Best The Duke of Nerds Podcasts (2025)

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"Kidz Bop" Worship Videos (w/ Dr. Anneli Loepp Thiessen) 56:20

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In this conversation with Dr. Anneli Loepp Thiessen , we conclude the series of episodes on contemporary worship music for children. The discussion highlights the challenges of intergenerational worship, the role of music videos, and the theological implications of children's worship music. We explore the question of emotional depth/breadth, music …

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S7:E4 - 30&Nerdy VS The Horrorverse (A Halloween Spooktacular Special) 1:42:53

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30&Nerdy Podcast Show Notes: This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! In this episode, Tyler & Josh take on icons of The Horrorverse! They are breaking down their strengths and weaknesses for each opponent. Do you think they can take some of these icons, do you think they aren’t giving themselves enough credit, or is there NO CHANCE IN HELL?! Let …

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S7:E3 - Kirsten Schuder: Author, Advocate, and Award Winner 1:08:43

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This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! Kirsten Schuder’s favorite writing projects make a positive impact upon social issues. Kirsten has written hundreds of parenting and mental health articles and has edited thousands as an expert mental health professional. She fetched an international award with her first co-authored book, Farming Industrial…

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S7:E2 - Navigating Entertainment Law and Horror Movies with Joshua Lastine of Lastine Entertainment Law 1:17:28

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This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! Joshua Lastine is an entertainment attorney and the founder of Lastine Entertainment Law, where he protects the rights of actors, directors, writers, producers, animators, social media influencers, and podcasters. A former in-house attorney at Lionsgate and ViacomCBS, Joshua has helped shape deals for every…

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S7:E1 - "Look Hard" 1:34:29

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This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! 30&Nerdy Podcast’s Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Fanboy Expo Ad Music: “Omega” by Scott Buckley This Episode is brought to you by: Fan Boy Expo Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water use the code NERDYSOUTH at checkout Advertising Expressions Encore Theatrical Company S…

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Season 7: The Prologue 33:59

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30&Nerdy Podcast Show Notes: This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! 30&Nerdy Podcast’s Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley This Episode is brought to you by: Fan Boy Expo Tennessee Legend Distillery Hippie Water use the code NERDYFOR30 at checkout Advertising Expressions Encore Theatrical Company Shane's Rib Shack R…

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S6:E30 - This Season Finale...Is SUPER, Man! 2:00:48

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30&Nerdy Podcast Show Notes: This is a NerdySouth Entertainment joint! In this SUPER Season 6 Finale, we sit down and talk Superman with two of the biggest Superman fans we know. We are joined by Matt aka Knoxville Superman, and Julian from Fanboy Expo and his own very successful journeys through The Nerdiverse. We are also very excited because as …

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S6:E29 - Catching Up w/ Crowley 1:46:50

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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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Deeper Formation for Worship (w/ Dr. Laura Benjamins) 38:48

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In this conversation, we continue our series on Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation with Dr. Laura Benjamins, discussing her research on the processes by which contemporary worship music forms us. Coming from music education and church music, she highlights the Bourdieuian concept of _habitus_, the formation of new worship le…

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A Child-Sized Liberation Theology (w/ Kelsey McGinnis) 53:03

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In this episode, I welcome back Dr. Kelsey Kramer McGinnis to discuss her article, "To Be Seen and Heard: Toward a Child Liberation Theology Framework for Contemporary Praise and Worship Practice" as part of our series on Contemporary Worship Music and Intergenerational Formation. The conversation focuses on Christian parenting literature, and the …

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S6:E28 - Nerds On A Wheel of Time (with special co-host Taylor Napier from The Wheel of Time) 2:02:30

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30&Nerdy Show Notes: 30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Special Co-Host of the episode: Taylor Napier 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 NerdySouth! 30&Nerdy Podcast is a NerdySouth Podcast…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kelsey McGinnis: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, pt. 4! 41:15

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For the past few years, Dr. Kelsey Kramer McGinnis has been covering worship music as a journalist for Christianity Today. Her articles have been stirring up really important conversations among worship leaders! She joins me on the podcast to talk about how the Worship Leader Research project fits into her broader view of whats going on in the wors…

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S6:E2 - XMen '97 / Quiet On Set / Ghostbusters Frozen Empire 1:37:36

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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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S6:E1 - Nerdledge Redux: Reintroducing The Nerds and Interviews w/ Billy West and Phil Lamar at Fanboy Expo ATG In Knoxville 1:38:06

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We are back, Nerds! Thank you for your patience as we move through the new world of being a part of so many more things than just this one podcast now. We have joined The Studio66 Podcast Family brought to you by Tennessee Legend Distillery and are brother podcasts with two other amazing podcasts: The Between 2 Barrels Podcast and The CockyTop Podc…

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Worship Music for Others? (w/ Dr. Nathan Myrick) 55:40

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In this episode with Dr. Nathan Myrick (Mercer University), we discuss his recent book _Music for Others: Care, Justice, and Relational Ethics in Christian Music (Oxford University Press, 2021). We explore what we are after in making music together -- and perhaps what we should be after in church music in particular. Namely, what kinds of relations…

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Marc Jolicoeur: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, pt. 3! 37:07

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I chat with my Worship Leader Research teammate Marc Jolicoeur about his role on the research team and how the project is impacting his work as a local church worship leader. He's an avid learner who brings his joy and hope to this important pastoral work.

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Elias Dummer: Worship Leader Research Miniseries, Pt 2! 40:11

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I chat with my Worship Leader Research teammate Elias Dummer to talk about his contributions to the project, his hopes for the future of worship, and his experience in the worship music industry.

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Song Stories and Songwriter Inspiration (w/ Dr. Jonathan Welch) 38:29

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In this episode with Dr. Jonathan Welch (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), we discuss the legacy of the song story column in Worship Leader Magazine and what it can tell us about how worship songwriters imagine God's participation in the creative act. Welch encourages worship songwriters to know that God is present in the process, even if…

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The Redemption of Batman and Robin?: An Uncut Nerdin New Years Season 5 Finale 2:07:49

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30&Nerdy Opening Rift: Kyle Standifer The Ballad of 30&Nerdy: Beth Crowley Season 5 of is Presented By: Advertising Expressions 30&Nerdy Podcast is a BadCastCompany Production and a member of PodNation and a survivor of theaPODalypse 30&Nerdy Podcast is a member of The #InNerdCircle on Twitter and a founding member of #TheCouncilOfNerds Join us and…

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