I'm about to come down on this dude like Thor's hammer, Mjolmere.

I'm about to go Mjolmere on his ass.

It's the Iron Throne!

It's the Iron Throne. It's the Iron Throne.

Yes.

When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.

I'm Tricia Bobita.

I'm Greta Johnson.

And this is the Nerdat podcast.

Those clips are from the most recent episode of Parks and Recreation, which if you haven't seen it yet, you really, really ought to. Parks and Rec is maybe the best show on TV depicting adult nerds. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. There's a writer from NPR who wrote a blog post about why Parks and Rec is good for nerds and good for America. And we have a link to that at nerd at podcast.com. I love also that patriotism is the ultimate altruism because it kind of fits with Parks and Rec and Leslie Knope's ridiculous love of government in all of the ways.

Nerds, if you're not watching this show, I promise you, they love Game of Thrones as much as you do.

We also wanted to give you a taste of one more clip from that episode of Parks and Rec. This is John Hodgman.

Ms. Nob, I understand you're here today to try to convince us that this disastrous merger of our two towns was in any way a good idea.

Yes, there were some bumps and bruises and a brief rash of arson and a rather large-scale brawl at the dump. But overall, the state of the merger

is very strong. Scoff. Did you just say the word scoff? You must admit, Ms. Knob,

that the merging of the towns has been fraught with antipathy. For example, I now have to share my studio with a fatuous twerp who shall remain nameless.

This twerp has a name and it's August Ngutu Libowitz Clementine.

This show has jokes for public radio nerds, for Game of Thrones nerds, all sorts of nerds, welcome and adored on

the show Parks and Rec. Great for Nerds, great for America. You'll find that link at nerdatpodcast.com.

So coming up this week, we're going to talk with Dr. Deanna Bark. She's been working on a project that

maps the connections between the thinks and the feels in the human brain. That's the technical term, right? The thinks in the feel. Yeah, and feels has a Z at the end, just in case you can't tell. Right, yeah, because it's from the Latin root. Absolutely. But first we're going to talk with documentary director Amy Elliott. Her first film, World's Largest, is about roadside attractions in the U.S., and it's amazing.

Think World's Largest Ball of Yarn or World's Largest Frying Pan. Her most recent film is called Wicker Kittens, and it's about the competitive world of jigsaw puzzles.

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