What were the topics so far at Nerd Nite FXBG ? 

Nerd Nite FXBG #27 October 23, 2024

  • WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) volunteer in New Zealand
  • Morphological and physiological differences of invasive species Amur honeysuckle & those cool graphs!
  • South Asians in Colonial Virginia’s Documentary Record

Nerd Nite FXBG #26 July 24, 2024

  • Drone Use in Malaysia to Keep Elephants Safely out of Palm Oil Plantations

Nerd Nite FXBG #25 April 25, 2024

  • Immigration & the Nazi’s Method of “Due Diligence”
  • Venomous Reptiles of Virginia and Beyond
  • Geology and paleontology of Virginia: Where are the Dino Footprints?

Nerd Nite FXBG #24 January 24, 2024

  • Evolution of Ice Climbing Tools Across Decades – Take Two!
  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Patawomeck Tribal Member on Eel Pots

Nerd Nite FXBG #23 November 15, 2023

  • Evolution of Ice Climbing Tools Across Decades
  • Oyster Reef Restoration on the Rappahannock

Nerd Nite FXBG #22 August 30, 2023

  • The Amazon and Foz Iguazú
  • Paddling in China
  • South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (Vic Falls)
  • Bicycling through the Alps
  • Bicycling through the 5 Boros of NYC

Nerd Nite FXBG #21 May 24, 2023

  • Innovative rain garden techniques to reduce pollution to our local waterways
  • The modern clown: More than a red nose
  • Bats: Flying Mammals of the Eveningtide

Nerd Nite FXBG #20 January 25, 2023

  • Fluid Dynamics: The Canoe and How We Can Unlock The Secrets
  • The Life and Adventure of a Park Ranger

Nerd Nite FXBG #19 September 19, 2022

  • True or False? An Obsession with Taxonomy and Critter Classification
  • I’ll grant you this, grants writing is hard work! How strategic grants practices can ensure your hard work pays off
  • Tanzania Safari Tourism and Wildlife Conservation

Nerd Nite FXBG #18

  • Ambrose Bierce: Soldier, Badass, America’s Favorite Bitter Old Crank
  • Everyone can f***ing silk screen!
  • Slightly Insane: 5.5 Months on the Appalachian Trail

Nerd Nite FXBG #17

  • Your Password Shouldn’t Be Making You Feel Secure
  • Knitting – a post-apocalyptic skill
  • Essential Oils 101

Nerd Nite FXBG #16

  • Is Laughters the Best Medicine
  • The history of Homebrew
  • DOORS. Doors? Yes, doors! No, not the band

Nerd Nite FXBG #15

  • Fredericksburg Under Ground
  • Meet me at Micah
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish, Blue Fish: A Talk about Alaskan Fisheries

Nerd Nite FXBG #14

  • Art Elements and Principals of Design in Everyday Life
  • Brewing in the ‘Burg
  • Summer of Solitude

Nerd Nite FXBG #13

  • Lessons learned: What does it take to live aboard a boat
  • Oh the places you’ll go! A talk about my time in the Peace Corps Philippines
  • Cooperatives: Fun Facts & Eternal Truths

Nerd Nite FXBG #12

  • Lessons learned: What does it take to live aboard a boat
  • Oh the places you’ll go! A talk about my time in the Peace Corps Philippines
  • Cooperatives: Fun Facts & Eternal Truths

Nerd Nite FXBG #11

  • Old-time Medicine and Voo-doo – more kill than cure?
  • The secret Life of Mating Birds
  • The ecological effects of micro plastics in aquatic environments

Nerd Nite FXBG #10

  • A Writer, an Editor, and a Publisher Walk Into a Bar
  • How to Finish Your Book Before You Write It
  • Your Rough sucks! It’s Supposed To

Nerd Nite FXBG #9

  • The history of beer from its murky prehistoric origins to today
  • Color Light (Acu)puncture
  • Recycling: why it matters and how China’s recent import policies will affect our ability to recycle

Nerd Nite FXBG #8

  • Sisyphus and the Seed Catalog
  • Why Early American Tourists ‘Played Indian’ at the Springs
  • Degrees of Anonymity: Staying safe online”

Nerd Nite FXBG #7

  • The Insider’s Tour of Cool Trees in Fredericksburg
  • Falling in love with the children of Kenya
  • A Journey down the Rappahannock

Nerd Nite FXBG #6

  • Oral History on the Rappahannock
  • Flying Mammals of the Eveningtide
  • Connecting All The Escape Room Dots

Nerd Nite FXBG #5

  • My More Legged Friends: Images of Spiders in Nature
  • Our understanding of Geological Time and why it’s getting us in trouble
  • Frisbees over Fredericksburg: Pie Plates, Multiple Discovery, and Laszlo’s Weenie World

Nerd Nite FXBG #4

  • Flying Doctor of Australia
  • Our Chesapeake Bay
  • Mountains of Nepal

Nerd Nite FXBG #3

  • Make It: 3D Printer at Your Library
  • What Your Dog’s Nose Knows: Theories and Applications of Detection Dog Training
  • Industrial Hygiene – No, nothing to do with the dentist

Nerd Nite FXBG #2

  • Mars is a dead, dusty, and overall not fun to live on. Here’s why we want to live there
  • All feminists are lesbians who hate men and other lies patriarchy told you: A myth busting history of feminism
  • Sniders and Sceels and . . . AK Africanized Wasps? Oh my! Creativity, Creative Process, and Self-Publishing

Nerd Nite FXBG #1

  • Surviving Development Hell: How the sausage gets made in Hollywood
  • Maps for fun, adventure & social good (& to Understand History)
  • Interstellar Space Travel