The Holidays are a magical time of year, and extra magical when you sprinkle in Disney and Universal magic! Our friend Dre AKA The Theme Park Blerd joins us to chat about Disney World, Universal Studios, and Merrytime Disney Cruises this week as we celebrate the Holidays! 


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ICYMI, we held our 2nd annual Christmas Variety Show! 

Featuring videos from friends that were sent in, false accusations from Megan of Vigilante Vibes Podcast and Nerd Initiative, and featuring me failing at some technology. 

Kick up your feet and enjoy the Christmas vibes with us!

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Wake up, we have a special creator episode today featuring Austi Basis, who you may know from the show Supernatural as one of the amazing Ghostfacers! 

He joins us as we discuss his book 'The Kinteix and the Glowing Orb of Gorthon, ' an incredible 200-page graphic novel. It's an incredible tale of 4 middle school kids with disabilities who are students by day & superheroes by night!

We then wrap up things by discussing his time filming Supernatural and the web series associated with it! 

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Welcome back, everyone. This week, our dear friend Kat joins us to discuss the 2002 film The Santa Clause 2! 

We kick it off with our nerd initiative comic recs before jumping into the film. We recap, discuss fun facts, and give our thoughts on this pillar of Christmas films!

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Tune in at 9pm EST on Wednesday, December 10th for our 2nd annual Christmas Variety Show on our Youtube channell! 

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We head into the Upside Down and discuss the first 4 episodes of Stranger Things season 5. Delightful Derek, Will, Vecna's new workout routine, we talk it all!

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This week, we are kicking off our Christmas celebrations! We are talking about the comics that we have been reading and reviewing on www.nerdinitiative.com, and then only one piece of news today! 

We then go into the 25th anniversary of Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim Carey and Taylor Momsen. We recap the movie, Matt quotes it way too much, and we go into fun facts! (12min)

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We have Jon Dexter back this week to talk about his current campaign for the Supernatural Detective thriller Dime Store Detective Volume 1!

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Let's head into the upside-down this week!

We kick it off with our weekly comic reviews, which you can find on www.nerdinitiative.com, and then dive into some news, which is Marvel-dominant this week!

Then, for our main topic, we quickly recap Stranger Things seasons 1-3 and then dive into season 4 to refresh your memories, as Netflix is dropping the first part of the final season starting this week on Thanksgiving! 

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Don't miss our second annual live Christmas show on December 10th at 9pm est on our Youtube. 


Beer this week is Wafflenanner from Treehouse Brewing Co.

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Frank Martin joins us once more to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign,

Love and Death on the Dark Side of the Moon!

 In the near future, the sun is dying, and as scientists race against time, a dangerous child is born..

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This week, we are back and talking about Season 2 of Amazon Prime's hit series Gen V! We return to Goldolkin and recap each episode, as well as deliver our thoughts as to how this season played out and how it could impact the final season of The Boys!

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We have a special creator spotlight this week as Kenny Porter and Mike Becker join us to discuss thir upcoming comic from Mad Cave: The New Space Age #1


"Disgraced astronaut Mark Mitchell has only ever had one true mission—to find his little brother Joey, who was abducted by aliens from a crop circle when they were little.

But when Mark’s hotshot piloting gets him grounded and the last of the public space program defunded, Mark loses his only means of finding Joey out in space

Until Mark’s homemade scanning rig discovers the shocking truth about the crop circles—they’re instructions for space travel.

Mark will need to uncover the hidden messages that have been left on Earth for years, and reverse engineer the magic that can finally help him find Joey."

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This week, we are back talking about our weekly comic reads on www.nerdinitiative.com before some quick news.

Our main topic is long overdue this week, as we are talking about Peacemaker season 2 where we break down each episode and give our spoiler filled thoughts! 

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Welcome back!

We kick it off talking about comics such as Absolute Batman Annual and Supernatural.

We hit on the news, such as Mike Flannigan's Carrie has wrapped filming, and has Only Murders in the Building overstayed its welcome?

Finally, our main topic this week is Back to the Future! (37 min)

We recap the film, discuss fun facts, and chat about our thoughts on revisiting this 1985 classic film. 

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We kicked off this week discussing news and comic recs before entering the supernatural world of Black Phone 1 and 2. 

We recap and discuss Black Phone 1 and then dive into our spoiler filled thoughts on Black Phone 2! (26min)

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Greetings earthlings! Our friend Ernie Altbacker is back along with artist Josh White to discuss issue two of their epic space adventure Area 51 Studios which is live on Kickstarter now!!

But wait! 

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Welcome back, friends! We kick things off with our usual comic recommendations for www.nerdinitiative.com and then follow up with some news! 

Our main topic this week is discussing the 1993 film starring Jennifer Anniston and Warwick Davis, Leprechaun! We discuss our thoughts on the film, as well as fun facts behind the scenes, and all in between. (24 min) 

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Happy October! We continue this month of horror films by taking a look back 20 years ago to revisit the film House of Wax! The stacked cast included Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray, and Jared Padalecki! We chat about the film and fun facts. 

We kick off the show discussing our comic reviews and news.

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We kick it off with our comic reviews and what we have been watching.

News and then we discuss the 1986 film Troll. 
"A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives."

This movie is certainly something!

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To kick off our spooky season 2025 Matt decided he was reviewing every comic released last week such as:
 Absolute Wonder Woman 12, Mr. Terrific Year One 5, Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe 3, Escape 2, Spider-Man and Wolverine 5, Immortal Legend Batman 2, Hyde Street 9, The Thing 5, New History of the DC Universe 3, Street Sharks 1, and The Invisible Man 2

Lauren discusses Hornsby and Halo, Archie vs Minor Threats, and Quick Stops.

We touch on some news and then get to our main topic!

This week we watched the comedy horror film Screamboat starring David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown.)

On the last ferry of the night in New York, passengers and crew are hunted by a merciless rat, and what should have been a peaceful crossing turns into a bloody massacre."

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The four-episode series Marvel Zombies is out now on Disney+, and we watched it and are here to deliver our ghoulish thoughts! Come join us as we discuss the four episodes full of spoilers, so you have been warned!
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