Academy is a new scripted podcast that follows Ava Richards, a brilliant scholarship student attending

Bishop Gray Academy, the country's most exclusive boarding school. Academy takes you into the world

of a cutthroat private school where power, money, and sex collide in a game of life and death.

Binge all 10 episodes of Academy, early, and ad-free on Wondery Plus.

From Wondering and Campside Media comes season three of the hit podcast suspect.

This is a story of two victims, one murdered in cold blood, one in prison for a crime he did not

commit. Listen to suspect, five shots in the dark, wherever you get your podcasts,

or Binge all eight episodes ad-free on Wondery Plus.

Go readings, hug-able podcastlings. Welcome to the Nerdist Podcast number 58.

Our second guest list podcast.

I promised myself I wouldn't cry. And I'm not. The song you're listening to in the background

is called Gacy. It is from the Sufjan Stevens remix album, Illin Noise, by MCDJ.

Who could have thought a song about professional clown and murder enthusiast John Wayne Gacy could

have such fresh beats, but here we are. And now on to the business of the day, which is the following.

I will be coming to tell stand-up comedy jokes at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 9th.

Now this is very important because the Wilbur Theatre seats about a thousand people,

and that is a way larger venue than I've ever tried to perform alone in before.

And if I were being completely honest with you, I would tell you that I'm shooting my pants about

it right now a little bit, because I don't know if that many people will come out to see me.

And if they do it will be awesome, incredibly awesome, because that means

that I can get some theater shows going and we will be able to continue to do the Nerdist Podcast

and give it away for free, which would be great. So, you know, I don't want to sound like I'm begging,

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