We talk about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Joseph's recent trip to Chicago, and what makes a good superhero conflict.

We talk about the history and future of real life space exploration.

In this episode, Joseph and Marigrace debate who should play the next captain in the upcoming Star Trek TV show. Then they talk about everything James Bond from movies to songs to parodies. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week and for the first time, Marigrace and Joseph record from the same location to share some of their favorite holiday songs, movies, and foods. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

This week, Marigrace and Joseph talk about National Novel Writing Month and their experience at the first Nerdcon: Stories. Then, as always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them. 

This week's snacks include Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, J. K. Rowling debunking Harry Potter fan theories, and NASA announcing the discovery of liquid water on Mars. Then Joseph and Marigrace talk about The Martian – the book and the movie – which leads to a discussion of other film adaptations of novels. As always, we finish with our pop culture recomendations and recipes to go with them.

In this episode's snacks, Joseph and Marigrace round up Star Wars and Pixar news from D23. Then for our main course: Marigrace returns from GeekyCon 2015, leading to a discussion of conventions and what separates being part of a fandom from just being a fan. 

Marigrace and Joseph talk about New Horizon's Pluto flyby; then a listener asks us about sports, so we talk about Space Jam instead; and finally we discuss Inside Out and Minions! Stay tuned after the program for a peek at the amazing nonsense that doesn't make it in the episodes [it's Marigrace rapping.]

Joseph and Marigrace celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jaws by talking about two of this summer's blockbusters. Then as always, they give their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

Episode 7: Nerd Salsa Awakens - After a hiatus, Marigrace and Joseph are back to talk about Age of Ultron, Supergirl, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and also to announce some exciting news.

This week, Joseph and Marigrace talk about the Parks and Rec series finale and discuss the best pies for Pi Day before beginning their main discussion on the new movie Chappie and how Artificial Intelligence is portrayed in pop culture.

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:01:00 - Parks and Rec Series Finale
• 0:02:20 - Pi Day
• 0:05:10 - Chappie and AI in pop culture
• 0:29:30 - http://nerdsalsa.com/naturebox
• 0:31:00 - Recipes and Recommendations

Joseph and Marigrace talk about House of Cards season 3 (Joseph saw episode 1 when it leaked),  the upcoming Settlers of Catan movie, San Diego Comic-Con and Nerd Salsa Con Month, nerdy Valentine's Day puns, and the return of French Toast Crunch before leading you through the bizarre experience of watching Jupiter Ascending. As always, they close with pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them.

• 0:00:00 - Check out http://nerdsalsa.com/naturebox
• 0:01:50 - Intro
• 0:02:45 - House of Cards Season 3 (spoilers through season 3 episode 1)
• 0:06:22 - Settlers of Catan Movie
• 0:07:30 - Comic Con and Nerd Salsa Con Month
• 0:08:50 - Valentine's Day
• 0:10:50 - French Toast Crunch
• 0:13:50 - Jupiter Ascending (spoilers)
• 0:56:55 - Recommendations and recipes

p.s.  Joseph here. There's some distortion on my audio this episode, but we've got it worked out, so if you're particular about audio quality like I am, we hope you'll stick around for the next episode.

In this special Oscars bonus episode, Marigrace opens up her Oscars notes to discuss with Joseph, she for some reason brings up the Scarlett Johansson tumblr Joseph made of yore, Joseph and Marigrace briefly but heatedly discuss what makes a good movie, and Joseph is mean to Boyhood and Interstellar.

Joseph and Marigrace talk about Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show, Spiderman entering the MCU, the Game of Thrones season 5 trailer, and Sundance films past and present. As always, they finish the show with their pop culture recommendations and recipes to go with them. During about the last minute Joseph's voice is choppy due to some technical difficulties.

• 0:00 – Intro
• 1:00 – Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show :(
• 3:20 – Spiderman entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
• 8:19 – Game of Thrones trailer whelms us
• 11:52 – Sundance 2015 and Sundance past
• 33:50 – Recommendations and recipes

Joseph and Marigrace talk Super Bowl snacks as well as Chappie and Fantastic Four trailers, then go into to new and returning TV shows like Agent Carter and Togetherness. They also talk about their favorite shows like Friends, 30 Rock, and Star Trek. As always, they finish with their pop culture recommendations for the week and recipes to go with them.

This is the trailer for Chappie.

This is a music video by Die Antwoord, who will inexplicably star in Chappie.

And here's the trailer for Fantastic Four.

Marigrace and Joseph talk about the new Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook time travel movie, Predestination, and continue by discussing time travel in other pop culture.

Correction from Joseph: At 17:08 I say  "Looper" instead of "Primer." Primer is the film which cost $7,000 to produce and I like more overtime I watch. That is not Looper.

EPISODE 1

THE SALSA MENACE

DUN. Dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun Duuuuuuunnn. (etc)

It is a time galactic unrest as the close of one year brings the dawn of another. Nerd Salsa, a podcast about pop culture and food, is here to guide you through these changing times. In this first episode, Joseph and Marigrace discuss the best and worst of 2014 and what they're looking forward to in 2015.