Matt is back to help Nerd Nite NYC kick off its – gulp! – 21st season on Friday September 11, 2026. Join us back in Brooklyn at Littlefield for three fun-yet-informative presentations about Westley’s iocaine powder immunity, the world record for visiting all NYC Subway stations, and how to identify real facts from nonsense. What’s real any more – besides a guaranteed silly, fun time at Nerd NIte?!? And trivia is back too, so bring some pals and win some increasingly adequate prizes.

Nerd Nite NYC
Friday September 11, 2026
Trivia + Presentations $16 at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm)
Presentations-only $12 at 8:15pm (doors at 8pm)
Littlefield: 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn (Park Slope/Gowanus)
Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nerd-nite-tickets-1993612401359?aff=oddtdtcreator

Back to the Lectures At-Hand:
*Presentation #1
Westley’s Poison Immunity. Either He Iocaine or Iocan’t?
by Trace Dominguez

Bio: Trace Dominguez is a science communicator who’s hosted thousands of videos across YouTube, PBS television, and Discovery Channel. He’s the host of PBS’s Star Gazers, co-founded the science channel Seeker, and every week answers absurd questions with real research on his podcast That’s Absurd Please Elaborate. He’s an Emmy-nominated host, Telly and Webby award winner, and a professional nerd.

*Presentation #2
Getting Railed: Speedrunning the New York City Subway
by Kate Jones

Description: How do you motivate yourself to rebuild strength after you triple fracture your ankle? For Kate Jones, the answer involved 472 subway stations, an unlimited MetroCard (R.I.P.), and a Guinness World Record. This talk covers strategic planning, resilience, and how life’s detours sometimes take you somewhere far more interesting than your original destination.

Bio: Kate Jones is a Vietnamese American writer and performer from New Jersey (exit 91), currently based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Kate is a two-time Guinness World Record breaker. She is the voice of Michelle Nguyen on the podcast “Welcome to Night Vale,” an alum of the NY Neo-Futurists and co-founder of the Degenerate Fox Theatre Company (UK). You can catch her comedic stylings on Instagram, TikTok, or in a basement bar somewhere in Switzerland.

*Presentation #3
Elvis is Alive and Living in Sheboygan – And Other Shit People Believe
by Dr. Pauline Hoffmann

Description: Do you or someone you know fall victim to conspiracies and disinformation? Help is just 20 minutes away. Let’s discuss why people believe and how you might inoculate yourself and others against the onslaught of disinformation.

Bio: Dr. Pauline Hoffmann has an extensive background in health communication having worked in public relations for a large health system in Western New York and as a senior public health fellow with the Cattaraugus County Health Department. She is also a professor at St. Bonaventure University in rural New York where she indoctrinates her students in leftist ideologies instead of worrying about whether they do their assignments or not. Her research interests include conflict resolution, crisis communication, health communication, and infodemics. Her book, Fake News, Witch Hunts & Conspiracy Theories: an Infodemiologist’s Guide to the Truth, tackles the crisis of disinformation in a humorous, non-academic way (no one wants to read a textbook) – and she thinks she coined the term “infodemiologist” to describe someone who studies the infodemic (pandemic of disinformation). She is a master diver often diving with sharks which is much safer than swimming through the disinformation we see.