A Little Nerd Music: Recent Episodes
Christina and Kelly
We break down the good and the bad of the 2019 Academy Awards. And we celebrate that Kelly finally won a predictions game!
SPOILER ALERT! FINAL WARNING! We delve into how much we loved Black Panther before breaking down how emotional we were over Avengers: Infinity War.
We are delving into all the controversies surrounding the upcoming Fantastic Beasts sequel. Will we be seeing it when it is released in theaters? Tune into ALNM to find out!
We're discussing everything we know about the Winter Olympics being held in Pyeongchang! While Christina is a little more well-versed on the actual Olympic Games, all Kelly cares about is The Bachelor Winter Games. Make sure you check it out!
We're discussing everything coming up on A Little Nerd Music this year! Find out about what to expect weekly on the website, on the podcast, and what events to look forward to.
We're starting off 2018 with our first big movie of the year: Maze Runner: The Death Cure. We talk about everything we loved in the movie, the issues we had, and all the moments that made us weepy. The series ends on a high note, but we discuss if we still want more. And don't worry, we'll warn you before the spoilers start.
This is all about Star Wars: The Last Jedi! And don't worry, we'll warn you before any spoilers pop up. Plus, stay tuned at the end for what to look forward too next year from ALNM.
We're celebrating 50 episodes! We start with our predictions and hopes for the Teen Wolf series finale before it aired. After a little break, we share our favorite moments and discussions from episodes past. We started this podcast talking Teen Wolf, and it seems right to have a farewell episode. We share our favorite and least favorite moments, characters, episodes and ships and discuss the upcoming spin-off. We end with our Ultimate TW Ship Moments. We hope you'll stick around for the next 50 episodes!
Sorry this took so long to edit, but here is our brand new updated Broadway themed episode. We talk about about the musicals that get us feeling emotional, rocking out in our cars, and make us laugh every time we turn on that Original Broadway Cast album. Get your jazz hands ready and join us for this musical extravaganza!
This is our brand new music themed episode. We talk about some of the favorite songs (new and old) along with some of our unpopular music opinions. We also talk about our go to songs when we're sad, happy, or just feel like rocking out. We're so excited to finally be back in the groove of podcasting. Pun completely intended.
She's back! This brand new episode marks Kelly's return to the podcast. We talk all about our girl's nerdcation to San Diego Comic Con and touch on some of the topics we'll be exploring in upcoming episodes.
Episode 46 begins with the big reveal of the champion of the 2017 ALNM Ship Bracket. We then proceed to break down all our favorite things about the hit ABC show Once Upon A Time. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Also, here is where you can donate to The Trevor Project:
Episode 45 is the next of our hiatus episodes and our ode to Kelly's favorite movie genre: disaster movies. We talk all about our favorite disaster movies, disaster movie moments, action stars, and more! As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us.
For episode 44, we're flashing back to the 90's! We talk about it all: our favorite music, television shows, celebrities, movies, and ridiculous trends. Listen to us debate the greatest questions of the last decade of the 20th century. Who was the ultimate 90's boy band? The ultimate 90's ship? The ultimate 90's MVP? As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us.
Now for episode 43! We discuss all things Hamilton. We try to figure what has made the musical such a cultural phenomenon, how important historical accuracy is, and what is the best song for carpool karaoke. We delve more into some of our favorite songs, characters, and actors. And we go on about our love for Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is now a two-time ALNM episode MVP! There are some administrative updates at the top of the episode you'll want to hear, and, as always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us.
It's time for episode 42! We're delving into our first experience as Comic Con badge holders! We'll tell you all about what we did on the convention floor (the good, the bad, and the horrifying), how we became internet famous at the NerdHQ Teen Wolf panel, the amazing Omni, and our Star Trek: Beyond viewing experience. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Stay tuned for episode 43, which will be all about Hamilton.
It's our forty-first episode! This is our first of the special edition episodes you'll hear popping up every so often. This one is completely dedication to Justin Timberlake. We start off talking about what it is that we think has made Mr. Timberlake so successful. We then delve into our favorite songs, memories, and SNL moments from both the NSYNC and solo eras. Our Ship Moments focus on the many bromances Justin has had that have lead to such brilliant entertainment. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Stay tuned for episode forty-two!
We’re celebrating 40 episodes of A Little Nerd Music! In this episode, Christina has finally allowed Kelly to have a Harry Potter themed episode and it is clear that one host is more excited than the other. As we do with all tenth episodes, we share some of our favorite episode titles, discussions, and moments from the past ten episodes and laugh as we reminisce about our ridiculousness. Of course, we’re already promising an epic 50th Episode even if we don’t have any idea what that will entail just yet. After our trip down Memory Lane, we share our obsessions. While Kelly’s is Chad Johnson from The Bachelorette, Christina is still on a hating-LeBron-James streak after the Golden State Warriors’ devastating loss in the NBA finals. In our main discussion, Kelly gets excited to share her love of the Wizarding World with all you wonderful listeners as we talk about some of our favorite things (and least favorite things) from the books and movies that our generation has come to know and love. We also talk a bit about the new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and what to expect coming up with our new movie trilogy for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Our usual Ship Moments turn into a discussion of nOTPs and OTPs in the Harry Potter universe and we crown our Episode MVP. Who else could it be other than Ms. Joanne Kathleen Rowling herself? As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Make sure you tune in next week for an all-new episode…the contents of which are a surprise to even your hosts!
It's our thirty-ninth episode! In this episode, we're returning to our love of the theatre and talking all about this weekend’s Tony Awards. First, we share our obsessions: while Kelly’s is trashy summer television, Christina’s is all about getting in superhero shape. In our main discussion, we get into the Tony Awards by first praising its host James Corden with his amazing opening numbers, his ability to entertain everybody, and of course, more karaoke than we ever expected. Of course, we can’t talk about the Tonys without talking about all the amazing performances this year and we go through each one, discussing what we liked or didn’t like and everything in between. Then there’s the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton. Taking home 11 awards that night, Hamilton was by far the star of the show and Lin-Manuel Miranda must be on Cloud 9 right about now. Speaking of the mastermind behind Hamilton, he’s also our Episode MVP along with host James Corden. We also talk about our mutual Ship Moment involving Mr. Aaron Tveit because we can’t talk about Broadway without giving him a shout out. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Kelly gets excited about Episode 40 promising a full-length Harry Potter episode to celebrate another milestone episode and Christina begrudgingly agrees. And this is why we’re friends. Make sure you tune in for all the magic in store for the next episode!
It's our second installment in our new format and our thirty-eighth episode overall! In this episode, we're talking everything Greg Berlanti. First, we share our mutual obsession: Bay Area teams the Golden State Warriors and San Jose Sharks both in the finals for their respective sports. We discuss our thoughts on the finales for The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow and what Supergirl's move to the CW means for the Berlantiverse. Speaking of Berlanti, the creative mind of Mr. Greg Berlanti is awarded Episode MVP and Kelly strongly suggests a musical episode happen sometime soon. This would be about the time we share our Ship Moments, but we explain some new changes to our format instead. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in again soon for another new episode in our new format!
Welcome to a new and improved ALNM! In our thirty-seventh episode, we've not only overhauled our website, but we've done a complete overhaul of our episode format. Our new, shorter episodes will come at you more regularly and we look forward to hearing what you think! In this episode, we're all about the new movie Captain America: Civil War. We talk about all the things we loved and some of the things we didn't love. We discuss our thoughts on the new characters Blank Panther and Spiderman and also talk about some of the characters that really shined in the this installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We talk about cast diversity and what we hope to see in the future before getting into our Ship Moments. While Christina's is, of course, Stucky, Kelly throws way back and crowns One Tree Hill's Nathan and Haley Scott her Ship Moment for this episode as she makes her way through the series again from the beginning. Christina also names Joe and Anthony Russo our Episode MVPs after yet another stellar installment of the Captain America franchise. As always, we remind you of the outlets where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in again soon for another new episode in our new format!
In our thirty-sixth episode, we’re all about shipping and our second annual Ship Bracket! We start off with a little Fandom News, casting news, and letting everyone know that we #StandWithKesha at this difficult time in her career. In our main discussion, we talk about some of our favorite current ships, ships we hope will sail in the coming year, our favorite BrOTPs and so much more. Of course, our second annual shipping episode wouldn’t be complete without giving a little love to our favorite ship and the winner of this year’s A Little Nerd Music Ship Bracket. We remind all our shipping voters to love one another and keep the bashing to a minimum before Kelly finally relinquishes the reigns of the episode over to Christina to gush about the newest full length trailer for Captain America: Civil War. Christina touches on which hero is on which team and where we here at ALNM stand on the teams before we talk about everything else the trailer revealed: Black Panther, Ant-Man, Stucky love, and most importantly, the reveal of Tom Holland as the newest incarnation of Spiderman. Our episode MVPs are none other than the directors of the upcoming Captain America movie, The Russo Brothers and Christina shares why she loves them before we get into our Ship Moments with Stucky and Swanfire. As always, we remind all of you wonderful followers about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in next time for the beginnings of the season finales for TV’s fall season!
In our thirty-fifth episode, we’re bringing you an extra special episode all about the Academy Awards (both real and Fandom edition)! We ignore Fandom News (check out Fandom Friday for all your updates) and jump right into how we felt the 88th Academy Awards went. Did Chris Rock make a great host? Did we agree with the winners? Listen to find out! We then go over all the winners for our annual Fandom Academy Awards. Wrapping things up we go over all the rules and muse over our predictions for the Ship Bracket before sharing with you some very exciting news concerning our plans this July. As always, we remind all of you amazing followers about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Tune in next time for our Ship Bracket Champions and updates on all things fandom!
SPOILER ALERT: We are holding nothing back in our discussion of The Force Awakens. If you haven’t seen it yet, do not listen to this episode until you have!! This is the quickest turnover time ever here at ALNM! In our thirty-fourth episode, we don’t care about anything else other than Star Wars: The Force Awakens! We skip Fandom News and go right into our obsessions with Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron. We talk about our love of the new cast: Oscar Isaac, Daisy Ridley, and John Boyega and all their media tour glory. Finally, we get into our favorite things about the new movie: the characters, parts of the plot, the funny one-liners, everything we can think of. You can tell that we really hated this movie, right? After yet another spoiler warning, we talk about THAT spoiler and what it means to us, to the fandom, and to the franchise. We talk about the casting of a woman and two men of color as the faces of the new generation and what it means to the fandom world and we even touch on the newest casting news: Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We congratulate our Episode MVPs: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, and JJ Abrams for bringing it with the new movie and we share our favorite new ship: StormPilot Kelly also gives a little shout-out to her other favorite ship: Poe/BB-8 as the best new brOTP in the galaxy. Finally, we remind all you lovely listeners about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Have a safe and happy holiday season and we will return with new episodes in 2016!
Yes, we’re still alive! And this is our thirty-third episode! We start off with a little Fandom News and Kelly says goodbye to musical genius Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots. We congratulate Hunter Pence on his engagement, Nyle DiMarco on his America’s Next Top Model win, and have some personal congratulations, too. We share each of our favorite new shows of the fall and, as usual, share our current obsessions. Christina takes the floor to recap her first solo experience at CHOC Walk in the Park presented by Disneyland® Resort. We thank our friends at CHOC, Zach, Barb, and Lisa, for allowing us to be sponsors of the Walk and Kelly is upset to have missed it for the first time in five years. In our second discussion, we hash out some of our favorite Star Wars fan theories in anticipation of The Force Awakens hitting theatres this week. We discuss which ones we think will be true and which ones are just too ridiculous to be possible. In our tertiary discussion, Christina talks about the newly released Captain America: Civil War trailer and all the excitement she’s been bottling up since The Winter Soldier while Kelly just enjoys the show. Much to Christina’s excitement, we congratulate our Episode MVPs: Stucky. As always, we share our Ship Moments with Newtmas and Ichabbie and remind all you lovely listeners about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Make sure you check out Episode 34 where we’ll finally know everything about The Force Awakens!
Yes, we’re still alive! And we’re back for our thirty-second episode! We start off with a little Fandom News and an apology for taking an unexpected summer hiatus. We congratulate Tom Holland on winning the role of the new Spiderman and talk a little about Captain America: Civil War. As usual, we give you all the important fall premiere dates for September and we hope you all enjoy all your shows coming back for the new season. We recap our first experience at San Diego Comic-Con and look forward to going again next summer! As always, we share our obsessions with Hannibal, Bachelor in Paradise, and unreal and then we get into our favorite topic of discussion, Teen Wolf. We also chat about the end of Hannibal and all the great announcements made at Disney’s D23 convention last month. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the winners of the Fandom Emmys, we recap all of them for you here and we share our excitement over certain winners. Of course, we take some time out of our regularly scheduled programming to remind you that CHOC Walk is coming up and we would like all of you to support CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange County. As official media partners for the Walk, we hope you all will take some time to donate just a little bit or to participate in the Walk itself. It’s such a great cause that’s near and dear to our hearts. We congratulate our Episode MVPs: the Katie Cassidy fans. We love how much you all love Katie Cassidy and you all are so sweet! As always, we share our Ship Moments with Sciles and Hannigram and remind all you lovely listeners about the various platforms where you can follow us, tweet us, download our episodes, or contact us. Make sure you check out Episode 33 where we’ll talk all about CHOC Walk!
Our thirty-first episode is dedicated to all things television! First we start with some Fandom News and gush over Eddie Redmayne becoming a part of the Harry Potter universe. We discuss the introduction of Caitlyn Jenner and how she changes the world’s view on transgender people. We recap the latest season finales of Supernatural, Arrow, The Flash, and Grimm and gush about our latest obsessions: Reign and Marvel Future Fight. We are so excited to have an episode dedicated to television and quickly get into our Main Discussion, starting with the most important thing: our TV crushes and character crushes. We talk about some of our favorite shows, ones that were cancelled before their time, and what we never thought we’d enjoy. Our Episode MVPs this time around are our brave puppies Suzie and Bobbi Brown for being the strong females that they are! Finally we share our Ship Moments and remind you of all the various outlets where you can follow us, like us, and contact us. We remind you all that Comic-Con is nigh and so is Teen Wolf! Be sure to join us for our 32nd episode all about the newest season of Teen Wolf!
It’s our thirtieth episode and we’re welcoming our first ever guest host! Everyone say hi to Ryan! We start off by talking about our favorite podcast episodes and moments before delving into Fandom News. We congratulate the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their little bundle of joy and Steph Curry for having his awesomeness confirmed. We touch on the latest in casting news, movie developments, and what's going on in the world of television. We recap several season finales, including Once Upon A Time, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, and The Vampire Diaries. After a quick fangirling (and fanboying) session over our latest obsessions, we delve into our main discussion: STAR WARS. Kelly and Ryan tell us all about their experiences at Star Wars Celebration. We all talk about the role Star Wars has played in our lives in addition to our favorites. Spoiler alert: we all love Harrison Ford. Then there's some analysis of the future of the franchise, the Expanded Universe, and our favorite spoofs. Congratulations to our Star Wars MVPS: George Lucas and John Williams! As always, we share our Ship Moments and we remind you of the various channels where you can listen to us, like us, email us, and follow us and where to get all the latest news. Be sure to tune in for our 31st episode about all things television!
It’s our twenty-ninth episode and we’re back from our hiatus! We start off by congratulating Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed on their marriage. We discuss even more Spiderman casting rumors and are excited for our first glimpse of X-Men: Apocalypse that were released. Christina is excited to talk about Cecily Strong absolutely nailing her speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner and Kelly discusses the repercussions of Elena taking The Cure on the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries. How could we not discuss that death on Grey’s Anatomy that will change the series as we know it? And, of course, we talk about the ABC News interview with Bruce Jenner and his transition. We share our obsessions with The Late Late Show with James Corden and the newest album from The Maine, American Candy. In our first discussion we rehash The Avengers: Age of Ultron. While Kelly tries to figure out what the heck happened in the film, Christina actually critiques it and we discuss the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the performances of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen. We talk about who to expect as the new Avengers and we gush over the awesome trailers before the film, too. In our secondary discussion, we finally reveal the winners of the first ever ALNM Ship Bracket! Thank you all for your participation and the love you showed for your fandoms. We also let you know that some of the messages we got about the bracket were less than friendly and we will not tolerate bashing on our website. Let’s all be kind to one another and support our mutual love of shipping! As always, we share our Ship Moments and this time, they’re all within shows from the ABC network. Congratulations to our Episode MVPs Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen for being able to hold their own alongside The Avengers! We remind you of the various channels where you can listen to us, like us, email us, and follow us and where to get all the latest news. Be sure to tune in for our very special 30th episode all about Star Wars!! And we have a little something up our sleeve for this episode: an ALNM first! Be sure to check it out!
In our twenty-eighth episode, we send our condolences to the family of Lon Simmons and finally talk about the exit of Zayn Malik from One Direction. Kelly is sad to congratulate Robert Pattinson on his engagement, but....onto Fandom News! We talk about Nina Dobrev’s exit from The Vampire Diaries at the end of this season and talk about the latest episode of The Flash. We share our obsessions with Black Sails and Younger before moving into our main discussion about shipping. We talk about our first experiences with shipping and then can’t seem to control ourselves while talking about all our favorite ships. We delve into some of the most popular ships in certain fandoms and then talk about our newest ships and, of course, ships that need to sink already. We talk about some of the ups and downs of shipping and the phenomenon of slash before getting to those in the shipping world who support (or don’t support) shipping; those who do are also our Episode MVPs! In lieu of Ship Moments, we share our Ultimate Ship Moments of All Time. Christina announces out first ever Shipping racket for the month of April and we encourage you all to vote for your favorites! Kelly announces a short hiatus on recording for personal reasons and promises that we will be back with new episodes in mid-May. We remind you all of the various outlets on which you can follow us, like us, email us, and read all the latest news. Please be sure to participate in the Shipping Bracket and we’ll be back before you know it!
In our twenty-seventh episode, we start off with a bit of Fandom News where we congratulate Vin Diesel on the new addition to his family and we talk about the awesomeness that is the growing list of actors involved with the live-action Beauty and the Beast movie (Emma Thompson, Jean Dujardin, and Josh Gad, to name a few). We talk about the future of the comic book fandom (the future of X-Men without Jennifer Lawrence and the Russo brothers taking on The Avengers), and Kelly mourns the possible loss of one of her favorite characters on The Flash. We congratulate James Corden on his premiere week as the host of the Late Late Show and talk about the uprising following the departure of Zayn Malik from One Direction’s current tour. (Sorry guys, this was recorded before he chose to leave the band.) We share our obsessions with Empire and Jimmy Fallon before delving into our main discussion: a farewell to Glee. We share some of our favorite songs, moments, and episodes and laugh about some of the more ridiculous moments of the series. As usual, Kelly makes it depressing by talking way too much about Cory Monteith and Christina tries to make sense of the season and a half that she missed out on. We share our thoughts on The Glee Project, marketing of the show, and what it meant for the show to lose Cory in the midst of it all. Christina also asks the question: Why did the minor characters miss so much school? Where did they go?? Our Episode MVP is a bittersweet announcement as we remember Cory Monteith and Finn Hudson. We share our Glee-themed Ship Moments and remind you where you can all follow us, like us, email us, and read all the latest news. Tune in for our next episode where we discuss shipping and announce the first ever ALNM Shipping Bracket!
In our twenty-sixth episode, we start off with Fandom News, where we mourn the losses of Leonard Nimoy and Sam Simon. We briefly touch on the latest updates from the Harry Potter fandom and recent good deeds by Adam Levine, Chris Evans, and Chris Pratt. The latest casting news, movie updates (Zoolander! Ghostbusters!), and the new Supergirl television series are also topics of discussion. We delve a little more in depth into Once Upon A Time before obsessing over the latest Spider-Man rumors and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In our main discussion, we discuss all things movies. We talk about our favorite movies, our movie crushes, our favorite sidekicks, our guilty pleasures, and so much more. The MVP of this episode is The Plastics (who are so fetch). We also fawn over the Captain Swan ship in a rare moment of agreement in the Ship Moments section. To conclude, as always, we tell you all the different ways to keep up to date on all things ALNM. And tune into our next episode, which will be focused on shipping and will introduce the very first ALNM Shipping Bracket.
In our twenty-fifth episode, we start off with Fandom News ranging from the Disney Cruise Line’s Star Wars Days to Spiderman joining Marvel’s Cinematic Universe to the release of the trailer for the Frozen short film premiering in mid-March. We also chat about Jimmy Fallon’s epic Saved by the Bell reunion and Kelly mourns the loss of two characters on The Vampire Diaries. We discuss the reboot of Disney’s classic cartoon DuckTales and recap The Grammy Awards, SNL’s 40th Anniversary special, and of course, The Oscars. We share our mutual obsession with The Last Five Years and Christina continues to obsess over Vikings as well. In our main discussion, we announce the winners of the Fandom Academy Awards and congratulate Lisa, our prize winner! We announce two Episode MVPs: Zendaya and Neil Patrick Harris and share our Ship Moments, too. In closing, we introduce our new website! Make sure you check it out for Music Mondays, Throwback Thursdays, Fandom Fridays, and so much more! And tune into our next episode where we discuss the returns of Once Upon A Time and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Happy birthday, ALNM! It’s been one year since we came up with this podcast and we celebrate it with you in our twenty-fourth episode! We start out with a few personal congratulations and talk about fandom news, too. We cover everything from the sequel to Harper Lee’s classic book To Kill A Mockingbird to Emma Watson being cast as Belle in the new live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. We talk about two new trailers that have hit the web: Fantastic Four and Magic Mike XXL and we discuss Disney’s first Latina princess. We share our current obsessions before we get into our main discussion: Teen Wolf! Since we started our first podcast with a lengthy discussion about Teen Wolf, we thought it appropriate to talk about all our favorite things about the show in our birthday episode. Favorite moments, lines, characters, and bromances, and of course, we talk about the phenomenon that is Sterek. In our secondary discussion, we switch gears to talk to you all about the very important campus assault episode of ABC Family’s drama Switched at Birth and all that it could teach us and future generations about this terrible occurrence. As always, we share our Ship Moments and our Episode MVP: you guys! Our listeners! And we remind you all the vote in our Fandom Academy Awards where you could potentially win a prize! Tune in next episode to find out the winners of our Fandom Academy Awards and we discuss the Oscars too!
In our twenty third episode, we start off, as always, with Fandom News! There was a lot to get through this episode between casting news for both film and television, as well as some updates concerning films in the pipeline and television shows set to make their premieres. We also have all the premiere dates you need for February. We briefly discuss the how we did with our predictions for the Golden Globes, the new Age of Ultron trailer, Agent Carter, Grimm, and Glee. Our main discussion concerns why the Oscars don't ever recognize films that are popular in fandom (or at the box office). We introduce our first ever Fandom Academy Awards! Go vote now! This all leads up to our secondary discussion about the role race plays at the Oscars. We conclude with our episode MVP, ship moments, and reminders of how to reach us across social media. Be sure to check out our next episode, where we'll be discussing all things Teen Wolf for our one year podcast anniversary!
In our twenty second episode, we start off with the many congratulations that are due following the holiday season! Following that are the casting news that has broken across both film and television, including the Star Wars movies, Once Upon A Time, the Marvel movies, and many more. Since our last episode there is a lot of fandom news to go over, and we break down all of it for you. We also have all your premiere dates for the upcoming spring television season. We briefly discuss the series finale of White Collar, the Doctor Who Christmas special, Galavant, Agent Carter, and Into The Woods. Our main discussion is a review of the past year in fandom. We talk about the highs and lows of the past year in film and television along with our hopes for the coming year. Our secondary discussion concerns the Sony hack and it’s impact on pop culture. Our episode MVP is James Corden both for his performance in Into The Woods and his upcoming takeover of The Late Late Show. We share our Ship Moments, as always, and remind you how to reach us across social media. We look forward to talking to you all again after the Golden Globes!
In our twenty first episode, we start off with some podcast updates and a short disclaimer. We then delve into all the fandom news that’s happened since our last episode! There’s updates on Glee, Selfie, The Colbert Report, Agents of SHIELD, The Bachelor, America’s Next Top Model, The Flash, Once Upon A Time, Into The Woods, Jurassic World, Star Wars, Peter Pan Live, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Supernatural, Girl Meets World, “Flarrow,” Mockingjay, Suicide Squad, and James Bond. Whew! We also discuss a few of the revelations from the Sony hack as well as the Golden Globes nominations. Christina gives some briefs highlights of the “Triple Ho Show.” We discuss our current obsessions before delving into the main discussion: The Holidays! We talk about our favorite parts of the holidays as well as what annoys us the most. In honor of the release of the newest Star Wars trailer, J.J. Abrams is named our Episode MVP! As always, we share our Ship Moments and remind you how you can reach us across social media. We'll be taking a holiday hiatus to spend time with our families and friends, but we will be back in the new year with more great discussions! Thank you all for making ALNM's premiere year such a great one! Happy Holiday to all and we look forward to seeing you in 2015!
In our twentieth episode, we begin with our favorite moments from the past twenty episodes. Kelly gives a spoiler free review of Mockingjay and we talk about People's Sexiest Man Alive 2014. We discuss the futures of Selfie and Glee as well as Disney's upcoming Broadway special. Our main discussion is our tribute to our first mutual fandom: Supernatural! We gush over the funny, the scary, and everything else that was memorable over the first 199 episodes. We talk about the good and the bad of the meta episodes before recapping the 200th episodes. Spoiler alert: it was awesome. We share our obsession with the season two gag reel. Our secondary discussion is all about the problems raised in Supernatural and across fiction and real life (we're looking at you One Direction) with queerbaiting and shipping. Our own Episode MVPs are Eric Kripke and Kim Manners. As always, we share our Ship Moments and remind you about all the upcoming trailer releases! Be sure to tune into our next episode dedicated to the holiday season!
In our nineteenth episode, we begin with congratulating the San Francisco Giants on their World Series win! Christina is very excited about this. Kelly gets excited about all the new Into the Woods trailers that have been released and we talk casting news, celebrity gossip, and shows that have been cancelled, given full series orders, or are coming soon. We discuss the comment about sexuality that was made by One Direction’s Harry Styles and what it means for the future of gender equality. We recap The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, and Dr. Who. We excitedly reveal the name of the next installment in the Star Wars saga: The Force Awakens! We talk about Constantine and Elementary and share our obsessions with How to Get Away With Murder and a Halloween themed viral video from Ellen. Our main discussion is all about the new season of Grimm. Kelly gushes over Jacqueline Toboni and her love of Trubel and we talk about what it might mean now that Nick Burkhardt no longer has his powers. Our secondary discussion is all about the awesomeness that is Once Upon A Time and in our tertiary discussion, we talk about all the big reveals of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From Ryan Reynolds being announced as Deadpool to wondering who the heck they’re going to cast as Dr. Strange, we talk about everything that was revealed in the Marvel event a few weeks ago. (Be sure to stay tuned after the music to listen to even MORE Marvel talk that didn’t make it into Episode 18!) In this episode, we each have our own Episode MVPs: Christina’s is Madison Bumgarner and Kelly’s is Jacqueline Toboni. As always, we share our Ship Moments and we wish all participants of NaNoWriMo good luck! Be sure to tune into our next episode, a very special 20th episode that celebrates all our favorite things about ALNM in the last few months and we talk all about the show that brought us together as friends, Supernatural!
In our eighteenth episode, we begin with lots of fandom news covering everything from Christina's excitement over the San Francisco Giants in the World Series to casting for Peter Pan Live and the return of Bill Hader and fan-favorite Stefon to Saturday Night Live. We recap the season and series premieres of some of the CW shows like Arrow and The Vampire Diaries and Kelly fangirls over Daniel Sharman having his accent in The Originals. We talk about the new season of Sleepy Hollow and how much we missed it and share our obsessions with Halloween Wars and Madam Secretary. Our main discussion is all about our favorite new show on The CW: The Flash! Did anyone guess that it was going to be as good as it is? We gush over Grant Gustin and the need for a musical episode because of Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, and Carlos Valdes of Starkid fame. In our secondary discussion, we recap Christina's visit down to Southern California for the CHOC Walk with Kelly, supporting CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange County. We spent 16 hours at Disneyland with our friends! Is 16 hours of Disneyland too much? Does "too much" Disneyland even really exist? For the first time in ALNM history, we have a second place for our Episode MVP and it goes to Josh Dallas being a perfect annoyed dad on Once Upon A Time. Our first place Episode MVP is the Warbler in Spandex himself, Grant Gustin and we continue to gush over his awesomeness and his CW hair. As always, we share our ship moments and remind you to keep watching all your favorite shows new and returning! Be sure to tune into our next episode where we discuss some very important developments that were revealed this week! Have a safe and fun Halloween! Happy Halloween, ALNM friends!
In our seventeenth episode, we bring you the longest Fandom News section yet! We talk about all the new shows that have premiered as well as some news about Glee, SNL, and The Daily Show. We give a big shout out and thank you to Mr. Orlando Jones for answering our “3 Questions” for us on our Tumblr. This just proves even more that he is all about the fandom! We have to cut our discussion short when Kelly makes the mistake of bringing up Ariana Grande and gets Christina started on a rant about her. We also share our newest obsessions: Don’t Be Tardy and The Red Band Society. Our main discussion talks all about our favorite fairytales in Once Upon A Time. We weigh in on how the new season started out, talking all about Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff and how the return of Marian affected the Outlaw Queen ship. We theorize about what the appearance of Mickey’s hat could mean for the season. We also can’t wait for Hook to get some new clothes! And we’re pretty sure Colin O’Donaghue wouldn’t mind not wearing that 50-pound coat either. We celebrate our Episode MVP, Georgina Haig and look forward to all that she will bring to Storybrooke. As always, we share our Ship Moments and remind you all to keep tuning into your favorite season premieres in the coming weeks! Join us for the next episode all about The CW’s premieres!
In our sixteenth episode, we start off with fandom news about the upcoming final season of Glee and we talk updates on lots of casting for new movies like Magic Mike XXL, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and the buzz about the newest additions to Bond and Bourne. We also share news about 40th season of Saturday Night Live, casting on Galavant, and, of course, the newest breaking news: the Deadpool movie. We also talk about the new television season that has begun covering Gwen and Pharrell joining The Voice, the return of our favorites like Sleepy Hollow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the premiere of new shows like The Red Band Society and Gotham on FOX. We are shocked by our complete dislike for Gotham, but share our enthusiasm for our old favorites returning. In our main discussion, we talk everything Maze Runner. We love it and we share what we loved best about the movie (other than Dylan O’Brien, of course). We analyze the differences between the book and the movie, the young cast of actors, and the fact that they have already set a release date for the movie’s sequel, The Scorch Trials. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, we encourage you to do so! As always, we share our Ship Moments and our Episode MVP is none other than Mr. Dylan O’Brien. Be sure to join us for our next episode all about Once Upon A Time!
In our fifteenth episode, we start out by discussing our usual fandom news roundup. Lots of casting news this time around for Arrow, The Flash, Marvel’s Agent Carter, and Penny Dreadful. We say goodbye to Joan Rivers and congratulate Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka on their marriage as well as congratulating Duchess Catherine of Cambridge on the announcement of another Royal Baby. Christina gives us a spoiler-free preview of The Maze Runner after pre-screening the movie (lucky duck!) and encourages us all to see it too. We give you a roundup of season and series premieres for the month of September, too. In our main discussion, we talk about all things Teen Wolf. We discuss the finale and what might happen in season five. We also review how well the new cast members did this season; especially those who we’d like to see back for season five. We revisit the predictions we made back in Episode #8 and see how we did with the season. (Hint: Christina did much better than Kelly…as she always does) As always, we share our Episode MVP, Sheriff Stilinski, but are at a complete loss for Ship Moments, which is an ALNM first. Be sure to join us for our next episode covering The Maze Runner and the first batch of season premieres for the new fall TV season! Disclaimer: Please excuse the noise coming from Kelly’s end of the recording. She’s currently experiencing a heat wave in Southern California and needs to have the air conditioning running in order to function properly.
In our fourteenth episode, we celebrate all things music! In our fandom news, Christina gushes about the new Doctor, Peter Capaldi and fills us in on the start of the newest season of Doctor Who. We talk about what happened in television this week including the finale of Pretty Little Liars, the end of True Blood, the announcement of the new Bachelor, and the cancellation of White Collar. We talk about what’s in store for the final season of Glee that begins next January, too. We recap the Emmy Awards and see weigh in on how well we did with our predictions that we posted on Tumblr a few months ago. We briefly recap the MTV VMAs and then talk about our newest obsessions: The Divide and Bachelor in Paradise. In our main discussion, we chat about our favorite music memories: our first concerts and music purchases, our favorite live music performances, our “can’t miss” music acts, our favorite venues, our newest music discoveries, and, of course, the most embarrassing music we know all the lyrics too. In our secondary discussion, we try to make sense of the newest information given to us on Teen Wolf and look forward to the last two episodes of the season. Our Episode MVP this episode goes to the great Billy Crystal and his tribute to his best friend at the Emmys, the late Robin Williams. As always we share our Ship Moments from the Emmys including the Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Bryan Cranston kiss and Seth Meyers parading his best SNL friends onstage with him. Join us for our next episode all about season four of Teen Wolf! BONUS: Bloopers at the end of this episode!
In our thirteenth episode we celebrate the life of Robin Williams. We talk about some of our favorite roles of his and what his death means for the Hollywood community and future generations. We also cover fandom news regarding Broadway’s new Hedwig, Andrew Rannells, the competing Jungle Book live action movies, Peter Capaldi taking over as the new Doctor on Doctor Who, and comic book news about Batman vs. Superman, Ant-Man, and Agents of SHIELD. We also share our obsessions with Chuck and In The Flesh. In our secondary discussion, we talk about the reveal of The Benefactor on the latest episode of Teen Wolf and we continue to freak about not knowing what supernatural creature Deputy Parrish could possibly be. We talk about how we never saw The Benefactor being who it is and discuss who we would have thought it would be. As always, we share our Ship Moments and Episode MVP which both stem from Teen Wolf. Remember to join us in two weeks for our music-themed episode!
In our twelfth episode, we start out by discussing two new trailers that premiered: Into the Woods and Night at the Museum 3. We talk casting news in the NBC live-action musical Peter Pan airing this holiday season and new casting for Frozen characters on Once Upon A Time and new characters on the upcoming third season of Arrow. We also share the exciting news of a Star Wars theme park at Disneyland which could be coming in the next few years! We say goodbye to one of our favorite American Idol contestants from our college days, Michael Johns and talk a little bit about the season of the show that he competed. Obsessions are back with Christina’s love of Running Wild with Bear Grylls and Kelly’s newfound fascination with the Food Network. We apologize that this episode isn’t all about Zachary Levi’s Nerd HQ like we promised, but we do discuss a bit about the panels and the history of Operation Smile, the organization that is benefitted. In our main discussion, we give our review of the newest Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy. We talk about its huge opening weekend and some of our favorite parts of the movie. We strongly urge those who haven’t seen it to do so! In our secondary discussion, we talk about the two most recent episodes of Teen Wolf: Orphaned and Weaponized. As always, we also share our favorite Ship Moments of the week and our Episode MVP. Join us for our next music-themed episode!
It’s our Comic-Con special! In our eleventh episode, we discuss all things Comic-Con! Even though we couldn’t be there ourselves, we cover all the panels that we would have wanted to attend. In our fandom news, we announce release dates for Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Amazing Spiderman 3, and The Sinister Six. We briefly discuss our shock and awe of the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer (and not in a good way). In our main discussion, we cover Benedict Cumberbatch’s Comic-Con debut at the Dreamworks Animation panel and we reminisce about our childhood while recapping The Giver panel. Christina geeks out over a brand-new NASA panel at Comic-Con and the announcement of missions to Mars being only a few decades away. We briefly talk about the Paramount Pictures panel before getting into our favorite: the Teen Wolf panel. We recap what’s coming up for the rest of the season and rejoice over the fact that there will be a season 5 with 20 episodes instead of the usual 12. Christina tells us all about the Hannibal and Penny Dreadful panels and we discuss casting decisions for The Walking Dead. Kelly fangirls over Daniel Radcliffe’s first appearance at Comic-Con for his new horror movie Horns and Christina doesn’t understand how this could possibly be Harry Potter’s first Comic-Con. We gush over the Marvel Television Presents panels covering Marvel’s Agent Carter and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We briefly chat about the 20th Century Fox panel covering upcoming projects like The Maze Runner, Let’s Be Cops, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. Christina contemplates that she might watch too much television while she talks to herself about Falling Skies and Vikings. Kelly finally gets a chance to talk about Arrow and The Flash, discussing crossover opportunities and the Amell cousins. Christina schools us on all things Dominion and Sleepy Hollow and updates us on the Warner Brothers Pictures panel that included Mad Max and Batman vs. Superman. Christina doesn’t understand why Kelly hates The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies and all things Lord of the Rings, but insists on fangirling about it anyway. We discuss the Once Upon A Time panel and Kelly gets way too excited about Frozen. Next, we chat about the Legendary Pictures panel including sequels to Pacific Rim and Godzilla. We talk about the Grimm panel, the Vampire Diaries panel and their adorable video to the fans, and we touch on the final True Blood panel at Comic-Con. Then it’s all about the Marvel Studios panel! We briefly question whether Ant-Man is even going to get done on time and we discuss the real stand-out of Comic-Con: The Avengers: Age of Ultron with the entire model-good-looks cast in attendance (except for pregnant Scarlett Johansson). Finally, we discuss our first love and what brought us together as friends, the Supernatural panel. We talk even more about the 200th episode and gush over the appearance by Osric Chau. We cannot go an episode without talking about the latest episode of Teen Wolf and we try to be brief in our discussion of the episode entitled IED. We talk about Parrish finally showing up on the Dead Pool list and the fact that he’s worth $5 million! Meredith’s back, Derek’s losing his powers, and the whole show is getting turned on its head! We share not only our “Ship Moments” but those shared by the members of the Teen Wolf cast at Comic-Con. Join us next week for our episode all about Zachary Levi’s Nerd HQ!
It’s our tenth episode! Yay! In this episode, we reminisce about the first nine episodes of our podcast; favorite discussions, bloopers, and the lost episode. Fandom news covers casting news for Arrow and The Flash and the final season of Glee. We venture into sports news to discuss the final of the World Cup, the MLB All-Star Game, and NBA trades. (Kelly called it! LeBron James is going to the Cleveland Cavaliers.) We discuss Emmy nominations and the latest crazy episode of Graceland. In our main discussion, we celebrate Disneyland’s birthday with a special Disney themed episode! We discuss Disney myths and urban legends, hidden messages in Disney movies, and crazy theories that link all the Pixar movies together. We speculate about the future of Disney with Broadway shows, Star Wars, and Marvel projects on the horizon, and live action versions of our favorite Disney cartoons. As always, we talk about our favorite show, Teen Wolf and the last two crazy episodes. To conclude the extra-long episode, we crown our episode MVP and share our Ship Moments. Join us for a special Comic-Con pity party next week!
In our ninth episode, fandom news includes casting news for Once Upon A Time and Criminal Minds, hacking the Twitter accounts of Chris Colfer and Lea Michele, and an analysis of the pilot episode of Girl Meets World. We introduce a new segment “Obsession” where we talk about Dominion and The Bachelorette. We also discuss the first Mockingjay teaser trailer and the controversy over Seth Rogen’s upcoming movie The Interview. Our main discussion is all about the new Jersey Boys movie! We talk about the differences between the movie and the stage play and we give our praise to the four men who played the Four Seasons. Of course, we can’t go an episode without talking about our favorite show: Teen Wolf. We talk about the episode called 117 and introduce another new segment “Episode MVP”. This episode, our MVP is the actor Ian Nelson who played young Derek Hale. In our final discussion point, we talk about gay and straight actors playing the opposite role and why there is a stigma attached to it. Our "Ship Moments" are all about bromances and the relationships between some of the men of Teen Wolf. Be sure to join us for our special 10th episode! We’ll be talking about all things Disney in honor of Disneyland’s anniversary!
In our eighth episode, we reminisce about the legacy of Casey Kasem, congratulate the San Antonio Spurs on being the NBA Champions, and cover news about the World Cup. We cover the new summer seasons of Suits, Graceland, and Pretty Little Liars. We talk about Justice League casting news, the new Disney Channel Original Movie “The Descendants”, and Into the Woods getting the Disney treatment. In our main discussion, we rehash the Teen Wolf season four premiere: the new characters, the new twists, and what we predict for the new season. As always, we share our favorite “Ship Moments” and we share a new “Ship Moment” that we’ve never mentioned before. Be sure to tune in for our next episode where we discuss the new Jersey Boys movie!
In our seventh episode, our fandom news covers Ian Somerhalder’s possible exit from The Vampire Diaries and we recap Suits and Graceland, which will both be returning to the USA Network this week. Kelly gives a small update on the new season of The Bachelorette with Andi Dorfman and the exit/death of contestant Eric Hill. We talk casting news for Star Wars and Insurgent as well as celebrate the birth of Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas’ baby! We talk about new characters coming to Once Upon A Time and send our thoughts to the recovering comedian Tracy Morgan after a serious car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike earlier this week. Christina also shares her new obsession: Penny Dreadful. Spoiler alert! We talk about our favorite show, Teen Wolf and what to expect when Season 4 begins in two weeks! In our main discussion, we talk about all things Broadway! With both of us just having seen Broadway plays, we talk about the lessons to be learned from plays on the Great White Way from gender roles, racism, religious persecution, and much more. We reminisce about the glory days of the movie musical and whether or not it will ever make a full comeback. We talk about Broadway stars crossing over to the big screen and big screen stars lighting up Broadway. We talk Glee and their influence on Broadway in pop culture, too. As always, we share our Ship Moments with our listeners. Be sure to tune into our next episode where we will be fresh from watching the season premiere of Teen Wolf and we’ll be discussing what we think will be coming in the season!
In our sixth episode, we begin with fandom news covering Frozen on Ice and a possible director for the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. We also cover the Hannibal finale and the Modern Family and, of course, one of our favorite topics, Teen Wolf and spoilers for the new season. We recap the Supernatural finale and everything that went down that led to Dean becoming a demon in the season's cliffhanger. We give our review of X-Men: Days of Future Past and try to make sense of what the new timeline means for future movies. As always, we share our favorite "Ship Moments" since our last episode covering both movies and television. Be sure to tune in for our next episode where we prepare for the return of Graceland and Suits on USA!
It’s our fifth episode! Time for a special episode dedicated to this week’s season finales! In this episode, we recap the shows we watch together: Once Upon A Time: Emma is made of fail, Captain Swan sails the shipping seas while Outlaw Queen crashes and burns, Kelly was right! Elsa appears, which means, next stop: Arendelle Agents of SHIELD: Nick Fury is in the house, we discuss episode MVPs, shipping Fitzsimmons, our feelings on Skye Grimm: As we recap the episode, we try and fail to keep it PG, here comes Trouble, we discuss what could possibly happen to Nick, and our feelings on Juliet We also recap other fandom shows: Arrow, Criminal Minds, Glee, Elementary, a narrowly avoided breakdown about the finale of The Vampire Diaries, and a brief summary of Grey’s Anatomy. We are both horribly wrong on our history of gay weddings on major networks as we talk about Mitch & Cam’s impending nuptials on Modern Family this week. (There was also Roc in 1991 and Friends a few years after that.) We try to prepare ourselves and our listeners for the finale of Supernatural. We also recap what’s coming up in June (Graceland, Teen Wolf, Suits, and the Boy Meets World spinoff Girl Meets World, which leads to a reliving of our 90’s childhood) and discuss the fall’s new shows we’re excited about (Selfie, Galavant, and How to Get Away With Murder). As usual, we share our Ship Moments of the Week and prepare for Comic-Con in the coming months! Be sure to tune in next week for our regularly scheduled programming!
In our fourth episode, we kick off with fandom news to prep us for a week of season finales (Game of Thrones, Glee, Agents of SHIELD, Once Upon a Time, and The Vampire Diaries) and recap the Vikings season finale. We also share the 2014-2015 TV show scorecard and discuss the epic fail of Supernatural: Bloodlines. We give our review for the new movie The Amazing Spiderman 2 and relate it back to the comic book source material. We express our concerns about whitewashing casts in TV and cinema. As always, we share our favorite "Ship Moments" with you! We try to predict the future of some of our favorite shows and remind you of our amazing contest that was announced last episode! Be sure to tune in next week too, when we recap all the season finales as soon as they finish!
In our third episode we bring you fandom news from all fandoms: Arrow, Supernatural, Vikings, The Vampire Diaries, Once Upon A Time, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We recap a day at WonderCon in Anaheim, California and the new trailer for the latest Broadway-musical-turned-movie Jersey Boys. Our main discussion covers Glee and whether or not it has "jumped the shark" in the last couple seasons. We speculate what it would have been like if Cory Monteith were still alive and what's up with Ryan Murphy, too. We also talk about fanfiction being published and made into movies and when Real Person Fiction (RPF) crosses a line. We share our favorite "Ship Moments" of the past two weeks and announce some very exciting contests! If you want to be a part of future shows, listen up for the rules! Keep listening for our next episode where we'll discuss the new The Amazing Spiderman 2 movie and so much more!
We're back! In our second episode we bring you fandom news about "The End": the end of How I Met Your Mother, the end of a reign of terror on Game of Thrones, and the end of a prominent ship on Once Upon A Time. We also discuss the future of the Marvel universe with the rise of Hydra and the most current Captain America movie. We have a lengthy discussion on shipping and, of course, share our favorite "Ship Moments". Keep listening for our next episode; a Glee-centric episode!
In the very first episode of a podcast celebrating all things nerdy, we discuss the Season 3 Finale of the MTV show Teen Wolf, what’s in store for Season 4, Glee’s big move to New York, and much more! We also delve into future topics like Supernatural, Marvel, Once Upon A Time, and future fandom movies. We introduce a new segment entitled “Ship Moments” and tell our listeners what’s to come in our future episodes.