The Hills Have Nerds

By The Hills Have Nerds

Four hillbillies in their 30's discuss anything and everything "nerdy" from cartoons vs anime to the best obscure Table Top RPGs to pretend to be lizardmen in. The Hills Have Nerds is a monthly podcas... more

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How many episodes does The Hills Have Nerds have?

The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.

The Hills Have Nerds episodes:

August 19, 2025 Episode 28 - The History of The Lord the Rings Part 1: Tolkien - "Dog Nightingale Woodpecker Forty..."
This one's turned out to be a heck of an episode. We're gathering the fellowship and deep diving into Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings!
This episode Cody, Aaron, Josh, and special guest Steve from the Critical Encounters podcast cover and discuss the history of one of Nerdom's most prolific authors: J.R.R. Tolkien.
This is the first of a 2-parter!
We want to hear your Tolkien Takes!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerds
Come inside our Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Check us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff!
www.youtube.com/@Thehillshavenerds
We want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better.
Brittany Johnston
Nick De Rosa
You can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards!
www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Cody streams games on Twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
Listen to Steve on Critical Encounters Podcast!
https://open.spotify.com/show/3XJOGhuIaQwx2PaaEX0teU?si=be65474a88f1437e
Tolkien Gateway
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Main_Page
J.R.R. Tolkien Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

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2h 4min
July 30, 2025 Episode 27 - Knights of Kentucky: Real Armored Combat - "YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T HURT!"
To arms, men and women of Nerdom!There is glory and conquest to be had!This episode Aaron and Josh had the awesome opportunity to talk with some of the members of The Louisville Royals Steel Fighting Team. These guys and girls are legit Knights, participating in a live combat sport straight out of medieval times! Only this isn't dinner theater, the armor is real, the weapons are REAL, and the pain...well it's very, very real!
It's a short episode (damn you thunder and lightning) but it is filled to the brim with clashing steel and even some axe-to-Josh's Head action!
Let's get Knightly together, tell us what you thought!
Email us: [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Come inside ourDiscord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Check out our Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
Support the Nerds and get rewards on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Lee makes amazing RPG content on Youtube and streams on Twitch!
www.youtube.com/ @pixelbrolee
www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
Cody streams on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
We want to give a massive thankyou to our Ko-fi members!
Nick LaRosa
BrittanyJohnston
Go check out the great warriors of the Louisville Royals!
https://www.instagram.com/louisville_royals_steelhttps://www.facebook.com/louisvilleroyalsarmoredcombatteamwww.youtube.com/@LouisvilleRoyals
Also give a holler to theCincinnati Barbarians!
https://www.youtube.com/@cincinnatibarbarians
https://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiBarbarians
And the Lexington Lycans!
https://www.facebook.com/lexingtonlycans
Tell 'em all the Nerds sent ya!

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16min
July 29, 2025 Episode 27 - Knights of Kentucky: Real Armored Combat - "YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T HURT!"
To arms, men and women of Nerdom! There is glory and conquest to be had!This episode Aaron and Josh had the awesome opportunity to talk with some of the members of The Lousiville Royals Steel Fighting Team. These guys and girls are legit Knights, participating in a live combat sport straight out of medieval times! Only this is dinner theater, the armor is real, the weapons are REAL, and the pain...well it's very, very real!
It's a short episode (damn you thunder and lightning) but it is filled to the brim with clashing steel and even some axe-to-Josh's Head action!
Let's get Knightly together, tell us what you thought!
Email us: [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Come inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Check out our Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
Support the Nerds and get rewards on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Lee makes amazing RPG content on Youtube and streams on Twitch!
www.youtube.com/ @pixelbrolee
www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
Cody streams on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
We want to give a massive thank you to our Ko-fi members!
Nick LaRosa
BrittanyJohnston
Go check out the great warriors of the Louisville Royals!
https://www.instagram.com/louisville_royals_steelhttps://www.facebook.com/louisvilleroyalsarmoredcombatteamwww.youtube.com/@LouisvilleRoyals
Also give a holler to the Cincinnati Barbarians!
https://www.youtube.com/@cincinnatibarbarians
https://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiBarbarians
And the Lexington Lycans!
https://www.facebook.com/lexingtonlycans
Tell 'em all the Nerds sent ya!
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16min
July 15, 2025 Episode 26 - Nerd Jeopardy - "I'm pretty sure that's Ted Bundy, but I gotta' go with Aaron!"
Welcome to NERD JEOPARDY!
In this short episode Cody and Lee go head to head in a battle of epic proportions to flex their nerdiness and determine once and for all if a handful of quotes were said by our dear friend Aaron, or some of America's most prolific Serial Killers?! It's so hard to tell the difference!
What did you think? Should we do this again? Want to suggest questions?
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/thehillshavenerds
Come hang out in Discord and talk episodes and more!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
We're on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@thehillshavenerds
Support the Nerds and get rewards on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Lee makes amazing RPG content on Youtube and streams on Twitch!
www.youtube.com/ @pixelbrolee
www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
Cody streams on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
We want to give a massive thank you to our Ko-fi members!
Nick LaRosa
BrittanyJohnston
Thank you all so much for helping us make the podcast the best it can be!
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52min
June 28, 2025 Episode 25 - Forgotten IPs (What ever happened to Star Fox? And Others) - "Get INTO my swamp!"
This episode all the Nerds have come out of the hills to talk about some games and characters that seem long forgotten by the gaming industry. Where has Star Fox been? Is Sly Cooper still thieving? Will we ever see another Castlevania game? Has Punch-Out punched out? And when the heck are we gonna get Half-Life 3?!
Come hang out and listen to the boys lament the apparent loss of some excellent franchises of days past and ponder if we'll ever see them again. We miss you Golden Sun...
Let us know what games/franchises need to make a comeback!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/thehillshavenerds
Come hang out in Discord and talk episodes and more!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
We're on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@thehillshavenerds
Support the Nerds and get rewards on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Lee makes amazing RPG content on Youtube and streams on Twitch!
www.youtube.com/ ⁨@pixelbrolee⁩ www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
Cody streams on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
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1h 35min
June 14, 2025 Episode 24 - Content Creation with Nelson Oliver and Payton Mullins - "I've seen your house, Nelson! I know I'm trash!"
(We apologize for some audio issues this episode had during the exporting process. We've figure out the problem so it won't happen again but this episode has some low volume issues in a few spots!)
Hey Nerds! In this episode Josh, Lee, and Travis invited good friends of the show Nelson Oliver (NelsonAllOverCards) and Payton Mullins (TwoTurntTonyStark) to talk about the trials and tribulations of their content creation careers.
What got them into creating content? How'd they go about getting started? What is it like doing content creation full time or part time?
This was an amazing discussion and as you'll see it's also the Nerds first foray into full VIDEO (well full video without it being a special occasion)
What do you think? Let us know!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveFun
Come inside our Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
We're on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
If you want to support the nerds check out our Ko-Fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Lee makes awesome Youtube videos and streams on Twitch!
www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
www.youtube.com/@Pixelbrolee
Nelson makes card and board game content on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@NelsonAllOverCards
Payton does comic and MCU reviews on TikTok!
https://www.tiktok.com/@tooturnttonystark?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Support Payton and the Astounding Allstar by donating to the issue #3 Kick Starter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1945855311/the-astounding-allstar-1-3/creator

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1h 47min
May 31, 2025 Episode 23 - 2nd Year Anniversary LIVE Show - "I Find This Appalling! Where Can I Find More?!"
Two years of The Hills Have Nerds has flew by! Thank you all so much for your listenership and support!
All five nerds were together for a video live stream celebrating 2 years of the podcast on Youtube. This is the audio from that chaos. And despite some initial hiccups the stream went so great! Here's to much more nerditry and hilarious conversations to come!
Become a member for rewards and support nerds on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds
Email us!
[email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Hang out with us in Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Watch the streams on Youtube!
www.youtube.com/@thehillshavenerds
Lee streams on Twitch and makes retro gaming content on Youtube!
https://www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
https://www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee
Cody streams on Twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge

A huge thank you to our newest Ko-fi members:
Brittany Johnston!
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1h 31min
May 14, 2025 May '25 - What are WE Playing, Reading, Watching? - "Show Me Your Dark Mark, I'll Show You Mine..."
What are we playing and reading and watching right now?!
Find out with Lee, Aaron, and Travis as the boys take this episode to go over what games they've been playing, shows they've been watching, and everything else they've been consuming!
We want to hear what you're into right now! Join the discussion!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Talk to us and discuss the episode on our Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Find other content from us on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
Lee streams on Twitch and makes retro gaming content on Youtube!
https://www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
https://www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee
Cody Streams on Twitch!
www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
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1h 6min
April 28, 2025 Episode 22 - The Rising Cost of Being a Nerd - "I Had Too Much Money In My Bank Account Anyway..."
Nerds! The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming! And, hooo boy, does it have some discussion surrounding it. This whole deal has got us thinking about the progression of gaming prices over the years and if we really are paying more now than we ever have?
Lee, Aaron, and Josh discuss the current Switch 2/pricing situation as well as take a look at the price of "Nerdom" through the years. Comic Books, Toys, Boardgames, and TTRPG books, as well a hefty look at gaming systems and game prices as they've progressed, the boys explore the Cost of Being a Nerd in this episode.
We want to hear your thoughts! Join the discussion!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Talk to us and discuss the episode on our Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Find other content from us on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
Lee streams on Twitch and makes retro gaming content on Youtube!
https://www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
https://www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee
Console Game Prices - Adjusted for Inflation
https://infographicsite.com/infographic/console-game-prices-inflation-adjusted/
Console Prices through the Years
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/game-console-launch-prices-adjusted-for-inflation-1975-2024/
Comic Book Prices through the Years
https://www.comichron.com/vitalstatistics/mediancoverprices.html
TTRPG's through the Years
https://saveversusallwands.blogspot.com/2018/04/historical-analysis-d-prices-then-and.html
Original Mr. Potato Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICGrjmJouWA

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1h 28min
April 14, 2025 Nerd Out 6 - The Best Video Game Sequels - "You Did Your Best, But It Wasn't Worth It..."
We're Nerdin' Out Again!
In this Nerd Out the guys discussed their favorite video game sequels and spiritual successors, what makes video game sequels do better typically than other types of sequels, and what they consider to be the worst sequels in gaming.
Get in on the conversation as the boys discuss Diablo 2, Zelda 2, Resident Evil 4, Yooka-Laylee, and a ton of other games!
Which game series do you think had a sequel better than the original? Let us know!
Email us at [email protected]
Come on our Facebook!
www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds
Talk to us and discuss the episode on our Discord!
https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm
Find other content from us on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHillsHaveNerds
Lee streams on Twitch and makes retro gaming content on Youtube!
https://www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee
https://www.youtube.com/@pixelbrolee
Cody streams on Twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/coffeebreaklounge
Portal 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_2
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link
Resident Evil 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_4
Diablo 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie:_Nuts_%26_Bolts
The Last of Us Part 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_Part_II
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tears_of_the_Kingdom
Yooka-Laylee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yooka-Laylee
Infernax
https://www.infernax.com/
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard:_Saga_of_Heroes
Stardew Valley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardew_Valley
Final Fantasy Tactics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Tactics
Legend of Zelda CD-i Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_CD-i_games
Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_%2B_Rabbids_Kingdom_Battle

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1h 26min

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