Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date December 10, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/12/binary-system-podcast-245-welcome-to-night-vale-179-first-snow/

Yes ANYWAY, after a Night Vale recap where we touch on the dangers of letting the knitters and crocheters near each other, we also giggled about our favorite scenes in the My Dad Wrote A Porno podcast, fangirled over the effects in The Mandalorian, and wished for horrible things to happen to Minth in Lore Olympus because she is OUT OF HER MIND.

This week's outro is a clip from Dance Song '14 by Steve Combs.

You can find episodes of My Dad Wrote a Porno here IT IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK (so Elizabeth listens on headphones shhhhh.) https://www.mydadwroteaporno.com/ 

The comedian who's name we can never remember, the one who's been on The Mandalorian, is Bill Burr.

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Original broadcast date December 3, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/12/binary-system-podcast-244-lore-olympus-and-the-mandalorian/

We managed to miscalculate once again, so this week we do not have a new Night Vale episode. Instead, we'll talk about our two latest obsessions, The Mandalorian and the webcomic Lore Olympus.

Spoilers are, of course, a given, so check out this episode if you want to find out about a certain person's name and a certain fan-favorite Jedi and a certain Grand Admiral who's set to make a return to TV (jeez, vague much?), and if you're up for an in-depth look at every single thing we loved about the Lore Olympus issue 133: Wealth. Elizabeth also has some DC-related news (the comic book company, not the nation's capital. For one week only this podcast is politics-free!).

This week's outro is a clip from Holding The Line by TeknoAXE.

Hannah shared the really fascinating New Yorker article on the physics of human stampedes a few years ago, and it's definitely worth a read. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/07/crush-point

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Original broadcast date November 26, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/11/binary-system-podcast-243-happy-thanksgiving/

We're grateful for a lot of things this week: big important things like our family staying safe during the *gestures wildly in all directions* and little things like web comics about Greek gods and TV shows with speeder bike chases in canyons, because those things are awesome.

Listen in as we discuss politics and pandemics over beers, then jump straight into The Mandalorian and Lore Olympus, with frequent detours into Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Love, Death and Robots.

This week's outro is a clip from November Zen by TeknoAXE.

If you'd like an even deeper dive into Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, you can check out episode 189 from 2019.

Check out the San Diego Food Bank site, and maybe chip in a couple bucks to help the hungry. https://sandiegofoodbank.org/

Over on the East Coast, you can also donate to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina https://secure.foodbankcenc.org/site/Donation2?df_id=10523&mfc_pref=T&10523.donation=form1&chosen=60&s_src=headerbutton&s_subsrc=website, or the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. https://www.foodshuttle.org/

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Original broadcast date November 19, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/11/binary-system-podcast-242-welcome-to-night-vale-178-rattlesnake-rest/

Of course we recap a deliciously creepy Night Vale episode, full of cemeteries and time loops and the worst-case scenario when it comes to hermit crabs. Of course we geek out over badass Mandalorians and adorable frog women. And of course we debate paying the extra money to read Lore Olympus early because we want all of the content and we want it faster.

But there's also about 16 minutes in the middle where the weekly SitRep With Beers gets kind of dark because the world's a bit scary right now and sometimes you have to rant about it until you feel a little better. The SitRep starts at 12:50 and ends at 29:50 if you'd like to leapfrog over it. (Get it? Leapfrog? Because the next part is about the frog woman in the Mandalorian? IT'S CLEVER.)

This week's outro is a clip from Not According to Plan by TeknoAXE.

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Original broadcast date October 4, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/10/binary-system-podcast-bonus-episode-interview-with-rob-shinno-of-hemisphere/

Elizabeth here: I've known my friend Rob Shinno for almost 20 years, but I had no idea until recently that he's a professional musician, and his band Hemisphere has just released a brand new album, American Dreams. So I sat down with him on October 1st (the album's release date) so we could talk all about it: his fifteen-year break from recording, why he came back, who he's working with, and what the songs mean to him.

Quick correction: Rob mentions elite drummer Samantha Santana, he let me know her name is actually Cindy.

The intro and outro music is a clip from Hemisphere's song America, the reprise version.

UPDATE: Unfortunately the October 17th outdoor show was canceled due to COVID-19, but for updates, links to purchase the albums, and more, head to the Hemisphere band website.

Original broadcast date November 12, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/11/binary-system-podcast-241-welcome-to-night-vale-177-bloody-laws-bloody-claws-the-murder-of-frank-chen/

Cecil's been neglecting Night Vale Radio a bit in order to dip his toes in the glitzy world of True Crime Podcasts lately (he's already on episode 722 of his latest venture, my how time flies). Tonight just might be his last episode since Judge Chaplin is about to deliver the verdict in the case of The Family of Frank Chen versus, well, pretty much everybody.

Listen in as the twins recap the episode, and also talk about the new season of The Mandalorian and the latest episode of Lore Olympus. But of course we don't get to any of that right away because BOY, HOW ABOUT THAT ELECTION?

(And yes, after the political shitshow we've had we're very aware of the irony of finishing up the episode with a "Whew, glad that whole election business is done now." Hence the choice for the outro, Uncertain Lines by TeknoAXE.)

Doctors Without Borders is a fantastic organization, and you can donate to help make a better world here. The Red Cross does blood drives pretty much anywhere, and you can find a local collection spot or just donate some much-needed funds here.

The unbelievably adorable Boba Fett comic "For A Thousand Years" that Elizabeth was talking about is by Chris Gugliotti. https://mightyjabba.com/2013/02/20/for-a-thousand-years-print-by-chris-gugliotti-boba-fett-and-the-sarlacc/

The Champagne Cocktail Kathryn was talking about was made using instructions from the How To Drink video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x442aHdjaKA

The Russian Art-Deco Transformers art Elizabeth was talking about is by @amne_chan. https://twitter.com/amne_chan/status/1317479942574247936?s=20

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Original broadcast date October 29, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/10/binary-system-podcast-240-whats-getting-us-through-the-week/

What with, you know, THE WORLD, sometimes you have to take the time to watch some movie or read some book that either makes you happy or just makes for a nice distraction FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES, HONESTLY 2020 KNOCK IT OFF.

So after the weekly SitRep with beers, we're talking about rewatching Midsommar and Red Dragon (the former being amazing, the second being, uh, not boring?) before jumping into the latest chapter of Lore Olympus (read episode 128 on your phone with the music on!), the latest issue of Strange Academy, and just about anything N.K. Jemisen has written. Plus we go over ideas for Halloween costumes based on great mashups or terrible puns.

This week’s outro is a clip from Future Ghost by TeknoAXE. (Which he posted two days ago, just in time for Halloween! He's amazing!

Correction: there was a four-month gap between issue 1 and 2 of Strange Academy, and a 2 month gap between 2 and 3, but only one month between 3 and four. So Elizabeth has no idea why she thought it’d been months since the last issue.

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Original broadcast date October 22, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/10/binary-system-podcast-239-welcome-to-night-vale-176-the-autumn-specter/

It's a spooky Halloween episode of Welcome to Night Vale, with radio host Cecil telling three spooky stories (with a twist ending: they're not very spooky at all) while the new radio station intern does spooky things that Cecil somehow completely fails to notice.

Listen in as the twins recap the episode, talk about new horror and old horror (meaning The Haunting of Hill House and The Thing From Another World) and then deliver a very important message. (Climbs onto stepladder, grabs a megaphone, takes a deep breath.)

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This week’s outro is a clip from Waypoint by TeknoAXE.

The group Elizabeth was talking about that delivers pizza to folks having to wait in a long voting line is Pizza To The Polls.

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Original broadcast date October 15, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/10/binary-system-podcast-238-welcome-to-night-vale-live-show-the-sandstorm/

So we waited and waited until we could hear the live performance of one of our favorite Night Vale episodes: The Sandstorm. And then we totally forgot about it until a week later. And then didn't watch it for another week after that. YES, WE KNOW. We'd like to blame the pandemic but this is kind of how we roll.

It was worth the wait though, because of Live Kevin and all the extra guest roles and the Desert Bluffs radio booth covered in blood. (That's our favorite part!) After the recap we also get into the weekly SitRep with beers, geek out about the #LostLightFest on twitter and instagram, and then jump into a huge spoiler fest for The Good Place season three, the rewatch of Haunting of Hill House, and the latest two chapters of Lore Olympus. (Apollo needs to get his butt kicked so baaaaaaad.)

This week’s outro is a clip from Shake It! by Jahzzar.

Tahani's sister on The Good Place, Kamilah, is played by Rebecca Hazlewood. The other actress who seems to die a horrible death in every show is Indira Varma.

The artist Elizabeth was trying to think of is amne_chan on instagram, she's done a ton of dark and interesting Transformers pictures for Lost Light Fest, but this one from January is particularly awesome. https://www.instagram.com/p/B70lwe1B4-Q/

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Original broadcast date October 8, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/10/binary-system-podcast-237-welcome-to-night-vale-17-the-october-monologues/

It's the third of Welcome To Night Vale's Monologue episodes (yes, third, not second, shame on us for forgetting The April Monologues in 2016). Once more we hear musings from Michelle Nguyen at Dark Owl Records, Steve Carlsberg, and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home.

The theme for our SitRep this week is mostly us going "OMG did you hear who ELSE has caught COVID-19?!"  So we lightened the tone to talk about the other things we're watching and which we HIGHLY RECOMMEND (the "How To Drink" youtube channel, "The Good Place" Season 4, and of course "The Haunting" and the "Haunting of Hill House", because it's October and we've got to have the horror.)

This week’s outro is Michelle Nguyen's current favorite song Karma Police by Radiohead. Well, part of it anyway; Michelle thinks anything after the first 26 seconds of a song is just padding.

The "How To Drink" youtube Pop Culture Playlist can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLp0E61wf5A&list=PL0Ve02cCRWLZGuFZ-giZmYlzRCgg_MTZo

You can get the free "Your Hour" app on Google Play here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindefy.phoneaddiction.mobilepe&hl=en_US&gl=US

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