The Nerdologues

Regular listeners may remember Bill's first MBSing appearance right after Election Day 2014. At the time he worked with United Way and Get Covered Illinois. He returns to unpack Election Day 2016 as a first year law student driven by the desire to affect policy. This conversation was recorded about six hours after the presidential race was called. It is raw, biased, and comes from a place of privilege.

Last Saturday, Tim, Clayton, Kellen, and a bevy of guests helped raise $1000 for Lurie Children's Hospital via a 24-hour video gaming marathon. Hear their descent into madness here. 

A few weeks ago, Nerdologues founder Kevin Reader was an artist-in-residence at his alma mater the University of Illinois. The last night of his residency, he closed out the week with a wonderful Your Stories show!

This week, Chicago theatrical talent Fin Coe explores the concept of playlist-as-diary from one of the "most life-changiest of months" he's ever faced. 

Volunteering has been so integral for Emily's life that she didn't realize it was the perfect topic for her to chat about. From the Appalachia Service Project to The Ronald McDonald House, Emily has found causes she can contribute her time and energy to that make people's lives tangibly better. The real story here is about her time with REALITY Theatre, a local group that used the actual experiences of young people to reach school audiences on topic like substance use and bullying.

With the recent announcement of Skyrim Special Edition, the Talking Games boys take an episode to look back on one of their favorite games -- and one of the games that brought them all together. <3

For the first time ever, Your Stories comes out on Halloween! To celebrate, we've taken some of the spookiest stories from the last five years of our show to reshare!

What does a man craving adventure do with 64 MB of space? 

WOW what an exciting episode! Past guest of the show Timothy Dunn recently took a trip to Springfield, IL, and Abraham Lincoln appeared before him and said he’s returned to earth to guide the American people through this election. Tim convinced him to do a podcast for 15 minutes every week to discuss current events. After a few months of episodes, President Lincoln reached out to MBS personally (!!!) to take a break from discussing the 2016 election to talk about his new favorite band, Weezer, on MBSing. But don't worry, for some reason he thinks they only have two albums.

This week, a panel of experts/casual gamers/friends joins us to discuss last week's Nintendo Switch announcement!