Nerdy news, ranked, argued and closed out
Greg and Sam spend each month's episode working through the nerdy news — streaming shakeups, game announcements, comic-con plans, whatever landed. The format leans on top-three lists, awards, picks of the week and friendly argument rather than formal analysis.
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We Podcast and We Know Things ran for 416 episodes as a monthly survey of nerdy news, hosted by Greg and Sam. The structure was simple and repeated: a greeting, a riff, then a month's worth of film, TV, gaming, music, tech and comics worked through in conversation. What held it together was the two hosts' rapport. They interrupted each other constantly, corrected details mid-sentence, and argued about rankings with obvious affection. The show favored lists over essays. Top-three countdowns, a personal pick of the week, and head-to-head trivia gave shape to what would otherwise be a long chat. Once a year came the We Pod Awards, a full episode devoted to counting down the best TV — the 2024 edition worked through Baby Reindeer, The Penguin and Shrinking Season Two, with Shogun sitting at the top of one host's list. Gaming coverage skewed toward the personal. A new game announcement got genuine excitement; the return of Backyard Sports prompted a roll call of names remembered from childhood and a firm opinion about which year the series peaked. Streaming was a persistent sore spot. Password-sharing crackdowns, annual price increases, and the running math of which bundle actually saves money came up repeatedly, delivered with the exasperation of people who subscribe to nearly all of them anyway. Occasional bonus episodes broke format for interviews — one brought in Austin and Taryn from the band Durry for a conversation that drifted from scootering to Lego to custom Nintendo 64 cartridges. Even then, the tone stayed the same: curious, informal, more interested in landing on a clear take than sounding authoritative. Comic con trips and listener messages made regular appearances, and the hosts were candid about their own numbers and their own lateness. The archive ends in November 2024. The finale was recorded in a cramped basement, the same room where the show began, the first time in over four years the two had been in one place to record. They counted the run at 3,034 days. The awards episode that followed was billed as the very last piece of content in the feed. For listeners who like their pop-culture coverage opinionated, unpolished and built on years of shared shorthand, the back catalogue holds up as a complete, closed run rather than an ongoing feed.
Made for: Listeners who follow film, TV, gaming and comics casually but constantly, and prefer two friends arguing over a ranking to a formal review show. Good for anyone who enjoys nostalgia-driven tangents and blunt verdicts.
What sets it apart: The rankings, awards and picks give a rambling monthly catch-up real structure, and the hosts' four-plus years of shared shorthand make it feel like listening in rather than being briefed. It is also a finished archive with a deliberate ending, not an open-ended feed.
Your one source for all the nerdy news in everything from film & TV to music, gaming, tech & comics! We do interviews, head-to-head trivia, weekly top 3 lists & a personal pick of the week every episode!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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