Why So Sidious? A Nerd Podcast
THE podcast to cover your favorite fandom properties. Comics and books, movies and shows - Marvel, Star Wars, DC, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, & More!
Hosts: David Cochran, Jeremy Darr, Caleb Culver, & Andy Mosson
Offering a variety of episodes:
-WEEK IN GEEK covering relevant nerd news
-NERD THERAPY questions, games, theories, and a wide variety of topics
-NOVICE NERD character origins/background
-MOVIE REVIEWS
-COMIC REVIEWS
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Business Email: whysosidious@yahoo.com
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Episodes
317 episodes
IT: Welcome to Derry Series Review!
Discussing all episodes of the IT prequel HBO series Welcome to Derry. Pennywise the Clown unleashes, bringing loads of lore to this Stephen King universe - and we'll fill you all the way in on how this universe is connected (Doctor Sleep, The ...
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Week in Geek 12/17/25: Avengers Doomsday Leaked Trailer, DCU Supergirl & Lanterns, & More!
Marvel, Star Wars, DC News! Including Black Panther 3 release date, Star Wars video game Fate of the Old Republic, and moreSocials: @whysosidiouspod X - Instagram ...
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Novice Nerd: Who is X-23?
Wolverine's daughter - Laura Kinney's comic book origin and background. First comics appearance, first time meeting the X Men & more!Socials: X/Instagram/TikTok: @whysosidiouspodEmail us questions/requests: whysosidious...
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Stranger Things S5 Episodes 3-4 Review
Socials: @whysosidiouspod X - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube Subscribe, Like, or Comment to interact & request topics! <...
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Week in Geek 12/8/25 Netflix buys WB, Scarlett Johansson in The Batman 2, DCU Brainiac Cast & More!
Socials: @whysosidiouspod X - Instagram - TikTok - YouTube Subscribe, Like, or Comment to interact & request topics! <...
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Hickman's Avengers Vol. 5 Comic Review - Road to Secret Wars
Marvel comic book review!! We're getting closer to Secret Wars!! A multidimensional group of Avengers come to the 616, Bruce Banner confronts Tony Stark about incursions and the Illuminati's solution to those incursions, and we also learn how t...
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Hickman Fantastic Four Vol 1 Dark Reign Comic Review - Road to Secret Wars
We're covering Hickman's Avengers/New Avengers through Infinity and Time Runs Out volume by volume and in honor of the MCU's Fantastic Four movie, we're taking a detour back to where Reed Richards builds THE Bridge. Plus Sue Storm and Reed's ch...
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Hickman's New Avengers Vol. 3 Comic Review: Road to Secret Wars
Cold Open - pick a Marvel event, and a character to base it around: Venom & Apocalypse 06:50 Intro, Art, & Overall Thoughts 13:45 Comics Multiverse vs MCU Multiverse, & Hickman's Fantastic Four connection <...
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Avengers: Infinity Comic Review (3/3): Road to Secret Wars
The Road to Secret Wars, our comic book review of Johnathan Hickman’s epic Avengers run, continues! We dive back into the Infinity event by Jonathan Hickman, covering the following issues:-New Avengers #11-Infinity #5-Avengers #...
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Avengers: Infinity Comic Review (2/3): Road to Secret Wars
Our comic book review of Johnathan Hickman’s epic Avengers run! The MCU taking a large amount of influence from this comic run. The Illuminati plot and scheme. Black Bolt yells at Thanos. Captain America gains galactic respect. Thor penetra...
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Avengers: Infinity Comic Review (1/3): Road to Secret Wars
Comic Book review! Join JD and David as they discuss Johnathan Hickman's Infinity. Thanos invades, the multiverse is collapsing, and the Builder fleet demolishes everything in their path on their way to Earth. Looks like the Avengers are going ...
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Hickman's New Avengers Vol. 1 Comic Review: Road to Secret Wars
Comic Book review! Join hosts Jeremy Darr and David Cochran as we discuss Johnathan Hickman's Avengers/New Avengers run, which takes us through Infinity (ft. Thanos), and all the way to Secret Wars. Here's where the incursions are introduced an...
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Hickman's Avengers Vol. 2 Comic Review: Road to Secret Wars
Join us for our coverage on Johnathan Hickman's Avengers/New Avengers run which takes us through Infinity (ft. Thanos), and all the way to Secret Wars.Avengers (2012) Issues #7-13Special appearance by the High Evolutionary, ...
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Hickman's Avengers Vol. 1 Comic Review: Road to Secret Wars
Comic Book review! This is the start to our coverage on Johnathan Hickman's Avengers/New Avengers run which takes us through Infinity (ft. Thanos), and all the way to Secret Wars.Avengers (2012)Issues #1-6As we know the MCU'...
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Stranger Things Season 5 Episode 1-2 Review
“The Crawl” and “The Vanishing of…” waste no time: Hawkins is fractured and bleeding, Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, and the whole crew are older, scarred, and facing something far worse than Vecna. The Duffers crank the darkness to eleven - massi...
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Week In Geek 12/1/25 When to Expect Batman Brave and the Bold, Lanterns, Supergirl Trailers & More!
This is our nerd news episode packed with Marvel, Star Wars, DC & pop culture news!! DCU Trailers, James Gunn addresses when we might see Batman in the DCU, we also talk about Project Hail Mary (book turned movie coming out soon) and a litt...
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Spider-Man Comics & DC/Marvel Differences in Comic Character Treatment w/ Omnibus God!
We dive into Spider-Man comic book history featuring @OMNIBUSGOD go FOLLOW on Tik Tok and YouTube. We look into how Marvel treats their characters and their comics compared to DC and characters like Batman who seems to have more of and better e...
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Week in Geek 11/24/25: Black Panther 3 Confirmed, DC Lantern Series Delayed, Sadie Sink in Avengers Doomsday & More!
Week in Geek is your weekly nerd news update in all things Marvel, Star Wars, DC, and pop culture!!-Knives Out Wake Up Dead Man Trailer-House of the Dragon renewed for Season 4-Ryan Coogler confirms Black Panther, Sadie Swi...
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Week in Geek 11/16/25 Nightwing & Red Hood Origins in Dynamic Duo, Scarlet Witch in Avengers 5/6? & More!
Marvel, Star Wars, DC News! Will the MCU bring Wanda Maximoff back for Doomsday or Secret Wars? Jason Todd and Dick Greyson's DCU origin story will be told in Dynamic Duo! And spinning out of James Gunn's Superman comes a Jimmy Olson series and...
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Stranger Things S1-4 Recap & S5 Expectations/Theories
We are pumped for the final season of Stranger Things. We're diving into our favorite aspects of Seasons 1-4 and then we're speculating on what we can expect from Season 5. Ranking seasons 1-4, best scenes in the series, favorite/least favorite...
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Week in Geek 11/09/25 Avengers Doomsday Quotes, Clayface Wraps Filming & More!
Simu Liu and Channing Tatum have high praise for Avengers 5, fan casting Alan Richardson since he won't be the DCU's Batman, & More! This is where we cover nerd news coming out of Marvel, DC, Star Wars, and other nerd properties.<...
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DCeased Comic Review
An (non canon) DC comic book event. Darkseid finally achieves anti life. The Justice League can't save the world this time. Now it's all about survival and possibly escape. Heroes turned the mindless killing machines, twists, turns, and EPIC ac...
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Week in Geek 11/01/25 Avengers Doomsday Trailer and DCU Lanterns Details! + IT: Welcome to Derry E1 Review
Dr Doom central to first Avengers Doomsday trailer? A Green Lantern murdered on Earth? John Williams and Steven Spielberg on a UFO movie, IT prequel series episode 1 review & More!Socials: @whysosidiouspod&nb...
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