Binary System Podcast

We couldn’t manage to fit in a recap of both of our favorite (so far) episodes of Black Mirror, so we’re bringing back special guest Hannah Wallace for one more episode! This time we’re geeking out over the “USS Callister,” and then talking a little about our latest obsession, the crafting reality show “Making It”.Read OnBinary System Podcast #141 – Black Mirror “USS Callister”

Coming to you a day late because of cross country trips and flash floods (no really) this week features the return of special guest Hannah Wallace! Listen in as we recap one of our all-time favorite Black Mirror episodes, “San Junipero,” and geek out over an 80s love story disguised as a near-future, virtual reality paradise. (Or is it the other way around?)Read OnBinary System Podcast #140 – Black Mirror “San Junipero”

Welcome to Night Vale returns this week with a beautifully bizarre episode, full of imaginary corn and mythology based on breakfast cereal. After the recap we also talk about Better Call Saul, The Originals, and a plan for Binary System Podcast T-shirts. (Bearing in mind that we never have a plan for anything, ever, so the T-shirts could be as imaginary as the corn.)Read OnBinary System Podcast #139 – WTNV #131 “Brought To You By Kellogg’s”

You know, when other podcasts say they’re going to catch up on all the movies and TV they’ve been missing lately, they usually mean “movies and TV within the past year.” Not THIS podcast. Listen in as we fangirl about Pacific Rim (the first one), Better Call Saul (the first episode) and then go off into tangents about House M.D., S-Town (spoiler warnings for S-Town), Big Bang Theory, and some lighthearted bagging on Will Smith’s Bright.

(Lots of technical oddities in this week’s episode, apparently Elizabeth has forgotten how to speak directly into the microphone. Also someone kept doing something that made getting a clean recording difficult. And by “something” we mean moving the microphone when she promised she wouldn’t and by “someone” we mean Kathryn.)Read OnBinary System Podcast #138 – Catching up! (Except not really.)

First off we recap the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead and talk about how ignoring awful things won’t make them go away BUT ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE we also do a full breakdown of San Diego Comic-Con 2018: what was good (the weather) what was great (blocking the road to traffic out front to give the crowds more room) and what was awesome (The Doctor Who trailer! The Good Omens teaser! Neil Fricking deGrasse Tyson!!)Read OnBinary System Podcast #137 – Alice Isn’t Dead part 3 chapter 7 (plus SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON)

San Diego Comic-Con is happening today! As you’re reading this! And while we’d like to say we spent so much of Sunday getting everything ready for the convention that we didn’t have time for a regular podcast…the truth is we forgot that there’s no new Alice Isn’t Dead or Welcome To Night Vale to recap this week.

SO, we’re going to talk a lot about the Transformers storylines that we can’t quite keep up with because we apparently haven’t done enough flippin’ homework (James Roberts, we love you, but can you tone it down a tad?) and then veer into an unscheduled detour to Star Wars of all things.Read OnBinary System Podcast #136 – Now With Even Less Planning!

This episode starts out as our usual Alice Isn’t Dead recap but veers off into a tangent about getting involved in the real world, trying to good, and ways you can change things for the better BUT IF THAT’S NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA, don’t worry, we veer back into the podcasts we’re not listening to (Sleep With Me Podcast), books we’re reading (this year’s Hugo nominations), cartoon shows we’re catching up on (Rick and Morty), and comic books we’re getting nervous about (Transformers PLEASE DON’T KILL OUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS IDW THANK YOU.)Read OnBinary System Podcast #135 – Alice Isn’t Dead part 3 chapter 6 (plus book and TV roundup)

Bet you thought we were kidding when we said we were doing this.

Yes, Binary System has now reached full meta status. This week the Welcome To Night Vale recap podcast is recapping the first episode of the podcast that’s recapping the first episode of the Welcome To Night Vale podcast. Read that sentence through a few more times; it won’t make any more sense, but isn’t it glorious?

After that we wander into Transformers (and how we love the IDW series but we’re getting a little tired of all the homework you have to do to understand what’s going on) and Adam Warren’s Empowered, and cosplay plans for San Diego Comic-Con.Read OnBinary System Podcast #134 – Good Morning Night Vale Pilot

This week’s episode of Alice Isn’t Dead asked us the question: where would you put a modern-day oracle to talk in riddles while creating a rift in time and space? Why, in a Denny’s of course. (And it works really, really well.)

We also talked about what is and isn’t the definition of “racist” and what is and isn’t part of the North when you’re talking about the Civil War (do not mess this up or you’ll break your Southern Granny’s heart.)

We also touched on Disney’s Coco, the new Tag movie, Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette special (thanks to Hannah Wallace for recommending it) and why being horrible at history is good if you don’t want to be spoiled when watching Narcos.Read OnBinary System Podcast #133 – Alice Isn’t Dead part 3 chapter 5 (plus movie & TV roundup)

Night Vale ditches the multi-part episode theme (this week, anyway) to bring us a callback episode featuring a couple of familiar villains. (If you’re not sure what’s going on, listen to the episodes “A Story About You” and “A Story About Them”. You still won’t know what’s going on after that, but those are pretty good episodes.)

After that we do the usual potpourri of topics, jumping from Twin Peaks to Patrick Melrose, to our minor connection to a Hollywood screenwriter, to Vampire Diaries’ version of “The Red Wedding,” and then a couple quick thoughts on the series finale of Sense8. (Which Elizabeth didn’t like, but she understands that some of the fans really, really did.) Read OnBinary System Podcast #132 – Welcome To Night Vale #129 “A Story About Us”