Episodes

Unwind by Neal Shusterman was one of the first dystopian books I ever read. However, unlike a lot of other books of the genre I've read since, it has stuck with me. Every once in a while, one particular line of dialogue, or scene, or subject, comes to my mind, and leaves me thinking. That's what I look for in my dystopian science fiction; something to ponder when I'm done with it. Unwind takes place years after a war in America between pro-life, and pro-choice, and thus being a dystopian, scienc...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds Podcast, we sit down with Let's Talk Fandom Podcast host Tezeta Gant for the second time. This episode was slated for last year, but her episode was part of the infamous microphone fiasco of 2021. It was only fitting that we sat down for "take two" and got an even better conversation than the first. We start the podcast chatting about our love of Netflix's documentaries and how Nick Miller is our soul animal. But this episode is all about animation, so let's ...

The Game of Nerds founder, Shannon Parola sits down to chat with the author of Tower of Blue, Eric Locsh, about what a superhero really is. We both thought this episode would be quite a straightforward chat about our favorite and most hated superheroes, but it got super deep. We may have more questions than actual answers at the end of this. Listen in as we chat about the history of superheroes, superheroes in television and movies, and the future of superheroes. Check out the full episode revie...

The mic saga continues folks, but this episode was too good not to release. I was on Steve and Matt's podcast, Happened In The '90s, back in July and had such a wonderful time that I asked them to come to be a guest on our podcast. I love these two guys to death, and they are definitely "our people." Shout out to Nicholas James for editing this episode for us! Primarily we focus on our regrets of the things that we've parted ways with over the years. We are desperate to find these short nostalgi...

Now The Game of Nerds might not have regular Supergirl coverage like it did when the series first ran, but we recently made friends with a Supergirl podcast that's been helping us fill that void. Supergirl's Attic Podcast was introduced to us by our very own Fandom Science nerd, Tara Jabbari. Vv and Cycles are the podcast hosts of Supergirl's Attic and were both introduced into fandoms differently. Vv decided to look at fandom under a microscope as a college study, and Cycles entered the cutthro...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds podcast, I'm sitting down with our resident zombie expert and my "work-husband," Jon Hicks, to talk about our adventures on the convention floor. Before Andy was on the floor doing conventions with me, the rule was Jon had to be going to the convention for me to go. So over the past six years, we've racked up a lot of convention time between the two of us. As SDCC@Home 2021 begins this weekend, it only seemed fitting for Jon and me to talk about our conventio...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds podcast, I'm sitting down with fellow fangirl and writer at TGON, Tara Jabbari. We first met through the podcast website matchmaker.FM and immediately hit it off. Since our first call, I always book at least two hours minimum to chat with Tara because we talk about everything and anything. She has her very own biographical podcast series about women in history called, Who Was She? Tara also has a Masters's Degree in Communication Culture, and Technology. Whil...

In this episode, I get to sit down with one of my favorite content creators, Masked Mateo, to talk all about cosplay. He is known on social media as Masked Mateo, aka The Nightwing. Warner Bros and DC Comics have both featured him multiple times. He recently finished his cosplay trilogy for DC Comic's Dick Grayson that you have to check out. We met three years ago when he emailed to say The Game of Nerds was really lacking cosplay content but wanted to help. Known as "Deadpool Mateo" then, he jo...

I'm sitting down with fellow mom and Disney Villians scholar Kaytie Ohashi on this episode of The Game of Nerds Podcast. Before we dive into the evil side of things, we chat briefly about what we've been obsessing over, including Falcon and Winter Solider. Kaytie recently got a ManiMe which makes custom-designed nails based on your nail size. We then jump into how Kaytie became known as the Disney scholar. This is, after all, our first podcast episode touching on Disney. Kaytie was completing he...

It's no secret I love Marvel. My husband and I have one of the largest Funko Marvel collections. Our daughter's name is even Marvel. So I was beyond stoked to finally get some time to chat with one of my favorite nerd writers, Russ Milheim, all about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After all, he has been covering the MCU for our website for a few years now when he took over the reins from the OG Jesse Rolufs. We start the conversation off with what we are obsessing over. Russ has recently gotten ...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds podcast, I sat down to chat with our chief editor Andie Boyungs to talk about the Anita Blake book series. You may have remembered her from her podcast episode last year on the Harry Dresden book series. Andie has been covering Anita Blake for just as long as she's been covering Harry Dresden. While we do chat with each other often each week, usually at least once a day, it is rare for us to stay on one topic. Before we dive in, we catch up on all the things ...

In this episode of The Game of Nerds Podcast, we sit down with amazingly talented Joel Gibbs. He is known as the man of 1000 voices. Technically it's 783, but who's counting? Joel has been doing voice acting since the '70s in the Philadelphia area. I was beyond honored that he sat down to chat with me. This man's resume is astounding. He is not only a talented voice actor, but he's also been a director, radio, and podcast host, to name a few. We first talk about what we've been recently obsessin...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds Podcast, we are talking to our very own Arganise Campbell about Anime. We start our conversation out with the WandaVision debate and how much I freaking hated it. Arganise covered a few of the WandaVision episodes on The Game of Nerds and loves to poke Mama Dragon about it. But I really have a bone pick with her. She is the reason we now own the Umbrella Academy Funko pops. She states our Funko article about downsizing and organizing her collection has really...

In this TGON podcast episode, I'm getting to combine my two loves in life: The Game of Nerds and childcare. For those who don't know, my day job is as a childcare coach and nanny for families in the San Francisco Bay Area. All my nanny kids know me as the nerdy nanny who is fluent in superheroes and television shows. Marie happens to be a fellow nanny and podcast co-host of sheNANNYgans Podcast. We sat down to chat about our love of and expertise in children's television. The pandemic has caused...

In this episode, I sat down with our resident Furry Friend, Nicholas Leonard, to talk about Furries. He's been sharing the furry world with TGON fans since 2017. Before Nicholas arrived at our site, the extent of my furry knowledge was that they were people who dressed up as animals. Why? I didn't know. Thankfully I've learned a lot in the past four years, and this podcast just opened my eyes more. I want to welcome you to your lesson in furries! The most common question Nicholas gets asked is w...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds Podcast, we are chatting about a show I've NEVER seen, Neighbours. The Queen of the Ramsay Street Gossip and our very own, Lindsey Bannister, sat down to talk to us about the hit Australian soap opera that's been going on since 1985! In the seven years, I've been running The Game of Nerds the top five searched fandoms always changed with what is popular or about to come out. Once Lindsay started reporting on Neighbours in 2017 that all changed. Neighbours con...

Valentines Day is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate our favorite loving holiday than talking about Fandom Love, Ships, and OTPs. I'll be honest when I started The Game of Nerds over seven years ago. I knew nothing about ships, OTPs, or even fan fiction. Thankfully, I found Meg, and she taught me everything I know. In this episode, I sit down with the inseparable duo, Meg and Carla of Bed, Wed, and Behead Podcast. Meg was on our Supernatural episode last year, and I've been fin...

On this episode of The Game of Nerds podcast we are saying Hello to 2021 with Moby, the other half of the T-Hud Podcast! He was scheduled to join us in the 2020 episode with Leland but was captured by listener while on a run. Thanks to his recent binge watch of Cobra Kai, he was able to Kung Fu his way out and phoned in his podcast recording. I apologize for the sound quality in advance, but let's get down to this episode. Moby and I bond over the learning curve that is having a podcast and refl...

Happy New Year Nerds! We are so glad to be back and have a great year planned out for you. To start 2021 off, I sat down with a communication expert and creator of the Youtube Channel, Master Talks, Brenden Kumarasamy. He also used to play League of Legends professionally. In this episode, we are chatting all about using your nerd powers to your advantage and being a better nerd this year. We start the conversation off with the question of why should we even want to try to be better this year af...

In this episode of the podcast, I'm chatting with podcast friend Leland Steel about the dumpster fire that is 2020. Leland has been a friend of mine for over three years now and we met via his podcast, The T-Hud Popcast. I happened to be the founder and president of the "I Love Leland" fan club. There were even shirts made before I had Marvel. The last time Leland and I chatted was when we were recording an episode of his podcast just before the world started to meltdown due to COVID in March. T...

For some people, the holidays have been going since Halloween. For most, though, the holiday season is just getting into full swing. We recorded this episode the weekend after Thanksgiving and the holiday sales were beginning to drop. I sat down with Robert Cross from The Game of Nerds and Justin McAleece, who is the head producer for Blare Media. In this episode, we talk about everything holidays from movies to television. We start off with what we are looking forward to the most this year and ...

This episode was a real fun one. I got to record with my two favorite husbands. My actual real-life husband, Andy Parola, and the other I fondly refer to as my "Work Husband," Jon Hicks. These two have been dragging me to Funko events for years now and have become inseparable. They have been collecting since before 2015, so they've been around the community for awhile now. Funko has become one of the hottest selling collectibles of the last decade. They originally started with Bobble Heads calle...

In this episode of The Game of Nerds podcast, we learn all about The Dresden Files from resident Harry Dresden expert and our Editor in Chief, Andie Boyungs. The Dresden Files is a book series from author Jim Butcher that has captured many fantasy fans' hearts. The series centers around Harry Dresden, a magical private investigator whose ventures spans seventeen books, several short stories, games, and more. It just recently celebrated its 20th anniversary at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Andie...

Supernatural holds an extraordinary place in my heart. It's one of the shows that started The Game of Nerds. I found the series when I needed it most, and I can't believe the ride is almost over. Supernatural has become the longest-running American fantasy series to date. In this episode of the podcast, we are talking all about Supernatural with Meg Griffin. You may recognize her as the main Supernatural writer here at The Game of Nerds for many years. We cover the basics like what is Supernatur...