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
Jim Zub, Comics Writer of Wayward, Thunderbolts, and Dungeons & Dragons
Jim Zub is a Canadian comic book writer best known for his creator-owned series at Image Comics, Skullkickers and Wayward. This spring, Jim has two new comic series hitting shelves - Thunderbolts for…
00:37:22 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
Writing for Video Games with Andy Schmidt (Transformers: Devastation)
In this episode, Andy Schmidt drops by again, this time to talk about writing for video games. Andy is the founder of Comics Experience, an online school that connects students with industry professi…
00:41:52 |
Thu 03 Mar 2016
Otis Frampton, Creator of "Oddly Normal", and Background Artist for "How It Should Have Ended"
In this episode, we talk with comic creator and animator, Otis Frampton. If you’ve ever been on YouTube, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve been exposed to his work, because he’s the background arti…
00:49:32 |
Fri 26 Feb 2016
Actor Cas Anvar from SyFy's The Expanse
Adron talks with film, television and voice-over actor Cas Anvar. Cas has over 70 major film & TV credits, including a Screen Actor’s Guild ensemble win for Argo, and he’s currently on the award show…
00:40:36 |
Tue 02 Feb 2016
Marlene Bonnelly, Editor-in-Chief of Comics.Tumblr.com, @iLikeComicsToo
In this episode Wendy and Adron talk with Marlene Bonnelly, the editor-in-chief of Comics.Tumblr.com. She also works in Tumblr’s legal department, and is a content creator and YouTube partner. Marlen…
00:54:19 |
Sat 30 Jan 2016
LORE Podcast Creator Aaron Mahnke
Aaron Mahnke is the creator, writer and narrator of the LORE podcast. Lore explores real life scary stories, examining disturbing historical events and how they intertwine with folklore and the origi…
00:36:25 |
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Drew Chapman, Author of The King of Fear & Television Writer
Wendy and Adron talk with Drew Chapman, author of the new thriller novel The King of Fear, published by Simon & Schuster. It’s the sequel to his first novel, The Ascendant. Drew is also an establishe…
00:55:53 |
Thu 17 Dec 2015
Monkey Minion Press founders Dane Ault & Ashlie Hammond
Monkey Minion Press's first Kickstarter campaign, for their book Eureka! The Art of Science, just blew past their initial funding goal of $8,500, and will close at more than $32,000. We talk with fou…
00:46:10 |
Tue 13 Oct 2015
The Devastator founders Amanda Meadows and Geoffrey Golden
We talk with comedy writers Geoffrey Golden and Amanda Meadows, the founders of The Devastator. Formerly a bi-annual humor anthology, The Devastator is now an all-comedy publishing company producing …
00:51:20 |
Wed 30 Sep 2015
Erica Schultz, Comic Creator & Animator - Swords of Sorrow, M3, Revenge
We talk with comic book writer Erica Schultz, one of the writers on Dynamite Entertainment’s massive crossover series, Swords of Sorrow. She also lettered every issue in that series. Erica has writte…
00:56:45 |
Fri 25 Sep 2015
PixelPop Festival 2015 organizers Carol Mertz and Jeremy Johnson
In this episode, Adron and Wendy talk with PixelPop founders Carol Mertz and Jeremy Johnson. PixelPop Festival celebrates gaming and gamer culture, and explores careers and hobbies in game developmen…
00:57:41 |
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Danielle Davis, founder of Ladykiller Marketing & PR
Nerd For A Living's Wendy and Adron talk with Danielle Davis, founder of Seattle-based transmedia marketing, public relations, and event company Ladykiller. Danielle and Ladykiller serve the pop cult…
01:03:00 |
Thu 13 Aug 2015
Chris Peters - Director of "To Dust Return"
Adron and Wendy talk with fine artist and filmmaker Chris Peters about his new short-form horror movie, To Dust Return, starring Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon A Time) and Sam Jaeger (Parenthood). Chri…
00:15:18 |
Fri 07 Aug 2015
Daniel Wilson - Author and Co-Editor of Press Start to Play
Author Daniel Wilson is co-editor of the upcoming video game inspired short story anthology, "Press Start to Play", available in stores August 18th. Daniel's career spans books, television, and comic…
00:24:01 |
Mon 27 Jul 2015
San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Panel: How to be a Nerd for a Living
Recorded live at San Diego Comic-Con International 2015, this speaker panel includes costume designer Kristin Burke; Cinema Makeup School director Lee Joyner; feature film director Zach Lipovsky; voi…
00:52:17 |
Mon 20 Jul 2015
SDCC 2015 Special with Crazy4ComicCon's Tony B. Kim
We're getting ready for San Diego Comic-Con International 2015! In this episode, we talk with SDCC expert Tony Kim, who blogs under the name Crazy4ComicCon. He’s been documenting and examining the Sa…
00:58:56 |
Sat 04 Jul 2015
Sci-Fi superstar Kevin J. Anderson and the authors of WordFire Press
At Emerald City ComiCon 2015, we talked with superstar author Kevin J. Anderson about his work, and his publishing imprint, WordFire Press. We also spoke with WordFire authors Peter J. Wacks and R.J.…
00:53:22 |
Wed 17 Jun 2015
'How to be a Nerd for a Living' panel from Wizard World Comic-Con 2015
N4AL's Wendy Buske presents our How to be a Nerd for a Living panel at Wizard World Comic-Con 2015, featuring guest speakers Warren Dion Smith (Weta Workshop), Carol Mertz (Happy Badger Studio), Lore…
00:43:56 |
Tue 09 Jun 2015
Dark Horse Comics Spotlight with creators Joelle Jones and Adam Warren
At Emerald City Comicon 2015, we talked with Dark Horse Comics creators Adam Warren ("Empowered") and Joelle Jones ("Lady Killers") about their current projects, making a living as a comic creator, g…
00:23:53 |
Mon 01 Jun 2015
Hal Lublin, Voice Actor - Thrilling Adventure Hour, Welcome to Nightvale
N4AL's Wendy Buske caught up with voice actor Hal Lublin at C2E2 to discuss his work on Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale, how he got his start in voice acting, his additional career…
00:13:08 |
Mon 18 May 2015
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