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Two Broke Nerds

Alec Kerr is a film geek. Brian McElhiney is a music geek. We like talking about the stuff we love. Now we're sharing it with you. Because what else do we have to do during a global pandemic? And why are we broke you may ask? Because we are print journalists in the 21st century. Yay!

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Imagine All Things Coming Up: The Beatles Solo

The broke nerds are back! They've talked about The Beatles before but, this time, Alec and Brian discuss their post-Beatles output.

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Not live from two parts of the world, it's whatever day you're listening to this

Brian and Alec discuss the 50th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live."

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Toys and tangents: Movies based on toys and other random thoughts

Alec and Brian decided to use the "Barbie" movie to discuss other movies based on toys. They talk about that subject half of the time. Enjoy.

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Paul Reubens: That's his name don't wear it out

Ever timely, Alec and Brian discuss the work of Paul Reubens aka Pee-Wee Herman who passed away July 20, 2023. The episode goes off the rails in a way that we think Reubens would appreciate.

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Bonus: Long Movies and good performances in bad movies

All our episodes have random tangents, but this one was so off topic, it had to be trimmed from the episode "Hello, are you enjoying your dystopia today?" But here it is for your listening pleasure.

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Hello, are you enjoying your dystopia today?

So because we're living in the worst timeline and basically the dystopia we've been warned about our entire lives in movies, literature and TV, we decided to talk about dystopian art and just the general mess that is our society. Fun!

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Go away! Franchises that need to stop

With the recent announcement of projects like TV series based on "Harry Potter" and "Twilight," more "Lord of the Rings" movies and a live action version of "Moana," Alec and Brian discuss franchises that need to leave well enough alone and just stop.

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Missed opportunities: Projects we wish existed

Two Broke Nerds celebrates its third anniversary by taking requests from its loyal listeners. Joel Barber suggested discussing projects that were announced that didn't happen and franchises that you wish had caught on.

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Here to amuse you: The fine line between stupid and clever

Hey, everyone! We made it to 50 episodes! And for our 50th episode we wanted to talk about a couple of our favorite comedians who are no longer with us: Robin Williams and George Carlin. That leads into a larger discussion free speech, cancel culture and comedy in general.

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Well, there it is: The Jurassic Park/World Franchise

Alec and Brian discuss the mixed bag that is the Jurassic Park/World franchise.

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