The Girl Meets Nerd Podcast: Recent Episodes
Megan Katherine
Girl Meets Nerd is a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginners' guide to becoming one. Follow me on my journey into the perilous world of board games, video games, RPG's and much more. Maybe you just might want to join in on the fun...
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Jonatan Perrier-Daigle, a friend of ours who loves to 3D print! Honestly, the idea of 3D printers seems like magic – or at least some futuristic technology used by a civilization much more advanced than ours is. I mean come on…a … Episode 29: What the heck is 3D printing with Jonatan Perrier-Daigle Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by our friend Jordan Wilbur. According to him, Jordan likes to play competitive video games – according to us, Jordan is a fighting game aficionado and future gamecube controller ASMRtist. One thing I’ve learned from the Nerdverse is that within every hobby, … Episode 28: What the Heck is Competitive Gaming with Jordan Wilbur Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are sitting down to discuss a major topic in our nerdy lives: The Marvel Cinematic Universe! If you are thinking “Megan, what the HECK is the Marvel Cinematic Universe??” then this is the podcast for you. We are going to dive into everyone from … Episode 27: What the Heck is the MCU? Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by David and Jayde of Pe Metawe Together. Together David and Jayde run youth workshops using role-playing games and operate a community focused gaming space in Edmonton, Alberta! Board games and role playing games, like many hobbies, can develop into so much … Episode 26: Pe Metawe Games Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Sean Chappell – idea man, artist, and co-designer of the new board game Hivernation! At some point, I think everyone wants to create something. How many times have you thought to yourself or heard someone close to you say: “I should…start … Episode 25: Designing a Boardgame from Scratch with RAMSTAR Games Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Anirudh, PM/DM/GM of Not a Scratch podcast, host of the Ahdurin Region, and lover of all things Pokémon! I have to admit, even though I’ve gone a bit off the deep end into the world of anime, I know almost nothing … Episode 24: What the Heck is Pokémon? Read More »
Happy birthday to Meg, happy birthday TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR COVID-19 LOCKDOWN…. Normally I celebrate my birthday alone, but this year I get to share it with a little special something: the COVID-19 lockdown. At this time last year, things were scary. There were a lot of unknowns: are we safe? Is my family … Episode 23: 25 Things We learned from a Year in Lockdown Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Clay Capra, host of the Mindful Games Lab podcast and Sales Director for one of our favorite game design studios, Leder Games! A couple years ago Tristan came home from board game night raving about a game named Root: “I was … Episode 22: What the Heck are Asymmetric Games? Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are joined by Darby, Harper, and their contagious energy, to learn more about how they create characters for tabletop role-playing games! Character creation is one of my favorite parts of playing a tabletop roleplaying game with friends. There’s something magical about playing characters of … Epsiode 21: Character Creation with Darby & Harper Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I share our journey of discovering anime and how you can start loving it too! I’ll be honest: anime has always kind of intrigued me. Even though I had never really taken the leap, there was always something about those funky hair styles, flashy characters, … Episode 20: A Beginner’s Guide to Watching Anime Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I learn all about live action role playing with Austin Moraga of the Iron Bound Chest! Of all of the nerdy things that I’ve been introduced to by Tristan and have discovered in my own world of nerdiness, for some reason LARPing has always seemed … Episode 19: What the Heck is Larping? Read More »
Well friends, we are back and we made it to 2021! We are sooooo excited to get back to building our beginners guide to the nerdverse. BUT FIRST. It’s important to reflect on the past, at least that is what they say. While 2020 was no walk in the park for anyone, Tristan and I … Episode 18: The Best? of 2020 Read More »
Happy Holidays friends! This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are answering your questions! We asked our lovely friends on Twitter and Instagram what questions they’d like our answers to and we were overwhelmed by their wonderful support! Join us to hear our take on cartoon romances, our fantasy table-top role playing … Episode 17: Season Finale Q&A Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I sit down together to talk about 3 very different, but equally lovable, two-player cooperative video games. Tristan loves the idea of a video game night: homemade pizza, delicious snacks, and an entire evening dedicated to levelling up together. Unfortunately, a lot of the games … Episode 16: Cooperative Two-Player Video Games for Beginners Read More »
For our Halloween episode of the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, we join the lovely Stephanie and Courtney of “They’re Terrified and Tipsy” – the scary movie review podcast. Something you may or may not know about me, but that you definitely should, is that I love Halloween. I love the sweets, I love the dressing … Episode 15: Getting Spooky with the Tipsy Pod Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, I sit down with Tim from the Knights and Nerds podcast to talk about what it is like being a Dungeon Master and running a game of Dungeons and Dragons! When Tristan first told me that he was the Dungeon Master for his group of friends I … Episode 14: What the Heck is a Dungeon Master? Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I are joined by the wonderful Matt & Jon of The Friday Knight Games Podcast to talk about genres of board games, what makes a great gaming experience, and even more gateway game suggestions! For 20 years, Matt & Jon have had a tradition of … Episode 13: Gateway Games for Friday Night Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast I sit down with my Twitter nemesis, Brianna, to chat about the impact that role-playing games can have on personal relationships! Intriguing I know. Brianna is a DM and storyteller who joined the TTRPG community about a year ago. She has a character interview show called Tales … Episode 12: Storytelling & Friendship in RPGs with Brianna Read More »
This week on the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast, Tristan and I sit down to share with you three of our favorite cartoons that are so well crafted, they have something for everyone to enjoy! For a long time, I didn’t really give cartoons other than my fav Disney movies a second thought. The Simpsons just … Episode 11: Cartoons are for Everyone Read More »
Welcome back! Join Tristan and I this week as we learn more about role playing video games from Austin Moraga of The Iron Bound Chest! As you may remember from Episode 6 on Video Games and Cereal Boxes, for a long time I thought call of duty was the only video game that existed. BUUUUT, … Episode 10: What the Heck is an RPG Video Game? With Austin Moraga Read More »
This week on The Girl Meets Nerd Podcast we learn about the mysterious game Magic the Gathering from Logan of the Natural 1 Podcast! Before sitting down with Logan I knew nothing about Magic the Gathering. If I am being honest with you, I figured that Magic the Gathering was some sort of weird cult … Episode 9: What the Heck is Magic the Gathering with The Natural 1 Podcast Read More »
So we have talked about what the heck dnd is but what actually happens when you sit down at the table to play? How do you create a character? What do all the numbers on your character sheet mean? What do I do with all these dice? On this episode we are s
Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On this week’s episode of the Girl Meets Nerd Podcast we are diving into the world of Star Wars! If you have ever fel
Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On today’s podcast episode we are talking about little old me! Tristan is going to be interviewing me about my own pe
Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On today’s podcast episode Tristan and I are sharing our 3 favourite Gateway Boardgames to get you started on your ad
Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On today’s podcast episode I have invited my friend Allie to come and chat. Allie is a digital marketing queen and fe
Welcome back to Girl Meets Nerd, a podcast about my adventure into the Nerd-verse and your beginner’s guide to becoming one. On today’s podcast episode we are going to be talking about 3 gateway games to get you started playing video games. T
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