Episode 83: Interview with Our New Friend Chef Josh Walbolt. The guys get a chance to speak to their new friend Chef Josh Walbot who has been studying culinary arts for 12 years.
Just a few of his accolades include worked with culinary Legend Chef Morimoto and opening a restaurant for him. He helped develop a menu and open up a restaurant for a Silver Medal award winner Gavin Keysen first person to gain a silver metal in the culinary Olympics for the American team. Josh is also the winner of the 2019 Charlies Rising Star Chef. Josh mentions his time at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), moving to various parts of the United States pursuing his cooking dreams, working in Michelin Star restaurants, restaurants rated the best in the world (2017) and entering a Chefs competitions. Josh gives Al an easy dish to make that he can not screw up. The guys learn what the 100 folds of a chefs' toque are said to represent. Josh also talks to us about shooting a Facebook commercial.
Follow Josh here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Lovefoodmore
https://www.instagram.com/lovefoodmore
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Episode 82: Quarantine:Day 665. The guys virtually gather to talk about what have they been up to during this stay at home suggestion. They go over what restaurants they would first want to go to once the pandemic is over, what they are doing to keep themselves entertained, and when do they feel this pandemic will be over.
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Episode 81: The Phallic Compensator: Flashback Episode. This unreleased episode was recorded back in 01/27/2017. The guys gather to discuss funny and weird stories from previous jobs. Al helps complete an adult film, PickleVic recognizes an escort in his movie theater, EvilRay witnesses a confession with a priest in the magazine aisle, and Big Mike almost gets in a fight at a bus stop.
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Episode 80: During the Pandemic...Staying Sane...and Safe. During the pandemic, the guys gather to talk about how they are staying sane and most importantly safe. They discuss their cancelled trip to the Alamo Drafthouse to see Blood Shot, Coronavirus memes, NBA, MLB, WWE cancelling there seasons and shows, the Super Nintendo Classic, and recommend some shows to watch, and other things to do during this crazy time!
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For our 75th episode, it is with great pleasure that we introduce our new friend, Racing Enthusiast Nando! Nando shares with the guys his passion for racing cars, video games, go karts, and real life car drifting! Nando is on staff with Forza mortor sports and talks to the guys about the potential of having it as part of esports. Nando shares some racing and car drifting stories, and the guys discuss their dream cars. Nando brings the guys a bottle of the most delicious bottle of coquito they have ever tasted. The guys discuss their first experience going to the Autoban Go Kart racing track with Nando. Al has a surprise for the guys and wanted their first reaction to be on this episode!
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Episode 74: Al and the Skinnylicious Menu. Flashback Episode. The guys help Al's kids play Super Mario Bros 3 for the first time. Al loses his sh&t over the skinnylicious menu at the Cheesecake Factory. Al also has an encounter in the men’s bathroom. The guys discuss what they are looking to purchase at NYComic Con, fan verification, and San Diego Comic Con suing Salt Lake Comic Con on trademark infringement.
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Episode 72: Interview with AWA Art Director Stan Chou. It is with great pleasure that the guys introduce there new friend Stan Chou. Stan talks about his time in Taiwan, living in Japan, his life as a freelance illustrator, favorite anime’s, and his love of Transformers G1. Al and Stan talk about the rise and fall of Dreamwave comics. Stan provides some words of wisdom to NerdSpork Illustrator himself, Pickle Vic. Stan talks about his time as a storyboard artist for Double Take, an assistant storyboard artist for commercials as well as some movies. Stan also briefly worked on the upcoming Will Smith Netflix movie Gemini Man. Stan is currently working as an art director for AWA (Artist Writers and Artisans), which will be releasing their new Comic line Upshot Studios in spring of 2020.
Follow Stan Chou on:
instagram — ArtistStan
twitter — ArtistStan
https://www.awastudios.net/
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Episode 71: Star Trek Set Tour. The guys talk about their trip to Ticonderoga New York to visit the Star Trek Set Tour. They also go and visit Fort Ticonderoga, as well as discuss Spider-man leaving the MCU, and NerdSpork Manager Gen meets the Back Street Boys.
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Episode 70: Stephanie's Treats From Japan. Flashback episode from Cinco De Mayo! Stephanie is back from Japan with stories and treats for us to try on the podcast! We learn about Stephanie’s love for Gudetama, her visit to Studio Ghibli, Team Lab Planets, the Giant Gundam statue, and when she possibly saw her first glory hole. Tipsy EvilRay is drunk and got sick at Yardhouse. PickleVic and Evil Ray go over some drunk stories with each other, and Al is surprisingly sober.
All Pics and Video for the treats can be found at nerdspork.com
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Episode 68: Introducing Our New Actor, Singer Friend Adi! In this episode, we speak to our friend Adi. Adi is a working actress and talented singer from Israel. She starred in Angels At Work that was produced by The World Voice Ensemble (www.theworldvoiceensemble.com)
She shares her journey as an aspiring actress, her work experiences, her childhood inspiration to her favorite roles and characters she has portrayed.
She also shares with us her current feature roles, her dream roles as an actress, and of course her favorite super hero.
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Episode 62: Intro To Our New Friend Stephanie. We flashback to February 2019 where the guys talk to our new friend Stephanie about when we first met at ComicCon 2018, she does strawpedos with us, and teaches us how to open a beer bottle with a lighter. Stephanie talks about her up and coming trip to Japan in April, the significance of all her tattoos, and she also reads an insert from her drunk journal. The guys also discuss her insane list of all her food allergies that she must keep with her at all times.
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Episode 54: Remembering Stan Lee. The guys say a few words about the passing of Stan Lee, a few stories about meeting him, and how much he will be missed.
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Episode 53: The Thanksgiving Chicken Run Flashback Episode. During this Thanksgiving month, the guys decide to share their story of a yearly tradition they call The Chicken Run. They discuss the origin of The Chicken Run as well as what fast food items they recently purchased to celebrate this tradition. It started off with trying to decide which fast food chain had the best chicken nuggets, which slowly became a journey to purchase as many different food items from each chain to bring back home and feast on. They finally decide which chain has the best chicken nuggests, and Vic uses his new tag name for the very first time.
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Episode 51: New York ComicCon2018! The guys go to New York Comic Con at the Javits Center. They discuss the items they purchased, Gen’s encounter with Dean Cain, the people they met, networking with other podcasters, and getting a chance to talk with a comic book writer and illustrator.
Check out the Youtube clip of our time at New York Comic Con!
https://youtu.be/31NIYEA7n9M
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Episode 50: Mistressed and the Milestone 50. Today the guys celebrate their 50th episode with their special guest, Twitch Streamer and Gfuel Influencer Manager Mistressed. The guys sit with Mistressed to talk about how she became an Influencer Manager for Gfuel, traveling to different parts of the U.S. and U.K. to attend video gaming conventions (like E3, PAX, EVO), how she got into Twitch Streaming, and famous streamers she has met.
Check out her Twitch channel: Twitch.tv/mistressed
Twitter: @mistressed_
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Episode 49: Jerel's Play Accepted into The New York New Works Festival! In this special episode, Al and Jerel have a one-on-one post conversation about the two night showing of Jerel's play, Angels at Work held at the Kraine theater. Jerel and Al give their review of the play, Jerel tells us a story on how difficult it was to cast certain parts in the play, how NerdSpork was represented in the Playbill, and Angels at Work being accepted into The New York New Works Festival!
http://www.theworldvoiceensemble.com
www.nynwtheatrefestival.com
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Episode 48: Flashback Episode Part 3 - Honesty, Marriage, Video Games, and Strippers? In this flashback episode, the guys travel back 2 years ago, two weeks before Mario and Geenie tied the knot to discuss how they met, what video games they like to play together, our family dog Girlie getting her tail caught between the door frame--No worries! She is okay and so is her tail--sounded worse than it actually was. The guys also provide Mario some marriage tips (LOL!), as well as discuss Al's bachelor party experience.
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Episode 47: Awesome Mike! The guys introduce their new friend, "Fighter Mike", "He-Man Mike", "Wolverine Mike", "God Mike", or just Mike. He talks to the guys about his passion--Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, winning 1st place in the NAGA (National American Grappling Association) tournament, knocking out opponents, breaking his ankle during a match, meeting members of the Gracie family and sparing with them, as well as his training and diet regimen before a fight. He also shows us his NAGA Championship belt! He truly is...Awesome!
http://www.nagafighter.com
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Episode 44: E3 Press Conference Review. The guys review the E3 Press Conference. The guys give their review of the Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo conferences, discuss some of the new games coming out, who had the best press conference, and what games they are excited to get.
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Episode 40: Our Visit to Pax East 2018! The guys go to Pax East in Boston. We discuss our time at the Boston Convention Center for Pax East, Pickle Vic gives a quick movie review of Isle of Dogs, we discuss planning a trip to Pax West, planning a visit to Funko Pop headquarters, and Al discusses the time when he called in as a guest on a friends Youtube show. We discuss this an more while Al tries to fix Evil Ray's mic.
Check out our video clip of our time at Pax East on our Adventures page:
https://nerdspork.squarespace.com/adventures/
We created a Youtube page as well!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdspork
Visit our Blah Blah Blogs section where our good friend Carissa wrote about her first experience at Pax East 2018.
https://www.nerdspork.com/new-blog/
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