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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

Two friends, Austin and Brenda, delve into the rich history of secret nerd mysteries near and dear to their hearts in their own loose, light-hearted way. If you’ve ever wondered “Why Saturday morning for cartoons?” or “How come Chuck E. Cheese cares so much about other people’s birthdays?”, this is the show for you!

Copyright: © Brenda & Austin

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.17 Blockbuster Video (and Other Tales of Days Gone-By) Oct 14, 2020

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Cartoons are over. Long live Blockbuster and video rentals. Austin and Brenda discuss the history of what was once the world's largest video rental giant,: Blockbuster. Brenda brings some obscure Blockbuster facts to the table. Listen and hear about Blockbuster's war with Nintendo over Video game rentals. About Block Buster Block party, a massive Discovery Zone for Adults. And CRINGE in horror as Austin recounts their harrowing Family Video experience. This episode has it all.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.16 Cartoon Network Pt.3 Oct 07, 2020

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Welcome back for the startling conclusion of the Cartoon Network Trilogy. Host Brenda has defeated the virus from Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase and this episode is going up right on time.

We enter the 2010's and Cartoon Network's second golden age. Steven Universe! Adventure Time! Regular Show!

Brenda googles Amazing World of Gumball cosplay and immediately regrets it. Austin talks in depth about the future of cartoons.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.15 Cartoon Network Pt.2 Sep 30, 2020

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Cartoon Network returns. Brenda shares a hazy memory about of of the network's lesser known programming blocks. We talk about Gumball a little more than we expected. Krypto the superdog was a show.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.14 Cartoon Network Pt.1 Sep 23, 2020

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After Host Austin and Host Brenda discus the future of movie theaters as a whole, Austin brings Cartoon Network to the table. Learn about Moxie the dog, Ted Turner, and a little bit about Adult Swim's bomb scare. Facts galore as we cover the first decade of this iconic network.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.13 The Curious Case of The Emperor's New Groove (and Kingdom of the Sun...and Sting) Sep 16, 2020

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Comic con came and went, and nothing of much import occurred, so we don't have much to say. However, Host Brenda watched a 20 year old Disney movie and uncovered the hidden history behind its hi-jinks. If you think the Emperor's New Groove is just a movie about a man who is turned into a llama, you aren't exactly wrong, but you aren't completely right. We uncover this film's surprising history as "Kingdom of the Sun", and also talk too much about the Toy Story Universe in the process.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.12 Avatar the Last Airbender (and Korra too!) Sep 09, 2020

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Avatar the Last Airbender is now on Netflix, with it's sequel, Legend of Korra coming soon! Host Austin shares some facts about this groundbreaking animated classic that Host Brenda has not seen in it's entirely. We mention the movie only briefly!

Stick around until the end to find out what type of bender the Hosts would be!

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.11 Space Jam (C'mon and Slam) Sep 02, 2020

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We're back, and here to talk about the unlikely 1996 blockbuster hit, Space Jam. We delve into how this movie should not exist (we both love it, don't worry), learn a little bit about the early days of Air Jordan's, and discuss the many space jams that never were. How can WB fix Lola Bunny? Brenda brings up Garfield a little too much. This episode is not one to miss!

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep. 10 Animal Crossing and a City Full of Expensive Applebees Aug 26, 2020

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SWIMMING IS COMING TO ANIMAL CROSSING. Austin tells us all about Nintendo's Animal Crossing series; about how bonkers its sales numbers are, how New Horizons has become a tool for communication in Hong Kong, and about how you should never watch the animal crossing anime movie because it's very very bad.

Also, Blathers, please, if you're listening, just take my fossils for your private collection. Just do it. I get that you're trying to show me you're the bigger man, but it you don't take them right now, they're just going to end up on the black market. Just...stop talking to me and take the fossils PLEASE.

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.9 Pokemon Snap (and Some Ghost Stuff too!) Aug 19, 2020

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This week on Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, Brenda and Austin share some school memories, the two discuss some new pokemon announcements, and dive into this week's topic, Pokemon Snap. Will our hosts ever get to own their very own Pokemon Snap Blockbuster kiosk?

(the answer is likely no)

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: Ep.8 Nicktoons Pt.2 Aug 12, 2020

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Austin and Brenda are back with part two of Nicktoons~~~~~

It's time to discuss some babies, and that football head kid, and one good good spongeboy. Let's get to it.

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