A Play On Nerds - Episode 248 - Screenplay Replay of The Matrix and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!

June 21, 2026

We're recasting and rebooting The Matrix and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in our ongoing segment, Screenplay Replay! Plus: Whale graveyards, Outcome on Apple TV and a Trailer Review for Spider-Man: Brand New Day!

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Time Codes

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Feedback: 1:17

Host Banter: 3:30

Nerdy News: 11:53

Screenplay Replay: 15:20

Radical Recommends: 35:12

Trailer Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day: 38:14

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

MuppeTrek - Episode 169 - "Doozer is as Doozer Does" and "Allegiance"

June 13, 2026

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Doozer Wrench is plagued with the hiccups and conformity in "Doozer is as Doozer Does." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Allegiance." A super friendly and chill Picard copy has taken over the enterprise which the crew hates, while the real and surly Picard is held prisoner.

Thanks to Phillip Chance for the modernized rendition of the TOS Star Trek theme for the end credits!

A Play On Nerds - Episode 247 - 1987's Masters of the Universe!

June 7, 2026

We can't talk about the newly released Masters of the Universe without first delighting ourselves with the original 1987 Dolph Lundgren classic! Plus: UFOs in the news again, Pop Culture Jeopardy, casting live-action reboots of other 80s and 90s animated TV shows, and a trailer review of Evil Dead Burn!

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Time Codes

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Feedback: 2:40

Host Banter: 4:00

Nerdy News: 14:39

Film Review: Masters of the Universe (1987): 19:33

Game: Old School Recast: 47:41

Radical Recommends: 1:00:38

Trailer Review: Evil Dead Burn: 1:02:19

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!

MuppeTrek - Episode 168 - "Wembley and the Great Race" and "Sins of the Father"

June 3, 2026

Join us on the MuppeTrek Podcast! On Fraggle Rock, Gobo and Red get competitive and things get out of hand in "Wembley and the Great Race." And Star Trek TNG episode, "Sins of the Father." We begin our deep dive into Klingon culture as Candyman joins Worf's family and they're forced to defend their honor!

Thanks to Phillip Chance for the modernized rendition of the TOS Star Trek theme for the end credits!

A Play On Nerds - Episode 246 - The Mandalorian and Grogu in a "Dead Heat"

May 27, 2026

With The Mandalorian and Grogu "forcing" its way into theaters, we're reviewing another movie with two partners, on the run, solving a mystery while one tires to save another, one a rugged law man and the other is Joe Piscopo, 1988's Dead Heat! Plus: The secret to not aging, name the fake Vincent Price quote, some killer dense bean salad, and a trailer review of Clayface!

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Time Codes

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Host Banter: 2:51

Nerdy News: 8:46

Film Review: Dead Heat: 11:52

Game: The "Price" is Wrong: 31:41

Radical Recommends: 37:59

Trailer Review: Clayface: 40:28

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Intro music provided with permission by the awesome Jimmy Hinson of Big Giant Circles. Find him Bandcamp or iTunes!