In episode 223 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with comic book artist and Capricon 35 Artist Guest of Honor John Bivens. About John: Comic book artist. Worked on the award winning COMIC BOOK TATTOO, POPGUN volume 4, & Reading With Pictures. Currently drawing DARK ENGINE from Image Comics This […]
In episode 222 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Myke Cole. About Myke: As a security contractor, government civilian and military officer, Myke Cole’s career has run the gamut from Counterterrorism to Cyber Warfare to Federal Law Enforcement. He’s done three tours in Iraq and was recalled to […]
The Martian by Andy Weir Presumed dead, astronaut Mark Whatley is stranded on Mars and has to figure out how to survive on his own. Apollo 11 meets Castaway. Macguyver in space. Call it whatever you want, but it’s the best book that I’ve read so far this year. Can’t wait for the movie. The […]
In episode 221 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with podcaster and television personality Brian Brushwood. About Brian: Host of Scam School for Discovery & Hacking The System for NatGeo. Two Billboard #1 comedy albums. Eats fire. Sticks nails in eyes. Jackass. This week’s picks: Brian: Amazon Prime Pilot: The […]
Your friendly neighborhood podcasting duo will be making a rare live appearance at Capricon 35 in Wheeling, IL February 12th – the 15th 2015. We’ll be on several panels and recording live in front of a studio audience! We would love to see as many of you as will fit in the room for the […]
In episode 220 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with writer Brian T. McClellan. About Brian: Brian lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two dogs, a cat, and between 6,000 and 60,000 honey bees (depending on the time of year). He began writing on Wheel of Time role playing […]
In episode 219 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with writer and Capricon 35 Author Guest of Honor, Matt Forbeck. About Matt: Matt Forbeck has worked full-time on games and fiction since 1989, when he graduated from the Residential College at the University of Michigan with a degree in Creative […]
In episode 218 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with prolific writer and Dragonlance co-creator Margaret Weis. About Margaret: Margaret Weis is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends as well as many other award-winning and notable series, most recently Dragon Brigade with Robert […]
In episode 217 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author William (W.C.) Bauers. About William: W. C. BAUERS has worked on the sales side of publishing for more than thirteen years. Unbreakable is his first novel. His interests include Taekwondo, reading and writing military science fiction, toting gear for […]
In episode 216 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Sam Sykes. About Sam: Sam Sykes has done many things worthy of note, most of them involving violence of one manner or another. Amongst his feats of strength, he counts the following: Wrestling a Kodiak bear to the earth […]
In episode 215 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Rajan Khanna. About Rajan: Rajan Khanna is a fiction writer, blogger, reviewer and narrator. His first novel, Falling Sky, a post-apocalyptic adventure with airships, is due to be released in October 2014 from Pyr. His short fiction has appeared […]
In episode 214 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Gail Carriger. About Gail: New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. […]
In episode 213 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Alex Hughes. About Alex: Alex Hughes, the author of the award-winning Mindspace Investigations series from Roc, has lived in the Atlanta area since the age of eight. She is a graduate of the prestigious Odyssey Writing Workshop, and a member […]
In episode 212 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with James Luceno. About James: James Luceno is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written three Star Wars novels and a dictionary about Star Wars. He has written other novels as well and he wrote the film adaptations for […]
In episode 211 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk about many things, including but not limited to: Social media The Channel Formerly Known As SciFi Being Zen Star Wars JJ Abrams Star Trek This week’s picks: John: Star Wars: A New Dawn Patrick: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Defiance Season […]
In episode 210 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with John Klima, editor of the Hugo Award–winning magazine Electric Velocipede and is currently the editor of the Bulletin, the professional publication of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. About John: John Klima is the Assistant Director at the […]
In episode 209 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back John “The Bagel OverLord” DeNardo of SF Signal.com About John: John is an avid reader and reviewer. (See John’s review criteria.) His book reading comes second only to his book buying, which some (including John himself) might call compulsive. (We often […]
In episode 208 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Robert Jackson Bennett. About Robert: Robert Jackson Bennett‘s 2010 debut Mr. Shivers won the Shirley Jackson Award as well as the Sydney J Bounds Newcomer Award. His second novel, The Company Man, won a Special Citation of Excellence from the Philip K […]
In episode 207 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk amongst themselves about all manner of things. Social media? Yup. Email? Yup. 70’s pop rock? You betcha. Marketing? Uh-huh. Is nothing sacred? Nope. I mean, seriously? Have you not listened to us before? This week’s picks: John: ZenHabits.net Patrick: Inbound 2014 […]
In episode 206 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with prolific book blogger and reviewer, Sarah Chorn. About Sarah: I have been a compulsive reader my whole life. At a young age I found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for […]
In episode 205 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author and SWFA President Steven Gould. About Steven: Steven Gould is the author of Jumper, Wildside, Helm, Blind Waves, Reflex, Jumper: Griffin’s Story, 7th Sigma, Impulse, and Exo as well as several short stories published in Analog, Asimov’s, and Amazing, […]
In episode 204 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with badass writer, and blogger Chuck Wendig. About Chuck: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published […]
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