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

  • #020: Hey Kids! It's Jay and Silent Bob. (Reboot)

    April 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 52 mins
    420, 90s, ben affleck, geek culture, harley quinn smith, jason mewes, jay and silent bob, kevin smith, nerd culture, reboot, stoner

    It's 4/20 and few stoners overlap as much with nerd and geek culture as Jay and Silent Bob. So this week the Generals take a look at Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!

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    #019: Holy Rambling Richard Jokes Batman! Discussing Dick Grayson

    April 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins
    80th, agent 37, batman, bill finger, bob kane, dc comics, dick grayson, geek, grayson, nerd, nightwing, robin

    Still separated from each other, your Generals gather digitally to discuss Dick Grayson.

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    #018: BookVVyrms: Guards! Guards!

    April 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 53 mins
    carrot, discworld, dragons, fantasy, geek, geek culture, guards guards, humor, nerd, nerd culture, satire, terry pratchett, the watch, vimes

    This week the Generals stop by Ankh-Morpork to check out their City Watch in the novel Guards! Guards!.

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    #017: Paging Dr. Aphra

    March 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins
    beetee-one, black krrsantan, darth vader, dr. aphra, geek, indiana jones, kieron gillen, nerd, salvador larocca, star wars, triple-zero

    Your Generals return to the Star Wars Universe to talk about one of their favorite new characters, Dr. Aphra.

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    #016: Pokemon: The First Movie: General Nerdery Strikes Back (w/ Will)

    March 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 54 mins
    1999, geek, geek culture, go, kunihiko yuyama, mewtwo strikes back, nerd, nerd culture, nintendo, pokemon, the first movie

    For many, Pokemon helped define their childhood. The Generals are no exception to this and team up with a friend to stroll down memory lane and watch Pokemon: The First Movie.

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    #015: Nerds from the Dwarf (w/ Jesse)

    March 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 45 mins
    british, chris barrie, craig charles, danny john-jules, geek, geek culture, grant naylor, lister, nerd, nerd culture, red dwarf, rimmer, robert llewellyn, sci-fi, science fiction, smeghead

    Red Dwarf, a sci-fi comedy series that may just be Better Than Life. So your Generals bring in another seasoned nerd to dig into this more than the Jupiter Mining Corporation.

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    #014: The Nerdery of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (w/ Sean)

    March 8th, 2020  |  2 hrs 5 mins
    breath of the wild, geek, geek culture, hyrule, link, nerd, nerd culture, nintendo, ocarina of time, the legend of zelda, timeline, twilight princess, zelda

    Your Generals explore the legacy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with the help of a guide.

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    #013: Brief News

    March 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 1 min
    batman, borderlands, castlevania, dan didio, dc comics, geek, geek culture, kevin smith, kickstarter, nerd, nerd culture, planet of the apes

    The Generals get together for a quick episode and talk a bit of Nerdy News. Batman, Borderlands, Big Shake-ups all inside!

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    #012: Summer Knerds (w/ Dickie)

    February 24th, 2020  |  2 hrs 7 mins
    detective, dresden files, fae, faerie, fantasy, geek, geek culture, hard-boiled, harry dresden, jim butcher, modern fantasy, nerd, nerd culture, summer knight, wizard

    The Generals enlist some help as they open up and dig into Summer Knight, from Jim Butcher's Dresden Files book series.

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    #011: Birds of Prey Review

    February 17th, 2020  |  42 mins 51 secs
    2020, arleen sorkin, birds of prey, black mask, bruce timm, cassie cain, cathy yan, dc comics, dc universe, ella jay basco, ewan mcgregor, geek, geek culture, harley quinn, huntress, jurnee smollett-bell, mary elizabeth winstead, nerd, nerd culture, paul dini, renee montoya, rosie perez, zsasz

    The Generals head to the movies and give their view on Birds of Prey ( and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

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    #010: The Measure of a Nerd

    February 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins
    brent spiner, data, geek, geek culture, general nerdery, jean-luc picard, melinda snodgrass, nerd, nerd culture, patrick stewart, picard, podcast, robert scheerer, star trek, the measure of a man, the next generation, tng, whoopi goldberg

    The Generals are called to court and forced to witness personhood precedent get set in the Federation.

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    #009: Last Nerds of Krypton

    February 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 20 mins
    christopher reeve, clark kent, dc comics, geek culture, general nerdery, george reeves, jerry siegal, joe shuster, kal-el, lex luthor, lois lane, nerd, nerd culture, superman, tom welling

    The Generals soar up, up, and away with facts and feelings about Superman.

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    #008: Crisis of Infinite Words, pt 2.

    January 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 43 mins
    arrow, batwoman, beebo, bloodshot, crisis on infinite earths, cw, dc, dc comics, ezra miller, flash, geek culture, general nerdery, george perez, greg berlanti, legends of tomorrow, marv wolfman, nerd culture, stargirl, supergirl, the watch, valiant

    After being thwarted by both time and TV schedule, the Generals return to finish talking about the CW adaptation of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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    #007: Review Who

    January 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 51 mins
    doctor who, geek culture, general nerdery, matt lucas, nerd culture, nuwho, pearl mackie, peter capaldi, pop culture, stephanie hyam, steven moffat, the doctor, the pilot

    The Generals talk about the Doctor Who episode "The Pilot", as well as about NuWho in general.

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    #006: Crisis of Infinite Words, pt 1.

    January 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 39 mins
    anti-monitor, comic book, crisis on infinite earths, crossover, cw, dc, general nerdery, george perez, green arrow, greg berlanti, jonathan hickman, marv wolfman, mister sinister, monitor, nerd culture, new mutants, supergirl, superman, swamp thing, the flash

    The Generals do their best to describe Crisis on Infinite Earths, both comic and TV versions.

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    #005: The Rise of Skywalker Review

    January 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins
    carrie fisher, general nerdery, j.j. abrams, kylo ren, luke skywalker, nerd, nerd culture, old republic, palpatine, review, rey, skywalker, star wars, the force, the rise of skywalker

    The Generals hash out what they did and didn't like about The Rise of Skywalker