My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

I don't know if the podcast as a medium will ever have the cultural impact that TV and movies do. It may never be super-mainstream.

Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.

I think doing the podcast may have been one of the best career decisions I've ever made in my life.

It's very easy to attack ourselves. Even comforting in its familiarity, but you must resist this urge at all costs. Dwelling on the past or your perceived flaws will do nothing but keep you under emotional house arrest and hamper your progress. Commit yourself to growth and reward yourself with kindness for choosing to do so!

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, it took effort to be a nerd. You had to seek out the nerd stuff.

I probably get one or two days off every five or six weeks.