The Nerd Bliss Podcast

We had the tremendous privilege to talk with Mark McCray. Mark is a senior programming manager at Adult Swim and the author of the book The Best Saturdays of Our Lives. During the 70's, 80's and 90's, Mark wrote a newsletter that provided commentary and reviews on the various shows that were aired on Saturday mornings, which he sent to some of the biggest names in the cartoon world. The book is a collection of the best of those newsletters as well as memoirs and interviews that any fan of Saturday morning cartoons is sure to love. […]

In this episode we welcome our friend from Treklanta, Tasheka Gipson. Tasheka works as a speech pathologist and has degrees in Molecular Biology, Speech Pathology, and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). She was inspired by Star Trek at a young age to explore and study science, and was a recipient of a scholarship to attend Space Camp. It was our great pleasure to have her as a guest. […]

Phillip Coss is one of our many new friends from Treklanta 2019. He lives in Puerto Rico and is a member of Starfleet International aboard the USS San Juan. Phillip tells us about the crew of the San Juan and shares his experiences with fandom. He also gave us a very frank assessment of the state of Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from Hurricane Maria which struck land in September 2017. […]

NOTE: This episode does not meet our usual standard for audio quality. Some segments contain mic noise and distortion. We apologize for the low audio quality on what is otherwise a great episode. Right on the heels of Treklanta, Chris & Tina went to ConCarolinas 2019 and talked to many of the artists, authors, and guests including Valentine Wolfe, Mikey Mason, Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit, and Dacre Stoker, great grand nephew of Bram Stoker! Meanwhile, Dan covered the House of Mann Fashion Show at the Spartanburg Fringe Festival! […]

Chris and Dan recap their experience at Treklanta 2019 in Atlanta, GA over Memorial Day weekend. We would like to thank Eric L. Watts, Chairman of Treklanta, for allowing us to be a part of this awesome event. We have an interview with the winner of the 2019 Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, Leila McMicheal (a.k.a. Keela). Hear about the much anticipated In Defense of Star Trek: Discovery panel, which Chris and Dan presented at the con. Hear us talk about the amazing people we got to meet. And by the way, this is Dan's first Star Trek convention ever! […]

This episode was recorded before our trip to Treklanta 2019. By the time you hear this, Treklanta 2019 will have already ended. But, there is still plenty to enjoy about this discussion. We hope we saw you there. […]

The hosts of The NerdBliss Podcast, Thunder Talk, and The History of Comic books shot tequila, ate chicken wings, and discuss emotional intelligence in animals, a Star Wars fanfic, variety shows, and Chevy Chase reportedly being a jerk. Dan and Wheatley remember the movie Follow That Bird. Also...look it kinda goes everywhere, okay? […]

Almost a year to the day after their previous appearance on the show, Michelle Shara and Brandon Hilton return to the studio. When we last had them as guests, Queens to the Rescue, a charity drag show that benefits local animal rescues, had not happened yet. QTTR is now about to have their fifth show, with more to come in 2019. Michelle and Brandon tell us about the journey. […]

You knew we'd dedicate an episode to Avengers: Endgame, right? And with the spoiler frenzy surrounding this movie, you can bet your ass we're not revealing anything in this paragraph. But in case we haven't beaten you over the head with this enough, this episode contains spoilers. Repeat. This episode spoils Avengers: Endgame. That means if you listen to this episode before seeing Avengers: Endgame, you will learn things about the movie you might not have wanted to know going in. To put it another way, spoilers for Avengers: Endgame are in this episode. Have we made ourselves clear? […]

He is risen, from his bed on Easter Sunday morning, that is. Dan then drove his sleepy, atheist ass to Four Foot One Studios to share with us his thoughts on, and experiences with, Easter Sunday. You might think you have an idea of what he'll say, but you might be surprised. This episode has a more serious tone than our usual fare. We'll be back to our usual geeky tomfoolery next week. […]

With the newly published pictures of the M87 black hole (known as Pōwehi) the whole internet became fascinated with the phenomenon and the science of its existence. We owe a lot of thanks to the work of Katie Bouman and her team. What better way to commemorate than to...talk about Star Wars Episode IX trailer! OMG, did you see it! Lando in the Falcon! And the Emperor's return! Oh yeah, and we also watched the movie The Black Hole. […]

Star Trek: Discovery's thirteenth episode of the second season gave us its interpretation of the U.S.S. Enterprise bridge for the first time. Once again "fans" of Star Trek lost their collective minds, crying blasphemy at the modern redesign of the classic ship. Chris, once again, had to be talked down from the ledge of Star Trek fandom. We dive deep into why Discovery is in the best tradition of Trek. […]

Adam Whetston guest hosts in this episode, and you get to hear how we plan an April Fools joke. We actually recorded this BEFORE we recorded the April Fools recording, but we knew it would go out after the joke. Hilarity ensues. Tina and Chris talk about going to see Patton Oswalt at The Peace Center in Greenville, SC. and discuss cloning him. And much to Dan's happiness, Tina and Chris finally started watching Steven Universe! […]

No, we're not shutting down the podcast (April Fools!). In fact, here is a days-overdue episode where we were on location at Happy Vagabonds Farm where we got to help feed the newest herd of baby goats and catch up with our previous guest, Frankie Dusky. Frankie tells us more about life on the farm as we enjoyed the outdoors on a beautiful March day. […]

We did the thing 100 times. We'd like to thank all of our past guests and everyone who listened and supported us along the way. We look forward to making many more episodes in the future. Time Index: 3:17 – Messages from Erika Figueroa, Michelle Shara, Brandon Hilton / Onya Mann, and Kaito Takizawa. 5:26 – Guest: Kaito Takizawa 12:12 – Messages from Tyler Butler, Johnathan Wheatley, and Heath Lane 14:26 – Guest: Adam Whetston a.k.a. Sexy Thor, Co-Host of Thunder Talk 22:25 – Message from Heath Lane. 24:24 – Live messages from James Moser, Jessica Moser, Matt & Joey Starnes, and Evan Harris 36:01 – Guest: Mike Faber of ESO Network 54:36 – Host: Heath Lane (Song Clip: My Mom’s Hot Neighbor by Heath Lane) 1:11:37 – Messages from Theresa Watkins, Rick from Florida, David Garvey, and Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit. 1:13:26 – Host: Eric Jones 1:25:11 – Message from Delanne Ivey 1:25:43 – Live messages from Larry Methener, Jon Rasmussen, Kelly Walters, and Katie from Missouri. 1:34:11 – Guest: Luna Shovegood of the Spartanburg Deadly Dolls. 1:47:18 – Message from Eric L. Watts, Chairman of Treklanta. 1:47:39 – Commercial Break 1:49:08 – Thunder Talk take-over. 1:55:58 – Guest: Johnathan Wheatley, host of History of Comic Books Podcast 2:04:36 – Messages from Saint Enoch DeHart and Frankie Dusky of Happy Vagabonds Farm. 2:06:18 – Guests: Matt & Joey Starnes of The Charlotte Geeks and Guardians of the Geekery podcast. 2:22:11 – Messages from Madison Metricula Roberts, Chris French, and SeVeah Hilton. 2:23:52 – Guest: Melissa Klink 2:28:06 – Host: Tina Jones 2:33:44 – Host: Chris Jones 2:48:26 – Closing message and song from Comedy Rockstar Mikey Mason. […]

TNBP and Thunder Talk come together for a live report from SC Comicon 2019! Your hosts Sexy Thor (Adam Whetston) and Lightning Lad (Dan Klink) explore the con floor giving their unique perspectives on the con experience and getting to know some of the convention attendees and artists. SC Comicon is a thriving and growing event in Greenville, SC and is in its fifth year as of this recording. […]

I was trying to decide what our topic for the week would be. In the background, I was playing Catchy Song from The Lego Movie 2 soundtrack. (It was stuck in my head.) Heath arrives, hears the voice of T-Pain, and lo and behold, we found our topic. As a working musician, Heath has some very strong input on the topic of Auto-tune, and Dan has some strong feedback. We continue the conversation with other gimmicks and popular trends in music. This is one of our best discussions. […]

Ever since The Last Jedi, movie review site Rotten Tomatoes has been a battleground for disaffected moviegoers who want to strike back at Hollywood for supposedly infusing social justice and feminism into their beloved entertainment. There was a coordinated effort to down-vote Black Panther as much as possible, and now they're at it again with Captain Marvel. Chris, Eric, and Dan discuss this weaponization of Rotten Tomatoes as well as the Frozen II teaser trailer. […]

Once again, back is the incredible comic animal, Johnathan Wheatley from History of Comic Books Podcast. We begin with a discussion of rumors that Disney is considering a "live-action" remake or sequel of The Nightmare Before Christmas. This leads to Babylon 5 vs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In the second half of the show, we talk about the end of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Chris and Tina tell how they became Bronies and weirdnesses in MLP canon. […]

In this episode, we welcome back Johnathan Wheatley of History of Comic Books Podcast as our guest host. This episode is all about our love of Star Trek. We catch up on Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery and express our love for Gene Roddenberry's creation in general, and where it has taken us since it's 1966 debut. […]