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Episode Transcript
Hi, I'm Ariel Casting. You might know me from the
Dearly Departed Business on the Brink podcast, or perhaps an
episode of What Not to Wear YEP. I was on
that show. She was fabulous. I was there. Oh, and
I'm Jonathan Strickland. You might know me from the podcast
Tech Stuff, or the fact that I keep singing Flight
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of the Concord songs even though you've asked me politely
to stop several times. We're the hosts of the Large
Gen John Collider podcast, a show Jonathan and I used
to record together a few years ago. And this all
comes from an idea Ariel had even earlier, what happens
when you combine unrelated geeky things. That idea launched a
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short form comedy video series. We found out what happens
if you mash up Thor with Clash of the Titans,
or Speed with Sneaks on a plane, or even Firefly
with Game of Thrones. That last one was pretty grim.
From there, we launched a podcast where we talked about
breaking news in the geek sphere and what it all means.
And now we're bringing a combination of those things to
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I Heart Radio in our new large nerdron Collider podcast.
We'll cover the top headlines of geek news and genre fiction.
We'll get into deeper discussions about the really big stories
and ongoing issues in geek circles, from how the pandemic
is affecting production to heavy topics like representation and pop culture.
And then we'll cap off episodes with a sort of
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pitch meeting where we attempt to mash up different properties
to see what happens. Think of Jason versus Freddie except
you know good. If you love science fiction, fantasy, horror,
comic books, films, TV, and geek s geeking out about
geeky things, you need to give large nerdron Collider a listen.
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We plan on having special guests on the show sharing
their perspective, and we want you to be a part
of the conversation too. Let's break down what we love
about geeky stuff and talk about ways we can make
it even better. That's right, because we know you can
critique what you love and still love it. For example, Jonathan,
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that sure looks like it could go a few rounds
in the washing machine. What was the last time you
changed your clothes? Uh, August, I am so glad we're
doing the show in our own studios. I think I
can see the smell lines. And until we Innvince Smellow casts,
you guys out there are safe too, so come and
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be a part of the bigger conversation. The Large Nerdron
Collider podcast launches on December twenty on the I Heart
Radio podcast network. Listen to Large Nerdron Collider on the
i Heart Radio app, on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
get your podcasts.
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