Casual Nerdity: The Podcast

Clone Watch opens a little heavy this time, as Daryl, Nick, & Lauren discuss some real world events and how they might impact the podcast before moving on to the next Clone Wars episodes in the watch list: Shadow Warrior, Mercy Mission, and Nomad Droids 00:00 Introduction 01:55 Current events regarding free speech 13:04 Clone Watch discussion begins 14:36 Shadow... Read more →

Clone Watch is back as Daryl, Lauren, & Nick dive into season 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Mon Calamari arc. 00:00 Introduction 05:48 Water War 33:10 Gungan Attack 48:00 Prisoners To follow along with your viewing, you can find the Clone Wars chronological viewing list at:https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder GuWWLW3UxqXWpcl5UXuF

Our longest episode to date! Daryl and semi-regular contributor Betsy are joined by our friend Brev from The Movie Defenders to talk comics. Marvel’s X-Men books relaunched about a year ago with an old-new direction, and we talk about our impressions – good and bad – for all of them. 00:00 Introduction02:18 Favorite non-Claremont X-books30:39 X-Men: From the Ashes –... Read more →

It’s a short episode because of life and how the Clone Wars storylines were distributed among seasons. Daryl, Nick, and Lauren quickly discuss the final two episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 3. 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Padawan Lost 24:07 Wookiee Hunt To follow along with your viewing, you can find the Clone Wars chronological viewing list at: https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder

It’s the summer of super-heroes! And a great one, at that. Daryl, Nick, Lauren, & Betsy talk about Fantastic Four: First Steps. From design, to character, to comics influences, to…more infant car seat talk than you’d expect from discussion of a super-hero movie. Take a listen, and see what they thought. (Spoiler alert: They liked it.) 00:00 Introduction 03:34 Non-spoiler... Read more →

Look up! That’s where the real punk rock is. Daryl & Nick are joined by Betsy & Stephanie to talk 2025’s Superman, directed by James Gunn – the first big screen entry in the new DCU franchise. There will be spoilers to be had after a warning. No spoiler here: we all loved it. Listen to us talk about why.... Read more →

Things are less weird (well…for Star Wars) this time, as Daryl, Nick, and Lauren take a look at the Citadel arc. Things are a little more back to normal for our heroes as they have to mount a rescue from a Jedi-proof prison. 00:00 Introduction 08:25 The Citadel 25:33 Counterattack 34:59 Citadel Rescue To follow along with your viewing, you... Read more →

We’ve got a long one this time, as Daryl, Nick, Lauren, and Betsy tackle the Mortis arc. There’s a lot to unpack, and we dive right into that task. So quickly, in fact, that we forget to explain the Clone Watch concept for new listeners. Short version: Lauren’s never watched Clone Wars before, while the rest of us have, so... Read more →

The comics industry lost a legend recently, with the passing of self-described Writer of Stuff, Peter David after a long series of medical troubles. Daryl and Nick, along with our friend Brev from The Movie Defenders podcast, discuss David’s work, the legacy that he left behind touching not just a broad tapestry of characters, but the readers of his work.... Read more →

Betsy’s back, because she definitely has thoughts to share with Daryl, Nick, & Lauren about the first Dathomir arc of Clone Wars. Dooku throwing away Ventress, the introduction of Savage Opress (or is that Maul X-TREME!!), and the perpetuation of cycles of abuse. It’s like poetry…they rhyme. 00:00 Introduction 12:03 Nightsisters 44:08 Monster 1:16:52 Witches of the Mist To follow... Read more →