The Goadkicker Podcast is a place where I take a topic from pop culture (Comics, Movies, Music, TV, Books, and more) and try to look at it from a new light; exploring what that topic says to or about us as human beings. At the end of the show I then try to find an inspirational message in that topics. Think of it as a devotional, with no affiliation to any particular belief system.
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Episode 16: Support Your Local Nerd
On this LIVE episode I talk about the need for those of us in the nerd culture to support one another... whether it is in our creative pursuits or as human beings.
It clocks in at over an hour, and is effectively three 25 minute chapters to one audiobook. Listen as such if you prefer shorter experiences.
First segment is about support... and the Podcast Arcade.
In the second segment I talk about how being a nerd comes with a class trait of unhealthiness. I also skewer nostalgia and gripe about the good old days never being allowed to pass out of frame. I also explain the rich history of the shopping malls of Council Bluffs, Iowa. You may be shocked to learn I haven't skateboarded much this summer and have also gained weight.
I name drop a lot of nerdy things, like the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, Megaforce, Dune, Salute Your Shorts, Dinobots, No Man's Sky, and so on. If that matters.
Thanks as always to Dischord Records for allowing us to use music from The Nation of Ulysses ("Ulythium" and "Depression III") on our humble podcast.