All posts filed under “Keith Baker”

April 15, 2020

Episode 222: The Chocolate Miracle

This week the word is chocolate. The nerds have a lot to say on this subject. They each inventory all of the chocolate they currently have in the house, they debate issues like milk vs. dark, brand preferences, combining chocolate with peanut butter, the recent surge in salted chocolate, and otherwise carry on about chocolate for more than half of the show. Then they lower the spoiler curtain to discuss the episode 4 of season 3 of Westworld, about which they also have much to say.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

April 7, 2020

Episode 221: The Rains on Venus

This week the word is apocalypse. The guys discuss their favorite apocalypse scenarios, including zombies, nuclear attacks, pandemics, giant monsters, meteor impacts, and alien invasions. Their talk naturally turns to the current lockdown. Then they lower the spoiler curtain to discuss the Picard season 1 finale at great length, along with Brooklyn Nine Nine and Westworld.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

March 31, 2020

Episode 220: The First Cockroach

This week the word is still hunkering, since the nerds and everyone else are still self-quarantining. They spend a lot of time talking about how the hunkering has been affecting everyone so far. They talk about games they’ve been playing while hunkering including Name One, Number 9, and Azul. Other topics they discuss include the word interesting, the price of donuts, Jeopardy. Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Ray Bradbury’s short stories. Then they lower the spoiler curtain to discuss the penultimate episode of season 1 of Star Trek: Picard at great length.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

March 17, 2020

Episode 218: Is Tasha Yar in the Tal Shiar?

This week the word is holodeck. The nerds discuss various implications of holodeck technology, as well as replicators and universal translators. Andy reports on Toy Fair, and Keith talks about playing Villainous for the first time. He also talks about playing Magic for the first time in a while. After the spoiler warning, they discuss episode 5 of Star Trek: Picard, and how modern Trek differs from vintage versions. Andy wonders why you always see the same random episode of a show you don’t really watch.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

March 9, 2020

Episode 217: The Sneaky Spud Exception

This week the word is potato. The nerds spend a lot of time debating various forms of potatoes, mostly french fries, regarding which Keith has an interesting policy of limitation. They talk about Andy’s new Kickstarter, for Pyramid Quartet. Andy talks about a trip he took to Colorado and describes playing Captain Sonar. After the spoiler warning, they discuss Locke & Key, The Goldbergs, and episode 4 of Star Trek: Picard.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

February 28, 2020

Episode 216: 100 Years of Ice Cream

Blurb: This week the word is immortality. The nerds talk about various immortal and very long-lived beings in literature, including Tolkien’s elves, vampires, mummies, Star Trek’s Q, and others. Then they check in with what they’re each working on. After the spoiler warning they discuss the final episode of The Good Place, the implications of teleportation, Dark Matter, and episode 3 of Picard.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

February 19, 2020

Episode 215: Where are the Gangs of Elvises?

This week the word is utopia. The nerds talk at length about the utopian ideals of Star Trek, and how replicators, transporters, and holodecks really would change everything. Other topics include MUDs, gender-swapping technology, and the value of real estate in a cashless society. They talk about work stuff for a bit, then they lower the spoiler curtain to talk about the second episode of Star Trek: Picard.

SPOILER WARNING: contains spoilers.

February 11, 2020

Episode 214: Jack’s a Doughnut


This week the word is Alaska, since Keith just returned from Juneau. They each talk about trips they’ve taken there, then somehow this leads to a long discussion of vampires and werewolves. Keith talks about the mark Gandalf leaves on Bilbo’s door, and shares a few thoughts about Crisis on Infinite Earths. After the spoiler warning, the discuss the first episode of Star Trek Picard at length.

February 4, 2020

Episode 213: The Tiger in the Room

This week the word is cats. The nerds talk about their current cats and reminisce about beloved cats that have passed on. They also discuss differences between cats and dogs, how cats like to push objects onto the floor, the musical, and other cat-related topics. Next they discuss vintage adaptations of Tolkien’s books, during which Keith’s audio dropped out for a few minutes. Andy has some follow-up thoughts about last week’s discussion of The Pool of Fire his ideas for a sequel to it. This leads to a rant about bad adaptations of several of Andy’s favorite books. Lastly, they discuss a couple of episodes of the 80s time travel show, Voyagers.