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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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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?
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Our Favorite Martian
November 20th, 2024 | Season 12 | 31 mins 46 secs
alf, andalite, gordon shumway, green lama, klingon, martian, martian manhunter, pulp fiction, stitch, superman, yautja
What is the best alien? Who is The Green Lama?
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More Fish than the Sea
November 13th, 2024 | Season 12 | 25 mins 23 secs
aquaman, dc, domino lady, pulp fiction
Can Aquaman talk to freshwater fish? Who is the Domino Lady?
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Get Their Swag On
August 15th, 2024 | Season 12 | 30 mins 5 secs
cloak, costuming, gambit, harry steeger, jubilee, pulp hero, richard wentworth, silver surfer, the spider
Who has the best non-skintight costume? Who is The Spider?
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End of the World Blues
August 8th, 2024 | Season 12 | 36 mins 42 secs
apocalypse, en sabah nur, johnston mcculley, louise simonson, mutant, pulp, the crimson clown, x-men
What's the deal with Apocalypse (X-Men)? Who is the Crimson Clown?
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Put Your Best Face Forward
August 1st, 2024 | Season 12 | 40 mins 27 secs
bane, batman, cain marko, face turn, pulp hero, sandman, solomon grundy, the black bat, two-face, wrestling
Which supervillain should have a face turn? Who is The Black Bat?
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The Moody Broods
July 25th, 2024 | Season 12 | 29 mins 8 secs
brood, chris claremont, frederick c. davis, marvel, pulp comics, pulp fiction, sleazeworld, the moon man
Who are The Brood? Who is The Moon Man?
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Heart Felt
July 11th, 2024 | Season 12 | 32 mins 48 secs
farscape, gizmo, gonzo, gremlins, kermit, muppets, paul ernst, pilot, pulp, puppet, richard henry benson, the avenger
What is your favorite puppet? Who is The Avenger?
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Dude, where's my Kendrick Lamar?
June 12th, 2024 | Season 12 | 42 mins 21 secs
australia, ben browder, brian henson, claudia black, farscape, puppetry, rockne s. o'bannon, sci fi, sci-fi, syfy, the jim henson company
Surprise General Nerdery Crossover. Listen in as gear up to talk about Season 2 of FARSCAPE
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Lost in Transit
June 5th, 2024 | Season 12 | 50 mins 35 secs
doc savage, man of bronze, self identity, soma, star trek, transporter
Would the Aeronauts use a Star Trek transporter? Who is Doc Savage?
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with Pulp
May 30th, 2024 | Season 12 | 36 mins 29 secs
dime novel, giallo, lamont cranston, penny dreadful, pulp, pulp fiction, the shadow, weird fiction
What is meant by "pulp characters"? Who is the Shadow?