NOW YOU MADE IT AWKWARD

NOW YOU MADE IT AWKWARD

3 Nerds discussing pop culture, life and the world of nerd culture.

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June 20, 2025 127 mins

June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. This week Shoky and Jefe sit down and talk about their individual struggles through life with depression, loneliness, angry, addiction, loss of self, and suicidal ideation. 

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This week we talk about parental health issues. Shokys dad took and fall and Jefe's Mom might very had a heart attack. 

Last week's promo also angered my mother in law. You can't control who will find anger with the things you say and do. But it's how you deal with the anger that matters. We talk more about the Starbucks strike and how the economy seemingly is balancing. Prices are going down for some groceries and gas.

Jefe upgrad...

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This week we celebrate Memorial Day. Honoring the fallen soldiers who died serving others. And then we rant a bit about the state of war the world currently is in.

Jefe and Chad watched "Murder Robot" and said something about it. I don't know I wasn't listening.

Seemingly Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa has left the show with little to no fanfare and rumor has it there was no replacement Doctor scene filmed. 

The last of Us season 2 wr...

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We are back and down a man this week. Chaddo had a lot of work and a fallen tree to take care of.

Shoky and the Mrs took a little one day vacation to get amazing BBQ and drinks and local places. Shout out to Bar-A BBQ, Frankenboltzzzz Brewing and Wildflyer Meadery. 

Shaun asks if we had any funny childhood insults. Shoky asks what was your first curse word? 

We discuss how addictive behavior can jump from one vice to another. Such ...

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This week we discuss some mother's day issues we had. Speaking of mothers The Last of US declared that Ellie would be a dad! That's not how biology works.

There is also a documentary series about the Texas Renaissance Festival owner: King George which leads into the massive lawsuit that was just settled to finalize the sale of the the TRF. The King is a very strange man indeed.

There is a couple updates to the Angry Cops situation,...

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This week we did an on location recording at Bartletts Distillery! Our bartender Megan and friend of the show Charlie join us for Star Wars day and margaritas! 

We discuss the Thunderbolts* movie, the previous Captain America film and the new season of Andor. Then after a inventing a new drink we do some great Star Wars Trivia!

 

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This week Jefe is miserable and made of more snot than man. Does anyone know why this year people were celebrating Easter the weekend before the holiday? 

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Jefe is out sick, but JEEF is sitting in the third seat. The internet is all a buzz with the theory that Lord Farquad is Snow White's son. Does the theory hold water? Let us know what you think. 

Shaun asks us why flatulence is humorous. Yup. 

Shoky watched Mickey17 and Chad went golfing this weekend.  We watch the trailer for Predator: Badlands and discuss the further universe implications within. 

This week is special as we dedi...

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This week a teen stabbed and killed another teen in "self defense" and we debate what happened.

We discuss food that shouldn't be green and movies that we should not have watched. 

Jefe spoils the end of The Bondsman for Shoky. 

There's new movie trailers out, Shoky reacts to TRON ARES and Chad tells us the story of TRON. 

Superman dropped an extended trailer where we see what a bad dog owner he is, but how friendly he is to robots...

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Ever had to install new tech for old people? Why does Anakin Skywalker suck at keep his right hand? Do people scroll Facebook on their TV? Bert Kreischer and Andrew Schultz put out new specials on Netflix. We laughed and cried. Speaking of, we cheers to the passing of Chad's best friend Carl.

Rest in Peace.

Shoky points out that nobody really likes Julies, except for one thing. Shaun asks us what animals freak  us out. We continue ...

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This week we are on location from Baltimore Maryland visit our good friend Dante from  ⁨@So.You.Like.Horror.Podcast⁩   ⁨@colomptonbeerclub3637⁩  and BJJWiki. We discuss the current state of horror movies. Dante gets inducted into the Awkward Offenders and becomes the second victim of the NYMIA Dice. We also have a deeper discussion about autistic young people and how there may be a connection between s*xual ab*se and them having id...

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Shoky is back from his Maryland trip and boy are his arms tired. It's also the day where everyone is Irish so we are set up at our first public recording at B52 Brewing here in town!

Shoky got to watch half of the Knuckles series and we briefly review the Kraven movie.

There has been a great increase in swattings here in the US. Mostly on conservatives and conservative influencers. SpaceX has rescued the astronauts stranded on the ...

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 We haven't done a TOP 5 in a while so this week we have a Top 5! Doing our top 5 TV Dads. We all grew up in the 80s and 90s so our lists look pretty similar. So who are your 5?

We have an update on the Gene Hackman and Michelle Tractenberg stories. We discuss our favorite conspiracy theories. Did you know JFks brain was stolen? Daredevil Born Again is here! We give our thoughts on the first 2 episodes. Did you watch?

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Louie is back! But we are shy a Chaddo.  Shaun asks if we ever had a significant other that supported our hobbies and interests.  Shoresy season 4 is here! Jefe discovers why you don't drink the water in Mexico. 

We induct Louie into the Awkward Offenders and with the announcement of Shrek 5 we ask "why is Hollywood putting Zendaya in everything?"  

Also there were several celebrity deaths in the past week. Michelle Tractenberg die...

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Haven't we done this before? The discussion of what deja-vu might be comes back around after Shoky watched a different podcast. Shaun asks a question that we had no choice but to ignore.

Also what state has the stupidest shape in your opinion?

We finish our "The Sandman" review series wrapping up episode 9-10. What a strong show. Can season 2 live up to the first? And Shoky shares some strong feelings about the custom truck commun...

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Jefe is back! We discuss demon possession. Is it real? Shoky shares an experience from high school in a possible exorcism. Captain America: Brave New World doesn't seem to be doing that well for an opening weekend. We go over The Sandman episodes 7-8. Jeff tells us of a show he's begun watching: Sweet Tooth. We discuss whether lifted trucks are pointless and just for show. 

 

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We have a bunch of new movie trailers that dropped around the Superbowl. The #fantasticfour trailer dropped from #marvelstudios along with new #thunderbolts trailer. How we feeling about that? So what would happen if you crossed over #jurassicworld with the #fastandfurious  franchises? Universal owns them both.... Also what do you think it would take to make a velociraptor go faster?  Also #doge discovered massive spending overseas...

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This week we start off pretty tipsy from our previous Taste Tests. Thanks to Shaun we end up talking about food for way too long. I guess we were hungry. We continue our "The Sandman" review series with Episodes 4-5 as the Dream Lord goes to Hell and back to retrieve his helmet and the long awaited Diner Episode. 

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 This week Shaun survived getting run over by a van. Shoky gets grounded. Jefe misunderstands how corn off the cob works. And the US is running out of eggs. Somehow while we were gone a SNOWPOCALYPSE happened in Texas and then disappeared like millions of chickens and illegals. 

Also we get back to reviewing Season 1 of The Sandman.

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How do you guys feel about Air Tags or Smart Tags? Useful tool for keeping track of your stuff? Or personal spying device? With the big impending snow storm in Texas Shaun asks us if we suffer any old man ailments in the cold. And Jefe tells us how a fat boy on roller-blades got stopped by the police. 

 

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