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Hi, thanks for listening. In this episode, we discuss the game Stellaris. As games get more complex, is it possible to take game mechanic solutions and apply them to the real world problems of today and tomorrow? Perhaps, and this thought experiment aims to try. After some Stellaris discussion, we discuss our favorite computer games. Thanks for lis…
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Hi, thanks for listening. My tinnitus was acting up for this episode, so sound levels are a bit wonky though I have cleaned them up as best I can post-edit. We welcome Dan back before getting into, in no particular order and not limited to, Bitcoin pyramid schemes, RIP's to several people and Toys-R-Us, the Austin bomber, the new Eisenhorn novel an…
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Hi, Sidetrack Nick joins us for another episode where we discuss some cryptocurrency before getting into what a possible civil war would look like in the modern age. As always, you can reach us on our nerdsofacertainage@gmail.com address or find us on Facebook. If you at least kind of like what you hear, tell your friends. Thanks for listening!…
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Hi, thanks for listening. For our first show back from the mid-season hiatus, we are joined by Sidetrack Nick who is filling in for Dan. We get into quite a few topics and end on an in-depth discussion of Star Wars novels and canon. As always, you can reach us on our nerdsofacertainage@gmail.com address or find us over on Facebook. We probably aren…
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Hi, thanks for listening. We start with a few famous dead people and a shout out before getting into some current events including climate change, pension stability, New York's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies, and mass extinction events. After the break, we get into some statistics and research into DNA links between Crohn's Disease and Parki…
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Hi, this episode is all about cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Etherium, and Litecoin. Chris jumped into a rabbit hole and farmed cryptocurrency, Dan knew enough to ask intelligent questions, and Rich knew enough to ask noob questions. As always, you can reach us on Facebook or Twitter or drop us a line at our nerdsofacertainage@gmail.com address to as…
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Hi, thanks for listening. In the first half of the show, we discuss several subjects ranging from SpaceX, interstellar asteroids, to iPhone batteries, to famous dead people from this year, before we catch up with a listener who wrote in a few months back. In the second half of the show, we review the latest Star Wars movie and discuss the good, bad…
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Hi, thanks for listening. In this episode we get into Christmas music and commercialism before Thanksgiving, steam powered rockets, Stranger Things 2, and The Zoo before we take a break. After the break, we discuss the Three Stooges, Warhammer 40k, and Dungeons and Dragons. As always, you can get mediocre advice from us by emailing us at our nerdso…
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Hi, thanks for tuning in. We discuss all things monsters. From the bad guys Hollywood over produces, to the monsters no one produces, you'll get your fill of demons, vegan cults, vampires and nagas. Thanks for listening. As always, you can find us over on Twitter at @noacapodcast or send us an email at nerdsofacertainage over at gmail.…
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Hi, thanks for tuning in this week. We cover our nerd bases this week with some Warhammer 40K, drinking, and 40k. After the break, we discuss remembrances of our departed friend before getting into AD&D and the possibility of running a new campaign. Thanks again for listening. If you like what you hear, tell your friends. As always, you can find us…
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Hi, thanks for tuning in. This episode is all over the place from the Puerto Rico hurricane, to Native American medicine bags, to resting bitch face, to vagal nerve stimulation. After a short Russian break, we get into Warhammer 40K, the Plastic Crack Support Group (PCSG), to Black Library books, to wiping your ass with your bare hands. We thank yo…
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Hi, thanks for listening. If you like what you hear, please tell your friends. We start out with Warhammer 40k. From the new Chaos Marine codex to the Ultramarine and Primaris Space Marine porn codex to our hobbying. Then we switch to Elite Dangerous and C-Swizzy's and Tricky Dick's defection from Zachary Hudson to Aisling Duvall - long live the Em…
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Hi, thanks for listening. We start out with a shout out to The Mooch, before we get into the RIP mentions. Then we get into Hurricane Harvey, the Forever GI Bill, Charlottesville, and blue whale vaginas. In the second half, we talk about the recent solar eclipse, the Cassini Huygens prove that will end its mission around Saturn, the new 5G cellular…
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Hi, thanks for listening. We appreciate your taking the time to give us a listen whether it's in your car, during your workout, or in your office cubicle. The first segment is all about 40K from the new Grey Knights release to the emotional value of a fully painted army to Chaos Space Marine codex previews. In the 2nd segment, Dan takes a big steam…
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Hello and welcome to this multi topic episode. We give a shout out to the Random Mission Cast show before we get into RIPs. From there we get to brain trauma in Football to antibiotic resistant gonorrhea to mutant mice and gene editing. We finish the first segment with Australia's $328 million plan to eradicate fire ants. After the break we get Pol…
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Hello and welcome! In this multi-topic show, we discuss a couple new podcasts that are coming out from our friends, the US exit from the Paris Climate Accords, and the UK snap election. In the second half, we discuss the ISIS targeting of Iran, Fermi National Lab's particle accelerator, new moons around Jupiter, black hole collisions, profile civil…
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Hello and welcome to this episode dedicated to Warhammer 40k 8th edition. Thanks to some generous souls, we obtained all of the 8th edition books a week early and then played an 8th edition game. In the first half of the show, we discuss the major changes in 8th edition. In the second half of the show, we discuss our game using the 8th edition rule…
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Hello and welcome to our one year anniversary episode! In this episode, you will hear a few RIP's, a piece of hate mail we received, SpaceX, China, and solar roof tiles. After the break, you we give you a Profile in Perseverance, Elite: Dangerous, and end the show with masturbation. We thank you for listening to this latest episode. If you like wha…
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Hi! Thanks for listening. This episode is all about a couple books we recently read. Endurance by Alfred Lansing delves into the failed Antarctic expedition by Sir Ernest Shackelton. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson delves into a near future Earth where humanity must escape into space as the moon breaks up and renders the Earth uninhabitable for 5,000 …
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Thanks for listening. This episode is chocked full of mini-topics. In the first segment, we delve into recent celebrity and near celebrity deaths, guitars, vinyl records, Joe Rogan, Bill Burr, Mike Rowe, Luke Cage, The Expanse, Elite: Dangerous, plastic surgery to look like genderless aliens, Space X, and phrases from other countries. Later on, we …
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Welcome to episode 11.5, now with more conspiracy theories! This episode is dedicated to Alex Jones, infowars, Joe Rogan, and all the conspiracies you can handle. As always, you can reach us at Twitter @noacapodcast or find us on our Facebook page or send us an email at our nerdsofacertainage@gmail.com address. Thank you for listening and have a ni…
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Hello and welcome to ep 11.0 of Nerds of a Certain Age. In this episode, we get right into Stranger Things and the PETA fur conspiracy in Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop. Near 15 minutes, we talk about marijuana health effects, and at 22 minutes we discuss strange things from the internet. At 30 minutes we discuss Chicago politics and gun viol…
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Hello and welcome to our latest episode. In this show, we catch up on the Assassin's Creed and Star Wars: Rogue One movies. Then we get into world events in space we look forward to this year. We close out by discussing the Drake Equation that attempts to mathematically figure out how alone we are in the universe. As always, you can follow us on ou…
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Hello and welcome to our latest show. This is a multi-topic episode and we range from trolling to 2016 celebrity dead to things we are watching to lasers to China's green energy initiative to Chicago gun violence tallies to Chicago soda & sugar tax to homeopathy and other health bullshit. We close the show with our second installment of Profiles in…
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Hello and welcome to the first episode of 2017. In this multi-topic show, we cover quite a bit of ground. From recent deaths, to things we are watching to the latest results from the experimental fusion reactor in Germany. Then, at the 32:30 mark, we get into the Presidential election recount by the Green Party and militant atheism. At the 48 minut…
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Hello and welcome to this extra special episode featuring our guest, FunLuvinAJ. We had a great time interviewing AJ and are pleased with how well the episode came together. This show is dedicated to a facet of everyone's life that is often not talked about in American society: sex, fetish play, kinks, porn, erotic audio, and getting off. By discus…
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Hello and welcome to our latest show. In this show, we cover topics ranging from the Chicago Cubs and some MLB ejection stats, to a Warhammer 40k game Chris and Rich played and a personal health PSA before we take a break. At the 50 minute mark, we get into some space and technology updates before we get into the Dakota Access Pipeline. We hope you…
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Hello and welcome to episode 6.5 of Nerds of a Certain Age. Joining us again is Skrivus aka Magic Dave. In segment 1, give important safety reminders, talk about major changes to the Navy rating system, the Quran, entertainment things we've done, and artificial intelligence. In segment 2 (roughly the 47 minute mark) we discuss some space related to…
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Hello and welcome to episode 6.0 of Nerds of a Certain Age. Joining us for this episode is Skrivus aka Dave. In segment 1, we take a light-hearted approach to the 2016 Presidential campaign. In segment 2 (25 minute mark) we contemplate what is in a name thanks to a listener who supplied us with a host of places with questionable names. As always, y…
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Thanks for tuning in to episode 5.3333. Time for conspiracy theories, so grab your popcorn and tinfoil hats and get ready to laugh. A website we mention in the show can found here to better educate yourself about the threats of the lizard people conspiracy. Thanks for downloading the show, tell your friends and have a nice day!…
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Welcome to Ep 5 of our show. Thank you for tuning in! This episode, we cover quite a few topics. From music education, to Harambe, to Sherlock and Suicide Squad, to Warhammer 40K, to your own person nuclear bomb simulator, to new aviation technology from Boeing, to our own thoughts on 9/11. And quite a few topics not mentioned. To experience the Nu…
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Welcome to episode 4-1/3! This is a short topic discussion of discussion worthy items since we last recorded. We touch on Republicans, Democrats, music, government corruption at home and abroad, media conglomerates and how race plays an important role in what news is reported. As always, you can reach us at nerdsofacertainage@gmail.com or through o…
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Welcome back for Ep 4.0 where we complete our chat about the Marvel Cinematic Universe! We start off with discussion of Guardians of the Galaxy then stray in The Exorcist. At the 25 minute mark, we get into Avengers: Age of Ultron before we stray into Star Wars. We kick off the second segment with Ant-Man at the 49 minute mark. Next we get into Cap…
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Hello and welcome to Episode 3-2/3 or Nerds of a Certain Age! This episode is dedicated to some Game of Thrones discussion and especially dedicated to those that hand out spoilers. The people who pass around spoilers have a special invitation from Dan that involve testicles. Oddly enough, there are quite a few spoilers in this episode. Thank you fo…
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Hello and welcome to episode 3 and 1/3! In the first of this month's minisodes, we have several short topic discussion on a wide range of subjects. From the Juno space probe and the Challenger disaster to Brexit to Rich's current television viewing to the Puckle gun to meat wielding neo-Nazis, we've got you covered! Expect episode 3.667 in a couple…
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