Posts Tagged “politics”
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode223.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start this episode with a quick review of the weekend’s events. From our former co-host, Mustafa’s wedding to the Summer Leadership Initiative with ADEP. Vy gives us an interesting history of the fidget spinner and the controversy over its origins. This leads…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode222.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSTime to dig deep in our political podcast. We start with a discussion of a conspiracy theories in light of Bo Dalls on Talk is Jericho. We talk about hollow earth, lizard people, the Illuminati, and why people believe in conspiracy theories. We…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode216.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start our podcast off with a new segment called Tumblr Ethnographies. Vy decided to go down the rabbit hole that is tumblr and explore the world of “otherkin.” We discuss the different ideas behind otherkin, the origins, its history, and how the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode210.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSFresh from a trip to our capital, Diz and Ali regale us with tales of the Afghan American Conference and Diz’s secret act of heroism at the embassy. Our discussion of DC leads us to talking about the recent local controversy with a…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode209.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn our latest podcast we spend the beginning reminiscing about our childhood, specifically about childhood grudges. We talk about the people we hated and why we hated them. We reflect on Vy’s preoccupation with revenge. This leads us to a discussion on the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode208.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSToday’s powerhouse episode covers a wide breadth of topics. We start with a discussion of the special elections in Georgia’s 6th district. We predict what this means for politics in 2018. Next we talk about the new Star Wars trailer, The Last Jedi….
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode203.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start this episode off with a bit of reminiscing about our school years, talking about the various mischief that we got into in the past; From Vy’s sordid past, to Ali’s instigating insurrections, to Diz’s fights with other kids. It’s a quick…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSOld Man Logan is a hit. We start our episode with a quick review of Logan and what we thought made the movie stand out. As avid fans of the X-Men we were excited about the film and it did not let us…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode199.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSTo get us started we listen to Ali’s elitist rant on education before discussing successful protests. We talk about protests throughout the years and which have been successful from personal experience and that we’ve been taught. Vy talks about the first protest he…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode198.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSGiven how crazy the world has been, we thought a discussion on the genre of dystopian societies was ideal. We talk about how the genre emerged, its roots in the 20th century, and the effect it has had on pop culture. We discuss…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode197.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSOver the weekend Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders and immediately faced backlash. We break down the orders and what they hoped to achieve. Then we discuss the immediate response to them. We talk about the spontaneous mass protests that sprung…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode196.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIt’s only been a week or so since Trump took office and madness has taken over. We start the podcast talking about the protests, resistance, and the appointment of cabinet members. We talk about all the things going wrong with our government before…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode195.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn a usual mad riff we discuss snuggling, cuddling, and drunken love. After our foray into the sordid world of love we talk about the even more sordid world of politics. We talk about the Trump cabinet and what they represent for the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode194.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS2017 is already shaping up to be a weird year. We start the podcast off with a bit of roundup of political news before diving into the intriguing and interesting concept of the Mandela Effect. We discuss where it originates from, what the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode192.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe start off with a bit of a detour into the uneducated mind of Diz before reviewing Star Wars: Rogue One ***Spoiler Alert***. We do a quick rundown and review of the movie, what worked and what didn’t. We reach a consensus that…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode191.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThe city of Aleppo has fallen and has become one of the greatest human rights tragedies of our modern generation. In our latest podcast we take a look at the situation and the history behind the current civil war and the complicated politics…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode188.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe’re thankful for all the dank food that clearly made us drunk as we talk about Thanksgiving, world foods, and the origins of Turkey. We talk about Turkey’s in the era of colonialism, the age of exploration, and the Ottoman-English interactions. We take…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode187.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSOh yay it looks like Donald Trump has picked some of his cabinet members and it look as bad as you might expect. We start this podcast off taking a closer look at some of his picks and the problems that they present….
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode186.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWell that happened. After livestreaming the presidential election we regroup to share our thoughts, worries, and feelings about the election of Donald Trump. We talk about how we got to this point and what we are likely going to see going forward. We…
