PNC Interview - Clairesa Clay, Founder of Blerd City Con
We have today an interview with the amazing woman who brought together an amazing community of doers, speakers, makers, Black nerds and allies, anyone who's cool AND loves school: Clairesa Clay.
Make sure to visit the 3rd Annual Blerd City in NYC. More information can be found at https://www.blerdcityconference.com/.
Blerd City Convention, "Celebrating the fantastic NERD in you!"
You can reach us at ponderingnerds@gmail.com
We have today an interview with the amazing woman who brought together an amazing community of doers, speakers, makers, Black nerds and allies, anyone who's cool AND loves school: Clairesa Clay.
Make sure to visit the 3rd Annual Blerd City in NYC. More information can be found at https://www.blerdcityconference.com/.
Blerd City Convention, "Celebrating the fantastic NERD in you!"
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PNC Interview - Lucas LaRochelle, "Queering the Map"
In this special episode of the Pondering Nerdcast I interviewed Lucas LaRochelle, creator of the amazing Queering the Map project. LaRochelle’s platform links together minds and hearts around international queer connections that anyone can relate to. It’s important to see the commonality in all of us.
See the Queering the Map portal for yourself!
To contact the creator/developer email Queering the Map at hi.queeringthemap@gmail.com.
In this special episode of the Pondering Nerdcast I interviewed Lucas LaRochelle, creator of the amazing Queering the Map project. LaRochelle’s platform links together minds and hearts around international queer connections that anyone can relate to. It’s a perfect example of how important it is to see the commonalities in all of us.
See the Queering the Map portal for yourself!
Visit their Facebook and Instagram pages for more information
To contact the creator Lucas LaRochelle, email Queering the Map at hi.queeringthemap@gmail.com
Pondering Nerdcast Interview - Jo Robo
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Summary
A nerdy, energetic artist-turned-game developer based in California, Jo Robo loves robots and she’s not alone. Because she loves so many things us fellow nerds love, it’s really easy to relate to her games; whether you’re a FlameCon exhibiting, cute, date-seeking, queer poly lover or not!
Jo Robo has fans all over who are as happy as I am that her work exists. There’s fantastic visuals, funny writing, and easy to navigate mechanics. And Jo Robo’s just getting started. Visit her game pages and play all of her games. You will enjoy it.
Stay tuned for our next interview with Jo Robo: “Sex(uality): NEVER the Final Frontier in Video Games!”
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Visit Jo Robo's personal website and profile page at itch.io. Jo also has an Instagram and Twitter account to find out more information about the (wo)man, the myth, the legend. If you're curious about Project Tea! you're in luck because I have the official link for you!
Pondering Nerdcast Interview - Tana Ford
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“Make a thing!” - Meke spoke with Boston-born Tana Ford, a Creative extraordinaire: Comic book illustrator and writer, sculptor, poetry lover. Being queer, a nerd, and a Pondering Nerd has its perks, and one of them is finding out about talents like her!
Tana Ford created the award winning Duck! digital graphic novel series, That Time I Turned 30 in Greece, and 26.2: A history of the Boston Marathon. She is also an illustrator for a number of Marvel’s Silk issues.
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Write to Tana Ford, marvel at all of her Marvel work, tweet and follow Tana for more info (you can do the same on her Facebook page too!), visit her FlameCon profile page, and last but not least... Tana Ford also has a podcast: Westeros Wheneverly! If you ever get to email Tana make sure to let them know the Pondering Nerdcast says what's up.
Pondering Nerdcast Interview - Brian Olsen, Author and Screenwriter
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Listen in to our latest interview with FlameCon exhibitor, screenwriter and author of both The Future Next Door and Multiverse Mashup series, Brian Olsen. The genre of choice for his novels is Urban Sci-Fi, where Olsen excels in great storytelling and creating characters that are as genuine as possible.
Brian Olsen is based out of New York City but he is originally from Boston. He comes from a large family and credits this as a source of his amazing sense of humor.
Later in the game he realized his talent for prose and an opportune time presented him with the chance to work on his first book: Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom. The rest is history; No scratch that, the rest is our PRESENT entertainment.
Enjoy the novels of Brian Olsen and let us know what you think!
Find Brian Olsen's works at his website www.brianolsenbooks.com. @BrianOlsenBooks is the handle for all of his social media outlets.
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The author's Facebook Page, his Amazon store, where you can find him on Twitter, and here you can also find a great write-up on tabling at cons for exhibitors and their supporters!
Pondering Nerdcast Interview: Forest Handford of Affectiva and Nevermind
Geese and ganders, this week we have a great interview for you to listen to: Forest Handford, programmer, game developer, and all around swell guy. Handford is the DevOps Lead and Games Evangelist for Affectiva's Emotion AI enabling software, featured in game like Nevermind.
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@ForestJay/ Forest Handford
Pondering Nerdcasts Episode 46: Interviewing Daryl Freimark
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The Pondering Nerdcast did a recent interview with Daryl Freimark, Producer of the upcoming film version of the graphic novel, The Devil is Due in Dreary. He produced/co-produced works such as Hairspray, Allegiance, What's Your Number, and A Rising Tide.
The Devil is Due in Dreary is on Comixology, Facebook, and on Goodreads! You can find out more about Daryl Freimark, THE MAN HIMSELF, online on IMDB and on LinkedIn.
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Pondering Nerdcast Episode 43: Interview with Calyn Pickens Rich
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The Pondering Nerdcast did a recent interview with Calyn Pickens Rich, illustrator of Dill!, the 10 year old comic book artist living life in 1999. She is also the creator of the comics Born to Crash, Dining with Dana, and Undead Machinery.
You can find her work on Dill Comics, and on Patreon! Fans can connect with Dr. Calyn on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube too.
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Pondering Nerdcast Episode 36: Cultured Meatball
The Pondering Nerds crew sit down to talk about what we are looking forward to for 2016 and what we’ve been doing to keep our nerd cred up, along with cultured meatballs and training hawks to hunt drones. All this and more on the Pondering Nerdcast.
Show Notes
Biz Partners Stole Money for Booze and Strippers, Dev Says as Game Canceled. (http://l.gamespot.com/1mbKD6n)
This Biotech Startup Promises Lab-Grown Pork Within Five Years. (http://bit.ly/1mbKEY2)
Future of Food - The World's First Cultured Meatball. (http://bit.ly/1mbKG1Z)
Hawks are being trained to catch drones. (http://on.fb.me/23RDpqr)
YouTube's first original programming will arrive on February 10th. (http://engt.co/1KYFTYf)
Following Backlash, Popular YouTubers Drop "React" Trademark and Cancel Project. (http://l.gamespot.com/1mbKEap)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Customer Service Nightmares
Have you ever been harassed, led around by the nose, frustrated, angry or be treated straight up nasty by consumer rep via the phone? On this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show we talk about our customer support nightmare calls.
Comcast Rep Stonewalls Customer in Cancellation Request Gone Awry. (http://on.mash.to/1r3vLG9)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Deadpool The Movie
Check out this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show where we talk about the Deadpool PG-13 rating and if it can still be a great movie.
Why the Deadpool film is going to be PG-13 — and why it can still be great. (http://bit.ly/1pyueXm) Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glg7pAqbdX4)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Gadot's Wonder Woman
San Diego Comic Con is bursting with news, and the reveals are causing nothing but nerd fights. Well we aren't any different, come check out our debate on Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.
Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman Unveiled: 'Batman V Superman' Will Sink Or Swim On Wonder Woman. (http://onforb.es/1AnkDbq)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Man Made Leaf
Julian Melchiorri created a man made leaf that can breath. Yup it’s real and we talk about it on this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show come check us out and let us know what you think the possibilities can be for this invention.
Man-made 'breathing' leaf is an oxygen factory for space travel. (http://cnet.co/1pyuG7Q)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Obscure Comic Books
The comic book world is large with many characters and story lines and story line within those story lines, it can make things hard to follow. None more so than obscure comic books, on this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show we talk about the some of these books we have been reading and which one we hope to have an on screen adaptation.
Diabolik. (http://www.diabolik.it/)
Sandman Comic.(http://www.vertigocomics.com/sandman)
First Law of Mad Science. (http://firstlawofmadscience.com/)
Men in Black Comics. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_in_Black_(comics))
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Pondering Nerds Show: Dedication to Robin Williams
Apologies for the audio quality in certain parts!
Robin Williams passed away on August 11th, 2014 and the world will never be the same. He’s our topic for this episode of The Pondering Nerds Podcast.
Trailers for some of his movies
One Hour Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjIBX5RrG4Q
Mrs. Doubtfire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqxpC_jYncE
Jumanji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p18zqZmeiI
Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iCNTicD3o
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Pondering Nerds Show: Saturday Morning 90's Cartoons
On this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show, we talk about some of the best 90’s Cartoons and yes we are saying it here now, the 90’s had the best cartoons ever!
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Pondering Nerds Show: Scary Video Games
Outlast, Dead Space, Resident Evil, Fatal Frame all these are scary games we have played them all, but what we want to know is, what is the scariest game you have ever played? On this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show the hosts talked about their advantages in the land of horror in video games.
Scariest video game you ever played? Let us know in the comments.
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Pondering Nerds Show: The Cha Cha Cha Changes in Comic Books
Are you comic book fan? Do you love the long standing establish characters that you grew up with? Well tough shit it's time for changes and on this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show we talk about the changes to some beloved comic characters and what it may mean for the future of comic books.
IT'S TIME FOR AN ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA. (http://bit.ly/1nsR8Ro)
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Pondering Nerds Show: Start Kicking That Potato!
So it seems the Internets love potato salad, so much so they are willing pay a stranger on Kickstarter to make some. Don't believe us then check out this segment of the Pondering Nerds Show.
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Pondering Nerds Show: We Love HBO
"The Boring Life of Jacqueline". Yeah, that's it! Meke's brain lapse wasn't in vain.
What is your favorite HBO series of all time? Or which do you see as most successful?
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