This Week: Local comedian Barbara Holm LOVES the X-Men, so we take her to the newest movie and ask her about her favorite characters. NEXT: Rocksmith 2014 is a video game that teaches you how to play guitar. Does it work? and FINALLY: Jim Butcher was just in town for the latest installment in his Dresden Files series: “Skin Game.” Now up to more than 2 dozen books, is this wizardly detective still worth the read?


NPR Episode 1-Barbara Holm

In this episode, we visit Puzzled Pint, a Portland (and spreading) event where nerds go to solve puzzles and drink beer; we chat with comedian Joseph Scrimshaw about the ups and downs of growing up geek, British sensibilities, and a whole lot of Doctor Who; and we discover an exoplanet!

NPR Episode 2: Joseph Scrimshaw

In the third episode of Nerd Portland Radio, we talk to artist Sienna Morris about painting with numbers, we give you tips for surviving a nerdy convention, and learn that our favorite Sci-Fi author is actually two people.

Episode 3: Sienna Morris & Convention Tips

This week, Richard and Angela take you on a nostalgia-filled romp through the history of nerd music and how it made them into the total nerds they are today. Meet Tom Lehrer, Weird Al, and the NEW generation of geeky music that all the kids are into these days.

Songs played on the show:

Birdhouse in Your Soul – They Might Be Giants
White and Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
The Elements – Tom Lehrer
Pi – Hard N Phirm
Skullcrusher Mountain – Jonathan Coulton
MyHope – Molly Lewis

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