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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).
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We’re going to make you an offer you can’t refuse. Listen to the Nerd Hurdles podcast or swim with the fishes. Can Jakob and Mandi take down The Godfather (and mobster movies in general), or is there no escape from the family?
Speaking of “Family”, that was a pretty good Spiner-heavy TNG episode.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:33 — 23.3MB)
Have you ever found an original Han Solo figure still in the card for $2 at a thrift store or a yard sale? Probably not. But it’s the dream. The reality (and nightmare) of thrifting is you’re in danger of ending up with a house full of broken-down, kitschy junk. This week Jakob and Mandi trade-in their second-hand stories and you walk away with a great bargain.
And as an added bonus, the best audio comment we’ve ever received.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd (Including “Baby Secret” videos)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:51 — 26.6MB)
Not all beers are created equal. Some people like a little more craft put into their brews, some like theirs to taste like watery crap. Guess which Jakob and Mandi prefer? The Hurdlers hurdle beer after recovering from the Toronto Festival of Beer.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:00 — 25.8MB)
This week Jakob and Mandi jack-in to break through the firewalls and crack the encryption codes to get the hard data on computer hackers in movies and IRL. Or maybe they mostly talk about Angelina’s body.
Shownotes: tH3 hURDLëD nÆRD
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:29 — 18.2MB)
Nerd Hurdles wouldn’t exist without one specific thing. Not the Internet. Not Jakob’s Zoom H4 Handy Recorder. Not even Simply Syndicated. No, it’s you the listener who’s made this diamond jubilee possible. Because although we could still do the show without you, we probably wouldn’t. That would be a bit sad.
For episode 75 we give our appreciation to you, the nerds who’ve stuck by us, by reading out some of your letters, new and old, as we go on an unintentionally self-serving ego trip. Next stop: We’re awesome!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:37 — 27.0MB)
Shakespeare can be hard going. Lots of sound and fury, but what does it all signify? Good thing there’s comics like Kill Shakespeare around to shake things up, so to speak.
Jakob interviews co-creator Anthony Del Col, rather quietly, in a library full of people trying to read. Later, he and Mandi do their version of a “worst to first” of all The Bard’s plays. Only it’s more of a “worst to worst”.
Igor and Banana take over GalacTALKA duties this week and are joined by a new friend.
Shownotes: The Hurdles Nerd (includes elusive Manicorn photo)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:14:55 — 34.4MB)
Travel plans interupt our regularily scheduled program. It’s gag reel time again. This time around we’re not just serving up a smorgasbord of gaffs, but some choice cuts and never before heard classics like:
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:20 — 30.9MB)
Pixar films, specifically Toy Story 3. This is one of those times where Jakob and Mandi’s lack of knowledge about the subject matter is going to piss people off.
Battlestar GalacTALKa: Wrap-up of Season 4.0 plus speculation on what a pile of bollocks 4.5 is going to be and who does and does not wear pants.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd (with a bit of a new look!)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:25 — 21.4MB)
Nerds gotta eat. That means they have to leave the basement and work beside the normies, risking their pride and their hides daily like true heroes. Or do they? They could just work in nerdy jobs all their lives like Jakob and Mandi.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:36 — 26.5MB)
Another jump into the mirror universe where we examine Nerds’ Hurdles, things which are hurdles for nerds. Such as high school prom. If John Hughes taught us anything, that’s were nerds get their nooky on. Or hide in the corner hating everyone. Jakob and Mandi reminisce about the perennial bastion of coolie-woolie normalcy that is graduation parties.
Shownotes: The Hurdled Nerd
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:07 — 23.5MB)
