Nerd Variety

As a whole, the Nerd Variety team absolutely loved the newest addition to the MCU! In this episode, we break down the film in its entirety and discuss how we felt about Deadpool and Wolverine in their first MCU appearance together.

The Nerd Variety team discusses mental health in this episode! We each discuss our personal journeys with mental health as well as how we have seen it portrayed in various forms of media.

Welcome back to Nerd Variety! This week, the group discusses some of our favorite theme songs from tv shows as well as catching everyone up on what we've each been up to in our absence. 

Now that most of the team has had the chance to play and beat Insomniac's Spider-Man 2, Nerd Variety finally sat down to do a SPOILER review of the amazing game!

It's been a minute since we recorded, so the Nerd Variety team catches up with each other and you guys on what we have been up to as well as some things that we are looking forward to!

The Nerd Variety team has seen Across the Spider-Verse and we wanna talk all about it! 

We finally made it to episode 100!!! Thank you all for your continued support! In this episode, the nerd variety team discusses some of our favorite anime and come up with some fun "what if..." concepts.

Atlanta Comic Con came recently and Matt and Josh went! Along with a guest, Matt and Josh discuss their experiences with the con this year.

Superheroes get quite a few video games these days and today the Nerd Variety team discusses some of our favorites, least favorites, and those we are looking forward to.

James Gunn just made a BIG announcement on the DC Universe and the Nerd Variety team takes a look at each announcement individually and share our thoughts.

2023 is upon us! Today, we take a look at all the things that we are looking forward to in the year.

Nerd Variety looks back at some of the highs and lows of the 2022 pop culture year!

Anime has become a staple in the mainstream, so the Nerd Variety team decided to take a look at the past, present, and future of anime as well as discussing some of the longest running anime out there.

Haven't seen Wakanda Forever yet? This review is full of spoilers, so if you don't want to hear major twists and plot points, please don't listen and get disappointed.

The Nerd Variety team discusses the books, shows, and maybe even movies that we liked that were based off of some of our favorite video games.

Matt, Hayden, and Josh discuss characters from fiction that we just cannot stand.

The Nerd Variety team is back together! This time we have a new co-host to replace our lovely Hannah, though hopefully we will have her back as a guest down the line. In this episode, we welcome you all back and discuss what is in store for us.

Things have been tough lately, everybody has something or another going on and we have not been able to get together very often. But we found time and talked about what we've been up to as a potential start for a new season!

The most anticipated Spider-Man movie is finally here! Josh and Hayden sit down to discuss the movie from start to finish with major spoilers (do not listen if you have not seen it yet and care about spoilers).

With the latest Disney Plus Marvel show, "What If...", having wrapped recently, Josh and Hayden, joined by recurring guest, Matt, discuss the show in its entirety along with some upcoming movies.

Cons are back (kinda) this year and Hayden and Josh got to go to DragonCon!

Everything comes to an end and unfortunately, not always in the best possible way. Whether it's a show, movie, video game, or literally anything else, there's always an end. In this episode, the Nerd Variety team discusses what media has some of the worst or at least most disappointing endings that we have experienced.

There are eight books, 3 video games (in the main series), and one season, with a second on the way, of the fantasy series, The Witcher. We nerds love fantasy series and especially this one. Some of us have only seen the show, some have only played one game, and some have played the games, watched the show, and read the books! Hannah, Josh, and Hayden together discuss the franchise and our personal perspectives on what we have experienced personally as we prepare for the upcoming season 2 of the show!

Ever wonder how the Nerd Variety team would choose to survive in Breath of the Wild? Do we know how to cooperate or would we turn on each other for our own gain?

What defines a documentary? Are nature documentaries the same as historical documentaries? Are reality shows documentaries? These are some of the questions that the Nerd Variety team decides to discuss in this episode!

Everything has a sound and every sound is unique. One of the most complex aspects of the world, especially in regards to creation for media, is sound. The Nerd Variety cast shares some stories and discusses our thoughts on the topic of sound design.

Now that WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier have wrapped up on Disney+, Hayden, Josh, and Hannah have decided to discuss what has happened so far, how we feel about it, and what is coming up next.

We love our game show episodes here and picking the best music for ridiculous scenarios is so much fun! Today, Hannah and Josh compete for the ultimate prize (a pat on the back) to see who can select the best songs for each scenario that Hayden came up with.

The new Mortal Kombat movie is out and as nerds, we can't wait to tell you how to feel about it! Not really, but Hayden and Josh do want to share with you our personal thoughts and feelings about the film.

Following up our episode, "Actors we changed our minds about," we take a look at some fictional characters that we have changed our minds about over time. This may be due to the way a character has been presented or just because we grew to like them more over time. Whatever the reason, the Nerd Variety team discussed each of these characters that we changed our minds about and only get distracted after every other character.

Everyone has something that has inspired them in life. For some of us, it is inspiration to lead us into a career or simply how we exist. The Nerd Variety team is joined by guest Matthew Burton to discuss what media has inspired us in significant aspects of our lives.

We're not just nerds, we're musical nerds. From modern composers of various film and game soundtracks to the old school Classical, Baroque and Romantic eras, we talk about our favorite composers and pieces that we can't recommend enough!

Have you ever seen a show that you just want to tell people about? Do you enjoy manga and/or anime? Tonight the Nerd Variety team has chosen to collectively watch The Promised Neverland and sit down to discuss some of our thoughts and feelings about the show in it's current entirety (and possibly a bit more since Hannah has read the manga). 

Do you ever wish that you had wings? What about metal skin? No, of course not, because diamond skin is obviously better! Get ready for another picky round of SALES PITCH!

Valentine's Day 2021 has come and gone! Some of us have romance in our lives and some of us have garlic bread, but we all have romances in our fiction. Josh, Hayden, and Hannah take a look at some of our opinions on the best and the worst romances in fiction to feel better or worse about our relationship status.

New and significant storylines in comics are happening all the time. Batmans get replaced, Captain Americas change sides, and other things happen in manga. If you are interested in learning about some of the newest things in comics and manga, well, this probably isn't the best place to find out, but we can tell you some things that are happening in this media that we enjoy.

We always seem to connect more with a work of fiction when we relate to the characters, but is that necessarily a good thing? Learn more about the Nerd Variety team and how we feel about ourselves when we compare ourselves to some of our favorite characters.

Whose childhood was not littered with cartoons? Ours definitely were! Hannah checks our knowledge of cartoons with a (mostly) friendly game of Jeopardy. 

Wonder Woman 1984 is out and as Nerds, Josh and Hayden have chosen to share their thoughts on the newest DC film!

2020 has been quite a year, to say the least. Even with all the truly awful things that have happened this year, there has actually been a number of good things! The Nerd Variety team tried to mostly stay optimistic, so we discuss some of the best new things of the year and talk briefly about what we are looking forward to next year.

Sing! Dance! Pazazz! Sometimes you just want to burst into song and we are no different here at Nerd Variety. This week, Hannah, Josh, and Hunter open up about our feelings on musicals in general and some of our favorites or least favorites out there.

Some actors we love, some we don't. Often we find ourselves not even paying attention to an actor until they are in something that we just happen to watch. The Nerd Variety team takes this time to discuss actors that we either liked or didn't like at some point but have since changed our opinions of, either for personal reasons or because of something they were in.

Games are fun and (mostly) relaxing experiences, especially with friends. Some games makes this more difficult however, so we decided to talk about our experiences with games that cause fights and how we respond.

We all have things that we like to collect, but as a variety of nerds, we have different things that we collect and different reasons for collecting. The Nerd Variety team wanted to show off some of their favorite collectibles that we have.

Some movies are so bad they are good and others are just plain bad. Whether we choose to leave the movie before finishing it because of just how bad it is or force ourselves through such disasters, we have all seen some bummers. In this episode, we chose to re-live the torture and discuss some of the best-worst and worst-worst movies that we have seen that weren't completely forgettable.

People, places, things, what all do we enjoy seeing or experiencing in our media? Many different stories use similar conceptual settings, but we enjoy some more than others.

Another Nerd Variety game show special! This time we are focusing entirely on music to best match the given scenarios, specifically themed towards Halloween(ish). Hunter hosts with Josh and Hannah as contestants.

We all have our games that we enjoy more than others as well as some things in games that we just don't enjoy. Sometimes a game will come along that we really do not want to play just because it features something that we kind of hate, but we end up loving it anyways. The Nerd Variety gang decides to take some time to discuss such games and we extend the discussion to our listeners.

We can only predict the future by first examining the past, but sometimes the past is boring. This heavily embellished quote is the reason that we enjoy historical fiction. But what exactly does the genre encompass? How far can we push the limits of stories before they stop being historical and just become fantasy? And can we all come to an agreement?

Travaris Moorman from Stand Out Cosplay joins the Nerd Variety team to discuss a staple in nerd culture: Cosplay! From simple, handmade costumes to bought costumes and complex masterpieces, we discuss what can go into cosplay, why we cosplay, and a few good tips to know when cosplaying. Remember to check out Stand Out Cosplay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standoutcosplay/

Hannah's turn to test the nerd knowledge of Josh and Hunter! From classics like Gone With The Wind to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, play along and see if you can answer these movie quote questions!