Superenthusiast Radio

Insights, anecdotes, and jocularity (but NO CAMELS!) from Thom Bowers and Bernie Bregman. Joining us for the Nerds Like Us midnight movie? Pause the mp3 at 0:06 and wait for the Paramount logo to appear. Watching at home? Pause after the logo and wait for our countdown. Either way, thanks for listening. You have chosen wisely!

In which Thom & Travis pursue all manner of pop culture redemption, finding silver linings of varying luminosity around the darker clouds of the good-but-not-great, enumerating alternative virtues of the not-even-that-good, and joining with fallen idols to bury hatchets that they didn't even know they were carrying. Plus, moderate doses of Marvel, Muppets, and Mitchell!

In which Thom & Travis explore both the complications and the opportunities that result when stories from books, television, video games, and other media are adapted into movies, with relevant reviews of Veronica Mars, Need For Speed, Divergent, and more. Plus, a tip of the hat to a silenced trailer voice, and further adventures in binge-watching!

In which Thom mainlines comfort shows while recovering from eye surgery, Travis discovers a new contender for worst movie of the year, and both share their observations and analysis of the 2014 Oscars.

In which Thom & Travis discuss the wonder of expectations exceeded (The Lego Movie), the indifference of expectations met (I, Frankenstein), the frustration of expectations thwarted (our failed Aliens commentary), and the odd phenomenon of being elated and disappointed simultaneously (the new Transformers trailer). Plus, a new golden age of Gen X animation reboots, remembering -- and looking forward to -- Veronica Mars, another round of Best Picture nominee bingo, and the return of The Spoon!

In which Thom & Travis meet in Las Vegas for a rare face-to-face conversation involving Stygian stories, Oscar observations, the culture of manufactured outrage, and the nature of superenthusiasm itself. Plus, a rare foray into sports nerdery, and Travis brought his mom along!

Insights, anecdotes, jocularity, and totally sweet martial arts moves from Thom Bowers, R Andru, Bernie Bregman, Josh Nixon, Michele Ivey, and Robbie Rist. Joining us for the Nerds Like Us midnight movie? Pause the mp3 at 0:06 and wait for the New Line logo to fade out. Watching at home? Pause after the New Line logo and wait for our countdown. Either way, thanks for listening. Cowabunga!

In which Thom boggles at the sheer length and breadth of Travis J Coleman's end-of-year media lists, while getting him to talk about that most rare of things: movies that he dislikes. Plus, holiday box office, internet negativity, nostalgia run amok, and a final answer to the show's ongoing tech-tackling conundrum.

In which Thom and Bernie Bregman begin with catching up on the function and future of the Nerds Like Us midnight movie series, and end in full-on spazz mode over their individual geek fetishes (Transformers lore and Star Wars novels, respectively) with stops along the way for reboot rationales, costume construction, and the dawn of DVD.

In which Thom & Travis rock and roll all night with Heart, mini-golf every day with KISS, and re-evaluate their Marvel movie lists in the wake of Thor: The Dark World.

In which Thom & Travis are joined by Bernie Bregman of Nerds Like Us for a spoiler-free Thor preview, a spoiler-filled recap of Ender's Game, the official announcement of Star Wars VII's release date, and the official demise of Blockbuster Video.

In which Thom & Travis gear up for All Hallow's Eve by exploring their relationship with horror and enduring terribly inane candy advice. Plus, further adventures in Portland, keeping the theater kids in line, and more movie recommendations than you can shake a Silver Shamrock at.

In which Thom & Travis get sucked in by Gravity, ride along with Agents of SHIELD, toast the retirement of John Munch, and delve briefly into their show's own mythos to explain the connection between this episode and Episode 45. What, you say there IS no Episode 45? Hmmmm.

In which Thom celebrates the show's rollover to triple digits by joining fellow prog-rockers Fish Olmos, Adam Sears, and Phideaux Xavier for an epic summit on all things musical and magical, and still has time to discuss soap opera fugue states, special edition hangovers, and artistic upheaval of both evolutionary and revolutionary stripe. Music by Phideaux, Hot Karate, Lobate Scarp, Heilopolis, and Sons Of Nothing. Join us for a night of Prog Rock on Sat Sept 21 at Paladino's in Tarzana CA. Details at http://www.thegeekagenda.com

In which Thom & Travis unload a ton of late-summer movie reviews, grapple with blockbuster expectations, quibble with nerd heresies, and solve the problem of detecting sarcasm on the Internet. You're welcome!

Insights, anecdotes, jocularity, and shiny misbehavior from Thom Bowers, R Andru, Bernie Bregman, and special guest Matt Wrather of Overthinking It. Joining us for the Nerds Like Us midnight movie? Pause the mp3 at 00:42 and wait for the universal logo to come up. Watching at home? Pause the Universal logo at 00:22 and wait for our countdown. Either way, thanks for listening! http://www.thegeekagenda.com http://www.facebook.com/nerdslikeus http://www.overthinkingit.com

Random flailing, existential navel-gazing, cheesy puns, and occasionally relevant content with Thom Bowers, R Andru, and Bernie Bregman. Joining us for the Nerds Like Us midnight movie? Pause mp3 at the countdown and wait for MGM Leo's first roar. Watching at home? Pause DVD at MGM Leo's first roar and wait for the countdown. Thanks for listening!

In which Thom & Andru are joined by Bernie Bregman (aka Dark Helmet) of Nerds Like Us to embody a Comic Con Rashomon, recounting their varying experiences in San Diego and contemplating the pop culture revelations acquired within. Plus, Andru re-discovers Weezer, Bernie blows up on Reddit, and Thom commits nerd heresy...again.

In which Thom & Travis tackle the big questions re: high pop-culture vs low pop-culture. Is there a difference? If there is a difference, does it matter? If it matters, does it matter that it matters? On and on, 'till the break of dawn. With illustrations (and SPOILERS) drawn from Pacific Rim, Man Of Steel, Sharknado, The West Wing, and more. Plus, a very important PSA concerning alliteration.

In which Thom and friend of the show Robbie Rist are joined by Anthony C Ferrante, director of SHARKNADO. 'Nuff said.