I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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Pete, love the show, love your laugh! I first heard you on Alison Rosen’s show. I love the religion segments. Good on ya!
Hearing greg talk about asian feet was intense as hell.
The best one so far! Great subjects and insight!
Shadows on the cave wall = Plato
I love love love how you are aware of Channing Tatum but you have no idea who Adele is.
This episode was amazing.
Pete screeching and yelling “YOU MADE IT WEIRD!” after Greg brought up Asian’s feet needs to be a text tone. So great.
I came for the Chelsea interview, I stayed to wait to hear Pete finally come out of the closet (jk), and I shall always stay for episodes like Greg’s. I seriously never thought I’d say this because I have such a long list of podcasts I love and live to hear, but this might have just moved to the top. And the relistenability matches Doug’s. Crazy talk I tell you!
Keep it crispy Petey.
“Really? NUMBERS?!?!”
“I’M ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS!!!”
“NUMBERS!!!”
“It became a domino effect.”
“That HAPPENS?!”
“THERE’S A SCOUTING REPORT?!?!”
“A JEWISH GIRL NAMED RACHEL?!?!?!”
“ON THE 50 YARD LINE?!?!?!?!”
“YOU OPENED WITH ANAL?!?!?!?!?!”
“NO!!! THIS HAPPENS?!?!?!?!?!?!”
“NO! YOU’RE BATMAN!!!”
“YOU’RE SALTY.”
“It’s your testosterone! You’re grabbing people out of cabs! You’re shaving your wife’s pussy!”
“He found your Sad Button.”
“I think we talked about this, ‘cuz I like boobs too!”
Pete, those were all pretty much the best exclamations ever. But the best quote of the episode goes to Greg:
“You know what? I gotta go. I gotta friend who I respect out front who’s a man, and I have to go treat him with dignity.”
Greg’s a sharp cookie.
“It is wrongly supposed that the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ implies an eternal struggle among members of the species from which only the strongest (that is, most competitive) emerge victorious.
Actually fitness in the biological sense refers only to the capacity to produce surviving offspring who in turn live to reproduce…it becomes clear that the tendency to cooperate contributes far more to fitness than any competitive inclination. Raising offspring for early animal-humanity was a difficult undertaking, and only those who could work effectively with others were likely to succeed.”
(Baby/young humans are not “fittest” they are pretty much all vulnerable for years and likely took cooperation of early humans to protect,feed,continue the species.)
It is unnecessary to use god to explain altruism (even within a “survival of the fittest” framework, cooperative and altruistic genes can be selected for if they were more successful).
A delightfully “wierd” and raunchy edition of this always-fun podcast! I could clearly picture Pete squirming in his chair as Fitz made things weirder and weirder, BRAVO!
I’ve begun using the term “Salty” in my day to day conversation. All your fault Pete.
Whoa, Wildcard Fitzsimmons! I only know Greg from his stand-up, and wasn’t expecting things to get weird so fast, but I loved it!