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Nerdist Camp

Nerdist Camp

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Kris Grainger & Andi Elliott present a weekly podcast that aims to free the geek! Join drill sergeants Kris & Andi as they set up camp and parade all things geek for your inspection. Each week they'll be raiding the barracks for all things gaming, music, hobbies, role-play, sci-fi, astronomy, science, conspiracy, unsolved mystery, toys, comics, cosplay, film, documentary, coffee, vinyl, home recording, computers, AI, retro-tech, radiation, cold-war, history, UFO...and so on. Join us under the canvas for a delve into the world of the nerd, and make suggestions on Discord for topics and questions that you'd like us to look into. From time to time we'll have guests in the mess tent who are experts in particular topics. So keep us on your podcast provider's radar and keep your comms open, because Nerdist Camp needs you to sign up right now!

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Kris Grainger & Andi Elliott
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  • Artemis II

    Artemis II
    Apr 10 2026
    Have you ever had one of those holidays where you’re all stuck in a caravan together, with the environment outside being so hostile that you daren't venture out? As if that wasn’t bad enough, just as you’re heading to your destination, the toilet backs up. Well, imagine that scenario but instead you’re orbiting the moon, and they haven’t even given you a bunk bed! Yes, it’s been 50 years, but finally, we’ve been back to the Moon!For the first time in over fifty years, four humans have successfully flown around the Moon. NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1st, 2026, and this week the crew completed their lunar flyby, breaking the all-time record for the furthest any human has ever been from Earth. They're currently on their way home. So what actually happened up there, why did it take this long to get back, and what does it all mean for the future of human space exploration?Related Media You Might LikeFor All Mankind (Apple TV+) — alternate history where the Space Race never ended. Excellent.Apollo 13 — still holds up, and weirdly relevant given the distance record connection.NASA+ / NASA YouTube — the live flyby coverage was genuinely worth watching.The Martian (Ridley Scott, 2015) — if the Moon conversation leads to Mars.The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983)NewsProject Hail Mary cinema successNick Pope, UK UFO expert passed awayClaude: We formed Project Glasswing because of capabilities we’ve observed in a new frontier model trained by Anthropic that we believe could reshape cybersecurity. Claude Mythos2 Preview is a general-purpose, unreleased frontier model that reveals a stark fact: AI models have reached a level of coding capability where they can surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities.Grainger ThingsWhen Soviet Youth Bootlegged Western Rock Music on Discarded X-Rays: Hear Original Audio Samples | Open CultureSo yeah, you could listen to The Beatles “I’m looking through you”, whilst having an X-Ray of someone’s broken bones on the turntable. This fortnight we are recommendingAndi:See how far you’ve travelled through space so far in your lifetime - Cosmic Odometer - Space Travel CalculatorBBC Audio | 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis IIFoundation, Apple TVShrinking season 3Kris:Public Service Broadcasting - The Race for SpacePink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1972)Tangerine Dream - ZeitMichael Jackson: An American Tragedy (BBC iplayer)“Right about now - ish” (anniversaries we might have missed)Apple tuned 50 on 1st of April (Apple: The First 50 Years: Amazon.co.uk)Portmeirion turned 100 on 2nd of April (Sir Clough Williams-Ellis)Links mentioned in this episodeHow a piece of military tech changed music forever - YouTubeProject Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era \ AnthropicOstation Pro 2 (Battery charging, testing and management)ISS Live Now (Mac)ISS Live Now (Android, also available as a Family version)NASA TV (YouTube)If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:nerdistcamp@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Silent Running

    Silent Running
    Mar 21 2026

    It’s lonely out in space. It’s lonelier when you’re a plant-loving hippy and the rest of the crew not only hate you, but they’re totally indifferent about soil, plants and wildlife. When you’re only friends are droids and plants, but you feel like the one man to save what’s left of the Earth, in the hope that one day, there might be trees, lakes and nature there once again.


    Today we trade the Nerdist Camp tent for a dome. So grab your watering can, load up the buggy, grab Huey, Dewey and Louis and head for the biodomes, but not too fast mind! For today we take a deep dive into the film, and the legacy of its message. Yes, today we look at Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 hippy epic, Silent Running.


    This fortnight we are recommending


    Kris:

    • Mike and the Mechanics debut album (featuring Silent Running).
    • Crime Next Door: The Cop, The Kidnap and the Killer (good time to explain family links to this story - Higley and the break-in at the flat).
    • Wangsplaining
    • Once We Were Spacemen


    Andi:

    • Paradise - Disney+
    • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Apple TV
    • Scrubs, season 10 on Disney+ (Kris interject with The Roses mistaken identity story, Brooklin 99)
    • How To Get To Heaven From Belfast - Netflix
    • Disclosure Day - new trailer


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  • Ghosts

    Ghosts
    Mar 6 2026
    Have you ever worried about being scared by the ghosties, or grabbed by the ghoulies? Then today might be the chance you’ve been looking for to rip the covers off the mystery, or just stay away from that trap door.Ghost hunting has exploded in popularity over the last couple of decades, largely thanks to TV shows like Most Haunted, Ghost Adventures, and more recently countless YouTube and TikTok creators wandering around dark buildings with gadgets. But as the hobby has grown, so has the market for ghost hunting equipment, and that now includes a whole world of smartphone and tablet apps that claim to detect spirits, translate their words, or even display them on screen. So how much of this is genuine investigation, and how much is entertainment dressed up as evidence?NewsThere’s a tiny digital camera inside these retro 35mm film rolls | The VergeGhosts TV sitcom brought back to life as a feature film - BBC NewsThis fortnight we are recommendingKris:The Roses (Jay Roach, 2025)You Heard It Here First (Chris Macausland, BBC Sounds). Ghost radio - Leopoldo GoutHunting Ghosts with Gatiss & ColesThe Anglesey Vampire Killer (Crime Next Door, BBC Sounds)A Ghost Story for ChristmasAndi:The CreatorThe Last Frontier - Apple TVThe Mothman Prophecies - JustWatchRichard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf - podcast (writer of the Mothman Prophecies screenplay)Hannah Fry - AI ConfidentialKatee Sachoff Show - BSG rewatchLinksSandi Toksvig Billy Bragg records a radio broadcast and hears something very strange on Sandi's live show.If you like what you hear, please subscribe to get notifications when each episode drops.If you'd like to suggest topics for the show, or even if you think you might be geeky enough to be a guest, then please contact the show at:nerdistcamp@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 h y 12 m
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