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The Nerdologues Present: Your Stories
by The Nerdologues
For over five years The Nerdologues Presents: Your Stories has combined comedy, rock and roll, and disastrous earnestness into a weekly podcast where cool cats like you share their tales in front of a live audience and we find out a little something about why we're all nerds. Clip Archive RSS Feed Subscribe on iTunes
Episodes
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Songs We Recorded at Home For Ben
An unexpected birthday present for me from Eric and the rest of the Cover Stories crew. Get ready for some of the best songs ever written (according to me)! The Playlist Includes: Summer Highland Falls Wait For It The City of New Orleans One Sweet Love Paintings By Chagall A Man/Me/Then Jim Tiny...
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Your Stories South: Together, Apart - Part 2
The second half of our quarantine episode as the COVID-19 quarantine continues. I'm so so grateful for all these great storytellers willing to share themselves for our show. Together we really can get through this weird time. If you can, take advantage of the weirdness. Maybe lay under your table...
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Your Stories South: Together, Apart - Part 1
We had a live show scheduled for April but of course had to scrap it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In our first non-live show we have stories from the wonderful Elizabeth Pfiester, Bethany Willeford, and Melanie Andrews and music from Ben Rathert and Tony Baker. Storytellers: Elizabeth Pfiester -...
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Your Stories South: Lights In the Night, Part 2
Part 2 from January 11, 2020 at Brews Brothers! Thank you to everyone who came out for the show, it was a blast. Storytellers in this half: Crystal King - Bright Lights Ben Rathert - Harold Music: Small Town Saturday Night If I Wander Back Tonight See you in April!
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Your Stories South: Lights in the Night, Part 1
Part 1 of our January show at Brews Brothers in Murphysboro, IL! What a wonderful night, and a big thank you to everyone who came out. We're already looking forward to April! Our Storytellers: Elaine Ramseyer - "7-Up and Slim Jims" Molly Howard-Crow - "SIUFO's" Joe Hercik - "Nature Always Wins"...
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Your Stories South: South!, Part 2
Part 2 of our inaugural show on Friday, October 11, 2019 at St. Nick's Brewery in Du Quoin, IL. In this half our storytellers delve into dialect, disparity, and planning ahead. Thank you so much for everyone who contributed and made the trip out, especially those from far-off lands. See you in...
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Your Stories South: South!, Part 1
NEW SPIN-OFF! Now at a lower latitude! Our first official episode of Your Stories South was recorded on Friday, October 11, 2019 at St. Nicholas Brewery in Du Quoin, IL. This was an incredibly fun night and we had some great talents to help us set it off right. Our theme was "South!" (please…
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It's All Good, Part 2
It's the second half of our crossover with Lily Be's The Stoop, some of the most real storytelling you can get in Chicago. Plus we get some words from Crystal Dino about her brother Chris, one of the reasons we all got together for this night in the first place! This week, you'll enjoy: Cover...
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It's All Good, Part 1
The first part of our crossover with one of our favorite storytelling shows in Chicago, the Stoop! We bring together some of our favorite folks for an incredible evening of stories, songs, and hopefully doing a little good. This episode, we're featuring: Cover Stories - Little White Dove Cover...
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From Scratch, Part 2
Once again, Your Stories is traveling south, to Ava, IL, for the second half of an evening of stories and songs curated and hosted by the incredible Benjamin Rathert! Make sure you listen til the end for a very exciting announcement about Your Stories shows to come... This week, enjoy: Eric: Made...
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From Scratch, Part 1
The one and only Ben Rathert, friend of the show, has once again this year put together a Your Stories show for the voices of Southern Illinois. Recorded downstate in Ava, this episode is a real treat! This week, you can enjoy: The Cover-Me-Up Trio: Long Time Gone The Cover-Me-Up Trio: Different...
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Managers, Part 1
Our multimonth dive into working continues with this first part of our look at management which, let's be real, most of us feel pretty strongly negative about. Will that play out in the episode? Who can say for sure! (But you may not be surprised) This week, enjoy: Cover Stories: Cryin' Shelby...
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Customers, Part 2
This week, we dive yet again into the world of business-to-customer interactions as part of our multimonth series on the wonderful work of Chicago historian Studs Terkel! You can enjoy: - Cover Stories: Right Now - Cover Stories: You Get What You Give - John Capaul: Stacy Smile - Bill Nielsen:...
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Customers, Part 1
Our multi-part tribute to Studs Terkel and working begins here with this look at the user side of commerce. This week, enjoy: - Cover Stories: 1, 2, 3, 4 - Eric Garneau: How Much Math Do You Use in Your Job? - Mykel Golliday: The Dark Souls of Driving Uber - Ray Goldberg: "It's Not That Good, But...
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A Year in 20 Life, Episode 1: Ancestrall Recall
Friend of the Nerds Bill Nielsen just launched a new podcast about his attempt to regain glory in the world of professional Magic: the Gathering, something Bill's talked about on Your Stories before. In fact, the first episode of his podcast even uses some of his prior Your Stories pieces to tell...
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Fanfiction February 2019, Part 2
An underfunded Wizards school, a recipe for the best Vegan chili you'll ever eat, and more will bring some joy to your life in the second part of our annual fanfiction celebration. This week, enjoy: - Cover Stories: When You Were Young - Cover Stories: Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Chris Crotwell:...
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Fanfiction February 2019, Part 1
Fanfiction February returns, and it's Chris and Shelby's first full go in the hosting hot seat! Of course, it turned out awesomely. This week, explore an accidentally '80s trip featuring: Cover Stories: Say It Ain't So Shelby Mongan: Real People Elliot Besmann: Slash Haven Ruby Des Jardins: Truly...
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Chris & Shelby's Top 5: Fellowship Part 1 (June 2014)
This is it! Chris and Shelby's look into their favorite episodes of Your Stories past ends here with this throwback to June 2014! We recorded this episode with some of the fine folks of the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (or CAKE for short), which is still an awesome thing you should support....
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Chris & Shelby's Top 5: Sound Idea Part 2 (June 2015)
We're 80% of the way through new host Chris and Shelby's favorite episodes in this show's 7-year history! Today we're flashing back to an episode that celebrated the beginnings of the Chicago Podcast Coop which, hey, is still helping us support ourselves today! This week, enjoy once again…
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Shelby & Chris's Top 5: About Time Part 1 (July 2018)
Shelby and Chris's favorite shows in our seven-year history hits on a very recent entry this week as we say farewell to one of the most central voices in Your Stories history, Andrew Bentley. This week, (re)enjoy: - Cover Stories: Flagpole Sitta - Chris Blake: First Time Drinking - Larissa…
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Chris & Shelby's Top 5: Happy Birthday Dwight! (May 2015)
The next entry in our tour of Chris and Shelby's favorite episodes celebrates the one and only Dwight Haesler, the man whose heart has pretty much been at the center of Your Stories for the last seven years. Some of the all-time greats came out to a rented Cat & Mouse game store in Bucktown on a...
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Shelby & Chris's Top 5: November 2012 Part 1
New hosts Shelby and Chris are picking their five favorite episodes of Your Stories leading up to their first live show, starting with this throwback to November 2012 that includes Shelby's favorite story ever! This episode, you can enjoy: -Cover Stories: Boys of Summer -Cover Stories: Your Love...
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"Passing the Torch" Part 2
It's Chris and Shelby's first episode as hosts! Enjoy as they welcome a new batch of storytellers to the Your Stories stage and send off Eric in grand fashion. This episode includes: Cover Stories: The Flame Cover Stories: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Sasha Neri: Bright and Unfiltered…
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Passing the Torch, Part 1
It's Eric's last time out as host! Let's say hello to the new kids! This episode features: Cover Stories: We Didn't Start the Fire Cover Stories: The One I Love Mary Zee: Phil Tyler Snodgrass: Branson-Tulsa Tour Mike Gifford: Life in a Nutshell Shelby Mongan & Chris Crotwell: Growing...
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Eric's First (and Last) Story - December 2011 & This Saturday
Eric's last show as Your Stories host is this Saturday. Here's the first story he ever told on the show, which premiered seven years ago today. This episode includes: Dwight & Eric: El Scorcho Eric Garneau: Of Comic Books & Broken Hearts Jeremy Kanne: Le Lapin Will Happen Angela: Letters to the...
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A Halloween Compilation (from 2016)
Look back IN TERROR at this collection of spooky stories from the first five years of our podcast!! This episode features: Cover Stories: In the Air Tonight Fin Coe: Lights High #32 - The Trouble with Brothers Ben Riggs: The Six Weeks I Thought Cthulu Was Real Patrick Winegar: The Scariest…
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"Feeling the Pull" & an MBS Send-Off
Mary Beth and her husband Eric are heading out to Hollywoodland this Saturday, but before they go, the Nerds had to give them a grand send-off. This episode, curated and hosted by Mary Beth herself, was a wonderful capstone on five years with the Nerds in Chicago. MB's the best. We'll all miss…
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Best of MBS, Part 4: A Night with the Stars (November 2015)
Mary Beth's last Chicago show with the Nerds is this Saturday. Get ready to say goodbye with the final part of our MBS retrospective, and then don't miss her final show Saturday night at the Cards Against Humanity theater. It's gonna be a blast. This episode, enjoy a look back to a show three…
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Best of MBS, Part 3: January 2014 (Annual 2)
In this week's archival dive, Mary Beth brings her heart to a terrific musical performance as part of our annual year-end wrap-up show from five years ago (!!). Get ready for some Mountain Goats. And don't forget to come send MB off with us next Saturday, October 20 at the Cards Against Humanity...
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Best of MBS, Part 2: May 2013 (Crime & Punishment)
On Saturday, October 20, we're throwing a farewell show for the one and only Mary Beth Smith, who won't be in Chicago too much longer. To celebrate, we thought it would be cool to dive into our archives and revisit some of MB's most memorable pieces, like this one from May 2013 themed around…
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Archive Dive: Fanfiction February 2013
It's time for another dive into the archives to celebrate a beloved Your Stories performer! Which one? You'll have to keep listening to find out (although there are lots of people worth celebrating in this, our first ever Fanfiction February, from 2013!).This episode, gloriously relive: Cover...
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The Wedding (Set) of Joe & Emily
On today's Your Stories, we take a musical break to present a very special Cover Stories performance.This comes from the wedding of Emily Labbe and our very own Joe Gennaro a couple weeks ago, on a steamy and lovely summer night on the west side of Chicago! Dwight, Eric, and Katie (plus a special...
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The CinemaJaw Crossover ("At the Movies" part 2, September 2017)
Last year, CinemaJaw and Your Stories made a plan to cross-pollinate their hosts onto each other's shows. Then real life happened. But today, the crossover is complete! Relive CJ host Matt K's Your Stories appearance from last year on this pod, and then head on over to CinemaJaw.com to hear Eric...
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At Bat (a Chicago Podcast Festival Showcast)
The Chicago Podcast Festival kindly invited us to be a featured show at the Beat Kitchen, and we took the opportunity to celebrate our newest podcast coproduction, Batman at Bat! These stories celebrate both baseball and Batman with that pod's creative team as well as some of our favorite...
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Festival Circuit: "First Times" (from the Jangleheart Comedy Circus 2013)
One last festival show from our archive, cuz hey, we're doing a live one tonight! Don't miss our show at the Beat Kitchen this evening, 8:00 PM as part of the Chicago Podcast Festival's feature series. We're bringing a handful of fantastic performers and also previewing a brand new Nerdologues...
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Festival Circuit: "Opening Act" (Chicago Podcast Festival 2016)
Hey, we're back at the Chicago Podcast Festival for a feature show next Monday at the Beat Kitchen! Here's a throwback to our first recording at the Fest, in 2016. Cover Stories: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Cover Stories: Good as Hell Mike Gifford: Curtain-Raiser Eileen Tull: Ralph Tim…
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Festival Circuit: "After Dark" (The Chicago Nerd Comedy Fest 2014)
We're heading to the Beat Kitchen as a feature for the Chicago Podcast Festival in a couple weeks! Seems like a great time to look back on some previous festival appearances. This one comes from the 2014 Chicago Nerd Comedy Fest and holds the distinction of the latest ever we recorded this show,...
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About Time, Part 2 (Andrew's Farewell)
Here's the second part of Andrew Bentley's last Your Stories episode as a Chicago resident, hosted and curated by the man himself. This was a really special night, as I'm sure you'll agree when you hear the collection of awesome people brought together here for one final sendoff. This week…
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About Time, Part 1 (Andrew's Farewell)
Everyone send your kind thoughts to Andrew and Sasha as they move to their new home in Atlanta today. We love and will miss them very much, as the next couple weeks of episodes are sure to prove. The man of the hour curated and hosted this show himself, and it serves as a tremendous sendoff to…
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Andrew's Greatest Hits 3: October 2014 (featuring "RNC")
Are you ready to say goodbye to Andrew Bentley? I'm not, but that'll have to change because his farewell Chicago show is happening this Sunday. To get you all ready, we've pulled out perhaps the most popular Bentley story of all time from our archive. From our October 2014 episode, themed "Our…
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Andrew's Greatest Hits 2: March 2012
This month we're celebrating show mainstay Andrew Bentley before he leaves Chicago for greener (hotter) pastures! Enjoy this archival episode from 6 years ago inspired by his love of power metal and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and don't miss his send-off show on July 29! This episode is loosely…
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From the Archive: January 2012
Friends, if you live in or around Chicago, make sure you keep July 29 open, cuz we've got a pretty dang special live show coming up celebrating a certain performer's history with our show. I'm not saying who, I'm just saying he's featured on this episode, the second one we ever recorded! There's…
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(Y)Our Stories: Road Trip (from April 2016)
Eric's on vacation this week, and this flashback episode put him in the headspace of a good time on the road. Recorded on the way back from a show at the Combine in Bloomington, IN back in April 2016, in this episode, Eric, Joe, Katie, and Kevin share some of their favorite road trip stories.…
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Home Brew, Part 2
This week, we're back to Southern Illinois for the second part of a lovely show put together by the one and only Mr. Benjamin Rathert. And, y'all, it's his birthday today! Which is so fitting because at the end of this episode he put together a birthday surprise for me (Eric). What a guy. This…
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Home Brew, Part 1
Longtime listeners of this show (or people who just caught the archival episode from last week) will recognize Benjamin Rathert as an incredible storyteller, performer, friend to the show, and (most importantly) friend to the people who create it. A few months ago, Ben asked us if we'd consider...
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Fans, Part 1 (August 2015)
Let's take a trip back to summer 2015 for this archival episode featuring the first half of Mark Colomb's farewell, and, notable for our purposes today, this show's first appearance of Mr. Benjamin Rathert, an incredible storyteller and friend who's bringing our show to southern Illinois this...
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Eric's Birthday Game Show: Card Sharks
It's Eric's birthday week. Here's a weird thing he did with a lot of familiar voices.
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Retro Tour Stories: Grind Part 2 (Los Angeles 2015)
Our look back at our first live shows ends with this episode jammed with incredible performers that's probably one of the best we've ever done. We love ya, LA. Never change! This episode, enjoy: Cover Stories: Because the Night Kristin Clifford: Six Months Job-Free Eric Roth: The Year That "Nerd"...
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Retro Tour Stories: Grind Part 1 (Los Angeles 2015)
Los Angeles has been very kind to the Nerdologues and this show over the years. This week, as part of our month-long look back at our earliest road shows, we're re-presenting the recordings from the first time ever we visited the City of Angels, in February 2015, and recorded some of the best...
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Retro Tour Stories: Roll Models Part 2 (Midwinter Gaming Convention 2015)
This time last year, we were in the middle of a tour of the western United States, which was the coolest time. That made us nostalgic for our earliest shows on the road, like this one, from January 2015 in Milwaukee, the first time we ever recorded our show outside Chicago! This is from the...
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For over five years The Nerdologues Presents: Your Stories has combined comedy, rock and roll, and disastrous earnestness into a weekly podcast where cool cats like you share their tales in front of a live audience and we find out a little something about why we're all nerds. Clip Archive RSS Feed Subscribe on iTunes
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