Up Your Nerd Cred
Casual Host CiCi, Expert Host AM Diaz
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S2E12 We’ve Been Here the Whole Time: Women in Nerd Culture | UYNC S2 Ep 12
Who built nerd culture?If you’ve ever been made to feel like women “entered” comics, fandom, or nerd spaces late, this episode is here to gently (and not-so-gently) correct the record.Because women…
Can a Good Person Be a Good Leader? | UYNC S2 Ep11
Can a good person actually be a good leader? Or does leadership force people to compromise what makes them “good” in the first place?This week on Up Your Nerd Cred, CiCi is joined by longtime friend…
"To all those who enter here..." The Happiest Place on Earth, with Tiffie Starchild | UYNC S2 E10
What happens when nerd culture collides with the happiest place on Earth?This week on Up Your Nerd Cred, AM Diaz takes the lead mic while CiCi reacts as the conversation dives into one of the most…
S2E9 The Little Mermaid: A Gay Danish Allegory (Tentacles Optional) | UYNC S2 Ep 9
The Little Mermaid: A Gay Danish Allegory (Tentacles Optional) | Up Your Nerd CredDid you know the original version of The Little Mermaid is significantly darker than the Disney classic most of us…
Beyond “Black” and Lightning: Black Heroes Breaking the Trope | UYNC S2 Ep8
It’s the end of Black History Month and we’re highlighting Black superheroes who don’t rely on lightning powers or “Black” in their codename. From Green Lanterns to War Machine, from Monet St. Croix…
Why Black Heroes Are Always Carrying Trauma | Storm, Shuri & the Cost of Being “Strong” | UYNC S2 E7
What does it cost to always be the strong one?This week, we’re digging into grief, trauma, and emotional resilience across Marvel’s Black heroes — from Luke Cage’s incarceration and invulnerability,…
Black Power Ranger or Pink One? Growing Up as the Token Black Girl | UYNC S2 Ep 6
Were you the Black Power Ranger… or the Pink one?In this solo episode of Up Your Nerd Cred, CiCi dives into what it meant to grow up as the token Black girl in 90s TV friend groups — and the quiet,…
Zero to Hero: The Evolution of the Disney Prince Pt 2 (With Solving for X) | UYNC S2 Ep 5
We’re back with Part 2 of our deep dive into the Disney Prince pipeline — and this time, things get competitive.CiCi, AM Diaz, and the Solving for X crew finish the conversation by putting these…
S2E4 Zero to Hero: The Evolution of the Disney Prince Pt 1 (With Solving for X) | UYNC S2 Ep 4
This week, we’re stepping outside the Marvel and DC multiverses (just for a minute) to talk about the Disney Princes — and how they evolved from voiceless, last-minute plot devices into fully…
S2E3 Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Original Must See TV | UYNC S2 Ep3
Did you grow up thinking cartoons were just something you watched before going outside—only to realize later they were also 22-minute toy ads wrapped in surprisingly strong moral messaging?This week…
S2E2 22 Minute Toy Ads: Why Gen X and Millennials Nostalgia Game is Strong | UYNC S2 Ep 2
Did you ever wonder why you still remember cereal mascots, toy commercials, and Saturday morning cartoons with unsettling clarity?In this episode of Up Your Nerd Cred, we break down how entire…
I Used to Play with Myself... | UYNC Season 2 Ep 1
Welcome back to Up Your Nerd Cred, and welcome to Season 2.This week, we’re talking about toys-not just the ones we played with, but the ones that quietly taught us who we were allowed to be. From…
Flash, Get in Here and Fix This Timeline | UYNC Ep 28
If timelines keep breaking, and universes keep rebooting, eventually someone has to live with the consequences.In the thrilling conclusion of our Flash trilogy, CiCi and AM tackle the fallout of…
DAD, FLASH BROKE THE TIMELINE, AGAIN! | UYNC Ep 27
The Flash isn’t just one guy in red spandex—it’s a whole family, and DC continuity has been putting them through a cosmic blender since the Silver Age. In this episode, we break down how Crisis on…
S1E26 Mom, Flash Broke the Timeline! | UYNC Episode 26
Did you know there are FIVE different Flashes? Because CiCi sure didn’t — and AM absolutely did. 😭In Part 1 of this expert-level two-parter, we start at the very beginning with Jay Garrick, the…
S1E25 Is Thor Falling on My Car an Act of God?| UYNC Ep 25
What actually happens when superheroes, gods, villains, and reality-warpers run headfirst into real-world law?Today we’re diving into the wonderfully messy chaos of superhero legal theory and asking…
S1E24 Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! Wait, Who Are You Again? | UYNC Ep 24
This episode breaks down why Zan and Jayna — the Wonder Twins — are some of DC’s most underrated heavy hitters. Despite debuting in Super Friends (1977), their powers were far stronger than the show…
S1E23 How Strange Was My Doctor? Stephen Vs Hugo | UYNC Ep 23
Welcome back! This week CiCi dives into the tale of two Doctors Strange- Marvel’s Stephen Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (sometimes), and DC’s Hugo Strange, Batman’s underappreciated OG mad scientist…
S1E22 The Marvelous Ms... er Captain Marvels pt 2| UYNC Ep 22
This week’s episode of Up Your Nerd Cred continues our Marvels duology with a focused deep dive into Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan.We cover:• Why Monica Rambeau keeps getting renamed and how her…
S1E17 The Marvelous Ms Marvels | UYNC Ep 21
Carol Danvers may be the Captain Marvel you know from the MCU — but she’s far from the only one to claim that name. This week, CiCi and AM Diaz explore the women who redefined what “Marvel” means:…
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