Best Nerd Blitz Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 374: Q&A Blitz: Windows Subscription? Just Buy Nvidia? Is Xbox Screwed? & More 1:55:45

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang catches up on all the burning questions we have in from our Discord, including topics such as the Steam Machine, Windows subscriptions, how AI is making us dumber and much more. And of course we answer your questions live!Join the PC related discussions…

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TNB Book Club 10.4: Kolchak The Night Stalker 47:38

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Hey gang, welcome back to the Nerd Blitz Book Club!In this historic 10th series of TNB Book Club we take a look at a book of legend, chosen by the wheel of fate: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!Join us in this 5 part ride as we uncover the truth, if it’s even out there, of what happened in Vegas back in early to mid 1970.Special thanks to Groupie for th…

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Episode 375: Intel CPU Testing Lab, Black Friday PC Deals, Gen AI In Games & More 2:39:34

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang talks about Adam's recent trip to Intel's performance testing lab, Black Friday deals for PC parts, how generative AI is hitting game developers and much more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- Intel performance lab interview: https://…

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Black Friday Blitz 25:42

12h ago25:42

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Send us a text Support the show ABOUT NERDBRAND NerdBrand is a national branding and advertising agency based in Louisville, KY. Learn more about NerdBrand. Hear more of the NerdBrand Podcast.By NerdBrand Agency

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Zac Townsend, CEO at Meanwhile - PIR Ep. 767 44:41

4h ago44:41

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Tony chats with Zac Townsend, CEO at Meanwhile, the first and only life insurance company denominated in Bitcoin. Built in Bermuda with its entire balance sheet denominated in Bitcoin, and with a worldwide monopoly on Bitcoin life insurance, this is one fascinating conversation you should not miss! Zachary Townsend: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zact…

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Charles Johnson, Head of Product Growth at Insuraviews - PIR Ep. 766 37:55

2h ago37:55

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Tony chats with Charles Johnson, Head of Product Growth at Insuraviews, they provide strategic insights through advanced analytics of insurance rate filings. They take all the rate fillings through a robust ingestion process and layer on analytics and AI to give you powerful insights. This is a game changer, especially for smaller carriers that don…

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Episode 373: New Steam Machine, Ryzen Market Share, PCWorld Best Of 2025 & More 2:10:40

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers all of Valve's new announcements including the Steam Machine and Steam Controller 2, AMD's recent earnings call pointing out how successful Ryzen has been, breaking down the Best of 2025 picks from PCWorld staff members, and so much more. And of …

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Andrew Kelly - PIR Ep. 765 19:18

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Tony chats with Andrew Kelly about PLUS, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Tony is obsessed with insurance education but has spent his entire career on the P&C side. This is a great introduction to the world of continuing education on the Professional Liability side and why you should dive in! We talk RPLU, CPLP, Exec PLP, and more. …

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Meg Duty, SVP at Puritan Life and Canvas Annuity - PIR Ep. 764 35:08

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Tony chats with award winning innovator Meg Duty, SVP at Puritan Life and Canvas Annuity. Puritan Life is a life carrier started in the 1950s which they have now turned into an all-cloud shop. They built Canvas Annuity, the first all digital annuity platform. An incredible story of true innovation, opening up a product to a whole new market, and al…

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Chak Kolli, CTO at Magile Software - PIR Ep. 763 30:05

2h ago30:05

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Tony chats with Chak Kolli, PhD, CTO at Magile Software. Insurance companies are struggling to understand the risks of AI and Magile Software is here to help them understand and manage that risk better. A fascinating conversation you cannot miss! Chak Kolli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chak-kolli/ Magile Software: https://www.linkedin.com/company/m…

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Tim Lovett, Head of Enterprise Division at Blitz - PIR Ep. 762 43:36

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Tony chats with Tim Lovett, Head of Enterprise Division at Blitz, they are a new fully digital API-enabled commercial lines E&S carrier that can service the entire distribution ecosystem from direct, to retailers, to wholesalers. Tim Lovett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timlovett/ Blitz: https://www.blitzinsurance.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.b…

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Mel Faxon, Co-Founder & COO at Hey Mirza - PIR Ep. 761 28:28

1d ago28:28

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Tony chats with Mel Faxon, Co-Founder & COO at Hey Mirza, they are basically Turbotax for government benefits. Her Mirza is focused on helping lower income people connect with the variety of programs they might qualify for, from their home, in their native language. Mel Faxon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-faxon/ Hey Mirza: https://heymirza.c…

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Episode 372: Radeon Driver "Confusion", Linux Gaming Milestone & More 1:46:16

11d ago1:46:16

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers the RDNA 1/2 driver support announcement, how many Windows PC games are running on Linux now, and so much more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- Radeon blog post: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2959622/amd-older-rx5000-rx6000-…

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Rich Benci, CEO at Omega Benefits - PIR Ep. 760 14:09

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Tony chats with Rich Benci, CEO at Omega Benefits, they help HR teams communicate benefit information to their employees, a task more complicated than I ever expected. Rich Benci: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbenci/ Omega Benefits: https://omegabenefits.net/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/iFskLfY1Z0g…

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Nakita Devlin, CEO & Founder at Ric - PIR Ep. 759 45:13

22d ago45:13

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Tony chats with Nakita Devlin, CEO & Founder at Ric, the first parametric catastrophe product focused on the employee benefit market! Their parametric managing general agent will host micro parametric products with the first one being a parametric flood product for rain across the US. The plan is for this to be the first of many climate parametric …

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Paul Vacquier, Founder & CEO at Beagle Services - PIR Ep. 755 28:54

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Tony chats with Paul Vacquier, Founder & CEO at Beagle Services, they provide last mile deployment and expertise of leak detection technology facilitating partnerships with carriers and others needing to prevent water damage. Uniquely they use plumbers they hire as employees, not a contractor network. They provide water damage prevention to carrier…

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Nishant Tomar, Chairman and CEO at DigsFact - PIR Ep. 751 35:30

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Tony chats with Nishant Tomar, Chairman and CEO at DigsFact, they are leveraging AI to accelerate virtual inspections both during underwriting and post-loss. They can help with property, vehicles, and toys. In 2 minutes the policyholder can do a guided video or photos and be done while getting the carrier all the info they need. Nishant Tomar: http…

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Mitch Matthews, Success Coach and Creator of the DREAM THINK DO Podcast - PIR Ep. 757 17:40

17d ago17:40

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Tony chats with Mitch Matthews, Success Coach and Creator of the DREAM THINK DO Podcast. Mitch Matthews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchmatthews/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/bRZWIj77y_MBy Insurance Nerds

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Paul Prendergast, Co-Founder and CEO at Kayna - PIR Ep. 752 24:35

6d ago24:35

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Tony chats with Paul Prendergast, Co-Founder and CEO at Kayna, they make it easy for vertical SAAS company to do embedded insurance. Paul Prendergast: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulincork/ Kayna: https://www.kayna.io/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/_OYgTHmXE7IBy Insurance Nerds

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Gregg Golson - PIR Ep. 747 26:49

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Tony chats with Gregg Golson about his career in claims, his involvement in CPCU, advice for the next generation, and his consulting endeavors. Gregg Golson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregggolsoncpcu/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/ieaJ7VAAbQ8By Insurance Nerds

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Love Redin, Co-Founder and CEO at Vantel - PIR Ep. 749 16:17

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Tony chats with Love Redin, Co-Founder and CEO at Vantel, they build AI tools for middle market commercial insurance producers to help them process documents, find coverage gaps, compare quotes, review contracts, and more. Love Redin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/love-redin/ Vantel: https://vantel.com/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/V9lqVj8r9uY…

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Sharon Henzler - PIR Ep. 753 33:50

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Tony chats with Sharon Henzler, after about 8 years in the industry Sharon went to her first insurance conference, the Future of Insurance Fest at Santa Monica Pier. They chat about what the conference was like and how it changed her approach to insurance conferences going forward. A great listen for all early career insurance pros. Sharon Henzler:…

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Emma Corcoran, Strategic Facilitator, Women's Leadership Champion & Consultant - Ep. 750 26:49

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Tony chats with Emma Corcoran, Strategic Facilitator, Women's Leadership Champion & Consultant. We talk about her career in insurance and her work now as an independent consultant. Emma Corcoran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-corcoran-1b851022/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/N_-V_-BJHnUBy Insurance Nerds

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Peter Teresi, Co-Founder & CEO at Certificial - PIR Ep. 756 40:40

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Tony chats with Peter Teresi, Co-Founder & CEO at Certificial, they are a network that sits between insurance and all other verticals focused on the certificate of insurance process from a PDF (that often needs to be made multiple times and only proves the policy was active at the time it got made) to a living document that is a truly smart Certifi…

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Frano Sain, CEO at Hero Response - PIR Ep. 758 25:54

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Tony chats with Frano Sain, CEO at Hero Response, they offer a unique monitoring system that improves profitability and lowers waster on all water related claims. It saves the contractors from having to go back every day to see if the equipment has finished drying the loss. Frano Sain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franosain/ Hero Response: https://h…

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Liam Harreys, Co-Founder and CEO at ThreadWise - PIR Ep. 748 23:51

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Tony chats with Liam Harris, Co-Founder and CEO at ThreadWise, they are a commercial co-pilot for commercial insurance communications starting with email. They believe that while commercial brokering is complex, the tools shouldn't be. Their goal is to clean the data before it gets dirty and allow brokers to do the work they're licensed to do. Thei…

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Danny Aronson, CEO and Ann Boger, COO at Tuned Care - PIR Ep. 754 45:02

24d ago45:02

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Tony chats with Danny Aronson, CEO and Ann Boger, COO at Tuned Care, they are revolutionizing hearing health benefits by helping employers offer full spectrum hearing care for their workers. Currently only 11% of workers have any hearing coverage and historically it's merely a discount on hearing aids. Tuned Care brings a much more comprehensive ap…

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Jake Tamarkin - Co-Founder & President at Everyday Life Insurance - PIR Ep. 746 32:31

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Tony chats with Jake Tamarkin - Co-Founder & President at Everyday Life Insurance, they are building the premiere life insurance platform for everyday people. They are an independent life insurance agency that caters to people that want to do business online. They use machine learning and other tools to help people find the best fitting Life produc…

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Patrick Girouard, Founder and CEO at District Cover - PIR Ep. 738 26:02

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Tony chats with Patrick Girouard, Founder and CEO at District Cover, they are a small business insurance platform solely focused on broadening insurance access within cities and especially areas where traditional carriers have shied away or struggled to serve. They underwrite at a block by block or even business by business level of granularity all…

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Toby Hung, Co-Founder and COO at 1Fort - PIR Ep. 744 20:29

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Tony chats with Toby Hung, Co-Founder and COO at 1Fort, they are an all-in-one solution for commercial insurance agents to grow revenue and save time and money. Their AI digs through your book and finds cross-sale opportunities, analyzes the risk exposures based on third party data, and even gives you talking points to make the sale. It can also he…

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Santoash Rajaram, Founder at Stitch Studio - PIR Ep. 743 30:56

19d ago30:56

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Tony chats with Santoash Rajaram, Founder at Stitch Studio, they are building an insurance specific AI platform making AI agents. They believe that in order for AI to be adaptable to insurance organizations have to be able to embed them in the existing value chain of what’s happening in the organization already. And you need to create an infrastruc…

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Arlind Mucaj - Ep. 741 40:55

27d ago40:55

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Tony chats with Arlind Mucaj, AVP CDO Exchange & Partnerships at Verisk, Chief Experience Officer at Insurtech Hartford about his career and what they're building at Insurtech Hartford. Arlind Mucaj: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlind-mucaj-mba-scaled-agile-black-belt-831b03b/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/4qcRDSYVIwI…

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Scott Thompson - PIR Ep. 740 23:26

24d ago23:26

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Tony chats with Scott Thompson, long-time insurance recruiter. We chat about the insurance industry past and present, especially when it comes to the recruiting environment. Scott Thompson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottthompsontn/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/I_SKhJBQ8ZQBy Insurance Nerds

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Todd Hawk, Founder and CEO At Elisa For Life - PIR Ep. 742 27:21

24d ago27:21

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Tony chats with Todd Hawk, Founder and CEO At Elisa For Life, they are an insurtech in the Life Insurance space solving a difficult issue in that space, the younger generation of buyers don't respond well to cold-calling or mailers. Elisa for Life is an embeddable digital advisor and digital sales assistant. The prospect answers a series of questio…

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Matan Slaghter, CEO at Armadillo - PIR Ep. 737 30:44

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Tony chats with Matan Slaghter, CEO at Armadillo, the first tech enabled home warranty program. Matan originally talked about Armadillo on Ep. 251 and now returns to give us an update and make an announcement of some unique improvements they have made to their offerings. Matan Slagter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matan-slagter/ Armadillo: https://w…

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Lars Helgeson, Founder and CEO at Easy Aftercare - PIR Ep. 739 25:00

12d ago25:00

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Tony chats with Lars Helgeson, Founder and CEO at Easy Aftercare, they have applied CRM technology to radically improve patient compliance through a series curated personalized text messages and videos leading to 30% better outcomes and 40% reduction in unneeded calls back to the providers office. An amazing example of how existing technology can b…

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Rose Hall - PIR Ep. 745 15:27

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Tony chats with Rose Hall about her fantastic career in insurance and innovation. Rose Hall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-hall-pe/ Video Version: https://youtu.be/qnLiXvowv2gBy Insurance Nerds

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TNB Commentaries 082: Halloween Kills 2:06:15

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Please turn off your cellphones and join us in reliving the trauma of what happened 40 years ago tonight when shit went sideways and HE came home, and see if we can live up to the rarely heard, yet immensely catchy slogan of, evil dies tonight!For our 82nd Commentary we subtly lead an angry mob through the labyrinthine like hallways of the hospital…

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News Or Noise 23:15

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Send us a text Support the show ABOUT NERDBRAND NerdBrand is a national branding and advertising agency based in Louisville, KY. Learn more about NerdBrand. Hear more of the NerdBrand Podcast.By NerdBrand Agency

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Episode 371: Did PC Win The Console War? Ryzen 9000G APU Rumors & More 1:53:38

28d ago1:53:38

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers reports of Windows showing up on the next Xbox console, Adam's experience with the new full screen experience on the Asus ROG Ally X, the rumors of an upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000G APU launch, and much more. And of course we answer your questions live…

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TNB Book Club 10.3: Kolchak The Night Stalker 34:58

15d ago34:58

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Hey gang, welcome back to the Nerd Blitz Book Club!In this historic 10th series of TNB Book Club we take a look at a book of legend, chosen by the wheel of fate: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!Join us in this 5 part ride as we uncover the truth, if it’s even out there, of what happened in Vegas back in early to mid 1970.Special thanks to Groupie for th…

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Episode 370: Intel's Tom Petersen Talks Xe3 Gaming, Making A Better GPU & More 2:01:04

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang is joined by special guest Tom Petersen, Fellow at Intel, to talk about all things Xe3, Panther Lake gaming, GPU benchmarking, and much more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- Panther Lake deep-dive: https://www.pcworld.com/article/292…

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Lead, Prospect, Sale: Know the Difference 23:32

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Send us a text Support the show ABOUT NERDBRAND NerdBrand is a national branding and advertising agency based in Louisville, KY. Learn more about NerdBrand. Hear more of the NerdBrand Podcast.By NerdBrand Agency

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Episode 369: Panther Lake Details, Next-Gen Console Watch & More 1:58:00

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers all the Panther Lake details the crew learned about at the recent Intel Tech Tour, the recent details around upcoming console hardware, and more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- Panther Lake deep-dive: https://www.pcworld.com/…

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TNB Book Club 10.2: Kolchak The Night Stalker 46:00

29d ago46:00

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Hey gang, welcome back to the Nerd Blitz Book Club!In this historic 10th series of TNB Book Club we take a look at a book of legend, chosen by the wheel of fate: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!Join us in this 5 part ride as we uncover the truth, if it’s even out there, of what happened in Vegas back in early to mid 1970.Special thanks to Groupie for th…

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Episode 368: Sapphire's Ed Crisler Talks GPU Manufacturing, Benchmarking & More 2:09:25

1M ago2:09:25

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By Adam Patrick Murray, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, Will Smith

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Brand At The Brink 25:40

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Send us a text Support the show ABOUT NERDBRAND NerdBrand is a national branding and advertising agency based in Louisville, KY. Learn more about NerdBrand. Hear more of the NerdBrand Podcast.By NerdBrand Agency

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Episode 367: Snapdragon X2 Elite, Windows 10 End Of Life Is Near & More 1:53:13

1M ago1:53:13

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers huge news of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme setting a high bar in the laptop space, is Windows 10's death really a big deal and more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- https://www.pcworld.com/article/2921690/benchmarked-…

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TNB Book Club 10.1: Kolchak The NIght Stalker 1:06:13

2M ago1:06:13

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Hey gang, welcome back to the Nerd Blitz Book Club!In this historic 10th series of TNB Book Club we take a look at a book of legend, chosen by the wheel of fate: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!Join us in this 5 part ride as we uncover the truth, if it's even out there, of what happened in Vegas back in early to mid 1970.Special thanks to Groupie for th…

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Episode 366: Intel & Nvidia Alliance, Windows WinRing0 Alerts & More 1:41:06

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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC building news. In this episode the gang covers huge news of Nvidia investing/partnering with Intel to take over computing, what to do about the recent WinRing0 alerts, and more. And of course we answer your questions live!Links:- Nvidia invests in Intel: https://www.pcworld.com/article/291343…