( CNN ) -- When he came into our makeshift hotel suite studio in Chicago , Chris Hardwick quickly developed a mild love affair with a bowl of mixed nuts that we placed near his chair . And for a while he even considered keeping the snacks in his hand throughout the interview . `` I want to just hold a bowl of nuts the entire time and not really explain it . '' However , in the end he placed it back on the table , with a simple , `` That 's dumb . '' And , thus , we launched into a spirited conversation about what a huge dork he is . Because , apparently , when you 're the son of a professional bowler ( for real ) you naturally develop a passion for the uncool . Sometimes that passion leads to a lonely , sexless life spent in your parents ' basement , but , in this case , it manifested itself in the form of one of the biggest names in nerddom . `` I just kind of one day was like , 'Why am I not working around this kind of thing ? ' And it just so happened that G4 existed and it all fell together . '' Soon he was hosting a new show called `` Web Soup , '' modeled after E ! 's show `` The Soup . '' Whereas the latter concentrates on pop culture and notable television moments , Hardwick 's new endeavor became a showcase for the best ( and worst ) of the Web . However , `` Web Soup '' perhaps was n't quite nerdy enough , so in 2010 Hardwick continued doing the show while also launching a new weekly interview podcast called `` The Nerdist . '' Jim Norton : I 'm dangerous to other comedians . That venture eventually led to him writing a book called `` The Nerdist Way , '' in which Hardwick offers self-help advice to his people . The book is due out this fall -- so hopefully none of his nerd followers will create an evil world-destroying robot in the meantime . That would be just tragic . Funny . But tragic . Of course , to a certain generation we would be remiss if we did n't also mention that , yes , Chris Hardwick once hosted , with Jenny McCarthy , the hit MTV dating show `` Singled Out . '' There . We mentioned it .
He currently hosts ` ` Web Soup '' on G4 , modeled after E ! 's ` ` The Talk '' Hardwick has also launched a podcast called ` ` The Talk '' His book of self - help advice , ` ` The Easy Way , '' is due out this fall .