Best Punch Nerds Podcasts (2024)

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004: There's No Escaping Hugh Fitzgerald 1:12:38

7d ago1:12:38

1:12:38

Hugh Fitzgerald is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer, BJJ Black Belt, and fight trainer at the legendary 87 Eleven Action Design and 87 North. Nearly 20 years ago, a struggling New York-based theater actor, Hugh, had a chance meeting with David Mamet that would literally change his life. That meeting opened doors he never could have imagined and pa…

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003: Calvin Ahn is The Chozen One 1:08:35

21d ago1:08:35

1:08:35

Calvin Ahn is a New York-based actor and stunt performer who has appeared in Fallout, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Lovecraft Country, The Defenders, John Wick Chapter 2, and in one of the most noted shows in the martial arts space, Cobra Kai – as Chozen’s stunt double for the epic re-match with Daniel LaRusso! We begin this episode of Fights With Fri…

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002 - Joshua Todd James’ Conversations with Van Damme 1:19:03

1M ago1:19:03

1:19:03

In this episode of Fights with Friends, Paul and Steve take a deep dive into writing action with Joshua Todd James. Joshua is a screenwriter, playwright, novelist, lifelong martial artist, and BJJ Black Belt behind JCVD’s Pound of Flesh (2015) and the upcoming Hulu feature Take Cover (2024), starring Scott Atkins. Our discussion begins with a break…

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001 - Punch in the Poker Face with Becca GT 1:08:05

2M ago1:08:05

1:08:05

Steve and Paul are joined by Becca GT, a professional stunt performer who has doubled Natasha Lyonne on Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll, and most recently, Poker Face. This episode centers on the epic retirement home fight from Season 1, Episode 5 Poker Face, and takes a deep dive into Becca’s career beginning 20 years ago driving at the lege…

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000 - Pilot 27:24

3M ago27:24

27:24

Lifelong martial artists, stunt performers, and filmmakers Paul Varacchi and Stephen Koepfer introduce themselves and give a taste of what’s in store on their new podcast, ‘Fights With Friends’ – premiering soon with a 26 bi-weekly episode season! Choke Artist: https://vimeo.com/94755803 Choke Artist Behind the Fight: https://youtu.be/UoszFNvwxJI?s…

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Conspiracy Corner w/Jo: Britney Spears 48:06

3M ago48:06

48:06

Jo joins us for our first Conspiracy Corner go around where we discuss several of the wild theories surrounding Britney Spears’s life (and possible death?!) that have circulated in the midst of her conservatorship receiving so much media attention. Graphics by Rebecca Rice (@bexelbee) Theme Song by Vincent D'Angelo (@thatvinid) Follow us on Instagr…

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Episode 8: Featuring KC 1:32:52

4M ago1:32:52

1:32:52

KC is a mental performance coach who believes that training your brain is just as important as training your body for success (and for the record, we agree!) She discusses the importance of visualizing not just your future goals and accomplishments, but also the obstacles you might have to overcome on the journey there, as well as what makes for an…

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Episode 7: Featuring Laurent "Lou" Correa 1:45:20

7M ago1:45:20

1:45:20

Laurent "Lou" Correa has lived many lives. He was born in Versailles and grew up playing basketball, a sport that would lead him first to the United States and then onto playing as a professional. Back in France and sidelined by injury, Lou entered the US green card lottery and, amazingly, won. We discuss his decision to transfer from basketball to…

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Episode 6: Featuring Scott Edwards 1:18:34

10M ago1:18:34

1:18:34

Scott Edwards’ primary passion at this point in his life are his wife, dogs, and his three kids (one of whom happens to be one of the co-hosts of this very podcast), but today he joins us to discuss how his love for ice hockey was translated into becoming a professional referee. He tells us about his time growing up on the east coast with a gaggle …

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Episode 5: Featuring Chelsey Goldberg 1:59:26

11M ago1:59:26

1:59:26

Chelsey Goldberg is the very first guest to join us in person for an awesome conversation. She is a professional women’s ice hockey player who currently plays for team Adidas in the PWHPA. She talks us through her move from California to the east coast and back again, the many injuries she overcame throughout her years of playing, and all the ways …

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Episode 4: Featuring Danny Breda 1:47:22

1y ago1:47:22

1:47:22

Danny Breda is the young head coach of Trine University Men’s Rugby team in Indiana. Growing up playing an unpopular sport in and around Baltimore, MD., Danny brings us through his playing career, how he made his way into coaching, and the road to his dream job. He explains his experience building the Trine Men’s Rugby team from the ground up and e…

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Episode 3: Featuring Lola Mormino 1:29:05

1y ago1:29:05

1:29:05

Lola Mormino is a personal trainer, nutritionist, and owner of Lola's House Gym/Physical Fitness Center in Westlake. She takes us through her harrowing journey in life battling against a multitude of health issues that literally started the day she was born and how she's been able to overcome it all by way of her passions, to now owning her own bus…

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Episode 2: Featuring Lauren Greer 1:09:03

1+ y ago1:09:03

1:09:03

Lauren Greer is a screenwriter who has written for shows like “Timeless”, “Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector”, and “Gen V”, the highly anticipated spinoff of “The Boys”, coming later this year. Lauren takes us through her journey in the film industry and explains how playing both ice hockey and field hockey prepared her to work in a writer…

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Episode 1: Featuring Jon Bebey 1:13:12

1+ y ago1:13:12

1:13:12

Jon Bebey is a physical therapist by trade, but today he’s here to discuss his passion for financial planning and literacy. Jon takes us through the steps he took to become financially independent in the midst of a pandemic and the worthy sacrifices that come with saving money. He also discusses a few of the biggest money-eating traps and how to av…

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The Passion Punch Preview 2:57

1+ y ago2:57

2:57

Here’s a small taste of what’s to come: us talking nonsense but mostly us talking to some really interesting humans about their passions. We’re excited to present Passion Punch – a place where people can nerd out about the things they can’t live without. Special thank you to amazing Rebecca Rice for her amazing work on our logos! Find her at @bexel…

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Willow 44:38

1+ y ago44:38

44:38

Hello Educators! We are back with a brand new edition! We've been gone for over a year! WOW! Time flies when you are swamped at the day job. But, we're back! A little rusty, but here we are. This episode, Deana Marie educates Jeremy on the 1988 fantasy movie Willow, starring Warwick Davis, Joanne Whalley, and Val Kilmer. Hasn't everyone seen this m…

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Halloween Kills! 54:29

2+ y ago54:29

54:29

This episode, Deana and Jeremy break the mold that the show is built on, and talk about the latest entry into the Halloween franchise, the newly released Halloween Kills! If you are an Educator, you know that Deana LOVES Horror movies, and that Halloween is one of her all time favorites. Listen in as these two discuss this...masterpiece?...disaster…

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Meet Me in St. Louis 51:45

3+ y ago51:45

51:45

The holidays are over but while there's snow on the ground it still feels like Christmas. Jeremy and Deana-Marie keep the holiday spirit going with the 1944 classic Meet Me in St. Louis, starring the incomparable Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, the "it girl" of silent films Mary Astor and Leon Ames. Directed by Vincent Minelli and set just after th…

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Die Hard 25:38

3+ y ago25:38

25:38

This week, we have a very special guest in the studio! Jeremy's son Ian sits in to talk about the 1988 Christmas classic, Die Hard! While Jeremy has seen this one, Ian has not!

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The Ghost of Flight 401 52:20

3+ y ago52:20

52:20

This episode is an Educating Deana episode! Jeremy introduces Deana Marie to the movie that terrified hime as a child! The `978, made for TV movie, "he Ghost of Flight 401"!

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Movie Epidemic: Calgary European Film Festival Recap - The Delegation / Caught In The Net + The Craft Legacy /The Shorts of Richard Linklater 45:39

3+ y ago45:39

45:39

Buck sits down to recap the movies he saw at CEFF, The Delegation and Caught In the Net. He also review the new Blumhouse Craft movie, and we have a vault episode with Chadley on short films of Richard Linklater!By Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival Recap + Fight Club 1:06:04

3+ y ago1:06:04

1:06:04

Buck sits down to go over everything he saw at VHS film festival, and we add a classic vault episode with Chadley about Fight Cub!By Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E14 - Angle On 15:40

3+ y ago15:40

15:40

This podcast now lives exclusively at youtube.com/movieepidemic Fresh Next Generation Reviews, but unfortunately the episodes have gone sour. We talk one of the stinkiest episodes of the series.By Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: Spooky-tober Recap 4 - Halloween 2 x 2 / Rebecca / Hocus Pocus / The Craft / Idle Hands 39:12

3+ y ago39:12

39:12

Another important episode from our daily october videos. You could have seen them last month at youtube.com/movieepidemic We finally bring you the sequel to out classic episode Halloween/ Halloween/Halloween with more Halloween movies. Buck hits some classics like Hocus Pocus, The Craft and Idle Hands, and we talk about the new Netflix film Rebecca…

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Movie Epidemic: Spooky-tober Recap 3 - Blair Witch / Evil Eye / Nocturne / Vampire Vs The Bronx / Antebellum / The Wolf of Snow Hallow / Exit 33 / The Langoliers 1:33:55

3+ y ago1:33:55

1:33:55

Another fat stack episode from our daily october videos. You could have seen them last month at youtube.com/movieepidemic But if you waited, we cover the new Blair Witch movie, two more Welcome to the Blumhouse releases, a Netflix original about vampires as gentrification. We also cover the Get Out clone Antebellum and a new Jim CUmmings movie The …

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Trek Epidemic: Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country 27:03

3+ y ago27:03

27:03

All episodes can be exclusively found at youtube.com/movieepidemic This is a five friday month so we are blessing the timeline with another Trek Film. This is part 6 and we won't be talking about another film for quite some time. Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemic…

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E13 - Datalore 17:00

3+ y ago17:00

17:00

All episodes can be exclusively found on youtube.com/movieepidemic This is a very important episode to the show because it's our first SHUT UP WESLEY Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemicBy Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E12 - The Big Goodbye 15:51

3+ y ago15:51

15:51

All episode can be found exclusively on youtube.com/movieepidemic Check it out it's a classic holodeck episode! Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemicBy Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: Lower Decks S01E06 - Terminal Provocations 12:13

3+ y ago12:13

12:13

The gangs all here for some more Lower Decks! Hopefully the last for awhile until we recover! Find Kreyg at twitch.tv/kreygBy Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: Lower Decks S01E05 - Cupid's Errant Arrow 12:59

3+ y ago12:59

12:59

Who even knows how we are staying conscious watching such a boring show. Find Kreyg at Twitch.tv/kreygBy Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: Spooky-tober Recap 2 - Sadako vs Kayako / The Grudge / Svengali / Hubie Halloween / Candyman 3 1:13:04

3+ y ago1:13:04

1:13:04

Another jammed packed episode that you can watch individually on youtube.com/movieepidemic! Buck watches the Freddy vs Jason of J horr with Sadako vs Kayako. he also watched last years Sadako movie! We also cover critic brain worms and the new Grudge movie. Throwback with Svengali, and finish up the japanese Ju-on movies with Ju-on 3 and 4. We also…

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Movie Epidemic: Spooky-tober Recap 1- The Blair Witch Project / The Lie / Black Box /The Ring / The Grudge / Grave Encounters 1:59:04

3+ y ago1:59:04

1:59:04

Every single day on youtube.com/movieepidemic we are releasing a horror review, this is a 2 hour collection of the week of Monday Oct. 5 to Sunday Oct. 11. In this large episode we cover The Blair Witch Project and it's sequel of sorts Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Buck also covers the all 3 American Grudge movies, and the American Ring and The R…

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Trek Epidemic: Lower Decks S01E04 - Moist Vessel 15:05

3+ y ago15:05

15:05

The boys are back for more, because Sometimes They Come Back for More, Lower Decks. We still have no idea why this is a branded Star Trek!By Movie Epidemic

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Carrie 1:04:21

3+ y ago1:04:21

1:04:21

It's almost impossible to believe we hadn't yet covered a film based on the writings of Stephen King. Well, believe it! This week we rectify that offense with the 1976 thriller Carrie, based on King's book and directed by Brian DePalma. It was almost accidental how Deana-Marie and Jeremy landed on this movie, King's first novel and the first film m…

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Movie Epidemic: Ringu / Ringu 2 / Ringu 0 / Ju-On The Grudge 1+ 2 / Ju-On The Curse 1 + 2 / Candyman 1:13:59

3+ y ago1:13:59

1:13:59

First week of the 31 days of horror. We starting off with some J-horror. We also got a review on Candyman from our Patreon vault! Don't forget to check out the youtube for the daily review youtube.com/movieepidemicBy Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: CIFF 2020 - Black Bear / Falling / Bright Hill Road / The Walrus and The Whistleblower / Come True / Violation 28:24

3+ y ago28:24

28:24

Wonderful recap of the Calgary International Film Festival. I saw 6 films, most of them Canadian Horror flicks. That included Bright Hill Road shot in my Grandfathers hometown, Come True shot in Edmonton, Violation. We also talk Viggo Mortensen directorial debut Falling. Aubrey Plaza in a new thriller Black Bear! Finally we talk about the documenta…

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Trek Epidemic: Lower Decks S01E03 - Temporal Edict 11:16

3+ y ago11:16

11:16

Kind of a short one this week! That's right gang we are backing talking Lower Decks, Kreyg is seemingly on his deathbed. The rest of us have a good time talking about this terrible animated show.By Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: CIFF 2020 Preview - Death of Nintendo / Jasmine Road / Body Swap / Never Be Done The Richard Glen Lett Story 33:15

4y ago33:15

33:15

We've got preview week on the pod today. Two films playing at the Calgary International Film Festival, Death of Nintendo and Jasmine Road! We also have another movie making the festival circuit called Body Swap, and finally a little canadian documentary now on Amazon Prime called Never Be Done!By Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: Star Trek V - The Final Frontier 23:45

4y ago23:45

23:45

This is a crazy movie that deserves a crazy review, lots of yelling! Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemicBy Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E11 - Haven 17:32

4y ago17:32

17:32

We got ourselves a Deanna Troi episode lads. Let's bust out our nude bodies and attend a Betazoid wedding! Visit our Website: http://movieepidemic.com/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieEpidemicBy Movie Epidemic

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Movie Epidemic: Mulan / I'm Thinking of Ending Things / Peninsula / Class Action Park / Feels Good Man / The Legend of Baron To'a 40:14

4y ago40:14

40:14

Big episode today covering some new streaming releases and finally finishing up our Fantasia Fest Coverage!By Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E10 - Hide and Q 18:35

4y ago18:35

18:35

One of Kreyg's favourite episode, everybody loves a Q episode!By Movie Epidemic

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Hocus Pocus 56:19

4y ago56:19

56:19

'Tis the season. We're falling into fall, getting excited for Halloween and starting our seasonal movie watching early this year with the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker and Thora Birch. Will Jeremy enjoy this family Halloween comedy as much as Deana Marie? All we can tell y…

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Movie Epidemic: Bill and Ted Retrospective / The Paper Tigers / Bring Me Home / The Block Island Sound 43:17

4y ago43:17

43:17

On today's episode of the recap podcast we talk about our big week reviewing Bill and Ted Movies over on our youtube. That's right we got an Excellent Adventure, a Bogus Journey, and a brand new Face the Music! We also talk some Fantasia Fest extras with the action comedy that feels a lot like a grown up Karate Kid, with The Paper Tigers a Kickstar…

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Trek Epidemic - TNG S01E09 - The Battle 15:30

4y ago15:30

15:30

Should we bring back Kreyg next week? This week we are talking The Battle a classic Ferengi episode, will it be an unprofitable venture? Oh no Picard has headaches! Visit Kreyg over at Twitch.tv/kreygBy Movie Epidemic

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E08 - Justice #StarTrekDay 16:32

4y ago16:32

16:32

Hey it's #StarTrekDay here is a bonus episode of our podcast Trek Epidemic Wesley oh Wesley, you absolutely do not bang and will never bang even on the Caligula planet. If only they would have taken mercy on us and execute you Wesley with grace. We talk Justice, with Dr J Hard, and Kreyg from twitch.tv/kreyg…

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Movie Epidemic: Fantasia Fest Recap Week 2 54:00

4y ago54:00

54:00

Well, Well, Well finally finishing another wonderful film festival. This week we are covering a whole bunch of cool foreign films. Off the top we got a Hindi horror called Kriya, some may call it a psychedelic nightmare. We also have a couple French films with Mermaid in Paris and Jumbo. Don't worry we didn't forget Japan with the 77 single shot sa…

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Trek Epidemic: TNG S01E07 - Lonely Among Us 16:05

4y ago16:05

16:05

We got a Lizard Man, We got a Dog Man, but who will eat who? That's right it's the Lonely Among Us where a bunch of wild force lightning rips through the Enterprise like Covid in a nursing home!By Movie Epidemic

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Bill & Ted Face the Music 57:17

4y ago57:17

57:17

We are back! After wwhat turned into a 5 month hiatus, we are back! And, this episode, we are talking about a new movie that neither of us had seen! We are talking about the 3rd installment of the Bill & Ted series!

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Movie Epidemic: Fantasia Fest Recap Week 1 56:44

4y ago56:44

56:44

On today's episode we talk about 9, that's right 9, new films that Buck saw at Fantasia Fest 2020. This list includes movies such as Neil Marshalls new film The Reckoning. We got a Kaiju comedy with Monster Seafood Wars. Some strange Greek coming of age movie called Cosmic Candy. Canadian films The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw and The Oak Room. A Brea …

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