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
58 episodes since 2021
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...
September 16, 2024
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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 ...
September 07, 2024
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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...
August 23, 2024
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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 ...
August 01, 2024
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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 ...
July 27, 2024
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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 ...
July 26, 2024
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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...
July 19, 2024
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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...
July 18, 2024
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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,...
July 10, 2024
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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...
June 19, 2024
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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 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 2020...
June 10, 2024
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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
May 16, 2024
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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 fine to have a series devoted to reading and reviewing books before watching the a...
May 13, 2024
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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,
May 06, 2024
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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...
March 18, 2024
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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...
February 26, 2024
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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...
December 19, 2023
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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 ...
November 28, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:02:13
The one where we just gossip about pop culture
If there's one thing our friendship is built on (that isn't Adam Driver), it's spending hours on the phone talking/gossiping/venting about pop culture and entertainment. So this time we thought, why not let people listen in? So congratulations!...
November 12, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:14:36
A Conversation with Katie Shepard
We were so happy to welcome Katie Shepard back to talk about her new book Sweeten the Deal, out October 17th from Berkley!We loved Katie's debut novel Bear with Me Now and went into Sweeten the Deal with high ...
October 16, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:12:38
Writing Reylo: A Conversation with Thea Guanzon
Somebody pinch us, we must be dreaming...because our literary hero Thea Guanzon is in The Nerds Awaken studio! We were so privileged to talk with Thea about her gorgeous debut fantasy novel The Hurricane Wars, out October 3 fro...
October 02, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:16:23
Writing Reylo: A Conversation with Jenna Levine
We were DELIGHTED, overjoyed, ecstatic, and all other possible synonyms for "extremely excited" to welcome one of our all-time favorite fanfic writers, Jenna Levine (aka Jeeno) to The Nerds Awaken to talk about her greatly anticipated debut nov...
August 29, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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58:34
Writing Reylo: A Conversation with Ashley Hawthorne
We were so excited to sit down with Ashley Hawthorne, whose debut novel Deliver Me arrives July 18th from Creative James Media!We chatted with Ashley about how The Rise of Skywalker inspired her to become a writer, lea...
July 17, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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53:25
Writing Reylo: A Conversation with Julie Soto
We were thrilled to welcome back Julie Soto, whose debut novel Forget Me Not arrives July 11th from Forever Publishing!Whether you know her as Julie or as her fanfic alter ego Lovesbitca8, anyone who has read her works knows he...
July 10, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:07:35