The Nyrdcast Podcast

We are back, and we have some kinks to work out after a long hiatus.  Matt and Jay catch up (almost throughout the episode) before an almost all homework episode.  We discuss Jay and Silent Bob: Jays of Futures Past, Batman: Dark Patterns, Joker: One Operation Joker Vol 1, The Nobody, Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell, They Call Us Enemy, a few books, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Masters of the Universe, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, She Rides Shotgun, Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice, Shoresy S4, War Machine, Is This Thing On?, Together, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Send Help, Hamnet, Primate, Dracula Untold, Hot Summer Night, The Crash, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, Anora, Roofman, The Naked Gun, His/Hers, Balls Up, A Knight of the 7 Kingdoms, Rental Family, and Project Hail Mary among other things.

Jay's beer was Modern Brewing's Choice Nugs.  Matt was sipping Still Austin Bourbon.

The featured track is "Maps" by Rufio, their first new song in 16 years.  You can find them at:
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It's been a month or 2 since we last record, but we're back with technical issues.  We catch up, then talk about Robert Kirkman, the Academy Awards, and Guillermo Del Toro.  We attempt to do a little homework, but the recording abruptly cut off; we did talk Sorry Baby, The Baltimorons, The Rip, Fly Me To The Moon, and Twinless before we lost the audio.

The beer for the episode was Evil Twin Brewing's Even More Irish Jesus.

The featured track is "Attention Span" by the Dollyrots; you can find them: 
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We're a few days late, but better than missing a few weeks.  We catch up then hit a couple of small topics

• Podcasts

• Streaming

We then hit some of our favorite things of 2025, including our top 10 movies.  

No beer this week; still doing Dry January.

The featured song is 'Painting Over You' by Grayscale featuring Cassadee Pope. You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:
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After a 2 month break for holidays and injuries, Matt and Jay are back.  They hit a few quick topics:

• Avengers: Doomsday
• Marvel Comics vs DC Comics
• Star Wars

And then the homework, which is a lot.  They touch on Murderbot, Stranger Things, Weapons, Code 3, Wake Up Dead Man, Mission Impossibles, Bugonia, Together, Wick Is Pain, The Long Walk, 8 Billion Genies, and a lot more.

No beer as it's Dry January.

The featured track is "Dark Clouds" by Calling All Captains. You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:

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Here's part 2 of episode 235 featuring the homework.  This week we covered Eddington, Mallrats, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Tongues (Anders Nilsen), Ducks (Kate Beaton), Local Man Vol 1-3, Ice Cream Man Vol 1, the Energon Universe, The Werewolf at Dusk, On A Sunbeam, Blankets, Robot Dreams, Novacaine, and Nobody 2.

The featured song is "Field Sobriety Stressed" by Jamurai Sack. You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:
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We're starting to hit our stride again; 3 weeks in a row.  Matt and Jay catch up, then hit the topics:

• Mizzou
• Tom Welling as Batman, Other DC rumors
• WB Discovery rumors
• Fancasting
• Pick a franchise to keep: Alien, Terminator, Matrix, Predator
• DC K.O. Guest: Sub-Zero, Homelander, Vampirella, Annabelle, Red Sonja
• Comic Team Mt Rushmore: JLA, Avengers, X-Men, Who?

We'll be back in a few days with homework.  Next week's episode will be a game time decision; it could be 2 weeks before we are back.

This week's beer was Outer Range Brewing's Aerials.

The featured track is Good Good Things by the Descendents; the reissue of 'I Don't Want To Grow Up' is out now.  You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:
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Episodes in back to back weeks.  After catching up and beer talk, we hit a few topics:

• Energon Universe
• DC Next Level - jumping on point, but not tied to continuity (not Absolute though). Went to creators asking what they wanted to work on
  • Rucka/Dani - Batwoman; Josh Williamson - Legion; Skottie Young/Jorge Corona - Lobo
  • Books: Zatanna, Deathstroke (focus on him being an assassin), Firestorm, Shadow of the Bat, The Demon (a horror book), Barbara Gordon: Breakout
  • Creators: Mariko Tamaki, Deniz Camp, James Harren, Lemire, Tony Fleecs, Jamal Campbell

• Snyder to do Absolute Batman for 35 issues (2 more years)
• Bendis back to Marvel
• Blue Marvel and Marvel’s top power set

Then we hit homework, including Jurassic World: Rebirth, Predator: Killer of Killers, Predator, Friday, Fahrenheit 182 (Mark Hoppus), The Devils (Joe Abercrombie), The Blade Itself (Joe Abercrombie - The First Law #1), Network Effect (Martha Wells - Murderbot #5), The Butcher of Anderson Station (James S.A. Corey - The Expanse #0.5), and Slow Time Between The Stars (John Scalzi - The Far Reaches Collection).

This week's beer was Juicy Wizard from Think-N-Thin Brewing.

The featured track is "Disappointment at the Touchy's" by Up Dog.

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After a kid related hiatus, we are back.  Matt and Jay catch up and hit a couple of topics:

• What is DC K.O.?

   

• Warner Bros potential sale

We then catch up on homework, limiting it to movies and TV shows, including Materialists, Before We Go, Heads of State, Novocaine, The Wild Robot, The Quiet Place, O Brother Where Art Thou, Big Fish, Paper Towns, Hundreds of Beavers, Honey Don’t, I Like Me (John Candy Documentary), High Potential S1, Task S1, Peacemaker S2, The Four Seasons, The Way Home, Nobody Want This, Brightburn, The Substance, Evil Dead 2, Strange Darling, 28 Years Later, Dead Zone, 40 Acres, Death of a Unicorn, Vicious, Significant Other, Lowlifes, The Owners, You Hurt My Feelings, and Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This week's beer was Mother's Brewing's Oktoberfest. 

The featured song is "Time Machine" by Mylo Bybee. You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:
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After a week of kids, we are back with Matt recording from his car.  After catching up, they hit a bunch of quick topics:

• Red Hood cancellation after 1 issue
• Quick hits on Batman #1, Absolute DC, and Deadpool/Batman #1
• Take the Mask, Get the Powers
• Best Underdog Movies
• Anaconda reboot
• Superman: Man of Tomorrow news
• RIP Robert Redford

We then hit movie homework (no comics or TV this week), including Sing Sing, Raising Arizona, Friendship, Opus, O’Dessa, Black Bag, The Fundamentals of Caring, Warfare, I Saw The TV Glow, Aftersun, and Freaky Tales.

The episode's beer was 4 Hands Voltron Volume 9, brewed with 2nd Shift Brewing.

The featured track is "A New Type of Grey" by Calling All Captains. There new album 'The Things That I've Lost' is out on January 9th.  You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:

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[Originally recorded 09/03/2025]

This one's a little late, but it's worth it for DC fans.  After catching up, Matt and Jay dig into the Superman: Man of Tomorrow announcement and how the DCU is shaping up.  They then hit Peacemaker S2 so far and what's working.  They finish with some Batman talk.

They then hit some homework, including The Monkey, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Amateur, How It Unfolds (James S.A. Corey), Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Book 6 Martha Wells), Prometheus, Aliens: Covenant, Sing Sing, and some WWE recaps.

The episode's beer was Lift Off IPA by Daredevil Brewing.

The featured song is "Three Against Me" by Horace Pinker. You can find them on the Nyrdcast Featured Music Playlist and at:
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