Coming up this week on the Nerdist Podcast Network (as always, appearances subject to change and/or rescheduling):

Kevin Bacon returns to the Nerdist Podcast, and he was great in his last appearance, so you won’t want to miss this one. He’s got a new movie, Cop Car, coming out this month.

Vacation‘s back in a reboot, and the man entrusted to bring the adult Rusty Griswold to life, Ed Helms, makes his triumphant return to the Nerdist Podcast, and I think this is the third visit. Let’s see, one, two… yup. This time, Ed talks about the movie, Bonnaroo, Waze, and his bluegrass band The Lonesome Trio, plus a whole lot of comic riffing with Chris.

The Nerdist Writers Panel has a conversation with James L. Brooks, and, well, they don’t get any bigger. From The Simpsons and Mary Tyler Moore to the Academy Award… an incredible career. And speaking of Oscar winners, Diablo Cody will drop by the Nerdist Podcast, too.

Turtle’s on Today We Learned! Jerry Ferrara, that is, bringing facts and stuff to the weekly did-you-know-fest. And Will Sasso‘s on Chewin’ It with Kevin and Steve this week.

And finally (actually, not finally — there’s a lot more, but finally for what we know is on the schedule. You know what I mean. Oh, okay, BE that way.), there’s a Nerdist Comics Panel from San Diego Comic Con with guests Frank J. Barbiere, Tom King, Charles Soule, Ashley Miller, and Jeff King.

Miss none of it. Go to the Nerdist Podcast Network homepage, subscribe to our shows, and visit the Nerdist Podcast Network Facebook page, too. Lots to listen to this week.

Contributor: Kyle Clark
Photo: Cop Car, Focus World/Audax Films/Park Pictures