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The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 694-With Aubrey SittersonThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Aubrey Sitterson, author of Free Planet Volume 1.
About Free Planet Volume 1: In the wake of a grueling war of independence, a team of revolutionary heroes is tasked with defending their home and its uniquely potent energy source from multiple intergalactic superpowers intent on domination. But though they are each deeply committed to the dream of a free planet, they all have completely different ideas about what complete freedom actually entails. Faced with separatist movements, counterrevolutionaries, political deadlock, famine, equipment shortages, a looming trade war, violent attacks and wildly...
2026-02-1048 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 693-With Laura K. MaurerThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Laura K. Maurer, author of THE RENEGADE AND THE LODESTAR.
About THE RENEGADE AND THE LODESTAR: Persephone is living a nightmare. Waking up on a cold, hard ground with air that smells like rot, the young goddess fills with horror as she remembers her sudden and unexpected demise. And now trapped in the realm of the dead, she clings to the dwindling hope of escape.
Hades won’t be stopped. Vowing to find his beloved and bring her back to the surface, he and his brother se...
2026-01-2754 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 692-With Seamus SullivanThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Seamus Sullivan, author of Daedalus Is Dead.
About Daedalus Is Dead: Daedalus of Crete is many things: The greatest architect in the world. The constructor of the Labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur. And the grieving father of Icarus, who plunged into the sea as father and son flew from the grasp of the tyrannical King Minos.
Now, Daedalus seeks to reunite with Icarus in the Underworld, even as he revisits his own memories of Crete, hoping to understand what went so terribly wrong at the end...
2026-01-2052 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 691-With Katie CookThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Katie Cook, author of NOTHING SPECIAL.
About NOTHING SPECIAL: In the grand scheme of the worlds at large, Callie thinks she’s nothing special. Sure, she’s friends with the ghost of a radish and her dad owns a magical antique shop–but she’s spent her life in the human world. Her dad won’t let her join him on his collection trips in the magical realm “for her own protection”, so she’s only caught glimpses of that world through the gates of the town where her father’s sto...
2026-01-131h 03The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 690-Just Us and the New YearThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy look back on 2025 and towards 2026 in a rare and very special Just Us episode. We chat about our favorite episodes from 2025, our favorite authors and more!
If you like what we do, and enjoyed this very special Just Us episode, consider joining The Functional Nerds Patreon Page! We put out a Patron’s Only Just Us episode very month.
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2026-01-0656 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 688-With Jordan MarshallThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Jordan Marshall, who backed the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns Kickstarter at the THIRD NERD level!
Jordan is working with a group of game developers on a new TTRPG: WE BEGIN AT MIDNIGHT!
This week’s picks:
Jordan: London Fog
Tracy: G-shaft candy
Patrick: Southern Comfort Eggnog
Links:
Jordan Marshall on Instagram
Tracy Townsend on BluSky
Patrick Hester on Instagram
The Functional Nerds Patreon Page
© 2025 Patrick Hester
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2025-12-1650 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 687-With Marie LuThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Marie Lu, author of RED CITY.
About RED CITY: Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation. An exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates that market it to the world’s elites in the form of sand, a drug that enhances those who take it into a more perfect version of themselves: more beautiful, more charismatic, simply more.
Among the gleaming skyscrapers and rolling foothills of Angel City, alchemy is controlled by two rival syndicates. For years, Grand Central and Lumines have been balanced on a razor’s ed...
2025-12-0947 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 685-With Sara RaaschThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Sara Raasch, author of The Entanglement of Rival Wizards.
About The Entanglement of Rival Wizards: Sebastian Walsh: Evocation Department. Human. The first of his family to pick college over the military.
Elethior Tourael: Conjuration Department. Half-elf. Pretentious asshole. The latest legacy Tourael at Lesiara U.
Both: Mageus Research Grant finalists.
Sebastian refuses to let anyone snatch this away, least of all a snob riding on old money. But what’s worse than a nemesis stealing your grant? You could both get it. Un...
2025-11-2542 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 683-With Lyndsay ElyThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Lyndsay Ely, author of The Lost Reliquary.
About The Lost Reliquary: The Devoted Lands was once home to many gods. Now, after centuries of brutal wars, only Tempestra-Innara, the Enduring Flame, remains.
As a divine warrior, Lys is outwardly loyal to her goddess. If she dreams of deicide, that’s her business. When a routine heretical execution erupts into a near-fatal assassination attempt on Tempestra-Innara, Lys sees a glimmer of hope for her freedom.
Lys is chosen to hunt down the heretics and find an...
2025-11-0450 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 682-With Auston HabershawThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Auston Habershaw, author of Faceless Galaxy.
About Faceless Galaxy: Throughout the gutters and sanitation systems of the civilized galaxy, amorphous, nameless blobs called Torrhoids digest other species’ trash to clean air and water.
The Great Races don’ t consider Torrhoids intelligent. But when one Torrhoid receives a baffling kindness, its curiosity ignites. The shapeshifter discovers it can mimic its overlords— not only their voices, but their forms and movements, too.
It can escape the prison planet where it is kept cold, hungry, and fighting for li...
2025-10-2848 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 680-With Louis SacharThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Louis Sachar, author of The Magician of Tiger Castle.
About The Magician of Tiger Castle: Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia is in nearly as much peril as her struggling kingdom. Esquaveta desperately needs to forge an alliance, and to that end, Tullia’s father has arranged a marriage between her and an odious prince. However, one month before the “wedding of the century,” Tullia falls in love with a lowly apprentice scribe.
The king t...
2025-09-2344 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 678-With Jakub SzamalekThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Jakub Szamalek, author of Inner Space.
About Inner Space: When an ammonia leak threatens the astronauts on the International Space Station, NASA directs Lucy Poplasky, one of the ISS’s first female commanders, to investigate the cause. Russia has just invaded Ukraine and tensions are running high—could the leak be a brazen act of sabotage?
The Russian cosmonauts aboard deny tampering with the ship’s systems and insist on the issue stems from the American side. As levels of the poisonous gas rise, Lucy’s investig...
2025-09-0946 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 677-With Daphne FamaThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Daphne Fama, author of House of Monstrous Women.
About House of Monstrous Women: In this game, there’s one rule: survive.
Orphaned after her father’s political campaign ended in tragedy, Josephine is alone taking care of the family home while her older brother is off in Manila, where revolution brews. But an unexpected invitation from her childhood friend Hiraya to her house offers an escape…
Why don’t you come visit, and we can play games like we used to?
If Josephin...
2025-09-0247 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 674-With Sam KellyThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Sam Kelly, author of Human History on Drugs.
About Human History on Drugs: Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk and William Shakespeare was a stoner? Or how about the fact that Steve Jobs believed taking LSD helped him create the Apple computer, or that Sigmund Freud loved cocaine so much he took it all the time and prescribed it to his patients?
In Human History on Drugs, Sam Kelly introduces us to the history our teachers never told us, offering up...
2025-08-1249 min
The Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS6:E2 | The SEC Crypto Task Force | Compliance in ContextWelcome back to the Compliance In Context podcast! on today’s show, we will be tackling one of the most significant topics being discussed so far in all of 2025, namely cryptoassets and the SEC’s Crypto Task Force. To help guide us through the conversation, we are very pleased to welcome back to the show, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. As the head of the task force, Commissioner Peirce shares her unique perspective regarding specific focus areas, collaboration with the industry, and other notable items from the first of 2025. In our Headlines section, FinCEN recently announced that the compliance date for t...
2025-08-0138 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 672-With Paul Bradley CarrThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Paul Bradley Carr, author of THE CONFESSIONS.
About THE CONFESSIONS: LLIAM is the world’s most powerful supercomputer, built to make the toughest decisions for its users. Where to work, who to marry, and even who should live or die. But when LLIAM suddenly goes offline with no explanation, the world is thrust into chaos, paralyzed by indecision. Stocks plummet, stores are shuttered, planes sit grounded on runways as humanity scrambles to re-adapt to an uncertain, analog world.
Then the first letters arrive…on every continent, in e...
2025-07-2944 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 671-With Joan SlonczewskiThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Joan Slonczewski, author of Minds in Transit.
About Minds in Transit: In the hundred-level city of Iridis, human lords recycle diamonds and emeralds down to the Underworld while sentient machines pilot lightcraft and perform surgeries. Microbial minds expand the brains of scientists and artists. The artist Chrys directs her microbes to paint startling installations, design smart buildings and fix quantum networks. A world-size virtual intelligence called Transit commissions Chrys to create a whole new city on another planet.
But unexpected flaws fracture her designs. Microbial criminal...
2025-07-221h 06The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 670-With Morgan RyanThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Morgan Ryan, author of A RESISTANCE OF WITCHES.
About A RESISTANCE OF WITCHES: Stubborn, plain-spoken and from an unimpressive family, Lydia Polk never expected to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Witches. Now, with Hitler’s army rampaging across Europe, the witches of Britain have joined the war effort, and Lydia is key to the cause: she must use her magic to track down magical relics before Hitler and his sycophants can. When a Nazi witch infiltrates the Academy with heart-breaking consequences, the coven is left shaken, ex...
2025-07-1544 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 668-With Matthew KresselThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Matthew Kressel, author of SPACE TRUCKER JESS.
About SPACE TRUCKER JESS: Jessian Urania Darger is a kick-ass take-no-shit foul-mouthed too-smart-for-her-own-good sixteen-year-old girl with a chip on her shoulder. She and her daddy have been grifting their way across the verse for years. But when her daddy gets arrested for running crypto-credit scams, Jess is forced to get a job on Chadeisson Station as a roachrunner, fixing starships to survive.
She dreams of a better life, away from her corrupt daddy, so she’s been saving up to...
2025-07-0151 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 666-With Auston HabershawThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Auston Habershaw, author of If Wishes Were Retail.
About If Wishes Were Retail: Alex Delmore needs a miracle. She wants out of her dead-end suburban town, but her parents are broke and NYU seems like a distant dream.
Good thing there’s a genie in town?and he’s hiring at the Wellspring Mall.
It’d help if the Jinn-formerly-of-the-Ring-of-Khorad knew even one thing about 21st-century America. It’d help if he weren’t at least as stubborn as Alex. It’d really help if her broth...
2025-06-171h 03The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 662-With S.A. BarnesThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome S.A. Barnes, author of Cold Eternity.
About Cold Eternity: Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago…
The cryo program, created by trillionaire tech genius Zale Winfeld, is long defunct, and the AI hologram “hosts,” ghoulishly created in the likeness of Winfeld’...
2025-05-1358 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 660-With Chuck WendigThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Chuck Wendig, author of The Staircase in the Woods.
About The Staircase in the Woods: Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what.
Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere.
One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears.
Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies...
2025-04-2950 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 656-With James J. ButcherThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome James J. Butcher, author of Cold Iron Task.
About Cold Iron Task: Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby may have one case under his belt, but he’s still a novice Auditor in Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. And he’s already made mistakes.
Desperate to repair his fraying friendships, he doesn’t ask too many questions when a mysterious patron offers him the chance to join a heist of an otherworldly vault—and in the process find answers that could make things right.
Complications arise when Grims...
2025-04-0143 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 655-With Tochi OnyebuchiThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Harmattan Season.
About Harmattan Season: Veteran and private eye Boubacar doesn’t need much?least of all trouble?but trouble always seems to find him. Work has dried up, and he’d rather be left alone to deal with his bills as the Harmattan rolls in to coat the city in dust, but Bouba is a down on his luck deux fois, suspended between two cultures and two worlds.
When a bleeding woman stumbles onto his doorway, only to vanish just as quic...
2025-03-2544 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 653-With Allison EpsteinThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Allison Epstein, author of Fagin the Thief.
About Fagin the Thief: Long before Oliver Twist stumbled onto the scene, Jacob Fagin was scratching out a life for himself in the dark alleys of nineteenth-century London. Born in the Jewish enclave of Stepney shortly after his father was executed as a thief, Jacob and his open-minded mother, Leah, are each other’s whole world. But Jacob’s prospects are forever altered when a light-fingered pickpocket takes Jacob under his wing and teaches him a trade that pays far better than...
2025-03-1144 min
The Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS5:E13 | Compliance Grab Bag! | Compliance In ContextWelcome back to the Compliance In Context podcast! On today’s show, we will be reviewing a multitude of regulatory and compliance topics, including artificial intelligence, books and records, types of marketing materials, the SEC Marketing Rule, post-commitment management fees, private fund recycling, and many more fantastic issues in our first ever Compliance Grab Bag! To help guide us through the conversation, we welcome in Christine Schleppergrell from Morgan Lewis and Christopher Mulligan from Weil Gotshal. In our Headlines section, we review the first Advisers Act enforcement action under the new administration and what it tells us about future acti...
2025-02-281h 06The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 652-With John ScalziThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome John Scalzi, author of WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE.
About WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE: The moon has turned into cheese.
Now humanity has to deal with it.
For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was alwa...
2025-02-2548 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 651-With L.J. CohenThis week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome L.J. Cohen, author of Litany for a Broken World.
About Litany for a Broken World: A young girl’s disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her from her family and abandons her in a homeless encampment, adrift in a world and a body not her own.
A doctor struggling with grief volunteers for the annual Boston homeless census and is confronted by the impossible and her deeply buried childhood trauma.
A lonely, disaffected seer, rejected by those he seeks to help, is dr...
2025-02-111h 06The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 647-With Lauren J. A. BearThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Lauren J. A. Bear, author of MOTHER OF ROME.
About MOTHER OF ROME: The names Romulus and Remus may be immortalized in map and stone and chronicle, but their mother exists only as a preface to her sons’ journey, the princess turned oath-breaking priestess, condemned to death alongside her children.
But she did not die; she survived. And so does her story.
Beautiful, royal, rich: Rhea has it all—until her father loses his kingdom in a treacherous coup, and she is sent to the order of the...
2025-01-0749 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 646-With Katherine VillyardThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Katherine Villyard, author of IMMORTAL GIFTS.
About IMMORTAL GIFTS: Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead.
Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twen...
2024-12-3153 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 645-With Cerece Rennie MurphyThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Cerece Rennie Murphy, author of In the Garden of Light and Shadow.
About In the Garden of Light and Shadow: 4000 years ago, a rebellion in the Ever brought angels to live among us.
At first, they were worshiped as gods.
But that was not enough.
And in their hunger for power,
Evil claimed their hearts
and made them demons.
Lilavois St. James rose to fight them.
As a member of the Sisters of Light, she swore an...
2024-12-101h 07The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 644-Just Us and the HolidaysIn a very special JUST US episode of the podcast this week, Patrick and Tracy are talking about cats, Dungeons & Dragons, Patreon, coffee, Star Wars coffee mugs, working out, black Friday, smart tvs, peopling, weddings, San Diego ComiCon, conventions, Denver’s Pop Culture Con, the holidays and gift giving, kids, family, spreadsheets, pivot tables, gift cards, restaurant menus, holiday music, Mariah Carey, The Wall Street Journal’s news podcast, Spotify, the Table of Ultimate Gaming kickstarter (2018), Pathfinder 2E, the Glass Cannon podcast, Hasbro, Philips Hue smart light bulbs and strips, and so much more…
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2024-12-031h 07The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 640-With Paul WeimerThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Two-Time Hugo Award winner Paul Weimer.
About Paul Weimer: Paul Weimer is a Two-Time 2024 Hugo Award winner for Fan Writer and Fanzine (Editor). Not really a Prince of Amber, but rather, an ex-pat New Yorker living in Minnesota, Paul Weimer has been reading sci-fi and fantasy for over 40 years. An avid and enthusiastic amateur photographer, blogger and podcaster, Paul primarily contributes to the Skiffy and Fanty Show as blogger and podcaster, to Nerds of a Feather as a reviewer and interviewer, to the SFF Audio podcast, and turns up elsewhere as...
2024-10-2250 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 638-With Luis JaramilloThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Luis Jaramillo, author of The Witches of El Paso.
About The Witches of El Paso: 1943, El Paso, Texas: teenager Nena spends her days caring for the small children of her older sisters, while longing for a life of freedom and adventure. The premonitions and fainting spells she has endured since childhood are getting worse, and Nena worries she’ll end up like the scary old curandera down the street. Nena prays for help, and when the mysterious Sister Benedicta arrives late one night, Nena follows her across the borders of space an...
2024-10-0149 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 637-With Martha Wells
This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Martha Wells, author of the updated and revised version of Wheel of the Infinite.
About the updated and revised version of Wheel of the Infinite: A traitor and a swordsman join forces to save the world from being rewritten into devastation.
Every year the image of the Wheel of the Infinite must be painstakingly remade to ensure another year of peace and harmony for the Celestial Empire. Every hundred years the very fabric of the world must be rewoven. Linked by the mystic energies of the Infinite...
2024-09-2448 min
Mysteries, Monsters, & MayhemWe're Not Saying It Was Aliens, But...Send us a textIn this episode, we welcome Patrick Hester again! We discuss The Machete Killer; random weird facts about South Dakota, including Cryptids and their very own Lady in White; and the history of UFOs and how they were viewed at different times.Support the showFollow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Find us at our website: www.mysteriesmonstersmayhem.comEmail us at mysteriesmonstersmayhem@gmail.comSupport us at Buy Me A Coffee and get rewards!
2024-09-152h 52The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 636-With Peter F. HamiltonThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine.
About Exodus: The Archimedes Engine: In a past age, humanity fled a dying Earth in massive ark ships. These searched the galaxy to find a new home. Then one fleet found Centauri, a dense cluster of stars teeming with habitable planets. Now, thousands of years later, Centauri’s settlers have evolved into advanced beings known as Celestials – and their great houses rule vast star systems.
As they vie for supremacy, Earth’s ark ships continue to arrive, and humans must serve...
2024-09-1052 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 635-With Stephanie WrobelThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Stephanie Wrobel, author of THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL.
About THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL: Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is the founder, owner, and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains dedicated to the Master of Suspense. There, Alfred offers his guests round-the-clock film screenings, movie props and memorabilia in every room, plus an aviary with fifty crows.
To celebrate the hotel’s first anniversary, he invites his former best friends from his college Film Club for a reunion. He hasn’t spok...
2024-08-2049 min
Why I‘ll Never Make ItFINAL FIVE with Sarah Hester Ross, Singer and ComedianIn the previous episode you heard from singer and comedian Sarah Hester Ross, who talked about bringing her comedic songs to Vegas piano bars and the vocal injury that almost ended her singing career. Well, now Sarah is back to talk about lessons she’s learned from those dueling pianos and why she feels like she may never truly “make it” by answering the Final Five Questions in this bonus episode of Why I’ll Never Make It.----------To listen to bonus content like Auditions Stories and get early access to these full conversations ad-free...
2024-08-2020 min
Why I‘ll Never Make ItSarah Hester Ross Loses Her Voice But Finds Her PassionWhen it comes to performing, whether in musical theater or in the pop world, a singer’s voice can be their identity, their money maker, the one instrument that often defines their careers. And so losing their voice can be life-changing and demoralizing. On my other podcast Closing Night I did an episode on the Broadway production of Victor/Victoria and chronicled the surgery that ended Julie Andrews vocal career. There’s also a new documentary out about Celine Dion and her battle with Stiff Persons Syndrome that has left her unable to sing. I’ve even had my own st...
2024-08-1255 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 633-With Elaine GallagherThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Unexploded Remnants, author of Elaine Gallagher.
About Unexploded Remnants: Alice is the last human. Street-smart and bad-ass.
After discovering what appears to be an A.I. personality in an antique data core, Alice decides to locate its home somewhere in the stargate network. At the very least, she wants to lay him to rest because, as it turns out, she’s stumbled upon the sentient control unit of a deadly ancient weapon system.
Convincing the ghost of a raging warrior that the war is over is about as...
2024-08-0647 min
Why I‘ll Never Make ItAugust Update on the PodcastI just wanted to pop into your feed and give you all a quick update on Why I’ll Never Make It and the lack of new episodes these past two Mondays. Well, I’ve been really busy since joining the Beetlejuice North American tour, and it’s been an incredible experience! I finally made my debut here in Mexico City, not only for my main role of Otho but also for my understudy role as Charles.It’s been a whirlwind of rehearsals and performances, and getting through the first week of shows has been both challeng...
2024-08-0501 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 632-With Hana LeeThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Hana Lee, author of ROAD TO RUIN.
About ROAD TO RUIN: Jin-Lu has the most dangerous job in the wasteland. She’s a magebike courier, one of the few who venture outside the domed cities on motorcycles powered by magic. Every day, she braves the wasteland’s dangers—deadly storms, roving marauders, and territorial beasts—to deliver her wares.
Her most valuable cargo? A prince’s love letters addressed to Yi-Nereen, a princess desperate to escape the clutches of her abusive family and soon-to-be husband. Jin, desperately in love with both...
2024-07-3048 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 631-With Mary Robinette KowalThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Mary Robinette Kowal, author of Silent Spaces.
About Silent Spaces: Silent Spaces: Tales from the Lady Astronauts is a collection of 9 short stories in the Lady Astronaut Series written by Mary Robinette Kowal, including one written just for this collection.
With this campaign the book will be available in print for the first time in English as a Softcover, and a Limited Edition Signed and Numbered Hardcover!
About Mary Robinette Kowal: Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The...
2024-07-2339 min
Never as FunnySarah Hester Ross (is What?)Patrick is joined by muscial comedian Sarah Hester Ross. They discuss her streaming special, “Don’t Mess with a Redhead”; her Edinburgh Fringe debut, “Sarah Hester Ross is What?”; and her career as a performer at a theme park for beer.
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2024-07-2055 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 628-With Josh MalermanThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the House.
About Incidents Around the House: To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”
When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.
Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder...
2024-07-0258 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 626-With Bonnie Jo StufflebeamThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, author of GRIM ROOT.
About GRIM ROOT: On the set of The Groom, a group of women must compete for the heart of Midwestern bachelor Tristan by spending a week in a haunted house. Divorcee Linda, resigned to her role as the show’s underdog, finds her resolve cracking when she begins to fall for fellow castmate Charity. Meanwhile, Sabrina, groomed by her witchy mother to deliver their family from poverty by marrying a rich man, sees winning the competition as her predestined path.
But after a...
2024-06-1850 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 625-With Sarah PinskerThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Sarah Pinsker, author of Haunt Sweet Home.
About Haunt Sweet Home: When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet Home, she quickly determines her new role will require a healthy attitude toward duplicity. But as she hides fog machines in the woods and improvises scares to spook new homeowners, a series of unnerving incidents on set and a creepy new coworker force Mara to confront whether the person she’s truly been deceiving and hidi...
2024-06-1100 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 624-With Ari MarmellThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Ari Marmell, author of Dust, Obelisks, Book One.
About Dust, Obelisks, Book One: For Flight Engineer Cynthia Han and her fellow astronauts aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 81 has proved as mundane as space travel ever gets. Yes, this would be Cynthia’s final NASA mission, for reasons she’s so far kept from the rest of the crew; and yes, the latest billionaire “space tourist” has managed to irritate everyone on board. Still, none of them could have asked for a smoother experience.
Until the morning they wake up to si...
2024-05-0754 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 622-With Tim AkersThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Tim Akers, author of The Eccentrics.
About The Eccentrics: Led by the eighth incarnation of Nikola Tesla, the Society of Eccentric Geniuses protects the Mundane world from the horrors of the Gestalt, a timeline of the future that never was. Powered by SCIENCE and steam, the Eccentrics travel the world in their airship, righting wrongs and rescuing troubled suitors, mad scientists, and optimistic engineers, often from monsters of their own creation. But now something new threatens the Gestalt, and they need help from John Rast and the heroes of Knight Watch...
2024-04-2350 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 619-With Chris RadcliffThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Chris Radcliff, who backed the Uncanny Magazine Year 10: A Decade of Delightful Defiance Kickstarter at the THIRD NERD level!
About Chris Radcliff: Software engineer, space nerd, citizen scientist, geek dad, weird kid, and Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter backer!
Mentioned in this episode:
Upstart Crow
SpaceUp
Unconference
About Uncanny Magazine Year 10: A Decade of Delightful Defiance Kickstarter: Funding to support Year 10 of Hugo Award winning Uncanny Magazine!
This week’s picks:
Chris: Tantie Merle and the Farmbot 4200 in Uncanny
Tracy: AEW
Patrick: Shogun (Hulu)
SPECIAL NOT...
2024-03-261h 08The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 618-Just Us and Brandon Sanderson’s Audible AnnouncementThis week, Patrick and Tracy are chatting about a Publisher’s Weekly article on Brandon Sanderson’s Audible announcement. This leads us down the path of talking royalty splits, agents and the publishing ecosystem, as well as the difference between a guild and a union, SFWA, RWA and more.
This week’s picks:
Tracy: GreenLight: Debit Card for Kids and Teens (App)
Patrick: The Greatest Night In Pop (Netflix)
SPECIAL NOTE AND LINK:
Locus – The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field – is holding their annual fundraising drive to keep their doors open, lights on...
2024-03-1955 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 615-With James EngeThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome James Enge, author of EVIL HONEY, a new Morlock Ambrosius short story.
About Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 3, Winter 2023: Old Moon Quarterly is a small, independent online magazine devoted to publishing weird sword-and-sorcery fiction set in a historical paranormal setting or a secondary-world, with a focus on well-rounded characters driving strange action.
About EVIL HONEY: Morlock runs afoul of the god of bees and is forced to enter a society stained by evil and madness.
About James Enge: James Enge, lives in northwest Ohio with his wife and...
2024-02-2747 min
CHGO Chicago Bears PodcastSuper Bowl 58 & Hall of Fame Reactions: Devin Hester, Julius Peppers & MongoWe're back from Viva Las Vegas and reacting to the Super Bowl overtime thriller between the 49ers and the Chiefs! Did the 49ers completely understand the overtime rules? Who was the hero for Kansas City? The offense and Patrick Mahomes or the defense that kept them in it? Also, we'll give Corey Wootton the floor to react to the Hall of Fame inductions for the Chicago Bears including 2 players he played alongside with in Devin Hester and Julius Peppers on CHGO Bears After Dark! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-02-131h 03
The Double Doink PodcastDeep Dive Into Both Super Bowl QBs, Commanders Hire Dan Quinn And Kingsbury, Funny Super Bowl Bets You Can Make, Does Devin Hester Belong In The HOF? And More!Brenden and Eric look at both Super Bowl quarterbacks and discuss what a win/loss means for their future. Also:
- Commanders hire Dan Quinn and Kliff Kingsbury
- Funny Super Bowl bets live now on sportsbooks
- Super Bowl trivia
- Should Devin Hester and Patrick Willis make the HOF?
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2024-02-0750 min
Something RottenMetal Gear Solid 2 — Episode 1 (ft. Patrick Willems)Jacob Geller and Blake Hester are joined by Patrick Willems to play through the first third of Konami's 2001 title, Metal Gear Solid 2. This episode plays up until Raiden meets Peter Stillman.Something Rotten is better on Nebula – sign up today and find the premium feed at https://nebula.tv/somethingrotten/Send thoughts and questions about this series to somethingrottenpodcast@gmail.comFollow Patrick on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patrickhwillems/videosFollow Jacob Geller on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yacobg42Follow Blake Hester on Twitter: https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad...
2024-01-171h 49The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 609-With J.T. EvansThis week, Patrick and Tracy ring in the new year by chatting with J.T. Evans, author of HIVE DREAMS.
About HIVE DREAMS: Aell the bladesinger is a former gladiatorial slave.
Stiles the lockwhisperer is a streetwise cat burglar.
Trying their best to get by but always embroiled in trouble and chaos, they form a formidable duo with a strong bond of friendship and a sense of duty to the run-down neighborhood they live in.
Aell and Stiles are offered a generous sum of coin to enter the Hive, Stiles’s ch...
2024-01-0949 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 608-With GennaRose NethercottThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome GennaRose Nethercott, author of Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart (and other stories).
About Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart (and other stories): The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, ravenous yearning: the hunger to be held, and seen, and known. And the terror, too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare before your sweetheart, to their horror. To be recognized as the monstrous thing you are.
2023-12-2648 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 606-Just Us and the Holiday Gift ListThis week, Patrick and Tracy are sharing a list of holiday gifts the nerd – functional or otherwise – in your life might enjoy! And some they might not…
The Great Holiday Gift List (2023 Edition):
Tracy: Otamatone (Evil Santa gift)
Tracy: Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker
Tracy: Weighted Blanket
Tracy: G-Shaft candy (Evil Santa Gift)
Patrick: Comic Book Mystery Box (Crate Joe)
Patrick: Comic Book Mystery Box (The Comic Mystery Box)
Patrick: Comic Book Mystery Box (MileHighComics Mystery Boxes)
Patrick: The Ultimate Game Night Hosts Cookbook
Patrick: Books
Patrick: Cork Rocket Desk Organizer
Links:
Tracy Townsend on the...
2023-12-1235 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 605-With Michael SimsThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Michael Sims, editor of The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries.
About The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries: For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre. This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early “lady detectives,” and spotlights former stars of the crime field—Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For tw...
2023-12-051h 01The Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 603-With Kevin HearneThis week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Kevin Hearne, author of A CURSE OF KRAKENS.
About A CURSE OF KRAKENS: Seeker and Sower
Pen Yas ben Min’s cousin was one of the legendary heroes of the wars against the giants until her untimely death. Pen has grown up in her famous cousin’s shadow, but when she’s given a quest to plant the seed of the magical Fourth Tree, she has a chance to step into the light—and usher in a new age for her country.
Fighter and Friend
Abhi’s life—and t...
2023-11-2148 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 599-Just Us and Elastic PrinciplesThis week, Patrick and Tracy are talking about many things, including but not limited to: the rise of AI, students believing AI helps them, protecting creators, elastic principles, the excuses we make to support the bad thing that makes our lives easier, the convenience of the big box seller versus the mom and pop shop, moral justifications, game and hobby shops versus Amazon, The Office, the almighty AI-driven algorithms, social media and the great migration away from the channel formerly known as Twitter, the sense of online community, personal moral high ground versus connecting with your audience on their...
2023-10-1749 minThe Functional Nerds PodcastEpisode 597-Just Us and The Connective Tissue Between TV, Movies and BooksOn a very special Just Us episode, we’re talking about all sorts of things, including Catholic guilt, Santiago’s breakfast burritos, television, Star Wars, video games, Ahsoka, teenagers and wet towels, the care and maintenance of still gestating microhumans, old school network tv, episodic vs serial television, streaming, connective tissue between shows, series and movies, fan service, Dave Filoni, animation vs live action, canon, Rebels, The Clone Wars, Grand Admiral Thrawn, The Mandalorian, Andor, storytelling, Marvel, the MCU, Disney+, headcannon, the identity crisis of who your audience is, Star Trek, Lower Decks, Ronan the pup barking his head off...
2023-09-2640 min
Why CAN'T We Talk About That?S2E6 - The Shut Down: A Conversation With Patrick Ang Topics today include: Allergies, Photo Shoots, A.I., Ill Effects Of Technology, Drugs, Sheltering Our Children, The Jab, Looking For Offense, Gay Weddings, Wanting To Keep Our Kids Young, Parenthood (The Show, The Movie, AND The actual thing), The Wedding Games, Growing Up Catholic, Shutting Down, and the TV show LOST.
2023-08-232h 32
The Charter: A Chicago Bears PodcastGrowing Justin Fields, Devin Hester HOF snub with former Bear Patrick MannellyFormer Bears long snapper and analyst Patrick Mannelly joins Ken Davis, Josh Schrock, and Alex Shapiro to discuss the Bears' offseason and other Bears topics. The crew analyzes Devin Hester's Hall of Fame snub, the importance of special teams, what is next for Bears quarterback Justin Fields, and much more!
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2023-02-1524 min
Halas IntrigueWas Devin Hester Snubbed?From Phoenix, Patrick Finley is joined by a special guest — his twin brother Ryan Finley! (Seriously!) — to talk about Bears returner Devin Hester missing out on the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2023-02-1022 min
More Human More Kind: Guidance for Parents & Allies of LGBTQ Teens#79 | How Emotional Support Animals Help LGBTQ Youth Heal — And What Parents Need To Know About Mental Health and BelongingExploring the intricate relationship between mental and physical health is at the heart of this engaging podcast episode featuring Heather Hester and her guest, Daniel Maigler. In an age where mental health discussions often take a backseat, Heather encourages listeners to treat mental health with the same importance as physical health. This conversation begins with a thought-provoking examination of our daily habits that prioritize physical well-being—like diet and exercise—while questioning what proactive steps we take to care for our mental health. This inquiry serves as a crucial reminder that mental health should not be an afterthought but a fu...
2022-12-1343 min
Faithfully MemphisBehold It Unveiled: Jeanne Simmons and Hester MathesJoin the Reverend Hester Mathes (Holy Trinity) in conversation with Jeanne Simmons, a musician recognized for her involvement in a broad array of classical music activities in Memphis, including sacred music performances at area churches. In this special episode of Faithfully Memphis that is part of our Behold It Unveiled series exploring the intersection of spirituality and creativity, Jeanne shares how music has been a binding force throughout her life. The show includes selections performed live at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church (accompanied by Dr. Patrick Scott, Director of Music) and at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
2022-10-1355 min
Making MarketsCommissioner Hester Peirce: A Regulator’s View of Crypto - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.25]This is Eric Golden and my guest today is SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce. Commissioner Peirce was sworn into the SEC in 2018. During her tenure, she has been a vocal advocate of free markets and a supporter of the crypto industry, to the point where she is often referred to as “Crypto Mom”. Regulation is a huge issue for our industry and I hope you’ll walk away from this discussion with a better appreciation for the nuance around protecting investors while letting innovation flourish. Please enjoy my conversation with Commissioner Hester Peirce. For the full show no...
2022-06-0359 min
Windy City Gridiron: for Chicago Bears fansBears Banter with Patrick MannellyBears Banter is all fire coming off the bye week with former Chicago Bear Patrick Mannelly! It's a great discussion with Patrick talking about where Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace are after 9 games and if he thinks they can return in 2022! Plus, did Cairo Santos have any shot hitting that field goal at the end of the Pittsburgh game? Patrick also assesses the Bears offense and special teams and shares some great memories about the Super Bowl and Devin Hester! Check it out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-11-1852 min
The Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS2:E9 | What's New at NASAA | Compliance In ContextWelcome back to the Compliance In Context Podcast! On today’s episode, we welcome in the President of the North American Securities Administrators Association, Melanie Lubin, for an insider’s look into what’s happening at NASAA including new areas of focus like continuing education, Reg BI, senior investors, and much more.
In our Headlines section, the first-ever bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund will began trading recently and the SEC provided comments on the regulatory issues involving GameStop trading from January of earlier this year.
Finally, we’ll wrap up today’s show with another installment of History Has...
2021-10-2655 minMysteries, Monsters, & MayhemHouses From HellSend us a textThis week we welcome guest Patrick Hester, podcaster and author. He details the eccentricities of the Winchester Mansion after MB tells of the dastardly murder castle of H.H. Holmes. Shannon wraps it up with the foul goings on within the notorious LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleans.Support the showFollow us on Facebook and/or Instagram Find us at our website: www.mysteriesmonstersmayhem.comEmail us at mysteriesmonstersmayhem@gmail.comSupport us at Buy Me A Coffee and get rewards!
2021-09-151h 37
Good Guys Talk BackGGTB Ep. 131 - Stretch RunAs the calendar flips to September, the White Sox find themselves in first place with a double digit lead however they have a few key contributors banged up. Lynn, TA and Giolito are hurt as the Sox prepare for the stretch run. We were joined by Patrick Flowers from White Sox Daily to help us make sense of the latest happenings and talk all things White Sox. Find us everywhere you find your podcasts. Subscribe and enjoy. Go Sox!
2021-09-0247 minThe Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS2:E6 | The Five Fundamentals of Compliance | Compliance In ContextWelcome back to the Compliance In Context Podcast! On today’s episode, we have the distinct pleasure of chatting with Jim Downing, the current Chair-Elect of the NSCP Board of Directors and current Chief Compliance Officer for Morningstar, who shares with us his Five Fundamentals of Compliance, and provides some fantastic insight into how best to run a compliance program that has multiple business lines and a global customer base.
In our Headlines section, we do another dive into some recent buzz and regulatory activity surrounding cryptoassets, we’ll cover a defense of family offices from a coup...
2021-08-041h 02Good Guys Talk BackGGTB Ep. 97 - Step on ThroatsSox will face the Royals and Twins during the next 13 games. Can the Sox provide the necessary hellacious effort to create separation in the division? Patrick Nolan from Sox Machine joins us to talk about all things White Sox including TLR and why the Sox can manage to thrive without Robert. It's time for the Sox to send a message in the AL Central. Listen, subscribe, enjoy. Go Sox!
2021-05-0849 minThe Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS1:E10 | Thoughts on CCO Liability from Commissioner Peirce | Compliance In ContextWelcome back to The Securities Compliance Podcast. In today’s special episode, we welcome in SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce for an in-depth conversation focusing on the controversial topic of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) liability. In addition, we discuss the role of outsourced CCOs, the new Marketing Rule, and broker-dealer custody of digital asset securities and cryptocurrencies. She also spoke about the new presidential administration, which will bring in a new SEC Chair and Head of Enforcement, and whether she anticipates a slowdown in dialogue that’s taken place between the regulators and the industry.
Intervi...
2021-01-1937 min
The Securities Compliance Podcast: Compliance In ContextS1:E5 | Origins of the SEC's Asset Management Unit | Compliance In ContextWelcome back to The Securities Compliance Podcast. In this episode, we cover the controversial issue of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) liability and address recent remarks and recommendations from SEC’s Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to clarify CCO responsibilities.
The interview segment features Rob Kaplan and Bruce Karpati discussing the origin story of SEC’s Asset Management Unit. Finally, we continue the History Has Your Back series by taking deep look into a letter from Julius Caesar to Cicero during the Roman Civil War to shine a light on opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Based on l...
2020-11-1043 min
The City: Off CampusThe City: Off-Campus Episode 18: Former Chicago Bears Long Snapper Patrick MannellyOn Episode 18, Sam and Jack are joined by the record holder for most games played by a Chicago Bear, Patrick Mannelly. We talk about his introduction to the position during his time at Duke and when he realized he could make a career out of it. We also touch on the coaching changes he went through while in Chicago, the Super Bowl team in 2006, as well as some great stories with teammates like Charles Tillman, Robbie Gould, Devin Hester, and many others. Mannelly talks at length about the importance Coach Dave Toub brought to the Special Teams unit including...
2020-10-2546 min
Hey Fightin' Podcast Network: The Official Podcast Network of LSU Sports2020 NFL Draft Round One Recap with Jacob Hester and Emily DixonLSU saw a school-record five Tigers taken in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Jacob Hester, Cody Worsham, and Emily Dixon recap a memorable night for Joe Burrow, K'Lavon Chaisson, Justin Jefferson, Patrick Queen, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire. We find out why Hester's seven year old was so excited, why Joe makes everything less dramatic, talk about Justin's babyface, lament the Saints passing on Queen, and more.
2020-04-2430 min
The Product Science PodcastThe Patrick Campbell Hypothesis: Effective Data-Informed Decisions Focus on the QuestionPatrick Campbell founded Price Intelligently, which evolved into ProfitWell, which uses data to help subscription companies make smart monetization and retention decisions. What started out as a software company lead to a broader business, but there were certainly some false starts along the way. This week on the Product Science Podcast, we talk to Patrick to learn about his path as a startup founder, how he keeps his organization focused on the big picture, and how he works with his product leader to make smart decisions.
Read the show notes for this episode to learn more.
2019-02-2640 min
Alive After ReadingPatrick HesterThis week on Alive After Reading is an interview with author and podcaster, Patrick Hester. We talk his books, Urban Fantasy, and family size among other things. Check out Patrick's books and the Functional Nerds podcast he co-hosts. While you're are it, give my books a try. fantasy and science fiction stories on Amazon.com. Thanks for listening!
2018-08-1240 min
Three Hoarsemen"...And With Strange Aeon's Even Death Can Die..."And we’re back! Did you miss us? Feels like we were just here with you all!
Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche (sadly, John Stevens could not make it) continue their conversation with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester. Culture is consumed. Much culture. Much consumption. Hang on to your wallets and your eyeballs.
Part two of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer
Show Notes & Links
Culture Consumed...
2018-05-061h 05
The Three Hoarsemen"...And With Strange Aeon's Even Death Can Die..."And we’re back! Did you miss us? Feels like we were just here with you all!
Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche (sadly, John Stevens could not make it) continue their conversation with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester. Culture is consumed. Much culture. Much consumption. Hang on to your wallets and your eyeballs.
Part two of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer
Show Notes & Links
Culture Consumed...
2018-05-061h 05The Three Hoarsemen"...That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie..."Two out of three Hoarses ain’t so bad! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche struggle to find something to talk about without the help of the absent John Stevens and turn to returning guests Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer to catch up on their doings and to discuss in Part Two…Culture Consumed!
Part one of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester
Show Notes & Links
Notes! We have Notes!
2018-05-0656 minThree Hoarsemen"...That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie..."Two out of three Hoarses ain’t so bad! Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche struggle to find something to talk about without the help of the absent John Stevens and turn to returning guests Patrick Hester and Paul Weimer to catch up on their doings and to discuss in Part Two…Culture Consumed!
Part one of a two-part epic duology! Because we don't have enough energy for a trilogy!
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Paul Weimer and Patrick Hester
Show Notes & Links
Notes! We have Notes!
2018-05-0656 min
The Dork ForestThe Dork Forest 412 - Charlie HesterDr. Katz, Home Movies and Bob’s Burgers. Charlie Hester (@alittleoffcolor and www.charliehestercomedy.com) is a comic from Illinois and loves and has always loved a weirdo, adulty, cartoon. Let’s get into IT!! Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at www...
2017-05-3058 min
The Dork ForestThe Dork Forest 412 - Charlie HesterDr. Katz, Home Movies and Bob’s Burgers. Charlie Hester (@alittleoffcolor and ) is a comic from Illinois and loves and has always loved a weirdo, adulty, cartoon. Let’s get into IT!! Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky...
2017-05-3058 minThe Three HoarsemenHoarsemen vs. NerdsIn this episode, The Three Hoarsemen continue their fine tradition of helping you to empty your wallet! To do so we have the help of returning guest Patrick Hester, along with his Functional Nerds associate John Anealio to pick what you would like to see under the tree (whether it be for you or for somebody you know).
Afterwards, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche are joined by John E. O. Stevens to hear John’s picks and then to wrap up the year with some culture consumed.
Are you ready for the picks?
...
2016-12-141h 54Three HoarsemenHoarsemen vs. NerdsIn this episode, The Three Hoarsemen continue their fine tradition of helping you to empty your wallet! To do so we have the help of returning guest Patrick Hester, along with his Functional Nerds associate John Anealio to pick what you would like to see under the tree (whether it be for you or for somebody you know).
Afterwards, Jeff Patterson and Fred Kiesche are joined by John E. O. Stevens to hear John’s picks and then to wrap up the year with some culture consumed.
Are you ready for the picks?
...
2016-12-141h 54
SF Signal PodcastThe SF Signal Podcast (Episode 322): Jody Lynn Nye, Ramon Terrell and Josh Vogt on WordFire Press and Publishing
In episode 322 of the SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester hosts Jody Lynn Nye, Ramon ‘RJ’ Terrell, and Josh Vogt, to talk about Kevin J Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s WordFire Press, traditional, hybrid, self and legacy publishing, connecting with new readers, going to conventions, The Tower of Nerd (see photos below the cut), the co-op author publishing model, and their new and upcoming books.
The Panel & Links:
Jody Lynn Nye
Ramon ‘RJ’ Terrell
Josh Vogt
WordFire Press
Patrick Hester
© 2016 SFSignal.com
Featuring original music by John Anealio
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2016-03-2800 minSF Signal PodcastThe SF Signal Podcast (Episode 321): Carol Berg, Warren Hammond and Evangeline Denmark talk the upcoming Pikes Peak Writers Conference
In episode 321 of the SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester hosts Carol Berg, Warren Hammond, and Evangeline Denmark, to discuss their books, Ash and Silver, Tides of Maritinia, and Curio, plus their upcoming appearances at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in April.
The Panel & Links:
Carol Berg
Warren Hammond
Evangeline Denmark
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
Patrick Hester
© 2016 SFSignal.com
Featuring original music by John Anealio
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2016-02-0800 minThree HoarsemenHoliday WIsh Lists and ComicsAs the year’s end approaches, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson tempt the fates by doing a THIRD episode for the month. Joining them is the man who was the unintentional catalyst for this podcast, Patrick Hester. They pause in their assorted biscotti, chili, and laundry activities to take on the topic of wish lists, their usefulness, and what is currently on them.
Then the discussion turns to all things comics. It’s really nerdy.
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Patrick Hester
Show...
2014-12-181h 31The Three HoarsemenHoliday WIsh Lists and ComicsAs the year’s end approaches, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson tempt the fates by doing a THIRD episode for the month. Joining them is the man who was the unintentional catalyst for this podcast, Patrick Hester. They pause in their assorted biscotti, chili, and laundry activities to take on the topic of wish lists, their usefulness, and what is currently on them.
Then the discussion turns to all things comics. It’s really nerdy.
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Patrick Hester
Show...
2014-12-181h 31
Cadencia PodcastCadencia 035 | Reset Robot & Jon Hester (05/2012)Cadencia 035 | Reset Robot & Jon Hester (05/2012) | sejon.co.uk/cadencia-podcast
Part 1 | Chris Jones
01. Omar Selgado - Schrack // Quanticman Records
02. Giuseppe Cennamo - Don't Move // Desolat
03. Felipe Venegas - Ozinaga // Musica Diaz / Senorita
04. Andre Crom, Luca Doobie - Sometimes (Federico Molinari Remix) // Off Recordings
05. Julian Collazos - Wants Me // Soulman Music
06. Mathias Kaden, Felipe Venegas - Verano Chile 2011 // Drumma
07. Dilo - Stiletto // Einmaleins Musik
08. Egon Orange - The Birds (Souki Remix) // Igloo-Rec
09. Leix - Chants (Okain Steakhouse Remix) // Kiara Records
10. Cuartero - Fun Time // Cray1 LabWorks
11. Julian Collazos - Purple Ball // Duff Music
12. Chase Buch & Danny Serrano - Traduccion // Takt
13. Louer...
2013-08-073h 10Cadencia Podcast - Hosted By Sejon - Techno MixesCadencia 035 | Reset Robot & Jon Hester (05/2012)Cadencia 035 | Reset Robot & Jon Hester (05/2012) | sejon.co.uk/cadencia-podcast
Part 1 | Chris Jones
01. Omar Selgado - Schrack // Quanticman Records
02. Giuseppe Cennamo - Don't Move // Desolat
03. Felipe Venegas - Ozinaga // Musica Diaz / Senorita
04. Andre Crom, Luca Doobie - Sometimes (Federico Molinari Remix) // Off Recordings
05. Julian Collazos - Wants Me // Soulman Music
06. Mathias Kaden, Felipe Venegas - Verano Chile 2011 // Drumma
07. Dilo - Stiletto // Einmaleins Musik
08. Egon Orange - The Birds (Souki Remix) // Igloo-Rec
09. Leix - Chants (Okain Steakhouse Remix) // Kiara Records
10. Cuartero - Fun Time // Cray1 LabWorks
11. Julian Collazos - Purple Ball // Duff Music
12. Chase Buch & Danny Serrano - Traduccion // Takt
13. Louer...
2013-08-073h 10
Frontline Records RewindREWIND 14: Jon Gibson, Andy Denton, Benny Hester, My Little Dog China, The Choir, Flock 14, Veil of Ashes, Heather Miller, Rick Elias, Life Savers Underground, Swirling Eddies, Lanny CordolaPop/Alternative Mix – For release Friday, 3/15/13: Rewind Episode is a mixed bag of pop tunes from Jon Gibosn, Andy Denton, Benny Hester: rock from My Little Dog China, The Choir, Flock 14: story songs from Rick Elias, LSU, Swirling Eddies, Lanny Cordola. Sean Patrick Doty comments on Veil of Ashes song, “Suicideâ€.
2013-03-1553 min
FourCast (Video)Photography Becomes Archaeology - We pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!
We pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!
Hosts: Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt
Guests: Patrick Hester and Chris Marquardt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/fourcast.
Got a prediction of your own? Guest you'd like to see? Question for the show? Email us at fourcastpodcast@gmail.com.
Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.
2012-02-2751 min
FourCast (Audio)Photography Becomes Archaeology - We pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!
We pick our pictures after the fact and take back control of publishing!
Hosts: Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt
Guests: Patrick Hester and Chris Marquardt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/fourcast.
Got a prediction of your own? Guest you'd like to see? Question for the show? Email us at fourcastpodcast@gmail.com.
Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.
2012-02-2751 min