Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date March 10, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/03/binary-system-podcast-305-wtnv-203-the-kareem-nazari-show-and-angel-heart/

It's another fun, short-story type of Welcome To Night Vale episode this week. This might be another good introductory episode for someone who isn't familiar with Night Vale, even if they don't know who Intern Nazari is, or what this conspiracy theory is about the moon not being real, or why people seem to have trouble pronouncing the word "Michigan".

But what we really want to talk about is the 1987 horror movie "Angel Heart", which Elizabeth watched this week for the first time in a long while, and which just so happened to turn 35 years old last Sunday. Listen in as we absolutely fail to give a coherent recap of this film, and instead talk about all the bits we liked and all the random digressions we wander off to as soon as we get distracted.

(Not kidding about the digressions, this episode shows a pretty good cross-section of our brains as we discuss (among other things): the NFL concussion scandal, an off-the-grid city in the Sonoran Desert, the temperature of the water at California beaches versus Florida beaches, that time we watched Gone With The Wind in history class, and some of the horror movies we watched a few decades ago in Elizabeth's apartment in Asheville.)

This week's outro is a clip from Curious Satellite by Frau Holle

The Instagrammer who's doing whole series of Lore Olympus Hiatus Fan Art Challenges is AprilSketcho, and you can find the challenges here.

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Original broadcast date March 3, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/03/binary-system-podcast-304-animation-episode-oscar-2022-nominations/

So while we'd like to say something glib about the state of the world (global pandemic, political dumpster fire, quickly escalating international conflict) it just doesn't seem like something we can joke about? So we're going to go watch some cartoons instead.

Between the two of us we've seen all the Oscar-nominated animated shorts, and we both finally watched Encanto, so we're talking about everything we loved (or disliked, or really disliked) about all of them. Plus we throw in a bonus animated short from 2019, and discuss whether or not it's possible to throw together a good steampunk mask in 29 days. (It is. - Kathryn.) (IT ISN'T. - Elizabeth.)

This week's outro is a clip from Oberon by AcroBreathe.

If you're wanting to help Ukraine, here's a list of charities you can donate to. https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/communities/migrants-and-refugees/how-you-can-help-ukraine

Not that it matters that much in the scheme of things, but the Oscars are on March 27th this year.

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Original broadcast date February 24, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/02/binary-system-podcast-303-wtnv-202-the-day-after-the-day-and-raised-by-wolves/

In addition to being a very poetic episode about how human beings process trauma and time, this week's episode of Welcome To Night Vale is also topical. I mean really topical, touching on current events that everyone in the world is following right now.

And by that, I of course mean Wordle. If you're looking for a hint, today's answer has a silent "y" and no umlauts. You're welcome.

Meanwhile Elizabeth has watched four Season Two episodes of Raised By Wolves, but Kathryn's only watched one. So, you know, spoilers for just that one episode as we talk about the fact that Mother and Father don't have pockets, and wonder who the heck scouted Kepler 22-b and decided that a planet with acid seas, gigantic holes to the core, and radioactive vegetables was somehow a good spot to revive the human race.

This week's outro is a clip from Wave of the Synth by Uncan.

The We Were All Raised By Wolves podcast has some very insightful comments on season one. The intro to the episode 10 recap really seems to imply that the host, Peter, has passed away, but there's recent activity on his reddit account? So we have no idea, but we hope for the best.

Correction: After review by an expert on history (ie: someone with more knowledge than us)(ie: Nathan), it turns out that there wasn't a vaccine for the Spanish Flu, since at the time scientists were still looking for a bacterial cause instead of a virus. There WAS a vaccine for smallpox, and that's what inspired some of the political cartoons about the dangers of anti-vax sentiment, like the one scanned from the 1930's booklet Health In Pictures.

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Original broadcast date February 17, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/02/binary-system-podcast-302-raised-by-wolves-season-1/

This week’s entire episode is about Raised by Wolves! Did we get caught up? Of course not! We managed to finish the first season just in time to be three episodes behind in the second season. And we still have a ton of questions: Who exactly is the orphan in the wilderness? Why do androids gotta be spitting up milk all the time? WHAT the heck is up with the SNAKE BABY?

This week's outro is a clip from Feel the Heat by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

Adam Chitwood wrote the Raised By Wolves finale recap (and interview with the showrunner) that we liked so much over at Collider.

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Original broadcast date February 10, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/02/binary-system-podcast-301-wtnv-201-the-delivery-man/

This week's episode of Welcome To Night Vale is a fascinating little short story about Night Vale's newest character: The Delivery Man. If there's one thing we've learned from the pandemic, it's that we all love getting a package delivered. Even if it's being delivered by a mysteriously threatening figure with a drawn-on face, ground-down teeth, and a weird habit of counting his steps. ("Goooood old five...")

After the recap we read aloud a Binary System Podcast super-fan's letter about how to love a series with some disappointing episodes and a toxic fanbase, and how to keep loving a series when the creator turns out to be a pretty rotten human being.

We also talk (again) about some of the movies and TV shows we really need to catch up on, with a plan to finish at least one of them in time for next week's podcast. Really. We mean it this time.

This week's outro is a clip from Borderland (Frau Holle Remix) by Holle Mangler.

Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk to get there, you can support this podcast too!

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Original broadcast date February 3, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/02/binary-system-podcast-300-this-time-we-have-a-plan-sort-of/

Happy 300th episode! Holy cow, after 300 episodes of fan art and TV and movies and TV and web comics and podcasts and TV, what should we make the 300th episode about?

That’s right, this episode is about spoilers!

(Kidding. Except not really, because man alive are we going to spoil some plot points on this one.)

Listen in as we talk about our favorite episode from just about every TV show that ever ate our brains even a little bit, or at least the ones that we could remember on short notice. What order are they in? No idea! What criteria did we use? None whatsoever! This is just a random selection of shows we’ve loved where we’ve picked our favorite episode. Or episodes. Or favorite moments? You know, that one episode in the third or fourth season, with the actor who does that thing?

Thank you to everybody who’s tuned in. Whether you’ve listened to 300 episodes or just the one, please enjoy the randomness.

This week's outro was a clip from You Can Dance? by Steve Combs. (Which we last used in episode 130 https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/06/binary-system-podcast-130-wtnv-129-a-matter-of-blood-part-3/ back in 2018, but we liked it so much we wanted to use it again.)

Here's the full list of series we mentioned, in case you haven't watched them yet and wanted to avoid some spoilers:

Clarification: Nick Offerman is the actor in Devs and we are NEVER going to remember his name!

Correction: the music playing during the car chase in the second episode of the final season of Sherlock? Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

Correction: there were only three seasons of Legion, the Time Eaters episode was season 3 episode 4.

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Original broadcast date January 27, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/01/binary-system-podcast-299-spider-man-far-from-home-and-raised-by-wolves/

First up this week we’ve gotta talk about Spider-Man, because we just watched Far From Home!

No, not No Way Home. Far From Home. Yes, three years after it came out. We have no excuses. But we sure did love it. Listen in as we talk about the things we loved, the stuff that maybe wasn't for us, and the ways the story kept surprising the heck out of us.

After that we’ve got a spoileriffic recap of the first half of season one of Raised By Wolves, because we’ve never seen anything like that first episode. If you haven’t seen it yet, seriously, treat yourself, you won’t be sorry. Well, okay, you might, because it’s incredibly violent, but wow is it pretty.

(Apologies for the airplane-hangar noise in the background of this episode: Kathryn thought that maybe the sound of her 3D printer wouldn't be picked up by her microphone, but she has a surprisingly good microphone so it totally was.)

This week's outro is a clip from Delay by Monkey Warhol.

Correction: (Well, confirmation of some things we were struggling to remember.) The name of the planet in Raised By Wolves is Kepler-22b. The name of Tony's virtual assistant is E.D.I.T.H. They even spelled it out for us in the movie: Even Dead, I'm The Hero. We have zero excuses, except we're bad at names.

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Original broadcast date January 20, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/01/binary-system-podcast-298-lore-olympus-and-the-black-widow-movie-again/

Kathryn FINALLY finished watching Black Widow (I was only a week behind you, doofus - Kathryn) (SO SLOW. - Elizabeth) so we've got to dive into all the reasons why it was, if not perfect, still really, really fun.

First up though, we've got the weekly SitRep, and our opinions on the recent Joss Whedon interview. (Short version: he's a jerk and people should stop giving him money.)

But the big thing we've got to discuss is the mid-season finale of Lore Olympus. Massive great big spoilers ahoy! We're going to spend the next four months (and most of this episode) asking ourselves, what does it all mean for Olympus and the Mortal Realm? What's Artemis going to do? Is the truth ever going to come out? Did Zeus manage to thread the needle, or did he just make things SO MUCH WORSE?

This week's outro is a clip from Dee Dee by Policy.

We reference the fan account "Lore Olympians" a lot this episode, they have some excellent recaps and insights on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/loreolympians/

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Original broadcast date January 13, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/01/binary-system-podcast-297-lore-olympus-and-the-black-widow-movie/

Okay, when we say we're talking about the Black Widow movie, we mean we're talking about the first forty-five minutes, because Elizabeth was juuust a little better at movies this week and Kathryn still needs to catch up.

First though we have to talk about two episodes of Lore Olympus, one of which happens to be the penultimate episode before the upcoming four-month hiatus. There was a lot of information dropped in this one about Persephone's origin, and who the heck Eris is and why everyone is so terrified of her. But there's still no news about Apollo and we need to know what horrible thing he's done that we need to brace for (or if this next episode is when everyone finally finds out what a monster he really is.)

This week's outro is a clip from Zen the Year Away by TeknoAxe.

Correction the first: Poseidon's seahorse-shaped son in Lore Olympus is definitely Demeter's son, because Persephone referred to him as her brother in a previous episode. No word on how that hook-up happened, I'm sure there's a story there.

Correction the second: The Grand Asia store is actually in Cary, not Raleigh. And the drink Kathryn bought there is a carbonated beverage called Ramune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune The bottle it's in is a Victorian-era invention called a Codd Neck bottle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd-neck_bottle and one of the extra clips at the end of this episode is a little more of Kathryn's struggle to OPEN THE DAMN THING.

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Original broadcast date December 30, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/12/binary-system-podcast-296-lore-olympus-and-the-hawkeye-season-finale/

It's the last episode of 2021! Here's hoping 2022 behaves itself a little better.

This week we recap one of the last few Lore Olympus episodes before their four-month hiatus, where Zeus is playing dumb, Ares is poking the bear, and Demeter is going to lose her frigging mind.

After that (Spoiler warning!) we fangirl all over the season finale of Hawkeye: the elevator scene! The hallway fight! The arrows! The LARPers! The owl!!

But first up in the weekly SitRep we discuss how we had a lovely Christmas Eve with our family. And two trips to the ER.

As many people have said before, "We're staying up till midnight on New Year's Eve. Not to see the new year in, but to make sure the old one leaves."

Happy New Year!

This week's outro is a clip from Dead Seconds by Eaters.

Here's an article about Rocky, the owl rescued in the Rockefeller Tree. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/rocky-tiny-owl-was-rescued-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-takes-n1248948

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