Cigar Nerds Podcast: Slay the Dragon 2024. It’s that time again, time to wrap up our adventures at Dragon Con 2024. In addition to our Dragon Tails, we sit down with prolific author Timothy Zahn, learn about planetary defense from Kelly Fast of Nasa, and dive into the history of
Flopcast episode 644! Here we go with the first of three (yikes, hopefully no more than three) Dragon Con review episodes! This week Kevin and Kornflake go over everything that happened Wednesday and Thursday, as our giant Atlanta nerd festival was just getting started. Including: A meeting of the geeks
Flopcast episode 643! It’s Dragon Con weekend, but we didn’t forget about a weird Flopcast summer tradition: our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List! And we have a special guest to deliver the list: our old pal (and original Sponge Awareness Foundation member) Jim, finally making his Flopcast debut! Jim
Cigar Nerds Podcast Gets Twisted. This week get to the storm shelters because we’re talking about Twisters. Is the new thing as good as the old thing listen to find out. In science we home built nukes, 3d printed homes, new spiders, and the worlds largest tongue. In Nerd News
Flopcast episode 642! Dragon Con is just days away, which means tens of thousands of nerds shall soon descend upon the unsuspecting city of Atlanta. (Actually, Atlanta knows we’re coming. They’re jacking up the price of giant rum drinks at this very moment…) Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown will
Flopcast episode 641! Dragon Con, our favorite gigantic nerdfest of the year, is just a couple of weeks away, and we’re already exhausted. Today we’re looking at Dragon Con’s guest list of TV and movie stars, writers, artists, musicians, scientists, podcasters, puppeteers, and miscellaneous weirdos. Including: A trio of Lord of
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Deep End of the Pool. The movie pairing we’ve been waiting for since Wolverine origins did a crap job is finally here. We’re talking Dead Pool and Wolverine. Possibly the greatest movie ever made. In Science we discuss lasers, hydrogen air taxi, moon vaults, and the speed
Flopcast episode 640! Kornflake returns to wrap up the summer song project we started last week! This time we’re covering the 1990s, and selecting the songs we most associate with each summer. So we’ll probably cover some Mariah, some Paula, and perhaps a Barenaked Lady or two. Along the way,
Flopcast episode 639! As the Hit Parade podcast recently taught us, each year Billboard declares an official “Song of the Summer” based on chart performance. We’re taking a more subjective approach, and choosing which songs we most associate with each summer of the 1980s. Of course you’ll find some Go-Go’s
Flopcast episode 638! For the first time in four years, Kevin and Kornflake are together at Chickentown Studios! (Kevin brought the coffee, and Kornflake brought the doughnuts, so come on, it’s a party.) Kornflake is passing through Chickentown on her summer vacation, so we have a quick vacation road trip
Greetings Cigar Nerds You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. This week we take a look back at the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter. In Science we discuss drinking pee in space, 3 question IQ test, larynx transplants,
Flopcast episode 637! Our five-part New Wave Game was just preparation for this week. Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown have a full report on the latest (and longest) retro 80s new wave concert to come to town. The eight (EIGHT!) acts were: The Plimsouls, Tommy Tutone, Bow Wow Wow,
