The Nerd Degree

Join the Nerds for their 100th and final episode as they prepare to be replaced by AI versions of themselves.

Did an AI write this blurb? Are we heading for a Bot Girl Summer? In our 100th episode the nerds face the inevitable and spill the ChatGPT about our new robot overlords.

Thanks for listening!

Host: Erin Harrington

Moderator: Brendon Bennetts

Panel: Moata Tamaira, Ben Allan, Karen Healey, and James Kupa

Somehow Andrew Todd returns to host our fifth Star Wars spectacular. Expect detailed discussion of all the lore on Andor and/or Mandalore.

Panel: Moata Tamaira and Jeff Clark vs Ben Kent and Centuri Chan

with James Kupa as moderator

In a cross-over with our sister show 'Dungeons & Comedians', Dungeon/Quiz Master Brendon Bennetts delves greedily and deeply into all things related to both dungeons and dragons.

Panel: James Kupa, Tilly Walbom, Ben Kent, Ben Allan

Mod: Karen Healey

Nerds gotta eat, right? Grab your games night gang and come on down to the 24-hour nerd diner for a tasty all-you-can-eat* night of foodie facts. Yummy. *Within reason, Homer.

Host: Erin Harrington

Panel: Karen Healey, Daniel Pengelly, Brendon Bennetts, Andrew Todd

Arachnophiles rejoice as your favourite nerds weave a web of intrigue around pop-culture creepy crawlies big and small. Expect an amazing, spectacular saga that will leave your spider-sense tingling!

Host: Jeff Clark

Panelists: Moata Tamaira and Andrew Todd vs James Kupa and Ray Shipley

You Only Nerd Twice

Pay close attention, because this message will self-destruct. In a high-stakes game of wit and wiles, our well-disguised nerds will be tested on spycraft, subterfuge and surveillance. Who will get smart, who will be spooked, and who will find their mission... unpossible?

Host: Erin Harrington

Panelists: Kathleen Burns and James Kupa vs Brendon Bennetts and Karen Healey

With Jeff Clark from Q Branch

Who says nerds can't be sexy? The Nerd Degree is getting lubed up for one night in Little Andromeda, and you're invited to watch. Taboos will be busted, horizons will be expanded, and the moderator will do their best to comply with Apple’s podcast content guidelines, as the esoteric meets the erotic for the first and possibly last time.

Host: Andrew Todd

Moata Tamaira and Karen Healey vs Erin Harrington and Daniel Pengelly

Scorekeeper: Brendon Bennetts

Hosted by Ben Allan, with Jeff Clark, Brendon Bennetts, Laura Borrowdale, Andrew Todd, and Kathleen Burns.

The oceans! Vast and deep and unfathomable, but also literally fathomable. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theatre, the nerds are back and putting to sea to set sail for the far off shores of Esoterica, tackling cursed voyages, wild weather and the weird and horrifying denizens of the benthic depths along the way.

We solve the mystery of who is the biggest nerd.

Host: Brendon Bennetts, Mod: Andrew Todd

Teams: Erin Harrington and Moata Tamaira vs James Kupa and Andrew Kepple

Watch Andrew's video here:

https://youtu.be/NLugcNHnEto

It's Mock-mock-mocktober! Who can say what is real, and what's a load of nerdy bollocks? Join the nerds (but are they really?) in quest for absolute truth as they fight fakes and frauds with bluffs and bluster.

Host: Erin Harrington

Scorekeeper: Jeff Clark

Featuring: Ray Shipley, Kathleen Burns, Brendon Bennetts, and Andrew Todd