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Episode 72 – Battle of the Iron Sheik

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS72.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSWrestling! Sarcastic Cops! Wild Animals!   Kelly’s Recommendation: Movie/Documentary: The Sheik on Netflix a documentary about Khosrow Viziri and his WWF character, The Iron Sheik. Fun Facts: He was a bodyguard for the Shaw of Iran at one time. He became a wrestling coach for the US Olympic Wrestling Team.   Mel’s Recommendation:   TV Series: Battle Creek on CBS Battle Creek stars Dean Winters and Josh Duhamel with an amazing supporting cast. It’s a super fun and witty story about a … Continue reading →

Episode 70 – Digging E.T.’s Threads

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS70.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS  Kelly’s Recommendation:   Movie/Documentary: Atari: Game Over Available on Netflix, this documentary about the decline of Atari and the legendary search for the E.T. graveyard, will touch a place deep in the heart of every gaming nerd of a certain age. 😉  It also tells the story of Howard Warshaw, the creator of many Atari games such as Yar’s Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the infamous E.T. It features Atari fans such as Ernest Cline (author of Ready Player … Continue reading →

Episode 68 – Las Fairy

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Episode 66 – Hurricane Brocka

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Episode 64 – Unsimulate

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS64.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week: a handy app, a great (short) book, and two lovable Russians… Kelly’s Recommendation: App: Just Unfollow (Now Crowdfire) Available as an iOS or Android App, and on the web. (Note that they now call it Crowdfire.) Let’s you easily track new follows unfollows/ Will also let you see a list of who is not folowing bsck Works for Twitter and Instagram!     Mel’s Recommendation: Book: The Plagiarist by Hugh Howey This is a  mind bendy novella about simulated … Continue reading →

Episode 62 – Songs and Snacks of the Dead Santa

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS62.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week we welcome back Mike from Pagan! He brings us some cool music courtesy of John Carpenter, while Kelly tells a tale of Santas, and Mel talks about some zombie food. Kelly’s Recommendation: Documentary: ‘I Am Santa Claus‘ on Netflix A documentary that follows several Professional Santas throughout an entire year. Being Santa is harder than it looks, folks. Did you know that wrestler Mick Foley wants to be a Pro Santa? Kelly did! Mr. Foley also produced this movie. See … Continue reading →

Episode 60 – Crafty vinyl angels

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Episode 58 – MS-DOS Meets the Bride

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS58.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week Kelly brings you some old school gaming that’s free, and Mel shares some The Princess Bride love. Kelly’s Recommendation:     Webiste/Games: Archive.org MS-DOS Games Yet another treasure in the archive.org site Play 2400+ MS-DOS based games in YOUR BROWSER FOR FREE! No special set up required!! Wolfenstein 3D, Red Baron, Donkey Kong, and FROGGER!   Mel’s Recommendation:   Audiobook: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden This … Continue reading →

Episode 56 – Librarians, desolation, and a threat from Mel

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http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS56.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSIn this episode we revisit two of our favorite things… abandoned places and quirky sci-fi awesomeness. Kelly’s Recommendation: Series: Forgotten Planet Available on Netflix This series has 6 episodes that cover abandoned places. “Explore buildings and whole cities that have been cast off by humanity and forgotten by time. But why did people abandon these once-thriving places?” You will visit Chernobyl, Detroit (once considered “the Paris of the Midwest”), where the irradiated Bikini Island ships were brought to study (oops), Gary … Continue reading →

Episode 54 – Dark Ambient and Minor Death Gods

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