July 14, 2018
MP3: Episode 3.09: Aztec Death Whistle
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, and Cassie talk about our upcoming new podcast: Your Childhood Sucked, Solo: A Star Wars Story, girls with traditionally "guy" names, Kathleen Turner Overdrive, and redheads! Ken takes over Dropping Science, letting us know that probing determines that Uranus smells like farts because deep down, we're all eleven years old. Cassie brings the latest in Dino News, in which we still don't find out whether dinosaurs quack, but discover that Jurrassic World: Fallen Kingdom comes out June 22. (You know t...
April 22, 2018
Link: Episode 3.08: For Stephen
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, and Cassie talk about Stephen Hawking's passing and Ken's MC Hawking tribute song For Stephen, Winger's Seventeen, That free U2 album from a few years ago that still haunts Ken, and other things that grind his gears, Meterology vs. Meteoriticists (and Alie Ward's Ologies podcast, the Celtics (sports!), Dropping Science: At least a dozen black holes at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, quicksand, Book Nook: Rob Reid's After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, Ken's Ultimate Insult Man mem...
October 12, 2017
MP3: Episode 3.07: Schäffer the Darklord
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, and special guest Schäffer the Darklord talk about sphynx cats, politics on Facebook, Twin Peaks, 1-star reviews on Amazon, the 50 Shades of Grey movie, pro-wrestling, going from punk to nerdcore, smoking weed in Arkham Asylum, and the Awesome Friendship Adventure Tour!
October 10, 2017
MP3: Episode 3.07: MC Frontalot
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, and Cassie talk about the Joel Dongsteen Twitter bot. Len drops some Science News about an egg-shaped black planet. Ken still hasn't mixed down Len's mic, so there's lots of heavy breathing. For Nathan's Book Nook, Ken tells us about Mike Bockoven's FantasticLand: A Novel. We play a game! Jame's Cocktail Corner: The "Gingito", a ginger beer inspired mojito. Cassie brings us the latest in Dino News, in which paleontoligists have found bird fossils in China that may be ancestors of the present-da...
September 13, 2017
MP3: Episode 3.05: Big O's Myles Clason
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, Cassie, and special guest Myles Clayson of Big O talk about "Hip Hop Punk Rock", the Beastie Boys, Irony at the NRA, and more about the film We Go On. We go off on a tangent about zombie movies and comedy horror! Nerds Need to Know: Baker's End, a radio show in which Dr. Who's Tom Baker plays himself as the resurrected King of the Cats, and solves mysteries. Len brings some Science News about a graphene-based sieve that can turn seawater into drinking water. We play a game! Big O talks...
April 18, 2017
MP3: Episode 3.04: David Stephen Cluett
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, Cassie, and special guest David Stephen Cluett talk about the most recent Boston MC Frontalot show, whether Star Wars is science fiction, whether old men can maintain friendships, and what Dave is like when he's drunk! For Jame's Cocktail Corner, Len introduces his latest creation, the Magic Cookie Bar! We play a game! In Nathan's Book Nook, Ken tells us about Jason Arnopp's The Last Days of Jack Sparks! And Cassie informs us of a recent discovery that bird-hipped and reptile-hipped din...
February 14, 2017
MP3 File: Episode 3.03: Eli Grove
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, Cassie, Savannah, and special guest Eli Grove talk about Eli Grove's road to nerdcore (including his collaborations with rap legend Jesse Dangerously), how long we'll survive a zombie apocalypse, pterosaurs, Savannah's vocal tracks on the new MC Lars track "Huck Finn's On The Run" (available to his Patreon subscribers), Inside No. 9, and how the Pope has recently stated that the big bang and evolution are real (and compatible with Christian beliefs)! For Jame's Cocktail Corner, Len tells us how to make...
December 21, 2016
MP3 File: Episode 3.02: YTCracker
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, Cassie and special guest YTCracker talk about the fact that the Alphabet Song (ABCs), Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and Baa Baa Black Sheep are all the same tune, but Baa Baa Black Sheep in particular is kind of a messed up song. Cassie brings the latest in Dino News: glittery feathers found on 120 million-year-old flying dinosaur, a member of the enantiornithines group which we're now calling the tinyshinysaur. We make YT tell us about the time he for reals hacked NASA when he was a wee lad...
October 25, 2016
MP3: Episode 3.01: int eighty from Dual Core
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, Cassie and special guest int eighty from Dual Core talk about Alex Trebek, Mikal KHill, bit torrents, Faderaid, hacking into NASA, sports (huh?), Black Mirror, Nerds Need to Know: Style Wars, DJing, Nathan's Book Nook: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, Skyline Chili (in Cinncinati), Austin, TX, and Snow Crash!
Stay tuned after the closing theme for Who Is Alex Trebek? by MC Frontalot, Jesse Dangerously, Sammus, YTCracker, Richie Branson, Dr. Awkward, Dual Core, Schaffer the Darklord, Beefy, ...
September 21, 2016
MP3: Episode 19: The Squeakwel
In this episode of MC Hawking's Podcore Nerdcast, Ken, Len, and Cassie talk about STARMUS reviews, absinthe, Amazon pilot episodes (including Jean-Claude van Johnson and The Tick), Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, Podcasts We Like, and Albert Fish! Cassie brings the latest in Dinosaur News! Len tells you what's up in Dropping Science! And also a special bonus track from the upcoming album, Rock Out With Your Hawk Out!
