Nerds of the Old Republic: The Drinking Person’s #Scifi Club

Nerds Movie Review: The Matrix Resurrections

Hey there fellow sophisticated nerds! Shaun, Mike and Adam get together to talk about the Matrix Resurrections, aka Matrix 4. We'll talk about all things Neo, Trinity and Agent Smith and share our hot takes on the newest entrant into the Matrix franchise.
We're also enjoying a pint from East Aurora's own brewery, 42 North. If you can find them in your local shop, definitely grab a pack of their Illumination pilsner. It may say the word bohemian on it, but it definitely doesn't taste like patchouli or wall tapestries. You'll just have to trust us there.
As always, find us on the socials @nerdsofoldrepublic to find out the latest happenings and be sure to read our other work on our blog . 

Book Club Read: Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman

 
Let's chat all things dreams, nightmares and the shaper of them; by that I mean The Sandman. This epic series by Neil Gaiman is one of the most awarded graphic novels of all time. Grab a champagne flute and follow the **very** complicated recipe below to join us:
Death in the Afternoon
2 parts champagne
1 part Absinth
 
If you're like us, you'll want to sip this one slowly, and stop at one. The licorice flavor of the absinth was so overpowering that we couldn't get over it. But I mean, Hemingway like it, so it can't all be bad, right? I mean, everything ended up OK for him.
Listen in to the cast to find out what we thought of the series, and be sure to find us on the socials
Twitter @NerdsofoldRepub
Instagram @NerdsofOldRepublic

Max Brook’s World War Z

We're celebrating our one year anniversary! We've had so much fun already, and learned so much about how to do this whole podcast thing better. As a team, we looked back at our first episode and decided we could do better after a year of practice. 
So with that in mind, we've re-edited our first episode and will be following this drive-time friendly format. Thanks so much for being with us, and damn are we excited to keep sharing books with you.
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December Book Club: HP Lovecraft (Part 2)

Welcome back nerds! In December's podcast we're diving back into the Archean world of HP Lovecraft! Grab yourself a copy of his collected works and follow along as we talk all things odd and that should not be.
While we have you, it'd mean a lot if you rated and reviewed us where ever you listen to us, and followed us on all the socials. We're always @NerdsofOldRepublic.
We'll see you in the New Year, with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, volumes one through four.

Nerds React: Dune Movie (2021)

We're on FaceTime -- hence why we sound different -- talking Dune. We're excited about much, and disappointed about a little, but do NOT tell Zendaya that!

October Book Club: HP Lovecraft

Hey there, Nerds! Let's skip sober October, and grab a copy of HP Lovecraft's collected writing. Join us as we discuss our reading of: "Call Of Cthulhu" and "Whisperer in the Darkness". The make things a little moodier -- as if Lovecraft needed more brooding doom -- mix up our cocktail, directions at  the bottom.
 
This is part one of our two part Lovecraft series, as our next episode drops NEXT WEEK! If you didn't get your Lovecraft in time, you can read and revisit today's episode, then read: "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Horror at Dunwhich" for next week. 
 
Drink of the Month: The Unnamed Horror
One part Kraken rum (of course)
Three parts ginger beer
One large ice cube, larger than Everest by far, with some arches and perfect cubes whose dimensionality should not exist.
Stir to chill, and enjoy.

September Book Club: Frank Herbert‘s Dune

Grab your shaker and copy of Frank Herbert's Dune for our first read of the fall! We've got a special episode here where we mix up and compare not one, but two cocktails! 
 
The recipe below comes from our friends over at liquor.com:
Ingredients1 lime wedge2 jalapeno coins, seeds removed2 ounces blanco tequila1/2 ounce orange liqueur1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed1/2 ounce agave syrupGarnish: salt rimGarnish: jalapeno coin
StepsRub the rim of a rocks glass with a lime wedge, dip the rim in salt to coat, and set aside.
Add the jalapeno coins to a shaker and gently muddle.
Add the blanco tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and agave syrup, plus ice, and shake until well-chilled.
Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with a jalapeno coin.
 
For our second drink of the night, repeat the above recipe, but replace tequila with mezcal -- read more about this smokey tequila relative here -- and let your world be changed. Spoiler: we all loved the mezcal margarita. Very. Much.
 
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Stay Nerdy!

Movie Rewatch and Review: Ghostbusters

 
Get ready for cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria and Mike's first watch of Ghostbusters!

NK Jemisin's The City We Became

Join us as we give our *HOT* takes on The City We Became and down a Smoked Manhattan. But before we get too far, here's our recipe for the Manhattan, courtesy of our friends over at Liquor.com:
2 parts whiskey
1 part sweet Vermouth
one dash Angostura bitters
For the smoked part, we used hickory chunks found in any fine purveyor of smoking wood for smokers. Simply light the wood on fire -- however you can do it, but we used a garden weed burner/ice melter -- let it stay lit for a few seconds, then, extinguish the wood by placing a glass over the top and smothering it. For this recipe, we left out the traditional cherry, since we we going for something less sweet.
As far as our take on the book, you'll just have to listen!

Book Club Pick: Saga by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples

Jump on in to a space opera, Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples. It's a love story, a family  story, a fantasy and sci fi series. Grab yourself a big ole glass of wine, all nine volumes of Saga and saddle on up!