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#046: For a Few Mandos More (w/ Eustacia)

Last time we talked about The Mandalorian , the season was only half done. So this week we invite Eui back to finish the 1st season off in high anticipation of the second.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 26, 2020The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau, Disney, Star Wars, nerd culture, geek culture, western, Baby Yoda, The Child, Din DjarinComment

#044: Top of the Pulps

This week Your Generals take a look back to the early part of the 1900s and talk about some pulp fiction from three of the masters: Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and H. P. Lovecraft.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 12, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Weird Tales, Pulp Fiction, Weird Fiction, Sword and Sorcery, Conan the Barbarian, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft, Cthulhu, The Rats in the Walls, The Return of the Sorceror, The Tower of the Elephant, Cosmic HorrorComment

#043: B-List Batman Baddies

This week Your Generals head back to Arkham Asylum to check out some lesser known Batman villains. Of interest this time are Man-Bat, Hush, Professor Pyg, The Ventriloquist, Professor Hugo Strange, and Calendar Man.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizOctober 5, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, DC comics, comic books, Batman, Hush, Man-Bat, Professor Hugo Strange, Professor Pyg, Calendar Man, The Ventriloquist, Scarface, Rogues GalleryComment

#042: Unicron Attacks! The Transformers: The Movie

In disguise or not, when a robot the size of a moon approaches a world, people notice. When you get together this voice cast for a movie based on a pop culture landmark like the Transformers, Your Generals notice...and talk about it.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 28, 2020geek culture, nerd culture, Transformers, The Transformers: The Movie, 1986, toy, robot, Optimus Prime, Beast Wars, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Orson Welles, Juss Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Eric IdleComment

#041: Second Contact: A Voyage to the Lower Decks

This week Your Generals tour the U.S.S. Cerritos and check in on what has been happening on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 21, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Star Trek, Lower Decks, Cerritos, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Second Contact, Mike McMahanComment

#039: Nerds at Arms

This week Your Generals revisit Discworld and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch when they talk about Men at Arms.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizSeptember 7, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Terry Pratchett, Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, City Watch, Carrot, Captain Vimes, Fantasy, police, race, Men at ArmsComment

#021: Now Entering Letterkenny

This week the Generals take a road trip up North and discuss the locals of a small town named Letterkenny.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizApril 27, 2020nerd culture, geek culture, Letterkenny, Canada, small town, Jared Keeso, comedy, Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, K. Trevor Wilson Comment

#020: Hey Kids! It's Jay and Silent Bob. (Reboot)

It's 4/20 and few stoners overlap as much with nerd and geek culture as Jay and Silent Bob. So this week the Generals take a look at Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizApril 20, 2020Jay and Silent Bob, Reboot, nerd culture, geek culture, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Harley Quinn Smith, Ben Affleck, 90sComment

#018: BookVVyrms: Guards! Guards!

This week the Generals stop by Ankh-Morpork to check out their City Watch in the novel Guards! Guards!.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizApril 6, 2020Discworld, Guards Guards, Terry Pratchett, humor, fantasy, satire, The Watch, Vimes, Carrot, dragons, geek, nerd, geek culture, nerd cultureComment

#016: Pokemon: The First Movie: General Nerdery Strikes Back (w/ Will)

For many, Pokemon helped define their childhood. The Generals are no exception to this and team up with a friend to stroll down memory lane and watch Pokemon: The First Movie.

General Nerdery PodcastTyler RuizMarch 23, 2020Pokemon, The First Movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back, nerd, geek, Nintendo, Kunihiko Yuyama, GO, geek culture, nerd culture, 1999Comment

#015: Nerds from the Dwarf (w/Jesse)

Red Dwarf, a sci-fi comedy series that may just be Better Than Life. So your Generals bring in another seasoned nerd to dig into this more than the Jupiter Mining Corporation.