In the 149th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Campbell Award Nominated Author and Award Winning Podcaster Mur Lafferty. About Mur Lafferty: Mur Lafferty is an author, podcaster, and editor. She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband and 10 year old daughter. Books: Starting with podcast-only titles, [...]
In the 148th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Campbell Award Nominated Author and Award Winning Podcaster Mur Lafferty. About Mur Lafferty: Mur Lafferty is an author, podcaster, and editor. She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband and 10 year old daughter. Books: Starting with podcast-only titles, Mur has [...]
In the 147th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Delilah S. Dawson for a second episode. About Delilah S. Dawson: Delilah S. Dawson is a native of Roswell, Georgia and the author of the paranormal romance Blud series for Pocket, including WICKED AS THEY COME and WICKED AS [...]
In the 146th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Delilah S. Dawson. About Delilah S. Dawson: Delilah S. Dawson is a native of Roswell, Georgia and the author of the paranormal romance Blud series for Pocket, including WICKED AS THEY COME and WICKED AS SHE WANTS and two [...]
In the 145th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome blogger Justin Landon for part 2 of our conversation. About Justin/Staffer’s Book Review: Staffer’s Book Review is a blog maintained by Justin Landon. It began in spring of 2011 with a review of James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes. Initially inspired [...]
In the 144th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome blogger Justin Landon. About Justin/Staffer’s Book Review: Staffer’s Book Review is a blog maintained by Justin Landon. It began in spring of 2011 with a review of James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes. Initially inspired to jot down thoughts to help [...]
In the 143rd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Chuck Wendig, author of many books including Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. About Chuck Wendig: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. He also the [...]
In the 142nd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Chuck Wendig, author of many books including Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. About Chuck Wendig: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Bait Dog, and Dinocalypse Now. He also the [...]
In the 141st episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Dave Robison, host of the Roundtable Podcast. About Dave: Dave has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, [...]
In the 140th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Dave Robison, host of the Roundtable Podcast. About Dave: Dave has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, [...]
In the 139th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Dave Robison, hose of the Roundtable Podcast. About Dave: Dave has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, [...]
In the 138th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Dave Robison, hose of the Roundtable Podcast. About Dave: Dave has indulged in creative pursuits his entire life. His CV includes writing Curious George fan-fiction at the age of eight, improv theater at age ten, playing trumpet at age twelve, [...]
In episode 135 of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series including Control Point and the new Fortress Frontier. This week’s picks: John: The Hype Machine Myke: SA Corey’s Leviathan Wakes Novel Patrick: Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin Game This week’s topic: [...]
In the 135th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Myke Cole to the third seat. 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 [...]
In the 134th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick, John and Carrie discuss The Future of SciFi Television. Picks of the Week: Lost Girl (Carrie) Fringe (Patrick) Bladerunner Soundtrack by Vangelis (John) Also mentioned in this Episode: Fish Anthology from Dagan Books Alphas Stargate Twin Peaks Lost Mutant X The X-Men Heroes Smallville Misfits [...]
In the 133rd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick, John & Carrie discuss all sorts of things, including: Kindle daily deal Patrick’s email List / Free Fiction ‘Consumption’ Weightless Books – DRM free ebooks Peter Hollens – Misty Mountains track Str8Voices – Misty Mountains track Apple Patent – Remote Disable/Shut Off Camera/Recording ability [...]
In the 132nd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Carrie Cuinn takes the night off, John talks to Paul and Storm about their new Geek and Sundry show, Learning Town, and Patrick and John discuss all sorts of other things. About Paul and Storm: Paul and Storm have been writing and performing funny songs together [...]
In the 130th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, changes are in the air! John and Patrick welcome Carrie Cuinn back to the ‘cast and we chat about an assortment of topics including: The Man of Steel trailer The proposed/rumored Justice League Movie Mythomania Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome Arrow Duotrope John’s Holiday Mix Carrie’s [...]
In the 129th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Jonah Knight back to talk about his new album and holiday tie-ins. About Jonah: A few years ago Jonah Knight was your garden variety singer/songwriter performing songs about girls and bars. In 2010 he changed course and started writing songs [...]
In the 127th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Cat Rambo to the show. About Cat Rambo: John Barth described Cat Rambo’s writings as “works of urban mythopoeia” — her stories take place in a universe where chickens aid the lovelorn, Death is just another face on the train, [...]
in the 126th episode of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome March Hershon. About Marc: In addition to being the host of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, Marc’s skill set stretches beyond the world of podcasting in a number of directions. He’s the Creative Director for Lexicon Branding in Sausalito, California, [...]



