60 acast.com Nerdist Camp https://shows.acast.com/nc en Lego, Radiation, Video Games, Home Recording, Vinyl, Electronics,Science, History, Science Fiction, Comics, Cosplay, Conspiracy Theories, Retro Gear, Board Games, Cold War Cup The Mic Productions A Cup The Mic Production

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]]> true Cup The Mic Productions nerdistcamp@gmail.com 64f693c28ead840010088d00 nc episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64f693c28ead840010088d00/1744212943502-5daf48b7-6cda-46e5-a26f-0e6860252fe6.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/nc Nerdist Camp Silent Running Silent Running Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT 1:05:17 69bd4ba37878605e1181c371 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 69bd4ba37878605e1181c371 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s2e4 full 2 4 It’s lonely out in space. It’s lonelier when you’re a plant-loving hippy and the rest of the crew not only hate you, but they’re totally indifferent about soil, plants and wildlife. When you’re only friends are droids and plants, but you feel like the one man to save what’s left of the Earth, in the hope that one day, there might be trees, lakes and nature there once again. 


Today we trade the Nerdist Camp tent for a dome. So grab your watering can, load up the buggy, grab Huey, Dewey and Louis and head for the biodomes, but not too fast mind! For today we take a deep dive into the film, and the legacy of its message. Yes, today we look at Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 hippy epic, Silent Running. 


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]]> It’s lonely out in space. It’s lonelier when you’re a plant-loving hippy and the rest of the crew not only hate you, but they’re totally indifferent about soil, plants and wildlife. When you’re only friends are droids and plants, but you feel like the one man to save what’s left of the Earth, in the hope that one day, there might be trees, lakes and nature there once again. 


Today we trade the Nerdist Camp tent for a dome. So grab your watering can, load up the buggy, grab Huey, Dewey and Louis and head for the biodomes, but not too fast mind! For today we take a deep dive into the film, and the legacy of its message. Yes, today we look at Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 hippy epic, Silent Running. 


This fortnight we are recommending


Kris:


Andi:


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]]> Ghosts Ghosts Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT 1:12:11 69a94e70f413fba64f96b325 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s2e3 69a94e70f413fba64f96b325 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s2e3 Do they live amongst us, or do we just like a good scare? full 2 3 Have you ever worried about being scared by the ghosties, or grabbed by the ghoulies? Then today might be the chance you’ve been looking for to rip the covers off the mystery, or just stay away from that trap door.


Ghost hunting has exploded in popularity over the last couple of decades, largely thanks to TV shows like Most Haunted, Ghost Adventures, and more recently countless YouTube and TikTok creators wandering around dark buildings with gadgets. But as the hobby has grown, so has the market for ghost hunting equipment, and that now includes a whole world of smartphone and tablet apps that claim to detect spirits, translate their words, or even display them on screen. So how much of this is genuine investigation, and how much is entertainment dressed up as evidence?


News


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Links

  • Sandi Toksvig Billy Bragg records a radio broadcast and hears something very strange on Sandi's live show.

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]]> Have you ever worried about being scared by the ghosties, or grabbed by the ghoulies? Then today might be the chance you’ve been looking for to rip the covers off the mystery, or just stay away from that trap door.


Ghost hunting has exploded in popularity over the last couple of decades, largely thanks to TV shows like Most Haunted, Ghost Adventures, and more recently countless YouTube and TikTok creators wandering around dark buildings with gadgets. But as the hobby has grown, so has the market for ghost hunting equipment, and that now includes a whole world of smartphone and tablet apps that claim to detect spirits, translate their words, or even display them on screen. So how much of this is genuine investigation, and how much is entertainment dressed up as evidence?


News


This fortnight we are recommending


Kris:


Andi:


Links

  • Sandi Toksvig Billy Bragg records a radio broadcast and hears something very strange on Sandi's live show.

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nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> Airships Airships Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT 1:14:01 698e14e01506be1a7e34bb53 false https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 698e14e01506be1a7e34bb53 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s2e2 Up, Up and Away, in our Beautiful Balloon full 2 2 Hello and welcome to Nerdist Camp.


Today we look at an uplifting topic, and hopefully we’ll have a filling that’s not just a load of hot air. If you’ve ever been to an American Football game in the states, or grew up in the UK in the 70s, then you’ll know exactly what we mean. They’ve been the things of dreams, and the things of nightmares. They can be uplifting or a sign of dread. Some are luxurious and made for tourists, and some are completely functional. What is their continued appeal, and why do the bad guys seem to like them so much? This may seem like an odd topic for us to cover, but as you know, we’re planning to do some deeper dives into topics this season, so it should be a “Good Year!”


Yes, today we invite you to come “up, up and away in our beautiful balloon,” as we take a deep-dive into…Airships. 



Airships in films



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:

Andi:

  • Smoke & Mirrors + Other Things- The Eden House
  • It got suggested after listening to The Mission. It’s a collaborative music project, tons of people, lavish, brooding. Nice. Julian Regan features on one track. 
  • Halt & Catch Fire, - ITVX
  • Departure - Netflix


Links mentioned in this episode

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]]> Hello and welcome to Nerdist Camp.


Today we look at an uplifting topic, and hopefully we’ll have a filling that’s not just a load of hot air. If you’ve ever been to an American Football game in the states, or grew up in the UK in the 70s, then you’ll know exactly what we mean. They’ve been the things of dreams, and the things of nightmares. They can be uplifting or a sign of dread. Some are luxurious and made for tourists, and some are completely functional. What is their continued appeal, and why do the bad guys seem to like them so much? This may seem like an odd topic for us to cover, but as you know, we’re planning to do some deeper dives into topics this season, so it should be a “Good Year!”


Yes, today we invite you to come “up, up and away in our beautiful balloon,” as we take a deep-dive into…Airships. 



Airships in films



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:

Andi:

  • Smoke & Mirrors + Other Things- The Eden House
  • It got suggested after listening to The Mission. It’s a collaborative music project, tons of people, lavish, brooding. Nice. Julian Regan features on one track. 
  • Halt & Catch Fire, - ITVX
  • Departure - Netflix


Links mentioned in this episode

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If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

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]]> In the SHADO of UFO In the SHADO of UFO Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 GMT 1:04:15 697cb6748f4f3ac100f7ad5e true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 697cb6748f4f3ac100f7ad5e 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s2e1 A deep-dive into the live-action Gerry Anderson series full 2 1 Hello, and welcome to the first episode of season 2 of Nerdist Camp. We have a slight gear change this season as we head full on into 2026. This season we’re going to focus less on genres and overviews of topics we love, and we’re going to be taking a deeper dive into specific films, books, TV, music etc. 


Liked Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, and Captain Scarlet, but couldn’t get past the marionettes? Ever thought, those scale scene models are wasted on puppets, they should make a real science-fiction. Then look no further, for today we have you covered. In a series where Gerry Anderson takes the action and replaces lumber for luvvies, we look at UFO, the 1970 live action series that would combine model work with, some would say, acting more wooden than the puppets, and would only run for one season. Was it the Firefly of its day, or should it be filed away?


UFO is available to watch, for free, now on ITVX


UFO Episode List (original production order):

1. Identified 

2. Exposed 

3. The Cat with Ten Lives 

4. Conflict 

5. A Question of Priorities 

6. E. S. P. 

7. Kill Straker! 

8. Sub-Smash 

9. Destruction 

10. The Square Triangle 

11. Close Up 

12. The Psycho bombs 

13. Survival

14. Mindbender

15. Flight Path 

16. The Man Who Came Back

17. The Dalotek Affair

18. Time lash

19. Ordeal

20. Court Martial

21. Computer Affair 

22. Confetti Check A- OK. 

23. The Sound of Silence 

24. Reflections in the Water 

25. The Responsibility Seat 

26. The Long Sleep


This is the order they were shown in on ATV in the Midlands

but every broadcaster showed them in a different sequence.

First broadcast: 16th September 1970 Last of run: 7th August 1971.


News


This fortnight we are recommending


Kris:


Andi:


“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)

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]]> Hello, and welcome to the first episode of season 2 of Nerdist Camp. We have a slight gear change this season as we head full on into 2026. This season we’re going to focus less on genres and overviews of topics we love, and we’re going to be taking a deeper dive into specific films, books, TV, music etc. 


Liked Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, and Captain Scarlet, but couldn’t get past the marionettes? Ever thought, those scale scene models are wasted on puppets, they should make a real science-fiction. Then look no further, for today we have you covered. In a series where Gerry Anderson takes the action and replaces lumber for luvvies, we look at UFO, the 1970 live action series that would combine model work with, some would say, acting more wooden than the puppets, and would only run for one season. Was it the Firefly of its day, or should it be filed away?


UFO is available to watch, for free, now on ITVX


UFO Episode List (original production order):

1. Identified 

2. Exposed 

3. The Cat with Ten Lives 

4. Conflict 

5. A Question of Priorities 

6. E. S. P. 

7. Kill Straker! 

8. Sub-Smash 

9. Destruction 

10. The Square Triangle 

11. Close Up 

12. The Psycho bombs 

13. Survival

14. Mindbender

15. Flight Path 

16. The Man Who Came Back

17. The Dalotek Affair

18. Time lash

19. Ordeal

20. Court Martial

21. Computer Affair 

22. Confetti Check A- OK. 

23. The Sound of Silence 

24. Reflections in the Water 

25. The Responsibility Seat 

26. The Long Sleep


This is the order they were shown in on ATV in the Midlands

but every broadcaster showed them in a different sequence.

First broadcast: 16th September 1970 Last of run: 7th August 1971.


News


This fortnight we are recommending


Kris:


Andi:


“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

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]]> Review of 2025 Review of 2025 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:00 GMT 1:16:23 695fbfbf68202f9decefb662 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 695fbfbf68202f9decefb662 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e21 What kind of year has it been bonus 1 21 Hello there and welcome to a very special bonus episode of Nerdist Camp. I'm joined by my regular partner in crime, the ying to my yang, the Mulder to my Skully, the sausage to my squishy buns, Andi Elliot.


Welcome to our review of 2025. We'll take a look back at the episodes of the year, the topics we covered, and we look if anything we talked about needs updating.


We're also going to read out some listener's comments that have come into the show, so thanks to everyone who has contributed to those, and we'll be looking if we have anything further to add, or any updates on the topics we covered.


We'll also look forward to next year, the topics we will be covering, the features we'll keep, and those we might drop in order to focus on the bits we all love.


Our 2025 Episodes:


  1. Science fiction  
  2. Computer Games  
  3. Bond, James Bond  
  4. 80s Gameshows  
  5. Disaster Movies  
  6. Nuclear Disasters  
  7. AI  
  8. Board Games  
  9. The Promise of Space 
  10. The War of The Worlds  
  11. UFO!  
  12. Titanic  
  13. Heist Movies  
  14. Adult Fans of Lego (AFoL)  
  15. Music Formats and the Rise of Digital  
  16. John Carpenter  
  17. Bunkers & The Cold War  
  18. Bear with me, it's good (films you might give a miss that are worth the time)  
  19. Christmas Films  
  20. Christmas Toys


Tech news


This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:

  • Carry On Up The Podcast 
  • Susan Calman and podcaster and journalist Mike Muncer as they embark on a bumpy chronological journey through every film in the iconic 'Carry On' series...from 'Sergeant' to 'Columbus' via 'Screaming' and 'Camping'! 
  • As well as reviewing and ranking each film in the series, Susan and Mike will be discussing the lives and careers of its iconic stars, from Sid James to Kenneth Williams to Barbara Windsor. 
  • Deepest Dive - Podcasts on Audible
  • In light of the renewed robotic search for MH370 (The company is best known for providing the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust with submersible experts and underwater robots that helped to locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance in 2022).
  • Was it one of the largest ever acts of mass murder, a hijacking that went wrong, or was it something less sinister like technical failure? 
  • Co-presented by journalist and broadcaster Jana Wendt and Peter Waring a former Australian naval officer who worked on the search. It re-examines the evidence and tells the inside story of those whose lives have been consumed by aviation’s most perplexing mystery.
  • Dealgorithmed × 001 • Buttondown, a newsletter about the web
  • “The web is still a fucking awesome place. Sure, you can spend an hour doomscrolling Instagram, but you can also browse antique maps and atlases, play delightful word games, watch mesmerizing wind patterns simulations, listen to radio stations from all over the world, generate wacky typographic animations, or learn how to survive a drone.”



If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> Hello there and welcome to a very special bonus episode of Nerdist Camp. I'm joined by my regular partner in crime, the ying to my yang, the Mulder to my Skully, the sausage to my squishy buns, Andi Elliot.


Welcome to our review of 2025. We'll take a look back at the episodes of the year, the topics we covered, and we look if anything we talked about needs updating.


We're also going to read out some listener's comments that have come into the show, so thanks to everyone who has contributed to those, and we'll be looking if we have anything further to add, or any updates on the topics we covered.


We'll also look forward to next year, the topics we will be covering, the features we'll keep, and those we might drop in order to focus on the bits we all love.


Our 2025 Episodes:


  1. Science fiction  
  2. Computer Games  
  3. Bond, James Bond  
  4. 80s Gameshows  
  5. Disaster Movies  
  6. Nuclear Disasters  
  7. AI  
  8. Board Games  
  9. The Promise of Space 
  10. The War of The Worlds  
  11. UFO!  
  12. Titanic  
  13. Heist Movies  
  14. Adult Fans of Lego (AFoL)  
  15. Music Formats and the Rise of Digital  
  16. John Carpenter  
  17. Bunkers & The Cold War  
  18. Bear with me, it's good (films you might give a miss that are worth the time)  
  19. Christmas Films  
  20. Christmas Toys


Tech news


This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:

  • Carry On Up The Podcast 
  • Susan Calman and podcaster and journalist Mike Muncer as they embark on a bumpy chronological journey through every film in the iconic 'Carry On' series...from 'Sergeant' to 'Columbus' via 'Screaming' and 'Camping'! 
  • As well as reviewing and ranking each film in the series, Susan and Mike will be discussing the lives and careers of its iconic stars, from Sid James to Kenneth Williams to Barbara Windsor. 
  • Deepest Dive - Podcasts on Audible
  • In light of the renewed robotic search for MH370 (The company is best known for providing the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust with submersible experts and underwater robots that helped to locate Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance in 2022).
  • Was it one of the largest ever acts of mass murder, a hijacking that went wrong, or was it something less sinister like technical failure? 
  • Co-presented by journalist and broadcaster Jana Wendt and Peter Waring a former Australian naval officer who worked on the search. It re-examines the evidence and tells the inside story of those whose lives have been consumed by aviation’s most perplexing mystery.
  • Dealgorithmed × 001 • Buttondown, a newsletter about the web
  • “The web is still a fucking awesome place. Sure, you can spend an hour doomscrolling Instagram, but you can also browse antique maps and atlases, play delightful word games, watch mesmerizing wind patterns simulations, listen to radio stations from all over the world, generate wacky typographic animations, or learn how to survive a drone.”



If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> Christmas Toys Christmas Toys Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT 1:04:03 693c38ff9278bf5c1c41fcec true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 693c38ff9278bf5c1c41fcec 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e20 The toys you loved the most and the ones you got so close. full 1 20 We all remember and know that feeling, not being able to get to sleep the night before due to the pure excitement, the nervousness, the anticipation. Will Santa get it right? Has he listened to what you said when you met him in the shopping centre, on the train, or at the local village hall? Did he read that letter, and did Bernard (head elf), put you on the naughty or nice list? How will he get them down the chimney, and what brand of mince pies does he prefer? 


So I hope you’re all listening, tucked up in your beads, having been very good boys and girls this year, as we take the wrapper off today’s episode, will it deliver joy and lifelong memories, or will it break straight away or just not come with the batteries? Yes, today we talk about that most wonderful, acquisitional time of the year, those Christmas toys that we loved as a kid, and that we still buy for ourselves as a bigger kid! Today we look at Christmas Toys, old and new. 



Tech news

  • Russian cosmodrome platform collapse 20 ton. Pin forgotten
  • New Tomb Raider games - legacy of Atlantis (TR1) and new game set now. Young Lara and modern Lara


This fortnight we are recommending

  • Mr Inbetween, Disney+
  • Colin From Accounts
  • BBC model shop


We’ll be back with a new Season on the 9th Jan so look out for us then! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.



If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

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]]> We all remember and know that feeling, not being able to get to sleep the night before due to the pure excitement, the nervousness, the anticipation. Will Santa get it right? Has he listened to what you said when you met him in the shopping centre, on the train, or at the local village hall? Did he read that letter, and did Bernard (head elf), put you on the naughty or nice list? How will he get them down the chimney, and what brand of mince pies does he prefer? 


So I hope you’re all listening, tucked up in your beads, having been very good boys and girls this year, as we take the wrapper off today’s episode, will it deliver joy and lifelong memories, or will it break straight away or just not come with the batteries? Yes, today we talk about that most wonderful, acquisitional time of the year, those Christmas toys that we loved as a kid, and that we still buy for ourselves as a bigger kid! Today we look at Christmas Toys, old and new. 



Tech news

  • Russian cosmodrome platform collapse 20 ton. Pin forgotten
  • New Tomb Raider games - legacy of Atlantis (TR1) and new game set now. Young Lara and modern Lara


This fortnight we are recommending

  • Mr Inbetween, Disney+
  • Colin From Accounts
  • BBC model shop


We’ll be back with a new Season on the 9th Jan so look out for us then! Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.



If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

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]]> Christmas Films Christmas Films Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT 1:13:46 693c388cf817d7dbe862bbe0 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 693c388cf817d7dbe862bbe0 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e19 Those films that are about Christmas, and those that are about, at Christmas. full 1 19 It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas, well nearly. Yes it’s the run up to the silly season. Whether you’re of the religious persuasion or not, it’s still a time when there might be something interesting on telly, when you might get something you want, and will probably get things you don’t, when you can go “well tacky” with the decorations and completely get away with it and when you can over-eat and over-drink because, let’s face it, the diet is in January!


So grab that box of pretzels, the matchmakers, after eights and the Elizabeth Shaw mints, the Celebrations and the Doritos with the regrettably hot dip and slump into your chair, ready to be entertained whilst you much away in your ironically funny Christmas Jumper, even though you’ve just eaten 3 courses of unbelievably rich food, because today, we’re looking at Christmas Films:



Tech news

Disney OpenAI Deal

McDonalds pulls AI advert

Gemini gaining on ChatGPT (650 vs 80p million users)



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:

Andi:

  • Memento Mori: Mexico City - Depeche Mode (concert film and live album)
  • Landman - Paramount+
  • Tested.com - the favourite things videos. Adam, Norm, Cayte

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

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]]> It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaas, well nearly. Yes it’s the run up to the silly season. Whether you’re of the religious persuasion or not, it’s still a time when there might be something interesting on telly, when you might get something you want, and will probably get things you don’t, when you can go “well tacky” with the decorations and completely get away with it and when you can over-eat and over-drink because, let’s face it, the diet is in January!


So grab that box of pretzels, the matchmakers, after eights and the Elizabeth Shaw mints, the Celebrations and the Doritos with the regrettably hot dip and slump into your chair, ready to be entertained whilst you much away in your ironically funny Christmas Jumper, even though you’ve just eaten 3 courses of unbelievably rich food, because today, we’re looking at Christmas Films:



Tech news

Disney OpenAI Deal

McDonalds pulls AI advert

Gemini gaining on ChatGPT (650 vs 80p million users)



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:

Andi:

  • Memento Mori: Mexico City - Depeche Mode (concert film and live album)
  • Landman - Paramount+
  • Tested.com - the favourite things videos. Adam, Norm, Cayte

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> <![CDATA[Bear with me, it's good!]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT 1:09:07 6928595628d683f0f813c395 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 6928595628d683f0f813c395 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e18 A celebration of those weird, awkwardly-shaped films that for some reason just stick with you. full 1 18 Sometimes there's a film, a film that just chimes with you. Sometimes it's a low budget indie production, shot on a shoestring. Sometimes it's a triple A Hollywood production with a bigger marketing budget than it probably pulled back in release sales. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's that obscure film that you missed the first time around, but once you found it, you just can't live without it in your life. 


Yes, today we look at those films that are either so bad, that they're actually good, or are hidden or massively underrated gems, that have gained a cult following fire to their utterly unappreciated brilliance. Or, they’re just bad but we love them anyway - a celebration of those weird, awkwardly-shaped films that for some reason just stick with you. 


There will be honourable mentions, there might be disagreements. Either way it’s a Battle Royale at the Camp!



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:


Links

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere

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]]> Sometimes there's a film, a film that just chimes with you. Sometimes it's a low budget indie production, shot on a shoestring. Sometimes it's a triple A Hollywood production with a bigger marketing budget than it probably pulled back in release sales. Sometimes, just sometimes, it's that obscure film that you missed the first time around, but once you found it, you just can't live without it in your life. 


Yes, today we look at those films that are either so bad, that they're actually good, or are hidden or massively underrated gems, that have gained a cult following fire to their utterly unappreciated brilliance. Or, they’re just bad but we love them anyway - a celebration of those weird, awkwardly-shaped films that for some reason just stick with you. 


There will be honourable mentions, there might be disagreements. Either way it’s a Battle Royale at the Camp!



This fortnight we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:


Links

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere

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]]> <![CDATA[Bunkers & The Cold War]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT 1:08:18 691720c9c66f88b0921e6c42 false https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 691720c9c66f88b0921e6c42 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e17 Crawl out throught the fallout baby! full 1 17 Some days, the news cycle alone makes a windowless concrete box 20 feet underground sound like a five-star spa. If I hear one more story about Putin's shirtless fishing trips, Trump’s latest bid to annex a golf course, or receive another passive-aggressive email from Heather in HR (“Just circling back”), I swear I’m digging a tunnel straight to my Cold War fallout bunker. Honestly, it’s starting to look like the only sane option. Give me 500 tins of baked beans, 300 cans of prunes in syrup (for that gourmet doom cuisine), a lifetime supply of toilet paper, and a hamster named Sir Whiskerstein powering my vintage record player. I’ll be down there listening to ABBA’s greatest hits while the surface world fights over the last Toblerone Dark, like it’s the Ring of Power. Call it escapism, call it nerdcore survivalism, call it time to actually get some peace and quiet, but whatever you call it, it’s time to crawl out through the fallout baby as today we look at cold war nuclear bunkers…



This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:


Links


Kris

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]]> Some days, the news cycle alone makes a windowless concrete box 20 feet underground sound like a five-star spa. If I hear one more story about Putin's shirtless fishing trips, Trump’s latest bid to annex a golf course, or receive another passive-aggressive email from Heather in HR (“Just circling back”), I swear I’m digging a tunnel straight to my Cold War fallout bunker. Honestly, it’s starting to look like the only sane option. Give me 500 tins of baked beans, 300 cans of prunes in syrup (for that gourmet doom cuisine), a lifetime supply of toilet paper, and a hamster named Sir Whiskerstein powering my vintage record player. I’ll be down there listening to ABBA’s greatest hits while the surface world fights over the last Toblerone Dark, like it’s the Ring of Power. Call it escapism, call it nerdcore survivalism, call it time to actually get some peace and quiet, but whatever you call it, it’s time to crawl out through the fallout baby as today we look at cold war nuclear bunkers…



This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:


Links


Kris

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]]> John Carpenter John Carpenter Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMT 1:11:01 68ffdd94ffe4007c05ea9c6b true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68ffdd94ffe4007c05ea9c6b 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e16 Halloween comes but once a year... full 1 16 As Halloween approaches, and we leave behind the 50th Anniversary of Spielberg’s two-note themed horror epic Jaws, we look at another director, one with many iconic horror films under his belt, and one who is not shy of using the two-note theme tune. A Director who has become synonymous with this time of year , but who has also taken us to outer planets as well. A director who is as well known for also creating the soundtracks to his films, as the films themselves. So get ready for Halloween, look out to that Dark Star and hope that, if that Thing comes to get you, you’ll be able to Escape from New York. 


If you haven't guess already, in honour of Halloween, this week we take a deep dive into the career of John Carpenter.


Tech news

Amazon glasses


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Kris:


Andi:


Links


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]]> As Halloween approaches, and we leave behind the 50th Anniversary of Spielberg’s two-note themed horror epic Jaws, we look at another director, one with many iconic horror films under his belt, and one who is not shy of using the two-note theme tune. A Director who has become synonymous with this time of year , but who has also taken us to outer planets as well. A director who is as well known for also creating the soundtracks to his films, as the films themselves. So get ready for Halloween, look out to that Dark Star and hope that, if that Thing comes to get you, you’ll be able to Escape from New York. 


If you haven't guess already, in honour of Halloween, this week we take a deep dive into the career of John Carpenter.


Tech news

Amazon glasses


This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:


Links


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]]> Music Formats and the Rise of Digital Music Formats and the Rise of Digital Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:14:27 68f287124c07b133bf9aa4a1 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68f287124c07b133bf9aa4a1 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e15 full 1 15 Welcome to Episode 15 of Nerdist Camp. Yes, we built this episode from scratch, it was a stream of consciousness, so crank up the handle as we take you for a spin on a voyage of disc-covery which you may like a bit if you can work out the algorithm. It’s gonna be a reel joy, but I won’t give you any spoolers just yet, so lets cue the tape and hit record…


If you haven’t guessed it already, this episode we’re talking about all things music formats.


Tech news


All the gear


This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi


Links


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]]> Welcome to Episode 15 of Nerdist Camp. Yes, we built this episode from scratch, it was a stream of consciousness, so crank up the handle as we take you for a spin on a voyage of disc-covery which you may like a bit if you can work out the algorithm. It’s gonna be a reel joy, but I won’t give you any spoolers just yet, so lets cue the tape and hit record…


If you haven’t guessed it already, this episode we’re talking about all things music formats.


Tech news


All the gear


This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi


Links


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]]> Adult Fans of Lego (AFOL) Adult Fans of Lego (AFOL) Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:13:34 68dfe3d31300c48ae103a09f false https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68dfe3d31300c48ae103a09f 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e14 We built an episode that we were bricking ourselves about full 1 14 As we were building this episode, it took a while to find all the pieces. We knew what the finished thing should look like, but we had to lay all the components on the table and figure out if any pieces were missing. As we assembled the episode, it slowly snapped together. We may have been bricking it at one point, but eventually we could see it coming together and were glad we paid the price. Now everything is awesome. 

If you haven't guessed already, today we're talking about Denmark’s biggest export, no it's not Sandi Toksvig, it's Lego!



Tech news



Grainger Things



All the gear

Do I need another e-ink tablet? (Yes, yes I do). 



I’ve never (confessions)

Kris: Seen Hackers, oops!

Andi: 



This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:




Links⛓️🔗🖇️

Tom's Guide - Amazon Event



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]]> As we were building this episode, it took a while to find all the pieces. We knew what the finished thing should look like, but we had to lay all the components on the table and figure out if any pieces were missing. As we assembled the episode, it slowly snapped together. We may have been bricking it at one point, but eventually we could see it coming together and were glad we paid the price. Now everything is awesome. 

If you haven't guessed already, today we're talking about Denmark’s biggest export, no it's not Sandi Toksvig, it's Lego!



Tech news



Grainger Things



All the gear

Do I need another e-ink tablet? (Yes, yes I do). 



I’ve never (confessions)

Kris: Seen Hackers, oops!

Andi: 



This week we are recommending

Kris:


Andi:




Links⛓️🔗🖇️

Tom's Guide - Amazon Event



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]]> Heist Movies Heist Movies Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:09:47 68d67fce2552b72c20ec86a2 false https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68d67fce2552b72c20ec86a2 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e13 full 1 13 Today, we’re planning a score of our own. Every good heist story starts with assembling the team — and lucky for you, we’ve got just the right mix of brains, charm, and ok, maybe a touch of chaos. We’ll walk through the meticulous rehearsal, the nail-biting nerves before the job, and that perfect moment when everything clicks like clockwork… until it doesn’t. Because in every great heist film, there’s always a spanner in the works. Will we get away clean, sipping cocktails on a beach somewhere? Or will we be telling this story from behind bars? Stick around — because in this episode, we’re cracking open the vaults of the greatest heist movies.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

  • Only Murders in the Building Season 5
  • The Last of Us (late to the party with this one)
  • Fallout
  • David Gilmour at Circus Maximus. 

Andi:

Links

Article on Huntington's Treatment

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]]> Today, we’re planning a score of our own. Every good heist story starts with assembling the team — and lucky for you, we’ve got just the right mix of brains, charm, and ok, maybe a touch of chaos. We’ll walk through the meticulous rehearsal, the nail-biting nerves before the job, and that perfect moment when everything clicks like clockwork… until it doesn’t. Because in every great heist film, there’s always a spanner in the works. Will we get away clean, sipping cocktails on a beach somewhere? Or will we be telling this story from behind bars? Stick around — because in this episode, we’re cracking open the vaults of the greatest heist movies.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

  • Only Murders in the Building Season 5
  • The Last of Us (late to the party with this one)
  • Fallout
  • David Gilmour at Circus Maximus. 

Andi:

Links

Article on Huntington's Treatment

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]]> Titanic Titanic Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:07:17 68b980a44199e5a9ce08e467 false https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68b980a44199e5a9ce08e467 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e12 One of Our Ships is Missing: the search for the wreck. full 1 12 Today Andi takes a deep dive into the discovery of the world's most famous shipwreck, so grab your first class tickets and get ready to join us on a voyage of discovery as we plunge the depths of our knowledge to mark 40 years since the discovery of the wreck on the 1st of September…


Titanic (launched 1912) was the second of 3 Olympic class ships - she had two sisters, the Olympic (launched first in 1911) and Britannic (1915)


We take a deep dive into the projects to try and find and observe her, some successful, some disasterous, some so close, but no cigar. We discuss the technologies developed for the search and the films that have been inspired by the most famous of all shipping disasters.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)

Resident Alien (Netflix)

The Staedtler Norris Digital Jumbo Stylus (Amazon: also available as a thinner, longer version, without the eraser)

The Odessa File, blu ray (Amazon)

Black Sunday, blu ray (Amazon)


Andi:

  • Lee - Sky Movies/Now
  • Tells the life story of war photographer Lee Miller (played by Kate Winslet)
  • The Jezabels, “Prisoner” (album, 2011)


BBC Radio 4 - Forest 404

Forest 404 was a science fiction podcast produced by the BBC that starred Pearl Mackie. The series debuted in 2019 on BBC Sounds and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The 27-part show was composed of nine narrative episodes, each accompanied by a soundscape and a discussion on the show's themes. The story was written by Timothy X Atak, and the theme music was by Bonobo.


The narrative of the show follows a data analyst named Pan who lives in a dystopian 24th century. Pan is tasked with cataloguing and deleting the remaining audio from before a global catastrophe. While reviewing the audio, she discovers recordings of the natural world and finds that they have a profound effect on whoever listens to them. 


Links

Goliath Awaits - Wikipedia




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]]> Today Andi takes a deep dive into the discovery of the world's most famous shipwreck, so grab your first class tickets and get ready to join us on a voyage of discovery as we plunge the depths of our knowledge to mark 40 years since the discovery of the wreck on the 1st of September…


Titanic (launched 1912) was the second of 3 Olympic class ships - she had two sisters, the Olympic (launched first in 1911) and Britannic (1915)


We take a deep dive into the projects to try and find and observe her, some successful, some disasterous, some so close, but no cigar. We discuss the technologies developed for the search and the films that have been inspired by the most famous of all shipping disasters.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

Thursday Murder Club (Netflix)

Resident Alien (Netflix)

The Staedtler Norris Digital Jumbo Stylus (Amazon: also available as a thinner, longer version, without the eraser)

The Odessa File, blu ray (Amazon)

Black Sunday, blu ray (Amazon)


Andi:

  • Lee - Sky Movies/Now
  • Tells the life story of war photographer Lee Miller (played by Kate Winslet)
  • The Jezabels, “Prisoner” (album, 2011)


BBC Radio 4 - Forest 404

Forest 404 was a science fiction podcast produced by the BBC that starred Pearl Mackie. The series debuted in 2019 on BBC Sounds and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The 27-part show was composed of nine narrative episodes, each accompanied by a soundscape and a discussion on the show's themes. The story was written by Timothy X Atak, and the theme music was by Bonobo.


The narrative of the show follows a data analyst named Pan who lives in a dystopian 24th century. Pan is tasked with cataloguing and deleting the remaining audio from before a global catastrophe. While reviewing the audio, she discovers recordings of the natural world and finds that they have a profound effect on whoever listens to them. 


Links

Goliath Awaits - Wikipedia




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]]> UFO! UFO! Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:09:42 68a8709da04c35d2c954fe52 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 68a8709da04c35d2c954fe52 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e11 Conspiracy or Con? full 1 11 Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the podcast where we set up camp at the crossroads of curiosity and the stories that won’t stop haunting us.


Today, we’re talking about UFOs, lights in the sky, strange happenings and alien abductions. 

Why do so many people claim to have seen strange lights, saucer shaped craft, lost hours of time, or even been taken aboard for probing?

Is it evidence of extraterrestrial contact... or are the answers closer to Earth?

We’ll discuss psychological theories to ask which one explains why people say they’ve been abducted by aliens. Is it temporary illness, mass hysteria, or is it something simpler — a desperate need for attention, weaving a fantasy around a script we’ve all learned from books and movies? Or have they indeed been taken in the night?

Grab your flashlight, because here on Nerdist Camp, we’re investigating all things unidentified, unexplained and unclassified after 50 years. 


Film and TV we discussed:


Travis Walton / Fire In The Sky

Whitley Strieber / Communion

Gerry Anderson UFO

Heaven’s Gate cult

Dark Skies

The X Files

Close encounters of the Third Kind

Contact 

Signs

District 9

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, 2008)

This Island Earth


This week we are watching and recommend:

Kris:

Alien Earth (Disney+)

Unsolved Mysteries (2024, Netflix) (V3E2, Something in the Sky, V5E4, The Roswell UFO Incident).

Encounters (2023, Netflix).

Batman & Robin - Sun Ra. 

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof. 


Andi:

Alien Earth

Platonic - Apple TV+

Resident Alien (Sky/Now)

“Leaving Through The Window” - Something Corporate


Links, so far:

ʻOumuamua - Wikipedia

'Oumuamua - NASA Science

Grainger Taylor




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]]> Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the podcast where we set up camp at the crossroads of curiosity and the stories that won’t stop haunting us.


Today, we’re talking about UFOs, lights in the sky, strange happenings and alien abductions. 

Why do so many people claim to have seen strange lights, saucer shaped craft, lost hours of time, or even been taken aboard for probing?

Is it evidence of extraterrestrial contact... or are the answers closer to Earth?

We’ll discuss psychological theories to ask which one explains why people say they’ve been abducted by aliens. Is it temporary illness, mass hysteria, or is it something simpler — a desperate need for attention, weaving a fantasy around a script we’ve all learned from books and movies? Or have they indeed been taken in the night?

Grab your flashlight, because here on Nerdist Camp, we’re investigating all things unidentified, unexplained and unclassified after 50 years. 


Film and TV we discussed:


Travis Walton / Fire In The Sky

Whitley Strieber / Communion

Gerry Anderson UFO

Heaven’s Gate cult

Dark Skies

The X Files

Close encounters of the Third Kind

Contact 

Signs

District 9

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, 2008)

This Island Earth


This week we are watching and recommend:

Kris:

Alien Earth (Disney+)

Unsolved Mysteries (2024, Netflix) (V3E2, Something in the Sky, V5E4, The Roswell UFO Incident).

Encounters (2023, Netflix).

Batman & Robin - Sun Ra. 

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Philip Glass - 1000 Airplanes on the Roof. 


Andi:

Alien Earth

Platonic - Apple TV+

Resident Alien (Sky/Now)

“Leaving Through The Window” - Something Corporate


Links, so far:

ʻOumuamua - Wikipedia

'Oumuamua - NASA Science

Grainger Taylor




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]]> The War of The Worlds The War of The Worlds Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:00:00 GMT 58:25 689e0273b9b9dae0c7f82aa3 true https://www.facebook.com/nerdistcamp 689e0273b9b9dae0c7f82aa3 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e10 No one would have believed... full 1 10 The War of The Worlds


Welcome back to Nerdist Camp. This week Andi and Kris discuss the H.G. Wells' classic, The War of The Worlds. We'll look at how we first encountered it and the many adaptations, both good and bad, that have followed.


Some of the topics:

"Why has there never been a good version set in the original time period? Doesn't seem to be a problem with Charles Dickens".


HG Wells novella, to Orson Welles’ radio drama that scared a nation, to movie, to Spielberg movie, to 1970s concept album, and countless tv remakes, the War of the Worlds has undergone numerous adaptations and continues to inspire and perplex us today.


No one would have believed, in the last years of the 1970s, that a TV composer who wrote arrangements for David Essex would put together a cast including Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington and Chris Thompson. Few men even considered the possibilities of trying to sync up two analogue 24 track machines, and then getting the mix of the second half accidently shredded, and using synthesisers, a string section, electric musicians and a saucepan, and turning what was meant to be a single, into an LP, then a double album. And yet, at Advision Studios and Abbey Road, a mind immeasurably superior to ours, regarded this task as something in his stride, and slowly, and surely, he fueled our imaginations.


This week we are recommending:

Kris:


Andi:

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]]> The War of The Worlds


Welcome back to Nerdist Camp. This week Andi and Kris discuss the H.G. Wells' classic, The War of The Worlds. We'll look at how we first encountered it and the many adaptations, both good and bad, that have followed.


Some of the topics:

"Why has there never been a good version set in the original time period? Doesn't seem to be a problem with Charles Dickens".


HG Wells novella, to Orson Welles’ radio drama that scared a nation, to movie, to Spielberg movie, to 1970s concept album, and countless tv remakes, the War of the Worlds has undergone numerous adaptations and continues to inspire and perplex us today.


No one would have believed, in the last years of the 1970s, that a TV composer who wrote arrangements for David Essex would put together a cast including Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Phil Lynott, Julie Covington and Chris Thompson. Few men even considered the possibilities of trying to sync up two analogue 24 track machines, and then getting the mix of the second half accidently shredded, and using synthesisers, a string section, electric musicians and a saucepan, and turning what was meant to be a single, into an LP, then a double album. And yet, at Advision Studios and Abbey Road, a mind immeasurably superior to ours, regarded this task as something in his stride, and slowly, and surely, he fueled our imaginations.


This week we are recommending:

Kris:


Andi:

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]]> The Promise of Space The Promise of Space Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:29:40 GMT 1:16:00 6895d0bac952cf59785577ed false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e9 6895d0bac952cf59785577ed 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e9 Retro Futurism: where would you like to go yesterday? full 1 9 In the 50s with the launch of Sputnik 1, we saw the birth of a new era of optimism, with the promise of a new frontier for exploration, re-population and adventure. A chance to move out from the bounds of the Earth and to explore new territories with abundant and plentiful resources, to colonise new planets and moons and to take man further than he had ever been before. The 60s saw the presence of man in space, and in 69 a man would set foot on the moon. 


In this episode, we look at the optimism of this period, the endless possibilities afforded by our own imagination and some of the promises of science fiction. Some of those dreams came true, but some also turned into tragedy.. 


We’ll explore where popular culture meets science, we’ll look at the history of the space race and the films and music that have helped to drive it. We’ll discuss some highs and lows and ask the question, what’s next?


Things we mentioned:


Music

  • Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
  • B12 – Space Age
  • Sun Ra – Space Is the Place
  • Sheldon Allman – Folk Songs for the 21st Century
  • Les Baxter – Space Escapade
  • Mike Oldfield – Songs of Distant Earth
  • The Alan Parsons Project – I, Robot
  • Brian Eno – Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
  • Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Tangerine Dream – Zeist
  • Jean-Michel Jarre – Rendez-vous (Connection to Ron McNair/Challenger and Houston concert)
  • Hydrus - Midnight in Space
  • Islands in Space - Lightdreams


Films & TV

  • Brazil
  • Blade Runner
  • The Jetsons
  • The Incredibles
  • For All Mankind (alt-history)
  • Tomorrowland (honourable mention - chrome fin future, “Yesterday’s Tomorrow - Disney’s Magical Mid-Century” book)
  • Space Race (BBC documentary) - digital effects designer / digital effects artist on two episodes was Gareth Edwards (Rogue One)


Games

  • Bioshock
  • Destroy All Humans
  • Fallout
  • Void Bastards



Links

West Wing Galileo What's Next - YouTube


NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations | WIRED


http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022225a-apollo-1-documentary-premiere.html

Spaceflight Now | STS-27 Legendary commander tells story of shuttle's close call

Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes | Disney+

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century: Amazon.co.uk


Bringing Columbia Home

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]]> In the 50s with the launch of Sputnik 1, we saw the birth of a new era of optimism, with the promise of a new frontier for exploration, re-population and adventure. A chance to move out from the bounds of the Earth and to explore new territories with abundant and plentiful resources, to colonise new planets and moons and to take man further than he had ever been before. The 60s saw the presence of man in space, and in 69 a man would set foot on the moon. 


In this episode, we look at the optimism of this period, the endless possibilities afforded by our own imagination and some of the promises of science fiction. Some of those dreams came true, but some also turned into tragedy.. 


We’ll explore where popular culture meets science, we’ll look at the history of the space race and the films and music that have helped to drive it. We’ll discuss some highs and lows and ask the question, what’s next?


Things we mentioned:


Music

  • Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
  • B12 – Space Age
  • Sun Ra – Space Is the Place
  • Sheldon Allman – Folk Songs for the 21st Century
  • Les Baxter – Space Escapade
  • Mike Oldfield – Songs of Distant Earth
  • The Alan Parsons Project – I, Robot
  • Brian Eno – Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
  • Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Tangerine Dream – Zeist
  • Jean-Michel Jarre – Rendez-vous (Connection to Ron McNair/Challenger and Houston concert)
  • Hydrus - Midnight in Space
  • Islands in Space - Lightdreams


Films & TV

  • Brazil
  • Blade Runner
  • The Jetsons
  • The Incredibles
  • For All Mankind (alt-history)
  • Tomorrowland (honourable mention - chrome fin future, “Yesterday’s Tomorrow - Disney’s Magical Mid-Century” book)
  • Space Race (BBC documentary) - digital effects designer / digital effects artist on two episodes was Gareth Edwards (Rogue One)


Games

  • Bioshock
  • Destroy All Humans
  • Fallout
  • Void Bastards



Links

West Wing Galileo What's Next - YouTube


NASA Rewrites the Rules for Developers of Private Space Stations | WIRED


http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022225a-apollo-1-documentary-premiere.html

Spaceflight Now | STS-27 Legendary commander tells story of shuttle's close call

Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes | Disney+

Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century: Amazon.co.uk


Bringing Columbia Home

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]]> Board Games Board Games Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:04:25 686688a3144973acea218bd6 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e8 686688a3144973acea218bd6 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e8 From Chess, to Settlers of Catan. full 1 8 Welcome to Nerdist Camp—the podcast where pop culture, curiosity, and a little bit of caffeine collide! I’m your host, and your banker, and your dungeon master, and today we’re rolling the dice on a topic near and dear to our nerdy little hearts: board games! In this episode, we’re taking a journey through time—starting with one of the original board games, chess, then marching our counters through classics like Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit and Ludo, and then settling into the golden age of tabletop with modern marvels like Catan, Pandemic, and Ticket to Ride.


So grab your favorite snacks, shuffle up your cards, rattle your dice, and try not to flip the table—because at Nerdist Camp, we play to learn, to laugh, and sometimes to totally overthink a game about collecting plastic pieces of pie. Let’s get rolling!


This week we are recommending

Kris: 
  • Deep Sea Adventure (Board Game)
  • Pan Am (Board Game)
  • Back to the Future (Funko Board Game)
  • Alien: Fate of the Nostromo (Board Game)
  • The Vault (Netflix) 
  • Grenfell Uncovered 
  • Ara San Juan: The Submarine that disappeared. 
  • Mike Oldfield- Hergest Ridge 
  • Squid Game 3
  • Andor


Andi:


Links

Inkarnate - Create Fantasy Maps Online

NerdForge - I Built a Coffee Table with a Library Inside - YouTube

How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’ | WIRED

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]]> Welcome to Nerdist Camp—the podcast where pop culture, curiosity, and a little bit of caffeine collide! I’m your host, and your banker, and your dungeon master, and today we’re rolling the dice on a topic near and dear to our nerdy little hearts: board games! In this episode, we’re taking a journey through time—starting with one of the original board games, chess, then marching our counters through classics like Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit and Ludo, and then settling into the golden age of tabletop with modern marvels like Catan, Pandemic, and Ticket to Ride.


So grab your favorite snacks, shuffle up your cards, rattle your dice, and try not to flip the table—because at Nerdist Camp, we play to learn, to laugh, and sometimes to totally overthink a game about collecting plastic pieces of pie. Let’s get rolling!


This week we are recommending

Kris: 
  • Deep Sea Adventure (Board Game)
  • Pan Am (Board Game)
  • Back to the Future (Funko Board Game)
  • Alien: Fate of the Nostromo (Board Game)
  • The Vault (Netflix) 
  • Grenfell Uncovered 
  • Ara San Juan: The Submarine that disappeared. 
  • Mike Oldfield- Hergest Ridge 
  • Squid Game 3
  • Andor


Andi:


Links

Inkarnate - Create Fantasy Maps Online

NerdForge - I Built a Coffee Table with a Library Inside - YouTube

How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for ‘F1’ | WIRED

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]]> AI AI Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT 59:43 684adef2ed4130e2437682f7 true https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e7 684adef2ed4130e2437682f7 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e7 Can you write me a podcast script please HAL? full 1 7 Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the weekly campfire where geeks come to roast marshmallows and tell tall tales of tech. 


I'm your host, Andi, here with my co-host, Kris. This week we're looking at how science fiction has become science fact— we're talking artificial intelligence.


Remember "Supertoys Last All Summer Long"—the short story that inspired Spielberg’s A.I. movie? 


Once upon a time, intelligent machines were the stuff of speculative fiction. But fast forward to now, and artificial intelligence isn't just on movie screens—it's writing stories, diagnosing diseases,  and maybe even crafting this podcast intro... Could you tell? Did you hear the em-dash?


So whether you’re team robo apocalypse or team angelic Alexa, settle in and here we go.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

The Tylenol Murders

Last Stop Larrimah

Louder Milk

Kleo


Andi:

Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

Chesney Hawkes - Sliding Doors Podcast

Clueless with Heidi Gardner - Blank Check with Griffin & David - Apple Podcasts

Dopesick | Disney+

The Dropout | Disney+


Links


How Robots and AI Are Changing Farming - YouTube

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government | WIRED

AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’

A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment


Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar - CleanTechnica

Kagi Search



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]]> Welcome back to Nerdist Camp, the weekly campfire where geeks come to roast marshmallows and tell tall tales of tech. 


I'm your host, Andi, here with my co-host, Kris. This week we're looking at how science fiction has become science fact— we're talking artificial intelligence.


Remember "Supertoys Last All Summer Long"—the short story that inspired Spielberg’s A.I. movie? 


Once upon a time, intelligent machines were the stuff of speculative fiction. But fast forward to now, and artificial intelligence isn't just on movie screens—it's writing stories, diagnosing diseases,  and maybe even crafting this podcast intro... Could you tell? Did you hear the em-dash?


So whether you’re team robo apocalypse or team angelic Alexa, settle in and here we go.


This week we are recommending

Kris:

The Tylenol Murders

Last Stop Larrimah

Louder Milk

Kleo


Andi:

Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

Chesney Hawkes - Sliding Doors Podcast

Clueless with Heidi Gardner - Blank Check with Griffin & David - Apple Podcasts

Dopesick | Disney+

The Dropout | Disney+


Links


How Robots and AI Are Changing Farming - YouTube

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government | WIRED

AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’

A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment


Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar - CleanTechnica

Kagi Search



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]]> Nuclear Disasters Nuclear Disasters Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:03:54 68419ae7ffd08c7919aa5b2e true https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e6 68419ae7ffd08c7919aa5b2e 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e6 Chernobyl, The Demon Core and the Therac 25. full 1 6 Hello there and welcome back to Nerdist Camp where I, Kris Grainger and my partner in Crime, Kyle to my Cartman if you will, Andi Elliott discuss all things nerdy and geeky, basically, things that make us tick and notch up the interest gauge into the red. This week’s topic is all things nuclear that have gone wrong, so let's crack out the geiger counter and hurriedly scout around the cupboard for the iodine as we look at all things that can kill you, without necessarily going boom!


We discuss nuclear accidents, safety concerns, historical incidents, military nuclear disasters, radiation exposure, whistleblowing, environmental contamination and film adaptations of true events.


Links

Therac-25 - Wikipedia

Therac 25 - Kyle Hill video

Disaster at Silo 7 - Wikipedia

Exploring an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant - YouTube

Manhattan Season 1 | Prime Video


Physicality: the new age of UI


Sandi Toksvig - Ghost encounter 


Kris recommends:

Explorer from Another World - Movie

Department Q on Netflix

Atomfall


Andi recommends:

The Vast of Night | Prime Video

The Irrepressible Pancho Barnes | National Air and Space Museum

Rematch | Disney+

Prime Video: Clarkson's Farm – Season 4

Better Call Dave - This American Life



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]]> Hello there and welcome back to Nerdist Camp where I, Kris Grainger and my partner in Crime, Kyle to my Cartman if you will, Andi Elliott discuss all things nerdy and geeky, basically, things that make us tick and notch up the interest gauge into the red. This week’s topic is all things nuclear that have gone wrong, so let's crack out the geiger counter and hurriedly scout around the cupboard for the iodine as we look at all things that can kill you, without necessarily going boom!


We discuss nuclear accidents, safety concerns, historical incidents, military nuclear disasters, radiation exposure, whistleblowing, environmental contamination and film adaptations of true events.


Links

Therac-25 - Wikipedia

Therac 25 - Kyle Hill video

Disaster at Silo 7 - Wikipedia

Exploring an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant - YouTube

Manhattan Season 1 | Prime Video


Physicality: the new age of UI


Sandi Toksvig - Ghost encounter 


Kris recommends:

Explorer from Another World - Movie

Department Q on Netflix

Atomfall


Andi recommends:

The Vast of Night | Prime Video

The Irrepressible Pancho Barnes | National Air and Space Museum

Rematch | Disney+

Prime Video: Clarkson's Farm – Season 4

Better Call Dave - This American Life



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]]> Disaster Movies Disaster Movies Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT 59:23 683878429bd0275f2cb1513a true https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e5 683878429bd0275f2cb1513a 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e5 full 1 5 Hey welcome back to Nerdist Camp — the podcast where we get as nerdy as you possibly can without busting a blood vessel.

I’m your camp captain, Andi, and this week I’m huddling around the proverbial campfire with Kris Grainger, right before it gets doused by a tidal wave, buried by lava, or sucked up into a category five twister — that’s right: we’re talking disaster movies.

From the 1970s golden age — and by “golden,” I mean “everyone is screaming in bell bottoms” — we’ll relive classics like Airport 1970 (the one that started it all), The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake.

Then we fast-forward to the 1990s, when disaster movies came back louder, dumber, and somehow sweatier: Volcano gave us Tommy Lee Jones fighting lava, Twister gave us flying cows, Dante’s Peak gave us Grandma boiling in a lake.

And we’ve got to talk about the spoof that managed to both parody and perfect the disaster genre… Airplane! It’s the film that reminded us that the most important thing in a crisis is to stay calm, and most importantly, ‘don’t call me Shirley.’

Why do we love watching things go catastrophically, explosively, absurdly wrong? Is it the spectacle? The heroic last-second saves? Or just that weird part of the human brain that thinks, ‘You know what would make this airplane ride better? An engine fire and a nun with a guitar.’

So grab your emergency supplies — a flashlight, bottled water, and your most mel-o-dramatic inner monologue — and join us for this episode of Nerdist Camp.


Links to things we waffled about:

Top 30 70s Disaster Films

The Big Bus

Engineers revive 'dead' thrusters on Voyager spacecraft 24 billion kilometres from Earth

Crime Next Door podcast

Stereolab’s new album

Cal the Stourbridge artist

Morcheeba, Escape The Chaos

Murderbot

Long Way Home

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]]> Hey welcome back to Nerdist Camp — the podcast where we get as nerdy as you possibly can without busting a blood vessel.

I’m your camp captain, Andi, and this week I’m huddling around the proverbial campfire with Kris Grainger, right before it gets doused by a tidal wave, buried by lava, or sucked up into a category five twister — that’s right: we’re talking disaster movies.

From the 1970s golden age — and by “golden,” I mean “everyone is screaming in bell bottoms” — we’ll relive classics like Airport 1970 (the one that started it all), The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, and Earthquake.

Then we fast-forward to the 1990s, when disaster movies came back louder, dumber, and somehow sweatier: Volcano gave us Tommy Lee Jones fighting lava, Twister gave us flying cows, Dante’s Peak gave us Grandma boiling in a lake.

And we’ve got to talk about the spoof that managed to both parody and perfect the disaster genre… Airplane! It’s the film that reminded us that the most important thing in a crisis is to stay calm, and most importantly, ‘don’t call me Shirley.’

Why do we love watching things go catastrophically, explosively, absurdly wrong? Is it the spectacle? The heroic last-second saves? Or just that weird part of the human brain that thinks, ‘You know what would make this airplane ride better? An engine fire and a nun with a guitar.’

So grab your emergency supplies — a flashlight, bottled water, and your most mel-o-dramatic inner monologue — and join us for this episode of Nerdist Camp.


Links to things we waffled about:

Top 30 70s Disaster Films

The Big Bus

Engineers revive 'dead' thrusters on Voyager spacecraft 24 billion kilometres from Earth

Crime Next Door podcast

Stereolab’s new album

Cal the Stourbridge artist

Morcheeba, Escape The Chaos

Murderbot

Long Way Home

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]]> 80s Gameshows 80s Gameshows Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT 57:25 682f1e3922573d6bae2a5c58 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e4 682f1e3922573d6bae2a5c58 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e4 The Adventure Game, The Crystal maze and The Krypton Factor full 1 4 Today we say Gronda Gronda listeners as we are nerding about challenge-based adventure shows that were popular on British television, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. The Adventure Game, The Crystal Maze, Knightmare, The Krypton Factor, Treasure Hunt, and Fortboyard. What do they have in common you ask? Each show features participants undergoing physical, mental, or problem-solving challenges in a structured or fantastical setting. Its like doing a puzzle whilst solving a riddle, while you’re in a maze with other people, on a travelator, and on telly.


These shows appealed to all ages, focusing on puzzle-solving skills rather than trivia knowledge. They transformed viewers into armchair adventurers, letting them experience thrilling challenges from home. Viewers love thinking "I could do better!" while watching contestants race against the clock.


We also introduce our new Grainger Things section where we discuss the alleged UFO Crash – in Penkridge, Staffordshire in 1964. Was it a coverup or just a local myth?


Link to things we discuss in the show:

Adventure Game Documentary

Adventure Game WIKI

Crystal Maze WIKI

The Crystal Maze Experience

Vader AI goes Rogue

Galloping Galaxies WIKI

Interceptor WIKI

Run the Gauntlet - UKGameshows

Run The Gauntlet (ITV - Thames Television) - 1988 - YouTube

UFOs on Cannock Chase?

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]]> Today we say Gronda Gronda listeners as we are nerding about challenge-based adventure shows that were popular on British television, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. The Adventure Game, The Crystal Maze, Knightmare, The Krypton Factor, Treasure Hunt, and Fortboyard. What do they have in common you ask? Each show features participants undergoing physical, mental, or problem-solving challenges in a structured or fantastical setting. Its like doing a puzzle whilst solving a riddle, while you’re in a maze with other people, on a travelator, and on telly.


These shows appealed to all ages, focusing on puzzle-solving skills rather than trivia knowledge. They transformed viewers into armchair adventurers, letting them experience thrilling challenges from home. Viewers love thinking "I could do better!" while watching contestants race against the clock.


We also introduce our new Grainger Things section where we discuss the alleged UFO Crash – in Penkridge, Staffordshire in 1964. Was it a coverup or just a local myth?


Link to things we discuss in the show:

Adventure Game Documentary

Adventure Game WIKI

Crystal Maze WIKI

The Crystal Maze Experience

Vader AI goes Rogue

Galloping Galaxies WIKI

Interceptor WIKI

Run the Gauntlet - UKGameshows

Run The Gauntlet (ITV - Thames Television) - 1988 - YouTube

UFOs on Cannock Chase?

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]]> Bond, James Bond Bond, James Bond Fri, 16 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT 33:40 68260553e8a66fad6d926614 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e3 68260553e8a66fad6d926614 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e3 full 1 3 There are few things more British than tea, queuing politely, or apologising when someone else bumps into you.

But nestled comfortably among these national treasures is another great tradition: James Bond on TV every single Bank Holiday Monday—like clockwork.

Somehow, Bond has become a sort of collective cinematic comfort blanket. He might be jumping off a dam, skiing off a cliff, or fighting divers and sharks—but you? You’re in your pyjamas, wrapped in a duvet, with a mug of tea and your Mum asking, “Is this the one with the underwater car?”

Whether he’s being played by Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig, or Whoever’s-Next, James Bond is with us—not just in the cinemas every few years, but every bank holiday, tucked into our homes like an old mate who always brings explosions and never does the washing up.

Today we are discussing all things Bond!


Links

GoldenEye 007 N64 "Pause Music" (K.O. II + OP-1 Field REMAKE) - YouTube

Watch A Man on the Inside | Netflix Official Site

North Sea Hijack | English Full Movie | Action Adventure Thriller - YouTube

North Sea Hijack - Trailer | IMDb

007: Road to a Million | Amazon Prime

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]]> There are few things more British than tea, queuing politely, or apologising when someone else bumps into you.

But nestled comfortably among these national treasures is another great tradition: James Bond on TV every single Bank Holiday Monday—like clockwork.

Somehow, Bond has become a sort of collective cinematic comfort blanket. He might be jumping off a dam, skiing off a cliff, or fighting divers and sharks—but you? You’re in your pyjamas, wrapped in a duvet, with a mug of tea and your Mum asking, “Is this the one with the underwater car?”

Whether he’s being played by Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, Craig, or Whoever’s-Next, James Bond is with us—not just in the cinemas every few years, but every bank holiday, tucked into our homes like an old mate who always brings explosions and never does the washing up.

Today we are discussing all things Bond!


Links

GoldenEye 007 N64 "Pause Music" (K.O. II + OP-1 Field REMAKE) - YouTube

Watch A Man on the Inside | Netflix Official Site

North Sea Hijack | English Full Movie | Action Adventure Thriller - YouTube

North Sea Hijack - Trailer | IMDb

007: Road to a Million | Amazon Prime

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]]> Computer Games Computer Games Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT 1:01:10 681ccddf8b1f3232bc1f63cd true https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e2 681ccddf8b1f3232bc1f63cd 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e2 History, memories and required reading full 1 2 Welcome to the second episode of our podcast. Today Kris and Andi head over to Area 52 of the Nerdist Camp, just behind the toilet block, and climb into the time machine to help us party like it's 1980(ish).


Stepping out of the doors into another era, we discuss our first computers and consoles, early games that were a formative part of our tastes, and what we're playing today.


We also discuss our current reading, listening and streaming TV, as well as the current pile of Blu Rays.


We also review Steve McNeil's wonderfully funny book on the history of video games Hey Listen!


Currently Playing:

Kris:

Atomfall, Tunic, Donkey Kong Country HD, Tomb Raider 1-3, Stray, Alien Isolation.


Andi:

Tomb Raider III (still) Halo, Doom Eternal, Mario Kart


Currently Absorbing:

Andi:

Watching: Andor S2, The Studio

Reading: Backlog of Pics & Ink “Free Range Magazines”

Listening: Lighter, Darker by ILM (podcast, just finished the Bryce Dallas Howard episode)

Recommending: Paradise (Disney+), Doctor Odyssey (Disney+),


Kris:

Watching: The Diamond Heist (Guy Ritchie, 2025), Edge of Darkness (Troy Kennedy Martin, 1985).

Reading: Berserker by Adrian Edmondson (Audible)

Listening: Crime Next Door (BBC Sounds)

Recommending: The Residence (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Disney)



Other Links

OpenEmu - Multiple Video Game System

High-quality retro video game books and collections | Bitmap Books

Tomb Raider | Tomb Raider I-III Remastered

Montezuma's Revenge! on the App Store

Betty Boo - Doin' The Do 1990 (Official Music Video) Remastered - YouTube

Being Freelance podcast and community

Podcast Episodes Archive | Industrial Light & Magic

Watch The Studio - Apple TV+ (UK)

Paradise | Disney+

Doctor Odyssey | Disney+

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]]> Welcome to the second episode of our podcast. Today Kris and Andi head over to Area 52 of the Nerdist Camp, just behind the toilet block, and climb into the time machine to help us party like it's 1980(ish).


Stepping out of the doors into another era, we discuss our first computers and consoles, early games that were a formative part of our tastes, and what we're playing today.


We also discuss our current reading, listening and streaming TV, as well as the current pile of Blu Rays.


We also review Steve McNeil's wonderfully funny book on the history of video games Hey Listen!


Currently Playing:

Kris:

Atomfall, Tunic, Donkey Kong Country HD, Tomb Raider 1-3, Stray, Alien Isolation.


Andi:

Tomb Raider III (still) Halo, Doom Eternal, Mario Kart


Currently Absorbing:

Andi:

Watching: Andor S2, The Studio

Reading: Backlog of Pics & Ink “Free Range Magazines”

Listening: Lighter, Darker by ILM (podcast, just finished the Bryce Dallas Howard episode)

Recommending: Paradise (Disney+), Doctor Odyssey (Disney+),


Kris:

Watching: The Diamond Heist (Guy Ritchie, 2025), Edge of Darkness (Troy Kennedy Martin, 1985).

Reading: Berserker by Adrian Edmondson (Audible)

Listening: Crime Next Door (BBC Sounds)

Recommending: The Residence (Netflix), Only Murders in the Building (Disney)



Other Links

OpenEmu - Multiple Video Game System

High-quality retro video game books and collections | Bitmap Books

Tomb Raider | Tomb Raider I-III Remastered

Montezuma's Revenge! on the App Store

Betty Boo - Doin' The Do 1990 (Official Music Video) Remastered - YouTube

Being Freelance podcast and community

Podcast Episodes Archive | Industrial Light & Magic

Watch The Studio - Apple TV+ (UK)

Paradise | Disney+

Doctor Odyssey | Disney+

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nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> Science Fiction Science Fiction Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT 47:07 6813b15e6ac0e5213bf1b1a8 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e1 6813b15e6ac0e5213bf1b1a8 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e1 May the nerd be with you full 1 1 Welcome to a brand new podcast, Nerdist Camp. Each week we'll set up our tent, firmly in the camp of all things geek, in the hope of sharing our enthusiasms, obsessions and knowledge. We also hope to debate controversial takes on topics, ask questions about subjects we're less familiar with, and invite expert guests to fill us in on areas we've had the curiosity, but not the time, to pursue. Following on from that, we hope to get out and about and do some special episodes, visiting conventions, interesting spaces, and meeting people we wouldn't normally have the chance to drag into the studio; with drag being the operative word here as you know, many nerds are highly allergic to sunlight.


In this first episode, we meet our hosts and discuss Classic Sci-fi, what defines the genre for us and what were our first encounters and experiences of the genre? We discuss our top films, books and audio books in the genre. We look at those hobbies that we started but never finished, despite major outlay for all the right gear, and we ask forgiveness for our sins of geek.


Here's some link to things we discussed in the episode:


Star Wars fan edits and restoration

Star Wars Fan Remasters And Project 4K77 Explained

Empire Strikes back 35mm restoration feedback thread (POUT) (a WIP) - Original Trilogy

Star Wars, Film Preservation, and Fan Edits - Original Trilogy


Andi’s links:

Craig Charles is Spaced Out - YouTube

Shiftcam Grip

LensUltra


Thanks for listening and see you next week, under the canvas. At ease soldier!


If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


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]]> Welcome to a brand new podcast, Nerdist Camp. Each week we'll set up our tent, firmly in the camp of all things geek, in the hope of sharing our enthusiasms, obsessions and knowledge. We also hope to debate controversial takes on topics, ask questions about subjects we're less familiar with, and invite expert guests to fill us in on areas we've had the curiosity, but not the time, to pursue. Following on from that, we hope to get out and about and do some special episodes, visiting conventions, interesting spaces, and meeting people we wouldn't normally have the chance to drag into the studio; with drag being the operative word here as you know, many nerds are highly allergic to sunlight.


In this first episode, we meet our hosts and discuss Classic Sci-fi, what defines the genre for us and what were our first encounters and experiences of the genre? We discuss our top films, books and audio books in the genre. We look at those hobbies that we started but never finished, despite major outlay for all the right gear, and we ask forgiveness for our sins of geek.


Here's some link to things we discussed in the episode:


Star Wars fan edits and restoration

Star Wars Fan Remasters And Project 4K77 Explained

Empire Strikes back 35mm restoration feedback thread (POUT) (a WIP) - Original Trilogy

Star Wars, Film Preservation, and Fan Edits - Original Trilogy


Andi’s links:

Craig Charles is Spaced Out - YouTube

Shiftcam Grip

LensUltra


Thanks for listening and see you next week, under the canvas. At ease soldier!


If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Trailer - Pot Nerdle - What can you expect inside? Trailer - Pot Nerdle - What can you expect inside? Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:00:00 GMT 4:03 67f956576e56bbcda3df2ed6 false https://shows.acast.com/nc/episodes/s1e0 67f956576e56bbcda3df2ed6 64f693c28ead840010088d00 s1e0 Are you ready and geek fit for Nerdist Camp? trailer 1 Hello there soldier and welcome to Nerdist Camp! We are your hosting officers, Kris Grainger and Andi Elliott.


We'll be setting up camp on Friday May 2nd 2025 at 11am, which will be our new weekly Nerdist Camp release slot.


What other podcast out there is going to blend tech news, geeky deep dives, and

guest spots with other nerds who totally get it? We’re bringing the full nerd

experience to your earbuds.


We'll be covering topics such as:

video games, board games, music, vinyl, Lego, childhood toys, home recording, and music making, anything within the digital or analogue sphere, retro gear, game releases, coffee, Warhammer, PlayStation, conspiracy theories, Nintendo, weird science, astronomy, science fiction, radiation, cold war bunkers, history, wars, comics, animation, film, and classic sci-fi TV to name but a few.


We'll venture into the woods with our special guests, we'll trade stories and confessions around the campfire and we'll look at the weird and wonderful, in a section called Grainger things, where we'll argue the spectacular versus the voice of reason.


We'll be looking at those childhood toys that you wished you'd had but you never did, until of course you bought them yourself as an adult . We'll be looking at those hobbies that you started but never finished, despite buying all the gear, and those purchases that you just dare not tell your partner about


But really, the best part? It’s our nerdy community. This isn’t just a podcast; it’s like

opening the doors to a secret society of tech lovers and geek enthusiasts. And we’re

inviting everyone to join in and let their geek flag fly. So if you want to get involved, you can email us on:


nerdistcamp@gmail.com and get involved in the topic selection of the show, or even invited on as a guest!


So, hit subscribe and get ready to join us on a wild, nerdy ride through tech, gaming,

deep dives, and everything in between. It’s not just for the nerds—it’s for the curious

minds out there who want to know everything.


See you under the canvas at roll call!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> Hello there soldier and welcome to Nerdist Camp! We are your hosting officers, Kris Grainger and Andi Elliott.


We'll be setting up camp on Friday May 2nd 2025 at 11am, which will be our new weekly Nerdist Camp release slot.


What other podcast out there is going to blend tech news, geeky deep dives, and

guest spots with other nerds who totally get it? We’re bringing the full nerd

experience to your earbuds.


We'll be covering topics such as:

video games, board games, music, vinyl, Lego, childhood toys, home recording, and music making, anything within the digital or analogue sphere, retro gear, game releases, coffee, Warhammer, PlayStation, conspiracy theories, Nintendo, weird science, astronomy, science fiction, radiation, cold war bunkers, history, wars, comics, animation, film, and classic sci-fi TV to name but a few.


We'll venture into the woods with our special guests, we'll trade stories and confessions around the campfire and we'll look at the weird and wonderful, in a section called Grainger things, where we'll argue the spectacular versus the voice of reason.


We'll be looking at those childhood toys that you wished you'd had but you never did, until of course you bought them yourself as an adult . We'll be looking at those hobbies that you started but never finished, despite buying all the gear, and those purchases that you just dare not tell your partner about


But really, the best part? It’s our nerdy community. This isn’t just a podcast; it’s like

opening the doors to a secret society of tech lovers and geek enthusiasts. And we’re

inviting everyone to join in and let their geek flag fly. So if you want to get involved, you can email us on:


nerdistcamp@gmail.com and get involved in the topic selection of the show, or even invited on as a guest!


So, hit subscribe and get ready to join us on a wild, nerdy ride through tech, gaming,

deep dives, and everything in between. It’s not just for the nerds—it’s for the curious

minds out there who want to know everything.


See you under the canvas at roll call!

If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.

If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:

nerdistcamp@gmail.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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