This week we're walking down memory lane once again to discuss our favorite school subjects, giving you a better idea of who we are as podcasters.

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Baka Neko

Elon Musk

This week author and artist Brian Catling joins us to talk about his new book, HOLLOW. Find out more about him on https://bcatling.com.

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The Vorrh trilogy by Brian Catling

William Shakespeare

Robert Frost

THE TELL TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe

THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe

Hieronymus Bosch

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

H. R. Giger

This week we're talking to Chandra Prasad. She's joining us to tell us about her new book, MERCURY BOYS. Find out more at https://chandraprasad.com and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chandrabooks.

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Barnes and Noble

Robert Cornelius

BREATHE THE SKY by Chandra Prasad

DEATH OF A CIRCUS by Chandra Prasad

DAMSELFLY by Chandra Prasad

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

Goodfellas (Movie)

The Godfather (Movie)

This week Michelle and Giles look back at their high school years, reminiscing over some of the nerdier things they did before being nerdy was "cool."

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Pokemon

Nintendo Gameboy

Nintendo Gamecube

Nintendo64

Tommy Hilfiger

Wrangler

The Beatles

Frank Sinatra

This week we got to talk with Sarah Pinsker, author of WE ARE SATELLITES! Find out more at https://sarahpinsker.com/home and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/SarahPinsker and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sarahpinsker.

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Mur Lafferty

Berkley Press

A SONG FOR A NEW DAY by Sarah Pinsker

The Nebula Award

Philip K. Dick Award

Brandon Sanderson

Seanan McGuire

The Murder Bots Dairies (Literary series) by Martha Wells

Elon Musk

The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson

The New Yorker

Repo! The Genetic Opera (Movie)

Anthony Head

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Show)

iPod

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Charmery - Baltimore

Little Man Ice Cream - Denver

Hershey

WIND WILL ROVE by Sarah Pinsker

Uncanny Magazine

Where Oaken Hearts do Gather (short story) by Sarah Pinsker

Les Paul

Gibson Guitars

This week we're joined by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He's here to talk about his most recent science fiction novel, SHARDS OF EARTH. Find out more at http://shadowsoftheapt.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/aptshadow.

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CHILDREN OF TIME by Adrian Tchaikovsky

ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card

Penny Dreadful (TV Show)

Star Wars

Star Trek

FIREHEART TIGER by Aliette de Bodard

EMPIRE IN BLACK AND GOLD by Adrian Tchaikovsky

J. R. R. Tolkien

This week we're talking about how to make friends, how we made writing friends, and briefly reflecting on how we met.

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Borders Books, Movies, and Music

RMFW

Aaron Michael Ritchey

Patrick Hester

Chris Pratt

Keanu Reeves

Anna Kendrick

Kristen Wiig

Graham Norton

Will Smith

Tom Holland

David Tennant

AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir

Hugh Jackman

Friends

Big Bang Theory

This week we're chatting with Ryan Van Loan, author of THE SIN IN THE STEEL and THE JUSTICE IN REVENGE! Find out more on http://www.ryanvanloan.com and follow him on Twitter at https://Twitter.com/RyanVanLoan and on Instagram at https://instagram.com/RyanVanLoan.

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Pirates of the Caribbean (movie)

Sherlock Holmes (movie)

Young Indiana Jones

Guy Ritchie

TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Horatio Hornblower book series by C. S. Forester

Master and Commander (Movie)

Russell Crowe

Sean Bean

Gloomhaven (board game)

Dungeons and Dragons

Settlers of Catan (board game)

Betrayal at House on the Hill (board game)

Love Letters (board game)

Pandemic (board game)

Netflix

Contagion (movie)

Outbreak (movie)

ON WRITING by Stephen King

Writing Excuses (podcast)

Mary Robinette Kowal

Cassandra Khaw

Dan Wells

James L. Sutter

Howard Tayler

George R. R. Martin

MISTBORN by Brandon Sanderson

Rogue One (Star Wars movie)

EVERYONE DIES IN THE END: A ROMANTIC COMEDY by Brian Katcher

ROCKS FALL EVERYONE DIES by Lindsay Ribar

THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz

The Dresden Files book series by Jim Butcher

THE AERONAUT'S WINDLASS by Jim Butcher

John Wick (movie)

This week Giff Constable joins us to talk about his debut novel, BECOMING MONDAY, released under the name G. W. Constable. He also has a background in artificial intelligence and software entrepreneurship. Find out more at https://gwconstable.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gwconstable.

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Meetup

Bill Gates

THE ROAD TO MARS by Eric Idle

David Bowie

Robert J. Sawyer

THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown

Lex Fridman

The Electric Sheep Company

MTV

The L Word

Second Life

NEUROMANCER by William Gibson

SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterest

Cory Doctorow

This week Michelle and Giles try to become 10-minute experts in a topic chosen by the one and only Emmy.

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TED Talks