, 7 months ago
Wheel of Time with Audrey Kearns
Episode 40
Wheel of Time—a sprawling, epic fantasy series filled with magic, palace intrigue, and, apparently, an unlimited budget for breathtaking visuals and …
1 year, 7 months ago
Survivor with Patrick Gomez
Episode 39
This week on Make Me A Nerd, Mandy marches barefoot into the unwashed, coconut-scented, betrayal-laden world of Survivor. And who better to guide her…
1 year, 7 months ago
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with Manny Patel
Episode 38
In 1993, a television show did something radical. It eschewed the traditional frontier, the ever-expanding voyage, the endless pursuit of the unknown…
1 year, 7 months ago
Outlander with Amy Crofoot
Episode 37
Is it possible that a historical drama with time-traveling elements could captivate a mainstream audience, birthing a fandom so fervent it borders on…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Exorcist with Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias
Episode 36
Is "The Exorcist" just a scary movie, or is it a cultural artifact, a theological debate wrapped in celluloid? Mandy Kaplan confesses her way into th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Jungle Book with Justine Huxley
Episode 35
What makes a nerd? Is it the obsessive cataloging of obscure details? The unyielding commitment to lore? The passionate embrace of minutiae deemed tr…
1 year, 8 months ago
Blade Runner with Paul J. Salamoff
Episode 34
What does it mean to be human? And, perhaps more importantly, what does it mean to feel human?On today’s episode of Make Me a Nerd, host Mandy Kaplan…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Penguin with Matthew Fox
Episode 33
We’re slogging into the murky depths of Gotham, not with capes and cowls, but with gabardine and grit. This week on the show, Mandy navigates the sha…
1 year, 9 months ago