Your Stories: Clip Archive

Welcome to our new Your Stories clip archive! At five years old, the Your Stories podcast has heard hundreds of individual stories. We at The Nerdologues are now cataloging them here on the site for easier browsing.

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Storytellers Case Blackwell
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Storytellers Britta Rowings
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Storytellers Chris Crotwell
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Storytellers Alison Lynch
"You can really use this in any context where something might be smooth."
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Storytellers Chris Geiger

Everyone knows Will Riker is the galaxy's best comedian. Here's proof via Nerdologues member Chris Geiger!

"I never really cared until I met you."
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Three-part harmonies abound when Claire, Dwight, and Eric cover Heart!

"Hey. Wait. I've got a new complaint."
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Eric tunes down to dropped D for this Nirvana classic.

"It's been all right. I've had a lovely night with you."
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Storytellers Dwight Haesler and Eric Garneau

Have you heard of Ian Rubbish and the Bizarros? How about Fred Armisen? Here's a song from his fake(ish) band with a really sweet message.

"Who will be Goliath? And will you throw the stone?"
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Storytellers Dwight Haesler and Eric Garneau

One of Dwight's favorite tracks from 2013 was this semi-unreleased Streetlight Manifesto song. Hear his version!

"I swear I'd drive all night just to buy you some shoes."
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Storytellers Eric Garneau and Dwight Haesler

Eric and Dwight take on the Boss via Glen Hansard and Eddie Vedder.

"I like keeping around melancholy songs and films to help me feel emotions instead of ignoring them."
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Storytellers Mary Beth Smith

Mary Beth reflects on the past year by employing one of her favorite contemplative songs, the Mountain Goats' "This Year."

"That takes the cake."
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Storytellers Katie Keenan

Katie Keenan performs an exercise in lyrical speech thanks to the magic of Gram-O-Rama.

"I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies."
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Oh my Lorde (cover)!

"This kind of attention to detail is something you only see from best friends and schizophrenics."
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Storytellers Mary Zee

Mary Zee's love for Buffy The Vampire Slayer goes beyond the average fan. In this story she shares songs from a Buffy-dominated alternate universe.

"They're really an ode to failure."
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Storytellers Matthew Sudman

Matthew uses the meaning of "annual" as a yearly comic release to talk about his love of newspaper comic strips and what that means in an increasingly digital landscape.

"Pull the ripchord; your ship has lost its sail."
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Storytellers Eric Garneau

Eric uses a story of an annual tribute concert at his old comic book store to talk about an old relationship, one that was possibly founded on false pretenses. He also plays some Rilo Kiley!

"She asked me 'Son, when I grow old will you buy me a house of gold?'"
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Storytellers Dwight Haesler and Eric Garneau

Dwight and Eric perform the hit from Twenty-One (Stone Temple) Pilots.

"All I think of lately is how to get you underneath me."
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Claire, Dwight, and Eric take on Tegan & Sara's big hit of 2013.

"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year."
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Storytellers Dwight Haesler and Eric Garneau

Nerdologues member Alex Talavera's farewell song from our September 2013 episode is reprised here as part of the 2013 year-end episode. 

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Storytellers Lauren Rodriguez

A reprise of Lauren's February 2013 story from "New Beginnings," in which she talks about her aversion to change and what it means to lose the place where you grow up. Selected as part of 2013's year-end episode!

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Storytellers Shelby Mongan

For our 2013 year-end episode, we decided to celebrate one of our favorite moments from the year - Shelby and Lauren's dovetailing stories about the homes in which they grew up from February 2014's New Beginnings Part 1. Those stories are represented here with a new introduction from both Shelby and Lauren. 

“Once I found out my dad had wanted a boy, I decided it was going to be my personal project to be the son he never had.”
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Storytellers Allison MacWilliams-Brooks

Nerdologues spouse Allison MacWilliams-Brooks tells of her unique situation as the only nerd-culture inclined one of five daughters born to a father who wanted a son and the continued importance of their Star Trek bond through her father’s memory loss.

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Storytellers Mary Zee

Originally from September 2013's "Best Laid Plans" episode, Mary Zee's story of the dreaded "morning after" is represented here with a new introduction from Nerdologues bard Dwight Haesler. 

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Storytellers Chris Blake

Back in August 2013, Northwestern adjunct Professor Blake educated us in the different types of game players we'd see in the world. Here's a reminder on that lesson with a new introduction from Nerdologues member Kevin Reader. 

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Storytellers Chris Crotwell

Chris Crotwell's insightful and touching story about his desire to be a tastemaker - something many nerds share - is represented here from its original July 2013 setting with a new introduction from Shelby Mongan.