Posts Tagged “holidays”
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerddyEpisode334.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we discuss the controversy of the Peloton ad. We break down all the ways this ad was crazy. We talk about the response to the Peleton ad and how it fits within the history of advertisement. We break down the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode332.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we talk about your childhood and the various scams of raising funds for schools. We talk about selling gift wrap, magazines, and chocolates as school fundraiser. This leads into a brief foray into standardized testing. We then talk about Tik…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode328.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start by talking about the weird and wacky world of new age culture as Vy tells us about his experience with the Santa Ana Witch Walk. This then leads us to share scary stories. Diz tells us the story of the first…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode296.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSDiz starts this podcast by regaling us with his foray into the world of Dungeons and Dragons. He shares with Ali and Vy all the latest updates and changes to the game and the new ways of playing. Then in honor of Valentine’s…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode290.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS2018 has come to an end. We review the past year with all the top nerdy highlights. We discuss the best movies, moments, books, songs, and much more. We end the year and ring in the new one in nerdy style. We discuss…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode281.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start our podcast with an update on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. We’re incredulous at the constantly changing story of Saudi Arabia. We discuss the ongoing complications of the case and the hypocrisy of business who still attended the Davos of the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode242.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWrapping of 2017 as only Currently Nerdy can, we talk a bit about the holidays, different cultural traditions and who were the real winners and losers of 2017. We hand out W’s and L’s to the biggest names and headlines of the year….
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode210.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSFresh from a trip to our capital, Diz and Ali regale us with tales of the Afghan American Conference and Diz’s secret act of heroism at the embassy. Our discussion of DC leads us to talking about the recent local controversy with a…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode193.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe may still be a bit tipsy from all the holiday foods given our crazy rants in this episode. We open the podcast discussing Omar’s Exotic Birds, a random local business that has captured our imagination. We ponder about its origins and speculate…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode189.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSReeling from Thanksgiving we spend some time talking about global food practices and then shift into a deep philosophical discussion about the cyber. We talk about the recent attack on SF transit and what this tells us about the future of warfare and…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode188.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe’re thankful for all the dank food that clearly made us drunk as we talk about Thanksgiving, world foods, and the origins of Turkey. We talk about Turkey’s in the era of colonialism, the age of exploration, and the Ottoman-English interactions. We take…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode142.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS2015 has come to an end and it’s time to take a look back on the highs and lows of the year. A slightly tired Currently Nerdy crew gather together to discuss the highlights of their New Years Even shenanigans and talk about…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode136.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThe world is going crazy. Trump supporters beat a protestor and he defends them by saying the protester “deserved to be roughed up.” White supremiscist shoot and injure #BlackLivesMatter protestors and Trump says that Muslims should be registered after the Paris Attacks. We…
