Nerd Best Friends

Our first recording in front of a live studio audience! Thanks to our patrons for joining the SUMMER NERD GAMES! No Olympics only nerd-olympics by way of trivia! Who will win the company, Eric or Carl?

Analese wows the crowd with amazing dismount landings and Rob owns the parallel nerd bars.

Also in this episode: a tribute to Laverne & Shirley, Rob's adventures in Milwaukee, Ironheart, summer office purge & organize...

Now that we're back from HellmouthCon and have played some summer nerdy games, let's reroll and visit another Joss Whedon classic, Firefly. Hold on tight, this amazing replay is followed next week by the show recorded LIVE with a Buffy audience at the Hellmouth!

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The browncoats are here, and we are talking about another classic from Joss Whedon - Firefly (including the accompanying film, Serenity). The nerd...

YOUR NERD BEST FRIENDS DID A LIVE SHOW! It was such a success running our Buffy + D&D live episode at HellmouthCon and we had an amazing audience! Unfortunately, Analese the rookie forgot to press the record button and so... here we are, face to face, a couple of big buffoons.. This episode is full of your nerd best friends talking about how cool it was and recapping their time at HellmouthCon ON THE Hellmouth in Torrance, Ca.

Go down memory lane with your nerd best friends while the live HellmouthCon episode is being edited! Find our social media pages for awesome content from the Hellmouth.

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Original Airdate: December 1, 2021

The Nerd Best Friends talk about all things BUFFY: favorite episodes and villains, plus general likes/dislikes about the groundbreaking show. This is the last episode before mid-season winter break,...

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, after the nerds of summer have gone...

Analese and Rob get NERDY with Dr. Intern Joan's very first time watching The Neverending Story. How is it a GenX person has actually never seen this classic? We don't know, but are SO GLAD to share this with DIJ.

Analese questions Bastian's school principal and Rob questions if Neverending Story II is worth the minutes of your life.

Hey nerds! Re-roll and get nerdstalgic with your nerd best friends! New Stephen King book out last week, so you know Analese is too busy reading to edit. Therefore, check out this rewind of the SK episode!

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Original Airdate: January 24, 2024.

Analese, your podcast host and horror nerd, walks Rob through the multiverse and universe building by the master of horror - Stephen King. Since Analese is Constant Reader, it is safe...

This week the nerds bring you Nerd Book Club, summer edition! Dr. Intern Joan made an amazing reading guide for our Patreon subscribers. Chew is an award-winning comic book that's equally gross, fantastic, gory, and full of love. Note: Chew not recommended for younger readers!

Analese read Chew because Rob told her to do so in the 2010s and Rob read Chew because he hate gross things.

Also in this episode: is it 3d Printing ...

Dr. Intern Joan is back and celebrating favorite moments from Season 4! It truly was a season of growth and sharing the nerdiness. Analese is spending the summer on her old xbox and Rob is spending the summer on one-page rules games with his Warhammer minis.

Also in this episode: Nerd Mail, updates to D7D 2024, Dr. Intern Joan should play D&D, summer plans, fancy dice sets, going to the movies again, creating threads of the...

It's our newest Top 5, this time NERDING OUT about our favorite bad guys and gals! Dr. Intern Joan is back! Analese is loving the literary baddies and Rob is loves going back to childhood scares.

Also in this episode: hockey drinking game or a power hour, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman and great theme songs, goofin and cheesin, true crime, reality tv shows like the Amazing Race, Vecna, The Monkey, crane machines for schools.

The Notorious Dr. Intern Joan is back and the nerds are highlighting the nerdy things they are doing right now! Analese is working on her 25 for 2025 and Rob is switching his apps around for maximum nerd-tracking.

Also in this episode: Nerd Mail from Los805 and more game console knowledge, DIJ's book recommendations, Do it Now and gamifying to-do lists, the renaissance of Women's Basketball (wishing Juju Watkins a speedy recove...

America's Favorite Teen Nerd is back! Andrew, Dr. Intern Joan, and Aaron from the Lore of the Rings Podcast join your nerd best friends for geeky fun. Grab your favorite dice set, your variant cover player's handbook, and let's roll for initiative! Analese has still not committed to being a DM and Rob has turned his focus all on AI for his health goals.

Also in this episode: Nerd Mail from new subscriber, Maria! Plus Storygraph...

What is a remake versus a reboot? And should they even happen? Your nerd best friends get all jiggy with the nerdverse and storytelling. Analese is still obsessed with Final Girl and Rob has discussions with his AI friendo.

Also in this episode: NotebookLM, poppin off on Threads, Adam Sandler yay or nay, using Warhammer minis for custom one page rule games.

Bonus episodes for subscribers on Patreon!

Thirty years ago was 1995, and oh how our nerdy hearts beat for the late 1900s! TV, Films, Books, Comics, Trends, and more discussed in this episode. Analese was 17 but following all things law and Rob was 16 but slam dancing along to Primus.

Also in this episode: Amazing Ghostbusters Nerd Mail, favorite fantasy contests, all things 1995 (Windows 95, birth of eBay and Amazon, and much, much more), Deth Wizards, the age of life ...

Continuing on this path of horror, the nerds read Hellboy: The Crooked Man and the Return of Effie Kolb and then watch the film. And then NERD OUT about it! Analese digs the horror vibes and Rob is putting tea on his minis.

Also in this episode: 90s trivia, NBF Podcast on Bluesky, putting terrain on your minis, Final Girl series 3, shifting our nerd goals.

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It's time to GET SPOOKY and nerd out over the Ghostbusters Franchise! Jump in Ecto1, grab your proton pack, because who you gonna call?? We welcome special guest, Robert C. Murray, author of the Titan Run trilogy of sci-fi books! Analese looooves Paul Rudd and Rob is getting into the HORROR genre more than ever before!

Also in this episode: games as gifts, Deth Wizards, guesting on other podcasts, Fleetwood Mac's The Dance and ...

Happy new year, NERDS!! It's time to reflect and reset our NERD goals for the new year - the annual NERD GOAL setting and making our 25 for 2025. We welcome special guest, Ashley, writer and creator of Oakbridge! Dr. Intern Joan joins the episode for nerd goaling, too. Analese reflects her year of Stephen King and Rob got out-cookie'd in his own holiday nerd cookie competition.

Also in this episode: Dexter: Original Sin, mini p...

Season 4 series nerding is on the 2009-2010 television series Dollhouse starring Eliza Dushku. Enter the sci-fi mind-wiping universe from Joss Whedon with the NERDS. Analese knows there's a guy on our team that dresses like a pirate and Rob wishes he could mind-wipe his rewatch to keep the fond memories of this show fonder.

Also in this episode: Snarling Badger Studios, The Great Goblin Hargle-Bargle, OnlyGames.co, psychedelic ...

Do the NERDS like nerd gift GIVING or nerd gift RECEIVING more? Are their suggestions purely their own NERD gift WISHLIST? All of these answered and MOAR in this 2024 edition of the Nerd Gift Giving Guide! Analese is excited for HellmouthCon 2025 with the possibility to have a picture with Spike AND Dru together and Rob has taken his mini painting hobby to an AI level.

Also in this episode: upgrading your phone, school administ...

Intern Joan is on the show for the first time ever, as she joins the Nerds in the annual Nerd Book Club. This year is all about Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (2023). Analese is rocking Mr. Mercedes TV series and Rob's annual Castle Ravenloft adventure for Halloween commences!

Also in this episode: Intern Joan's healthy appetite for books, winter priming minis for painting, the 5-man band nerd mail, British recommendations f...