- Discussing the discussion of banter

- The explanation of our break

- Updates about what's new in our lives (a lot can change in a month -- mostly for CJ)

- Our radical new plans for how Nerd Critic will become an ongoing conversation

- Polls! Here's a link to the first: nerdcriticpodcast.com

- A breakdown of what to expect from future episodes, and a promise to cut out the boring bits

- A totally unnecessary freakout about a problem that was fixed shortly after we finished recording

- CJ completely misses a FANTASTIC setup, then recovers...reasonably well

(A helpful reminder to listen at 2X speed. It's so much better that way. Trust us.)

Twitter: We're back, and we've got big plans. Want to know what they are? That's what listening is for.

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