Nerd For A Living
Nerd For A Living explores the lives and careers of people working in pop-culture and genre entertainment industries, like Comics, Video Games, Animation, Publishing, Film, and Television. The bi-weekly episodes feature interviews with working professionals in nerdy career fields, plus N4AL speaker panels recorded live at major comic conventions across the US. Hosted by Adron Buske, with co-host Wendy Buske.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2020
The Animated Life panel from Emerald City Comic Con 2017
From the Archives / Comic Convention at Home 2020 Way back in 2017, we had the opportunity to do our very first panel completely devoted to careers in animation - The Animated Life: A Peek Behind t…
00:46:55 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
How To Be A Nerd For A Living panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2018
Hey! If you're a longtime subscriber you're probably thinking, whoa, this podcast hasn't updated since 2017. What's going on? Well, you know, it's the summer of 2020, the COVID-19 era, and all our be…
00:52:17 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Dominic Lewis - Composer, DuckTales, Man in the High Castle
This bonus episode from our sister podcast, Animation Invasion, features composer Dominic Lewis. Dom studied at London's Royal Academy of Music, and has worked with Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman. His…
00:51:38 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Stranger Things star David Harbour (Rebroadcast)
This episode is a rebroadcast of our August 2016 conversation with Stranger Things star, David Harbour. Netflix’s massive breakout hit returns this week with Stranger Things season 2. David reprises …
00:40:50 |
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Nerf Herder's Parry Gripp
Our guest this episode is Parry Gripp, frontman for nerd-rock band Nerf Herder, and an Emmy winning songwriter with numerous credits in animation. Nerf Herder performed the theme song to Buffy the Va…
00:37:19 |
Wed 04 Oct 2017
Eli Craig - Writer/Director, Little Evil, Tucker and Dale vs Evil
We're joined this episode by Eli Craig, writer/director of Tucker & Dale Versus Evil, and Little Evil, an offbeat comedy about love, family, and The Antichrist, which just recently debuted on Netflix…
00:56:19 |
Wed 20 Sep 2017
Kevin Eastman – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Drawing Blood Co-Creator
We talk with Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, about his new crowdfunded comic project, Drawing Blood. The darkly comedic drama follows a down-on-his-luck cartoonist whos…
00:26:58 |
Tue 15 Aug 2017
"Preacher" / "Glow" Editor Tyler L. Cook
Our guest is Tyler L. Cook, a film and television editor whose current work includes the AMC hit series, Preacher, and the new breakout Netflix series, GLOW. Preacher just premiered its second season…
00:49:54 |
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Matthew Jensen - Wonder Woman Director of Photography
Our guest this episode is Matthew Jensen, director of photography for the worldwide hit film, Wonder Woman. As of this recording, Wonder Woman is sitting atop the US film charts for the second week i…
00:43:38 |
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Flora Lichtman – host of "Every Little Thing" from Gimlet Media
Our guest this episode is Flora Lichtman, host of the new podcast Every Little Thing from Gimlet Media. It’s the kind of podcast we love - peeking through the keyhole to unlock the secrets and storie…
00:37:59 |
Wed 07 Jun 2017
Lucifer Co-Showrunner Ildy Modrovich
We talk with Ildy Modrovich, co-showrunner, writer, and executive producer of Lucifer, which is about to wrap it’s second season on Fox. The show is based on the Vertigo comics series which spun out …
00:48:21 |
Fri 26 May 2017
Ernie Hudson, Actor - "APB", "Grace & Frankie", "Ghostbusters"
Host Adron Buske talks with pop-culture icon, actor Ernie Hudson. Film fans know him from his role as Winston Zeddmore in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, and also as Sergeant Albrecht from the 1994…
00:21:04 |
Wed 19 Apr 2017
Jessie Graff - American Ninja Warrior, "Supergirl" Stuntwoman
We talk with American Ninja Warrior breakout star Jessie Graff. Jessie is a Hollywood stuntwoman, with an amazing body of work in film and television, including Supergirl, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., X-M…
00:40:43 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
"Legion" (Marvel/FX) Production Designer Michael Wylie
Michael Wylie is the production designer for the Marvel television series Legion, airing Wednesday evenings on FX. His production design resume also includes such fan favorites as Marvel’s Agent Cart…
00:21:37 |
Wed 22 Feb 2017
Rachael Stott, Doctor Who Comics Artist
Rachael Stott is a comic book artist, currently doing covers and interior art for the official Doctor Who series published by Titan Comics, which follows Peter Capaldi’s 12th Doctor. And while she’s …
00:44:11 |
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Karen Berger, Vertigo Comics founder & Surgeon X editor
Legendary comics editor Karen Berger talks with us about her new project at Image Comics, Surgeon X, with writer Sara Kenney and artist John Watkiss. We also talk about her work at Vertigo, the creat…
00:32:16 |
Wed 30 Nov 2016
NaNoWriMo Executive Director Grant Faulkner
NaNoWriMo executive director Grant Faulkner joins us to discuss National Novel Writing Month. We discuss how the NaNoWriMo initiative promotes daily writing habits, community building, and leads to t…
00:35:06 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
Crazy Ex Girlfriend choreographer Kathryn Burns
We talk with Emmy-winning choreographer and comedienne Kathryn Burns. Kathryn has contributed dance numbers and movement direction to five seasons of Key & Peele, to the hit Netflix series Wet Hot Am…
00:47:15 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Bonnie Burton, Author of Crafting with Feminism
We talk with writer Bonnie Burton, author of Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy. Crafting with Feminism arrives in stores and online retailers on October 18th, a…
00:34:51 |
Wed 28 Sep 2016
Rob Kutner, writer for CONAN; creator of Runaway Brains and Shrinkage
We have a really fun chat with comedy writer Rob Kutner. He’s a monologue writer for TBS late night show CONAN, and also has five Primetime Emmy’s for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Rec…
00:34:00 |
Wed 14 Sep 2016
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