After taking a two-year break we wanted to take at least one episode to share about what we’ve been up to, why we came back and our plans for the future of Nerd Out Loud.
 
 We’re joined by fellow Ten Seven Ten podcaster and friend of the show Jeremy Henson, you can hear his show Jeremy & Brian Try to Podcast anywhere podcasts are sold.
 
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144 episodes in and this may be our biggest guest yet! Jeremy sits down with aspiring YouTuber, science lover, future WNBA star, greatest podcaster in her kindergarten class, and Jeremy's daughter, Elliot Phoenix. Elliot sits down to talk minecraft, youtube, and field some listener questions before turning the tables on her old man with some questions of her own. 

Christy and Jeremy sit down for a roundtable with Jesse Dollemore (host of the podcast I Doubt it With Dollemore) to discuss our thoughts on the first month of Donald Trumps presidency and what that means for the groundswell of people getting involved with political discourse in new ways.  Links discussed on the show:  Find Jesse and subscribe to his show - https://dollemore.com Find ways to get involved locally - https://www.indivisibleguide.com Find your congressional district - http://congressional-district.insidegov.com

Jeremy and Christy are joined by Jeremy Henson from the Eureka podcast to discuss selling your virginity, Christy introduces her plan to watch the West Wing starting January 20th, Jeremy (Holmes) has some stories to make Matt Christy mad and we discuss boners in space.  Links:  - Join Christy's facebook group "Jed Bartlet is My President" - "It's My Decision: This woman is auctioning off her virginity to help her family" Via The Washington Post - "Haircuts With Bangs Might Be Coming Back in 2017" Via QG  - "Keyshare Technologies debuts Kimon selfie drone" Via Venture Beat - "What Happens to Dicks in Space" Via Inverse

NOL guerrilla podcaster and long time friend Bobby Pape stops by for a special holiday edition of the podcast. Our very own tipping expert weighs on on how much (and how) to tip the sanitation engineer in your life, we try and help Bobby decide what to bring to his families yankee swap, and Christy goes before the court in her own episode of "Am I A Jerk?".  Be sure to check out our sister show - Earbuds and Earworms  This episode was originally posted on www.nerdoutloudpod.com

Jeremy and Jeremy take a moment to recap their Thanksgiving (things went off the rails for one of them) before jumping into their stories of the week which include a lot of fake news and a hotel bigger than Henson's hometown. We wrap it up with some toilet themed space news.  Links of note:  - One Family, Two Strategies for Political Healing - The Worlds Largest Hotel Is Coming And It Has 10,000 Rooms - CNN anchor debunks Fox report in which Donald Trump voter repeats fraud myth - Reports That CNN Showed Porn Instead Of Anthony Bourdain Were Based On A Single Twitter User - The Space Poop Challenge - So Here's An Interesting Thing About NASA and Penis Sleeve Sizes - Here's How Much Poop is on the Moon

This week we got the old band back together with a very special +1, friend of the show Jesse Dollemore stops by to look at the road ahead and talk about what we're going to do in light of the recent presidential election. Christy brings herself before the court as we talk safety pins in our "Am I A Jerk" segment, and then Jeremy covers what a Donald Trump presidency means for NASA and the space program. As discussed on the show:  - You can find Jesse Dollemore on his podcast "I Doubt It With Dollemore", his YouTube channel, and of course tweet him @Dollemore  - Sign the petition to eliminate the electoral college (via: MoveOn.org)  - Questioning Safety Pin Solidarity Revealed Why I Can't Trust White People (by Ijeoma Oluo) - What will Donald Trump's space program look like? (Via Planetary Society) - Trump's Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On The E.P.A. (via: New York Times) 

Jeremy (Henson) and Jeremy (Holmes) sit down to talk about where we’ve been before jumping into our discussion about how 20% of straight men (reportedly) watch gay porn. We introduce a new podcast joining our podern family and then we try to strike it rich in another episode of NOL does Shark Tank.

As discussed on the show: - Check out our new show Earbuds and Earworms - www.EandEpod.com- Over a fifth of straight men watch gay porn, study finds- RIP, Schiaparelli: European Mars Lander's Crash Site Seen By NASA Probe

We've got some follow-up from last week's show including an update on the protests making their way across the NFL, Jeremy buys Fresca, and a "Holmes (and wise) gets a home" update. Then we take some time batting the nerd-out-loud ball back and forth in our yet to be named round robin segment in which we discuss burning man, new iPhones, and Katrina's list.  As discussed on the show:  - 49ers owner donate's one million dollars to charity (Twitter)- Seahawks #AllLivesMatter protest is an act of political cowardice (The Root) - Revolution against "rich parasites" at utopian Burning Man Festival as "hooligans" attack luxury camp (The Telegraph) - Colin Kaepernick’s anthem protest is right: blanket rah-rah patriotism means nothing (The Guardian)- Jeff Bezos announces Blue Origin’s first orbital rocket, the New Glenn (Techcrunch)