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The Ascenditure with Robyn Dabney
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - May 14, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn a special episode of Tipsy Nerds, Natalie welcomes co-host Robyn as her guest to discuss Robyn's new book, The Ascenditure (May 2024), a thrilling feminist mountain climbing fantasy story! Hear all about Robyn's new book, including what inspired her to create this fascinating world, badass mo...
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - March 28, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds are dipping into an old-school hard sci-fi book—The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle, a 1957 classic of British sci-fi. When a giant cloud of interstellar matter races toward the center of our solar system, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an elite gathering of scientists. Join ...
New Rock New Role with Guest Richard Sparks
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - March 14, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn this episode, the Nerds welcome guest author Richard Sparks to discuss his new book, New Rock, New Role, a fantasy book described as “Ready Player One meets Lord of the Rings meets Discworld.” After a long quest, you need a tasty cocktail, and Robyn has created one for this episode. Natalie w...
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - February 14, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn this episode, the Nerds discuss the beloved cult classic book (and movie), The Princess Bride (©1973 by William Goldman). Billed as a “classic tale of True Love and High Adventure,” the Nerds chat about romance, adventure, swashbuckling pirates, loveable sidekicks, and of course famous quotes...
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - January 18, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds welcome 2024 by reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess. Subtitled "Being a Romance with the Realms of Faerie," the Nerds are sipping a lovely, glittering gin drink while they discuss little hairy men, unicorns, flying pirate ships, falling stars, and a man who bec...
A Christmas Carol by Dickens, with guest R.A. Busby
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - December 21, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe’re drinking the Nog of Christmas Yet to Come with our guest, author R.A. Busby, while we discuss the winter holiday classic, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. R.A. is a horror writer, so her perspective perfectly fits this spooky, ghostly holiday tale. So fill your nog cug and join the co...
Witch King, with author guest Martha Wells
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - December 07, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds are excited to welcome Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer Martha Wells, author of the beloved Murderbot Diaries and now a new epic fantasy—Witch King. We hope you enjoy hearing our conversation with Martha as we dive into Witch King. Join the conversation on Instagram or Facebook, ...
Descendant Machine with Gareth L. Powell
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - October 19, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe're sipping a San Diego Sunset while we explore the far reaches of space in this sci-fi episode with special guest, author Gareth L. Powell. Robyn and I have followed Gareth on social for a while now, so it was a real pleasure to chat with him about his latest book. And what a great read it is...
Star Bringer—With Special Guests Tracy Wolff & Nina Croft
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - September 21, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWelcome to Season 5 of the Tipsy Nerds Book Club! The Nerds are excited to open their new season with special guests, bestselling authors Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft, authors of the new sci-fi romance STAR BRINGER (2023). We're sipping purple space-inspired, purple cocktails and discussing the bo...
SILO, the Apple TV+ show based on Hugh Howey's bestselling novel, WOOL
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - August 03, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds are happy to once again discuss Hugh Howey's amazing worldbuilding in this episode discussing SILO, the Apple TV+ production of Howey's bestselling book, WOOL. Listeners may recall that the Nerds had Hugh Howey as a guest on the show in episode 4 of season 1 in 2019. What a fun episod...
John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - May 28, 2023 22:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Tispy Nerds close out their Season 4 by discussing a listener recommendation JOHN DIES AT THE END, by Jason Pargin. The Nerds are sipping strong cocktails called The Sauce in honor of the trippy drug that leads to the adventure in the book. Billed as a comedy/horror novel, Natalie asks Robyn...
The Three-Body Problem and Three Boozy Cocktails
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - April 30, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds welcome guest Jason Rico from the Sh*t We've Read podcast to help us wrap our minds around the modern masterpiece of sci-fi, The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. We're sipping boozy cocktails while we ponder the three-body problem, warfare in eleven dimensions, and whaleiens. A fun dis...
Season of the Dragon with guest Natalie Wright
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - March 29, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRobyn Dabney pilots this episode as we celebrate the release of Season of the Dragon, a new epic fantasy from our own Natalie Wright. Robyn created an amazing cocktail she's calling the Nixan Fig to get us in the mood for this epic new dragon story. Listen to find out what Robyn thought of the b...
Dragons, Mages & Rogues—Season of the Dragon
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - March 29, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRobyn Dabney pilots this episode as we celebrate the release of Season of the Dragon, a new epic fantasy from our own Natalie Wright. Robyn created an amazing cocktail she's calling the Nixan Fig to get us in the mood for this epic new dragon story. Listen to find out what Robyn thought of the b...
Season of the Dragon by Natalie Wright
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - March 29, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsRobyn Dabney pilots this episode as we celebrate the release of Season of the Dragon, a new epic fantasy from our own Natalie Wright. Robyn created an amazing cocktail she's calling the Nixan Fig to get us in the mood for this epic new dragon story. Listen to find out what Robyn thought of the b...
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - February 23, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe poured a strong drink we're calling a Pyro Potable for this amazing but bleak book. Parable isn't a fun, light-hearted beachy read, but the kind of book that you feel like a better human being because you read it. We're peeling this onion and perhaps have more questions than answers in this e...
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch with special guest CD Tavenor
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - January 26, 2023 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds are stepping into quantum conundrums with a bestselling sci-fi thriller, Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch. This 2016 book was optioned by Sony for the screen. Hear what the Tipsy Nerds and their guest, author CD Tavenor, thought of Crouch's treatment of the multiverse theory of quantum phy...
Enjoying the Bleak Midwinter, the Darkest Night with Robyn Dabney and The Utburd
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - December 21, 2022 21:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds are sipping spiked hot cocoa and a drink inspired by the horror of The Utburd, a new story by our own Robyn Dabney, the first story in a new Gothic Horror anthology, Bleak Midwinter: The Darkest Night. Wrap yourself in a warm blanket, spike that coffee or cocoa with something to warm t...
Dream of the Endless: The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - December 01, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsThe Nerds invite you to the world of Dream as they discuss the graphic novel that put Gaiman on the map: The Sandman, first published by DC Comics in 1988. The Tipsy Nerds are sipping luscious, creamy cocktails, one with absinthe, the other with tequila. Shaken or stirred, mix it up and join the...
Rings of Power: Doing Tolkien Proud or a Billion Dollar Bomb?
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - November 10, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsYou all know Robyn is a LotR super fan, so of course, we've got to have a chat about Amazon Original's production of Rings of Power. What did the Nerds think of it? Does Robyn think the show does Tolkien proud? Natalie doesn't know a harfoot from a hippie, so what were her thoughts of the produc...
Sipping Banjax and Bitter: Slade House by David Mitchell
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - October 27, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWelcome to Season 4 of TNBC! We begin the new season with a literary haunted house tale that's short but hits the sweet spot. Join Robyn and Natalie as they sip cocktails and dig deep into the layers of this seductive tale of lost souls. Join the conversation on Instagram or Facebook, and let u...
Season 4 Trailer
Tipsy Nerds Book Club - October 25, 2022 03:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe’re back! In this trailer, the Nerds preview the books and shows they'll feature in the upcoming Season 4 of the Tipsy Nerds Book Club podcast. Join the conversation on Instagram or Facebook, and let us know your thoughts on any of the media mentioned in our shows. https://www.instagram.com/...
Hellraiser (1987) & China Girl (1987)
Shite & Sound - September 22, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourHappy Bisexual Visability Week! Celebrate, as is tradition, the glorious 35th anniversaries of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' (Sept.1987), Abel Ferrara's 'China Girl' (Sept.1987), and Uther Shite (Sept.1987), with your hosts, Uther Shite & Finn "Sound" Nicolas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
The Searchers (1956) & Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Shite & Sound - July 14, 2022 18:00 - 2 hoursThis week, Finn & Uther watch John Ford's 'The Searchers' (1956), a western Uther strongly argues shouldn't be in the BFI Top Ten, and, S. Craig Zahler's 'Bone Tomahawk' (2015), a western Finn repeatedly implies should take its place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Man with a Movie Camera (1929) & Wind from the East (1970)
Shite & Sound - July 07, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis week, Finn and Uther watch 'Man with a Movie Camera' (1929), a still-revolutionary poem of film, and 'Wind from the East' (1970), a shrill-revolutionary waste of celluloid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) & Witchfinder General (1968)
Shite & Sound - June 30, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis week, Finn & Uther watched 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' (1928) and 'Witchfinder General' (1968), career-best performances from two of the greats: Maria Falconetti (? I hardly know 'er Falconetti) and Vincent Price (in THIS economy?). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
The Last of Sheila (1973) & Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Shite & Sound - June 23, 2022 18:00 - 3 hoursTo celebrate 100 episodes, here is the first instalment of a new sub-series: Film's Filmvourite Films. Finn introduces Uther to the decadent, despairing directorial work of acid-camp maestro Herbert Ross. First up is 'The Last of Sheila' (1973), Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkin's poison pen mu...
8½ (1963) & Nine (2009)
Shite & Sound - June 16, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis week, Finn & Uther watch '8½' (1963), the most Fellini a Fellini ever Fellini'd, and, 'Nine' (2009), which is among the films Rob Marshall has directed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Battleship Potemkin (1925) & Battleship (2012)
Shite & Sound - June 09, 2022 18:00 - 2 hoursThis week, Finn & Uther watched ‘Battleship Potemkin’ (1925), Eisenstein’s epochal Soviet propaganda, and ‘Battleship’ (2012), Berg’s eh-pochal Hasbro propaganda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
L'Atalante (1934) & Titanic (1997)
Shite & Sound - June 02, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis week, Finn & Uther watch Vigo's 'L'Atalante', easier to appreciate rather than actually enjoy, and Cameron's 'Titanic', easier to enjoy rather than actually appreciate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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