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Episode 519: Future So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades
Show Notes Episode 519: Future’s So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades
This week Host Dave Bledsoe passed out in a Waymo Taxi and woke up in Albany owing $1700. (He charged to the network credit card. Again.) On the show this week we wrap up our exploration of the foundation myths of the Baby Boom with how the Atomic Age and the Space Race influenced pop culture and how pop culture influenced them. (In cartoon form.)
Along the way we discover that Dave’s formative years were basically reruns and cheap plastic toys. (You can tell.) Then we dive into speculative fiction (speculating on whether Dave will ever get to the point) and how it really isn’t all that speculative. Then we examine how the movies shifted after Sputnik and how television pretended the world wasn’t changing by imagining the future was exactly like today but space ships. Finally, we explore the most influential television of the 1960s and how it shaped our vision of the future and our relationship with technology, also it had a talking dog. (Forget flying cars, where are our talking dogs?)
Our Sponsor this week is Whuffo Toys Spaceman Space Toy for Boys because only boys go to space. We open with Major Matt Mason and close with Jason Armstrong for whom things are going great!
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq
Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/478dy8NMO6w?si=m-mX0riEWEFlxd0j
Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop
Citations Needed:
Wikipedia: Speculative Fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction
Science Fiction Before NASA
https://auxiliarymemory.com/2018/07/17/science-fiction-before-nasa/
50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/
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By Dave Bledsoe
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Show Notes Episode 519: Future’s So Bright, Gotta Wear Shades
This week Host Dave Bledsoe passed out in a Waymo Taxi and woke up in Albany owing $1700. (He charged to the network credit card. Again.) On the show this week we wrap up our exploration of the foundation myths of the Baby Boom with how the Atomic Age and the Space Race influenced pop culture and how pop culture influenced them. (In cartoon form.)
Along the way we discover that Dave’s formative years were basically reruns and cheap plastic toys. (You can tell.) Then we dive into speculative fiction (speculating on whether Dave will ever get to the point) and how it really isn’t all that speculative. Then we examine how the movies shifted after Sputnik and how television pretended the world wasn’t changing by imagining the future was exactly like today but space ships. Finally, we explore the most influential television of the 1960s and how it shaped our vision of the future and our relationship with technology, also it had a talking dog. (Forget flying cars, where are our talking dogs?)
Our Sponsor this week is Whuffo Toys Spaceman Space Toy for Boys because only boys go to space. We open with Major Matt Mason and close with Jason Armstrong for whom things are going great!
Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense
The Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.social
The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/
The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ
The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq
Our Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast
The Show Line: 347 687 9601
Closing Music: https://youtu.be/478dy8NMO6w?si=m-mX0riEWEFlxd0j
Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop
Citations Needed:
Wikipedia: Speculative Fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction
Science Fiction Before NASA
https://auxiliarymemory.com/2018/07/17/science-fiction-before-nasa/
50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/50-years-of-the-jetsons-why-the-show-still-matters-43459669/
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