2024 is coming to a close, so we decided to sneak in one more episode to talk about all of our favorites of 2024, from books and movies to IRL moments that had us obsessed. Plus a look forward to what we’re excited for in 2025.

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We return with our final batch of interviews with some of the cast of Outlander Season 7B! With Big Gold Belt Media, Janna was thrilled to speak with Graham McTavish (Dougal MacKenzie) and Lotte Verbeek (Geillis Duncan) about their surprising return to Outlander after several years away (and after the pretty famous deaths of their both their characters).

We also got to ask the delightful Charles Vandervaart all about Lord Ellesmere (and Jamie's secret son) William Ransom, including how he's doing after that shocking reveal in Episode 11.

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-Graham McTavish and Lotte Verbeek

-Charles Vandervaart

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We recently had the absolute pleasure of interviewing some of the cast of the Starz hit tv series Outlander through our friends Big Gold Belt Media. Janna sat down with cast members from Season 7 to talk about Part 2 of the season, which premiered Nov 22 on Starz.

We chatted with John Bell (Young Ian), Rik Rankin (Roger MacKenzie), Diarmaid Murtagh (Buck MacKenzie), Steven Cree (Ian Murray Sr), Kristin Atherton (Jenny Murray), as well as executive producers and showrunners Maril Davis and Matthew B Roberts.

Outlander Season 7 Part 2 is airing Fridays on Starz!

Find the video interviews from here:

Steven Cree and Kristin Atherton: https://youtu.be/kH-FvneJUYg?si=a7u6KEimu9dW-09B

John Bell: https://youtu.be/Kvd_vIcTQm4?si=irt8VF_r9L1KpYoa

Rik Ranking and Diarmaid Murtagh: https://youtu.be/Li27DGVIUbE?si=jPj7Ts-IPjRvwk-C

Maril Davis and Matthew B Roberts: https://youtu.be/ecvdJOdT8t4?si=O4XukrtrfDMfNr7n

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Season 2 of The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime came to a thrilling (ish?) conclusion in episode 8 and we talked through all of our many feelings.

We chatted Julie's love for the epic Balrog fight in Khazad-dum, Andee's excitement at Berek's cameo, and the death that absolutely destroyed Janna emotionally. Plus, we repeatedly expressed our frustration at the pitfalls of 8 episode seasons. Stop it, studios!

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It’s hard to believe that The Rings of Power is almost over!

Each week The Rings of Power is raising the stakes, and episodes 6 and 7 were no exception. From Celembrimbor’s slow descent into madness under Sauron’s abuse, to Galadriel and Adar’s continued but mysterious chemistry, and the incredible massive battle of Eregion, there was so much to talk about. We covered all the major storylines, compared what we loved with what might have been a miss, and made mostly sad predictions about the season finale. Don't worry, we all agreed Berek the horse was going to be fine!

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We welcomed back author Ashley Hawthorne to the Nerds Awaken studio to talk all about her latest release Death Sentence, available now from Creative James Media!

We chatted sophmore novel struggles, her first foray into murder mysteries, and the idea for a lighthouse horror romance she just can't get out of her head.

Learn more about Ashley at her website.

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We are back with more deeply insightful, highly educated and meta commentary on the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Rings of Power. Just kidding...you know we would never. As per usual there is language, lots of commentary on how hot people are, and hoping characters get kicked in the balls (looking at you, Kemen, and maybe Elrond).

We broke down episodes 4 & 5, which we unanimously loved. We chat our most/least favorite story arcs, our biggest theories, Julie shows off some newfound LOTR knowledge, Andee just needs to make sure Berek is okay, and how Janna's all-consuming new obsession with shipping Adar and Galadriel is ruining her life.

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We had the great privilege of sitting down with Jennifer L. Armentrout, New York Times #1 bestselling author of over 70 books including the wildly popular Blood and Ash series. Her latest release Born of Blood and Ash, book 4 in the Flesh and Fire series is available now!

We asked Jennifer about her long and prolific writing career, from her writing habits and favorite tropes to her upcoming publishing schedule and the earth-friendly way she celebrates completing each book. Plus she gives us some zombie movie recs!

Learn more about Jennifer L. Armentrout at her website.