#80 - Olympic Gold for Nerds - Frakkin Nerds

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This week on the Frakkin Nerds, The nerds talk about, Government Funds Self- Destructing Tech, Tour a museum after dark with robots, California wants a law for Kill-switches in stolen smartphones, Paul Bettany as Vision in new Avengers movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman will digital in last Hunger Games movie, Movie Trailers during the Superbowl, AMC and Preacher, FX adapting Sci-Fi Novel "Redshirts", Watch Bonnaroo on Xbox, A real life superhero Civil War in Michigan. Twitter Question of the Week: What Movie trailer did you love, but the movie sucked? Tweet us at @FrakkinNerds

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This episode was published on February 9, 2014.

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This week on the Frakkin Nerds, The nerds talk about, Government Funds Self- Destructing Tech, Tour a museum after dark with robots, California wants a law for Kill-switches in stolen smartphones, Paul Bettany as Vision in new Avengers movie, Philip...

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