Dragons, Sexy Robots& Adventures
Kyle and Claire love talking about nerdy things, and today there’s more to talk about than ever before: movies, TV shows, books, comics and videogames. Where did it all come from? Every new story has an older one behind it. Every other week they’ll explore the roots of a current work of nerd culture, and discuss how it was made.
- Website
- http://dsrapodcast.com
- Description
- A Nerd Manual
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2023-03-26 10:51
- last episode published
- 2019-12-10 06:30
- publication frequency
- 11.32 days
- Contributors
- Kyle Willoughby and Claire White: Nerd Culture Enthusiasts
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 113
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Games & Hobbies Literature Video Games History Arts
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2019-12-10 | This week DSRA is back and tackling one of the most ambitious works in the English language–John Milton’s Paradise Lost. James starts us off by going through early cultural interpretations of Satan. He traces how versions of the Devil in folklore and m... |
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| 2019-11-26 |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Radio Drama Part Two We’re continuing our pairing of influential sci-fi radio dramas by following up our War of the Worlds episode with the BBC’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Joining us is Eli McIlven, the creator of the scripted podcast Alba Salix and the improv ... |
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| 2019-11-11 | War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is one of the first and greatest science fiction novels of all time. The radio drama adaptation performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre is perhaps the most acclaimed and infamous broadcast of the medium. James ... |
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| 2019-10-28 | Halloween is almost here! It’s time for Coraline. The film was directed by Henry Selick, and is based on a novella by Neil Gaiman. James begins by explaining that the story borrows from a long line of coming-of-age fairy tales. He then compares stories... |
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| 2019-10-15 | Dracula by Bram Stoker is one of the most influential books of horror ever written. It’s October, and right now, that’s what we’re about. Claire begins with an overview of vampire legends across the millennia. Next she focuses in on the real life condi... |
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| 2019-10-01 | We’re following up our episode on Mobile Suit Gundam with another one of the most pivotal anime ever made– Neon Genesis Evangelion. Claire starts by exploring why giant robots are such a huge part of Japanese culture, including the powerful idea of the... |
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| 2019-09-16 | When Mobile Suit Gundam came out in 1979 it changed Japanese pop culture and the perception of what Giant Robots could be. The team at DSRA couldn’t be more excited to delve into one of the most beloved animes. James starts off by going through all of ... |
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| 2019-09-02 | Die is a comic book created by writer, Kieron Gillen and artist, Stephanie Hans, about five adults in our world compelled to return to the horror of a fantasy world that they barely escaped in their youth. The series is published by Image Comics and wa... |
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| 2019-08-20 | This year marks the fantasy film’s 35th anniversary, and it’s a great opportunity for us to talk about escaping to magical lands. The NeverEnding Story is about a grieving, bullied boy named Bastian Balthazar Bux and his heroic alter ego Atreu’s quest ... |
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| 2019-08-05 | We are so thankful to have published one hundred episodes! Thank you to all of our listeners! We’ve had the pleasure of discussing so many great pieces of nerd history and we’re looking back at some of our favorites and why they’ve had such a lasting e... |
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