Nerd Hurdles

Nerd Hurdles is a podcast. Chances are if you’re here, you know that already. But just in case you got sent here by Google or a link sent to you by someone in your office, Nerd Hurdles is a podcast about things nerds like. Things that regular people (”normals”) scoff at or outright shun. We discuss these things in a generally humorous and vaguely intelligent way. Or is that intelligible? It might be neither intelligent nor intelligible.

 

Jakob and Mandi discuss all manner and forms of nerdery and geekery and what makes them magnificent and tragic. This weekly epic explored the depths of what fandoms mean to their fans. Sacred cows of the scifi, fantasy, comic book and any other genre that makes the general public squirm with discomfort get the irreverent Nerd Hurdles treatment (and nerdy love).

 

Hosted by: Jakob and Mandi

NH 146 – Avenging Avengers of Vengeance

Avengers podcast

What are they avenging exactly? Not to sure on that. But what’s for certain is that Joss Whedon is avenging the summer blockbuster after over a decade of Michael Bay perennially desecrating its fetid, withering corpse.

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NH 145 – Snail Mail

Do you like sending letters to people? Chances are you’re a big nerd if you do.

 

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NH 144 – GEOCACHING

Pretending your phone is a Tricorder to find buried treasure while avoiding muggles… what’s nerdy about that?

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NH 143 – Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games

battle royal hunger games

Welcome to the Nerd Hurdles Cage Match 7, Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale in a fight to the death. May the odds be ever in your favour.

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NH 142 – LEGO

Lego podcast

Jakob and Mandi try to piece together where LEGO did or did not go wrong.

 

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NH 141 – Social Media Gaming

SIMS SOCIAL NERD HURDLES

This week everyone’s favourite anti-social non-gamers talk about gaming on social media platforms.

 

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NH 140 – QUENTIN TARANTINO

QUENTIN TARANTINO PODCAST

When you absolutely, positively, got to piss off every Tarantino fan in the room.

 

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NH 139 – Girl Detectives

Watching (and reading) the girl detectives. Nancy Drew, Veronica Mars and  Flavia de Luce… What’s not to love?

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NH 138 – 2012 Oscar Noms

Nathan is back to help us talk about the 2012 Academy Awards Nominations. We go through the noms in the Best Picture category and make our predictions about who will take home the Oscar on February 26th.

The Nominees: The Artist; The Descendants; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; The Help; Hugo; Midnight in Paris; Moneyball; The Tree of Life; War Horse.

 

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NH 137 – Underworld: Awakening

Nerd Hurdles returns to the Underworld. It triggers an argument about body image.

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