Podcasts about nerd machine

Zachary Levi first attended San Diego Comic-Con 11 years ago, when his NBC series "Chuck" premiered. Not only did he fall in love with the fan event, he found a way to put his own stamp on the gathering with his Nerd Machine brand, which led to the Nerd HQ event that traditionally was held simultaneously in San Diego. Due to events that he'd rather not get into, Nerd HQ isn't happening this year. But Levi is still down in San Diego, hosting Syfy's nightly "Syfy Live from Comic-Con" series.

For Episode 30 we play catch up on all the episodes of 6B that have aired so far! Justine takes over hosting duties for the day. We are joined by our special guest, Marianne Paluso from the Nerd Machine, who tells us about her experience in Vancouver and gives us an inside look into her writing process. We also give you our weekly recommendations. https://ouacspodcast.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/episode-thirty-recommendations/ #OUAT #OnceUponATime #Oncers #CaptainSwan #ColinODonoghue #JenniferMorrison #UglyDucklings #Hookers #OUACSP

In this joint Fanbase Feature / Geeks Care installment, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon chats with actor and NerdHQ co-found Zachary Levi regarding NerdHQ's partnership with Operation Smile, the largest volunteer-based medical charity that has been providing free cleft surgeries since 1982.  Nerd HQ is a FREE, four-day event held the same weekend as San Diego Comic-Con and offers exclusive gaming and tech activations, nightly events, and intimate celebrity panels benefiting Operation Smile. The event is scheduled to be held July 21-24, 2016, at The New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego, California.  Dillon and Levi discuss the genesis of The Nerd Machine and NerdHQ, how he became aware of Operation Smile, and how fans can get involved and give back to Operation Smile to help children all across the globe.

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (3rd July 2016, 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT) Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/crvosphjf9t5epvorea6ujtbv0k YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugGpxiTysk --------------------------------------------------- ~~ SDCC OFF-SITE EVENTS SPECIAL ~~ You only have to look at the various maps that fans like Roy Hembree have put together (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rwgbrtDpkafyUgbX-JrCwaz3mxU&usp=sharing) to see that the city of San Diego really has embraced the 'Comic-Con Campus' approach that CCI have encouraged, with parties, meetups, fan encounters and events taking place across every corner of the city. From the Star Trek Beyond World Premiere event, taking place on Preview Night, to the various Suicide Squad attractions, to Nerd HQ from The Nerd Machine, and to Entertainment Weekly's CON-X feature, the appeal outside of the convention itself is immense! In the episode, we talk to a panel of special guests about the highlights of these incredible draws, beyond the San Diego Convention Center- we take a look at our personal highlights of the SDCC Off-Sits, as well as covering all of the headlines of the past seven days. --------------------------------------------------- TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego +Comic-Con International Hangout On Air taking place every Sunday (6pm GMT / 10am PT / 1pm ET) and hosted by +Leonard Sultana. Each week, the best bloggers on t'web talk about San Diego Comic-Con, about con & pop culture and, for an hour or so, we invite guests to talk to us and get nerdy and geeky about everything that orbits the Best Pop Culture Convention On The Planet! YOU can watch and interact online, either by Twitter (tweeting with the hashtag #CupOTeaSDCC) or via the Hangout Event Q&A. Schedules permitting, Leonard will be joined by guests from the SDCC blogging community and some surprises! Our Guests, this week: ~ Alyssa Franks, Friends Of CC Forum ~ Stephanie Wilson, The Geekiary ~ Jennifer Muzquiz, SD Zombie Walk If you have anything you'd like to have discussed in these Comic-Con shows, please put a suggestion in the comments - we'd love to hear what you'd like to talk about. And don't forget to join in the conversation LIVE during the show, using the Q&A button in the video preview above or on Twitter (#CupOTeaSDCC) See you all this and every Sunday at 6pm GMT... LIVE!

Zach, David, Tyler, and Razzle look back at their favorite Picking Favorites moments as they begin their new Nerd Machine journey.

Nate Corddry (Mom, The Daily Show) joins the Nerd Machine crew to talk about his Wolfpop show Reading Aloud, the best children's books, Grimm's fairytales, and great book-to-film adaptations.

Super spy, Asgardian warrior and nerd entrepreneur/philanthropist! Actor Zachary Levi stops by the Lair to talk about his roles in Chuck, Thor: The Dark World, the upcoming Heroes Reborn…and as the ambassador of our crazy cool culture with the Nerd Machine! Photo courtesy Eric Blackmon Photography Images TM & copyright © Marvel, DC/Wildstorm, NBC Follow […]

Super spy, Asgardian warrior and nerd entrepreneur/philanthropist! Actor Zachary Levi stops by the Lair to talk about his roles in Chuck, Thor: The Dark World, the upcoming Heroes Reborn…and as the ambassador of our crazy cool culture with the Nerd Machine! Photo courtesy Eric Blackmon Photography Images TM & copyright © Marvel, DC/Wildstorm, NBC Follow […]

This week the Nerd Machine gang is joined by all of YOU listeners to talk all about our favorite parts of Game of Thrones and any other favorite we haven’t covered yet. Warning: There will be spoilers!

Talkin' Comic-Con: A Cup O' Tea with An Englishman In San Diego (10th May 2015) Sunday 10th May 2015: 1000 PT / 1300 ET / 1800 GMT Google+ Event: https://plus.google.com/events/c1rvem7so5i23h9s2efb8jo4abs YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah2mhDLQmsk ~~ SDCC TOOLKIT: The Big Rooms (Hall H / Ballroom 20 / and more)! ~~ The first of our SDCC Toolkits, in which we give the lowdown on what newcomers can expect when braced with the challenges of the big rooms at San Diego Comic-Con International. From forming lines, camping out, getting that best seat in the house, seeing the best panels and getting the most out of these Palaces Of Celebrity! We'll also be talking about: all the latest news regarding The Nerd Machine and Nerd HQ; the first Mattel Exclusives news; Disney's announcement, regarding Marvel Entertainment and Star Wars presentations at D23 Expo; Team Coco's shows at SDCC; and announced panel news, two months out from SDCC 2015! TALKIN' COMIC-CON: A CUP O' TEA WITH AN ENGLISHMAN IN SAN DIEGO is the weekly San Diego +Comic-Con International Live Show, a Hangout On Air taking place every Sunday (6pm GMT / 10am PT / 1pm ET) and hosted by Leonard Sultana. Each week, the best bloggers on t'web talk about San Diego Comic-Con, about con & pop culture and, for an hour or so, we invite guests to talk to us and get nerdy and geeky about everything that orbits the Best Pop Culture Convention On The Planet!  YOU can watch and interact online, either by Twitter (tweeting with the hashtag #CupOTeaSDCC) or via the Hangout Event Q&A. Schedules permitting, Leonard will be joined by guests from the SDCC blogging community and some surprises! Our Guests, this week: ... Alyssa Franks, Friends Of CCI Forum See you next Sunday... LIVE!

The very Canadian Will Sasso joins the Nerd Machine gang to talk about eggs on pizza, his Ten Minute podcast, the legendary Sam Elliott, Limp Bizkit rhyming Nookie with cookie, Golden Eagle Goat on YouTube, and more as they pick their favorite pizza place, 90’s guilty pleasure song, and late night Google search or YouTube thread binge.

Twin Stars of TV/Film/Podcasts, Jason & Randy Sklar stop by the Nerd Machine! Zach, 'Murica, and the Sklars talk Joe Buck, locker room speeches, and "going crazy" as they pick their favorite person, movie, and moment in Sports. Check out the Sklar Brothers on their podcast Sklarbro County on Earwolf.com!

The lovely Yvette Nicole Brown of TV’s The Odd Couple joins the Nerd Machine crew to talk about her reason for leaving Community, her stance on live-tweeting, While You Were Sleeping, When Harry Met Sally, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dumb and Dumber, The Walking Dead, Unbreakable Kimmy Shmidt, and much more as they pick their favorite Chick flick, Buddy movie, and current TV show.

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Our favorite Australian actress, Yvonne Strahovski joins the Nerd Machine crew to talk about her upcoming TV series Astronaut Wives Club, childhood home movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage, Raging Bull, Ronin, sea urchins, and much more as they pick their favorite Cross-dressing films, Robert De Niro movies, and longtime possession.

The prince of Wolfpop, Paul Scheer joins the Nerd Machine crew to talk about why The Bachelor is the best show on television, Tracy Morgan’s Scare Tactics, the Emperor’s New Clothes, Encyclopedia Brown, Growing Pains, Perfect Strangers, Cheers, It’s Your Move starring Jason Bateman, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and much more as they pick their favorite book as a child, 80’s theme song, and show that was cancelled too soon.

Infectious laugher and Trip Flip host Bert Kreischer joins the Nerd Machine gang in the studio to talk about the proper Gin Fizz, Old Fashioned, Root Beer, tearing up from Taylor Swift, their thoughts on Kanye West, Asia blowing Bert’s mind, and much more as they pick their favorite beverage, Pop artist, and favorite moment traveling outside the country.

This week the Nerd Machine gang is joined by all of YOU listeners in the first Call In episode! We talk about Lil Jon, Batman, Blink 182, Ed Wood, Perfect Strangers, and more as we pick our favorite rappers, super-heroes, albums, Tim Burton movie, and many other favorites suggested by all of you.

The one and only Joshua Gomez joins the Nerd Machine gang in the studio to talk about why he believes his son thinks his name is Xbox, Resident Evil HD, Blokus, Splash Mountain, The Magnum XL-200, cruising the California coast, the Grand Canyon, and much more as they pick their favorite current video game, roller-coaster/amusement park ride, and road trip.

The amazing Jason Ritter of Gravity Falls joins the Nerd Machine gang to talk about the upcoming Comedy Central series Another Period, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!, Megaman 2, hanging at arcades, Toy Story, the first 10 minutes of UP that will almost definitely make you cry, Monsters Inc, Rambo, Demolition Man, and much more as they pick their favorite 80s video games, Pixar movie, and Sly Stallone movie.

The Nerd Machine crew are overjoyed to be joined by Robot Chicken’s Seth Green to talk about the Oozinator, Juicy Fruit, the Great Mazinger, Robocop, The Iron Giant, and much more as they pick their favorite commercial, robot, and animated film.

The Nerd Machine crew start 2015 off with their dear friend and actress Tricia Helfer. They’ll talk about greens, avocado, different kinds of pizza, how Tricia has never had PB&J, The First Stone, Ready Player One, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Y2K, and more as they pick their favorite food, book, and New Year’s eve experience.

The Nerd Machine crew look back at 2014 with their good friend and actor Martin Starr. They’ll talk about D’Angelo, Run The Jewels 2, Birdman, The Lego Movie, Parrot Drones, Formlabs Form 1 3D Printer, and more as they pick their favorite songs, movies, and piece of technology of 2014. Happy New Year!

The Nerd Machine crew, sans fly in the ointment, Tyler, sits down with their good friend and actor, Joel David Moore to talk about their favorite childhood crushes, their favorite childhood toy, and their favorite Christmas movie. Tune in to hear this great Christmas themed episode, and some snippets of the best version of The Music Man you've ever heard.

The Nerd Machine gang welcomes director/writer/editor Kyle Newman to chat about his new high school action comedy Barely Lethal, Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Columbia, New York, Los Angeles, and much more as they pick their favorite action hero, director, and city they’ve lived in.

You are, once again – unless this is your first time – listening to Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. (Or the Comedy Earfruit Earfruit. Ever since my chat with Superego's Matt Gourley, I’ve become obsessed with renaming the generic podcast with something. What do you think of earfruit?) This is Succotash Epi99! The penultimate episode of Season One. That’s right. Episode 100 will be the final show for our first season. But that’s next time. THIS time we have a helluva show for you with not one but TWO interviews that I did when I was at the 3rd Annual LA Podcast Festival at the end of September.You’ll hear my chat with Todd Glass of the Todd Glass Show and with Matt Knudsen from the Grabbing Lunch podcast. (Or earfruit.) I’ll also be playing clips from both of their podcasts PLUS clips from Picking Favorites, a new podcast on the new Wolfpop Network, the Angry Old Man podcast, Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of All Time PERIOD, and Today We Learned teaches us all a little something about the dumbest laws in the United States. We also have a DOUBLE dose of our Burst O’ Durst segment with comedian Will Durst, a classic Henderson’s Pants commercial, and a musical track from our Associate Producer Tyson Saner that is featured on Combat Radio’s First Christmas Album, which is a great way to help out friend-of-Succotash Ethan Dettenmeier’s Christmas Event for Homeless Children Benefit. You can find out order the album and find out more about the benefit by visiting OUR homesite, http://SuccotashShow.com, and click on the album cover on the right hand side. Wish Us A Happy 100TH Episode! If you’re a comedy podcaster or just a regular old listener, there’s still time to get us your “Happy 100th Episode Anniversary!” message for us to play on our one hundredth show. You can call one into the Succotash Hotline, at (818) 921-7212, or email us an MP3 or WAV file to marc@SuccotashShow.com. (Not to throw a challenge out there, but in this episode I'm playing a great 100th episode message in from the guys over at Illusionoid and I’ve got to say that I really appreciate the extra effort that went into it. PodBay's Top 10 Comedy Podcasts It’s been TWO months since Stitcher has updated their Top 100 Comedy Podcast List. Not sure what’s going on over there. (Heck, given the nature of technology, maybe my browser is screwed up.) But I’m not able to track podcasts through Stitcher’s site these days so rather than NOT do our Top 10 Most Active Shows On Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcast List, I hopped over to PodBay’s site to harvest their list of the most recent Top 10 Comedy Podcasts according to the live iTunes rankings. (PodBay, by the way, is a GREAT podcast app on iOS and Android, so be sure to check it out if you want a super duper podcast experience!) 1   With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus2   Psychobabble with Tyler Oakley3   Welcome to Nightvale4   WTF with Marc Maron5   The Joe Rogan Experieince6   The Nerdist7   The Adam Carolla Show8   How Did This Get Made?9   Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast10 Not Too Deep With Grace Helbig A Little Christmas Music Our own Tyson Saner wrote and performed an instrumental tune that he did for the First Combat Radio Christmas Album to help raise money for Ethan Dettenmeier’s 4th Annual Combat Radio Christmas Event for Homeless Children. You can donate to the Combat Radio Christmas Event at http://www.gofundme.com/ACombatRadioChristmas and get the album for a suitable donation OR go to the right-hand side of our homesite, http://SuccotashShow.com, and click on the Combat Radio Christmas Album. Tyson’s cut is entitled For Christmas and feature in during this episode both under our Tweetsack mentions and then in its entirety at the end of the show.  The Clips Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time PERIODLast week on Splitsider.com and HuffPost Comedy I reviewed this new podcast, one of Wolfpop’s new shows, hosted by recent Succotash special guest W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery, a soon-to-be guest on this show. Both of these guys spent a lot of their formative funny years as San Francisco comedians, then Kamau got his own show, Totally Biased, for a while on FX and FXX. Kevin was head writer on that show and, when it got cancelled, he found a place on the writing staff on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight on HBO. The two of them decided to put together a podcast about one of their favorite people, Denzel Washington, to let everyone know what a terrific actor they think he is. The Todd Glass ShowI was glad I got a chance to sit with Todd Glass at this year’s LA Podcast Festival. I know him a little bit from the LA comedy scene and he’s played in Northern California during the past couple of years and we got to hangout just before he started HIS podcast, the Todd Glass Show. Before I get to our chat, I wanted to play a little piece of a recent epi of his show, one featuring guest Patton Oswalt. Picking FavoritesIf you were a fan of NBC’s series Chuck, about a nerdy big box store employee who get a computer stuffed into his noggin, you know Zachary Levi, the star of the show. David Coleman was the propmaster on that show, kind of the Q of TV comedy spy show, if you will. Together, they started a business called The Nerd Machine and now they have this Wolfpop podcast, Picking Favorites, started with the help of a comedian who goes by the name Razzle Dangerously, who also host a show on the Nerdist network called Today We Learned, which we’ll be playing a clip from momentarily. Then they drafted Tyler Labine, a hilarious actor from shows like Reaper, The Sons of Tucson, and the movie Tucker & Dale vs Evil. Picking Favorites starts with three topics each episode and the hosts and guests go round-robin style, naming off their favorites of whatever the topic happens to be. In the second show, their guest was Adam Baldwin, another Chuck alumnus (and also one of the stars of Monster Makers, a movie I wrote for the Hallmark Channel.) Today We LearnedAssociate Producer Tyson Saner grabbed the previous clip and this next clip, which comes from the Today We Learned podcast, featuring Razzle Dangerously (as heard in the Picking Favorites clip), and Dan Casey. This Nerdist show says that the hosts bring you “the latest and greatest and sometimes weirdest facts and trivia the world has to offer.” In this clip, from their Epi62, the hosts and their guest Jacob Soboroff talk about dumb laws in the United States. Angry Old ManWe clipped The Angry Old Man podcast quite a while ago – Episode 53, I think – so it’s high time we hit him again. All I know about the ringmaster for this podcast is that he goes by the name Robert Q, and that he does all the voices on this thing. Tyson grabbed the cold opening from Angry Old Man Epi 90 so have a listen… Grabbing LunchI was first introduced to Matt Knudsen, host of the Grabbing Lunch podcast, at the most recent LA Podcast Festival when Christine Blackburn (of the Story Worthy podcast) dragged him into the Podcast Lab and told me, “You have GOT to interview Matt!” I really enjoyed our chat and I love the premise for his podcast. Simple. Filling. Grab two people who listeners may or may not have heard of before, sit ‘em down to lunch and turn the mics on. This clip is from his Epi52 – at one episode a week, that’s his one year anniversary. And his guests were actress Helen Slater from things like Supergirl and City Slickers, and her husband Rob Watzke, a Hollywood editor and improviser. Join us next time for Epi100, the last show of Season 1! Until next time, thanks for passing the Succotash! – Marc Hershon

Welcome to the first episode of Picking Favorites with Nerd Machine founders David Coleman & Zachary Levi, Tyler Labine, and stand up comedian Razzle. Based on the idea that everybody has a "Favorite Something Something", the boys sit down to discuss and judge the other's favorites. On this episode they chat about their origin story, first cars, their favorite childhood cartoons, and their favorite time travel movies.

In “Kahnversations,” our own Ryan Bailey interviews some of Lesly Kahn & Company’s working actors, directors, and writers in order to learn how they got started in Hollywood, the challenges and hurdles they faced, and how they overcame the odds. (They also dish out some crazy stories!) Listen in and enjoy as these entertainers speak candidly about their paths, processes, and experiences. You might even hear a bit about how Lesly and the Kahnstitute have influenced and shaped their careers.  In this installation of "Kahnversations," Ryan interviews Alison Haislip, who will appear in the season premiere of NCIS. While Alison is most well known from her past duties on G4’s ATTACK OF THE SHOW and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, she garnered a lot of attention when she took upon the innovative role of the first ever on-air Social Media Correspondent on NBC’s hit show THE VOICE during its first season. Alison can also be seen as a series lead in Hulu’s first original series, BATTLEGROUND, produced by Marc Webb, and she recently starred in the heartfelt indie film, SATURN RETURNS. She also hosted what was dubbed as the “Chelsea Lately” for nerds: FOUR POINTS, with Alex Albrecht on Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist Channel, and was Hardwick’s correspondent for his show THE NERDIST on BBCA. She is also the correspondent for Zac Levi’s innovative company, The Nerd Machine, who has partnered with Spike to cover all things geek, and co-hosted Hulu’s daily show, THE MORNING AFTER. Alison's other television credits include Showtime’s SHAMELESS, TNT’s FRANKLIN & BASH, MTV’s ZACH STONE IS GONNA BE FAMOUS, VH1's I HATE MY 30'S and Comedy Central's RENO 911!. Her film credits include FRESHWATER, DIVISION III: FOOTBALL'S FINEST, THE DONNER PARTY, WASTED, and THE INDIAN. And soon to be seen on the fall premiere of NCIS! You can download or subscribe to the podcast for FREE by clicking below. If you like “Kahnversations,” feel free to leave a rating or review on our iTunes page! 

This month we're focusing on kickass ladies, joining us this week on Geeks Unleashed is the incredibly talented Alison Haislip! Alison has dominated both the big an small screen as an actress and presenter. She made a name for herself in the geek world as a presenter on Attack Of The Show and countless appearances on Nerdist and Nerd Machine productions. We'll be chatting about her life and how she got her break in the industry as well as advice for women on how to make a name for yourself in a male dominated industry.

Topics include a whole lot of Marvel Now comics, plus two different shows called "Internet Police".

Our show this month is rather shorter than usual, but we have a lot to talk about!We talk about the forthcoming European tour by Browncoat favourite, Marian Call which has been fan funded via Kickstarter.We also talk about Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and his Nerd Machine friends on their new web three-parter called "Trailer Park Heroes". Lastly, if it's July, then it must be San Diego Comic Con and as we all know, the Science Channel is hosting a 10th Anniversary Firefly Reunion Panel on Friday 13 July so we speculate on what will happen on the 13th of July. Enjoy!

Our show this month is rather shorter than usual, but we have a lot to talk about!We talk about the forthcoming European tour by Browncoat favourite, Marian Call which has been fan funded via Kickstarter.We also talk about Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and his Nerd Machine friends on their new web three-parter called "Trailer Park Heroes". Lastly, if it's July, then it must be San Diego Comic Con and as we all know, the Science Channel is hosting a 10th Anniversary Firefly Reunion Panel on Friday 13 July so we speculate on what will happen on the 13th of July. Enjoy!

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Zachary Levi talks about bad fan questions, SDCC madness, awkward jokes, NBC's Chuck and his new company Nerd Machine. It's nerd-tastic!