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The Hills Have Nerds

The Hills Have Nerds

Four hillbillies in their 30"s discuss anything and everything "nerdy" from cartoons vs anime to the best obscure Table Top RPGs to pretend to be lizardmen in. The Hills Have Nerds is a monthly podcast about nerd history, pop culture, nerdy endeavors, and the passion and creativity that ties it all together. Come join us each month as we take on a new topic and sometimes bring on our friends and special guests. Hopefully you"ll enjoy listening as much as we enjoy talking! Come holler at

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02:17:47

Episode 31 - Dreams, Nightmares, and Sleep Paralysis...

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2025/10/16

This episode the nerds drift off to dream land to discuss their own wild dreams, horrifying nightmares, and the history of and their own experiences with sleep paralysis! As well as some listener submitted experiences guaranteed to chill the spine and make you leave a light on before you drift off for the night!What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comStalk our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsHaunt our Discord and moan about the

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01:26:08

Episode 30 - Horror Hype Train - "There Were THREE...

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2025/09/29

Our spines are a tinglin'! Lee, Josh, and Aaron got together to talk about all the wicked stuff that this way comes and the upcoming horror movies, games, and gaming supplements that they're excited to sink their fangs into this scary season. Creepy clowns, murderous puppets, heroic dogs battling the super natural, Popeye the Sailor Man?! There's a lot of new scares going around!What gets your blood chilling? Let us know!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comStalk our

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01:19:47

Episode 29 - Gen Con Recap and Lonely Hero Games - "A...

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2025/08/29

Join Aaron and Brittany for this episode as they recap their experience at the largest gaming convention in North America: Gen Con! Aaron also had the chance to do a short interview with a board game creator right from our very own hills, Chris Kincaid of Lonely Hero Games!Let us know what you thought!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmCheck us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and

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02:03:42

Episode 28 - The History of The Lord the Rings Part...

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2025/08/19

This one's turned out to be a heck of an episode. We're gathering the fellowship and deep diving into Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings! This episode Cody, Aaron, Josh, and special guest Steve from the Critical Encounters podcast cover and discuss the history of one of Nerdom's most prolific authors: J.R.R. Tolkien. This is the first of a 2-parter! We want to hear your Tolkien Takes!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerdsCome inside our

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00:15:18

Episode 27 - Knights of Kentucky: Real Armored Combat...

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2025/07/30

To arms, men and women of Nerdom!There is glory and conquest to be had!This episode Aaron and Josh had the awesome opportunity to talk with some of the members of The Louisville Royals Steel Fighting Team. These guys and girls are legit Knights, participating in a live combat sport straight out of medieval times! Only this isn't dinner theater, the armor is real, the weapons are REAL, and the pain...well it's very, very real!It's a short episode (damn you thunder and lightning) but it is filled to

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00:52:00

Episode 26 - Nerd Jeopardy - "I'm pretty sure that's...

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2025/07/15

Welcome to NERD JEOPARDY!In this short episode Cody and Lee go head to head in a battle of epic proportions to flex their nerdiness and determine once and for all if a handful of quotes were said by our dear friend Aaron, or some of America's most prolific Serial Killers?! It's so hard to tell the difference!What did you think? Should we do this again? Want to suggest questions?Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/thehillshavenerdsCome hang out

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01:34:25

Episode 25 - Forgotten IPs (What ever happened to...

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2025/06/28

This episode all the Nerds have come out of the hills to talk about some games and characters that seem long forgotten by the gaming industry. Where has Star Fox been? Is Sly Cooper still thieving? Will we ever see another Castlevania game? Has Punch-Out punched out? And when the heck are we gonna get Half-Life 3?!Come hang out and listen to the boys lament the apparent loss of some excellent franchises of days past and ponder if we'll ever see them again. We miss you Golden Sun...Let us know

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01:46:27

Episode 24 - Content Creation with Nelson Oliver and...

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2025/06/14

(We apologize for some audio issues this episode had during the exporting process. We've figure out the problem so it won't happen again but this episode has some low volume issues in a few spots!)Hey Nerds! In this episode Josh, Lee, and Travis invited good friends of the show Nelson Oliver (NelsonAllOverCards) and Payton Mullins (TwoTurntTonyStark) to talk about the trials and tribulations of their content creation careers. What got them into creating content? How'd they go about

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01:30:59

Episode 23 - 2nd Year Anniversary LIVE Show - "I Find...

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2025/05/31

Two years of The Hills Have Nerds has flew by! Thank you all so much for your listenership and support! All five nerds were together for a video live stream celebrating 2 years of the podcast on Youtube. This is the audio from that chaos. And despite some initial hiccups the stream went so great! Here's to much more nerditry and hilarious conversations to come!Become a member for rewards and support nerds on Ko-fi!https://ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerdsEmail us!hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our

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01:05:34

May '25 - What are WE Playing, Reading, Watching? -...

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2025/05/14

What are we playing and reading and watching right now?! Find out with Lee, Aaron, and Travis as the boys take this episode to go over what games they've been playing, shows they've been watching, and everything else they've been consuming! We want to hear what you're into right now! Join the discussion!Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsTalk to us and discuss the episode on our Discord!https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjmFind other

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01:27:50

Episode 22 - The Rising Cost of Being a Nerd - "I Had...

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2025/04/28

Nerds! The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming! And, hooo boy, does it have some discussion surrounding it. This whole deal has got us thinking about the progression of gaming prices over the years and if we really are paying more now than we ever have? Lee, Aaron, and Josh discuss the current Switch 2/pricing situation as well as take a look at the price of "Nerdom" through the years. Comic Books, Toys, Boardgames, and TTRPG books, as well a hefty look at gaming systems and game prices as

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01:25:25

Nerd Out 6 - The Best Video Game Sequels - "You Did...

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2025/04/14

We're Nerdin' Out Again!In this Nerd Out the guys discussed their favorite video game sequels and spiritual successors, what makes video game sequels do better typically than other types of sequels, and what they consider to be the worst sequels in gaming.Get in on the conversation as the boys discuss Diablo 2, Zelda 2, Resident Evil 4, Yooka-Laylee, and a ton of other games!Which game series do you think had a sequel better than the original? Let us know!Email us at

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01:32:15

Episode 21 - Emulators and Emulation - "Can You...

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2025/03/28

Raging waters can't keep a good nerd down! The boys are back this month for a conversation about the history of Emulators, emulation as a whole, the ethics of it, and some of the Emulation Lawsuits "Greatest Hits", so to speak.So sit down, strap in, ready your most recent save state, and prepare for a heck of an episode. Just don't tell Nintendo about it...please...we have families.Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.comCome on our Facebook!www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerdsTalk to us

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01:40:32

Episode 20 - History of Dark Souls and FromSoftware -...

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2025/02/28

Howdy, nerds!In this episode the boys, and special guest Morgan "Bubbycat" Reynolds, sat down and jawed all about the history of the legendary gaming company FromSoft and all of the genre-creating and difficulty spiking games they've released. From humble beginnings designing software for industrial agriculture to redefining what difficulty means in video gaming and causing Nerds for years to come to question if any new game is "Souls-like", FromSoft's rise to greatness is a heck of a ride that

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01:31:06

Valentine's Special - Nerding Romantic - "You Know,...

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2025/02/14

Today the nerds turn the lights down a little low, get some soft sensual jazz going, and bring the discourse to a husky whisper...it's getting romantic in here. Aaron, Cody, Lee, and Josh all sat down to talk romance in gaming and other media for Valentine's Day! The boys talk about their favorite portrayals of love and relationships, as well as their least favorite, and some romantic displays that were just plain strange. They also take some time to talk about Onyx Storm, a fantasy romance

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02:01:28

Episode 19 - The History of Handheld Gaming - "Just...

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2025/01/28

Handheld Nerds unite! In this episode the boys sit down to discuss the rich and wild history/evolution of handheld gaming consoles from the early iterations in the 70s till the contemporary handheld computers we have today! So have your Lynx's, Wonder Swans, and Neo Geo's at the ready! It's a heck of an episode.What's your favorite handheld gaming memory or moment? Email us - hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds We have a

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01:39:22

Nerd Out 5 - Releases We're Hyped For in 2025 -...

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2025/01/14

Nerds! We're hyped! There's so much awesome stuff coming out this year! In this Nerd Out the boys sat down and discussed all the different upcoming video games, movies, shows, board games, and books they're excited about releasing over the coming year. They hit on remakes, new IPs, expansions, sequels, and a ton of other stuff that's about to hit the nerdosphere over 2025. There's a ton packed into this episode and even more that we're excited for that we didn't get to mention, 2025 is gonna be an

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02:03:01

2024 Wrap Up - "Tonight We're Gonna Fill Lee's Meat...

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2024/12/28

The boys get sentimental in this end of the year wrap up episode, as they sit down and talk about all the great things, and some not so great, that 2024 brough to the world of The Hills Have Nerds. From awesome opportunities, to incredible guests, and some run downs of their favorite happenings in Nerd Culture in 2024, there's a lot in this episode for everyone!Thank you everyone for being with us through this past year and we got a lot more nerdin' to come in 2025! Email us what you're hoping to

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01:36:34

Episode 18 - Are Spoilers and Leaks a Bad Thing? -...

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2024/11/28

Spoiler alert! This episode is all about leaks and spoilers. But not literally. Lee, Josh, Aaron, Cody, and special guest Steve from the Critical Encounters Podcast sat down to discuss the consuming of Spoilers and Leaks in our communities. What are they? Where did the terms come from? Are they inherently BAD things? Can it be fun to be spoiled? Do we seek out leaks? How do we remain unspoiled? What are some of the most famous spoilers and leaks? It's all here in this episode and even more! Wanted

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01:18:30

A Nerd Abroad - Japan Listener Q/A with Aaron - "Fat...

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2024/11/21

Hey all!In this special episode Josh and Aaron sit down to have Aaron run through a debrief of his trip to Japan! A nerd left the hills?! Aaron answers YOUR submitted questions about his trip and all of the wonderful cross cultural mayhem and wonderful nerdy stuff he got to experience while over there. Contact us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook and see pictures of the trip! www.facebook.com/TheHillsHaveNerds Join our Discord and ask Aaron any other

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