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  • Season 5: Episode 11 - The Lost Boys

    Hello fellow nerds! Join us for today's episode as we discuss the following:
    • The movie The Lost Boys

    • How The Lost Boys holds up in 2024

    • That oiled up saxophone player

    • Our fave vampire expert, @a.j.vrana answers some questions for us

    • What we are reading, watching and loving
    • Release news

    1. I’ll Be Waiting by Liv Zander - Oct 1

    2. Monarch by Sophie Lark - October 8th

    3. Bloodguard by Cecy Robson - Oct 8

    4. The Twisted Throne by Danielle Jensen - Oct 10

    5. Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon - Oct 15

      6. • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week

      Show links:


      1. Pucking Sweet

      2. If It Makes You Happy

      3. Still Beating

      4. Dirty Pop documentary

      5. Twilight soundtracks

      6. Wildblood

      7. ONT AJ Vrana/Midnight Mass

      8. Pucking Ever After Vol. 2 

      9. Stitch Fiddle

      10. Cryptid Construction Kit

      11. I’ll Be Waiting

      12. Monarch

      13. Bloodguard

      14. The Twisted Throne 

      15. Bull Moon Rising 

      16. I Think They Love You

      17. From Blood and Ash Dramatized 

      18. Phantasma

        19. Join us on Thursday for our read along episode of Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 20-22!
        Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
        Watch this episode via our studio feed on YouTube! Link in bio.
        Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
        Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

        1 hr 2 min
      19. Season 5: Episode 10 - Butcher & Blackbird: We’re Not Allowed to Have Gin Anymore

        Hello fellow nerds! This week, we continue our read along of The Ruinous Love Trilogy with Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 16-19!


        Listen in to this week’s podcast episode where we discuss the following:

        -What are the benefits to reading romance?

        -Do you know how to safely and pleasurably participate in an@l play?

        -What has Rose experienced that she can sleep through screaming s3xcapades in the next room?


        Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Friends with Benefits”


        Not into this book? No problem! You can join us for Our Nerdiest Thing episode this Tuesday, where we discuss “The Lost Boys”!


        Show links:


        https://time.com/7006518/romance-novels-sexual-benefits-essay

        @myishabattle on IG

        How to prep for safe and pleasurable anal sex



        Butcher & Blackbird Read Along Schedule:

        -October 3rd: Ch 20-22

        -October 10th: No Read Along

        -October 17th: Ch 23-Epilogue/Bonus Chapter


        Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!


        Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed to hang out with us in person! Link in bio.


        Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.


        Have something nerdy to share? Message us!


        47 min
      20. Season 5: Episode 9 - Blind Rating Book Boyfriends

        Hello fellow nerds! Join us for today's episode as we discuss the following:

        • Listener shoutouts

        • Tiddy Widdy Beach

        • Blind rating our book boyfriends
        • Release news
        • What we are reading, watching and loving
        • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week
        Show links:


        1. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

        2. Broken By Daylight

        3. My Darling Girl

        4. A Lucky Shot

        5. Cult Following

        6. A Court of Thorns and Roses

        7. From Blood and Ash

        8. A Realm of Ash and Shadow

        9. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

        10. Midnight Mass

        11. Wreck the Halls

        12. Pucking Around

        13. Gold

        14. House of Earth and Blood

        15. Butcher & Blackbird

        16. The Charlie Method

        17. Pretend for Me

        18. If It Makes You Happy

        19. Pucking Sweet

        20. Pucking Ever After Part II

        21. One Dark Window

          22. Join us on Thursday for our read along episode of Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 16-19!
          Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
          Watch this episode via our studio feed on YouTube! Link in bio.
          Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
          Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

          54 min
        22. Season 5: Episode 8 - Butcher & Blackbird: The Incredible Mary Vincent

          Hello fellow nerds! This week, we continue our read along of The Ruinous Love Trilogy with Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 13-15!
          Listen in to this week’s podcast episode where we discuss the following:

          - Cartomancy and Tarot

          - Survivor Mary Vincent

          - The Funeral Practices of the Torajan People

          Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Mummy Dearest”
          Not into this book? No problem! You can join us for Our Nerdiest Thing episode this Tuesday, where we are blind rating book boyfriends, plus all of our nerdiest things!
          Show links:

          1. Cartomancy

          2. Cartomancy card meanings

          3. Mary Vincent I Survived 

          4. Mary Vincent 2003 Seattle PI

          5. Mary Vincent 2023 Key Peninsula News 

          6. Torajan People

          7. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/29/764638760/photos-the-dead-live-with-their-loved-ones-on-this-indonesian-island

          8. Sociopath or Psychopath?


            9. Butcher & Blackbird Read Along Schedule:
            -September 26th: Ch 16-19
            -October 3rd: Ch 20-22
            -October 10th: Ch 23-Epilogue/Bonus Chapter
            -October 17th: No Read Along


            Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
            Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed to hang out with us in person! Link in bio.
            Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
            Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

            1 hr 6 min
          9. Season 5: Episode 7 - Nerdy Fall Favorites + Author Courtney Gould

            Hello fellow nerds! Join us for today's episode as we discuss the following:
            • Buffy, ghosts at Deb's house and amusement parks

            • Twilight, campy fall movies, horror nostalgia and our fave fall books

            • Release news
            • What we are reading, watching and loving
            • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week


            Stay tuned at the (64:00) mark for our interview with Courtney Gould!

            Courtney Gould writes books about girls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. Her debut novel, THE DEAD AND THE DARK, came out Summer 2021 from Wednesday Books and won the Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Fiction. Her second novel, WHERE ECHOES DIE, hit shelves in 2023 and her next YA novel, WHAT THE WOODS TOOK, is forthcoming in December. Her writing is featured in Indie Bestselling anthology THE GATHERING DARK and in 

            the forthcoming THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES.

            She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing, Publishing, and Marketing. She now lives in Salem, OR where she continues to write love letters to small towns and haunted places.

            Join us as we find out more about Courtney’s books, the weirdest thing she has had to research for a book, what mimics are, and her nerdiest thing of the week!


            Show links:


            1. Can’t Help Falling in Love 

            2. Perfectly Wicked 

            3. The Night Circus 

            4. If It Makes You Happy 

            5. Her Favorite Jack-O-Lantern 

            6. The Graveyard Book

            7. The God of the Woods

            8. Sleep Tight 

            9. Pretty Poisoned

            10. Off-Campus Series

            11. Slewfoot

            12. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

            13. Twilight movies

            14. Twilight soundtrack

            15. Riley Sager

            16. Midnight Mass

            17. ONT Midnight Mass

            18. Dense Bean Salads 

            19. Mint and Lily 

            20. Jeff Arcuri

            21. Nightmare Before Christmas

            22. Coraline

            23. The Lost Boys

            24. The Sacrifice

            25. Accidentally Amy

            26. Mayfair Witches

            27. Emily in Paris

            28. Truly, Madly, Deeply

            29. Night Owls

            30. Such Lovely Skin

            31. A Dark and Drowning Tide

            32. What the Woods Took

            33. The Amityville Horror

            34. Interview with the Vampire 

            35. Bird Box

            36. The Girl with All the Gifts

            37. Her Soul to Take 

            38. Butcher and Blackbird 

            39. From Blood and Ash

            40. The Bridge Kingdom

            41. Manacled

            42. The Invisible Lie of Addie Larue

            43. Ready or Not

            44. Buffy 

            45. Scream

            46. The Cabin in the Woods

            47. Ghostbusters

            48. Army of Darkness

            49. Donnie Darko


              50. Join us on Thursday for our read along episode of Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 13-15!
              Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
              Watch this episode via our studio feed on YouTube! Link in bio.
              Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
              Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

              1 hr 38 min
            50. Nerdy Rewind - Pucking Around - We Aren't Mature Enough For Hockey

              Hello, fellow nerds! To celebrate the upcoming release of "Pucking Sweet", the third book in the Jacksonville Rays series by Emily Rath, we are re-releasing one of our listener favorites, We Aren't Mature Enough for Hockey.


              This episode centers around chapters 1-40 of "Pucking Around" and is part one of three episodes for this book. You can find the other episodes in season three, episodes 15-18.

              In this installment of the podcast, we chat about the chapters, as well as the numerous types of g3nital piercings (there are way more than you think), celebrities with “smart” degrees, and real life hockey PR nightmares.

              Visit ournerdiestthing.com for Our Nerdiest Cocktail, named “Hey Hurricane”, which is themed after hot mess first impressions.


              Show Notes:


              1. Spittin Chicklets podcast 

                • Bye avocado shirt in Emily Rath store

                  • Actors who went into traditional fields

                      1. Danika McKellar

                        • Mayim Bialik

                          • King Joffrey/Jack Gleeson 

                            • Kid from Dick Tracey - Charlie Korsmo

                              • Danny Lloyd from The Shining

                                • Jeff Cohen

                                  • Willam Dafoe

                                    • Roger Taylor - drummer for Queen

                                      • Hockey player PR nightmares

                                          1. Alexander Ovechkin

                                            • Evander Kane

                                              • Jordan Binnington

                                                • Brad Marchand

                                                    1. Ask Emily about this guy

                                                      • Pucking Wild

                                                        • That One Night 

                                                          • Quinn and Blay Black Dagger Brotherhood 

                                                            • A Fire in the Flesh

                                                              • The Bridge Kingdom series

                                                                • The Bonds That Tie 



                                                                  • Butcher and Blackbird
                                                                  September 12th: No Read Along
                                                                  September 19th: Ch 13-15
                                                                  September 26th: Ch 16-19
                                                                  October 3rd: Ch 20-22
                                                                  October 10th: Ch 23-Epilogue/Bonus Chapter
                                                                  October 17th: No Read Along
                                                                  Leather and Lark
                                                                  October 24th: Prologue-Chapter 5
                                                                  October 31st: Ch 6-9
                                                                  November 7th: Ch 10-12
                                                                  November 14th: Ch 13-15
                                                                  November 21st: Ch 16-19
                                                                  November 28th: No Read Along
                                                                  December 5th: Ch 20-22
                                                                  December 12th: Ch 23-Bonus Chapter
                                                                  Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
                                                                  Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed to hang out with us in person! Link in bio.
                                                                  Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
                                                                  Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

                                                                  1 hr 20 min
                                                                • Season 5: Episode 6 - Butcher & Blackbird: Butt Beef

                                                                  Nerds - this week, we continue our read along of The Ruinous Love Trilogy with Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 10-12!
                                                                  Listen in to this week’s podcast episode where we discuss the following:

                                                                  -What is Skullduggery?

                                                                  -Who is Issei Sagawa?

                                                                  -What are the craziest types of ice cream one can consume?

                                                                  -What do you know about lobotomies and Rosemary Kennedy?
                                                                  Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Goddess of Chaos”
                                                                  Not into this book? No problem! You can join us for Our Nerdiest Thing episode this Tuesday, where we are discussing our Nerdy Fall Favorites, plus all of our nerdiest things!
                                                                  Show links:


                                                                  1. History of lobotomy

                                                                  2. Discordia goddess of chaos

                                                                  3. Issei Sagawa

                                                                  4. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/awesome-8/article/weird-ice-cream 

                                                                  5. https://rollicecream.com/6-most-bizarre-ice-cream-flavors/ 

                                                                    6. 6. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51703/12- strange-real-ice-cream-flavors


                                                                    Read Along Schedule:
                                                                    -September 12th: Ch 13-15
                                                                    -September 19th: Ch 16-19
                                                                    -September 26th: Ch 20-22
                                                                    -October 3rd: Ch 23-Bonus Chapter
                                                                    -Leather and Lark schedule coming soon!
                                                                    Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
                                                                    Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed to hang out with us in person! Link in bio.
                                                                    Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
                                                                    Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

                                                                    1 hr 9 min
                                                                  6. Season 5: Episode 5 - Books & Characters with Small D*ck Energy

                                                                    Welcome to episode five of season five, nerds! Join us for as we discuss the following:

                                                                    • Worst characters with small d!ck energy

                                                                    • Are SDE characters redeemable?

                                                                    • Our nominees for most SDE (vote in our poll on instagram.com/ournerdiestthing)
                                                                    • Release news
                                                                    • What we are reading, watching and loving
                                                                    • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week
                                                                    Show links:


                                                                    1. The Linda Lindas

                                                                    2. Casket Case 

                                                                    3. Wicked in the Pines by LR Friedman

                                                                    4. American Murder: Laci Peterson on Netflix

                                                                    5. My Favorite Murder podcast

                                                                    6. My Favorite Murder Mary Vincent episode

                                                                    7. Pride and Prejudice 

                                                                    8. From Blood and Ash

                                                                    9. A Court of Wings and Ruin 

                                                                    10. Mysteries of Mental Illness

                                                                    11. If It Makes You Happy 

                                                                    12. One House Left

                                                                    13. Immortal Dark

                                                                    14. Dawn of Gods & Fury

                                                                    15. The Games Gods Play 

                                                                    16. A Court this Cruel and Lovely 

                                                                    17. Mayfair Witches

                                                                    18. Iron and Wine

                                                                    19. Born of Blood and Ash

                                                                    20. The Witching Hour

                                                                    21. Slewfoot

                                                                    22. Bridgerton

                                                                    23. Folk of the Air Series

                                                                    24. The Ritual 

                                                                    25. Gods and Monsters Series

                                                                    26. Gold

                                                                      27. Join us on Thursday for our read along episodes of Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 10-12!


                                                                      Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!


                                                                      Watch this episode via our studio feed on YouTube! Link in bio.


                                                                      Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.


                                                                      Have something nerdy to share? Message us!

                                                                      53 min
                                                                    27. Season 5: Episode 4 - Butcher & Blackbird: Seeing Red
                                                                      Nerds - this week, we continue our read along of The Ruinous Love Trilogy with Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 6-9!
                                                                      Listen in to this week’s podcast episode where we discuss the following:
                                                                      -Who is Richard Ramirez? And how does this relate to organized and unorganized serial unaliving?-What does it mean to “see red”?-Is hanging from the front of a vehicle actually something you can do while a car is careening wildly? Deb deep dives into the craziest stunts that have been completed.
                                                                      Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week's themed cocktail recipe, named “Karma for Creeps”
                                                                      Not into this book? No problem! You can join us for Our Nerdiest Thing episode this Tuesday, where we are discussing It Ends with Us, book vs. movie, plus all of our nerdiest things!
                                                                      Show links:
                                                                      Seeing red articlehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201806/organized-versus-disorganized-serial-predatorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Stalker:_The_Hunt_For_a_Serial_Killerhttps://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/crazy-movie-stunts/
                                                                      Read Along Schedule:-August 29th: Ch 6-9-September 5th: Ch 10-12-September 12th: Ch 13-15-September 19th: Ch 16-19-September 26th: Ch 20-22-October 3rd: Ch 23-Bonus Chapter-Leather and Lark schedule coming soon!
                                                                      Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!
                                                                      Subscribe to our YouTube studio feed to hang out with us in person! Link in bio.
                                                                      Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.
                                                                      Have something nerdy to share? Message us!
                                                                      #ournerdiestthing #butcherandblackbird #brynneweaver #richardramireznightstalker #idomyownstunts #seeingred #bookpodcast #readalong
                                                                      1 hr 1 min
                                                                    28. Season 5: Episode 3 - It Ends With Us Book Vs. Movie + Author Courtney Deane

                                                                      Welcome to episode three of season five, nerds! Join us as we discuss the following:

                                                                      • “It Ends with Us” book vs. movie, our thoughts on casting, the plot and the marketing.
                                                                      • Grating butter
                                                                      • Book club water slides
                                                                      • Dear Felicity Podcast
                                                                      • Release news
                                                                      • What we are reading, watching and loving
                                                                      • Our Nerdiest Thing of the week


                                                                        • Stay tuned for our author with Courney Deane at the (59:39) mark!

                                                                        Courtney Deane has been a writer and pursuer of happily-ever-afters since she can remember. As a full-time freelance writer, her days are spent working for print, digital, and broadcast entities, as well as for a variety of PR and marketing clients. She continues her craft by dedicating some space each day to work on her fiction books. After both of her parents died, Deane worked to turn those tragedies into something beautiful—an effort that inspired her debut novel, When Happily Ever After Fails. She holds bachelor’s degrees in English and sociology from UC Irvine and a master’s in journalism from USC. Deane lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog—her very own happily-ever-after.

                                                                        Listen in as we chat more about Courtney’s book, grief and healing, and her other upcoming projects. Be sure to follow her @authorcourtneydeane


                                                                        Show Links:


                                                                          1. ⁠Alias⁠

                                                                          2. ⁠The Book Swap⁠ 

                                                                          3. ⁠Somewhere Beyond the Sea⁠ 

                                                                          4. ⁠This Will Be Fun⁠ 

                                                                          5. ⁠Alani Witch’s Brew⁠

                                                                          6. ⁠Homesick by Tyra Lynn⁠

                                                                          7. ⁠Broken By Daylight⁠ 

                                                                          8. ⁠Born of Blood and Ash⁠ 

                                                                          9. ⁠Long Live Evil⁠ 

                                                                          10. ⁠Heart Breaker⁠ 

                                                                          11. ⁠Hunted Heir ⁠

                                                                          12. ⁠Banana Pants⁠ 

                                                                          13. ⁠Crime Junkie⁠

                                                                          14. ⁠Buffy the Vampire Slayer⁠

                                                                          15. ⁠Gilmore Girls⁠

                                                                          16. ⁠ The Prisoners Throne⁠ 

                                                                          17. ⁠Lovely Wicked Things ⁠

                                                                          18. ⁠It Ends with Us Instagram Post⁠

                                                                          19. ⁠Grabie Glitter Pens⁠

                                                                          20. ⁠No More DV group⁠

                                                                          21. ⁠Smart Tasks app⁠

                                                                            22. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 8878
                                                                            Join us on Thursday for our read along episodes of Butcher & Blackbird, chapters 6-9!


                                                                            Join our instagram channel for even more in depth nerdiness!


                                                                            Watch this episode via our studio feed on YouTube! Link in bio.


                                                                            Catch up on previous seasons of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.


                                                                            Have something nerdy to share? Message us!



                                                                            1 hr 41 min

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                                                                          Whitney, Mindy & Deb are 3 best friends who you might think are nerdy, but are actually awesome. Listen in as they discuss all things nerdy in books, television, and fandoms.