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Each week, Andrew and Dan travel back in time to a random year between 1941 and today to discover what the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts was that week. It's fun! You guys!
Whether it's Brexit, Covid, Black Lives Matter or trans rights, polarisation has been destabilising our democracy for the last few years. But are the culture wars largely phoney - and can we find a solution to the serious issues society is facing? From state-sanctioned hostile action to social media algorithms, party politics and innate tribal instincts, Alfred Landecker Foundation fellow and journalist Cat Neilan explores what is holding us back from making common ground. In partnership wit ...
Crazy Christians on the Sunset Strip is the Studio 60 rewatch podcast nobody asked for, hosted by comedy-industry-adjacent media titans Dan Neilan and Tim Sampson. Each week, they're joined by a guest as they suffer through Aaron Sorkin's failed attempt to depict the behind-the-scenes drama of a faux-SNL-type show from the mid-2000s. It's as bad as it sounds. The show, not the podcast. The podcast is good.
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1942 - "Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (feat. Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell)
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We're going way way back this week to the WWII era of the Billboard charts because our old pal James Dorsey has some more toot-toot-tooting to share with us. This time around, it's another song from a movie no one has ever heard of. We used to be a country damnit!By Number One With A Bullet
Metagaming is all about the game that exists within (and without) the game - it's everything that's not written in the rules. Whether that's something that emerges at your table, or in the community at large, it can be a big part of the social experience, and we're all for it. Before we get meta, we talk about Rum & Pirates, Box One, Shamans, and C…
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2011 - "Till The Wold Ends" by Britney Spears feat. Nicki Minaj and Kesha
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For their first episode back in many weeks, Andrew and Dan take a trip down the charts to discuss a song that never reached the coveted number one spot, and perhaps rightly so! From a dark time in Britney's career comes a cursed collab with two rising stars and one soon-to-be cancelled producer. Hope you're ready to dance until the apocalypse!…
With the middle of the year rapidly approaching, we've acquired our fair share of games that we're really itching to play. We talk about what's recently made its way into our collections that we just can't wait to get to the table. Before we break out the back scratchers, we talk about Ivanhoe, Freshwater Fly, Vindication, and Cryptid: Urban Legend…
Bobby Foster is a content creator, a rapper/producer, a spoken word poet, and a certified life coach who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth. He graduated with a degree in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Bobby is currently on a path to bring awareness and change through music. NORDpod is the official podcast of The …
If you've ever felt like a room that HAS a roof, don't listen to this episode! This song isn't for you! This week, Andrew and Dan travel back to 2014 to learn how much Pharrell struggled to write this head-bopping tune for a cartoon super villain.By Number One With A Bullet
The Golden Geek results are in for 2021, and to avoid burying the lede ... we won! We're over the moon, naturally, but we couldn't have done it without you. We celebrate by giving our takes on the rest of the awards, how we voted, and what we think about the other categories. Before we bathe in our glory, we talk about Aristocracy, Senators, and Ar…
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2007 - "Give It To Me" by Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
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Remember this one? Neither do we! Apparently, at some point in 2007, three megastars joined forces to destroy their enemies. And they did it with this song!By Number One With A Bullet
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#223: Ye Olden Games with Mark Bigney from So Very Wrong About Games
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It's easy to get caught up in the cult of the new, but there are so many amazing games that came out before we were even in the hobby. Mark Bigney of So Very Wrong About Games joins us to look at the games we love from yesteryear, and other older games we really ought to play. And stick around for even more special appearances after the show! Befor…
Hope you're all vaccinated because Disco Fever is sweeping the nation! This week, Andrew and Dan finally go deep into the year of the Bee Gees when their hit song from a hit soundtrack to a hit movie was a big stinking hit!By Number One With A Bullet
There are many ways that we can accidentally contribute to gatekeeping in the hobby - pushing those who want to embrace it away. Whether it's to those outside, or even, bizarrely, to those already in, we break down the subtle (and unsubtle) ways we do it, whether or not we mean to. Before we find the keymaster, we talk about San Marco, Gloomhaven: …
Today on NORDpod, Matthew Zachary welcomes Phillip Bright, a senior at The University of Kentucky diagnosed with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) at a very young age and has lived an accelerated life facing this rare condition. HHT is a congenital dominant hereditary disorder in which some blood vessels do not develop properly. Phil subs…
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1971 - "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
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In their bleary hangover following the swinging sixties, America decided what they really wanted to hear was a nonsense song written for children that is screamed at top volume. Luckily, Three Dog Night was more than happy to oblige!By Number One With A Bullet
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One Piece Of The Puzzle: Dr. Adrienne Hammill
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Dr. Adrienne Hammill is Research Director of the Hemangioma & Vascular Malformation Program and Director of the HHT Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Her path to becoming a physician started when she was eight years old when she read an article about retinoblastoma, which is cancer with a genetic cause. She decided then that s…
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1987 - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship
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Some might say the love between a man and a mannequin is too complex and taboo to be accurately captured in song. But those people would be dead wrong. This week, Andrew and Dan discuss Oscars mainstay Diane Warren's collaboration with 1980s perm disaster Starship for the hit film Mannequin.By Number One With A Bullet
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#220: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 501-600
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It's been a little while, but we're back with the next hundred games on BoadGameGeek, and we're drafting a five game collection from them. Who ended up with the best picks? Vote and you could win a $50 gift voucher! Before things get drafty, we talk about Imperium: The Contention, Wonderland's War, and Gentes. 02:19 - Imperium: The Contention 07:20…
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2016 - "Work" by Rihanna (feat. Drake)
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In early 2016, before anyone knew what kind of terror that year would inflict, two mainstays of the charts joined forces to remind America how important it is to work (and also shake your little butt). This week, Andrew and Dan seek to answer the question, Why?By Number One With A Bullet
Does the perfect game exist? Probably not, but is that even the point? This week we discuss the elusive 10/10 rating, whether it makes sense to apply it, and what that means for rating games in general. Before we realize pobody's nerfect, we talk about Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game.”, Manila, and Picture Perfect. 02:11 - Mind MGMT: The Psy…
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From Pain To Purpose: Kari Luther Rosbeck
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Kari Luther Rosbeck is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the TSC Alliance, a nonprofit whose mission is to find a cure for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) while improving the lives of those affected. Kari began her life as a Theater nerd and started her own company in NYC after graduating from SUNY Albany. Tragedy struck when she lost her…
Wow! What a normal night! Nothing weird to report here! Just some awards! Totally normal! And good even! Oh nO!By Number One With A Bullet
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1962 - "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby and the Romantics
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This is a big episode! And not because of this week's song! Though Ruby and her very Romantic backup singers did their best. But this is our Oscars Predicitions ep, so get your ballots ready and play along at home. Discussion of the song starts at ~37:00, if you can believe that.By Number One With A Bullet
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#218: Our Listeners’ Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2022
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Wow, hundreds of you sent in your favourite games, and it was absolute chaos. But we got all the data together, cleaned up the typos, and crunched the numbers via a super secret algorithm, and here we are, your favourite games of all-time! For this year, at least. Before you take the stage, we talk about Schotten Totten 2, For Science!, and The Bri…
Move over Coco, there's a new Chan(n)el in town and he's yelling at babies. This week, Andrew and Dan venture back to the early rock-and-roll era to learn about this one-hit-wonder that may have inspired some Liverpool lads that are lovable.By Number One With A Bullet
There is a joy as equal in receiving a game, as moving it onto another person to enjoy. Especially, if you're Mark, when there's cash involved. We reflect on the many games that got left behind recently. Before we purge, we talk about Imperial Steam, Circus Flohcati, and Dogs of War. 02:33 - Circus Flohcati 09:37 - Imperial Steam 21:22 - Dogs of Wa…
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Chris Anselmo: The Accidental Muscular Dystrophy Advocate
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Chris Anselmo is the Director of Market Intelligence at the Muscular Dystrophy Association but he never envisioned becoming an advocate for a disease he never thought he'd get. After a car crash found him in the hospital on the receiving end of a random diagnosis of having extremely high creatine kinase levels, he was soon after diagnosed with Dysf…
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1985 - "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon
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This week, Andrew and Dan dive into the convoluted lineup history of Champaign, Illinois legends REO Speedwagon and track their journey from college cover band to soft rock mainstays. Also, we talk about movies for too long. What else is new!By Number One With A Bullet
Waiting your turn is so 2021. Simultaneous play is where it's at now. Fortunately, we got a chance to try A BUNCH of games featuring the mechanism at Dice Tower West! So, before we all hold hands and dive in all at once, we'll chat about Bear Raid, Loco!, Imperium: The Contention, and Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. 04:30 - Bear Raid 12:18 - Loco! …
In the not so distant past, a young man name Roddy Ricch from Compton, CA shot to the top of the charts with this banger anthem about cube-shaped containers. Now, two years later, Andrew and Dan are here to talk about it (as well as the new Kanye documentary).By Number One With A Bullet
We're on the way to Dice Tower West, so we're keeping this one easy breezy with just a hot question. How many games on your shelf do you think you could teach without looking at the rulebook? Before we turn up the heat, we talk about Yokohama, Final Girl, and Mystic Paths. 03:04 - Yokohama 11:35 - Final Girl 20:27 - Mystic Paths Check out our wiki …
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Rare Disease Day 2022 with actor Adam Rose
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Welcome to Season Four of NORDpod, the voice of rare disease. Kicking off 2022, and in recognition of Rare Disease Day, we are proud to welcome actor and social media influencer Adam Rose. Adam has amassed a considerable fan base by creating relatable, entertaining, and insightful video segments on TikTok, often sporting a blue cardigan. He is also…
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1976 - "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon
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As America celebrated it's 200th birthday, the people of our great nation commemorated the event the only way they knew how: By getting divorced. This week, Andrew and Dan look back at a classic divorce anthem of the 1970s written and performed by the short king himself, Paul Simon, which topped the charts this week.…
Return of the Bob! If you don't know what a BGBBOB, boy you've missed out. Twelve games enter, and, well, they all exit, but only once they've been arranged in the appropriate order via a series of one on one fights. And fights are doubly appropriate this week, because we're battling it out in search of the best combat systems. Before we wish for p…
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1990 - "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul
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Long before she was an American Idol judge, Paula Abdul was best known for being a chart-topping pop star in a suspected romantic relationship with a cartoon cat. This week, Andrew and Dan dig into that sordid history and finalize their first (and only) episode of MC Skat Kat: Origins.By Number One With A Bullet
Approachability and accessibility are incredibly important to a wide swathe of gamers, but for those experienced in the hobby, it can often get overlooked. We investigate how games can aid those both in and especially outside the hobby to be more immediately appealing. Before we have a beer with him, we talk about Shinkansen: Zero Kei, Project L, a…
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1984 - "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
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Not even George Orwell could have predicted that this jaunty, John Popper-esque single from a group of New Wave brits would top the charts in the mid-80s. This week, Andrew and Dan look at how it got there. (Also, to be honest, we talk about the Oscar nominations for 30 minutes)By Number One With A Bullet
