#67: Broadway Musicals
Brendan Dowling and Martin Wilson chat about the golden age of the Broadway musical with Arnie. There is a lot more singing than usual.
Nov 20, 2012•1 hr 6 min
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#66: Star Trek Voyager
Charlie McCrackin and Matt Young explain 'Star Trek: Voyager' to Arnie. It gets weirder than expected.
Nov 13, 2012•1 hr 17 min
#65: Human Centipede 2
Adal Rifai and Louie Saunders explain the grisly details of the gross-out horror sequel 'Human Centipede 2' to Arnie who really should have known better than to ask. Warning: the movie is apparently somehow even more disturbing than the original. It's a really gross Stupid Nerd!
Oct 29, 2012•54 min
#64: Aquaman/Namor the Submariner
Kevin Sciretta and Jason Chin explain the history of both Aquaman and Namor the Submariner to Arnie. It's a very aquatic Stupid Nerd.
Oct 13, 2012•59 min
#63: Pie Fest XIII
Evan and Shama Jacover explain the crazy pies of Pie Fest XIII to Arnie. It's a pie-tastic episode of Stupid Nerd.
Sep 28, 2012•53 min
Stupid Nerd #62: Vampire Diaries
Megan O'Neill and Alex Eilhauer explain the CW show Vampire Diaries to Arnie. Recommended for vampires and halfwerewolves alike.
Sep 13, 2012•1 hr 2 min
Stupid Nerd #61: No Purchase Necessary
Matt Cavedon and Darius De La Cruz talk to Arnie about not purchasing anything for a year. Except groceries. And other stuff. Find out about their year and their podcast "No Purchase Necessary."
May 09, 2012•55 min
Stupid Nerd #60: Assassins 2011 (pt3)
The final installment on the oral history of the Assassins game between iO and ComedySportz Chicago. Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan are back to explain who won and how. Cesar Jamie and Matt Manley are also interviewed.
Jan 17, 2012•1 hr
Stupid Nerd #59: Assassins 2011 (pt2)
The saga of the iO VS ComedySportz Assassins game continues. Interviews include: ComedySportz CEO Matt Elwell, Katy Colloton, Tim Frank, Peyton Brown and Peter Kremidas, as well as more from Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, Brett Elam, David Flora and Joshua Logan.
Jan 06, 2012•1 hr 13 min
Stupid Nerd #58: Assassins 2011 (pt1)
The epic Assassins game between iO Chicago and Comedy Sportz! Arnie interviews Kat Gotsick and Jon Forsythe, who ran the game, along with players David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan. Also interviewed in part one: Charna Halpern, Blaine Swen, Jet Eveleth, Adal Rifai, Louis Saunders, Alex Trepka, Patrick Rowland and Nikki Pierce. Look for part two coming after the holidays.
Dec 21, 2011•1 hr 34 min
Stupid Nerd #57: Hanukkah
Harry Gottlieb (creator of You Don't Know Jack) and Evan Jacover teach Arnie all about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Dec 06, 2011•51 min
Stupid Nerd #56: Adam West's Batman
Jason Chin and Matt Young talk about the campy 60's Batman television show starring Adam West.
Nov 22, 2011•1 hr 6 min
Stupid Nerd Bonus: Disney World 9/11
A quick clip from The Poor Choices Show where Brendan Jennings talks to host Mark Colomb about working at Disney World, including working there, in costume, on 9/11.
Nov 16, 2011•11 min
Stupid Nerd #55: Disneyland/Disney World
Lisa Linke, Sam Super and Thom Gaughan let Arnie in on their favorite things and some secrets about Disneyland and Disney World.
Nov 02, 2011•1 hr 19 min
Stupid Nerd #54: Sports
Big Ten Network host, Mike Hall, and Second City's Tim Baltz help Arnie understand how sports can be nerdy, but rewarding. They also talk about broadcasting school, ESPN's 'Dream Job' and Ultimate Frisbee.
Oct 19, 2011•1 hr 13 min
Stupid Nerd #53: serial killers 4
Louie Saunders, Molly Wilbanks and Ellen Haeg are back to update Arnie on serial killers for a fourth time. This time they've decided to dig in an try to investigate a case themselves.
Oct 03, 2011•1 hr 9 min
Stupid Nerd #52: Supernatural
Jorin Garguilo and Adal Rifai explain the TV show Supernatural to Arnie. It is apparently more than Route 66 meets Buffy.
Sep 20, 2011•1 hr 17 min
Stupid Nerd Bonus: We Wrongly Assume #1
Arnie has a new podcast, "We Wrongly Assume (People Care What We Say)." Stupid Nerd will continue, but you'll want to go subscribe to this new one as well, to make sure you don't miss future installments. For this first episode Arnie's guests are Steve Waltien and Rush Howell.
Sep 08, 2011•1 hr 24 min
Stupid Nerd #51: The Oscars
Arnie talks to Academy Awards nerds Craig Cackowski and Brendan Dowling about what's wonderful and sometimes annoying about the Oscars.
Aug 18, 2011•1 hr 11 min
Stupid Nerd #50: Lizard People/Clockwork Elves
Arnie learns about the lizard people who live among us and control our governments from guests Irene Marquette and Allard Laban. He also learns about the Clockwork Elves from another dimension. Just for fun, hollow earth, Mormons and Paul McCartney are also discussed.
Aug 10, 2011•56 min
Stupid Nerd #49: SeaQuest
Arnie learns about the underwater scifi show, 'SeaQuest' from his guests, Shane Wilson and Sean Kelley.
Jul 05, 2011•1 hr 8 min
Stupid Nerd #48: Sierra Games
Arnie learns about classic computer adventure games made by Sierra Games (Kings Quest, Space Quest... Police Quest) from the Ryder brothers, Tim Ryder and Josh Ryder.
Jun 24, 2011•1 hr 22 min
Stupid Nerd #47: geocaching
Arnie learns about geocaching, GPS scavenger hunts, from his guests Rance Rizzutto, Rich Prouty and Tara DeFrancisco.
Jun 10, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Stupid Nerd #46: Dr. Who (1963-1989)
Arnie learns about the classic British scifi TV series 'Doctor Who,' covering several decades of the original run of the series from guests Chris Rathjen and Shaun Clayton. (P.S. It's kind of a long one)
May 20, 2011•1 hr 34 min
Stupid Nerd #45: mascotting
Arnie learns about being a mascot, for college sports and summer amusement parks from Steve Heinrich.
May 02, 2011•58 min
Stupid Nerd Bonus: Arnie on Hamlet
A special bonus. From Chicago's Paper Machete show (and podcast) Arnie reads a piece he wrote for Shakespeare's birthday, about the horrible things we've all done to Hamlet.
Apr 23, 2011•9 min
Stupid Nerd #44: War of the Ring
Arnie learns about the LOTR board game War of the Ring, from Shad Kunkle. Shad owns a massive (and expensive), limited edition hand crafted version of the game. Arnie and Shad's wife, Kate Hawley, try to figure out whether it's worth it.
Apr 06, 2011•56 min
Stupid Nerd #43: Sherlock Holmes
Arnie learns about Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective that ever lived, from his guests Jason Chin and Shane Wilson.
Mar 30, 2011•1 hr
Stupid Nerd #42: Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Arnie is joined by the 3033's Bill Arnett and Andy St. Clair who talk about thier trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the new Harry Potter amusement park in Florida.
Mar 16, 20110
Stupid Nerd #41: Hunger Games
Arnie learns about The Hunger Games, the YA postapocolyptic novel from his guests Sarah Maher, Megan O'Neill and Matt Meador. They actually set out to talk about the entire trilogy but got so caught up describing how they'd fight to survive that they spent the whole hour talking about the first book.
Mar 02, 2011•1 hr 8 min
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