It's with a heavy heart that we report that Space Ghost is no longer getting enough oxygen. On March 2nd, George Lowe, voice of Space Ghost, and all-around delightful weirdo, became a true ghost. He joins C. Martin Croker, voice of Zorak and Moltar in Valhalla. We never did any podcasts with either of them, but back in 2014 we recorded an episode of Nerdy Show Live with George Lowe where we read some Space Ghost Coast to Coast fanfic. George Lowe reads as Space Ghost, Cat as Zorak, Hex and Molta...
Mar 04, 2025•16 min•Ep. 332
A brief bulletin to let you know that there's a feature film documentary about Nerdy Show regular Marc With A C. The film is called Half Serious, Half Kidding: The Digital Footprint Of An Obscure Rock Star it's coming soon to streaming platforms, but if you're keen to get a limited run physical copy with a soundtrack, zine, and a wealth of bonus content... now's your chance - until Thursday, May 2 at 11:50 AM Eastern, that is. Back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwacdoc/marc-with-...
May 01, 2024•3 min
Nerdy Show doesn’t have a monopoly on going dormant for years at a time - why, twelve years ago, legendary chiptunes artist, Pixelh8, stepped away from music. He turned from pioneering musician to pioneering educator and founded The Creative Computing Club. But no sonic wizard stays entombed forever! Pixelh8 is back! His new record, Hard Reset , is out now, further new projects await, and we've dusted off Nerdy Show to give this old pal a warm welcome home. In this episode Cat and Jess travel wi...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 331
Nerdy Show is never dead, only sleeping! Your host with the most, Cat, returns to catch you up on what you may have missed, what's going on with her and Nerdy Show , and to share her latest geeky podcast adventure: "MOTHER," She Wrote: An EarthBound Podcast , which explores Nintendo's trilogy of cult sensation RPGs. All this will likely surprise and delight, but this is no mere update - it's a prelude! A new Nerdy Show episode is coming soon and this episode paves the way. So tune in and prepare...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 330
When you least expect it - There's something new in the Nerdy Show feed! A suspicious message! What can it be? We won't leave you to cryptic ponderings: it's Cat, your hostess with the mostess, spontaneously returning to the the feed that started it all. She regails with a ramble to cinch up the gap between broadcasts and to test out some new tech that could terraform talk podcasting (though it's still very much in beta). Join us for a jumble of thoughts and feelings on this Cat catch-up to chec...
Nov 23, 2022•29 min•Ep. 329
We interrupt this yawing gulf of silence with an important bulletin! The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program and Chaosium have joined forces to bring you a bold new adventure! A live charity spectacle! Two nights of improvised tabletop storytelling - like only Mystery Program can make: November, FRIDAY THE 13TH AND 14TH - 7pm Eastern at CthulhuMystery.com/live . Behold as the horror and hilarity unfold before your very eyes in unedited actual play mayhem! And brace yourselves as our cast explores th...
Nov 09, 2020•5 min
In this archival interview from 2018, Cat speaks with Talking Heads' David Byrne about the Criterion Collection re-release of his 1986 film, True Stories and the first ever edition of that film's complete soundtrack. The film was Byrne's directorial debut and as it plainly puts it right at the start is "about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas." The film is part zany, slice of life comedy, part anthropological study - processed through the music of Talking Heads and projected through a loving, a...
Sep 18, 2020•25 min•Ep. 328
In this time of global upheaval, the entirety of The Nerdy Show Network unites! If we must be alone, let us be alone together! We summoned our fans far and wide along with personalities from Omniverse and The Nerdy Show Network to our Discord server to hang out, geek out, and spread love from a distance. Hear from the cast and crews of: Nerdy Show , The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program , Ghostbusters: Resurrection , Dungeons & Doritos , Derpy Show, Flame On! , Wicked Anime , RPG From Scratch ...
Mar 25, 2020•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 327
The Nerdy Show Network’ s flagship podcast is an ever-evolving thing! Are we a news source? A travelogue of niche nerdery? A family of freaky friends with a penchant for pop culture? Media journalists documenting artistic endeavors from the geek world, far and wide? We're all these things! But now, we're also Omniverse! Join Cap, Doug, and La Valle as they offer insights into what we've been up to behind the scenes and how our podcast empire has become something exciting and new as our skills an...
Feb 28, 2020•35 min•Ep. 326
We're going to PodTales a festival of audio drama and audio fiction. It's free, it's in Cambridge, MA, and it's on October 20th. More info here: https://podtales.org/ We've got a table (A5/6 in the Mt. Absalom room) and several panels including this one at 2PM: "Living in the Moment: Writing Through Improvisation" in The Hephaestus (Second Floor). Hosted by Cap and featuring Hem "Volonda" Cleveland (The Lucky Die, Dark Dice) Natasha Haverty & Brendan Pelsue (We Are Not These People), Sean Ho...
Oct 10, 2019•7 min
Brace yourselves for a massive announcement years in the making: We've teamed up with The DAVE School to bring Lightning Dogs to life as an animated short! Join Cap, La Valle, and Doug for this brief update and hear more about the short in Lightning Dogs: The Official Paw'dcast: https://bit.ly/2UqxVSK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 17, 2019•4 min•Ep. 326
Presently the production house known as Nerdy Show is in the midst of some massive movements. After the release of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program series 2, Cap and Doug dove right into a new major project for Lightning Dogs (still TBA) - so, after a long day of recording stuff they can't talk about quite yet, and no time to assemble a proper episode of Nerdy Show , they grabbed a friend and piled into the studio for a free-wheeling conversation to catch you up on things and hopefully entert...
Apr 03, 2019•59 min•Ep. 325
Folks, Cap is plum tuckered. She's fried. Like a fairground pickle. Here's some words from her speaking of things to come, begging your pardon, and sharing a smidge of the latest while we get our ish together. <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2019•3 min
There's no episode of Nerdy Show this week because we put our our long awaited Dungeons & Doritos Q&A 2 - which you can find over on that show's feed. Cap discusses this and shares a few other tidbits of network news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2019•3 min
The wildly-swinging hits keep on coming! How far will we veer off of our usual platter of geeky chatter? And for how long? Indefinitely?! Well at the very least we'll always stay true to what you've come to expect from us for the past decade: surreal tangents and strange comedy. In this episode - Cap, La Valle, and Doug team up for a creative experiment in which Cap plays a high-powered Hollywood executive type taking pitches from hapless writers. Which of these absurd ideas will get green lit f...
Feb 06, 2019•42 min•Ep. 324
When the Cap is away, the Doug and La Valle will play. Left to their own devices (without adult supervision), the duo discuss some of their favorite Nerdy Show pitches and come up with new ones. But things take a spooky turn when a discussion about favorite horror movies leads to an exploration of La Valle’s dark, supernatural past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2019•58 min•Ep. 323
Join Cap on a solo mission as they give hints to the latest happenings at The Nerdy Show Network, muse on the Network's (and this show's) 10th year of podcasting, share the ups and downs of kitten fostering, and highlight two amazing comics you should read: Gillen and Hans's Die and Okorafor and Tana's LaGuardia . But all that's just a prelude to the main event! In preparation for an upcoming collaborative art project, Cap dusts off some fan fiction they wrote with Local-Shop in which their favo...
Jan 10, 2019•48 min•Ep. 322
Coming to you live from the deep recesses of your own mind: Nerdy Show is creepin' in your dreams and in your Fallout 76 servers! As we batten down the hatches while hatching other Nerdy Show Network schemes, our titular show goes full on diary – recapping the various projects we're chipping away at and fascinating life happenings. Join Cap, boR, Brandon, and Jon for tales from Fallout 76 , a surreal “double mumbo jumbo” dream that gives a first hand exploration of encounters from beyond, pineap...
Dec 12, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 321
Join us for a panel with Chris Ryall ( Locke & Key , Zombies Vs. Robots ) and Jeremy Whitley ( Vampirella ) as we chew on chilling tales, crossing genres, and frights for all seasons. This discussion comes to you live from NC Comicon, moderated by psychiatrist Matt Connor, and featuring our very own Cap Blackard alongside Chris and Jeremy. We discuss the differences in conveying scares in disparate mediums, our formative horror memories, favorite films, existential dread, and a dose of Cap's...
Nov 28, 2018•48 min•Ep. 320
We're on the road! And you might be too! Incept your commute by driving along with us driving and recapping our adventures at NC Comicon and beyond. Cap, Tony, and Doug share their highlights from North Carolina Comicon, Bull City in Durham, NC - the Willow 30th anniversary event, the Lightning Dogs , the pals, the panels, and the wretchedly delightful late nights of bad movies. What's more, it's been a while since this particular trio has been the spotlight of a Nerdy Show episode, so we delve ...
Nov 14, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Enter a vortex of horror and existential crisis. We sink our fangs into Netflix's spoopier recent series, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and the second season of Castlevania . Hear us extol the nerd nuances that have Cap, boR, and Brandon drinking deeply from these series' black chalices. We also discuss the shocking return of Adult Swim's bastard child, 12 Oz Mouse , Star Trek: Lower Decks , a forthcoming animated series about the nobodies of the Federation fleet, and invite you to invest i...
Oct 31, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Brandon has returned from his trip to Scotland. Did our resident renegade glean any culture while on his first trip overseas? We're not 100% sure, but he definitely left his mark: he pooped on a mountain! Well, more like a hill; but you have to understand, Floridian standards for elevated landmasses are a bit out of whack. Hear tales of enchanted gastrointestinal distress, fried pizza, castles, and, yes: birds. We also discuss camping at Camp Crystal Lake (the video game kind) with Friday the 13...
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 32 min
Nerdy Show 's global cultural exchange continues! Fresh from a trip to the Land of the Rising Sun, two of our hosts share chilling tales of how Universal Studios does Halloween Horror Nights in Japan. It's a drastically different experience guaranteed to make you liquefy with jealousy and set the horror hounds a-barkin'. Our anorak tentacles have crept across the world: Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, soon Scotland... We're not sure why this is the year we've all blown about like dandelion fluff, b...
Oct 03, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Engineered obsolescence: that's what the human body is. It kicks alotta ass and then gets slower, brittler, and much harder to drive. Surely us nerds of the 21st century must've found some way to brain ourselves out of this? Well... turns out we have! Join Cap, boR, Jon, and Tony as we test out the latest life-extension drugs, brainstorm the sci-fi benefits of custom-engineered organoids, and stay young at heart with rousing discussions on the new Spider-Man game, the animated series The Dragon ...
Sep 19, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Indulge in tastes and tales from around the world - in explicit, eye-narrowing detail. We've taken some long, strange trips and some deep sips of cultures not our own and the results are... mixed at best. boR shares the shockingly unsavory details of his trip to Spain while Trench elaborates on New Jersey frustrations. Meanwhile, in Orlando, Cap and Brandon are enjoying curious Chinese cheese-topped teas and British tea parties was well as the refined tastes of the XXX French edutainment cartoon...
Sep 05, 2018•1 hr 33 min
"Loneliness is lonely." Someone famous probably said that once... And so, Cap has once again violated the solo mission sanctity of ALL CAPS. Our illustrious, chromatic poddess (that's short for "podcast goddess") is joined by their oldest pal, and Nerdy Show / Dungeons & Doritos cohort, Colin Peterson. Learn about formative childhood experiences at long gone roller rinks and ominous dreams. Hear Colin's report on seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. Experience visceral 30-so...
Aug 30, 2018•52 min
It's lonely in the void, so Cap's reaching out to get touched... by someone. Yes, the lines are open and your chromatic operator is doing an AMA the old fashioned way: with telephones. There's no telling what'll happen - including surprise guest appearances! Cap gets a turducken-themed song challenge from Marc With a C, chats with amazing illustrator and new Lightning Dogs collaborator, Kempo Cornelius, hears about Kyle Bunnell (aka Krondor Krew's Shinobi MC)'s new 5th Ed. D&D character - pl...
Aug 22, 2018•52 min
Brace yourselves for a re-CAP of all the podcastery whatnot Cap has been up to. A Willow vision quest turns into philosophical musings on pop culture obsession. Will curiosity kill the Cap? Can their insatiable lust for knowledge ever be sated? Is progesterone all it's cracked up to be? Is forever friendship a fiction or fact? All-consuming questions abound before giving way to an exploration of the deep sea subway adventures of Splatoon 2 's OctoExpansion and Cap's two clams about the dynamic a...
Aug 15, 2018•23 min
PREVIOUSLY! ON NERDY SHOW... The gang had a good laugh about skeleton soup . But enough of that. Let's get serious... SERIOUSLY AWESOME. In lieu of a regularly scheduled episode, you're getting an over-indulgence of your host with the most, Cap. It's no surprise they've got a lot of things on their mind, but there's one thing of paramount importance. The fate of the world might hang in the balance: The Return of The Aquabats! Super Show! It's a super rad television show about America's hardest w...
Aug 08, 2018•20 min
We love food here on Nerdy Show - and drinks too! Sometimes we talk about rare and unusual sodas, but in this episode we're pursuing the ultimate specialty drinks. These beverages have been secreted away in the deepest recesses, but we'll drink them - some way, some how. Neither inter-planetary travel or prime directive bleeding hearts can stop us from making first contact with our pursed lips. And if you think that calling the finely fermented skeleton juice "sewage" is going to give pause to o...
Aug 03, 2018•1 hr 6 min
