Podcast Recommendation Day is here! (Still working on a catchy name..)

 Nerdist

Nerdist is long form interviews between host Chris Hardwick (the Talking Dead guy, kinda looks like Ryan Seacrest mixed with Chris Harrison) interviewing just about every movie star you can think up and some musicians too.

There are over 800 episodes by now. Some people they talk to more than once, some people I had no idea who they were but love them by the end of the show and have now watched their movies/heard their songs/binged their TV shows.

In such a “sound bite” culture it’s great to hear from these people who are such a part of pop culture for a long time. You almost feel like you know them by the end of the talk – and sometimes it’s shocking how awesome these people are.

Most episodes are about an hour of super minimally edited, raw conversation. Chris can be a little annoying. He’s pretty full of himself and and a bit of a “one upper”. And once you’ve heard several of the episodes he’ll get a little repetitive with some personal stories – I don’t blame him for this, he’s the one constant of 800 episodes with almost 800 different people – of course he repeats himself with different people. But the conversations almost always leave me with a little truth nugget from these super successful people.

There are too many favorite episodes to share just a few. These episodes stand completely on their own, so scroll through the feed and pick out someone you’ve always admired. They do cuss in these, so watch out for little ears – nothing too over the top most of the time though.

FYI – they always end the podcast the same way, with the phrase “Enjoy your burrito” – there is a story behind that – but I’ll let you find that episode on your own! Happy Podcasting!