Oh, ho!

Santa here to recommend you some A-cast podcasts this festive season.

From the Romans to the Victorians, Dan Snow will be looking into the history of the winter solstice through December, from elaborate feasting to rowdy merrymaking.

Check that out, and darn snow as history hit.

Merry Christmas from everyone at A-Cast.

Don't forget to leave me a mint pie.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Oh! Now entering,

Nerdist.com.

Hi, everyone.

This is Ben Blacker, the creator and usually

moderator of the Nerdist Writers' Panel.

Thanks so much for downloading this episode.

Hodgman and Patton were kind enough to let me record this chat that they had last week in New York at Barnes & Noble.

And I think you will find it enjoyable.

I certainly did.

Patton's book, Silver Screen Feend, is out now.

You should check it out.

It's really great. The guy is not only hilarious and thoughtful, but he's a really good writer. If you know and love Patton, you'll know and love the book. And if you love movies, you'll love the book. There's a lot of really cool stuff in there that gets to what it is to be a fan of movies and to have grown up watching movies.

I think you'll enjoy it. And John Hodgman is, of course, a wonderful moderator in this event.

I do need to thank, in addition to John and Patton, Rachel Burkey, who was my man on the ground there.

She was kind enough to go out and record this for me.

So thank you, Rachel.

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