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Arnie likes nerdy things, but doesn't have time to read or watch all the nerdy things he's interested in. So he gets his funny friends to explain them to him.

Arnie Niekamp


    • Nov 20, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
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    #67: Broadway Musicals

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2012 65:40


    Brendan Dowling and Martin Wilson chat about the golden age of the Broadway musical with Arnie. There is a lot more singing than usual.

    #66: Star Trek Voyager

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2012 76:49


    Charlie McCrackin and Matt Young explain 'Star Trek: Voyager' to Arnie. It gets weirder than expected.

    #65: Human Centipede 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2012 53:43


    Adal Rifai and Louie Saunders explain the grisly details of the gross-out horror sequel 'Human Centipede 2' to Arnie who really should have known better than to ask. Warning: the movie is apparently somehow even more disturbing than the original. It's a really gross Stupid Nerd!

    #64: Aquaman/Namor the Submariner

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2012 58:49


    Kevin Sciretta and Jason Chin explain the history of both Aquaman and Namor the Submariner to Arnie. It's a very aquatic Stupid Nerd.

    #63: Pie Fest XIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2012 53:29


    Evan and Shama Jacover explain the crazy pies of Pie Fest XIII to Arnie. It's a pie-tastic episode of Stupid Nerd.

    Stupid Nerd #62: Vampire Diaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2012 62:22


    Megan O'Neill and Alex Eilhauer explain the CW show Vampire Diaries to Arnie. Recommended for vampires and halfwerewolves alike.

    Stupid Nerd #61: No Purchase Necessary

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2012 54:56


    Matt Cavedon and Darius De La Cruz talk to Arnie about not purchasing anything for a year. Except groceries. And other stuff. Find out about their year and their podcast "No Purchase Necessary."

    Stupid Nerd #60: Assassins 2011 (pt3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2012 59:42


    The final installment on the oral history of the Assassins game between iO and ComedySportz Chicago. Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan are back to explain who won and how. Cesar Jamie and Matt Manley are also interviewed.

    Stupid Nerd #59: Assassins 2011 (pt2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2012 72:51


    The saga of the iO VS ComedySportz Assassins game continues. Interviews include: ComedySportz CEO Matt Elwell, Katy Colloton, Tim Frank, Peyton Brown and Peter Kremidas, as well as more from Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, Brett Elam, David Flora and Joshua Logan.

    Stupid Nerd #58: Assassins 2011 (pt1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2011 93:58


    The epic Assassins game between iO Chicago and Comedy Sportz! Arnie interviews Kat Gotsick and Jon Forsythe, who ran the game, along with players David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan. Also interviewed in part one: Charna Halpern, Blaine Swen, Jet Eveleth, Adal Rifai, Louis Saunders, Alex Trepka, Patrick Rowland and Nikki Pierce. Look for part two coming after the holidays.

    Stupid Nerd #57: Hanukkah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2011 51:17


    Harry Gottlieb (creator of You Don't Know Jack) and Evan Jacover teach Arnie all about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

    Stupid Nerd #56: Adam West's Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2011 65:34


    Jason Chin and Matt Young talk about the campy 60's Batman television show starring Adam West.

    Stupid Nerd Bonus: Disney World 9/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2011 11:02


    A quick clip from The Poor Choices Show where Brendan Jennings talks to host Mark Colomb about working at Disney World, including working there, in costume, on 9/11.

    Stupid Nerd #55: Disneyland/Disney World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2011 78:32


    Lisa Linke, Sam Super and Thom Gaughan let Arnie in on their favorite things and some secrets about Disneyland and Disney World.

    Stupid Nerd #54: Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2011 72:33


    Big Ten Network host, Mike Hall, and Second City's Tim Baltz help Arnie understand how sports can be nerdy, but rewarding. They also talk about broadcasting school, ESPN's 'Dream Job' and Ultimate Frisbee.

    Stupid Nerd #53: serial killers 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2011 69:25


    Louie Saunders, Molly Wilbanks and Ellen Haeg are back to update Arnie on serial killers for a fourth time. This time they've decided to dig in an try to investigate a case themselves.

    Stupid Nerd #52: Supernatural

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2011 77:16


    Jorin Garguilo and Adal Rifai explain the TV show Supernatural to Arnie. It is apparently more than Route 66 meets Buffy.

    Stupid Nerd Bonus: We Wrongly Assume #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2011 83:42


    Arnie has a new podcast, "We Wrongly Assume (People Care What We Say)." Stupid Nerd will continue, but you'll want to go subscribe to this new one as well, to make sure you don't miss future installments. For this first episode Arnie's guests are Steve Waltien and Rush Howell.

    Stupid Nerd #51: The Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2011 70:58


    Arnie talks to Academy Awards nerds Craig Cackowski and Brendan Dowling about what's wonderful and sometimes annoying about the Oscars.

    Stupid Nerd #50: Lizard People/Clockwork Elves

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2011 56:23


    Arnie learns about the lizard people who live among us and control our governments from guests Irene Marquette and Allard Laban. He also learns about the Clockwork Elves from another dimension. Just for fun, hollow earth, Mormons and Paul McCartney are also discussed.

    Stupid Nerd #49: SeaQuest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2011 67:31


    Arnie learns about the underwater scifi show, 'SeaQuest' from his guests, Shane Wilson and Sean Kelley.

    Stupid Nerd #48: Sierra Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2011 82:11


    Arnie learns about classic computer adventure games made by Sierra Games (Kings Quest, Space Quest... Police Quest) from the Ryder brothers, Tim Ryder and Josh Ryder.

    Stupid Nerd #47: geocaching

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2011 63:16


    Arnie learns about geocaching, GPS scavenger hunts, from his guests Rance Rizzutto, Rich Prouty and Tara DeFrancisco.   

    Stupid Nerd #46: Dr. Who (1963-1989)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2011 93:31


    Arnie learns about the classic British scifi TV series 'Doctor Who,' covering several decades of the original run of the series from guests Chris Rathjen and Shaun Clayton. (P.S. It's kind of a long one)

    Stupid Nerd #45: mascotting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2011 58:15


    Arnie learns about being a mascot, for college sports and summer amusement parks from Steve Heinrich.

    Stupid Nerd Bonus: Arnie on Hamlet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2011 9:24


    A special bonus. From Chicago's Paper Machete show (and podcast) Arnie reads a piece he wrote for Shakespeare's birthday, about the horrible things we've all done to Hamlet.

    Stupid Nerd #44: War of the Ring

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2011 56:21


    Arnie learns about the LOTR board game War of the Ring, from Shad Kunkle. Shad owns a massive (and expensive), limited edition hand crafted version of the game. Arnie and Shad's wife, Kate Hawley, try to figure out whether it's worth it.

    Stupid Nerd #43: Sherlock Holmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2011 60:10


    Arnie learns about Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective that ever lived, from his guests Jason Chin and Shane Wilson.

    Stupid Nerd #42: Wizarding World of Harry Potter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2011


    Arnie is joined by the 3033's Bill Arnett and Andy St. Clair who talk about thier trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the new Harry Potter amusement park in Florida.

    Stupid Nerd #41: Hunger Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2011 68:26


    Arnie learns about The Hunger Games, the YA postapocolyptic novel from his guests Sarah Maher, Megan O'Neill and Matt Meador. They actually set out to talk about the entire trilogy but got so caught up describing how they'd fight to survive that they spent the whole hour talking about the first book.

    Stupid Nerd #40: Saw

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2011 64:15


    Arnie learns about the torture horror 'Saw' franchise from the hosts of the Critical End podcast, Logan Lee and Ryan DiGiorgi.

    Stupid Nerd #39: Cthulu

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2011 65:29


    Arnie learns about the Great Elder God Cthulu, and the other horrors created by H.P. Lovecraft from his guests, Chris Rathjen and Jorin Garguilo.

    Stupid Nerd #38: World of Warcraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2011 68:43


    Arnie learns about the insanely popular on-line roleplaying game 'World of Warcraft' from his guests Sammy Tamimi and Chip Aucion.

    Stupid Nerd #37: sci fi camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2011 54:44


    Arnie talks to Eden Robins about attending the Clairon Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Workshop (aka "scifi summer camp"), science fiction writing in general, and having the same name as someone else.

    Stupid Nerd #36: a very nerdy Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2010 58:02


    Arnie learns about various nerdy Christmas specials from Jason Chin, Sean Kelley and Padraic Connelly. Topics include the Star Wars Christmas special, various Muppets Christmas specials, an Epcot Christmas memory, and various takes on A Christmas Carol (among other things).

    Stupid Nerd #35: Human Centipede

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2010 58:47


    Arnie learns all about the A.T.M. horror movie Human Centipede from his guests Adal Rifai, Mike Johnson and Rob White. Warning: There are some things you can't unlearn.

    Stupid Nerd #34: Women of the Otherworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2010 48:03


    Arnie learns about the mulit-volume fantasy series from his guests Laura Personic and Megan O'Neill. Female werewolves. Female ghosts. Female chaos demons.

    Stupid Nerd #33: fantasy LARP

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2010 69:34


    Arnie talks to Sean Ellis about his monthly fantasy LARP getaway weekends. You know, camping and pretending to be a gypsy fighting stone elves.

    Stupid Nerd #32: serial killers 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2010 60:14


    Still more serial killers. Arnie's guests Louie Saunders, Ellen Haeg and Molly Willbanks are back to talk about serial killers yet again. This time we talk about the Beltway Snipers, the ten year old killer Mary Bell, the BTK Killer and get the latest updates on the Zodiac.

    Stupid Nerd #31: Foodies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2010 54:06


    Arnie learns about being a food nerd from Adal Rifai and Marla Caceres. Many Chicago restaurants are discussed.

    Stupid Nerd #30: Superman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2010 67:16


    We're back. Arnie Niekamp learns about Superman from Sean Kelley and Jorin Garguilo.

    Stupid Nerd Bonus: Aphasia podcast on nerdiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2010 26:32


    An excerpt from the "Aphasia Presents Something" podcast starring Jeff Griggs, Jeannie Cahill and Brett Lyons. They debate nerdiness and who is and isn't nerdy. Arnie will be back soon with more Stupid Nerd podcasts.

    Stupid Nerd #29: cryptic crosswords

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2010 81:55


    Arnie learns about cryptic crosswords, an incredibly nerdy and more challenging variation on crossword puzzles from his guests Noah Gregoropoulus and Joe Burton. Make sure to download and print out the crossword we work on during this episode which you can find at www.stupidnerdpodcast.blogspot.com posted right after this episode.

    Stupid Nerd #28: Nightmare on Elm Street

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2010 64:50


    Arnie learns all about the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film franchise from his guests Adal Rifai and Ryan DiGiorgi.

    Stupid Nerd #27: Legend of Zelda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2010 82:15


    Arnie learns about The Legend of Zelda series of video games from guests Louie Saunders and Matt Young.

    Stupid Nerd #26: Competitive Pinball

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2010 52:50


    Arnie learns about the exciting world of competitive pinball from Matt Meador and Josh Sharpe (world ranked pinball player and so much more).

    Stupid Nerd #25: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2010 86:43


    Special episode! Sarah Maher hosts. Arnie Niekamp and Megan O'Neill teach her about all seven seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

    Stupid Nerd #24: Medieval Times (Dinner & Tournament)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2010 34:02


    Arnie learns a little about Medieval Times (a jousting-themed stunt show dining experience) from Sarah Wonak and Matt Trupia. Chris Weil stops by briefly to share a story about being kicked out of Medieval Times.

    Stupid Nerd #23: Assassins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2010 71:54


    Arnie learns about the "pretend to kill your friends in public" game Assassins from two people who went a little crazy playing it: Shad Kunkle and Rich Prouty

    Stupid Nerd #22: Thor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2010 45:48


    Arnie learns about Marvel superhero Thor from Jason Chin and Chicago Comics owner, Eric Thornton. The episode was actually recorded near the back of the store.

    Stupid Nerd #21: more serial killers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2010 55:03


    Arnie learns more about serial killers (Gilles De Rais, H.H. Holmes and Enriqueta Marti) from Louis Saunders, Molly Wilbanks and Ellen Haeg. Louis also talks about his recent Zodiac killer tour of San Fransisco.

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