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EPIC PIEcast
by The Nerdy Show Network
Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord! One of them is a super-talented artist, beloved by thousands of fans, and the other is a magician. EPIC PIEcast is a monthly show where every corner of pop culture is discussed, debated and deconstructed with all the snark and witty banter that these nerdy pie fanatics can muster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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74: Cyborg Ralph Nader 2020
Hello Pie-Eaters and prepare to chow down on a piping hot episode of the EPC. This month, we talk about all that we miss doing during these challenging pandemic times. Then after the break we get political as the boys stumble through this thing called the American experiment. How horrible is...
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73: The Resocialization
The Snarksters return - two months after its last "remote" episode and an astonishing seven months since its last "in-studio" episode. After both testing negative for Covid-19, hosts Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord reunite in the beautiful and spacious studio #6C to survey the damage done…
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72: The Remote Showbiz Vanguard
After an astonishing five month absence, the EPIC PIEcast returns in the midst of a global pandemic as hosts Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord link up remotely from their respective quarantine bunkers. Is Lugo tempting death with a newly adopted murder beast? Is Schaffer's loneliness a…
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71: The Rise of Guy Talkers
Indulge in a heap’n help’n bowl-full of PIEcast goodness! In this episode, Schaffer gets all political - but then what isn’t these days? Then Nelson laments the trials and tribulations of holiday gift giving. After the break the boys talk all the Star Wars... All... The... Star... Wars! Will...
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70: The Newlywed & the Troubadour
HOLY HIATUS, BATMAN! The boys are finally back. Wedding bells, road trip shenanigans, and Internet bullies are on the menu and BOY HOWDIE do the snarkcasters have a heap’n help’n of slice-of-life goodness to fill your ear holes. Does Nelson cry at weddings? Will Schaffer ever Internet again? Does...
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69: Nice!
In this very sexy 69th episode the boys drop Batman to sing the praises of another comic book superhero before they get into the nitty-gritty of Walking Dead shenanigans. Then after the break they interview a woman who has a whole lot of answers to a whole lot of questions: the renaissance woman,...
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68: Broadly Entertaining
The questions come in hot and heavy in this episode as the boys discuss the trials and tribulations of New York City landmarks. Then the power house duo of Jamie and Giana of Broadly Entertaining stop by to talk about how pub trivia (or drunken Jenga) will change the world while also hitting the...
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67: Damage Report
Our cranky co-hosts finally return to explain the technical difficulties behind their two-month absence before sharing updates on Nelson Lugo's upcoming wedding and Schaffer the Darklord's recent unemployment. Will Lugo adopt a lethal creature? Will Schaffer escape a nest of vampires? Are those...
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66: Killy Dwyer Doesn't Sleep
The middle aged curmudgeons you love to love have returned from a light siesta with a juicy podcast for your ever-loving ear holes. This month they tackle such irreverent and timely topics as: hating your day job, New York weddings, and horrible comedians who do horrible jokes. Also, they’ve got...
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65: It's a Wonderful 2018
After a two month absence of adventures and year-end mania, the boys return to wrap up the year. Schaffer the Darklord shares tales from the fall Mt. Nerdcore Tour, and Nelson Lugo regales us with stories of shacking up in his new Manhattan apartment before both hosts pay ham-fisted tribute to…
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Episode 64 :: Death and Darkness
This month, your favorite snarkcasters are exhausted. Nelson relives the agony and the ecstasy of producing and performing his solo show off-off Broadway. Schaffer climbs a mountain of new merch to not only talk about his upcoming tour, but also announce a new album with a new music collective…
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Episode 63 :: Ultimate Best Friend Test
After taking a mental health month in July, the hosts catch us up on their respective goings-on. Nelson Lugo sings the praises of an anime hero with severely suppressed emotions, and Schaffer the Darklord details the 30+ hours he's spent hunting down Montana-based religious zealots "for work."...
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Episode 62 :: Lux Alptraum Handles the Truth
This month, Schaffer takes a break from producing burlesque wrestling promo videos to catch up with Nelson who reminds him why they started this podcast years ago. (That reason is Batman.) Later, former Fleshbot editor LUX ALPTRAUM drops by to discuss her upcoming book Faking It: The Lies Women...
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61: : Raging With That L.E.X.
This month your rapidly aging co-grumps celebrate the kickoff of summer movie season with a painstakingly thorough analysis of May's biggest releases, before they jump ship to get to the good stuff. The "good stuff" in question is an interview with Oakland-based rapper Lex the Lexicon Artist who...
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60: : Payback
In this rousing round of Piecasting, Nelson books a burlesque gig where people don't hate him, and Schaffer follows up on his Wrestlemania predictions (see Episode 59) before both boys dig into their long-neglected mail bag. Does Lugo really want to launch a second podcast? Will Schaffer have to...
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Episode 59 :: Knockout
This month, EPIC PIECAST stages a comeback - though we ask that you please not describe it as such. Tower of power NELSON LUGO details his progress as a padawan DJ before maniac psycho SCHAFFER THE DARKLORD reports on his 9th trip to SXSW and the future of nerdcore hip-hop. Will Lugo cancel a…
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57: : The Good the Bad and the Ugh
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but for real, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES. This month on the EPIC PIEcast, Lugo and Schaffer look back on 2017 - a year that roared in like a lion and blorted out like a Porg - as they unpack and then furiously re-pack the year's highs and lows...
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56: : Schaffer, Riley, and the Double Ice Backfire
This month, the boys struggle with talking. SCHAFFER THE DARKLORD doesn't want to talk because he's hoarse from screaming into the abyss for weeks. NELSON LUGO can't talk because [REDACTED]. As a solution for their compromised voices, the former airs a prerecorded segment in which he sits down…
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55: : Uncut
HELLO PARTY PEOPLES! [Lugo: we can't open episode description like this.] Schaffer has decided to not lift a single solitary finger to edit this podcast in anyway shape or form to prove a point to Lugo. Hell, he's not even going to edit these show notes. Lugo, on the other hand, doesn’t care at…
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EPIC PIEcast :: Episode 54 :: SummerFlimFlam
Newly-minted wrestling superfan Schaffer the Darklord continues his campaign to pull co-host Nelson Lugo down into Suplex City! Thrill as Schaffer challenges the modern era WWE noob to make SummerSlam predictions based on superstars' ring entrances alone. Later, Schaffer's confidence in the...
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53: : Nelson & Mark & Sam & Bill
Absinthe aficionado and aspiring DJ, Nelson Lugo, reunites with Schaffer the Darklord to rant about recent controversies and speculate on a grim hypothetical scenario. Later, these angry a-holes are joined by comedy music duo Sam & Bill who perform live in Studio #6C and discuss their evolving...
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52: : Francine "The Lucid Dream" Returns to Twin Peaks
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51: : Back From the Future
In December 2016, EPIC PIEcast celebrated the release of its 50th episode by going on hiatus, while the show's hosts embarked on an excellent adventure through time. Today, in April 2017, DOC EMMETT LUGO and MARTY McSCHAFFER have arrived at their time machine's coordinates: FOUR MONTHS INTO THE...
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50: : Worst of Times
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. This month, Lugo and Schaffer look back on the 21st century's worst year yet and...
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49: : Putrino Labs Heals the Future
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. This month on the EPIC PIEcast, Lugo and Schaffer celebrate the end of the 2016...
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48: : The Court of Leslie Hendrix
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. This month Schaffer geeks out over Marvel's Luke Cage and Alex Trebek's insult to...
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47: : J'ai Une Âme Solitaire
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. This month, a looming deadline, a canceled guest, and a tardy co-host leave…
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46: : Batman v Coolzey
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. As lifelong Bat-fans, Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord have been salivating…
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45: : Frontalot Ain't Afraid
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. Ghostbusters. Does that word evoke strong feelings in you? Does it fill you with…
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44: : Hand Job Academy
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. Summer's here, and you know what that means: more audible sirens in the background…
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43: : Uncomfortably Dumb
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. Spring is in the air this month as the EPIC PICcast celebrates Memorial Day, May...
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42: : Heidi Heilig at the Helm
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. Yes, it's time for another monthly update on the lives of two middle-aged…
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41: : Lugo Watches Twin Peaks
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster. Last year, we produced an episode in which Lugo encouraged Schaffer to watch a full...
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Episode 40 :: Luv Lyne 3
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.Happy belated Valentine's Day, lovers! For the EPIC PIEcast's thrice-annual V.D....
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Episode XXXIX: The Front Awakens
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.It is a period of civil war when vile gangster LUGO CALNELSSION and the evil VADER…
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Episode 38 :: Live from Orlando with Cap Blackard
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.In this month's episode of this non-epic podcast that has nothing to do with pie…
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Episode 37 :: Lucas Siegel V: A New Beginning
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.Gobble gobble! This month the turkeys of the EPIC PIEcast entertain you while you…
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Episode 36 :: Forward to the Past
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Rachel Schenk as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.After sitting out September, the EPIC PIEcast returns in time for…
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Episode 35 :: Mission to Lars
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Rachel Schenk as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.Got a hankering for a heaping helping of snarky commentary? The...
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Episode 34 :: Superfriend Rachel Gluckstern
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Rachel Schenk as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.This month the EPIC PIEcast crew works in duos. With Lugo out of the...
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Episode 33 :: Summer Fun Mail Bag
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Rachel Schenk as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.They're back EpicPiekerteers! After talking about summer movies, the...
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Episode 32 :: Schaffer Watches Doctor Who
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Rachel Schenk as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.This month the Piecasters do the unprecedented, the astounding, the...
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Episode 31 :: Human Resources
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.The gang is BACK! The triumvirate of snark return to Studio 6C…
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Episode 30 :: Luv Lyne 2
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.This month the EPIC PIEcast is in the mood for love! First,...
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Episode 029 :: Matt Storm's A-Brewin'
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.The Snarkcasters are at again! The only resolution is that there...
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Episode 27 :: Lucas Siegel IV: The Quest for Peace
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.We’ve got a huge episode this month, pop culture devotees! Once...
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Episode 26 :: Reunited...in TERROR!
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.We got the band back together! For the first time since June, all...
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Episode 25 :: SPOILER ALERT!
This month our motto is, “Two out of three ain’t bad”! With one podcaster down we decide to spoil all of things… ALL THE THINGS! And by “all the things” what we really mean is the premiere of TV’s Gotham and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2. We talk candidly about what we liked, what we loved…
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Episode 24 :: State of the Union
The Podcast celebrates it's two year anniversary and the snarkcasters of the EPC party the only way they know how... by having no guest and talking about topics that make you think about death and get sad and stuff... and comic books. This podcast is totally an emo-goth now cause... leave me...
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Episode 23 :: The Ish with Killy
It’s EPIC PIEcast! Party with Nelson Lugo, Schaffer the Darklord, and Charles Stunning as they dust off every corner of pop culture for discussion, debate, and deconstruction with all the snark and witty banter that they can muster.This month, Schaffer, Nelson, and Charles get jiggy with Doctor…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord! One of them is a super-talented artist, beloved by thousands of fans, and the other is a magician. EPIC PIEcast is a monthly show where every corner of pop culture is discussed, debated and deconstructed with all the snark and witty banter that these nerdy pie fanatics can muster.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Party with Nelson Lugo and Schaffer the Darklord! One of them is a super-talented artist, beloved by thousands of fans, and the other is a magician. EPIC PIEcast is a monthly show where every corner of pop culture is discussed, debated and deconstructed with all the snark and witty banter that...
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