J and Larry take on a common aspect of speculative fiction: the Alternative Universe. DC, Marvel, even the Next Generation explore What If? with their characters... What works? Why does J want to go there? Let's find out...

J and Larry take on The Batman in this episode of Deep Cut Nerd. The only thing J and Larry agree on: Batman's not so great. And that's where the agreement ends.

J and Larry decide to just go for it, and now, talk about People of Color in speculative fiction. The good, the bad, and the "Woah, that's like, not cool." From Star Trek to Game of Thrones... And there are some book recommendations: How to Live Safety in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu and The Lives of Tao Trilogy by Wesley Chu. Special thanks to Heidi Handelsman!

J and Larry meet up at the bar again to talk about Women in comics, movies and books. Set back and listen to two straight guys talk about women. Ripley! Rey! Leia! Tank Girl! Agent Carter!

Because of events at work, J and Larry tackle Artificial life forms: should they be paid? Who DOES pay them? We talk about C3PO, Data, Roy Batty, and, of course, Thomas The Tank Engine. Also we reference this blog article: http://bit.ly/1TLdfPh FINALLY, Larry totally talks about Zuckuss (http://bit.ly/1S1d70I) but, he totally meant 4-Lom (http://bit.ly/1PSPpxa)

J and Larry keep tackling the important issues. This week: facial hair in speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy, comics, etc.) What does facial hair signify? Who has the greatest facial hair? Follow us on Twitter @DeepCutNerdPod

J and Larry chat about characters from Ovid's... No... No, they talk about comic book characters this week. Anthropomorphic animals and Zoomorphic Humans... Who is the greatest Anthropomorphic character? Is Batman Zoomorphic?

Deep Cut Nerd--J Holtham and Larry Pontius take on the issues in speculative fiction that no one else is talking about. In this episode: Co-Pilots. Who are the Co-pilots in speculative fiction and what exactly do they do?