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The Greatest Pod
by Ed Greer and Ron Swallow
We discuss and debate what makes something great.
Episodes
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The Greatest Immortal (Galactus, Highlander, Dracula) (From 2023)
While the boys are out and about doing other stuff. Please, enjoy this excellect throwback of The Greatest Pod where we talk about The Greatest Immortal. This is where this episode starts but Ed, Ron, and Producer Bill quickly find themselves discussing what their individual goals would be if…
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Nerd Goat Classic: Skeletor with Rick Wood
We will be back soon but until then enjoy this classic Nerd Goat episode with Rick Wood talking about Skeletor! J
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Nerd Goat (Classic) W/ Dani Fernandez Goating Vegeta
Sorry for our absence. We have been working on a few projects and owe you all a bunch of episodes. For now enjoy a blast from the past and listen to Dani Fernandez tell you of the Greatest Saiyan Prince, Vegeta!
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Is Fantasy The Greatest Genre
“Is Fantasy The Greatest Genre?” From ancient legends, to Tolkien, to now the genre has split and subdivided over and over until it’s a new species from what crawled out of the primordial myth soup. Is the simple tale of “the boy who would be king” old hat in the age of the female driven...
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Our Greatest Moments in Fandom
Our first ep back after hiatus is titled “Our Greatest Moments in Fandom”. It’s the whole gang of Ed, Ron and Producer Bill, breaking down the moments, movies, and magazines that turned us into such nerds. This is almost Patreon-esque in how personal we get. However, the vast array of pop…
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Will Fantastic Four or Superman be The Greatest
We ask, “Will Fantastic Four or Superman be The Greatest?”, in the box office and pop-cultural battle that looms this summer. They both herald a back to basics approach in a market where people have convinced themselves there’s no more places to go. Leave it up to two originals to prove them...
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Marvel's Greatest Comeback
In this supersized spoiler chat, we debate whether the one two punch of Thunderbolts* and Daredevil : Born Again represents “Marvel’s Greatest Comeback.” Ed and Producer Bill ask, can these street level heroes and super spies cement the new foundation for the Fantastic Doomsdays to come? Is...
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Fixing Star Wars Episode 3 Retcon of the Sith (Reboot It S5 Premiere)
The Reboot Crew is back! After a 4 year hiatus, the internet's favorite development team has landed a new gig with one of Hollywood's most controversial figures: David Zaslav. Their first assignment: a whole new take on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith....and ONLY Star Wars Episode III:...
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The Greatest Reboots of Reboot It on YouTube
“Our Greatest Reboots” features the gang reunited, including Billy Business of Hot Takes with Billy Biz and the YouTube Channel “Reboot It”! By the way, our sister show “Reboot It” is coming back. In this primer episode of The Greatest Pod, we discuss the “art” of the reboot, if such a thing...
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The Greatest Fake News (Daily Bugle, Daily Planet)
In fictional universes somebody has to break the news. “The Greatest ‘Fake News’” is Ed, Ron and Producer Bill imagining what the media landscapes are in two of the most popular fictional universes. Why are superheroes attracted to the news? How intense would the politicization of Superman be?…
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The Greatest Superheroes that Aren't
"The Greatest Superheroes That Aren't” is our crew, Ed, Ron, and Professor Bill, dissecting those movies and TV shows that center on someone with a superpower but nobody admits it! All types of heroic stories from Commando to Colombo feature heroes with superior powers that must fight unbeatable...
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The Greatest Pasts
“The Greatest Pasts” features the whole crew talking about period pieces from our iconoclastic perspectives. We don’t go gaga when you put a few period cars in the shot and have everybody say “gee whiz”, it takes more than that to get us feeling like we’re in the past. We discuss our favorite...
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The Greatest Futures in Pop Culture
“The Greatest Futures” is mostly Ed and Ron trying to not talk about the dystopia we currently live in and failing BUT we do touch on some of the greatest futures in pop culture. From Star Trek to Total Recall we examine how fictional futures dramatize the concerns of the present. We discuss how...
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The Greatest Cops in Fiction Part Two
“The Greatest Cops In Fiction Part Two” is us continuing to build our portfolio of powerhouse porcine patrolmen.This one features some great pulls by the gang and more specific examples of what we consider exemplary cops in fiction. Our personal philosophy is that there’s a difference between...
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The Greatest Cops in Fiction Part One
Tis the season…to discuss crime and punishment in movies! “The Greatest Cops In Fiction Part One” is us dissecting the concept of law enforcement in this dystopian future we call the present. We talk about how cops are depicted in movies and TV and we try to get our heads around the sly thrill of...
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The Greatest Thanksgiving Special
“The Greatest Thanksgiving Special” is Ed, Bill, and the returning Ron Swallow talking about pieces of pop culture we are thankful to have experienced at particular times in our lives. These are some of the art and the culture around said art that would form us into the weirdos you know and love....
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The Greatest Space Characters
We had an impromptu convo about “The Greatest Space Characters” and it ended up NOT being “sTaR wArS vS. sTaR tReK” and more about why there will be rednecks in space and why can’t the Green Lanterns finally be truly cool. Ed and Producer Bill get into a debate about whether most science fiction...
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The Greatest Recasting in Pop Culture Movies
With Ron Swallow away on his honeymoon, Ed and Producer Bill discuss “The Greatest Recastings in Pop Culture Movies”. We do all the hits, Bats, Supes, Spidey, Bond and many others that aren’t as obvious. The debates come fast and furious, and the discussions get deep as we interrogate what it…
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The Greatest Cats in Pop Culture
“The Greatest Cats in Pop Culture” is our conversation about the feline fictional characters that impacted our lives. The cat has always been a mysterious, charismatic, enigmatic presence in the lives of humans. Earning the love of the small ones or running from the big ones seems to be baked…
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The Greatest Goths in Pop Culture
“The Greatest In Goth Pop Culture” is admittedly a weird topic to be talking about today but with the new Crow movie bombing it made us think about how truly ubiquitous goth culture was in the 80’s and 90’s. What happened? Why did this brand of melancholic existentialism / nihilism fall out of...
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The Greatest Mentors in Pop Culture
In this super sized episode Ed, Ron, and Producer Bill discuss and debate “The Greatest Mentors In Pop Culture.” We interrogate the different expressions of the mentor. Some are father or mother figures, some started out as replacement parents and became trusty butlers. Some are space wizards you...
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Is the Boys The Greatest Superhero Show
“Is ‘The Boys’ The Greatest Superhero Show?” You might think, “Well obviously that’s madness…right?” I’d say surely we’ve seen something about superheroes that was more hopeful. Maybe funnier? Maybe more life affirming? But better? I don’t know man. The show manages to do pretty decent super…
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The Greatest Predictons from SDCC 24
You can’t trust Producer Bill and Ed Greer to do the “boring” thing of just dryly recapping this monumental San Diego Comic Con, Of course we talk Fantastic Four news, Robert Downey Jr., Mcfeel, and the Russos coming back…and some stuff from DC too. All of that’s great but we think it’s prime…
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The Greatest Batman Analogues
“The Greatest Batman Analogues” started as a companion to our “Greatest Superman Analogues” episode but it quickly grew into a conversation about how powerful and impactful a Batman could or should be. Many Twitter dorks including us have tried to put real world morality on this particular comic...
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The Greatest Lone Wolf Characters
“The Greatest Lone Wolf Characters” are iconoclastic powerhouses who don’t always get it done with their fists. Wolves don’t even have fists. From Wolverine to John Wick. From the Punisher to Ron mentioning some of his favorite fantasy characters like Allanon we hit it all. In this episode we...
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Is Ultimate Spider-man The Greatest with Grant Pardee
This is a classic Nerd Goat episode with Grant Pardee going deep on Ultimate Spider-man but also just talking about how great the web head is in general. The fun part about these old episodes is we now want to go back and check in with all of our buddies to see where they are at on their…
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The Greatest Adaptation of The X-Men
“The Greatest X-Men Adaptation” is obviously X-Men ‘97 and we spend this action packed and hilarious hour breaking down why. It’s pretty light on spoilers but it’s probably best if you’ve seen about half the episodes. We discuss the show’s themes, pacing, writing, art style, and how it depicts…
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Is Grand Admiral Thrawn the Greatest with Brian Simpson
This is another Nerd Goat Classic while Ed is on the road with Brian Posehn. We have the hilarious and now famous like he deserves to be Brian Simpson on to talk about Grand Admiral Thrawn. This is before the show came out but maybe we will have him on again to talk about this amazing character.…
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The Greatest Comedy Movies
The boys are back in town!!!! We return with an ep about taste, culture, and social engineering disguised as a jolly talk about “The Greatest Comedy Movies”. As always these are the ones that impact us and there are some glaring omissions cuz we do these off the top of the dome but once you hit...
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Ashley Edward Miller says Magneto is The Greatest
This is a classic Nerd Goat episode where the screenwriter from X-men First Class (Among many of the movies he has written) talks about Magneto a character that he may have arguably had the most influence on in pop culture. From his roots as in a concentration camp to the decisions he makes as an...
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Is Skeletor the Greatest Villain with Rick Wood
This is a classic Nerd Goat episode with Rick Wood talking about how Skeletor is misunderstood and is barely a bad guy. Truly, he is battling against the oppressive regime of a monarchy. That is just an example of the many fun and silly ideas we roll with in this episode. Don't worry everyone. We...
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GP Presents Classic Nerd Goat: KITT from Knight Rider with Travis Clark
We all got busy doing various projects and are so sorry for falling behind. We will have new episodes out soon. We thought it would be nice to delve super deep into the past and give you one of our favorite episodes of Nerd Goat with Travis Clark where we talked about KITT from Knight Rider.…
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The Greatest Pod Reboot DC Comics
“The Greatest Pod Reboots DC Comics” is our attempt to explain what we think is not quite optimized in the modern DC Comics universe. Of course, we talk about reimagining the role of “The Trinity” of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman BUT WE ALSO want to make characters like Bronze Tiger, Lady...
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The Greatest Low Budget Movies with Henry McComas
This episode features Ed going crazy in the middle and our special guest, filmmaker Henry McCommas (Wolfman’s Got Nards, The Camp Host) talking him off the ledge. Besides that bit of scintillating radio we have an awesome (if male filmmaker centric) conversation about the “The Greatest Low Budget...
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The Greatest Powers Redux
In this episode titled, “The Greatest Powers Redux” we TRY to have a conversation about the greatest superpowers but it quickly turns into another psychological exploration about the nature of power as conceived of by nerds without it. This time Producer Bill joins us so it gets even more serious...
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The Greatest Heist Movies (Heat, Inside Man, Oceans 11, Point Break and More)
In this one we discuss and debate what makes “The Greatest Heist Movies.” Many pieces of media are said to be Rorschach tests, but your appreciation or lack thereof for the heist genre sparks a great conversation about crime, punishment, and taste. What counts as a heist movie? The ingredients…
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The Greatest Iteration of Star Trek
Ed, Ron, Producer Bill, and superb guest comedian Fifi Dosch discuss and debate which is “The Greatest Iteration of Star Trek.” Is it the original that basically started the nerd and convention culture? Is it the Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Lower Decks…
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The Greatest Pod Goes Evil (Killmonger, Kingpin and more)
“The Greatest Pod Goes Evil” is about what we would do IF we were evil, which villains we most identify with, and what even is “evil?” Ed, Ron, and Producer Bill discuss the other side of heroism. You get a real insight into our conception of what evil is and why so many revolutionary things are...
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The Greatest Action Hero Draft (Battle Royale w/ Jackie Chan, Rambo, John McClane, Dutch and More)
“The Greatest Action Hero Draft” is an instant classic with a battle royale to end them all. I almost envy you because you get to hear this podcast for the first time right now. These are some of the most iconic characters to ever kick ass onscreen and you know Ed, Ron and Producer Bill bring the...
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The Greatest Creatures in Fiction
“The Greatest Creatures In Fiction'' is about the legendary animals that most impacted us. No not Air Bud or some shit like that, we’re talking minotaurs, dragons, chimera, and stuff. Our list is as offbeat and weird as we are. Ron talks about dragons and unicorns and stuff. Producer Bill and Ed...
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The Greatest Myths in Nerd Culture
“The Greatest Myths In Nerd Culture” is our discussion on some of the beliefs nerds had in the past and some that persist to this day. But overall this is a fun convo about a changing landscape and about some of the ways so called “nerd culture” has evolved. The ability to see that some of your...
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The Greatest Cartoon Reboots(Thundercats, Space Ghost, Conan?)
“The Greatest Cartoon Reboots” could be misleading. We aren’t trying to rank cartoon reboots, we are talking about the ones that deserve it according to us. There are so many action cartoons from different eras that seem like they’d be slam dunks in our modern IP obsessed times but these seem...
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The Greatest Year End Review and MAILBAG
“The Greatest Year End Review and MAILBAG!!” is a truly unique show because we try to sum up our year but get sidetracked by the “how do we ‘save’ comics” conversation that comics retailers and people like Mark Millar ignited this last week online. Then we deftly transition into some truly...
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Is Superhero Fatigue the Greatest
“Is Superhero Fatigue The Greatest?” That’s a loaded question isn’t it? It’s funny that it only took about 12 years of consistent, big budget comic book fare at the movies for us to declare that the party was over and mostly because one company “started losing the thread.” Ed and Producer Bill...
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The Greatest Films of the Last Five Years
Of course this can’t be THE definitive list of “The Greatest Films of The Last Five Years” but it’s the ones that sprang to mind while we recorded this. We’re here to debunk the notion that “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore.” Because they kinda do but you’re missing them because you’re a…
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The Greatest Vacation Spots in the Multiverse
You ever want to get away? Of course you do, you’re listening to a pop culture podcast. So we present to you the “The Greatest Vacation Spots in The Multiverse.” Would you book a trip to Gotham City? Is the theater scene worth all the crime? Is Metropolis real estate insanely expensive? Would you...
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The Greatest Horrors
Just in time for Halloween, we discuss “The Greatest Horrors.” This isn’t just about movies or novels or comic depictions of horror, it's a revelatory look at what scares us as a group. Is open water more scary than Michael Myers? Is Chucky more scary than Annabelle? What makes horror work for us...
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The Greatest Thing About Independent Comics with Artist Jeff Johnson
Jeff's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536854088/rogues-kingdom-issue-1?fbclid=IwAR1ijZ4jXC-GZ9WYuXkChjadCQoaEEX_TBPmkPr6ufu8Due1_3PjV4Osnkw “The Greatest Thing About Independent Comics” is the subject of our chat with comic book artist, and storyboard savant Jeff Johnson. He’s...
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The Greatest Writers in Comics Super Sized Finale(Morrison, Millar, Ennis, Simone, Kirkman and more)
This is the senses-shattering conclusion to our series on “The Greatest Writers In Comics.” We discuss canceled people, low-key right-wingers, idea guys, and luminaries…some of these writers are all of these things at once. We get into the business of comics writing and cover some of the people…
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The Greatest Comic Book Writers Part II (Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Claremont, McDuffie, Gaiman, and Mark Waid)
In part two of The Greatest Comic Book Writers we try to get to the modern guys but the giants like Miller, Gaiman, Dwayne McDuffie, Mark Waid, Alan Moore etc., emerge to lead us through the 1980’s and the 1990’s using their vision to expand what comics could be. Follow us! Here's everybody's...
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