The Nerd Out

Lessons In Chemistry, The Gilded Age, Interview with the Vampire, Foundation (hello, naked fight scene!), Past Lives, and loads more of what we're all about right now. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR Dec 2023 Shop Word to Your Mama! The shirts are awesome...okay, everything is awesome.

A little dive into beauty products, plus Ted Lasso, Succession, dinosaurs...with special guest: Ritzy's stomach! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on July 3, 2023 T.I. highly recommends Haus Labs' Le Monster Lip Crayon. Also, Ilia's eye serum (currently trying) and skin tint serum (holy grail product!). Prehistoric Planet. How do they know?

Let's be clear: a cruise was had. But we've also got Oscars, Transformers, and Cons galore. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on March 4, 2023

The first The Nerd Out of 2023. Ritzy talks about great news on the Web3 front including NFT.NYC speaker announcement, Lisa shares she's going on the sold out Outlaw Country Cruise 7, our Zapocaypse episode from 2012 with Matt Mogk from the Zombie Research Society and so much more.ion Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on Dec 6 2022

Covid got us! But we're carrying on with House of the Dragon, Black Panther, Wednesday, Andor, and - phew! - the World Cup. Action packed! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 12/12/23  

Lisa's Birthday! Ritzy in Columbia! Rings of Power! House of the Dragon! Reservation Dogs!,...and, you know, UFOs. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 9.26.23

We rally post-pneumonia to chat Thor, Prey, Stranger Things, Severance, and more. Bring the antibiotics! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 8.22.22

We're watching Stranger Things, The Bear, Severance, Star Trek...and we are reading, y'all. Come along! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 7.11.22 Shout out to Salty Salty Ham, what the audience is currently nerding out on, voting these MF-ers out, Ritzy has a brief interaction with the creator/writer/director of The Bear...and more!

Gardening! Metamorphosis...live (super freaky)! Not hating Maverick! Ambivalent about Obi-Wan! Plus Tokyo Vice, Stranger Things, and loads more. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 6.7.22

So many things to love in this episode: Hola Metaverso! Lilliam Rivera! Atlanta! Moon Knight! Gilded Age! Podcasting! Freedom! Each Other! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 5.8.22 Watch all of Hola Metaverso online. From Deadline: TV director Zetna Fuentes (Cursed) is set to helm the film Never Look Back, based on Lilliam Rivera's 2019 novel of the same name, for 3Pas Studios and Amazon Studios, with Talia Rothenberg (Rebelde) adapting the screenplay. Uhhhhhhh HELL YEAH!

In which we finally come out as big John Cena fangirls, Ritzy watches The Great and loves The Gilded Age, and we talk about That Oscar Show. Come along! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 4.1.22 Murs is a Cena fan, too.Check out WTYM EP 23 with Oscar Winner (!!) Joseph Jazzbo Patel! It's a great listen.

First unification of your hosts in '22: wrapping some series (RIP for now Succession), howdy The Great, Boba Fett & Euphoria, and breaking news on the Word To Your Mama podcast empire! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 1.17.22 If you need a creative agency, who ya gonna call? THE ANGLES AGENCY! Wendy's National Roast Day: our new fave holiday.

In which your hosts catch up on a Marvel binge-a-thon, continue to love Ted Lasso, and talk some Reservation Dogs, SVU, Sex Ed, and The Witcher (finally). Plus: awesome new reads! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 10.4.21

Not dead, ready to talk some loves (Ted Lasso! Loki! Anne With An E! Fauda!), and catch up on sundry food, movies, TV, and Tik Tok. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 8.29.21 We like to eat, and we recommend both Omsom (meal starters with amazing flavors from Asian cuisine) and Sun Noodle noodle kits for DIY tastes-like-a-legit-restaurant. Also hot sauce from the Kauai Juice Company is

Stuck in a time warp, hungry as f*ck, mourning the dead, and burying jackasses: bring your juice (or something harder) and let's talk some TV and movies. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Baker City OR on 4.17.21 Adagio Tea should be our sponsor cuz we love them and want you to try some. For our lovely listeners, may we recommend Blood Orange or THE BEST Earl Grey tea? HOW DID RITZY HATE SEXY BEASTS?

Happy Lunar New Year! Sip some tea with your pals @ The Nerd Out. So many shows and movies we are loving - WandaVision! Sexy Beasts! Summer of Soul! What've you been watchin? Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 2.15.21 Tea drinkers! Check out TNO faves Adagio and Steven Smith Teas.

Ho, ho, ho Nerds! We've been binging some TV - The Undoing, Mando, I Hate Suzie, Euphoria, loads more; bangin' on the bird front, and doing our best to stay sane. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and we'll see ya in 2021 (rooster willing). Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 12.21.20

Queen's Gambit, Mandalorian, The Crown, The Voice, James Bond, The Outpost, and BAMF Alex Trebeck: all under discussion this week! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 11.16.20

We emerge from the swamp of election season to nerd out on some movies you're probably sleeping on, some TV you probably love, and books! Hey nerds...we missed you! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 10.21.20 Don't miss Ritzy's podcast (and blog!), Word to Your Mama.

Like everyone else, you probably missed Comic Con...but we have loads of nerd news this ep! PS John - look where you're going. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 8.1.20

Large appliances, public speaking, Comic Con, and mostly-feelin-good TV: it's summer lovin! Stay cool, nerds. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 7.18.20 Ritzy is involved with Wonder Women Tech Conference this year...so cool, check it out! You can actually attend Comic Con this year! Are you watching I May Destroy You? Check it out on HBO (and check out this article on creator Michaela Coel)!

We discuss when you think you're ok but then you lose it. We also talk camping, TV shows, books, podcasts, Scorpions, The C.I.A. and more! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.29.20 BOOKS It's About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Our girl is one of the 40 Authors of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing PODCASTS/VIDEOS Wind Of Change One Zoom to Rule Them All | Reunited Apart LORD OF THE RINGS Edition Twins The New Trend

It's been a tough week, and we are here with a little uplift: stay engaged, stay inspired, stay on Tik Tok, watch good stuff. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.5.20 Ritzy watched and loved Yo Noy Soy Aqui. By the Los Spookys team!

We live in scary, tough, difficult times...but we have each other. Go make a difference and hug someone you love. Nerding out is self care and we support it. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.30.20 Josh Gad hosts a Lord of the Rings movie reunion...it is AMAZING! JK Rowling's new read for kids + kids at heart - The Ickabog - is being released online. Git it! We bet you didn't know you wanted to listen to a podcast about how The Scorpions '90 rock opus, Wind of Change, was written by the CIA...or was it? It's awesome, check it out. Ditto Questlove's music-oriented podcast...so many awesome, sometimes unexpected, special guests!

Black & white classic movies! New TV shows! MFin Doug E Fresh! (Technical difficulties are MOSTLY behind us, but apologies for our sound issues this ep.) Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.23.20 Check out Ritzy's Crewest items up for sale! Cognitive scientist & Professor of Psychology at Yale University Laurie Santos is on Armchair Expert podcast! Ritzy is taking her online course (and Lisa, if she gets her shit together).   Doug E Fresh wished Ritzy a very happy birthday. For. Reals. Use code THENERDOUT on Ritzy's site to buy amazing art n stuff and get free shipping!

Had some server issues but we're back in action! We get into a LOT of TV - welcome to the pandemic, folks! - but also Ritzy's art show, Lisa's running, and lifehacking ourselves into better shape. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 5.16.20 Our hero: Verve Hosting! They saved our podcasting butt and we recommend them highly. The Science of Wellbeing class from Yale! Take it...or tell us if you have!

WE ARE! Join us and special guest Eric for a spoilerific breakdown: comic origins, our fave characters, social commentary, and what that ending means to us. (Plus? A little Star Wars lore and which order we should be watching the Star Wars universe in.) Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR + North Hollywood on 4.18.20 Listen to us here, on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or Spotify!

Who needs Coachella Weekend 1 when you have a pandemic? Not us! (All the cool kids are getting their live performance fix on Instagram these days, anyway.) Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.10.20 Follow our friend Kano on Instagram for cool coloring projects (and art, of course). That's his artwork on this episode!Check out new podcast Sista Brunch about women of color thriving in Hollywood. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher.

Online DJ sets, whisky, our list of must-see movies for little humans (or for you, we don't judge), and RIP to Bill & Adam...still on lockdown but still nerding out. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 4.4.20 Who needs some afro cuban dance class? (I mean, all of us.) Check out Ritzy's friend and scope her out in a class. Check out the wealth of videos on Paleyfest's YouTube channel! Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher.

Going into our 3rd week of LOCKDOWN: it's a mental health check-in (how are YOU?) and recap on what we're watching (no Tiger King...yet), shopping for, and how we're staying sane. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.27.20 Check out some cool stuff:Amy Shira Teitel is doing a virtual book tour for Fighting for Space on Facebook and Youtube. Ritzy's got a new podcast coming: Word To Your Mama! Join her Facebook page and blog. If you haven't seen Paint Life what ARE you waiting for?! Awesome doc chronicling Ritzy's - and Army of Snipers artist collective - trip to Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong to share the good art word to kids and folks there. Use the code "stayhome". Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher.

Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.20.20 It's Week 2 of the LOCKDOWN...which is nerds' time to shine (let's face it). Documentary suggestions, more media ideas, and how to stay sane with our new segment "Quarantine Shit"! You oughta be meditating. Ritzy recommends 5 Minute Meditation, Practicing Human, Unlocking Us with Brene Brown (we love Brene!). As Brene reminds us: GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING Kanopy is a great place for free media, especially for kids! Libby is a great way to access Library books...also free! You should be reading some of our faves: Dealing in Dreams by our friend Lilliam Rivera, Becoming by Michelle Obama, the Beastie Boys Book (check out the audio version!), and Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat Lazy Slob Who Did Good by Kevin Smith. And Angelenos should check out Skylight Books - you can still support them online! And finally, we ALL need some tunes right now. Check out Ritzy's Dance Off Pants Off playlist on Spotify and Orion Sun. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Greetings from the lockdown! Prepping for the zombie apocalypse, what to watch...and we wanna hear yours: we're in this together, folks. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 3.13.20 Brains On - all you need to know about coronavirus for kids and dumbass adults. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

See above: we've got a LOT of TV discuss, folks! Plus a couple movies, a book or two, and being a bird (and tea!) nerd. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 2.28.20 Jonesing for your next historic Korean period political zombie epic? Look no further: The Kingdom! It's on Netflix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-yByZpaaM Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher.

OSCAR RECAP! Trash talk and high fives, post-ceremony. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 2.11.20 Ritzy's new read: Patron Saint of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Kickin nemeses to the curb, actualizing heroic acts, watching some terrible-mazing reality TV, and podcasts we love. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 1.26.20 Ready to be Zen as Fuck in 2020? Check out the handbook / our book club. Want to help out someone who is visually impaired? Download Be My Eyes app and just maybe, like Ritzy, you'll get the bat sign! Oscar noms: whatcha seen? Whatcha like? Need more Star Wars in your life? We LOVED this ep of Fatman Beyond. Dave Chapelle's speech accepting the Mark Twain award was awesome. The Circle: our recent obsession. Don't ask, just watch. Let's talk PODCASTS - we suggest you occasionally listen to one other than ours. Bundyville - chronicling the rise, fall and resurgence of the Bundy family, the armed uprisings they inspired and the fight over the future of the American West.Armchair Expert - a podcast that celebrates the messiness of being human with Dax Shepard. Sibling Revelry - exploring the sibling bond, family dynamics, the human mind, body, and more with Kate and Oliver Hudson. Bodega Boys - Desus Nice and The Kid Mero are the Bodega Boys.People's Party with Talib Kweli - weekly interview show hosted by hip-hop legend Talib Kweli featuring big-name guests exploring hip-hop, culture, and politics.Heartbreak Radio - sad songs on monday night with lady imix & dj phatrick (friends of The Nerd Out!).

Welcome to the future, nerds! On this ep we talk STAR WARS, that Birds of Prey trailer, Watchmen, and Ritzy's Terrace House obsession. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 1.7.20 Birds of Prey trailer is AMAZEBALLS. Are you listening to The Watchmen official podcast? Check out the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, too!

Holiday message for YOU :  you are awesome and we like you a lot. Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 12.10.19 Hey :  wanna check out the Supernatural Bear's super cool Voltron pins? Check out the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, too!

First we crab. Then we watch - and discuss - TV: Witcher, Modern Love, Sabrina, The Crown, The King, + lots more.  Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 11.22.19 Ritzy is reading “I'm Telling the Truth but I'm Lying.” You reading anything we should check out?  Here's how you read The Witcher. In order, like a grown up. Listen to the podcast here, or on iTunes!

It has been a month since our last episode and we are back! From bird watching to Succession, we catch up on the latest and greatest shows, movies, books we are currently nerding out on.  Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 10.29.19 See the doily vest wearing Flicker Woodpecker Lisa spots during the podcast. Lisa is doing NaNoWriMo are you? Ritzy and The Supernatural Bear's Harry Potter update Succession, so good right? Latest Star Wars trailer, did you cry and do you already have your tix for Thursday, Dec 19th? and more! Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

The Tale of the Exploding Transformer (not the Transformer you're thinking), our love for all things Fleabag, Succession, Wu Tang, and loads more TV...hop aboard! Recorded via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 9.10.19 Latest Joker trailer here. Good recap of the controversy here. The Supernatural Bear's store front Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

We can't catch a TV break: who else needs to clone themselves to watch everything?! The Boys, OITNB, Succession, Mindhunter, Stranger Things, Vikings, Terrace House; some movie trailers we

It's Marvel's world and we're living in it. We're watching Silicon Valley, Pose, Stranger Things, and Deadwood...but first: we cut the cord (and share our tips).  Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 8.2.19 Marvel has officially forgotten more than we know. They rule all. News from SDCC. Lisa is listening to How To Money podcast. Their episode on Cutting the Cord is here. They recommend Kanopy (available via your library card), LoCast for local TV, and Sling (Ritzy loves it, too). Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Mental health: we got it, let's nerd out about it. Plus podcasts, Deadwood, more.  Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 7.19.19 The secret to mental health? Gratitude. Natasha Lyonne on Earwolf. Tim Ferris' Tribe of Mentors is one of Ritzy's faves. For your young friends - or those who are young at heart - check out Nasa for kids! Plus Nasa image library, now available. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

Joining us is Very Special Guest Lilliam Rivera to talk her new book, Dealing in Dreams, plus hot literary tips, Bad Bunny, World Cup, and Ritzy's Yelp adventures. Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs, LA + Southern OR on 7.13.19 You can find the AMAZING Lilliam on her site, Twitter, and Instagram. We discuss Dealing in Dreams, her latest novel. Nylon says the book, "exposes a world filled with exquisite, unflinching brutality, but also offers a real tenderness toward its young characters, many of whom are doing the best they can as they rapidly lose faith in the people and institutions they thought were supposed to protect them. It's a perfect coming-of-age novel in that way, demonstrating all the different ways there are to lose faith, but figure out a way to continue on anyway." (We also love Lilliam's first book, The Education of Margot Sanchez!) Lilliam is also writing a middle-grade novel series based on Goldie Vance which we can't wait to check out. Did you know you have access to a ton of reading/audio book resources with your library card via Meet Libby? What else we're reading: The Mount by Carol Emshwiller Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Difficult Women by Roxane Gay I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams There There by Tommy Orange Fruit of Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Circe by Madeline Miller Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

  A veritable orgy of messages from our previous special guests (tx guys!), show highlights and our fave memories. Recorded remotely via Skype = Palm Springs + Southern OR on 6.12.19 We

Game of Thrones recovery mode with TNO friend + GOT armchair expert Amy AND our theories, plus our first full episode and loads of TV we're watching. BREAKIN THE WHEEL! Recorded remotely via phone + Skype - Palm Springs + New Jersey + Southern OR on 5.23.19 Amy knows allllll the GOT stuff, and we chat with her regarding Big Theories and the season ending. Bran? Evil Mastermind. (Fight us!) Grey Worm is Jacob Anderson and he's pretty cool. Fleabag on Fresh Air. Ritzy says it's perfect, and that's something.

Our watch ends: discussion of the GOT finale. Recorded in Palm Springs + Medford, May 19, 2019     Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

They done Dany dirty! In which we are deeply underwhelmed by episode 8.5. Recorded in Palm Springs + Amandine Patisserie in Santa Monica, May 13, 2019     Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

OH NO SHE DIDN'T! (Oh yes, she did!) Join us for our reactions, recap, and bedtime plans as we gnash teeth and rent garments over Game of Thrones. Recorded in Palm Springs + Hollywood, May 5, 2019 Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

FRENDZZZZZZ! It came, it went down, it ended: the Battle for Winterfell is dunzo, and we have some feels. Let's stick 'em with the pointy end in our reaction/recap. Recorded in Palm Springs, CA April 28, 2019 Lisa's Fitbit registered a bit of a workout. Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher

The big women are still here! Second in our weekly GOT discussion/reaction. Recorded in Palm Springs, CA April 21, 2019   #DEMthrones (started by firestarter podcast now HBO is using it) The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast on Vice News HBO LINK HERE Leslie MF Jones kills it with her GOT reactions on her instagram also on Game of Jones with Seth Myers Listen to us here or on iTunes or via Stitcher