Hello, fellow nerds! Welcome to our season six finale, where we read Quicksilver, chapters 44-45!

Listen in to today’s episode where we discuss the following:

• What’s up with the dick measuring contest between Carrion and Kingfisher?

• What do you know of the God of Chaos and the Goddesses?

• Why does Carrion’s blood poison Malcolm?

• Who would you fancast for this book?

Visit ⁠ournerdiestthing.com⁠ for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Chaos”

Show Links:

• ⁠https://calliehart.com/extras/⁠

• ⁠Jake Austin Walker⁠

• ⁠Mikey Madison⁠

• ⁠Aaron Taylor Johnson⁠

• ⁠Jessica Madden⁠

• ⁠Wyatt Russell⁠

• ⁠David Corenswet⁠

• ⁠Anya Taylor-Joy⁠

• ⁠Deva Cassel⁠

• ⁠Josh Heuston⁠

• ⁠Stephen Kalyn⁠

• ⁠Kit Harington⁠

• ⁠Olivia Holt⁠

• ⁠Charlie Hunnam ⁠

• ⁠Lily-Rose Depp⁠

• ⁠Dove Cameron⁠

• ⁠Avan Jogia⁠

• ⁠Domhnall Gleeson⁠

• ⁠Alan Richson⁠

• ⁠Elle Fanning⁠

• ⁠Michael B Jordan⁠

• ⁠Henry Cavill⁠

• ⁠Brandon Lee⁠

Season 7 of the podcast will debut in September!  

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with another Book Club podcast episode this week with Quicksilver, chapters 40-43!

Listen in to today’s episode where we discuss the following:

-Why are spider monsters so prevalent in mythology?

-What are the most unlikely allies from history?

-Does Whitney need a hype man for the 30 second countdown?

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Show Links:

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mythological_spiders⁠ 

⁠https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-what-happened-when-microsoft-saved-apple.html⁠ 

⁠https://www.military.com/military-life/soldiers-world-war-eastern-front-fought-common-enemy-wolves.html⁠ 

⁠https://www.audubon.org/news/a-pair-common-loons-adopted-lucky-goldeneye-duckling-and-it-was-big-deal⁠ 

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

Season Finale - July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with another Book Club podcast episode this week with Quicksilver, chapters 35-39!

Listen in to today’s episode where Whitney holds down the fort and discusses the following:

-What are once-in-a-lifetime animals?

-Raise your hand if you were emotionally victimized by chaos of these chapters

-What kind of man just leaves an effing note?

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Show Links:

⁠https://medium.com/@kiptoodoughlas/ten-wild-animals-you-have-never-seen-43e1d74234f⁠ 

⁠https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/elusive-creatures-of-the-natural-world.html⁠ 

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_white_deer⁠ 

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Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with another Book Club podcast episode this week with Quicksilver, chapters 30-34!

Listen in to today’s episode where we discuss the following:

-Did you know there are fairytales where one of the fated mates dies?!?

-What other types of vampires are there besides the glittery or hot ones we see on the screen?

-What celebrities have matching tattoos?

Click here for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Angel’s Breath”

Show Links:

• ⁠https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurengarafano/celebrities-with-matching-tattoos⁠ 

• ⁠https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/pictures/celebrity-couples-and-exes-with-matching-tattoos-pics/⁠ 

• ⁠https://lifekinetictravel.com/2020/11/01/the-story-of-two-lovers-point-part-i-and-part-ii/⁠ 

• ⁠https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/The_Myths/Orpheus_and_Eurydice/orpheus_and_eurydice.html⁠ 

• ⁠https://www.medievalists.net/2018/02/butterfly-lovers-classic-chinese-love-story/⁠ 

• ⁠https://readingart.substack.com/p/swimming-the-hellespont-for-love⁠ 

• ⁠https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyramus⁠ 

• ⁠https://interestingliterature.com/2020/04/little-mermaid-fairy-tale-andersen-summary-analysis/⁠ 

• ⁠https://vocal.media/futurism/10-strange-vampires-from-around-the-world⁠ 

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss books where they get busy outside!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with another Book Club podcast episode this week with Quicksilver, chapters 27-29!

Listen in to today’s episode where we discuss the following:

-What is the folklore around the Aurora Borealis AKA the Northern Lights?

-What do you know about traveling musicians in history?

-Do you find Fisher’s actions to be redeemable at this point?

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Show Links:

• ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora⁠

• ⁠https://www.nathab.com/blog/fifteen-native-tales-about-the-northern-lights⁠

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss reading queer all year!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 24-26!

Listen in as we discuss the following: 

-Do you know the theme song to Reba?  Apparently, Whitney does.

-Have you ever experienced hallucination induced sleep paralysis?

-Did you know the Exorcism of Emily Rose is based on the story of Anneliese Michel?

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Show Links:

•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ecklund 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

• https://news.cuanschutz.edu/medicine/-sleep-paralysis-demons-explained 

• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-paralysis/ 

• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/b0kdpr/what_are_your_sleep_paralysis_stories/ 

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/1eagr15/whats_the_weirdestfunniest_thing_youve/ 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis#:~:text=Several%20types%20of%20hallucinations%20have,activity%20inducing%20a%20floating%20sensation. 

• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21974-sleep-paralysis#:~:text=Symptoms%20include:%20*%20Inability%20to%20move%20your,*%20Certain%20medications%20*%20Substance%20use%20disorder 

Summer Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 22-23!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

• Whitney proves to us that dirty talk isn’t always sexy

• What do you know about eugenics and mass sterilization?

• What are the reasons some countries required or pressured the population for sterilization? 

• Did Carrion and Saeris eat goldfish crackers or sardines? 

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Show links:

• ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5ieo50/whats_the_worst_dirty_talk_youve_ever_heard_in_bed/⁠

• ⁠https://www.cato.org/commentary/cruel-truth-about-population-control⁠

• ⁠https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/⁠

• ⁠https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eugenics-finding-carrie-buck/⁠

• ⁠https://www.edf-feph.org/why-is-forced-sterilisation-still-legal-in-the-eu/#:~:text=Bulgaria,countless%20people%2C%20is%20still%20legal⁠. 

• ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization#:~:text=Bangladesh%20has%20a%20long%2Drunning,Bangladeshi%20Taka%20(US$2.70)⁠. 

• ⁠https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ap-report-china-stifling-uighur-births-with-iuds-abortion-sterilization#:~:text=While%20individual%20women%20have%20spoken%20out%20before,nationwide%2C%20it%20is%20rising%20sharply%20in%20Xinjiang⁠. 

• ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_human_sterilization_by_country⁠ 

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss bookstagram hot takes and cold truths!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 19-21!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

• Do you agree with Whitney that Saeris and Fisher are fated mates?

• What dream interpretations should you never ignore?

• How embarrassed would you be if every time you got down and dirty, your friends could smell the other person on you

Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Revenge Screwdriver".

Show links:

https://dreamjournal.co/dream-symbols 

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Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 16-18!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

• What do you know about the MK Ultra experiments?

• What is operation midnight climax?

• Do pheromones really play into our attraction levels of other people?

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Show links:

1. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone⁠

2. ⁠https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3809382/⁠

3. ⁠https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments⁠

4. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra⁠

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss our fave why choose books!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 13-15!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

What does the mythology of shades tell us about this portion of the book?

Why does Deb go down a wormhole about space travel?

What stories do you know about mistaken identity?

Have you ever had an awkward celebrity encounter?

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Show links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Dale_Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_(mythology)

https://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html

https://www.space.com/what-would-happen-if-you-moved-at-speed-of-light

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQkq_b0zyXw&t=90s

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/awkward-celeb-meetings

A Touch of Darkness

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss our fave trans and non-binary authors and characters!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

April 16 - Chapters 16-18

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 10-12!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

-Have you ever had an escape room fail? Whitney shares her favorite hilarious stories from across the web.

-How is Hell described across different cultures?

-How does one give a toe curling kiss?

Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Mark Me Down as Scared and Horny”.

Show links:

1. https://www.boredpanda.com/escape-room-stories/

2. https://www.yourtango.com/love/how-to-kiss-well

3. https://www.bustle.com/wellness/how-to-kiss?utm_campaign=gpro26404556&utm_medium=pro&utm_source=google&gad_source=1

4. https://stationerypal.com/blogs/how-to/how-to-kiss-your-boyfriend-and-drive-him-crazy?srsltid=AfmBOorqyig-eqB9EXjp-ps-kx1-bgih3WxKy61IpLftOoibdab4Eddf

5. https://www.grunge.com/889111/how-different-religions-describe-hell/ 

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomi 

7. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1594422/jewish/Do-Jews-Believe-in-Hell.htm 

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss The People We Meet on Vacation Book vs. Movie!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

April 2 - Chapters 13-15

April 16 - Chapters 16-18

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 7-9!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

-What famous sisters had family rivalry?

-Did you know that Quicksilver is a name for Mercury?

-What is Mad Hatter’s Disease?

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Show links:

1. https://www.businessinsider.com/most-famous-celebrity-sibling-rivalries-2021-4

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Boleyn

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoe_IV

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassler_brothers_feud

5. Quicksilver: A Principal Substance

6. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mad-hatters-disease#symptoms 

7. https://www.healthline.com/health/mad-hatter-disease#summary 

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss characters that just need to get over it!

 Spring Book Club Schedule:

 Quicksilver

 March 26 - Chapters 10-12

 April 2 - Chapters 13-15

 April 16 - Chapters 16-18

 April 30 - Chapters 19-21

 May 14 - Chapters 22-23

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 4-6!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

-Which non-english words have hilarious literal meanings?

-What’s the funniest epitaph you’ve seen?

-Would you want your gravestone to say something witty or funny?

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Show links:

• ⁠https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/words/25-foreign-words-hilarious-literal-meanings⁠

• ⁠https://medium.com/crows-feet/funny-actual-epitaphs-they-got-in-the-last-word-ae049e40750b⁠

• ⁠https://www.mackaysmemorialheadstones.co.uk/famous-funny-headstone-epitaphs/⁠

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss the best spicy tips we’ve learned from books!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

March 12 - Chapters 7-9

March 26 - Chapters 10-12

April 2 - Chapters 13-15

April 16 - Chapters 16-18

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 1-3!

Listen in as we discuss the following:
-Who do you think is the top fictional woman fighter/assassin?
-Have you heard of circumbinary planets?
-What do people on Reddit say that a guy does when he secretly likes you?

Click here for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Two Suns”.

Show links:

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/1ihiagz/men_what_are_subtle_signs_you_give_that_mean/

2. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/two-suns-planet

3. Quicksilver

4. Savage Lands 

5. That Time I Got Drunk & Saved a Demon 

6. Kingdom of Ash

7. Queen of the Damned 

8. Gods and Monsters Series 

9. Empire of the Vampire 

10. Mistborn 

11. The Poppy War

12. A Dowry of Blood

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss Heated Rivalry: Show vs. Book!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver
February 12 - Chapters 1-3
February 26 - Chapters 4-6
March 12 - Chapters 7-9
March 26 - Chapters 10-12
April 2 - Chapters 13-15
April 16 - Chapters 16-18
April 30 - Chapters 19-21
May 14 - Chapters 22-23

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