Nerdist Camp

Hello and welcome back to season 2 episode 7 of Nerdist Camp.Today we have all our usual features, a deep dive into our main topic, updates on the world of tech and geekdom, and of course Grainger Things, where we look at the unusual, unexplained or declassified from history.The barracks of the nerdist camp has a sealed perimeter, because we’re deploying into one of the most influential broadcasts in British science-fiction history. Before Doctor Who, and well before the modern era of televised space horror, there was a transmission that rattled living rooms, redefining what science fiction could do on screen: The Quatermass Experiment.First broadcast in 1953, Nigel Kneale’s story follows Professor Bernard Quatermass and his rocket research team as they recover a spacecraft that returns from orbit… and it is not empty. What comes back instead is a cosmic contamination that slowly turns the single survivor into something no longer human.Today we are raiding the archives and inspecting this early Cold War-era nightmare. We’re asking what made this serial so unsettling for its time, how it shaped decades of British genre storytelling, and why its influence still echoes through modern sci-fi and horror. So fall in and keep your comms open—and welcome to Nerdist Camp.We’ll look at how it moved from TV to film, from B&W to colour, and why it’s still one of the best British Science Fiction franchises. Related Media You Might LikeThe Stone Tape (BBC, 1972) — Kneale's other masterpiece, ghosts as recordings in stoneBeasts (ATV, 1976) — Kneale anthology, includes the brilliant "Baby"Threads (1984) — not Kneale, but the natural endpoint of British apocalyptic TVGhostwatch (1992) — owes its DNA to Kneale's mockumentary instinctsAtomfall (2025) — Rebellion's post-apocalyptic videogame, openly Kneale-influencedMark Gatiss's various documentaries on British horror and ghost storiesLinks to things we talked about:The Cold War Nuclear TowerQuatermass — WikipediaNigel Kneale — WikipediaThe Quatermass Experiment (1953) — WikipediaQuatermass and the Pit — WikipediaBFI Nigel Kneale collectionEDC Belt Pouch (various colours)Spitfire notebookSwan Nordic air coolerThis fortnight we are recommendingKris:This is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist (BBC iPlayer)Nuclear War: A Scenario, by Annie Jacobson (Penguin)Once Upon a Time in the West…Country, by Tony Hawks (Audible)Andi:The Pitt - HBO MaxFor All Mankind season 5 - Apple TVProject Hail Mary - home releaseThe Expanse (Prime Video)Quatermass and the Pit - JustWatchWar of the worldsThanks for listening, see you next time, under the canvas!If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all know a good film when we see one. And we sure as hell know a bad one when we see one. But some films go deeper than that. Some films challenge the boundaries of good or bad. For some films, quality doesn’t matter, especially if they don’t age well. Some films are not about the content, the acting, the dated SFX. Some films transcend that to become part of our very being, the films that define and route us in a moment from our past. Yes, today we’re not talking about the greatest films of all time (although we may think they are), today we’re talking about the films that mean something to us. The films that transport us to a time in our lives when they meant something to us. Today Andi and I look at our very personal Top 5 Films, what they mean to us, and why quality is irrelevant when a film is part of your soul. You'll have to listen to the episode, of course, to find out what we chose!This fortnight we are recommendingAndi:For All Mankind season 5. Incredible.S4: The Bob Lazar StoryKate Nash on Davina Macoll’s podcast “Beginning Again”Kris:Untold: Chess Mates (Netflix)Links mentioned in this episodeSci-Fi Graveyard (10 Classic Sci-Fi films that define the genre, but you probably missed). S4: The Bob Lazar StoryVoyager 1Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer - YouTubeUK powers on supercomputer that runs 21 quintillion operations/secBluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours | Tom's HardwareOlight 19th Anniversary Sale: Baton Pro Ultra and an ArkLite Pro Ultra. DAP (Mp3 player): Hiby R4 If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever had one of those holidays where you’re all stuck in a caravan together, with the environment outside being so hostile that you daren't venture out? As if that wasn’t bad enough, just as you’re heading to your destination, the toilet backs up. Well, imagine that scenario but instead you’re orbiting the moon, and they haven’t even given you a bunk bed! Yes, it’s been 50 years, but finally, we’ve been back to the Moon!For the first time in over fifty years, four humans have successfully flown around the Moon. NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1st, 2026, and this week the crew completed their lunar flyby, breaking the all-time record for the furthest any human has ever been from Earth. They're currently on their way home. So what actually happened up there, why did it take this long to get back, and what does it all mean for the future of human space exploration?Related Media You Might LikeFor All Mankind (Apple TV+) — alternate history where the Space Race never ended. Excellent.Apollo 13 — still holds up, and weirdly relevant given the distance record connection.NASA+ / NASA YouTube — the live flyby coverage was genuinely worth watching.The Martian (Ridley Scott, 2015) — if the Moon conversation leads to Mars.The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983)NewsProject Hail Mary cinema successNick Pope, UK UFO expert passed awayClaude: We formed Project Glasswing because of capabilities we’ve observed in a new frontier model trained by Anthropic that we believe could reshape cybersecurity. Claude Mythos2 Preview is a general-purpose, unreleased frontier model that reveals a stark fact: AI models have reached a level of coding capability where they can surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities.Grainger ThingsWhen Soviet Youth Bootlegged Western Rock Music on Discarded X-Rays: Hear Original Audio Samples | Open CultureSo yeah, you could listen to The Beatles “I’m looking through you”, whilst having an X-Ray of someone’s broken bones on the turntable. This fortnight we are recommendingAndi:See how far you’ve travelled through space so far in your lifetime - Cosmic Odometer - Space Travel CalculatorBBC Audio | 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis IIFoundation, Apple TVShrinking season 3Kris:Public Service Broadcasting - The Race for SpacePink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1972)Tangerine Dream - ZeitMichael Jackson: An American Tragedy (BBC iplayer)“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)Apple tuned 50 on 1st of April (Apple: The First 50 Years: Amazon.co.uk)Portmeirion turned 100 on 2nd of April (Sir Clough Williams-Ellis)Links mentioned in this episodeHow a piece of military tech changed music forever - YouTubeProject Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era \ AnthropicOstation Pro 2 (Battery charging, testing and management)ISS Live Now (Mac)ISS Live Now (Android, also available as a Family version)NASA TV (YouTube)If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s lonely out in space. It’s lonelier when you’re a plant-loving hippy and the rest of the crew not only hate you, but they’re totally indifferent about soil, plants and wildlife. When you’re only friends are droids and plants, but you feel like the one man to save what’s left of the Earth, in the hope that one day, there might be trees, lakes and nature there once again. Today we trade the Nerdist Camp tent for a dome. So grab your watering can, load up the buggy, grab Huey, Dewey and Louis and head for the biodomes, but not too fast mind! For today we take a deep dive into the film, and the legacy of its message. Yes, today we look at Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 hippy epic, Silent Running. This fortnight we are recommendingKris:Mike and the Mechanics debut album (featuring Silent Running). Crime Next Door: The Cop, The Kidnap and the Killer (good time to explain family links to this story - Higley and the break-in at the flat). WangsplainingOnce We Were SpacemenAndi:Paradise - Disney+Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Apple TVScrubs, season 10 on Disney+ (Kris interject with The Roses mistaken identity story, Brooklin 99)How To Get To Heaven From Belfast - NetflixDisclosure Day - new trailerIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever worried about being scared by the ghosties, or grabbed by the ghoulies? Then today might be the chance you’ve been looking for to rip the covers off the mystery, or just stay away from that trap door.Ghost hunting has exploded in popularity over the last couple of decades, largely thanks to TV shows like Most Haunted, Ghost Adventures, and more recently countless YouTube and TikTok creators wandering around dark buildings with gadgets. But as the hobby has grown, so has the market for ghost hunting equipment, and that now includes a whole world of smartphone and tablet apps that claim to detect spirits, translate their words, or even display them on screen. So how much of this is genuine investigation, and how much is entertainment dressed up as evidence?NewsThere’s a tiny digital camera inside these retro 35mm film rolls | The VergeGhosts TV sitcom brought back to life as a feature film - BBC NewsThis fortnight we are recommendingKris:The Roses (Jay Roach, 2025)You Heard It Here First (Chris Macausland, BBC Sounds). Ghost radio - Leopoldo GoutHunting Ghosts with Gatiss & ColesThe Anglesey Vampire Killer (Crime Next Door, BBC Sounds)A Ghost Story for ChristmasAndi:The CreatorThe Last Frontier - Apple TVThe Mothman Prophecies - JustWatchRichard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf - podcast (writer of the Mothman Prophecies screenplay)Hannah Fry - AI ConfidentialKatee Sachoff Show - BSG rewatchLinksSandi Toksvig Billy Bragg records a radio broadcast and hears something very strange on Sandi's live show.If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Nerdist Camp.Today we look at an uplifting topic, and hopefully we’ll have a filling that’s not just a load of hot air. If you’ve ever been to an American Football game in the states, or grew up in the UK in the 70s, then you’ll know exactly what we mean. They’ve been the things of dreams, and the things of nightmares. They can be uplifting or a sign of dread. Some are luxurious and made for tourists, and some are completely functional. What is their continued appeal, and why do the bad guys seem to like them so much? This may seem like an odd topic for us to cover, but as you know, we’re planning to do some deeper dives into topics this season, so it should be a “Good Year!”Yes, today we invite you to come “up, up and away in our beautiful balloon,” as we take a deep-dive into…Airships. Airships in filmsBlack Sunday (1977)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)A View to a Kill (1985)Blade Runner (1982)Castle in the Sky (1986)Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)Charlie Chan at the OlympicsThe Golden Compass (2007)Metropolis (1927)This fortnight we are recommendingKris:Seven Days on MarsJohn Gacy drama ITVX (tbc)The Carman Family Deaths (Netflix)Andi:Smoke & Mirrors + Other Things- The Eden HouseIt got suggested after listening to The Mission. It’s a collaborative music project, tons of people, lavish, brooding. Nice. Julian Regan features on one track. Halt & Catch Fire, - ITVXDeparture - NetflixLinks mentioned in this episodeThe Island at the Top of the WorldThe Rocketeer, Airship Explosion Black Sunday (1977)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)A View to a Kill (1985)Blade Runner (1982)Castle in the Sky (1986)Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)Charlie Chan at the OlympicsThe Golden Compass (2007)Metropolis (1927)Wikipedia - Detailed History of AirshipsHindenburg radio coverageThe Lincolnshire Poacher - Radio StationThe Pink Floyd AirshipRare Airship PhotosIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, and welcome to the first episode of season 2 of Nerdist Camp. We have a slight gear change this season as we head full on into 2026. This season we’re going to focus less on genres and overviews of topics we love, and we’re going to be taking a deeper dive into specific films, books, TV, music etc. Liked Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, and Captain Scarlet, but couldn’t get past the marionettes? Ever thought, those scale scene models are wasted on puppets, they should make a real science-fiction. Then look no further, for today we have you covered. In a series where Gerry Anderson takes the action and replaces lumber for luvvies, we look at UFO, the 1970 live action series that would combine model work with, some would say, acting more wooden than the puppets, and would only run for one season. Was it the Firefly of its day, or should it be filed away?UFO is available to watch, for free, now on ITVXUFO Episode List (original production order):1. Identified 2. Exposed 3. The Cat with Ten Lives 4. Conflict 5. A Question of Priorities 6. E. S. P. 7. Kill Straker! 8. Sub-Smash 9. Destruction 10. The Square Triangle 11. Close Up 12. The Psycho bombs 13. Survival14. Mindbender15. Flight Path 16. The Man Who Came Back17. The Dalotek Affair18. Time lash19. Ordeal20. Court Martial21. Computer Affair 22. Confetti Check A- OK. 23. The Sound of Silence 24. Reflections in the Water 25. The Responsibility Seat 26. The Long SleepThis is the order they were shown in on ATV in the Midlandsbut every broadcaster showed them in a different sequence.First broadcast: 16th September 1970 Last of run: 7th August 1971.NewsJohn Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.John Carpenter's 'The Thing' Has Been Added to the National Film Registry - Bloody DisgustingThis fortnight we are recommendingKris:Death Cap: The Mushroom MurdersWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryThe Secret Service (ITVX)Alien Earth soundtrack (Jeff Russo). I got the limited edition vinyl with the cellulose cover. Andi:Shrinking - Apple TVRelinq - Convert Music Links Between Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube Music'Bigfoot' sighting at Staffordshire beauty spot as dad says 'it moved so fast' - Stoke-on-Trent LiveFlying Toasters Screensaver — Classic After Dark ReturnsStar Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+MAN MACHINE - NEW NIGHTMARES SEASON C4. 1993 - YouTubeThe first of three documentaries transmitted in 1993, in conjunction with the MOVIE NIGHTMARES film season in which artists, scientists and writers offer insights into their vision of the future. MAN-MACHINE looks at the latest developments in artificial intelligence, robotics and plastic surgery. Contributions from `cyber-punk' authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, artist Hr Giger, scientist Marvin Minsky (Head of Computing at MIT) and Dr Joseph Rosen, leading exponent of 'virtual reality' surgery.“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)40 years since Challenger (28th January)Brief clip of Childrens BBC Newround show breaking Challenger Shuttle disaster news - YouTubeIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello there and welcome to a very special bonus episode of Nerdist Camp. I'm joined by my regular partner in crime, the ying to my yang, the Mulder to my Skully, the sausage to my squishy buns, Andi Elliot.Welcome to our review of 2025. We'll take a look back at the episodes of the year, the topics we covered, and we look if anything we talked about needs updating.We're also going to read out some listener's comments that have come into the show, so thanks to everyone who has contributed to those, and we'll be looking if we have anything further to add, or any updates on the topics we covered.We'll also look forward to next year, the topics we will be covering, the features we'll keep, and those we might drop in order to focus on the bits we all love.Our 2025 Episodes:Science fiction  Computer Games  Bond, James Bond  80s Gameshows  Disaster Movies  Nuclear Disasters  AI  Board Games  The Promise of Space The War of The Worlds  UFO!  Titanic  Heist Movies  Adult Fans of Lego (AFoL)  Music Formats and the Rise of Digital  John Carpenter  Bunkers & The Cold War  Bear with me, it's good (films you might give a miss that are worth the time)  Christmas Films  Christmas ToysTech newsMeet the Archival ‘Magician’ Restoring Massively Degraded Tape Recordings Before They’re Lost to TimeDisney Brings Olaf to Life: The Engineering Marvel Behind a Walking, Talking Robot | The NeuronGoogle Gemini Is Taking Control of Humanoid Robots on Auto Factory Floors | WIREDIn partnership with Boston Dynamics, using their Atlas robotBlu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 | Tom's HardwareAccording to Wikipedia various dates are mentioned, but a lot happened in 2006.The first Blu-ray Disc titles were released on June 20, 2006: 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Hitch, House of Flying Daggers, Underworld: Evolution, xXx (all from Sony), and MGM's The Terminator. The earliest releases used MPEG-2 video compression, the same method used on standard DVDs. The first releases using the newer VC-1 and AVC formats were introduced in September 2006.This fortnight we are recommendingKris:BBC Radio 4 - One Person Found This Helpful - Frank Skinner.  Route MastersThe War of the Worlds - Graphic Novel (Kindle: Dobbs, Cifuentes) - 99p  Titanic Sinks Tonight - BBC iPlayerAndi:Carry On Up The Podcast Susan Calman and podcaster and journalist Mike Muncer as they embark on a bumpy chronological journey through every film in the iconic 'Carry On' series...from 'Sergeant' to 'Columbus' via 'Screaming' and 'Camping'! As well as reviewing and ranking each film in the series, Susan and Mike will be discussing the lives and careers of its iconic stars, from Sid James to Kenneth Williams to Barbara Windsor. Deepest Dive - Podcasts on AudibleIn light of the renewed robotic search for MH370 (The company is best known for providing the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust with submersible experts and underwater robots that helped to locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance in 2022).Was it one of the largest ever acts of mass murder, a hijacking that went wrong, or was it something less sinister like technical failure? Co-presented by journalist and broadcaster Jana Wendt and Peter Waring a former Australian naval officer who worked on the search. It re-examines the evidence and tells the inside story of those whose lives have been consumed by aviation’s most perplexing mystery.Dealgorithmed × 001 • Buttondown, a newsletter about the web“The web is still a fucking awesome place. Sure, you can spend an hour doomscrolling Instagram, but you can also browse antique maps and atlases, play delightful word games, watch mesmerizing wind patterns simulations, listen to radio stations from all over the world, generate wacky typographic animations, or learn how to survive a drone.”If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all remember and know that feeling, not being able to get to sleep the night before due to the pure excitement, the nervousness, the anticipation. Will Santa get it right? Has he listened to what you said when you met him in the shopping centre, on the train, or at the local village hall? Did he read that letter, and did Bernard (head elf), put you on the naughty or nice list? How will he get them down the chimney, and what brand of mince pies does he prefer? So I hope you’re all listening, tucked up in your beads, having been very good boys and girls this year, as we take the wrapper off today’s episode, will it deliver joy and lifelong memories, or will it break straight away or just not come with the batteries? Yes, today we talk about that most wonderful, acquisitional time of the year, those Christmas toys that we loved as a kid, and that we still buy for ourselves as a bigger kid! Today we look at Christmas Toys, old and new. Tech newsRussian cosmodrome platform collapse 20 ton. Pin forgottenNew Tomb Raider games - legacy of Atlantis (TR1) and new game set now. Young Lara and modern LaraThis fortnight we are recommendingMr Inbetween, Disney+Colin From AccountsBBC model shopWe’ll be back with a new Season on the 9th Jan so look out for us then! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas, well nearly. Yes it’s the run up to the silly season. Whether you’re of the religious persuasion or not, it’s still a time when there might be something interesting on telly, when you might get something you want, and will probably get things you don’t, when you can go “well tacky” with the decorations and completely get away with it and when you can over-eat and over-drink because, let’s face it, the diet is in January!So grab that box of pretzels, the matchmakers, after eights and the Elizabeth Shaw mints, the Celebrations and the Doritos with the regrettably hot dip and slump into your chair, ready to be entertained whilst you much away in your ironically funny Christmas Jumper, even though you’ve just eaten 3 courses of unbelievably rich food, because today, we’re looking at Christmas Films:Tech newsDisney OpenAI DealMcDonalds pulls AI advertGemini gaining on ChatGPT (650 vs 80p million users)This fortnight we are recommendingKris:The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo (Netflix, 2025)Inside Job: Animated Comedy Series (Netflix, 2022)Thanks to Andi, loving Man on the Inside and Future ManJust started Season 3 of Resident Alien on Now TV. Kit Betts-Masters (e-ink reviews)Anthony Marinelli Music (hightly recommend the videos on scoring Wargames and Blue Thunder)Andi:Memento Mori: Mexico City - Depeche Mode (concert film and live album)Landman - Paramount+Tested.com - the favourite things videos. Adam, Norm, CayteIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes there's a film, a film that just chimes with you. Sometimes it's a low budget indie production, shot on a shoestring. Sometimes it's a triple A Hollywood production with a bigger marketing budget than it probably pulled back in release sales. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's that obscure film that you missed the first time around, but once you found it, you just can't live without it in your life. Yes, today we look at those films that are either so bad, that they're actually good, or are hidden or massively underrated gems, that have gained a cult following fire to their utterly unappreciated brilliance. Or, they’re just bad but we love them anyway - a celebration of those weird, awkwardly-shaped films that for some reason just stick with you. There will be honourable mentions, there might be disagreements. Either way it’s a Battle Royale at the Camp!This fortnight we are recommendingKris:Rainy Sunday Afternoon, the Divine Comedy.The Monster of Florence Among Us: Crewmate Edition.Andi:A Man On The Inside, season 2Obligatory Stranger Things mention. Not bothered, but I’ll probably enjoy it. Bit like that long planned event you know you have to go to.The Reunion - The Commitments - BBC SoundsWar Of The Worlds - The Concert TourLinksWizard of Oz at the SphereIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some days, the news cycle alone makes a windowless concrete box 20 feet underground sound like a five-star spa. If I hear one more story about Putin's shirtless fishing trips, Trump’s latest bid to annex a golf course, or receive another passive-aggressive email from Heather in HR (“Just circling back”), I swear I’m digging a tunnel straight to my Cold War fallout bunker. Honestly, it’s starting to look like the only sane option. Give me 500 tins of baked beans, 300 cans of prunes in syrup (for that gourmet doom cuisine), a lifetime supply of toilet paper, and a hamster named Sir Whiskerstein powering my vintage record player. I’ll be down there listening to ABBA’s greatest hits while the surface world fights over the last Toblerone Dark, like it’s the Ring of Power. Call it escapism, call it nerdcore survivalism, call it time to actually get some peace and quiet, but whatever you call it, it’s time to crawl out through the fallout baby as today we look at cold war nuclear bunkers…This week we are recommendingKris:Once Upon A Time in SpaceDaisy May & Charlie Cooper's NightwatchMonster: The Ed Gein StoryEd Byrne Needs a New HobbyThreads BBCAlpaka Clutch - Daily CarryOlight Pens & TorchesAndi:Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Cylon Models with Battlestar Galactica's Aaron Douglas! - YouTubeFallout Season 2 Trailer: Lucy and Ghoul Prepare for War in New VegasMonarch: Legacy Of Monsters, season 2 teaserFUTURE MAN S1 Official TrailerSilo — Official Trailer | Apple TV - YouTubeGenesis - No admittance (1991) Remastered - YouTubeOnce We Were Spacemen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts28DaysLater Urban Exploring ForumsPlayPhrase.me: Site for cinema archaeologists.LinksKrisAlpaka - Zip ClutchOlight: Pens, Torches & EDC accessoriesIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Halloween approaches, and we leave behind the 50th Anniversary of Spielberg’s two-note themed horror epic Jaws, we look at another director, one with many iconic horror films under his belt, and one who is not shy of using the two-note theme tune. A Director who has become synonymous with this time of year , but who has also taken us to outer planets as well. A director who is as well known for also creating the soundtracks to his films, as the films themselves. So get ready for Halloween, look out to that Dark Star and hope that, if that Thing comes to get you, you’ll be able to Escape from New York. If you haven't guess already, in honour of Halloween, this week we take a deep dive into the career of John Carpenter.Tech newsAmazon glassesThis week we are recommendingKris:Dark Star (1974).The Penguin LessonsChrome: Dark Reader extension. Andi:Slow Horses, Apple TV+Love, Death + Robots - The Other Large Thing - NetflixThe Rise of the Synths - WikipediaSend your name around the Moon on Artemis II Send Your Name to SpaceHow to Beat ChatGPT: How to Not Say AI killed my job. eBook : Nicholas Bate  - Kindle StoreLinksMoontrap (1988) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] - YouTubeBanned in the 80s: Moments That Shook Music - BBC iPlayerJohn Carpenter on Live Concerts, Unreleased Projects and Love for CinemaIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Episode 15 of Nerdist Camp. Yes, we built this episode from scratch, it was a stream of consciousness, so crank up the handle as we take you for a spin on a voyage of disc-covery which you may like a bit if you can work out the algorithm. It’s gonna be a reel joy, but I won’t give you any spoolers just yet, so lets cue the tape and hit record…If you haven’t guessed it already, this episode we’re talking about all things music formats. Tech newsSpotify to add AIAll the gearElgato bought out a bigger prompter (Why?)This week we are recommendingKris:Monster: The Ed Gein StoryPSB Night Flight, The Last Flight remixesExcitedly awaiting the new Tron Ares soundtrackAndiDiscover. Track. Share. - TraktThe Orb - ‘Buddhist Hipsters” Tron AresWatch Drew: The Man Behind the Poster | Prime Video (Drew passed on 13th October)Celebrity Traitors on BBCMerlin’s Café Bar | Birmingham’s Alternative Bar & Restaurant – Cocktails, Food & Events LinksHow a Suzanne Vega Song Helped Create the MP3Suzanne Vega - Reverse MP3Spotify to add AIIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we were building this episode, it took a while to find all the pieces. We knew what the finished thing should look like, but we had to lay all the components on the table and figure out if any pieces were missing. As we assembled the episode, it slowly snapped together. We may have been bricking it at one point, but eventually we could see it coming together and were glad we paid the price. Now everything is awesome. If you haven't guessed already, today we're talking about Denmark’s biggest export, no it's not Sandi Toksvig, it's Lego!Tech newsAmazon announcementsSora by OpenAIGrainger ThingsAll the gearDo I need another e-ink tablet? (Yes, yes I do). I’ve never (confessions)Kris: Seen Hackers, oops!Andi: This week we are recommendingKris:reMarkable Paper Pro Move Anker chargersDead Man Running (BBC Sounds)Tron 4K remasters. Andi:The Morning Show (The Morning Show Season 1 Trailer)Nick Warren’s new album ‘Turbulence’ - Inside 'Turbulence': Nick Warren’s first solo flight - Electronic GrooveSlow Horses — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTubeExtreme E (3 minute highlight Grand Final Highlights | R.01 2024 Desert X Prix | Extreme E - YouTube)Desert Island Discs - Michael Sheen, actor - BBC SoundsMaking a Vogon spaceship from Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy out of toys and junk - YouTubeLinks⛓️🔗🖇️Tom's Guide - Amazon EventIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we’re planning a score of our own. Every good heist story starts with assembling the team — and lucky for you, we’ve got just the right mix of brains, charm, and ok, maybe a touch of chaos. We’ll walk through the meticulous rehearsal, the nail-biting nerves before the job, and that perfect moment when everything clicks like clockwork… until it doesn’t. Because in every great heist film, there’s always a spanner in the works. Will we get away clean, sipping cocktails on a beach somewhere? Or will we be telling this story from behind bars? Stick around — because in this episode, we’re cracking open the vaults of the greatest heist movies.This week we are recommendingKris:Only Murders in the Building Season 5The Last of Us (late to the party with this one)FalloutDavid Gilmour at Circus Maximus. Andi:MusicBox: Save Music for Later on iOS/macOS. ‎Watch Pilot - Acapulco (Series 1, Episode 1) - Apple TV+ (UK)Epic Ride review | Epic Universe docuseries on PeacockGoldenEye 30th AnniversaryFilmumentaries – Podcasts * Documentaries * BooksMark Ronson has a new book out - Mark Ronson on being a night person - and Lady Gaga trashing his car - BBC NewsLinksArticle on Huntington's TreatmentIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today Andi takes a deep dive into the discovery of the world's most famous shipwreck, so grab your first class tickets and get ready to join us on a voyage of discovery as we plunge the depths of our knowledge to mark 40 years since the discovery of the wreck on the 1st of September…Titanic (launched 1912) was the second of 3 Olympic class ships - she had two sisters, the Olympic (launched first in 1911) and Britannic (1915)We take a deep dive into the projects to try and find and observe her, some successful, some disasterous, some so close, but no cigar. We discuss the technologies developed for the search and the films that have been inspired by the most famous of all shipping disasters. This week we are recommendingKris:Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)Resident Alien (Netflix)The Staedtler Norris Digital Jumbo Stylus (Amazon: also available as a thinner, longer version, without the eraser)The Odessa File, blu ray (Amazon)Black Sunday, blu ray (Amazon)Andi:Lee - Sky Movies/NowTells the life story of war photographer Lee Miller (played by Kate Winslet)The Jezabels, “Prisoner” (album, 2011)BBC Radio 4 - Forest 404Forest 404 was a science fiction podcast produced by the BBC that starred Pearl Mackie. The series debuted in 2019 on BBC Sounds and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The 27-part show was composed of nine narrative episodes, each accompanied by a soundscape and a discussion on the show's themes. The story was written by Timothy X Atak, and the theme music was by Bonobo.The narrative of the show follows a data analyst named Pan who lives in a dystopian 24th century. Pan is tasked with cataloguing and deleting the remaining audio from before a global catastrophe. While reviewing the audio, she discovers recordings of the natural world and finds that they have a profound effect on whoever listens to them. LinksGoliath Awaits - WikipediaIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the podcast where we set up camp at the crossroads of curiosity and the stories that won’t stop haunting us.Today, we’re talking about UFOs, lights in the sky, strange happenings and alien abductions. Why do so many people claim to have seen strange lights, saucer shaped craft, lost hours of time, or even been taken aboard for probing?Is it evidence of extraterrestrial contact... or are the answers closer to Earth?We’ll discuss psychological theories to ask which one explains why people say they’ve been abducted by aliens. Is it temporary illness, mass hysteria, or is it something simpler — a desperate need for attention, weaving a fantasy around a script we’ve all learned from books and movies? Or have they indeed been taken in the night?Grab your flashlight, because here on Nerdist Camp, we’re investigating all things unidentified, unexplained and unclassified after 50 years. Film and TV we discussed:Travis Walton / Fire In The SkyWhitley Strieber / CommunionGerry Anderson UFOHeaven’s Gate cultDark SkiesThe X FilesClose encounters of the Third KindContact SignsDistrict 9The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, 2008)This Island EarthThis week we are watching and recommend:Kris:Alien Earth (Disney+)Unsolved Mysteries (2024, Netflix) (V3E2, Something in the Sky, V5E4, The Roswell UFO Incident).Encounters (2023, Netflix).Batman & Robin - Sun Ra. Opeth - Ghost ReveriesPhilip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof. Andi:Alien EarthPlatonic - Apple TV+Resident Alien (Sky/Now)“Leaving Through The Window” - Something CorporateLinks, so far:ʻOumuamua - Wikipedia'Oumuamua - NASA ScienceGrainger TaylorIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The War of The WorldsWelcome back to Nerdist Camp. This week Andi and Kris discuss the H.G. Wells' classic, The War of The Worlds. We'll look at how we first encountered it and the many adaptations, both good and bad, that have followed.Some of the topics:"Why has there never been a good version set in the original time period? Doesn't seem to be a problem with Charles Dickens".HG Wells novella, to Orson Welles’ radio drama that scared a nation, to movie, to Spielberg movie, to 1970s concept album, and countless tv remakes, the War of the Worlds has undergone numerous adaptations and continues to inspire and perplex us today.No one would have believed, in the last years of the 1970s, that a TV composer who wrote arrangements for David Essex would put together a cast including Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington and Chris Thompson. Few men even considered the possibilities of trying to sync up two analogue 24 track machines, and then getting the mix of the second half accidently shredded, and using synthesisers, a string section, electric musicians and a saucepan, and turning what was meant to be a single, into an LP, then a double album. And yet, at Advision Studios and Abbey Road, a mind immeasurably superior to ours, regarded this task as something in his stride, and slowly, and surely, he fueled our imaginations.This week we are recommending:Kris:Stolen: Heist of the Century, Netflix.These Wires Are Live: A Celebration of Electricity Pylons (2024) (Mark Campbell with music by Jeremy Wahab) on Talking Pictures TVs encore service, Freeview channel 82.Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues.Storm Corrosion (Steve Wilson & MIKAEL AKERFELDT). Andi:The Cure, ‘Mixes Of A Lost World’ Preorder of Hackers (30th anniversary 4k rescan, Iain Softley and Mark Kermode commentaries)Missions - BBC Four. French sci-fi, very cool.If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 50s with the launch of Sputnik 1, we saw the birth of a new era of optimism, with the promise of a new frontier for exploration, re-population and adventure. A chance to move out from the bounds of the Earth and to explore new territories with abundant and plentiful resources, to colonise new planets and moons and to take man further than he had ever been before. The 60s saw the presence of man in space, and in 69 a man would set foot on the moon. In this episode, we look at the optimism of this period, the endless possibilities afforded by our own imagination and some of the promises of science fiction. Some of those dreams came true, but some also turned into tragedy.. We’ll explore where popular culture meets science, we’ll look at the history of the space race and the films and music that have helped to drive it. We’ll discuss some highs and lows and ask the question, what’s next?Things we mentioned:MusicPublic Service Broadcasting – The Race for SpaceB12 – Space AgeSun Ra – Space Is the PlaceSheldon Allman – Folk Songs for the 21st CenturyLes Baxter – Space EscapadeMike Oldfield – Songs of Distant EarthThe Alan Parsons Project – I, RobotBrian Eno – Apollo: Atmospheres and SoundtracksPink Floyd – The Dark Side of the MoonTangerine Dream – ZeistJean-Michel Jarre – Rendez-vous (Connection to Ron McNair/Challenger and Houston concert)Hydrus - Midnight in SpaceIslands in Space - LightdreamsFilms & TVBrazilBlade RunnerThe JetsonsThe IncrediblesFor All Mankind (alt-history)Tomorrowland (honourable mention - chrome fin future, “Yesterday’s Tomorrow - Disney’s Magical Mid-Century” book)Space Race (BBC documentary) - digital effects designer / digital effects artist on two episodes was Gareth Edwards (Rogue One)GamesBioshockDestroy All HumansFalloutVoid BastardsLinksWest Wing Galileo What's Next - YouTubeNASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations | WIREDhttp://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022225a-apollo-1-documentary-premiere.htmlSpaceflight Now | STS-27 Legendary commander tells story of shuttle's close callChallenger Disaster: Lost Tapes | Disney+Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century: Amazon.co.ukBringing Columbia HomeIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Nerdist Camp—the podcast where pop culture, curiosity, and a little bit of caffeine collide! I’m your host, and your banker, and your dungeon master, and today we’re rolling the dice on a topic near and dear to our nerdy little hearts: board games! In this episode, we’re taking a journey through time—starting with one of the original board games, chess, then marching our counters through classics like Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit and Ludo, and then settling into the golden age of tabletop with modern marvels like Catan, Pandemic, and Ticket to Ride.So grab your favorite snacks, shuffle up your cards, rattle your dice, and try not to flip the table—because at Nerdist Camp, we play to learn, to laugh, and sometimes to totally overthink a game about collecting plastic pieces of pie. Let’s get rolling!This week we are recommendingKris: Deep Sea Adventure (Board Game)Pan Am (Board Game)Back to the Future (Funko Board Game)Alien: Fate of the Nostromo (Board Game)The Vault (Netflix) Grenfell Uncovered Ara San Juan: The Submarine that disappeared. Mike Oldfield- Hergest Ridge Squid Game 3AndorAndi:Titan - NetflixDeep Blue Sea (Renny Harlin, 1999)13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle - The Space Shuttle - Introducing: The Space Shuttle - BBC SoundsIn related news, When We Were ShuttleProject Hail Mary - Official Trailer - YouTube - based on a book by Andy Weir (The Martian)Somebody Feed Phil on NetflixJaws: The Restoration (1975) Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Universal Studios - YouTube (8 minutes)AI & I podcast by a publication called Every (not the “delivery” company)LinksInkarnate - Create Fantasy Maps OnlineNerdForge - I Built a Coffee Table with a Library Inside - YouTubeHow Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’ | WIREDIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the weekly campfire where geeks come to roast marshmallows and tell tall tales of tech. I'm your host, Andi, here with my co-host, Kris. This week we're looking at how science fiction has become science fact— we're talking artificial intelligence.Remember "Supertoys Last All Summer Long"—the short story that inspired Spielberg’s A.I. movie? Once upon a time, intelligent machines were the stuff of speculative fiction. But fast forward to now, and artificial intelligence isn't just on movie screens—it's writing stories, diagnosing diseases,  and maybe even crafting this podcast intro... Could you tell? Did you hear the em-dash?So whether you’re team robo apocalypse or team angelic Alexa, settle in and here we go.This week we are recommendingKris:The Tylenol MurdersLast Stop LarrimahLouder MilkKleoAndi:Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and DonaldChesney Hawkes - Sliding Doors PodcastClueless with Heidi Gardner - Blank Check with Griffin & David - Apple PodcastsDopesick | Disney+The Dropout | Disney+LinksHow Robots and AI Are Changing Farming - YouTubeThe Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government | WIREDAI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environmentVatican City Is Now Powered By Solar - CleanTechnicaKagi SearchIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello there and welcome back to Nerdist Camp where I, Kris Grainger and my partner in Crime, Kyle to my Cartman if you will, Andi Elliott discuss all things nerdy and geeky, basically, things that make us tick and notch up the interest gauge into the red. This week’s topic is all things nuclear that have gone wrong, so let's crack out the geiger counter and hurriedly scout around the cupboard for the iodine as we look at all things that can kill you, without necessarily going boom!We discuss nuclear accidents, safety concerns, historical incidents, military nuclear disasters, radiation exposure, whistleblowing, environmental contamination and film adaptations of true events.LinksTherac-25 - WikipediaTherac 25 - Kyle Hill videoDisaster at Silo 7 - WikipediaExploring an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant - YouTubeManhattan Season 1 | Prime VideoPhysicality: the new age of UISandi Toksvig - Ghost encounter Kris recommends:Explorer from Another World - MovieDepartment Q on NetflixAtomfallAndi recommends:The Vast of Night | Prime VideoThe Irrepressible Pancho Barnes | National Air and Space MuseumRematch | Disney+Prime Video: Clarkson's Farm – Season 4Better Call Dave - This American LifeIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey welcome back to Nerdist Camp — the podcast where we get as nerdy as you possibly can without busting a blood vessel.I’m your camp captain, Andi, and this week I’m huddling around the proverbial campfire with Kris Grainger, right before it gets doused by a tidal wave, buried by lava, or sucked up into a category five twister — that’s right: we’re talking disaster movies.From the 1970s golden age — and by “golden,” I mean “everyone is screaming in bell bottoms” — we’ll relive classics like Airport 1970 (the one that started it all), The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake.Then we fast-forward to the 1990s, when disaster movies came back louder, dumber, and somehow sweatier: Volcano gave us Tommy Lee Jones fighting lava, Twister gave us flying cows, Dante’s Peak gave us Grandma boiling in a lake.And we’ve got to talk about the spoof that managed to both parody and perfect the disaster genre… Airplane! It’s the film that reminded us that the most important thing in a crisis is to stay calm, and most importantly, ‘don’t call me Shirley.’Why do we love watching things go catastrophically, explosively, absurdly wrong? Is it the spectacle? The heroic last-second saves? Or just that weird part of the human brain that thinks, ‘You know what would make this airplane ride better? An engine fire and a nun with a guitar.’So grab your emergency supplies — a flashlight, bottled water, and your most mel-o-dramatic inner monologue — and join us for this episode of Nerdist Camp.Links to things we waffled about:Top 30 70s Disaster FilmsThe Big BusEngineers revive 'dead' thrusters on Voyager spacecraft 24 billion kilometres from EarthCrime Next Door podcastStereolab’s new albumCal the Stourbridge artistMorcheeba, Escape The ChaosMurderbotLong Way HomeIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we say Gronda Gronda listeners as we are nerding about challenge-based adventure shows that were popular on British television, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. The Adventure Game, The Crystal Maze, Knightmare, The Krypton Factor, Treasure Hunt, and Fortboyard. What do they have in common you ask? Each show features participants undergoing physical, mental, or problem-solving challenges in a structured or fantastical setting. Its like doing a puzzle whilst solving a riddle, while you’re in a maze with other people, on a travelator, and on telly.These shows appealed to all ages, focusing on puzzle-solving skills rather than trivia knowledge. They transformed viewers into armchair adventurers, letting them experience thrilling challenges from home. Viewers love thinking "I could do better!" while watching contestants race against the clock.We also introduce our new Grainger Things section where we discuss the alleged UFO Crash – in Penkridge, Staffordshire in 1964. Was it a coverup or just a local myth?Link to things we discuss in the show:Adventure Game DocumentaryAdventure Game WIKICrystal Maze WIKIThe Crystal Maze ExperienceVader AI goes RogueGalloping Galaxies WIKIInterceptor WIKIRun the Gauntlet - UKGameshowsRun The Gauntlet (ITV - Thames Television) - 1988 - YouTubeUFOs on Cannock Chase? If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are few things more British than tea, queuing politely, or apologising when someone else bumps into you.But nestled comfortably among these national treasures is another great tradition: James Bond on TV every single Bank Holiday Monday—like clockwork.Somehow, Bond has become a sort of collective cinematic comfort blanket. He might be jumping off a dam, skiing off a cliff, or fighting divers and sharks—but you? You’re in your pyjamas, wrapped in a duvet, with a mug of tea and your Mum asking, “Is this the one with the underwater car?”Whether he’s being played by Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig, or Whoever’s-Next, James Bond is with us—not just in the cinemas every few years, but every bank holiday, tucked into our homes like an old mate who always brings explosions and never does the washing up.Today we are discussing all things Bond!LinksGoldenEye 007 N64 "Pause Music" (K.O. II + OP-1 Field REMAKE) - YouTubeWatch A Man on the Inside | Netflix Official SiteNorth Sea Hijack | English Full Movie | Action Adventure Thriller - YouTubeNorth Sea Hijack - Trailer | IMDb007: Road to a Million | Amazon PrimeIf you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the second episode of our podcast. Today Kris and Andi head over to Area 52 of the Nerdist Camp, just behind the toilet block, and climb into the time machine to help us party like it's 1980(ish).Stepping out of the doors into another era, we discuss our first computers and consoles, early games that were a formative part of our tastes, and what we're playing today.We also discuss our current reading, listening and streaming TV, as well as the current pile of Blu Rays.We also review Steve McNeil's wonderfully funny book on the history of video games Hey Listen!Currently Playing:Kris: Atomfall, Tunic, Donkey Kong Country HD, Tomb Raider 1-3, Stray, Alien Isolation.Andi: Tomb Raider III (still) Halo, Doom Eternal, Mario KartCurrently Absorbing:Andi:Watching: Andor S2, The StudioReading: Backlog of Pics & Ink “Free Range Magazines”Listening: Lighter, Darker by ILM (podcast, just finished the Bryce Dallas Howard episode)Recommending: Paradise (Disney+), Doctor Odyssey (Disney+),Kris:Watching: The Diamond Heist (Guy Ritchie, 2025), Edge of Darkness (Troy Kennedy Martin, 1985).Reading: Berserker by Adrian Edmondson (Audible)Listening: Crime Next Door (BBC Sounds)Recommending: The Residence (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Disney)Other LinksOpenEmu - Multiple Video Game SystemHigh-quality retro video game books and collections | Bitmap BooksTomb Raider | Tomb Raider I-III RemasteredMontezuma's Revenge! on the App StoreBetty Boo - Doin' The Do 1990 (Official Music Video) Remastered - YouTubeBeing Freelance podcast and communityPodcast Episodes Archive | Industrial Light & MagicWatch The Studio - Apple TV+ (UK)Paradise | Disney+Doctor Odyssey | Disney+If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a brand new podcast, Nerdist Camp. Each week we'll set up our tent, firmly in the camp of all things geek, in the hope of sharing our enthusiasms, obsessions and knowledge. We also hope to debate controversial takes on topics, ask questions about subjects we're less familiar with, and invite expert guests to fill us in on areas we've had the curiosity, but not the time, to pursue. Following on from that, we hope to get out and about and do some special episodes, visiting conventions, interesting spaces, and meeting people we wouldn't normally have the chance to drag into the studio; with drag being the operative word here as you know, many nerds are highly allergic to sunlight.In this first episode, we meet our hosts and discuss Classic Sci-fi, what defines the genre for us and what were our first encounters and experiences of the genre? We discuss our top films, books and audio books in the genre. We look at those hobbies that we started but never finished, despite major outlay for all the right gear, and we ask forgiveness for our sins of geek.Here's some link to things we discussed in the episode:Star Wars fan edits and restorationStar Wars Fan Remasters And Project 4K77 ExplainedEmpire Strikes back 35mm restoration feedback thread (POUT) (a WIP) - Original TrilogyStar Wars, Film Preservation, and Fan Edits - Original TrilogyAndi’s links:Craig Charles is Spaced Out - YouTubeShiftcam GripLensUltraThanks for listening and see you next week, under the canvas. At ease soldier!If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello there soldier and welcome to Nerdist Camp! We are your hosting officers, Kris Grainger and Andi Elliott.We'll be setting up camp on Friday May 2nd 2025 at 11am, which will be our new weekly Nerdist Camp release slot.What other podcast out there is going to blend tech news, geeky deep dives, andguest spots with other nerds who totally get it? We’re bringing the full nerdexperience to your earbuds.We'll be covering topics such as:video games, board games, music, vinyl, Lego, childhood toys, home recording, and music making, anything within the digital or analogue sphere, retro gear, game releases, coffee, Warhammer, PlayStation, conspiracy theories, Nintendo, weird science, astronomy, science fiction, radiation, cold war bunkers, history, wars, comics, animation, film, and classic sci-fi TV to name but a few.We'll venture into the woods with our special guests, we'll trade stories and confessions around the campfire and we'll look at the weird and wonderful, in a section called Grainger things, where we'll argue the spectacular versus the voice of reason.We'll be looking at those childhood toys that you wished you'd had but you never did, until of course you bought them yourself as an adult . We'll be looking at those hobbies that you started but never finished, despite buying all the gear, and those purchases that you just dare not tell your partner aboutBut really, the best part? It’s our nerdy community. This isn’t just a podcast; it’s likeopening the doors to a secret society of tech lovers and geek enthusiasts. And we’reinviting everyone to join in and let their geek flag fly. So if you want to get involved, you can email us on:[email protected] and get involved in the topic selection of the show, or even invited on as a guest!So, hit subscribe and get ready to join us on a wild, nerdy ride through tech, gaming,deep dives, and everything in between. It’s not just for the nerds—it’s for the curiousminds out there who want to know everything.See you under the canvas at roll call!If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.