The Nerdpocalypse
by TNP Studios
Nerd News and Opinion! Focusing on all things nerdy from movies, science, technology, comics to the strange and bizarre stories from around the internet. The Nerdpocalypse Podcast aims to entertain as well as engage in intelligent conversation about what makes up our nerdy world! Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Jack.
Episodes
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Marvel's VisionQuest, James Bond Screen Tests, Steven Soderbergh Joins The Batman Part II
The next James Bond is about to be decided, Chris Pratt says Star-Lord is coming back, and Steven Soderbergh is stepping in on The Batman Part II. This week on The Nerdpocalypse, we dig into the biggest news in geek entertainment. The Nerdpocalypse checks out HBO's new legal drama War, starring...
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Marvel's Zodiac, Miami Vice '85, Cage Refused Amazon's AI Waiver, X-Files Series
Marvel just revealed its next Disney+ series, Nicolas Cage is calling out Amazon over AI, and Hulu is finally reopening The X-Files. This week on The Nerdpocalypse, we dig into the biggest news out of New York Comic Con and the rest of the week in nerd news . We start by checking out A24's...
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Fast & Furious Peacock Series, Bradley Cooper Is Duke in G.I. Joe, Lanterns Finale
Nerdpocalypse breaks down a packed week of franchise news! Peacock officially greenlit a live-action Fast & Furious series targeting 2028, with Vin Diesel executive producing and Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman as co-showrunners. Bradley Cooper is set to play Duke in Danny McBride's G.I. Joe…
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Lanterns Ep7 Thoughts, Spider-Man's Clone Saga Series, Jon Watts Takes Star Wars
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down a packed week of franchise news! A Spider-Man series based on the Clone Saga is headed to Amazon from Sony and Marvel, we discuss what this means for the Spider-Man universe expanding beyond film. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is getting a theatrical re-release, and we...
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Daredevil's Born Again Ending, Mahershala Ali on Blade, Darkwing Duck Returns, Lanterns Ep6
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down Daredevil: Born Again officially ending after its third season. We discuss what this means for Matt Murdock's story and whether the show transforms into something larger. Mahershala Ali speaks out about Blade falling apart at Marvel Studios, calling it a big failure...
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Alan Ritchson's Helldivers, Miami Vice '85 Casts Its Villain, Brad Pitt Returns for World War Z 2
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down Alan Ritchson entering talks to star in Sony's live-action Helldivers adaptation, with Justin Lin attached we discuss whether Ritchson's action-hero pedigree makes him the right fit for the satirical, ultra-violent video game world. John Leguizamo joins Miami Vice…
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Stellar "Lanterns" Episode, Doomsday Box Office Possibility, Days of Thunder 2
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down the truly stellar third episode of DC's Lanterns. We discuss the significance of the character work of John Stewart alongside the racial and cultural conversation that the episode deals with. Avengers Doomsday beginning production without a finished script. The Russo...
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xAI's Disturbing Lawsuit, Ryan Gosling's Flintstones, Dave Bautista Is Kratos, RIP Peter Cullen
The Nerdpocalypse opens with a tribute to Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor behind Optimus Prime, who passed away at 85. We discuss his massive legacy across generations of Transformers fans. Then some serious news: a lawsuit alleges Elon Musk's xAI used child sexual abuse material to train...
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Doomsday Trailer we needed, Thoughts on HBO's Lanterns, X-Men Cast Revealed
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey officially becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Amazon accidentally leaked Jason Statham's new movie, Mutiny, ahead of its official release and discuss why that's not as much of a huge deal as it might appear.…
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Cape Fear, Emmy Nominations, New Rumored James Bond Frontrunner
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down the 78th Primetime Emmy nominations! HBO Max's Hacks set a new record with 24 nominations for a comedy series in its final season, edging out last year's record held by The Bear and The Studio. Apple TV had a massive showing with Widow's Bay (19 noms), Pluribus (18...
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Spider-Man Breaks Records, Mahershala Ali Out for Blade, Ellison's WB Bid Trouble
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down Spider-Man: Brand New Day's historic opening, shattering box office records for the biggest Tuesday ever and cementing the film's dominant theatrical run. Dave Bautista is now in talks to play Kratos in Amazon's God of War live-action series. David Jonsson has been...
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Danny McBride's G.I. Joe, Absolute Batman Gets Animated, Why Supergirl Failed
This week on The Nerdpocalypse we break down the biggest nerd news of the week! Danny McBride's G.I. Joe reboot finally gets real story details; Duke leads a squad of Joes into Springfield, a quaint American town from Larry Hama's comics that's secretly entirely run by Cobra. McBride confirms it...
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Fox Buys Roku, Mark Hamill Joins Twisted Metal, 24 Jump Street in the Works
This week on The Nerdpocalyspe we discuss the big news from the film and television industry. After over a decade in development, 24 Jump Street is finally happening — Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Ice Cube are all in talks to return at Sony Pictures. Rodney Rothman, who co-wrote 22 Jump Street...
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Spider-Noir Impression, Jack Ryan: Ghost War, War Machine 2 Confirmed, Ruining 60 Minutes
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down War Machine 2 officially confirmed at Netflix, Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes returning after the original cracked Netflix's all-time top 10 most popular films list. Amazon kills the Stargate series from franchise veteran Martin Gero after a 20-week…
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Fast & Furious Goes TV, Michael Bay's BS Iran Film, Spider-Noir & Lanterns Trailers
The week on The Nerdpocalypse we break down thoughts on "The Bride!" and discusses whether this latest action thriller delivers. Fast & Furious is expanding to television with a new series in development at Peacock—we analyze whether the franchise can work on TV and what Vin Diesel's involvement...
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The Bear's Gary Episode, Kevin Hart Roast, Mortal Kombat 2, Punisher One Last Kill
Nerdpocalypse dives into what we've been watching! We break down Gary, The Bear's surprise standalone episode that dropped ahead of Season 5. This hour-long flashback follows Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) on a road trip to Gary, Indiana which was co-written by the actors...
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Why Another Apes Reboot? The Bear Finale Date, Superman Sequel Casting, Tarantino Django/Zorro
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down another Planet of the Apes reboot! Matt Shakman (Fantastic Four: First Steps, WandaVision) is directing with Josh Friedman writing—but this WON'T continue Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Instead, it's a fresh original story, abandoning the planned Kingdom trilogy...
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Avengers Endgame Gets New Footage, Daredevil Born Again, Clayface trailer, Resident Evil reboot
The Nerdpocalypse breaks down major franchise news from CinemaCon 2026 and beyond! Paramount confirms Star Trek is returning to theaters, The Blair Witch Project is getting a reboot from Lionsgate and Blumhouse, with original creators Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick executive producing. Marvel…
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Metal Gear Solid Movie Happening, Avatar Getting Cheaper, Jonathan Majors Window Fall
After 20 years of development hell, Metal Gear Solid is finally becoming a movie with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein attached, and Hideo Kojima doesn't appear to be part of the production. Netflix greenlights Extraction 3 with Chris Hemsworth and Idris…
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Daredevil Born Again Season 2, Star Fox in Mario Galaxy, Dune 3 & The Drama and The Furious Trailers
This week on The Nerdpocalypse, the guys return to talk Scream 7, Send Help, Project Hail Mary, Daredevil Born Again season 2, Firefly might be returning, Punisher: One Last Kill poster and release date, Wonder Man season 2 is officially happening, details about Jimmy Olsen spin-off DC series,...
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2026 Oscars, A24's Bloodsport Remake, Dune 3 & Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailers
The 2026 Oscars happened. We break down the winners, snubs, and surprises. Plus: A24 is remaking Bloodsport with Michaela Coel writing and directing (yes, really). Max Landis got his G.I. Joe script rejected by Paramount. David Zaslav is walking away with $887 million from the WBD sale to…
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Arnold's Comeback (Commando 2/Predator/Conan), The Bear Season 5 Finale & The Boys Ends
Arnold Schwarzenegger just announced he's working on Commando 2, a new Predator film, and King Conan. The action legend is coming back to his most iconic franchises. Are we excited? Cautiously optimistic? Deeply skeptical? All of the above. Plus: The Bear will end after Season 5. What if the…
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Game of Thrones Movie, God of War Series Disaster & Paramount Buys Warner Bros
Hollywood is consolidating at lightning speed and franchises are expanding everywhere — but not everyone's happy about it. This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast: Game of Thrones is getting a theatrical movie (yes, really), the God of War TV series creator just called his the upcoming show "dumb"...
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Ryan Coogler's X-Files, Sony Rebooting Their Spider-Verse & Paramount vs Netflix Battle for WB
This week on The Nerdpocalypse we talk everything from the Ryan Coogler X-Files reboot to Paramount sweetening their deal for WB to Sony's Spider-Man extended universe reboot, and more. TV & Streaming News: Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Sinners) is bringing The X-Files back to life with Danielle...
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Great Value Metal Gear (Helldivers, Brendan Fraser's Mummy, War Machine) | Ep671
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return for a short show to talk about Jason Momoa starring in an upcoming Helldivers movie by Justin Lin, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are returning for another movie in their "Mummy" series in 2028, Dan Tractenberg (Predator: Badlands) signs a...
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Needs More Skeletor (Masters of the Universe, Wonder Man, Oscar Nominations) | Ep670
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss His&Hers series on Netflix, the newly released Netflix film The Rip, Marvel's new Spotlight series Wonder Man, live-action Gundamn movie in the works, Ted Lasso season 4 release update, Oscar nominations, trailers for Atropia…
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What More Do You Want? (God of War, Tomb Raider, Lucasfilm) | Ep669
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Martin Lawrence's return to stand-up, God of War tv series casting, first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for the upcoming Tomb Raider series, McG is rebooting Baywatch, White House is mad about Star Trek having women in it…
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The Rise of the Replicants (His & Hers, Golden Globes, Paramount Keeps Pushing) | Ep668
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys return to discuss the limited series His & Hers, the Golden Globes, Paramount's inability to accept no for an answer from Warner Bros, trailers for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2, The Mummy, and more. CHECKED OUT His & Hers Predator Badlands…
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Building A Hype Train (Jordan Peele MCU, Doomsday Trailers, Robin Hood) | Ep667
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Roofman, Marty Supreme, Sebastian Stan joins The Batman sequel, opposite Robert Pattison, Tom Cruise worked on the latest Star War film, is Jordan Peele coming to work in the MCU to work on Blade?, discussion on the four Avengers:...
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Future AI at its most Modest (Wake Up Dead Man, Terminator Reboot, Paramount Rejected) | Ep666
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast (last episode of 2025), the guys return to discuss the new Running Man adaptation, F1, Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3), James Cameron discusses his Terminator series reboot, A Different World sequel series coming to Netflix, Youtube will host the Academy...
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Look how they Massacred My Boy (Street Fighter, Paramount goes after WB, Supergirl) | Ep665
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Bugonia, first look and tease trailer for the upcoming Street Fighter adaptation, Quentin Tarantino goes after Paul Dano for some strange reason, James Gunn makes a really great point on the upcoming Supergirl, Paramount attempts…
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Now I am Netflix, Destroyer of Cinema (Assassin's Creed, God of War, The Batman 2) | Ep664
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to talk in-depth about the breaking news of Netflix moving forward with its acquisition of Warner Bros Studio, the hosts also talk the film Sovereign, The Long Walk, Last Samurai Standing, Tron Ares, The Beast in Me, first look at posters…
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The Stench of Victorian Films (Frankenstein 2025, The Beast in Me, New Stargate series) | Ep663
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss a little more about the Predator franchise, Frankenstein (2025), One Battle After Another, The Beast in Me, new Stargate series coming to Amazon, The Simpsons has a new dedicated channel on Disney+, David Fincher's American Squid...
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All Yautja, All the Time (Pluribus, Predator Badlands, V for Vendetta) | Ep662
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Down Cemetery Road, Vince Gilligan's Pluribus, House of Dynamite, Predator Badlands, Mass Effect series coming to Amazon gets some updates, Jimmy Olsen show coming the DCU, HBO is working on adapting Alan Moore's V for Vendetta,...
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Serious Conversations about Stupid Nonsense (Task, The Jetsons, Professor X Casting) | Ep661
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Slow Horses, The Chair Company, The Lost Bus, The Last Frontier, The Materialists, Peacemaker season 2 finale, Task series finale, Jim Carrey in talks to star in The Jetsons live-action movie, Laurence Fishburne expresses serious...
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The Secret Ingredient is COOL (Peacemaker, Oceans Prequel, X-Files Reboot) | Ep660
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss One Battle After Another, Peacemaker S2, Jonathan Majors teasing a possible return as Kang to the MCU, Bradley Cooper eyeing Oceans' series prequel starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot gets a significant update,...
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AI Actors Shouldn't Exist (Peacemaker S2 Reveal, Marvel Zombies, Simpsons Movie) | Ep659
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Marvel Zombies, Peacemaker's big season 2 plot reveal and cameo, WWE wrestler in talks to play Jason Vorhees, James Gunn on bringing Creature Commandos into live-action, The Simpsons are getting a second movie, AI actor Tilly...
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HBO Brought To You By Netflix (Tombstone casting, Netflix Bid for WB, Kimmel Returns) | Ep658
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss early thoughts on the new season of Gen V, Marvin Jones III joins Spider-Man: Brand New Day as the villain Tombstone, "Weapons" prequel in talks over at WB, Netflix eyeing a bid to buy WB, Jimmy Kimmel returns to television…
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Don't Support the Empire, NERDS!!!! (Jimmy Kimmel, The Emmy Results, De-Aging Rambo) | Ep657
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss how to end "The Boys" correctly, The Emmy awards, Joseph Kosinski's Miami Vice remake, Daredevil: Born Again season 3 status, Stallone advocated for de-aging himself to be a Rambo prequel, She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany calls for...
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Tom Holland Reads Fan Ideas (Alien Romulus Sequel, More Knives Out, Artists Against Genocide) | Ep656
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss thoughts on Final Destination: Bloodlines, HBO's Task, The Last Witch Hunter gets a sequel, director Fede Alvarez writing but not directing Alien: Romulus sequel, Tom Holland reads your fan ideas for Spider-Man and brings them to...
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FINALLY...The Rock Takes Acting Seriously (Call of Duty, Street Fighter, Man of Tomorrow) | Ep655
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss The Thursday Murder Club, The Roses, 28 Years Later, Call of Duty movie in the works, Sophie Turner is officially leading Tomb Raider series at Amazon, Street Fighter movie news is something, is Jack Bauer coming back?, The Rock...
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High Concept Horror Wins Again (Weapons, Peacemaker, Bryan Singer) | Ep654
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast the guys return after a long break to discuss Eyes of Wakanda, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Alien: Earth, Weapons, new season of Peacemaker so far, Nicholas Cage in talks to star in True Detective season 5, how Sony royally screwed up and sold K-Pop Demon...
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The Marvel Comeback? (Kevin Feige, Mortal Kombat 2, Predator Badlands) | Ep653
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss the delay on "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," "Woman Woman" taps "Supergirl" writer Ana Nogueira, fun rumor of a Jimmy Olsen led show in the DCU, "Resident Evil" reboot in the works and things sound positive, big news from...
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Welcome Back Big Blue! (Superman Review and Thoughts) | Ep652
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys are back after two weeks off but this episode is a slightly different format. We have one story all about the Emmy nominations and our thoughts on the big categories, then we will do some checked out that includes our thoughts on Marvel's Ironheart...
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Cheers to the Future (Ironheart, Synthetic Blood, Punisher in Spider-Man)| Ep651
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Elio, spoiler free first impressions of the MCU's Ironheart, Japan's massive medical breakthrough, next James Bond movie has a director and we couldn't be more excited, The Punisher will be in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and that's...
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Not a Great Rollout (He-Man first Look, CRISPR Innovation, Tyler Perry) | Ep650
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss Duster, CRISPR new innovation on chromosome editing that creates some moral issues potentially, Tyler Perry accused of exactly what you'd assume he'd be accused of, first look at He-Man is interesting, Clayface solo film gets its...
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Predator Franchise is Officially Reborn (Killer of Killers, Superman, Spaceballs 2) | Ep649
This week the guys return to discuss Warfare, Dope Thief, Predator: Killer of Killers, news on Incredibles 3, update from James Gunn on Wonder Woman, WB splitting into two companies, trailer for the long awaited Spaceball sequel, final Superman trailer, and more! CHECKED OUT Warfare Dope Thief...
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Manufactured Hate for Clicks (Zelda Casting, Jonathan Joss, F4 Inspirations) | Ep648
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss the series finale of "You," Den of Thieves: Pantera, King of the Hill voice actor murdered, inspiration talk with director of the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps, Chris Evans jokes about his rough post-MCU career, we…
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It's Still A No! (Mission Impossible, Vision Series, Kevin Spacey Returns?) | Ep647
This week the guys return to discuss their thoughts on the new Lilo & Stitch movie, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Vision Disney+ show casts Jocasta, rumor mill around more X-Men casting potential, Gen V season 2 news, potential runtime for Superman, HBO casts the big three for Harry...
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A Simple Thank You! (Andor, Spider-Man 4, Final Destination) | Ep646
This week on The Nerdpocalypse Podcast, the guys return to discuss AppleTV's Murderbot, Final Destination: Bloodlines, The Last of Us, Andor - Season 2, Spider-Man: Brand New Day casting, Gears of Wars movie finds its director, Punisher special presentation villain talk, trailers for Killer of...
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Nerd News and Opinion! Focusing on all things nerdy from movies, science, technology, comics to the strange and bizarre stories from around the internet. The Nerdpocalypse Podcast aims to entertain as well as engage in intelligent conversation about what makes up our nerdy world! Hosted by Jay, Micah, and Jack.
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