341 | Nerdstradamus 2025

Kay, Robert Zerbe, Pax, and Michael look back at their favorite movies, shows, and books of 2024, check in on their pop culture predictions and resolutions from the year, and make new ones for 2025.

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303 | Cartoons and Kids TV Show Themes Sweet 16

Michael and Rob welcome Ben Graham, Kay, and Pax to talk about the greatest cartoon and kids show theme songs of all time. Only sixteen tunes can go in the brackets, but there are honorable mentions galore. Even so, we've undoubtedly left out some great ones, so let us know your favorites!

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255 | Nerdstradamus 2024

Michael, Rob, Kay, and Robert Zerbe look back at their favorite movies, shows, and books of 2023, check in on their pop culture predictions and resolutions from the year, and make new ones for 2024.

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159 | Nerdstradamus 2023

At last! Michael, Rob, Evan, Robert Zerbe, and Kay look back at their favorite pop culture, predictions, and resolutions for 2022 and make a few predictions and resolutions for 2023 as well.

141 | The Thin Man (1934)

Kicking off our second week of reruns about Tangential Christmas movies from the old Sleigh Bell Cinema podcast with a discussion Michael had with our friend Kay about the 1934 classic whodunnit, The Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.

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31 | Making Muppet Movies

Michael and Rob steal a popular Twitter meme with the help of both fresh and familiar voices. Michael's college pal Faith Regn makes her podcast debut alongside our good friend Kay and the Muppetational return of Carlin Trammel! Our sensational, inspirational, celebrational panel creates five new Muppet movies by picking existing non-Muppet films, keeping one or two human actors, and replacing the rest of the cast with Muppets. Tune in for new Muppet capers and mysteries and maybe even some Muppets in space. 

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20 | Nerdstradamus 2021

After Michael May and Robert Zerbe check in on their resolutions and predictions from last year's Nerdstradamus episode, Rob Graham, Evan Hanson, Kay, and Paxton Holley join the fun to look back on the books, movies, and TV shows of 2020 and forward to what's potentially coming in 2021. This episode is full of resolutions, recommendations, and reckonings. And a little bonus something we like to call "Tea Talk." 

Opening song by Andrew Bird.

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11 | Hocus Pocus (1993)

Kay returns to introduce Rob and Michael to the '90s cult classic Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Thora Birch. 

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8 | Ultimate Triple Features 3

Michael and Rob welcome Michael DiGiovanni and Kay to revisit a classic Nerd Lunch topic. We put together movie triple-features around the themes of witches, soundtracks, walking away from explosions, and movies that make us feel alive. 

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FCA Invasion 17 | The Mandalorian

Michael, Kay, Jeeg, Carlin Trammel, and Paxton Holley talk about the Mandalorian, Cara Dune, and the cuteness of The Baby That's the Same Species as Yoda. 

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FCA Invasion 14 | I Can't Quit You

Christian Nielsen and Kay join Michael to talk about a phenomenon that's plagued nerds since the beginning of Time (or at least, Nerd Time). Why do we latch on to some series or characters so hard that we feel compelled to watch or read even iterations that don't look that appealing to us? Looking at specific examples like The Addams Family, Batman, Robin Hood, and Star Wars, the panel attempts to figure this out. 

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Fourth Chair Army Invasion 6 | Live-Action Disney Remakes

Disney loves making live-action versions of its cartoon library, but how many of them are actually good? Christian Nielsen and Kay join Michael to talk about the phenomenon and also figure out how they'd approach remaking Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Hercules, The Three Caballeros, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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