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It’s summer so it must be that time of year again—time for the US GO Congress! Last year we filed a report from the 2018 Go Congress in Williamsburg (episode #15) and this year your Action Comedy Nerd Show co-host Dr. Jerry Jaffe did it again…this time from Madison, WI. That beautiful town on three lakes hosted the 2019 GO Congress and fun was had by all. While there, Jerry had the chance to record 3 interviews—Myungwan Kim 9P, Ryan Li 1P, and Congress Director David Weimer. With Myungwan Jerry asked about his new project teaching people with autism; Jerry asked Ryan about the New York Institute of Go and their popular videos; and Dave gave the lowdown on the tournament. Your usual ACNS co-host Dan “I’m a workin’ comic” Brown was on the road, so Jerry had the host this one himself (big mistake Dan, Jerry NEVER shuts up!).
And, some interesting links:
 
The New York Institute of GO website: http://www.ny-go.org/
 
The New York Institute of GO YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMp-4uv1jfVa0dXkZv3qQYA
 
The American GO Association: https://www.usgo.org/
 
GO on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
 

Batman lovers unite!!! To discuss the caped crusader's 80th anniversary.  With comic book expert and man over 5 feet tall, Chris Lambert.  Chris has a new book out celebrating Batman, Everything Batman (available through Barnes & Nobles). Your co hosts, the daring duo Dr. Jerry C. Jaffe and Dan Brown, chat with Chris about things like the evilness of Bob Kane, we rank our favorite Batman actors, we discuss Batman's enduring legacy as well as all of his girlfriends.  Join us for this fun conversation!!
 

Your hosts Dan Brown and Jerry Jaffe welcome film writer and Star Trek historian Mark Clark to discuss the new seasons of both Star Trek Discovery and Seth Macfarlane’s The Orville. Along the way we welcome fellow comedian and Star Trek nerd Leslie Battle who tells us about meeting Nichelle Nichols. While comparing the strengths and weaknesses of both new shows, we also quiz Mark about classic Trek, such as the origin of Vulcan hand gesture, William Shatner’s acting, and why Gene Roddenberry kept having planets chock full of false gods! Laughing at and loving all things Star Trek—Live long and prosper!
 
A link to Mark’s Star Trek FAQ book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1557837929/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
 
A link to Leslie Battle’s website: https://www.lesliebattlecomedy.com/
  

Your hosts Dan Brown and Jerry Jaffe have been wanting to do a Stan Lee In Memorial episode, and we recently has a chance to get together with our friend comic book historian Chris Lambert.  We discuss Stan's origin story, as well as some of his most famous creations like Spider-man and Fantastic Four, his role in the rise of the Comic Book convention, his Marvel Movie cameos, and other interesting trivia.  Dan tells of the time he saw Stan at a panel and Stan fielded the question "Who would win in a fight, Superman or Hulk?"  Christ tell about getting Stan's autograph.  We hope you enjoy or reminiscing and horseplay!

Your co-hosts Jerry and Dan sit down with real live physicist AND local comedian Mitch Danger Powers (

On July 28, your humble co-host Jerry had a chance to visit the 2018 US GO Congress in Williamsburg, Virginia. While there, he had a chance to interview some of the participants, including Tournament Co-Director Nate Eagle, the Masters Tournament Director Josh Lee, well-known teacher and author Yuan Zhou, and US Professional Go player Andy Liu. In this episode, Jerry also teaches Dan about the game, as well as schooling him on which movies Will Smith is or is not in.
 
 
The official website of the 2018 GO Congress: https://www.gocongress.org/
 
The US GO Congress is presented by the American GO Association: http://www.usgo.org/
 
The National GO Center: http://nationalgocenter.org/
 
For more about the game of GO, here is the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
 
More on AlphaGO and AI: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/10/alphago-zero-the-ai-that-taught-itself-go/543450/
 
Nate Eagle has a GO App, you can contact him here: https://gokibitz.com/
 
Yuan Zhou’s website: http://www.zhouyuan.com/
 
Yuan Zhou’s latest book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Opening-Strategy-AlphaGos-Impact/dp/1981642005/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1533584355&sr=8-2&keywords=yuan+zhou
 
Joshua Lee can be reached at: joshlee.grad@gmail.com
 
Andy Liu is accepting new students, you can contact him at: cloudnotes.64@gmail.com