San Francisco's one of my favorite cities, and it produced a really cool, special couple episodes of this show, even if there is a little bit of crowd noise in the background (hey, when you book a tour 2-3 weeks out, it happens). I think I drove out of San Francisco feeling the best. You'll hear part of the reason why next week, but part of it is here RIGHT NOW for you to enjoy! This episode, you get: Eric: White Room Eric: Fake Headlines Allison Page: The Front of Ricky's Truck Debi Mongan: Brand New U-Haul Eric Garneau: My G-Rated Las Vegas Tinder Date Eric: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road FUN FACT: The Nerdologues' seventh anniversary party is coming up this Saturday! We've got a brand-new sketch show cooked up, plus lots of quality hangout time. If you want to go, get in touch with us over on our Facebook page!

In a lot of ways, the Denver stop of the Your Stories tour ended up setting the template for most of the shows to come after. Good thing this turned into a great stop! There's lots of cool stuff happening in this episode, and we're eternally grateful to Voodoo Comedy Playhouse for giving us a welcoming space so late in the game! This episode, enjoy: Eric: Crocodile Rock Eric: We Want a Rock Steve Vanderploeg: Road Jobs Cathy D'Amato: The Next Generation R Alan Brooks: Melksham Eric Garneau: They Might Be Kinda Jerks Alex Talavera: Mixed Heritage Eric: God Gave Rock and Roll to You II Don't miss our next live Your Stories event this Sunday! We're teaming up with Bit Bash, one of our favorite names in Chicaog gaming!

Hi all, Eric here! So my grade school friend Shelby works at a day home for developmentally challenged adults in the Quad Cities, and when she saw I was heading out on tour she asked if I'd like to stop at her place and entertain the people she helps care for. I was super into it! This was a really fun stop full of lovely people. It is very music heavy and very Eric-heavy, although Shelby gets to throw in a couple stories about how much of an asshole I truly was in grade school, which is great. This definitely wasn't like any of the stops on the rest of the tour, but it was a total blast. In this episode, you'll hear me taking a lot of requests, trying to put stuff together on the fly, and having a grand old time. Also, my dog is running around, so get ready for me to talk about that. This episode, enjoy: I Walk the Line The Way You Make Me Feel Suspicious Minds Eric Garneau: Continental Breakfast With Arms Outstretched Wrecking Ball Shelby Graham: Eric in Grade School Message in a Bottle Eric Garneau: Dinner with the Mob Edge of Glory Thunder Road Achy Breaky Heart Remember, you can get unedited audio of the whole tour now on Patreon! There's also all sorts of other cool extras, including a really silly one going up today.

After a couple weeks spent hanging out in LA to celebrate the launch of the newest Nerdologues podcast, Let's Get It On, we're back in Chicago for the second part of our Your Stories Tour kickoff episode, featuring the theme Hit the Road! This is how our fine home crowd helped send me off the journey across the country for a couple weeks, and it was really special. This episode, enjoy: Cover Stories: The Charging Sky Katie Johnston-Smith: The Christian Marriage Ceremony Chris Crotwell: Christmas Adventure Dwight Haesler: Nothing Left to Say Chris Blake: No Divide And remember, if you want to support us like these fine people who came to the tour kickoff, you can head over to our Patreon page. $5/month or more gets you access to next-day Your Stories audio, including the whole tour! Everyone else has to wait like three months at this point.

The Your Stories tour has officially wrapped up, and you're going to be hearing the fruits of it for the next couple months. Being out on the road for two weeks collecting stories was an absolute blast; hopefully you get as much out of listening to them as we did making them. This episode, from our Los Angeles stop at the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown Comics, continues our celebration of the launch of Let's Get It On, the latest Nerdologues podcast, written and produced by the wonderful Mr. Gary Lucy. To celebrate, we've got stories and songs from some of the super-cool contributors to the show, plus the smooth jamz flow like fine wine. This episode, enjoy: Eric: I'll Make Love to You Auggie Smith: AM Radio Crazy Elizabeth Beckwith: Changing Tastes Gary Anthony Williams: Weekends in Atlanta Eric with Eric Schinzer: Truly Madly Deeply If you want to hear the rest of our tour recordings -- plus the most recent Chicago episodes that haven't yet been officially released -- head on over to our Patreon page! Everyone who donates $5/month or more gets access to next-day recordings of all our shows. Everyone else has to wait! And don't forget to check out Let's Get It On. We love it!

Last week the Nerdologues released our newest podcast, a creation of the wonderful Mr. Gary Lucy, who you may remember from the Ketchup (as well as a couple previous appearances on this show!). The new 'cast is called Let's Get It On, and we love it. So we threw it a launch party at Nerdmelt in LA! Gary booked and hosted this show his own damn self, and he brought a lot of really incredible, talented people to the stage to talk about their own relationship with radio. This episode, you'll hear: Eric: Rush Rush Jane Edith Wilson: Dumb Love Steve Benaquist: Radio Pastiche Zachary Barton: The Complicated Tom Clay Sharon Houston: Lubbock's New Music Source Check out the pilot episode of Let's Get It On, now available on Nerdologues.com and on iTunes! If you want to support the Your Stories tour, which has one stop left, you can hit up our Patreon page. That's helping pay for my gas, friends! Or come see us! We'll be in Minneapolis this Friday! Then we're back in Chicago for our first show at our new home, the Beat Kitchen, this Sunday!

Your Stories is coming to your town! Maybe! If you live in a major city west of Chicago and north of I-70 possibly! It's going to be a real exciting handful of weeks, guys. You can follow the tour on Nerdologues.com and our Facebook page as well. But first, the send-off! This episode features: Cover Stories with Chris Blake: Near to the Wild Heart of Life Andrew Bentley: The Final Journey of the Flying V Mary Beth Smith: Stand-Up Troy Hayes: Pies Across America Eric Garneau: Why Cover Stories with Chris Blake: Born to Run If you want to follow and support the tour, you can also visit our Patreon page! Backers at the $5 level and above will get access to every show recording the day after it happens, plus bonus audio diary entries! We hope to see you out on the road. Let's make this tour a hit.

In case you missed last week's episode, it's imperative you know that we love the Chicago Design Museum. Love 'em. This recording marks our fourth collaboration with them, to celebrate the opening of their latest exhibit, featuring radical Modernist artist Dan Friedman. And what you get out of it is a bunch of radical Chicagoans sharing their talents and stories. This episode, enjoy: Cover Stories: Million Reasons Cover Stories: Under Pressure Connie & Katie: Invasive Species Savannah Million: Awkward Robots, Awkward Humans Sam Rosen: Funding from Dee Roman Titus: Tripping to Perfection Joey Stevenson: The Birth of Playboy Cover Stories: All These Things That I've Done Huge thanks to Field Notes and the Chicago Podcast Coop for sponsoring our show! Don't miss our latest card game, Competition Kitchen, now on Kickstarter -- it's a cooking competition game including cards designed by Mario Batali, Ina Garten, Marc Summers, and more! Also: Your Stories is going on tour! Keep up with announced dates on our website or Facebook page, but basically, if you're west of Chicago, we'll probably be pretty close to you!

Last week, we teamed up with the Chicago Design Museum for the fourth time to help celebrate the launch of their newest exhibit, featuring radical Modernist artist Dan Friedman. What a radical couple of episodes we got out of it. This episode, enjoy: Cover Stories: Freedom Cover Stories: Paper Planes Mary Beth Smith: Free Radicals Andrew Huff: Independent Media Victor Saad: Apple Skin Christen Carter: Expression of Values Lloyd King: Coyote Encounter / Afterlife Don't miss the Design Museum's newest exhibit, opening this Friday! Thanks so much to Jackbox Games and the Chicago Podcast Coop for sponsoring our show. And hey, if you've got a second, maybe check out our latest Kickstarter?

This week, Nerds Kevin and Joe talk about what inspired them to make the Nerdologues' new card game Competition Kitchen, currently on Kickstarter! Also, the now-defunct Nerdologuecast gets the series finale nobody asked for! Thanks so much to Jackbox Games and Cards Against Humanity for your sponsorship! And hey! Please, please check out Competition Kitchen on Kickstarter!