With the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, we decided to take a novel approach and actually discuss the Matrix films themselves. You probably see a lot of articles right now surrounding The Matrix, how those Alt-Right psychopaths appropriated the concept of the “red pill,” the similarities between “jacking in” and your addiction to Facebook…

We would rather talk about how these films ushered in the era of geek culture. Sure, that may have forever ruined Comicon, and high school jocks identifying with a particular X-Man, but it also gave us a cultural goose of technological fantasy. If that’s not your thing, it sucks to be you, because The Matrix started it all, and it’s with us now.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourselves. OR, you can listen to this week’s show! So… yeah, never mind that stuff about how you can’t be told… that was nonsense.

| 6:15 The Fifth Element (1997)

| 11:07 Jealous of the Birds

| 15:00 Welcome To Night Vale

| 18:45 Dig! (2004)

| 25:10 Sex Education

| 27:10 David Tennant Does A Podcast With…

| 29:35 The Matrix (1999)

| 43:04 The Matrix Reloaded (2003) & The Animatrix (2003) & Enter The Matrix (2003) & The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Propellerheads - Spybreak

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Éric Serra - The Diva Dance

| Clips from The Fifth Element (1997)

| Jealous of the Birds - Kosiskelu

| Jealous of the Birds - Marrow

| Jealous of the Birds - Russian Doll

| Coldplay - Yellow

| Mike Epps pitches “That’s Racist” / “That’s Racist” kid

| Clip from Welcome To Night Vale - 131 - Brought To You By Kellogg’s

| Negativland - Time Zones

| The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anenome

| The Dandy Warhols - You Are Killing Me

| The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

| Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam

| Don Davis - Main Title / Trinity Infinity

| Fluke - Zion

| Juno Reactor - Mona Lisa Overdrive

| Clips from The Matrix (1999)

| Clip from MTV Movie Awards (2003)

| Clips from The Animatrix (2003)

| Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up