{"id":6263,"date":"2019-02-28T22:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:31:00","slug":"nutty-bites-143-chosen-family-geek-culture-recorded-live-at-mysticon-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-143-chosen-family-geek-culture-recorded-live-at-mysticon-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Bites 143: Chosen Family &#038; Geek Culture Recorded live at Mysticon 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chosen Family &amp; Geek Culture<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6263]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6264\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-143-chosen-family-geek-culture-recorded-live-at-mysticon-2019\/attachment\/coverart143\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?fit=1400%2C1400\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CoverArt143\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?fit=584%2C584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=584%2C584\" alt=\"Nutty Bites 143: Chosen Family &amp; Geek Culture Recorded live at Mysticon 2019\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=600%2C600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt143.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Recorded live at Mysticon 2019, we talked about Chosen Family &amp; Geek Culture. 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