At the Gaming Table, there’s Pathfinder and Bean Boozled and the coolest Viking game ever. Plus, how to get away with murder. Mike watching Stranger Things and loving it. Plus there’s Nerd Rage over the only two book series Mike … Continue reading →

Mike opens with a History segment about Julie D’Aubigny–La Maupin–swashbuckling, cross-dressing, bisexual, badass, opera-singing swordswoman of the 17th century. Then on the Science Corner, hatching eggs without shells, the beautiful and painful Cowkiller Ant, and riveting talk about lichens. Mike … Continue reading →

This week involves a lot of theater talk, including Little Shop of Horrors, and more Pokemon Go talk than you’d expect, considering Mike’s never played the game. And lots of the intervening minutes are filled with R2 and a bunch … Continue reading →

Mike starts off with the latest game night report, but then R2 makes a triumphant return to the podcast for an all Pod-O-Matic episode. With a full 25 listener submitted questions, Mike and his kids cover everthing from dice and … Continue reading →

Mike’s last podcast from Camp Cedars 2016. He talks about camp again, plus everything that popped into his head this week: science, astronomy, siafu – the killer ants from Crystal Skull, inkjet printers, linguistics… I don’t know… a bunch of … Continue reading →

Mike does his nerd thing at Scout camp this week. Recording from the Trading Post at Camp Cedars, Mike talks about how much he enjoys going away to camp every year. Then it’s Community Game Night, where Mike shares his … Continue reading →

On this Father’s Day episode, Mike talks about Jennie Wood’s comic Flutter, spending the night in the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, the Higgs Boson, the current death toll in his Paranoia game (three), and how annoying commercials are on Hulu. … Continue reading →

It’s an episode where I talk about nerd stuff… SURPRISE! Enjoy! Nerd Pride Radio, Episode 140 – Mostly Dead

Double Science Corner this week! First there’s the Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index, where a badass scientist went out and intentionally got stung by the worst of the worst just to measure how much they hurt. Then there’s more science … Continue reading →

This week, Mike starts with a history segment on George Washington’s slave, Oney Judge. Then at the Gaming Table, Mike tells about two new roleplaying games he’s excited about playing, one a tale of steampunk pirates and one a post-apocalyptic … Continue reading →