The Nerd Out

Large appliances, public speaking, Comic Con, and mostly-feelin-good TV: it’s summer lovin! Stay cool, nerds.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 7.18.20

Ritzy is involved with Wonder Women Tech Conference this year…so cool, check it out!

You can actually attend Comic Con this year!

Are you watching I May Destroy You? Check it out on HBO (and check out this article on creator Michaela Coel)!

We discuss when you think you’re ok but then you lose it. We also talk camping, TV shows, books, podcasts, Scorpions, The C.I.A. and more!

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.29.20

BOOKS

It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Our girl is one of the 40 Authors of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing

PODCASTS/VIDEOS

Wind Of Change

One Zoom to Rule Them All | Reunited Apart LORD OF THE RINGS Edition

Twins The New Trend

It’s been a tough week, and we are here with a little uplift: stay engaged, stay inspired, stay on Tik Tok, watch good stuff.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.5.20

Ritzy watched and loved Yo Noy Soy Aqui. By the Los Spookys team!

We live in scary, tough, difficult times…but we have each other. Go make a difference and hug someone you love. Nerding out is self care and we support it.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.30.20

Josh Gad hosts a Lord of the Rings movie reunion…it is AMAZING!

JK Rowling’s new read for kids + kids at heart – The Ickabog – is being released online. Git it!

We bet you didn’t know you wanted to listen to a podcast about how The Scorpions ’90 rock opus, Wind of Change, was written by the CIA…or was it? It’s awesome, check it out.

Ditto Questlove’s music-oriented podcast…so many awesome, sometimes unexpected, special guests!

Black & white classic movies! New TV shows! MFin Doug E Fresh! (Technical difficulties are MOSTLY behind us, but apologies for our sound issues this ep.)

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.23.20

Check out Ritzy’s Crewest items up for sale!

Cognitive scientist & Professor of Psychology at Yale University Laurie Santos is on Armchair Expert podcast! Ritzy is taking her online course (and Lisa, if she gets her shit together).  

Doug E Fresh wished Ritzy a very happy birthday. For. Reals.

Use code THENERDOUT on Ritzy’s site to buy amazing art n stuff and get free shipping!

Had some server issues but we’re back in action! We get into a LOT of TV – welcome to the pandemic, folks! – but also Ritzy’s art show, Lisa’s running, and lifehacking ourselves into better shape.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.16.20

Our hero: Verve Hosting! They saved our podcasting butt and we recommend them highly.

The Science of Wellbeing class from Yale! Take it…or tell us if you have!

WE ARE! Join us and special guest Eric for a spoilerific breakdown: comic origins, our fave characters, social commentary, and what that ending means to us.

(Plus? A little Star Wars lore and which order we should be watching the Star Wars universe in.)

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR + North Hollywood on 4.18.20

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Who needs Coachella Weekend 1 when you have a pandemic? Not us! (All the cool kids are getting their live performance fix on Instagram these days, anyway.)

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.10.20

Follow our friend Kano on Instagram for cool coloring projects (and art, of course). That’s his artwork on this episode!
Check out new podcast Sista Brunch about women of color thriving in Hollywood.
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Online DJ sets, whisky, our list of must-see movies for little humans (or for you, we don’t judge), and RIP to Bill & Adam…still on lockdown but still nerding out.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.4.20

Who needs some afro cuban dance class? (I mean, all of us.) Check out Ritzy’s friend and scope her out in a class.

Check out the wealth of videos on Paleyfest’s YouTube channel!

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Going into our 3rd week of LOCKDOWN: it’s a mental health check-in (how are YOU?) and recap on what we’re watching (no Tiger King…yet), shopping for, and how we’re staying sane.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.27.20

Check out some cool stuff:

Amy Shira Teitel is doing a virtual book tour for Fighting for Space on Facebook and Youtube.

Ritzy’s got a new podcast coming: Word To Your Mama! Join her Facebook page and blog.

If you haven’t seen Paint Life what ARE you waiting for?! Awesome doc chronicling Ritzy’s – and Army of Snipers artist collective – trip to Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong to share the good art word to kids and folks there. Use the code “stayhome”.

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