# ID10T with Chris Hardwick

ID10T with Chris Hardwick (formerly The Nerdist Podcast, until February 2018) is a weekly podcast "about what it really means to be a nerd" hosted by Chris Hardwick. From its launch in 2010 until 2018, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira were usual co-hosts, after which Hardwick hosted alone. As of January 30, 2023, the most recent episode was published on 22 March 2022; no announcement has been made as to whether more will follow.

## Format

The audio podcasts were typically an hour in length and include conversations with notable comedians or entertainers, sometimes at their own home. Guests typically relate to either stand-up comedy, geek and nerd culture, or both. Occasional "hostful" episodes featured solely Hardwick, Ray and Mira.

## History

The show launched February 8, 2010. It served as the flagship podcast for Nerdist Industries, which was founded in 2012 after the success of The Nerdist Podcast. The show's theme song was "Hero of Time" by the analog synthesizer band Fartbarf. Prior to the February 2018 name change, the theme song was "Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues" by Anamanaguchi.
In 2012 Hardwick sold the Nerdist brand to the Legendary Entertainment, but remained as chief director of Nerdist. Hardwick's contract with Legendary Network ended at the end of 2017, and the podcast separated from Legendary-owned Nerdist Industries; in February 2018, the podcast was re-branded as ID10T with Chris Hardwick and moved to Cadence13. Hardwick changed the name after he moved it to become a part of his own ID10T merchandise and festival company. The podcast itself continued to operate under the same premise, with Hardwick, Mira, and Ray serving as hosts and Katie Levine serving as producer, although by this point other professional commitments had already meant Mira and Ray appeared increasingly infrequently on the show. The phrase ID10T is technical error code for a computer malfunction caused by the human user.
The podcast went on a hiatus in June 2018 after Hardwick was accused of sexual assault and controlling behaviour by ex-partner Chloe Dykstra; Hardwick denied the allegations. Following its return in November 2018, Mira and Ray did not appear on the podcast.

## Live recordings

The first live recording of the show was on April 5, 2010, at the Largo in Los Angeles, with guest Adam Savage of MythBusters, and has since been recorded live a number of other times.
In July 2011 the show was recorded live, at midnight, at the Montreal comedy festival Just for Laughs.

## TV show

In 2011 the pilot and a Christmas Eve special aired, with Hardwick, Ray and Mira hosting. BBC America aired six more 'specials' throughout 2012. Beginning with episode 4 the show moved from a half-hour format to an hour.
Season 1 :
| Ep# | Theme | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | Pilot | September 24, 2011 | Matt Smith, Craig Ferguson |
| 2 | Year In Review | December 24, 2011 | Wil Wheaton, Nathan Fillion, David Tennant, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Kumail Nanjiani, Simon Pegg |
| 3 | January Special | January 14, 2012 | Lily Loveless, Thomas Dolby, Kunal Nayyar, Alison Brie |
| 4 | Comic-Con | July 28, 2012 | Damon Lindelof, John Barrowman |
| 5 | Toys and Games | July 28, 2012 | Brooke Leigh Lawson, Gregory Crafts |
| 6 | Science | August 4, 2012 | Danica McKellar, Cara Santa Maria |
| 7 | Nerd Girls | August 11, 2012 | Randa Viets, Garfunkel and Oates, Felicia Day, Faith Harrison, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani |
| 8 | Time Travel | August 18, 2012 | Damon Lindelof, Tom Weston-Jones, Kumail Nanjiani |
A 10-episode second season aired in 2013.
Season 2 :
| Ep# | Theme | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | The BBC Extravaganza | March 31, 2013 | Matt Smith, Tatiana Maslany, Dominic Monaghan and Matt Kirshen |
| 2 | Zombies! | April 6, 2013 | Robert Kirkman, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan and Kyle Kinane |
| 3 | Breaking Mad | April 13, 2013 | Jon Hamm, Betsy Brandt, and Rory Scovel |
| 4 | Fantasy Nerdist | April 20, 2013 | Elijah Wood, Ben Schwartz, Kumail Nanjiani, and Katie Crown |
| 5 | Wonder Dungeon | April 27, 2013 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gillian Jacobs, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel |
| 6 | Tribute To Television | May 4, 2013 | Jack McBrayer, Eliza Dushku, and Joe Keckler |
| 7 | NASA Nerds | May 11, 2013 | Buzz Aldrin, Bobak Ferdowsi, and Maria Bamford |
| 8 | Beautiful People | May 18, 2013 | Joe Manganiello, Morena Baccarin, and Paul F. Tompkins |
| 9 | Tribute to Sci-Fi | May 25, 2013 | Guillermo del Toro, Katee Sackhoff, and Ron Funches |
| 10 | Superstar Comedian Week | June 1, 2013 | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, and Natasha Leggero |

## Reception

The podcast was ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment", published April 6, 2011 and #7 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment", published May 8, 2014.