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A weekly dose of Geeky Questions answered and a touch of trying to stump our own in-house expert.
About the show
The Aeronauts, Zac and Tyler, drop in to answer Geeky Questions and try to pry loose some of Zac's deep down genre knowledge before taking back off on their adventures through Nerdery.
Episodes
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Resurrected
June 11th, 2025 | Season 13 | 1 hr 7 mins
avengers, films to be buried with, marvel comics
The People in charge have been found and the Aeronauts should be coming back to life just in time for dinner at Bucky's, but first, a season finale!
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Laugh Track
June 5th, 2025 | Season 13 | 23 mins 4 secs
avengers, emma peel, jackass, john steed, mallrats, monty python and the quest for the holy grail, paddington 2, waiting for guffman, walk hard, wayne's world
What movie makes you laugh the most? Who are the Avengers?
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Ad Infinitum
May 29th, 2025 | Season 13 | 23 mins 25 secs
boondock saints, demolition man, die hard, mallrats, manifold, ocean's eleven, paddington, return of the jedi, x-men
Which movies have Your Aeronauts watched the most? Who is Manifold?
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Down in the Dumps
May 21st, 2025 | Season 13 | 23 mins 26 secs
avp 2, deathcry, elektra, from justin to kelly, the eye of the beholder, the grudge
What film do the Aeronauts think is the worst? Does Zac know who Deathcry is?
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Goated
May 7th, 2025 | Season 13 | 25 mins 37 secs
cool hand luke, into the spider-verse, runaways, the princess bride, victor mancha, victorious, who framed roger rabbit
What film is objectively the greatest? Who is Victorious?
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That Me
April 24th, 2025 | Season 13 | 20 mins 22 secs
clerks, films to be buried with, kevin smith, lilo and stitch, scott pilgrim vs the world, shi'ar, stranger than fiction, wayne's world, x-men
What film do the Aeronauts most relate to? Does Zac know who Smasher is?
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Schwing!
April 18th, 2025 | Season 13 | 21 mins 15 secs
frankenstein, gothic, mary shelley, nightmask, ninja scroll, thor ragnarok, van wilder
What film unexpectedly turned the Aeronauts on? Who is Nightmask?
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Rhythm of the Night
April 10th, 2025 | Season 13 | 27 mins 39 secs
batman forever, bounce, delroy garrett, excalibur, films to be buried with, moulin rouge, out of sight, spider-man, tampopo, the mask, the mask of zorro, triathlon, wild things
What is the Sexiest Movie? Who is Triathlon?
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Cherished Memories
April 2nd, 2025 | Season 13 | 17 mins 1 sec
blues brothers, die hard, films to be buried with, marvel, muppet christmas carol, o brother where art thou, ocean's 11, return of the jedi, silverclaw
What movie means the most to the Aeronauts? Who is Silverclaw?
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Tarnished Diamonds
March 12th, 2025 | Season 13 | 23 mins 45 secs
dude where's my car?, eternals, film, films to be buried with, gilgamesh, pulp fiction, revenge of the nerds, the crow, the hidden one
What movie did the Aeronauts used to love, but not any longer? Who is The Hidden One?
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Lowered Expectations
March 5th, 2025 | Season 13 | 32 mins 14 secs
film, films to be buried with, machine man, marvel, nextwave, the pest, x-51
What movie is terrible, but the Aeronauts enjoyed anyways? Who is Machine Man?
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Tears in Rain
February 19th, 2025 | Season 13 | 23 mins 27 secs
avengers, coco, film, films to be buried with, grave of the fireflies, homeward bound, inside out, paddington, songbird
What movie made the Aeronauts cry the most? Who is Songbird?
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Do You Like Scary Movies?
January 29th, 2025 | Season 13 | 30 mins 13 secs
creepshow 2, ernest scared stupid, films to be buried with, guardians of the galaxy, major victory, scream, vance astrovik
What's the scariest movie Your Aeronauts have seen? Who is Major Victory?
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Pictures to be in Purgatory With
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 13 | 28 mins 48 secs
avengers, fern gully, film, films to be buried with, living lightning, mighty morphin power rangers the movie, my neighbor totoro, teenage mutant ninja turtles ii: secret of the ooze, the land before time
This expedition involves the Aeronauts shamelessly ripping off another podcast (Films to be Buried With) and answering movie questions. So This week can the Aeronauts answer what was the first movie they watched? Who is Living Lightning?
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Empire State of Mind
December 18th, 2024 | Season 12 | 59 mins 14 secs
black bat, crimson clown, doc savage, domino lady, fu manchu, green lama, moon man, pulp fiction, the avenger, the shadow, the spider
We're to the end of another season and it's time to find out what your Aeronauts remember about the pulp heroes from the journey, and to listen to some good tunes.
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Aeronauts, Mount Up
December 4th, 2024 | Season 12 | 39 mins 37 secs
agra, appa, brutal legend, catbus, elden ring, epona, fu manchu, pulp, pulp fiction, the last airbender, torrent, yoshi
What is the best mount? Who is Fu Manchu?