Episodes - Nerd Salsa

We talk about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Joseph's recent trip to Chicago, and what makes a good superhero conflict.

We talk about the history and future of real life space exploration.

In this episode, Joseph and Marigrace debate who should play the next captain in the upcoming Star Trek TV show. Then they talk about everything James Bond from movies to songs to parodies. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

In this episode Joseph and Marigrace talk Star Wars. In the first segment (recorded before the release of The Force Awakens), they discuss episodes 1-6, the animated TV shows, and parodies. In the second segment, Joseph's sister Laura joins the hosts to discuss their reactions to The Force Awakens. Finally, as always, Joseph and Marigrace give their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week and for the first time, Marigrace and Joseph record from the same location to share some of their favorite holiday songs, movies, and foods. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week, Marigrace and Joseph talk about National Novel Writing Month and their experience at the first Nerdcon: Stories. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week Marigrace and Joseph talk about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and all things Halloween. Then as always we finish with our pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week's snacks include Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, J. K. Rowling debunking Harry Potter fan theories, and NASA announcing the discovery of liquid water on Mars. Then Joseph and Marigrace talk about The Martian – the book and the movie – which leads to a discussion of other film adaptations of novels. As always, we finish with our pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

In this episode's snacks, Joseph and Marigrace round up Star Wars and Pixar news from D23. Then for our main course: Marigrace returns from GeekyCon 2015, leading to a discussion of conventions and what separates being part of a fandom from just being a fan.

Marigrace and Joseph talk about New Horizon's Pluto flyby; then a listener asks us about sports, so we talk about Space Jam instead; and finally we discuss Inside Out and Minions! Stay tuned after the program for a peek at the amazing nonsense that doesn't make it in the episodes [it's Marigrace rapping.]