Happy 2022, friends! We are back and ready to kick this year into full swing. On this week's episode, Rach & Adam discuss the year ahead, their own Nerd years resolutions, their moonshot goals for the pod this year, and the 2021 champion(s) of the nerdiverse. Join us for our first ep of the year, and we hope you'll stick around for the wild year ahead. That and more on the pod. 

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays, ya filthy animals! Please enjoy this recording of our very first (and very special) live show, during which we went through a Christmas-themed bracket and selected the winner of the Snowball-in-one Spirit of Christmas-a-thon! What truly embodies the spirit of Christmas? Is it sitting on Santa's lap, watching animated films, or gigantic inflatables on the front yard? Hear tidbits from Rachel's mom about her childhood experiences with Santa, and listen as Adam gives tips on finding presents ahead of the holiday... and then remembers there are impressionable, young fans watching. 

We love and are so thankful for all of you! Thank you for 30 amazing episodes. We can't wait for what 2022 will bring. 

-Rach & Adam (@whatsupnerdspod)

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*Imagine this description on a suave, British accent*

Hello, beautiful listeners. It is I, Woodall... Rachel, Woodall. On this week's episode, my comrade Adam and I are joined by writer, podcaster, and fellow mega-nerd, Elliott Serrano, to chat about all things James Bond. Which Bond would he most like to have a martini with? Which Bond trap would he most easily escape from? And what would M tell Spider-man to do in wake of his recent bad press? Yes, folks, we bring in things from all over the MCU and the nerdiverse. Would we be ourselves if we didn't? 

You can find Elliott @ElliottSerrano and his podcast, "Shaken, Not Heard" on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitch. 

You can follow us across all social @whatsupnerdspod. 

Hope to see you over on our Facebook on 12/15/21 for our live show! 7 pm cst. Facebook.com/whatsupnerdspod

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If you'd like to pick up the second controller, watch ANY Bond film from any era. Heck, watch em all! We can't tell you what to do. 

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Uh oh, nerds...can't shake the feeling that you forgot something? Maybe it was making sure you listen to this week's episode of your favorite podcast, where Rachel & Adam discuss the 1990 holiday classic, Home Alone. This is a wild one, folks - we've got stories about mischievous children, what any kid would (and did) do if they were Home Alone themselves, and a truly goofy game that WOULDN'T involve the accidental murder of two wet bandits - all that and more on this week's What's Up, Nerds!

 

If you'd like to pick up the second controller, go watch the original Home Alone! It's the holiday season anyway, you've got a good excuse. Otherwise - keep the change, ya filthy animal.

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Reach out to us on social at @WhatsUpNerdsPod, or send your suggestions for future topics to [email protected]! Do you have a home alone story yourself? What would YOU nerd out about if you woke up and were 8 years old? We want to hear from you!

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Whaaaaaat's up, nerds? Aaaaaaare you reaaaaaaady to ruuuuuuuumble?! (That's my best wrestling reference. Stay with me here). On this week's episode, we're joined by wrestling superfan Brennan Meyers to talk about all things AEW, aka All Elite Wrestling. We talk about the differences between the AEW and the WWE, what kind of cape Adam would wear as his wrestling gear, the craziest moves we saw these guys get away with, and more. Plus, we bring in some characters from our "Nerdiverse" to see how they'd fare in the ring. That and more, all on the pod. 

If you'd like to pick up the second controller, we watched AEW Full Gear 2021 (CM Punk vs Eddie Kingston) and AEW All Out 2021 (Young Bucks vs Lucha Brothers). You can also find a lot of AEW matches on their YouTube channel!

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And - big announcement! - be sure to mark your calendars! Our first livestream event is Thursday, 12/16/21 at 7pm CST over on our Facebook page. Stay tuned for more details!

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What's the deal with this week's What's Up, Nerds? Well, folks, we're covering 90s comic classic Seinfeld with superfan, Matthew Primrose. We'll talk how it compares to sitcoms of decades past, then jump into how our very own Nerd-i-verse might come into play when it comes to Jerry himself - yada yada yada, just listen to the damn episode and enjoy it, we know you will.

If you'd like to pick up the second controller, we watched epsiodes:

S5, E14: The Marine Biologist

S7, E20-21: The Bottle Deposit

For bonus CAPE action, watch S6, E4: The Chinese Woman

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Hosted by Rachel Woodall & Adam Damon.

You can reach us on social at @WhatsUpNerdsPod, or send your suggestions for future topics to [email protected]! It'd be a Festivus for the rest of us if you've got an idea for a future episode - we'd love to hear it. 

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RoBo-NeRd hErE! WeLcOmE tO tHe EpIsOdE... This week, your favorite nerds are boldly going where no nerd has gone before - that's right, folks, we're doing a review show on a review show. Writer, actor, and fellow-podcaster, Nick Kovari, joins us to chat about Mystery Science Theater 3000. As we discuss MST3000, we'll explore the roots of the cult classic that's lasted three decades (including a Netflix reboot), ponder being shot into space with robot best friends, and even do a little reviewing of our own, reading One Direction fanfic that does not feature One Direction - and I promise, it's crazier than even that sounds. Don't touch that dial, folks - we've got all that and more, on this week's What's Up, Nerds!

You can find Nick's podcast, Stuart and Stephanie, wherever you get your podcasts! 

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If you'd like to pick up the second controller, we watched:

Johnny at the Fair (short)

A Date with Your Family (short) 

Pod People(full ep)

Riding with Death (full ep)

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Hosted by Rachel Woodall and Adam Damon. Follow us on social @whatsupnerdspod or visit here for a full list of where to find us. 

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What's that? These dang nerds are actually covering a * book * for once? That's right, folks - on this week's special What's Up, Nerds!, we'll be covering Stephen King's 2019 hit The Institute. Rachel brings along a teased surprise special guest, who absolutely blows the roof off the pod with his appearance. We talk about the merits of audiobooks vs. physical, get into spoiler territory when it comes to the topic of psychic children, and even dip back into the What's Up, Nerds? historical vault to figure out how past wonderful vices might fare in an Intitute of their own. Is this the beginning of a new #WUNbookclub? You'll just have to listen to find out! All that and more, on this week's episode of What's Up, Nerds!

TIME STAMPS:

0:00-23:00 - General Discussion

23:40 and beyond - Spoiler Territory

42:30 - Quick Bytes, Ratings, Ending

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If you’d like to pick up the second controller to play along with us, King's The Institute is available most places you'd find a good book - Adam got his at a second-hand book shop. Maybe take the opportunity to support your local library and see if they've got a copy!

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Hosted by Rachel Woodall & Adam Damon. Message us on social at @WhatsUpNerdsPod, or send your suggestions for future topics to [email protected]! We're always testing new ideas out on ourselves and our beautiful listeners, so if you've got something you're just dying to share with the world, let us know - shoot, if we think you're the kind to really get into the heads of nerds like us, we may even want to feature you on the pod! Hit us up! -- Music from https://www.zapsplat.com

Spoiler alert, Adam got married this past weekend! We recorded this lifestream a few weeks back so that we wouldn't have to figure out how to record during the bachelor/ette parties or the rehearsal dinner...crazy, right? Anyway, most of this episode is evergreen. We chat about roadtrips, group texts, and people who talk about their dogs! (Definitely not us seeking validation and telling stories about our own dogs, not at all!) But I, Rachel, also interject with updates from the best weekend of the century: The Damon Wedding Weekend. 

See ya'll next week with your regularly scheduled programming! And one more cheers to The Damons!

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Boo! Did we scare you? We sure hope not, because we need you here for this week's inaugural What's Up Nerds Halloween Boo-rnament of Champ-scream-ions! We're gonna make like Camp Crystal Lake and split our top Halloween-adjacent concepts down, until we can determine the #1 official, universal, and legally-binding "Most Halloween Thing of All Time." This is no Elm Street, folks, the nightmare is over - you finally get to hear your favorite podcasters in the biz discuss the spooky season. Plus, Rachel may or may not drive Adam to commit an obsessive Loomis-esque reaction with many interjections of her cover of the Monster Mash. All that and mooooOOOOOOooore, on this week's What's Up, Nerds!

 

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If you’d like to pick up the second controller, watch a damn spooky movie this season! Or if you're chicken, Rachel recommends Halloweentown (1998).

 

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Hosted by Rachel Woodall & Adam Damon.

 

Message us on social at @WhatsUpNerdsPod, or send your suggestions for future topics to [email protected]! If you think you're final girl material, please reach out to us so we can interject before disaster strikes our small towns - we need ideas on future episodes and the killer (?!) says he'll only let us live unless we hear from you. Until then, don't split up to search for clues! That's how they get you!

 

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