Kim Horcher and Lissette Padilla talk Aladdin casting, Game of Thrones premiere, Chewbacca’s family, an eyesore of a medical discovery, cheap renewable energy, frightening advances in vid tech, user agreements, Winnie the Pooh censorship and the ISS’ new robot companion.
Nerd Alert: July 14, 2017
Kim Horcher talks first look of the Ready Player One movie, Star Wars Land, the firing of longtime Kermit the Frog actor and a Colorado group’s mission to ban the sale of smartphones to pre-teens.
Nerd Alert: July 11, 2017
Kim Horcher and Jenna Busch talk Spiderman Homecoming easter eggs, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, France banning gas-powered cars by 2040, first look at Incredibles 2, fight breaks out over Star Wars vs. Star Trek, Chinese straddle bus retired, McDonald’s attempts to control drunk people, and pinner tests.
Nerd Alert: July 7, 2017
Kim Horcher talks Dani Clode’s third thumb, ‘creationist geologist’ who sued the Grand Canyon, & The Sorting Hat.
Nerd Alert: June 30, 2017
Kim Horcher talksĀ LeVar Burton’s new podcast, Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, Inhumans, Jumanji reboot, great white shark carcasses washing up on the shore of South Africa, and examining Google data for porn and dating.
Nerd Alert: June 27, 2017
Kim Horcher and Brett Erlich talk Lord and Miller off new Ron Howard movie, Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary, Netflix’s GLOW, SNES Classic, new research about the effect of heat on crankiness, memory and intelligence, learning about and protecting “baby dragons,” new study about evacuation, & dynamic of consuming good or bad information.
Nerd Alert: June 23, 2017
Kim Horcher talks Transformers movies targeted audience dynamics, theories on Robert Downey Jr.’s tweet, “Body Vibes” product on Goop, and Slytheren’s portrayal in Fantastic Beasts.