The Functional Nerds Podcast
By The Functional Nerds
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Description
Functional Nerds is the weekly podcast from author/blogger Patrick Hester and Musician/Blogger John Anealio focusing on science fiction and fantasy media: television, film, comics, and new media such as fan films, audio dramas, online animated comics and more, technology, gadgets and all things Apple as well as music and the occasional video game.
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Episode 257 – With Ilana C. Myer | In episode 257 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Ilana C. Myer. - About Ilana: - Ilana C. Myer has written for the Globe and Mail, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, and the Huffington Post. | 12/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 256 – Shrapnel Records, Civil War, and Family Emergencies, Oh My | Episode 256 - Where Patrick and John talk about lots of stuff, including: Star Wars, Digital Music, Cassette Tapes, Marvel, Captain America: Civil War, and ultimately, what's been up with Patrick and why he had to miss some recent episodes. - - | 12/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 255 – With Kristi Charish and Victor Milan | In episode 255 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester is still out with a family emergency, so John Anealio and special co-host Kristi Charish chat with author Victor Milan. - About Victor: - Victor Woodward Milán is an American writer known. | 12/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 254 – With Kristi Charish and Brian Dunaway | In episode 254 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester is still out with a family emergency, so John Anealio enlists special co-host Kristi Charish and they chat with artist and podcaster, Brian Dunaway. - About Brian: - | 11/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 253 – With Kristi Charish and Travis Langley | In episode 253 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester is out with a family emergency, so John Anealio enlists special co-host Kristi Charish and they chat with author Travis Langley. - About Travis: - Travis Langley, Ph.D., | 11/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 252 – With C.A. Higgins | In episode 252 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author C.A. Higgins. - About C.A.: - Along with writing novels, C. A. Higgins spent most of her time in college doing problem sets, | 11/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 251 – With Rob Gokee | In episode 251 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with award winning composer, Rob Gokee. - About Rob: Los Angeles-based composer Rob Gokee, known for his varying style & flexibility, | 11/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 250 – With Alma Alexander | In episode 250 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat for a bit, then segue into Patrick’s interview with Alma Alexander at the 74th WorldCon. - About Alma: - Alma has written and published well over two million words, | 10/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 249 – With Tina Connolly | In episode 249 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat for a bit, then segue into Patrick's interview with Tina Connolly at the 74th WorldCon. - About Tina: Tina Connolly is the author of the Ironskin trilogy from Tor Bo... | 10/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 248 – With Rajan Khanna | In episode 248 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Rajan Khanna. - About Rajan: Rajan Khanna is a fiction writer, blogger, reviewer and narrator. His first novel, Falling Sky, | 10/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 247 – With Matthew Kressel | In episode 247 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Matthew Kressel. - About Matthew: - Matthew Kressel is a multiple Nebula Award-nominated writer and World Fantasy Award-nominated editor. His novel, | 10/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 246 – Patreon | In episode 246 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music, then move onto the launch of The Functional Nerds Patreon... - This week’s picks: John: Rick and Morty | 9/28/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 245 – With Fran Wilde | In episode 245 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about some stuff and then Patrick teleports back in time to the 73rd Worldcon to interview author, podcaster and GeekMom, Fran Wilde. - About Fran: - | 9/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 244 – With Matthew Quinn Martin | In episode 244 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author and actor Matthew Quinn Martin. - About Matthew: - Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, | 8/31/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 243 – With Zachary Jernigan | In episode 243 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author and journalist Zachary Jernigan. - About Zach: Zachary Jernigan works as a feature journalist in Northern Arizona. His debut novel, No Return, | 8/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 242 – With Bioware’s Jonathan Warner | In episode 242 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Bioware Game Director Jonathan Warner. - About Jonathan and Bioware: - Jonathan Warner is a Game Director at BioWare / Electronic Arts. - | 8/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 241 – With Chris Brogan | In episode 241 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author and marketing-guru Chris Brogan. - About Chris: - Chris Brogan explores how people use content and community to build marketplaces around areas of be... | 7/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 240 – With Andrew Gross | In episode 240 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio have a mini-episode of Cord Cutters without Tom Merritt... ooops? (jk!) Followed by the last of Patrick's PPWC interviews with NY Times Best Selling Author, Andrew Gross. | 7/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 239 – With Laura DiSilverio | In episode 239 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Laura DiSilverio. - About Laura: - Laura is the author of the Swift Investigations and Mall Cop mystery series. - | 7/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 238 – With Peter Orullian | In episode 238 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Peter Orullian. - About Peter: - Peter Orullian has worked in marketing at Xbox for nearly a decade, most recently leading the Music and Entertainment ma... | 6/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 237 – With Naomi Novik | In episode 237 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Naomi Novik. - About Naomi: - Naomi Novik was born in New York in 1973, a first-generation American, and raised on Polish fairy tales, Baba Yaga, | 6/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 236 – With Greg Weisman | In episode 236 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Greg Weisman, comic book and animation writer and producer, best known as the co-creator of Gargoyles and as the Supervising Producer of The Spectacular Spider-M.. | 6/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 235 – With Melissa Flashman and Margaret Bail | In episode 235 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat for a bit before Patrick’s live interview with two literary agents: Margaret Bail (Inklings Literary Agency) and Melissa Flashman (Trident Media Group). - | 6/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 234 – With RL Stine and Mary Kay Andrews | In episode 234 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat for a bit before Patrick’s live interview with not one, but two NY Times best selling authors: Mary Kay Andrews and R.L. Stine. - About R.L. Stine: - R.L. | 5/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 233 – With MK Meredith | In episode 233 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about things and ideas and then cut to Patrick’s live interview with writer, 2014 Pikes Peak Writers Conference Director, and all around awesome person, MK Meredith. | 5/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 232 – With Trai Cartwright | In episode 232 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat about music and stuff and then cut to Patrick's live interview with writer, professional story breaker, editor and creative writing and screenwriting teacher, | 5/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 231 – With Adam Christopher | In episode 231 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Adam Christopher. - About Adam: - ADAM CHRISTOPHER is a novelist and comic writer. In 2010, as an editor, Christopher won a Sir Julius Vogel award, | 4/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 230 – With Ferrett Steinmetz | In episode 230 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Ferrett Steinmetz. - About Ferrett: A firm believer in the "apply butt to chair, then fingers to keyboard" philosophy, | 4/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 229 – With Steve Bein | In episode 229 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Steve Bein. - About Steve: Steve Bein (pronounced "Bine") is a philosopher, traveler, translator, and award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy... | 4/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 228 – With Kristi Charish | In episode 228 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with scientist and author Kristi Charish. - About Kristi: Kristi is the author of OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS (Jan 13th, 2015, | 4/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 227 – With Peter ‘Vengeance’ Brett | In episode 227 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio have to step back and let Peter 'Vengeance' Brett take center stage - he's on a mission of vengeance - and he wants you to READ HIS BOOK! - | 3/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 226 – Jamie Todd Rubin | In episode 226 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Jamie Todd Rubin. - About Jamie: - I’ve always had a fascination with the life of writers that I admire. They make up these great stories, | 3/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 225 – Live from Capricon 35 with Jody Lynn Nye | In episode 225 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat live at Capricon 35 with Jody Lynn Nye. - About Jody: Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats. | 3/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 224 – Live from Capricon 35 with Mary Robinette Kowal | In episode 224 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat live at Capricon 35 with Mary Robinette Kowal. - About Mary: Hugo-award winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal is a novelist and professional puppeteer. | 3/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 223 – Live from Capricon 35 with John Bivens | In episode 223 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with comic book artist and Capricon 35 Artist Guest of Honor John Bivens. - About John: Comic book artist. Worked on the award winning COMIC BOOK TATTOO, | 2/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 222 – With Myke Cole | In episode 222 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Myke Cole. - About Myke: As a security contractor, government civilian and military officer, Myke Cole’s career has run the gamut from Coun... | 2/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 221 – With Brian Brushwood | In episode 221 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with podcaster and television personality Brian Brushwood. - About Brian: - Host of Scam School for Discovery & Hacking The System for NatGeo. | 2/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 220 – with Brian McClellan | In episode 220 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with writer Brian T. McClellan. - About Brian: - Brian lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two dogs, a cat, and between 6,000 and 60, | 1/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 219 – With Matt Forbeck | In episode 219 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with writer and Capricon 35 Author Guest of Honor, Matt Forbeck. - About Matt: Matt Forbeck has worked full-time on games and fiction since 1989, | 1/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 218 – With Margaret Weis | In episode 218 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with prolific writer and Dragonlance co-creator Margaret Weis. About Margaret: Margaret Weis is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Dragonlance Chro... | 1/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 217 – with William (W.C.) Bauers | In episode 217 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author William (W.C.) Bauers. About William: W. C. BAUERS has worked on the sales side of publishing for more than thirteen years. | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 216 – With Sam Sykes | In episode 216 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Sam Sykes. About Sam: Sam Sykes has done many things worthy of note, most of them involving violence of one manner or another. | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 215 – With Rajan Khanna | In episode 215 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with author Rajan Khanna. About Rajan: - Rajan Khanna is a fiction writer, blogger, reviewer and narrator. His first novel, Falling Sky, | 12/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 214 – With Gail Carriger | In episode 214 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Gail Carriger. About Gail: New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an inc... | 12/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 213 – With Alex Hughes | In episode 213 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with Alex Hughes. About Alex: - Alex Hughes, the author of the award-winning Mindspace Investigations series from Roc, | 11/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 212 with James Luceno | In episode 212 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with James Luceno. About James: - James Luceno is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written three Star Wars novels and a dictionary about Star Wars. | 11/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 211 – Patrick and John talk about Star Wars a lot | In episode 211 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk about many things, including but not limited to: Social media The Channel Formerly Known As SciFi Being Zen Star Wars JJ Abrams Star Trek - | 11/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 210 – With John Klima | In episode 210 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio chat with John Klima, editor of the Hugo Award–winning magazine Electric Velocipede and is currently the editor of the Bulletin, | 10/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 209 – With John DeNardo | In episode 209 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back John "The Bagel OverLord" DeNardo of SF Signal.com About John: John is an avid reader and reviewer. (See John’s review criteria. | 10/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 208 – With Robert Jackson Bennett | In episode 208 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Robert Jackson Bennett. About Robert: - Robert Jackson Bennett‘s 2010 debut Mr. Shivers won the Shirley Jackson Award as well as the Sydney J Bound... | 10/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 207 – Patrick and John | In episode 207 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk amongst themselves about all manner of things. Social media? Yup. - Email? Yup. - 70's pop rock? You betcha. - Marketing? Uh-huh. - Is nothing sacred? | 10/6/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 206 – With Sarah Chorn | In episode 206 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with prolific book blogger and reviewer, Sarah Chorn. About Sarah: I have been a compulsive reader my whole life. | 9/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 205 – With Steven Gould | In episode 205 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author and SWFA President Steven Gould. About Steven: Steven Gould is the author of Jumper, Wildside, Helm, Blind Waves, Reflex, Jumper: Griffin’s Story, | 9/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 204 – With Chuck Wendig | In episode 204 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with badass writer, and blogger Chuck Wendig. About Chuck: Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, | 9/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 203 – With Rob Bedford | In episode 203 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with freelance writer, editor and book blogger Rob Bedford. About Rob: - Rob Bedford is the Lead Book reviewer for SFFWorld, | 9/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 202 – With Sylvia Izzo Hunter | In episode 202 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with Sylvia Izzo Hunter, author of The Midnight Queen. About Sylvia: - Sylvia Izzo Hunter was born in Calgary, Alberta, back in the days before Star Wars, | 8/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 201 – With Andrew Shaffer | In episode 201 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with a Andrew Shaffer, author of How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters. About Andrew: - Andrew Shaffer is a humorist and author whose works in... | 8/5/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 200 – With Django Wexler | In episode 200 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio celebrate their 200th with a conversation with author Django Wexler. About Django: - Django Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degre... | 7/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 199 – With Alyx (A M) Dellamonica | In episode 199 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Alyx (A.M.) Dellamonica. About Alyx: - I spent my early childhood in various community theaters, prompting actors who’d forgotten their lines, | 7/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 198 – With Jill Archer | In episode 198 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Jill Archer. About Jill: - Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jill earned a bachelor of science from Penn State University and later moved to Bal... | 7/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 197 – With John Mierau | In episode 197 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author John Mierau. About John: - John Mierau is a writer, narrator and podcaster. He writes character-based speculative fiction (anything with aliens, | 7/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 196 – With Jeff Salyards | In episode 196 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Jeff Salyards. About Jeff: - My debut novel, Scourge of the Betrayer, is a hard-boiled fantasy published by Night Shade Books in May 2012. | 6/30/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 195 – With James SA Corey | In episode 195 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author James SA Corey. About James: - James S.A. Corey is the pen name for a collaboration between Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. - | 6/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 194 – With Rachel Bach | In episode 194 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Rachel Bach (Rachel Aaron). About Rachel: - Hello, my name is Rachel Aaron, and I write The Legend of Eli Monpress fantasy series for Orbit Books!... | 6/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 193 – With Brian McClellan | In episode 193 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Brian McClellan. About Brian: - Brian lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, two dogs, a cat, and between 6,000 and 60, | 6/2/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 192 – With Linda Nagata | In episode 192 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Linda Nagata. About Linda: - Aloha! My name is Linda Nagata. I'm a novelist and programmer, and also the founder of Mythic Island Press LLC, | 5/27/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 191 – With Stephen Hood | In episode 191 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with Stephen Hood. About Stephen: - Cofounder and CEO of @Protagonist Labs, creators of @Storium. Formerly of Delicious & Blockboard. | 5/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 190 – with Katherine Addison / Sarah Monette | In episode 190 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Katherine Addison / Sarah Monette. About Katherine/Sarah: - Katherine Addison's short fiction has been selected by The Year's Best Fantasy and Hor... | 5/12/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 189 – With James L. Sutter | In episode 189 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author James L. Sutter. About James: - James Lafond Sutter is the Managing Editor for Paizo Publishing and a co-creator of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game ... | 4/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 188 – With Elizabeth Bear | In episode 188 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Elizabeth Bear. About Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Bear was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. | 4/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 187 – With Michael R. Underwood | In episode 186 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk with author Michael R. Underwood, author of Attack of the Geek. About Michael: - Michael R. Underwood is the author of GEEKOMANCY, CELEBROMANCY, | 4/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 186 – Patrick and John talk Patreon | In episode 186 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk about Patreon. About Patreon: - Patreon enables fans to give ongoing support to their favorite creators. Founded in May 2013 and based in San Francisco, | 4/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 185 – With Brian Staveley | In episode 185 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Brian Staveley. About Brian: Brian Staveley is the author of The Emperor’s Blades, first book of the epic fantasy trilogy, | 3/31/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 184 – With Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris | In episode 184 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris. - About Pip: New Zealand born fantasy writer and podcaster Philippa (Pip) Ballantine is the author of the Books of the Order an... | 3/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 183 – With Engadget’s Sarah Silbert | In episode 183 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Senior Editor for Engadget, Sara Silbert. - About Sarah: Long before the winding road of journalism led her to Engadget, | 3/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 182 – With Mur Lafferty (and Ghost Train to New Orleans) | In episode 182 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Mur Lafferty, author of The Shambling Guide to New York City and its sequel, Ghost Train to New Orleans. - About Mur: | 3/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 181 – With Wendy Wagner | In episode 181 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Wendy Wagner, author of Skinwalkers. - About Wendy: Wendy N. Wagner loves monsters, mayhem, and magic. Her first novel, Skinwalkers, | 3/4/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 180 – With John Hornor Jacobs | In episode 180 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome John Hornor Jacobs – author of The Twelve-Fingered Boy. - About John: John Hornor Jacobs has worked in advertising for the last fifteen years, played in bands, | 2/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 179 – With Matt Wallace | In episode 179 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Matt Wallace – author of The Failed Cities. - About Matt: A screenwriter, novelist, and the award-winning author of over one hundred short stories, | 2/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 178 – With Michael J. Martinez | In episode 178 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Michael J. Martinez - author of The Daedalus Incident, The Gravity of the Affair and The Enceladus Crisis. - About Michael: "I’m a husband, | 2/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 177 – With Adam Christopher | In episode 177 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Adam Christopher, author of: Empire State, Seven Wonders, The Age Atomic and the new Hang Wire . - About Adam: ADAM CHRISTOPHER is a novelist and comic writer. | 2/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 176 – With Max Gladstone | In episode 176 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome 2013 Campbell Award Nominee Max Gladstone, author of Three Parts Dead and Two Serpents Rise. - About Max: Max’s novel Three Parts Dead was published by Tor Bo... | 1/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 175 – With Ann Leckie | In episode 175 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice, to the show. - About Ann: Ann Leckie has published short stories inSubterranean Magazine, Strange Horizons, | 1/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 174 – with Freya Robertson | In episode 174 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Freya Robertson, author of Heartwood and the forthcoming Sunstone. - About Freya: Freya Robertson is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy, | 1/13/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 173 – Ian Tregillis | In episode 173 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Ian Tregillis, author of Something More Than Night. - About Ian: - Ian Tregillis attended the University of Minnesota for both college and graduate school. | 12/16/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 172 – Django Wexler | In episode 172 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Django Wexler, author of The Thousand Names. - About Django: - Django Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writ... | 12/9/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 171 – Jamie Wyman | In episode 171 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Jamie Wyman, author of Wild Card. - About Jamie: - After a misspent adulthood pursuing a Music Education degree, JAMIE WYMAN fostered several interests before dis... | 12/2/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 170 – With Author Brian McClellan | In episode 170 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood. - About Brian: - Brian McClellan is an epic fantasy author. He studied writing under Brandon Sanderson and Orson Scot... | 11/18/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 169 – Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak | In episode 169 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Jaym Gates and Andrew Liptak to talk about their kickstarter project - the anthology: War Stories. - About War Stories: - | 11/11/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 168 – Clancy, Yngwie and Twitter, Oh My | In the 168th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk. - What do we talk about? Well – there’s the bit about... you know what? You should just listen to the episode. That is way easier than me having to sit h | 11/4/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 167 – With Wesley Chu | In episode 167 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Wesley Chu, author of the Angry Robot books The Lives of Tao and its sequel, The Deaths of Tao. - About Wesley: - Wesley Chu was born in Taiwan and immigrated to ... | 10/28/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 166 – With Stephen Blackmore | In episode 166 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Stephen Blackmore, whose first novel, CITY OF THE LOST, a paranormal noir with zombies, demons, witches and a lot of blood and violence is out now through DA... | 10/21/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 165 – A Live Panel from Worldcon in San Antonio | In episode 165 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio offer up a live panel recording from Worldcon in San Antonio titled: How To Create A Memorable Podcast. The panel was recorded at 10 am on the Monday following the Hugo Aw.. | 10/14/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 164 – With Brenda Cooper | In the 164th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Author and Futurist Brenda Cooper. - About Brenda Cooper: - Brenda is a technology professional, a science fiction writer and a futurist. - | 10/7/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 163 – With Douglas Lain | In the 163rd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Douglas Lain, author of the new book, Billy Moon, out from TOR. - About Douglas Lain: - Lain is the producer and host of the weekly podcast Diet Soap, | 9/30/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 162 – With Eric Buist and talking about BEER! | In the 162nd episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome film maker Eric Buist to talk about his web series: HopStories. - About Hops Stories: Before a beer delights your senses, before it’s plucked off the shelf, | 9/23/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 161 – John and Patrick | In the 161st episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio talk. Just the two of them. That's right - just John and Patrick. Sit back, relax, and enjoy...! - What do we talk about? | 9/16/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 160 – David Annandale Part 2 | In the 160th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome back author David Annandale. - About David: - David writes fiction in a variety of genres: SF/Fantasy, horror, thrillers. | 9/10/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 159 – David Annandale Part 1 | In the 159th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author David Annandale. - About David: - David writes fiction in a variety of genres: SF/Fantasy, horror, thrillers. | 9/2/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 158 – Nick Mennuti talks “Weaponized” | In the 158th episode of the Functional Nerds podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome author Nick Mennuti to talk about Weaponized. - About Weaponized: - Kyle West is a wanted man. Having fled the country to escape the false charges filed aga... | 8/26/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Two SF Signal Stalwarts shine on their own podcast
There are podcasts which basically are 3 or 4 people rambling for an hour. There are podcasts so bad that authors complain on twitter
afterwards about the experience. There are podcasts with lousy production values, where to hear one of the members means
that you have to blast and blare the volume of a loud talker amongst the group.
The Functional Nerds are none of these. John Anealio and Patrick Hester are two longtime SF fans and members of the SF Signal family who talk intelligently about
the genre they love so much. Patrick is interested in the craft of writing (as an aspiring novelist himself) and John is drawn to
the musical touchstones of the genre, and has made a number of SF themed songs. Together, they fight crime.
Actually, together they interview authors and other SF luminaries, ranging from Cherie Priest to Kevin J Anderson. They make real connections with the SF personalities, and you can hear their enthusiasm, professionalism and sharp wit.
The Functional Nerds is part of my essential SF podcast listening, and if you are interested at all in the SF genre, it should be part of yours.
Great show for nerds like me...
I really like the show, good topics, good hosts, good production. I really enjoyed the interview with Jason Sanford, and I'm looking forward to going through the show archive. Keep up the good work guys!
Top-flight podcasting
In the last few years, I've searched for, and tried-out, dozens of podcasts and listened to hundreds of hours of programming. My main areas of interest are comics and cartooning, writing and art, genre fiction in books, movies. TV, etc. There is no shortage of podcasts in these areas. So, it comes down to time. If you value your time as much as I do, you treat it like a valuable resource, and you spend it wisely. I set time aside for Patrick and John, and I enjoy it and consider it currency well-spent.
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