The Nerd Academy Podcast

Before the Road to Doomsday begins in full Jarod and Taylore look back on the early days of Marvel Studios and how the pantheon of Marvel heroes was seen as little more than highly marketable action figures before a series of risky plays created a pop culture empire.

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Jarod and Travis celebrate episode 200 of The Nerd Academy Podcast with the announcement of our new MCU rewatch show THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY and unpack a mixed news cycle with the unsettling acquisition of EA by Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner’s equity company, the brief look we got at our cast in Avengers: Doomsday, the first trailer for Insomniac’s Wolverine game, James Gunn’s teasing of Man of Tomorrow, and more!

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This week on KNR Jarod, Conor, and Kason breakdown the first teaser trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu and try to gleam some of the story details hidden within an action packed teaser!

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This week on KNR Jarod is joined by Andi Hodges of Genders, Queers, & Buccaneers to reflect on The Acolyte one year later to look back on the themes, the characters, and of course, the discourse.

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Even though D23 didn’t yield a whole lot of news, Jarod and Travis still have plenty to talk about! News of our Superman follow up, trailer talk for Marvel Zombie, and more, including Jarod and Travis getting to the bottom of this Doomsday set drama. (spoiler: it’s stupid clickbait and there’s lots of yelling)

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Despite a sleepy SDCC, the news is still coming out! From an incredible new suit for Spidey and Punisher is up to his antics in Brand New Day, the Hall of Justice Mural has been revealed, and Jarod has a lot of thoughts about Summer Slam 2025 and rot at the core of the WWE.

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This week on KNR Jarod is joined by Andi Hodges of Genders, Queers, & Buccaneers to reflect on The Acolyte one year later to look back on the themes, the characters, and of course, the discourse.

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As SuperJurassTastic month comes to an end Jarod, Travis, and Bill are joined by Mitch from ComicBookCast to discuss retro-futuristic adventure that is Fantastic Four: First Steps and celebrate an incredible and faithful depiction of Marvel’s first family!

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Days before Fantastic Four: First Steps is out, this past Friday Marvel head honcho gave the entertainment press a sneak peek at the future of the MCU. Join Jarod and Travis as they discuss what Feige has in store for the MCU post Secret Wars with everything from a coming reset and the proper introduction to the X-Men, the fate of Blade, when to expect Miles Morales, and more!

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SuperJurassTastic Month continues with the release of James Gunn’s triumphantly optimistic restart to DC on the big screen! Join Jarod, Travis, Bill, and our special guests Alden Diaz of Anytime with Ken & Alden, and Mr. Radtastic to analyze this film and embrace the punk rock nature of being kind.

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