About

Down and Nerdy airs every Friday morning at 8:30 on 91.9 FM WFPK in Louisville, KY. It’s the greatest radio station in the world. But then, we would say that … wouldn’t we?

If  you’re not fortunate enough to live in the awesome city of Louisville, you can listen online at wfpk.org. You can also subscribe to this podcast, as well as a whole bunch of other ones we put out.

James Bickers is the morning drive host on WFPK. He’s been doing that for six years now, which means he’s always tired and always has that “Oh god I got too little sleep” stomach ache. He has three kids, which he uses as justification for all of his spending on comic books and video games  – research, you know, a responsible dad really needs to keep up on this stuff. Some of the other stuff he does online includes Comically Large Things, Ask a Dumb Guy and Gooder Than Hell, the latter of which is his seldom-updated personal blog. If he could go back in time and meet any one person, it would be Louis Armstrong.

Briana Passo has been going to the Indianapolis 500 since she was 8 years old and will not let you look through her collection of race programs for fear that you will somehow smudge, tear, or crease them. There are at least 85 thoughts going on in her head at all times and as such, Briana may not hear your cry when you ask her to move her chair off your foot. Documentaries over dramas are her preference, but she does enjoy a good BBC comedy from time to time. Truth be told, Briana is more of a spazzy geek than a nerd. She will spend half a day listening to you explain thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and magnetospheres, but don’t expect her to understand anything you just said. It’s the beauty behind it all that gets her going. Also, she’s quite fond of rap music.