On the last episode of the Fierce & Nerdy Podcast, Dana & Tom interview Josh. We cover such timely topics as plot holes in Million Dollar Baby, Les Miserables & Citizen Kane, Lysistrata & Greek Tragedy, Guys and Dolls’ song lyrics, Pete Best, the comparative value of smores, Starlight Express, The Lone Ranger and Tom reads a Fiona Apple article backwards! Josh’s 5 Favorite Movies – Modern Times, Duck Soup, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Groundhog Day and Annie Hall. Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Download Here Big thanks to Ernessa Carter and everyone crazy enough to brave the North Hollywood heat and spend a little time with...

Former studio executive, head of Script Shark and current Screenwriting Career Coach Lee Jessup breaks down the current state of the film industry, what it takes to effectively brand yourself as a serious screenwriter and how she bridges the gap between the “how to” industry and the real industry. Anyone interested in pursuing a career in screenwriting should do themselves a huge favor and listen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Download here or here. Pub Trivia 10 Score: 4/10 For more information on what she does and what she can do for you, please visit her website at Career Coaching for the Scrappy Screenwriter. Image Credit: On The...

Blues musician Phil Gates kicked it with us in the North Hollywood studio to promote his new album “Live at the Hermosa Saloon.” We get into the state of blues in the US, the best guitar players of all time, Phil’s time as an engineer/producer and Josh manages to complain about his Hawaiian vacation. Listen Here: Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Or download here. Pub Trivia 10: 6/10 Hermosa...

Sir Thomas of Stillwagon and I switched vacation weeks so this episode is regretfully Tom-less. Please send hate mail c/o The US Postal Service. Fellow cinephile and lead singer of the industrial rock band Idiot Stare Blayne Alexander was gracious enough to sit down and go through our “Best Of” and “Worst Of” the year so far. Neither he nor I could muster enough self-loathing to sit through The Lone Ranger but feel free to assume its place on one of our lists – your call which. Along with dissecting 2013’s film offerings, I grill him on his time in the music business, what’s different since he started, what’s the same, where does one start in today’s landscape, etc. Blayne also regaled me with the story of how he almost wrote the fourth Alien movie until a villain known only as The Whedon swooped in at the last minute to crush his dreams. Damn you Joss! Damn you!!!!!! Listen Here: Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Or download here Pub Trivia 10 Score –...

In an effort to solidify our impending irrelevance, we sat down with twenty-something whippersnappers Sara, Nick and Paul to find out what these crazy kids are into. Have they heard of Nirvana? Pearl Jam? Creed? Has Hootie & the Blowfish completely disappeared from the collective conscious? Has Radiohead been reduced to quick mentions by Katie Perry and Avril Lavigne? Does Beyonce have a fat ass? Does Snoop Lion have a fat ass? Why is Ryan Gosling so damn dreamy? What the hell is a Milli Vanilli? Sit back, relax and find out why what you loved growing up in the 80s and 90s means nothing to anyone but you. Listen Here: Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Or Download the MP3 Here: Pub Trivia 10 Score:...

Due to scheduling conflicts and other boring reasons, the wonderful and talented Dana Martin fills in for Joshua Mauldin this week. You’re welcome. Todays guest is none other than comedian/activist Steven Marcus Releford, a/k/a Bathrobe Steve. Among other things, Steve recounts what it was like being on the front lines of the west coast Occupy movement, as well as the motivation and intention behind climbing the KTLA tower in Los Angeles. Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Or download here.       Pub Trivia 10 Score: 7/10 Related Links: Man of Steel Video Review This Is The End...

Director, Writer, Artist and Musician Marc Hampson braved the heat of our North Hollywood studios to delve into the complicated and fascinating world of independent filmmaking. We end up disappointed with Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing and defending Zach Braff’s recent Kickstarter brouhaha. Who expected that? Album reviews and discussions include Tricky’s newest False Idols and everyone’s favorite band to listen to in the background, The National’s Trouble Will Find Me. Listen to it here: Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean   Or download it here. Pub Trivia 10 Score: Related Links: Gordon Family Tree Press Brotherhood Pictures And just because I love the movie and you should watch...

You want the Sims? You drive the Sims! We transported the Mayor of Culver City to the exceptionally warm confines of North Hollywood to find out just what makes your favorite lovable malcontent tick. [Hint – Jameson Irish Whiskey] Eric was kind enough to wax curmudgeonly over his favorite California Seething moments, his experience as a speaker at the Rotary Club, why Murder She Wrote is better than you think and how he was bamboozled by someone claiming to be Gore Vidal.   As if that wasn’t enough, we delve into the enigmatic debacle of After Earth, the hubris of M. Night Shyamalan, Vampire Weekend’s newest album Modern Vampires of the City and why grown men find fart jokes about The Last Airbender endlessly amusing.   Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean   Or download it here: Pub Trivia 10 Score – 7/10. Related Articles: A major thank you to Ms. Dana Martin for recording our...

Unfortunately we chose unwisely and picked The Hangover 3 to discuss on our maiden voyage of the Fierce & Nerdy podcast. Our apologies. Seriously, what a steaming pile of disinterested check-cashing that movie turned out to be. I didn’t get a chance to see 32 Fast 62 Furious (unlike apparently everyone) but I imagine it didn’t hate its audience. Or at the very least, its audience’s pets. On the plus side, we invited author/blogger extraordinaire Ernessa Carter to be our first guest. She was kind enough to sit down and go over everything from the aforementioned depression of The Hangover 3, to the wonderful indie brilliance of Before Midnight, to the surprisingly relevant new David Bowie release The Next Day, to Daft Punk’s disco/dance record of the summer Random Access Memories. Fans of the eloquent Ms. Carter’s first book 32 Candles [purchase here from Amazon] should appreciate her dropping the dirt (scoop?) on her upcoming second novel, The Awesome Girl’s Guide To Dating Extraordinary Men – due out in September. Listen below: Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean Or download here: Fierce & Nerdy Podcast 001. On the first ever Pub Trivia 10 Quiz, Ernessa scored a shameful 6 of 10. Can you do better? Probably. The Hangover 3 video review: Before Midnight video review: Bowie/Oldman 2016...