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The Spirited Nerds
by The Spirited Nerds
Come hang out and have a drink with Mariah, Denise, Shawna and David while we chat about the nerd culture that raised us; everything from television, movies, gaming, comic books and the world of collecting.
Episodes
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HOTD Season 3 Catch Up
Hey Nerds! Join Denise, Shawna and David as we discuss House of the Dragon season 3. From Daemon remembering he has children to Corlys remembering he left his oven on a home; nothing seems to be going as planned for team Black. For team Green, some new blood has been injected into the fight while...
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KPop Demon Hunters!
Hey, nerds! In this episode we dove into golden demon slaying chaos! From Korean history to supernatural smackdowns, Shawna led us through breaking down this movie, the characters, and why this blend of bubblegum pop and badassery actually works.
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Sinners and (S)Aintz
Hey, Nerds! Sinners and Thunderbolts* are the topics of this episode so spoiler warnings if you haven't seen them yet (judgement also because...why not??), grab your drink, and hit the play button!
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Daredevil Born Again Eps 4-8
Nerds! David, Shawna, and Denise catch up to Daredevil with additional thoughts on believable heroes and organized child fighting via Chuck Norris Karate Studios. Grab a drink and join us!
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Capt America and Daredevil
Hey, nerds! This week we're talking Captain America in his Brave New World, Daredevil being Born Again, and David looking for VERY specific audiobook recommendations. Grab a drink, take a listen, and help him out!
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They Were Right! (Right??)
Hey, Nerds! This week Shawna, Mariah, Denise and David drank and brought receipts to tell each other that our bad guy wasn't necessarily a bad guy *zangief voice*. Grab a drink and join us!
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What Would You Do?
Hey, Nerds! David, Denise, Mariah, AND SHAWNA are back to ask each other "what would you do"? Would you help Batman take down The Riddler? Activate the Winter Soldier? Snitch on Jamie for pushing Bran?? Turns out a lot of our answers were "no" but grab a drink, hit play, and find out why!
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Sweet Sweet Revenge
Hey, Nerds! This week, we're upping the score and talking revenge. What makes a good revenge movie? Is it possible to go too far in the name of getting beautiful street justice? Is Tower Heist the best revenge movie of all time? Grab a drink and press play to listen to us talk all things...
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HOTD - The Queen Who Ever Was
Hey, Nerds! David, Denise, and Mariah here for the final episode of season 2 in all it's glory no matter what the haters say. An alabaster menace, pouting prince, smug queen, split sausage, and cryin' Crispen are all about to meet on a battlefield. What could go wrong!?
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HOTD - The Red Sowing
Hey, Nerds! Denise and David this week covering episode 7, The Red Sowing. It's got poor people on dragons, rich people on dragons, and rich people very bothered by poor people on dragons. Grab a drink and join us!
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HOTD - "SmallfolK"
Hey, Nerds! Denise and Mariah back to talk episode 6 of HOTD and maaaan this was one of our favorites. SeaSmoke letting everyone know he wants ALL the smoke, Daemon FINALLY gets the message, and the Lannisters have always sucked huh? Grab a drink and hit play!
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HOTD - "Regent"
Hey, nerds! Mariah and Denise discuss it all from episode 5. The meats! The schemes! The rat catchers finally came down! Grab a drink and push play.
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HOTD - "The Red Dragon and the Gold"
Well, nerds, the dragon dance has begun :( and Denise, David, and guest nerd, Amber, break down this episode for you with drinks full and spirits high so grab a drink and join us!
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HOTD - "The Burning Mill"
Hey Nerds! Grab a drink and join us as we talk everything from Crispen's wild haircut and black women having to do all the work. Get ready for none of the action you expected and all of the action you never wanted to see!
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House of the Dragon S2E2
Hey Nerds! Denise and Mariah here another week talkin HOTD and the audacity that is running wild in House Green these days. You know the drill...grab a drink and hit play!
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A Son for a Son
It's Vhagar vs Everybody in this season 2 opener for House of the Dragon! Join Mariah and Denise as we dive into this episode to figure out what's up with the puppy punt and who EXACTLY is team green!?
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X-Men '97 Finale and Nerd News
Hey, Nerds! Join David and Denise as they wrap up season 1 of X-Men '97, prove that no matter what your name is, black people will always rename you (sorry, Walton), and get into some nerd news! Gollum hive, we up!
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To me, my X-Men!
Hey, Nerds! We're celebrating X-Men '97 with our inaugural mutant draft. Join Denise, Mariah, and David along with guests Erich and Garrett while we try to figure out who has the best eye for building a mutant team and who picks Gambit for some reason!
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Game Of Thrones in the House of Dragons Draft
Hey Nerds! Get your war room prepped because it's draft day! Denise, Mariah and David have invited Amber and Anyssa to join us as we draft our favorite Game of Thrones characters to celebrate the first trailers released for House of the Dragon season 2!
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And The Award Goes To...
Hey, Nerds! Mariah held us hostage to check out the films nominated for Best Picture ahead of the Oscars and uhhh...there were some clear winners and losers, words of advice from Kirk Lazarus, and a plea for Martin Scorsese.
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Echo
Hey, nerds! It’s episode 50 and we spent it talking Maya, Kingpin, and wondering how the hell echo location works. Check us out on all the things @TheSpiritedNerds!
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Ready Player Four
Hey, nerds we're having a baby! Well Shawna is having a baby but that's the easy part. The hard part is throwing a surprise baby shower on a podcast but we pulled it off. Join us for a discussion around raising nerds, some games, and a pretty bleak reminder that all the dinosaurs are dead :( Rate...
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Loki: Season 2 Unraveled
Hey, nerds! In this episode, Shawna, David, and Denise discuss Loki season 2 and all its gloriousness. While you’re listening, check out our socials (@TheSpiritedNerds) and leave a review!
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Goose and his li'l friends
With great power comes great hijinks where we swap that power with a child and watch what happens. We're back at it, nerds! This week Denise and David hold it down with a little help from our little sister and discuss "The Marvels". Grab your cat, make sure it hasn't eaten your headphones, and…
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Lock 'em up!
This week, David and Denise discuss characters who did something heinous and whether they deserve a slap on the wrist or a stint in Arkham. If you haven't already, leave us a review and subscribe!
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Ghost-Rida
Spooky Season with The Spirited Nerds continues and this week, drinking finally plays off as we review Nicolas Cage's magnum opus, Ghost Rider! Deals with the devil, 11 mph motorcycle accidents, and Sam Elliott cashing a check. This one's a wild ride.
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Constantine
Hey Nerds! We’re kicking of spooky season in style with this cinematic gift from 2005. There’s also some blind ranking fun at the end. Grab and drink and join us!
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Now you see 'em, now you don't
Hey, Nerds! This week, we're talking recasting and the times it goes amazingly well, horribly wrong, and how Great British Bake Off fits in one of these catagories.
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The Flash
The Nerds are talking time travel rules and Bruce Wayne's donation record in this breakdown of The Flash. There's even a quiz at the end so definitely make sure you tune in this week!
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Cena vs The Rock - DC Edition
Hey Nerds! This week this week the hierarchy of power changed and it's Denise and David holding down the fort! We're taking a break from Marvel and 20 hour long movies about Hobbits and starting our DC movie rankings. We're discussing projects from wrestlers turned actors in The Suicide Squad,...
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LOTR - Return of the King
This is it...the final movie in this trilogy and we went out with a bang by watching the extended version. All four hours of it. The only downside? No Bill the Pony. https://linktr.ee/thespiritednerds?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=2103d838-257b-4ee7-925d-8147ac1d8074
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Lord of the Rings - Two Towers
Continuation of our Lord of the Rings coverage. Spoiler, we liked this one muuuch better. Also! We’re going to be leading a panel at DC’s AwesomeCon! Details are in this episode, stop by and say hello!
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Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Hey Nerds! Check out our thoughts on the final time we’ll see this gang fly around Beyoncé’s Galaxy as gang.
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LOTR - Fellowship of the Ring
This week we’re talkin Peter Jackson’s first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and driving Shawna a little crazy while we tackle some hard hitting questions. Does Gandalf ever put the weed down? How come no one kept an eye on Frodo? Why is everything so….white??
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Guilty Pleasures
Hey nerds! This week we talked guilty (or not so guilty) pleasures! What are they? Do they change as we age? Is Bluey a sex fueled drug dealer? Find out this week with the Spirited Nerds!
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Our Take on Fandoms
This week The Spirited Nerds are hangin tough and talking Fandoms! Our origin stories, things we currently obsess over and barriers to Fandom some people experience.
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The Last of Us Part 2
Hey nerds! We're missing black David but we've got a white David to talk about! We're discussing the final 5 episodes of The Last Of Us, autonomy, true blood and basic first aid complete with jingles!
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Antman and the Wasp Quantumania
Denise, Shawna, David, and first time guest Garrett dive into Quantumania to talk the introduction of Kang, our thoughts on Peyton Reed, Freddie Prinze Jr. for some reason and anything else our holes can think of!
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The Last of Us Episodes 1-4
More like The Last of Y’all cause while we disagree often, there is one thing we unanimously agree on. Grab a drink and listen to the nerds discuss our thoughts on episodes 1-4 along with what games we would like to see on the big screen one day!
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Saturday Morning Cartoons
Hey nerds! Go back in time with us as we discuss Saturday morning cartoons. We discuss our favorite shows, an age gaps that put network line ups head to head, a trivia session, and more!
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Kaleidoscope
The Spirited Nerds kicked off the new year with Kaleidoscope! We're talking plot twists! Dirty cops! Unsolicited medical advice! And why no matter what order you watch it in, at some point you're gonna run into a hair piece that will blow your mind!
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Christmas Movie or Nah?
This week The Nerds talk what makes a movie a Christmas movie and Denise shows us why Don Lemon isn't allowed to get drunk on air this year. Overall, is the best Christmas movie episode you're going to hear this season. Did we watch all the movies on the list? No. Were we reasonable and accepting...
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MCU Phase 4 Part 2!
Hey, nerds! This week it's democracy in action as Denise, Shawna and David rank the second half of the MCUs 4th phase. Join us as we calmly and rationally discuss Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Werewolves and much more! Can't stress this enough…calmly and rationally.
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The Boys - The Finale
You just finished watching The Boys over Thanksgiving right? Great! Join Denise, Shawna and David as we play better late than never and recap the final two episodes of the season and tackle some hard hitting questions. Those questions are mostly about Tropic Thunder but we also get into...
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Wakanda Forever!
The black and brown alliance is stronger than ever as the nerds dive into Wakanda Forever! Grab a drink and join us in talking about the film, paying tribute to Chadwick, our new villain, Namor, our new Black Panther, Shuri and our new Mufasa, Ramonda.
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Powered Up!
Very fittingly, and very unplanned, the nerds sipped dark liquor while talking ‘bout powers…the best, the worst, and what we’re doing with them once we get them.
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House of the Dragon - "The Black Queen"
The Nerds gather and raise their glasses to the finale of House of the Dragon. Tune in as they talk through the beginning of the fall of House Targaryen, shouting at their tvs and crying into their cups. RIP to Arrax, Luke, and the hundreds of thousands that lost their lives at the hands of…
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House of the Dragon - "The Green Council"
Time to get it wet! The king is dead and everyone begins showing their true colors (and feet). Join Denise, Shawna, Mariah and David as we dive into the race against time and family that is House of the Dragon episode 9, "The Green Council".
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House of the Dragon - "Lord of the Tides"
Okay...out the gate accidentally called this episode the 1991 romantic drama "The Prince of Tides" which we thought starred Kevin Costner but now realize we were mixing THAT up with "Prince of Thieves". One thing we weren't confused about is this is our favorite episode so far this season and…
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House of the Dragon - "Driftmark"
The Velaryon's just wanted to bury their baby in peace but the King's Krew brought the drama, per usual.
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Come hang out and have a drink with Mariah, Denise, Shawna and David while we chat about the nerd culture that raised us; everything from television, movies, gaming, comic books and the world of collecting.
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