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Video Games? Anime? Cartoons? Comedy? Yes to all of it, in this podcast where stand up comedians Thomas Lundy and Chris Johnson sit down weekly to nerd out and talk about their favorite hobbies and dive into how it all looks from the eyes of these two black nerds, it's Blerdy Talk!

Thomas Lundy and Chris Johnson


    • May 31, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    44: Episode 44: Big Head Mode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 51:20


    Yo Happy holiday weekend. Chill Ep, we just catch up on Tekken and this show I'm watching called "To Your Eternity" 

    43: Episode 43: Invincible!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 57:45


    We dedicate basically this whole episode to the Amazon Prime show Invincible. Go watch that shit, it's good.

    42: Episode 42: Free Facin'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 53:43


    Sorry, we had another Covid scare....This week we talk, house parties, Anime Dads (are they *any* good ones?) Food Wars, Falcon and Winter Soldier, a brief hiphop chat. 

    40: Episode 41: Cash Grab

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 51:23


    This week we talked more about Fallout, games/companies that care more about a profit than the product, Online play potential, and genres we're not good at 

    40: Episode 40: Been a Minute

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 54:04


    We're back! (I thought I had Covid) We talk about Fallout 4, the (delayed to us return of My Hero Academia Season 5, and Fire Force 

    39: Episode 39: The Superman Effect

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 54:49


    bruh why is the main character always stuck with such boring powers?

    38: Episode 38: Backstory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 57:37


    The First episode from Lundy's new crib! We talk about the Portland's Funniest Person festival. Chris is watching One Piece and dive into how good the early Ep's are. Thomas is watching a wastern drama called Snowfall. And what makes a good side character arc

    37: Episode 37: Hella Transitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 56:05


    This week it's Chris' new living situation, Thomas' first Miyazaki movie, Idealism in anime, old games and their ridiculous character model designs.

    36: Episode 36: Boogie Woogie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 56:09


    This week we talk about getting doing semi-live shows again and getting that fresh taste of a bomb in, Boruto finally getting good, jujutsu kaisen, "anime hair" and it's legacy and ridiculously long titles 

    35: Episode 35: The Summer of 2005

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 53:05


    This week Thomas is giddy about his new crib, Chris is playing the Final Fantasy 7 remake, we break down survival horror games, Thomas takes us back to a get rich quick scheme from back in the day, and the PLAYSTATION 5 IS STILL UNAVAILABLE. 

    34: Episode 34: Charlamange in The Rye

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 56:49


    This week we talk about Judas and the Black Messiah, wether or not you can listen to G Eazy during Black History Month, Old books we had to read in school, Chris is playing Nioh 2, and we catch up on Jujutsu Kaisen 

    33: Episode 33: Masterchief is a Cop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 55:32


    This week I try to push Chris into gaming tournaments, we talk about some of the hardest games from out past, the best main characters we can think of, I finally beat RDr2 and we wrap it up. Welcome home Bobby Shmurda 

    32: Episode 32: Home Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 55:11


    This week we jumped right into how good it feels to be back doing comedy, and how awesome it was to have our podcast mentioned in the Willamette Week! We revisited what some of our blerdy college experiences were like. Also touched on ports anime, and some of those classic knockoff pokemon games

    31: Episode 31: Cannon Fodder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 51:21


    This episode we talk about the olden days of PC Building, I finally sell Chris on Attack on Titan, my new found obsession with romance anime movies, and the moral grey area in anime heroes/villains 

    30: Episode 30: Wait, they still make Tekken?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 55:06


    This week we started getting into how stepping away from comedy changes your perspective for the better. Fighting games and overused characters, and morality in video games. 

    29: Episode 29: Pod-dead Redemption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 55:56


    In beginning that's us having a little chat about coffee.... started recoding early. This week we fanboy out over Red Dead Redemption, I gush over how cool it is being behind a full generation in gaming, we discuss what makes and RPG an RPG, the future of open world gaming and what Rockstar has up their sleeve. 

    28: Episode 28: Don't Call it a Comeback... I mean unless you want to

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 57:38


    WE BACK BABY!!! A Global pandemic put us on a little hiatus but it's nothing. We catch up, hot takes on Dave Chappelle's latest chapter, Sony mishandling the PS5 Launch so I guess I'm an Xbox Guy now?, and my latest anime Jujutsu Kaisen 

    27: Episode 27: Quarantine Live(ish) Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 68:37


    Hey everyone, sorry about the short break we took, crazy times were in but we've finally dusted ourselves off and brought you another episode, here's one we did from via FB live, same content just further apart!

    26: Episode 26: Homecoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 57:36


    What's up gang, this week is a very special episode, because it's the 26th Episode! Which means we've been doing this podcast for six months, half a year baby!We play a classic game of "would you rather" Blerd-style

    25: Episode 25: Foggy Lundy Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 17:15


    Got a quick little mini episode this morning. Releasing two this week, I hopped off a plane and ran home to tell why I'm not sold on this latest arc in My Hero Academia

    24: Episode 24: Attack on Samples

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 57:36


    with the Corona virus sweeping the Pacific Northwest, we retreated back into our old studio home and Open Signal. We teaches you how to get the most samples at the grocery store and tells us about smashing all of Attack on Titan season 2 in a day. Lil Baby's album dropped and we have some opinions

    23: Episode 23: No Bars Please

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 39:07


    This week we talk about what the highest level of white lady privilege must feel like, depression anime binges, and how good anime content on youtube is these days

    22: Episode 22: Jake LaMotta Was Not A Good Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 54:20


    We pick up where we left off last week with the Rappers You Never Thought Would Fall off, our favorite anime is starting to fall off, Thomas is broken by all the choice in online entertainment, and old movies are weird, bro.

    21: Episode 21: Random Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 50:35


    This week Chris tells us about some wild hecklers from his shows at Helium over the weekend, I get way too excited to talk about one of my favorite hidden gem anime that I've revisited and we talk about some awful American dubs in anime.

    20: Episode 20: But is it Canon?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 42:00


    Chris is back, but I gave back the copy of Dark Souls, we moved on (I guess?) and then started talking about a comic book I'm reading and why the grammys are dumb

    19: Episode 19: Live from The Lundy Cave (re-upload)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 31:42


    Hey everyone, solo ep this week, we've all been super sick but I still wanted to get you something on monday morning. So I bunkered down in my hole to celebrate me (finally) beating Dark Souls and talk to you about all this Sailor Moon I've been watching. Re-uploaded, idk why the first one was only 3 minutes long, sorry been a long week

    18: Episode 18: I F*cks with Jim Jarmusch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 53:24


    This week the new Star Wars game is so good it kept Chris from getting here, we reminisce on some of the worst video game controllers of all time and trying to watch more movies to seem, "relatable".

    17: Episode 17: Kurapika's Shovel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 50:34


    This week we crack into that BEAST of an episode we got from My Hero Academia this week, talk about movies, some honorary black people, and how to be successful as a rapper.

    16: Episode 15: For the Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 49:30


    This week we ask the question, are there too many video games? Fan service! What's up with these shows where every character is a super attractive? And utilitarian super heroes

    15: Episode 14: RockLock Who?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 57:05


    I miss you! We're back this week after a little vacation, Thomas gives you my anime of the year and catches up with an old friend. We talk about how black people are portrayed as anime character and how we feel about it and drop a hidden gem of a game I found over the holiday break.

    14: Episode 13: Baby Yoda is an Inside Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 56:04


    This week we get into The Mandalorian, and what makes a villain an interesting character to you?

    13: Episode 12: Hank Hill Sh*t/Chris on the Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 66:28


    Got a fun episode for you this week. Chris Johnson, Fresh off the Willamette Week showcase calls in from a a road gig in Idaho to discuss catching up on My Hero Academia, and a little deep Simpsons Theory. On the back end of this one, Thomas gives us a little solo-style podcast about why he misses single player games so much.

    12: Episode 11: Sleep on It

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 59:31


    First off Congratulations to our boy Chris Johnson for being named one of Willamette Week's funniest five. We talk a little bit about watching people grow as comedians and some of the skills you see people gain as they get better, we check in on Thomas' Dark Souls progress and that new Star Wars game that is apparently a blatant rip off of other, better games. 

    11: Episode 10: The Meaning of Like

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 58:04


    This week get into some of the biggest life lessons we've taken away from our favorite media, and get into a little bit about the grammys and the changing state of awards in music.

    10: Episode 9: Boss Battles and Chill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 60:21


    Oh where to begin? This week we talked about our boy Chris got to be on a very cool comedy showcase with one of our favorite rappers, Thomas' new found love and obsession, that reignited that video game love Dark Souls 3 and the craziness of boss battles from back in the day. Oh and I finally got Chris to start watching One Piece!RIP John Witherspoon

    9: Episode 8.5: Joke Souls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 26:32


    What's up folks, so this week is a mixed bag, so unfortunately everyone's schedule was hella crazy this weekend (for great reasons, we coming up!) so we didn't get to record like usual, fear not though you still get an episode! it's just a little short. Me and Chris sit down to talk about how Comedy and the Dark Souls series of games go hand in hand and can teach you great life lessons Oh also....WE GOT AN INTRO NOW. And it's F*ckin dope, Shout out to an old friend Justin, he killed it.  If any thing, turn this ep on just so you can hear this.

    8: Episode 8: War is Coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 53:06


    7: Episode 7: Plus Ultra!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 63:18


    The new season of My Hero Academia is here and Chris and Thomas are all in, this week we pretty much just nerd out over everyone's favorite new show.

    6: Episode 6: Old Man Yells at Cloud

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 55:06


    Episode 6 is here and this week we take a look back at some of our funniest/best memories with old school games and take a peek at what the next gen of gaming might hold in store

    5: Episode 5: Rapping off Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 48:52


    This week, we dive into a little hiphop debate; discussing who our "first loves" were in the genre, how we feel about some of the newer guys out and Thomas and Chris find another critical issue they differ on. First turn based games now this?!

    4: Episode 4: Cozy Couch Chat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 65:23


     This week we're recording in the Clinton House (Thomas' Place) for a cozy little chat about how Demon Slayer has definitely moved into our #1 spot for currently running shows. A little chat about the similarities between all shows that take place in the same genre. Finally the new Joker movie is out, are Chris and Thomas gonna go see it? 

    3: Episode 3: Protagonist Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 47:59


    It's all about the protagonist vibe this week, we talk about whether or not Tanjiro (Demon Slayer) is a good main character and what makes an anime protag interesting; before that though we dive into our own protagonist stories and chop it up about the Stand up comedy grind and our most umm "developmental" losses. 

    2: Episode 2: F*** Turn Based Combat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 61:42


    This week we sit down and discuss some of our favorite video games, and this causes a slight rift between Chris and Thomas

    1: Episode 1: We did it!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 59:53


    What up! It's the introductory episode of Blerdy Talk, we sit down and feel out just how nerdy we really are, talk a little comedy, about being kids growing up in black church find out what our favorite anime running right now are.

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