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#67: Broadway Musicals 11/20/2012

#67: Broadway Musicals Brendan Dowling and Martin Wilson chat about the golden age of the Broadway musical with Arnie. There is a lot more singing than usual. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2134140

#66: Star Trek Voyager 11/13/2012

#66: Star Trek Voyager Charlie McCrackin and Matt Young explain 'Star Trek: Voyager' to Arnie. It gets weirder than expected. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2126465

#65: Human Centipede 2 10/29/2012

#65: Human Centipede 2 Adal Rifai and Louie Saunders explain the grisly details of the gross-out horror sequel 'Human Centipede 2' to Arnie who really should have known better than to ask. Warning: the movie is apparently somehow even more disturbing than the original. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2111908

#64: Aquaman/Namor the Submariner 10/13/2012

#64: Aquaman/Namor the Submariner Kevin Sciretta and Jason Chin explain the history of both Aquaman and Namor the Submariner to Arnie. It's a very aquatic Stupid Nerd. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2095595

#63: Pie Fest XIII 09/28/2012

#63: Pie Fest XIII Evan and Shama Jacover explain the crazy pies of Pie Fest XIII to Arnie. It's a pie-tastic episode of Stupid Nerd. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2081285

Stupid Nerd #62: Vampire Diaries 09/13/2012

Stupid Nerd #62: Vampire Diaries Megan O'Neill and Alex Eilhauer explain the CW show Vampire Diaries to Arnie. Recommended for vampires and halfwerewolves alike. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/2064333

Stupid Nerd #61: No Purchase Necessary 05/09/2012

Stupid Nerd #61: No Purchase Necessary Matt Cavedon and Darius De La Cruz talk to Arnie about not purchasing anything for a year. Except groceries. And other stuff. Find out about their year and their podcast "No Purchase Necessary." /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1940400

Stupid Nerd #60: Assassins 2011 (pt3) 01/17/2012

Stupid Nerd #60: Assassins 2011 (pt3) The final installment on the oral history of the Assassins game between iO and ComedySportz Chicago. Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan are back to explain who won and how. Cesar Jamie and Matt Manley are also interviewed. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1817785

Stupid Nerd #59: Assassins 2011 (pt2) 01/06/2012

Stupid Nerd #59: Assassins 2011 (pt2) The saga of the iO VS ComedySportz Assassins game continues. Interviews include: ComedySportz CEO Matt Elwell, Katy Colloton, Tim Frank, Peyton Brown and Peter Kremidas, as well as more from Kat Gotsick, Jon Forsythe, Brett Elam, David Flora and Joshua Logan. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1811288

Stupid Nerd #58: Assassins 2011 (pt1) 12/21/2011

Stupid Nerd #58: Assassins 2011 (pt1) The epic Assassins game between iO Chicago and Comedy Sportz! Arnie interviews Kat Gotsick and Jon Forsythe, who ran the game, along with players David Flora, Brett Elam and Josh Logan. Also interviewed in part one: Charna Halpern, Blaine Swen, Jet Eveleth, Adal Rifai, Louis Saunders, Alex Trepka, Patrick Rowland and Nikki Pierce. Look for part two coming after the holidays. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1799068

Stupid Nerd #57: Hanukkah 12/06/2011

Stupid Nerd #57: Hanukkah Harry Gottlieb (creator of You Don't Know Jack) and Evan Jacover teach Arnie all about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1781676

Stupid Nerd #56: Adam West's Batman 11/22/2011

Stupid Nerd #56: Adam West's Batman Jason Chin and Matt Young talk about the campy 60's Batman television show starring Adam West. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1763233

Stupid Nerd Bonus: Disney World 9/11 11/16/2011

Stupid Nerd Bonus: Disney World 9/11 A quick clip from The Poor Choices Show where Brendan Jennings talks to host Mark Colomb about working at Disney World, including working there, in costume, on 9/11. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1758387

Stupid Nerd #55: Disneyland/Disney World 11/02/2011

Stupid Nerd #55: Disneyland/Disney World Lisa Linke, Sam Super and Thom Gaughan let Arnie in on their favorite things and some secrets about Disneyland and Disney World. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1747374

Stupid Nerd #54: Sports 10/19/2011

Stupid Nerd #54: Sports Big Ten Network host, Mike Hall, and Second City's Tim Baltz help Arnie understand how sports can be nerdy, but rewarding. They also talk about broadcasting school, ESPN's 'Dream Job' and Ultimate Frisbee. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1736925

Stupid Nerd #53: serial killers 4 10/03/2011

Stupid Nerd #53: serial killers 4 Louie Saunders, Molly Wilbanks and Ellen Haeg are back to update Arnie on serial killers for a fourth time. This time they've decided to dig in an try to investigate a case themselves. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1724674

Stupid Nerd #52: Supernatural 09/20/2011

Stupid Nerd #52: Supernatural Jorin Garguilo and Adal Rifai explain the TV show Supernatural to Arnie. It is apparently more than Route 66 meets Buffy. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1714688

Stupid Nerd Bonus: We Wrongly Assume #1 09/08/2011

Stupid Nerd Bonus: We Wrongly Assume #1 Arnie has a new podcast, "We Wrongly Assume (People Care What We Say)." Stupid Nerd will continue, but you'll want to go subscribe to this new one as well, to make sure you don't miss future installments. For this first episode Arnie's guests are Steve Waltien and Rush Howell. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1705436

Stupid Nerd #51: The Oscars 08/18/2011

Stupid Nerd #51: The Oscars Arnie talks to Academy Awards nerds Craig Cackowski and Brendan Dowling about what's wonderful and sometimes annoying about the Oscars. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1690391

Stupid Nerd #50: Lizard People/Clockwork Elves 08/10/2011

Stupid Nerd #50: Lizard People/Clockwork Elves Arnie learns about the lizard people who live among us and control our governments from guests Irene Marquette and Allard Laban. He also learns about the Clockwork Elves from another dimension. Just for fun, hollow earth, Mormons and Paul McCartney are also discussed. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1685122

Stupid Nerd #49: SeaQuest 07/05/2011

Stupid Nerd #49: SeaQuest Arnie learns about the underwater scifi show, 'SeaQuest' from his guests, Shane Wilson and Sean Kelley. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1657343

Stupid Nerd #48: Sierra Games 06/24/2011

Stupid Nerd #48: Sierra Games Arnie learns about classic computer adventure games made by Sierra Games (Kings Quest, Space Quest... Police Quest) from the Ryder brothers, Tim Ryder and Josh Ryder. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1649299

Stupid Nerd #47: geocaching 06/10/2011

Stupid Nerd #47: geocaching Arnie learns about geocaching, GPS scavenger hunts, from his guests Rance Rizzutto, Rich Prouty and Tara DeFrancisco. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1637571

Stupid Nerd #46: Dr. Who (1963-1989) 05/20/2011

Stupid Nerd #46: Dr. Who (1963-1989) Arnie learns about the classic British scifi TV series 'Doctor Who,' covering several decades of the original run of the series from guests Chris Rathjen and Shaun Clayton. (P.S. It's kind of a long one) /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1596511

Stupid Nerd #45: mascotting 05/02/2011

Stupid Nerd #45: mascotting Arnie learns about being a mascot, for college sports and summer amusement parks from Steve Heinrich. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1583393

Stupid Nerd Bonus: Arnie on Hamlet 04/23/2011

Stupid Nerd Bonus: Arnie on Hamlet A special bonus. From Chicago's Paper Machete show (and podcast) Arnie reads a piece he wrote for Shakespeare's birthday, about the horrible things we've all done to Hamlet. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1577479

Stupid Nerd #44: War of the Ring 04/06/2011

Stupid Nerd #44: War of the Ring Arnie learns about the LOTR board game War of the Ring, from Shad Kunkle. Shad owns a massive (and expensive), limited edition hand crafted version of the game. Arnie and Shad's wife, Kate Hawley, try to figure out whether it's worth it. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1565335

Stupid Nerd #43: Sherlock Holmes 03/30/2011

Stupid Nerd #43: Sherlock Holmes Arnie learns about Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective that ever lived, from his guests Jason Chin and Shane Wilson. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1560142

Stupid Nerd #42: Wizarding World of Harry Potter 03/16/2011

Stupid Nerd #42: Wizarding World of Harry Potter Arnie is joined by the 3033's Bill Arnett and Andy St. Clair who talk about thier trip to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the new Harry Potter amusement park in Florida. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1549588

Stupid Nerd #41: Hunger Games 03/02/2011

Stupid Nerd #41: Hunger Games Arnie learns about The Hunger Games, the YA postapocolyptic novel from his guests Sarah Maher, Megan O'Neill and Matt Meador. They actually set out to talk about the entire trilogy but got so caught up describing how they'd fight to survive that they spent the whole hour talking about the first book. /episode/index/show/mysterycove/id/1539842

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