General Nerdery

The Generals gush about everything from Alpha Flight to Zardoz

About the show

Your Generals of Nerdery (Zac and Tyler) stop in every week to talk about some of their favorite things in the nerd and geek world as well as commentary on all the news in the world of genre.

Episodes

  • #046: For a Few Mandos More (w/ Eustacia)

    October 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 34 mins
    baby yoda, din djarin, disney, geek culture, jon favreau, nerd culture, star wars, the child, the mandalorian, western

    Last time we talked about The Mandalorian , the season was only half done. So this week we invite Eui back to finish the 1st season off in high anticipation of the second.

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    #045: It Can't Rain All the Time (w/ Danny)

    October 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 49 mins
    1994, 90s, brandon lee, caliber comics, comic book, goth, grief, james o'barr, sting, the crow, tragedy

    Being in the dark and (somewhat) spooky season, Your Generals reflect on one of Tyler's favorites for this time of year, The Crow. And since it's getting closer to being spooky they bring in Danny from the Fried Squirms to help out!

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    #044: Top of the Pulps

    October 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 58 mins
    clark ashton smith, conan the barbarian, cosmic horror, cthulhu, geek culture, h. p. lovecraft, lovecraft, nerd culture, pulp fiction, robert e. howard, sword and sorcery, the rats in the walls, the return of the sorceror, the tower of the elephant, weird fiction, weird tales

    This week Your Generals take a look back to the early part of the 1900s and talk about some pulp fiction from three of the masters: Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and H. P. Lovecraft.

  • #043: B-List Batman Baddies

    October 5th, 2020  |  2 hrs 1 min
    batman, calendar man, comic books, dc comics, geek culture, hush, man-bat, nerd culture, professor hugo strange, professor pyg, rogues gallery, scarface, the ventriloquist

    This week Your Generals head back to Arkham Asylum to check out some lesser known Batman villains. Of interest this time are Man-Bat, Hush, Professor Pyg, The Ventriloquist, Professor Hugo Strange, and Calendar Man.

  • #042: Unicron Attacks! The Transformers: The Movie

    September 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins
    1986, beast wars, eric idle, frank welker, geek culture, juss nelson, leonard nimoy, nerd culture, optimus prime, orson welles, peter cullen, robot, the transformers: the movie, toy, transformers

    In disguise or not, when a robot the size of a moon approaches a world, people notice. When you get together this voice cast for a movie based on a pop culture landmark like the Transformers, Your Generals notice...and talk about it.

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    #041: Second Contact: A Voyage to the Lower Decks

    September 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 28 mins
    cerritos, eugene cordero, geek culture, jack quaid, lower decks, mike mcmahan, nerd culture, noël wells, second contact, star trek, tawny newsome

    This week Your Generals tour the U.S.S. Cerritos and check in on what has been happening on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

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    #040: Black Panther Forever

    September 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 41 mins
    black panther, chadwick boseman, christopher priest, dune, geek, jack kirby, marvel, nerd, t'challa, ta-nehisi coates, wakanda

    To honor Chadwick Boseman's passing, Your Generals decided this week to talk about the character he immortalized in nerddom. Black Panther

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    #039: Nerds at Arms

    September 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 50 mins
    ankh-morpork, captain vimes, carrot, city watch, comedy, discworld, fantasy, men at arms, police, race, terry pratchett

    This week Your Generals revisit Discworld and the Ankh-Morpork City Watch when they talk about Men at Arms.

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    #038: Ryme City Mysteries: A Look at Detective Pikachu (w/ Stephen)

    August 31st, 2020  |  2 hrs 22 mins
    bill nighy, dc comics, dc fandome, dcu, detective pikachu, geek, justice smith, kathryn newton, ken watanabe, nerd, pokemon, ryan reynolds

    With a detective presumed dead and his son looking for the truth alongside his Pokemon partner, Your Generals weigh in this week to say "Holy Crap! Did you see the size of that Torterra!?" To do so properly they'll need help. So enter Stephen as we watch Detective Pikachu. Plus DC Fandome news.

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    #037: Into the Spider-verse

    August 23rd, 2020  |  2 hrs 14 secs
    animated, comic book, geek, general nerdery, marvel, miguel o'hara, miles morales, peter parker, sony, spider-man, spider-people, spider-verse, stan lee

    No reason to hide it, this week Your Generals ramble on about one of the things they love most in life. Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse.

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    #036: Nerds of the Dragonlance Heroes

    August 17th, 2020  |  2 hrs 1 min
    chronicles, d&d, dragonlance, dungeons and dragons, geek, heroes of the lance, laura hickman, margaret weis, nerd, raistlin, tracy hickman

    Recently General Zac became acquainted with seminal fantasy series Dragonlance. So it's off to Krynn we go to talk about the Heroes of the Lance.

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    #035: Dork Knights: Metal

    August 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 43 mins
    barbatos, batman, batman who laughs, comic book, crossover, dark knight, dark nights: metal, dc, geek, general nerdery, greg capullo, nerd, scott snyder

    DC's Dark Multiverse is upon us! This week Your Generals become the Dork Knights to shine a light on Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's bats%*# crossover event, Dark Nights: Metal.

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    #034: Elements of Avatar (w/ Griz)

    August 3rd, 2020  |  2 hrs 6 mins
    atla, avatar, boy in the iceberg, gaang, geek, last airbender, nerd, secret tunnel, sokka's master, the blind bandit, the headband

    This week, Your Generals recruit some help as they dive into Avatar: The Last Airbender, and look at some episodes that help define the series for them.

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    #033.5: No Ep This Week plus PSA

    July 26th, 2020  |  2 mins 14 secs
    geek, general nerdery, nerd

    No new episode this week, but we'll be back next week with more General Nerdery.

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    #033: Your Obedient Servants: The Generals watch Hamilton

    July 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 56 mins
    alexander hamilton, broadway, daveed diggs, disney, geek, hamilton, historical fiction, lin-manuel miranda, musical, nerd, phillipa soo

    With it's arrival on streaming services, Your Generals have had the chance to watch Hamilton. Welcome to us gushing about it.

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    #032: So Your Fave is Problematic...(w/ Will & Áine)

    July 13th, 2020  |  2 hrs 16 mins
    asexuality, diversity, geek, j.k. rowling, lesbian, lovecraft, nerd, orson scott card, poc, problematic, wagner

    In this episode Your Generals recruit some help to tackle a tricky subject. How we handle it when our favorite things are made by people that suck.