The Nerds Awaken
Come on now, we all NERD hard over something pop culture. Perhaps it's that show that will never disappear from your "Keep Watching" queue, or that book you stan so much, you can recall the exact page of any given moment. Maybe you nerd out for that actor you have more pictures of in your phone than you have of your actual loved ones. The Nerds Awaken celebrates all things pop culture - from fledging interests to hardcore obsessions - with unabashed joy, laughter, and a passion that our family members would call, "grounds for an intervention."
Episodes
65 episodes
Nerds’ Year in Review: Our Favorites of 2024
2024 is coming to a close, so we decided to sneak in one more episode to talk about all of our favorites of 2024, from books and movies to IRL moments that had us obsessed. Plus a look forward to what we’re excited for in 2025.
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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1:18:17
More Interviews with the Cast of Outlander Season 7 Part 2
We return with our final batch of interviews with some of the cast of Outlander Season 7B! With Big Gold Belt Media, Janna was thrilled to speak with Graham McTavish (Dougal MacKenzie) and Lotte Verbeek (Geillis Duncan) about their surprising r...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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29:19
Chatting With the Cast of Outlander Season 7 Part 2
We recently had the absolute pleasure of interviewing some of the cast of the Starz hit tv series Outlander through our friends Big Gold Belt Media. Janna sat down with cast members from Season 7 to talk about Part 2 of the season, whi...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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45:00
The Rings of Power: Season 2 Finale
Season 2 of The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime came to a thrilling (ish?) conclusion in episode 8 and we talked through all of our many feelings.We chatted Julie's love for the epic Balrog fight in Khazad-dum, Andee's excitemen...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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1:28:43
The Rings of Power Season 2: Episodes 6 & 7
It’s hard to believe that The Rings of Power is almost over!Each week The Rings of Power is raising the stakes, and episodes 6 and 7 were no exception. From Celembrimbor’s slow descent into madness under Sauron’s abuse...
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1:18:45
In Conversation with Ashley Hawthorne
We welcomed back author Ashley Hawthorne to the Nerds Awaken studio to talk all about her latest release Death Sentence, available now from Creative James Media!We chatted sophmore novel struggles, her first foray into murder m...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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43:41
The Rings of Power Season 2: Episodes 4 & 5
We are back with more deeply insightful, highly educated and meta commentary on the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Rings of Power. Just kidding...you know we would never. As per usual there is language, lots of commentary on how hot p...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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1:10:07
In Conversation with Jennifer L. Armentrout
We had the great privilege of sitting down with Jennifer L. Armentrout, New York Times #1 bestselling author of over 70 books including the wildly popular Blood and Ash series. Her latest release Born of Blood and...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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41:21
Review: The Rings of Power Season 2 Premiere
After two long years The Rings of Power series is back on Amazon Prime with a three episode premiere. Joined by friend of the pod Andee, we broke down our reactions to the premiere (with lots of spoilers), from Hot Sauron's origins as ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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48:03
Review: Netflix Korean Drama The Frog
In this episode, Janna sat down with Nagier from Big Gold Belt Media to discuss the new Netflix Korean thriller The Frog, which premieres August 23rd.Listen to our discussion of all eight episodes of the sinister and bloody thr...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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36:43
SDCC '24 Real Quick Recap: Saturday & Sunday
It's our final real quick recap for San Diego Comic Con! We give a rundown of everything we each did on Saturday-from Julie spending the entire day in Hall H and seeing the big celebrities, to Janna hitting some smaller panels with authors and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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22:21
SDCC '24 Real Quick Recap: Friday
We're back with another real quick recap of our time at San Diego Comic Con! In this episode we're covering everything we did on Friday, from seeing Hot Sauron (aka Charlie Vickers) at the Rings of Power panel in Hall H to the cool swag we got ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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14:40
SDCC '24 Real Quick Recap: Preview Night + Thursday
San Diego Comic Con is officially underway and we’re bringing you a real quick recap of preview night and Thursday’s schedule. We visited activations from Paramount and Peacock, attended TV panels, and got to see Deadpool 3 in person with Ryan ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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14:10
The Acolyte: Season Finale
We gathered with friend of the pod Andee to breakdown season one of the Acolyte and that stunning season finale. We had high hopes for The Acolyte after breaking down the series prem...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:09:30
The Nerds Awaken Invade SDCC '24: Before the Con
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (or of July)-San Diego Comic Con time!The Nerds Awaken will be back at SDCC 2024, but first we chatted about the schedule, surprises, and everything we’re looking forward to see from panels and a...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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44:48
Isabel and the Rogue with Liana de La Rosa
We were delighted to welcome author Liana de La Rosa back to the podcast, whose latest novel Isabel and the Rogue is available now from Berkley Romance!We ADORED Isabel and the Rogue, book 2 in the Luna Sisters series,...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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52:00
Breaking Down Bridgerton: Season 3 Part 2
We are back breaking down Part 2 of Bridgerton Season 3 (Eps 305-308) with Big Gold Belt Media!There was so much going on in Part 2 (too much, even), but we think we managed to co...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:22:12
The Acolyte: Series Premiere
We had so much fun breaking down the first two episodes of the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, which premiered June 4th on Disney+.While we were cautiously optimistic about the idea of show after it was announced in ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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45:31
Breaking Down Bridgerton: Season 3 Part 1
Polin Season is upon us, and it is glorious.We collaborated with Big Gold Belt Media to review Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1, which premiered May 16th on Netflix. You can also find the video recording of this episode on
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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56:24
Read Before You Watch: Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
We're excited to announce the launch of a new series, Read Before You Watch! With book-to-screen adaptations becoming increasingly common, we thought it would be fun to have a series devoted to reading and reviewing books before watching the ad...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:11:54
A Conversation with Elise Nelson
We had a very special guest back in The Nerds Awaken studio! Elise Nelson was the first author we ever interviewed way (all the way back in 2021!) and we are thrilled to be having her back to talk about her new novel The Light in Hades,
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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34:57
All in Knots Over Ali Hazelwood's Bride
We are Ali Hazelwood stans until we die, but when we say that her newest novel Bride is far and away the best thing she's ever written, it's a BIG DEAL.We can not shut up about good this book was, with its weres and vampires an...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:08:08
The State of Adam Driver
Would you believe that it's been over two years since we devoted an entire episode to talking about Adam Driver? An egregiously long amount of time, we know. So we are back with all things Adam, covering his films from the last year, media ap...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:25:02
Writing Reylo: A Conversation with Katrina Kwan
We were so lucky to welcome Katrina Kwan, author of Knives, Seasoning, & a Dash of Love and an all around gem of a human being, as our very last Writing Reylo author. We had an awesome time chatting with Katrina about...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:00:05
Author Spotlight with Kirsten S. Blacketer
We were so thrilled to welcome Kirsten S. Blacketer as the first guest in our new Author Spotlight series. A self-published author with an impressive backlist, Kirsten was a wealth of information on self-publishing, genre tropes, and improving ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:02:13