Best The Duke of Nerds Podcasts (2025)

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S6:E27 - We're Gonna Need A Bigger Cast 2:28:12

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30&Nerdy Show Notes: Opening 0:00 Nerdcabulary Word 14:54 Nerdly News 23:20 Jaws 50th Anniversary Special 39:48 Closing 2:24:00 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the pr…

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S6:E26 - What IF: A Star Wars Story 1:49:01

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E25 - Revenge of The Sith 1:53:17

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E24 - ATTACK of The Clones...and sand... 1:24:16

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E23 - The Phantom Menace 1:42:32

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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A Spirit-Shaped Vision for Worship (that includes children) 49:02

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We continue our series on the recent academic journal issue "Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation" with authors Revs. Drs. Angela and Jeremy Perigo. In this episode, we explore what it might mean to take our Pneumatology more seriously when it comes to including children in the musical worship leadership of the congregation. O…

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Babies, Theology, and True Praise Beyond Words 53:36

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In this episode with Debbie Wong, we explore the theological question of babies praising God through the sounds they make -- the _jubilus_, as in the work of Augustine. This leads us to the practical question of how to understand the role the "woahs" and "ohs" in contemporary worship more broadly. Is it good and right to have these kinds of phrases…

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S6:E22 - Nerdly News (Marvel, DC, WWE, and More) 1:48:59

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E21 - Fanboy Expo ATG Special 42:35

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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Young People and Liturgical Flexibility (w/ Dr. Nelson Cowan and Dr. Emily Andrews) 54:38

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In this episode with Dr. Nelson Cowan and Dr. Emily Andrews, we discuss their recently co-authored article "Liturgical Gift or Theological Burden? Teenagers and Ecumenical Liturgical Exchange Events" (Religions, 2024). We explore how the worship preferences of young people might surprise those who have long styled worship to "attract the youth" in …

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S6:E20 - The Marvel Effect (Part 2) 48:34

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E19 - The Marvel Effect (Part 1) 1:25:46

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a foun…

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S6:E18 - Top 24 of '24 1:43:27

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water BIG REMINDER: When you check out at Hippie Water, use the promo code NERDYFOR30! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast and a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheC…

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S6:E17 - Nerds and Hippies Part 2 w/ Sasha Pieterse, Taylor Sewell, and Alex Sewell 1:17:02

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30&Nerdy Show Notes We are back with more conversation with our favorite Hippies; Sasha Pieterse, Taylor Sewell, and Alex Sewell. In this second part of the interview, we discuss what a Hippie is in 2024, get a peak behind some things in the entertainment industry, and learn more about these beautiful people and this amazing company. 30&Nerdy Openi…

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S6:E16 - Nerds and Hippies Part 1 w/ Sasha Pieterse, Taylor Sewell, and Alex Sewell 1:25:53

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30&Nerdy Show Notes In this episode, we have part 1 of our interview with Hippie Water. In this interview, we will hear from actress and CEO of Hippie Water; Sasha Pieterse, Chief Product Officer and Beverage Queen; Taylor Sewell, and Chief Operating Officer and King of Ideas; Alex Sewell. We will learn about the beginnings of Hippie Water, the fou…

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S6:E15 - Terrifying Tales of Tennessee (Part 2) 45:39

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30&Nerdy Show Notes In this episode, we talk about some Terrifying Tales of Tennessee! So get out your EVP and get the salt! 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Ini…

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S6:E14 - Terrifying Tales of Tennessee (The Bell Witch, The Bijou Theater, and Morristown College) 45:40

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30&Nerdy Show Notes In this episode, we talk about some Terrifying Tales of Tennessee! So get out your EVP and get the salt! 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Ini…

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S6:E13 - This Interview Is EPIC! (featuring Teagan Early from EPIC! The Musical) 1:47:26

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30&Nerdy Show Notes Intro: 0:00 John Rhys-Davies Interview: 11:30 Nic Nemeth (formally Dolph Zigler): 12:52 Linda Young (og voice of Lord Frieza from Dragon Ball Z): 18:16 Shilly and Shelby (Cosplay): 20:25 Jim Cummings (voice of Darkwing Duck, Winnie the Pooh, and more): 23:50 Intermission: 27:35 Sitdown Interview with Teagen Early (Athenafrom EPI…

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S6:E12 - The X-Men First Class Timeline 1:09:48

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode …

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S6:E11 - SummerSlam, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Deadpool & Wolverine 2:11:10

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Spoiler Alert! 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episod…

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STP206 - Starliner and Misinformation - What's Going on? 48:59

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One of the big stories of this year has been the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner space craft which has now been at the ISS for 2 months, when it was only scheduled to be there for 8 days. We dig a little deeper and also have a conversation about misinformation. Eric Berger Article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/yes-nasa-really-…

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STP205 - Life As A Space Shuttle Payload Engineer - with Michael E. Haddad 52:44

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This week we talk to Mike Haddad, who retired in 2011 from NASA at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with 32 years of Flight and Ground systems engineering and operational experience. We find out more about life behind the scenes of the space shuttle and all about the efforts involved to restore some of the hardware that was used back then. Michael Haddad…

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S6:E10 X-Men 2 and X-Men 3 (A Double Feature) 1:38:29

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This E…

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STP204 - Our Favourite Space Missions 33:24

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This week, Emily and Dave talk about their favourite space missions, both crewed and uncrewed. What are your favourites? Let us know, we’d love to hear from you. Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp204-our-favourite-space-missions Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links t…

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STP203 - Remembering Joe Engle - with Michelle Evans 48:41

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This week we lost another of our heroes. Joe Engle the only astronaut to have flown to space on the X-15 and the Space Shuttle died at the age of 91. We wanted to pay tribute to this incredible pilot so we asked Michelle Evans to join us. Michelle previous wrote and released what is the definitive book on the X-15, “The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying Th…

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STP202 - 3D Printing On The Moon? - How To Turn A Great Idea Into A Business - with Madison Feehan 48:58

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As we move forward with plans to live on the moon, new technology needs to be developed to make this possible, and today we’re talking to someone who is helping to make that happen. Madison Feehan is the founder and CEO of Space Copy who are building 3D printers which will work on the Moon or Mars that will be able to use the resources found their …

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S6:E9 - XMen (2000) 1:23:33

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This E…

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S6:E8 - An Exclusive Interview w/ Joanna Bowman (Director of Operations for Fanboy Expo) 1:03:17

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30&Nerdy Show Notes 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This E…

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STP201 - Remember Bill Anders - with Francis French 50:42

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This week we pay our respects to Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who died last month at the age of 90. To help us do this we’re joined by Francis French who had numerous visits to Bill Anders home while writing his book “In The Shadow of the Moon.” Bill Anders Obituary: https://heritageflight.org/about/maj-gen-bill-anders/remembering-bill-ander…

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WOW! Worship (ft. Joshua Busman and Debbie Wong) 48:25

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Which color was your favorite?? In this episode, we take a walk down memory lane to discuss the WOW! Worship discs and their place in the growth of CWM in the late 1990s and 2000s. Dr. Joshua Busman and doctoral candidate Debbie Wong explore with me the marketing of the this series and the "portable affect" of CWM.…

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STP200 - Space Art and Stall Three Studio - with Sterling Crawford and General Charlie Duke 53:59

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Can you believe it? 200 episodes! Today we bring you something extra special as we interview Sterling Crawford and General Charlie Duke. Sterling recently opened Stall Three Studio in South Carolina and unveiled a brand new portrait of her grandfather General Duke as part of the “Space Exploration: Past Present and Future” exhibit, so we find out m…

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STP199 - An Interview With Alan Bean - Part 3 - with Rick Houston 59:59

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And so this week is part 3 of 3 in which we get to listen to some interviews with Alan Bean conducted by Rick Houston back in 2016. An incredible insight into the mind and life of the 4th person to walk on the moon. Makes sure you listened to parts one and two first! We're also joined by Rick to talk about the what, why and how of these interviews.…

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STP198 - An Interview With Alan Bean - Part 2 - with Rick Houston 59:59

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And so this week is part 2 of 3 in which we get to listen to some interviews with Alan Bean conducted by Rick Houston back in 2016. An incredible insight into the mind and life of the 4th person to walk on the moon. Makes sure you listened to last week's episode first. Alan Bean Obituary: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/family-release-regarding-t…

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STP197 - An Interview With Alan Bean - Part 1 - with Rick Houston 54:23

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A very special episode this week, part 1 of 3 in which we get to listen to some interviews with Alan Bean conducted by Rick Houston back in 2016. An incredible insight into the mind and life of the 4th person to walk on the moon. Alan Bean Obituary: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/family-release-regarding-the-passing-of-apollo-skylab-astronaut-al…

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S6:E7 - The Return of The Jedi (An Unedited Free Patreon Special) 1:33:56

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode is brought to…

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STP196 - SpaceX - Elon Musk and the Final Frontier - with Brad Bergan 46:15

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SpaceX are the number 1 launch provider in the world currently, and author/journalist Brad Bergan has just released a wonderful book about them called SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier. So we think it’s about time that we have a conversation about SpaceX. Brad Bergan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-bergan/ SpaceX - Elon Musk and …

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CPW is Ecumenical? (w/ Sarah Kathleen Johnson) 44:28

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In this episode with Dr. Sarah Kathleen Johnson, we discuss her recently co-authored article "Contemporary Worship Music as an Ecumenical Liturgical Movement" (Worship Journal, 2023). We explore how contemporary praise and worship music has found its way into the hearts and hymnals of a wide variety of Christian traditions as it connects Christians…

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S6:E6 - XMen'97 / The Empire Strikes Back 2:15:54

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode is brought to…

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STP195 - Winning A Trip To Space - with Dr. Eiman Jahangir 44:29

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Over the weekend Blue Origin launched their first crewed mission after nearly two years and today we’re speaking to someone who has won their ticket for one of their future flights. Dr. Eiman Jahangir entered the MoonDAO Ticket To Space raffle and his name was picked out, however, Dr. Jahangir is so much more than a space tourist as you’ll find out…

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STP194 - Reconnaissance Satellites - Who, What and Why? - with Dwayne Day 54:06

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In nearly 200 episodes we’ve never had any in depth discussion about the military uses of space, so we’ve decided this is the week. We’re joined by Dwayne Day, a space historian who is an expert on the history of reconnaissance satellites and it’s a fascinating conversation. Dwayne Day: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwayne-day-41983723/ X: …

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STP193 - Tracking Stations and Delta Launches - with Dan Kovalchik 46:51

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Ever wondered what life might be like on a remote part of the world while tracking spacecraft and communicating with them? Ever considered the dangers of being in a blockhouse close to a rocket launch as it explodes? Well our guess this week has some stories for you. We speak to Dan Kovalchik who started working on tracking stations and eventually …

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S6:E5 - XMen'97 / A New Hope 1:55:20

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode is brought to…

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Music as "Small Talk" (w/ Dr. Anna Nekola) 59:06

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In this episode with Dr. Anna Nekola, we discuss her recent article "Congregational Music as 'Phatic Communication': Affect, Atmosphere, and Relational Ways ofListening" (Yale Journal of Music & Religion, 2022). We explore some of the social functions of music and how it does more than open of spiritual pathways between us and God but also social p…

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STP192 - Talking About The Moon and Poetry with Christopher Cokinos 52:10

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We can’t get enough of talking about the moon and we love a bit of poetry, so it was a joy talking to Christopher Cokinos for this week’s podcast. Christopher has just released a book called ‘Still as Bright - An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow’ - and it’s a must read! Christopher Cokinos: https://www.christophercokinos…

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S6:E4 - Catching Up / X-Men '97 / Wrestle Talk 1:21:23

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode is brought to…

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STP191 - Why Is It So Difficult To Land On The Moon? - with Brandon Dotson 41:29

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With the recent moon landing attempts by private US companies having some mixed results, it seems that everyone is an expert on how to land something on the moon all of a sudden, well today we speak to an actual expert to find out what's really going on up there. Brandon Dotson has all the degrees and is currently writing a thesis on the difficulti…

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STP190 - How To Look After A Spacesuit - with Lisa Young 47:37

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This week we speak to Lisa Young, Supervisory Conservator at the National Air and Space Museum, who has been responsible for the preservation of the spacesuits and spacecraft in the Smithsonian collection. Ever been to a museum and wondered about how they look after the spacesuits? Well Lisa is the expert. Lisa Young: https://www.linkedin.com/in/li…

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STP189 - Remembering George Abbey - with Michael Cassutt 55:08

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On 24th March of this year, George Abbey died at the age of 91. One of the most influencial people working behind the scenes at NASA for many years and someone who has come up many times during many interviews. So we wanted to spend an episode to pay tribute to his contributions. To do this we’re joined by Michael Cassutt, author of the 2018 book “…

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S6:E3 - XMen 97 / Nerdly News / Wrestlemania XL Preview 1:40:22

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 6 of 30&Nerdy Podcast is Presented By: Tennessee Legend Distillery 30&Nerdy Podcast is a Studio66 Podcast a member of The Nerd Initiative and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and our friends at Fan Boy Expo for the next event! This Episode is brought to…

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STP 188 - Predicting The Eclipse - A Multimillennium Tale Of Computation - with Stephen Wolfram 51:48

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On April 8th there will be a total eclipse travelling across Mexico, the United States and Canada so today we talk to Stephen Wolfram, who earlier this year released a book called “Predicting the Eclipse: A Multimillennium Tale of Computation.” - we learn about the history of predicting eclipses and so much more. Stephen Wolfram: https://www.stephe…

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