Human Echoes Podcast

By Tony Southcotte, Albert Berg

A podcast from Tony Southcotte and Al Berg covering movies, genre fiction, and all things weird and wonderful.... more

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November 30, 2012 House of the Devil Review - HEP - 12 - Nothing is Scarier
This week Tony and Al drink from the suspiciously hydrodynamic
goat skull that is Ti West's House of the Devil. Tony
tells the story of the demonic bird-deity that lives in his chimney
and is likely to kill any day now, just you wait and see. And later
the guys discuss old-school gaming, authorial wagon ruts, Christmas
music and the bitter-sweet tug of nostalgia.

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Links:
House of the Devil (on Netflix)
Anchorhead (that interactive fiction game Albert mentioned
he was really getting into.)
The
Fat Man by Ken Harmon (also
available from our fine sponsors at Audible.com.
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Jasper Fforde
The Raw
Shark Texts by Stephen Hall
Mark Z.
Danielewski
This Would be Less Work if
Albert Hadn't Namedropped so Many Authors
Seth Graham-Smith

Next week we're kicking off December with a feel-good Christmas
flick about how Santa Claus used to be some kind of demon-monster
thing. Check out
Rare Exports on Netflix.
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1h 31min
November 23, 2012 Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles Review - HEP - 11 - Arnold Toynbee is Alive and Well on Jupiter
This week, Tony and Al philosophize about the fountain of youth
as they unpack the documentary Resurrect Dead: The
Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles; then Al talks about why it
wasn't worth it to go and see Skyfall
while beleaguered by mononucleosis. Also, the guys reveal
that the thing they're really thankful for is not having
to experience the Russian front of World War II.

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Links:
Watch Resurrect Dead
on Netflix.
Blindsight by Peter
Watts (a free download!)
The Hardcore History
Podcast.
[Some fourth item I'm probably
forgetting right now]

Next week, we'll be discussing House
of the Devil.

(If you get the reference made in the title of this podcast you
are one of the awesome).

You can follow us on Twitter @tsouthcotte and @Albert_Berg, or you can subscribe to
the podcast's twitter feed at @HEPodcast. Our blogs are also
available to the right of this message on the sidebar.
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1h 9min
November 16, 2012 The Fall Review - HEP - 10 - It's Not The Fall that Kills You
This week Al and Tony munch on the sweet sweet eye candy that is
The Fall with a completely unnecessary side
course of post-presidential election commentary. Then the guys
delve into the mysteries of nostalgia, and wonder which of
the movies of our era will endure, and which will have our children
scratching their heads asking themselves, "They thought
this was good?" All this, PLUS, musings on the conceptual
nature of reality and how stories are
the fundamental building blocks that make up our
world.

Somewhat Related Links:
The Fall on
Netflix
The SCP Foundation
Website
I am a Toaster

Completely Unrelated Links:
Zaphod Beeblebrox for
President

Also, check out next week's movie before we talk about it.
Watch Resurrect Dead: The
Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and help spread the message
of alien zombies from Jupiter. Or something.

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available to the right of this message on the sidebar.
...more
1h 31min
November 09, 2012 Absentia Review - HEP - 9 - Tunnel Trades Take Focus
Self sacrifice may be noble, but so is knowing what you are
getting out of the deal. This week, we review the horror flick
Absentia, which is available on Netflix. It's a pretty damn grim
movie, so the weak of heart should beware.

Also, we pimp several other podcasts, such as noted horror
podcast The
Drabblecast and Nightmare Magazine. Both of which can be found
on iTunes and so on.

After that, Al and Tony drop into the distant past and talk
about historical arson. We learn why you never kill one of Ghengis
Khan's messengers, and what Julius Ceasar used to conquer the known
world and finish off the waning republic.

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episode.

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1h 36min
November 02, 2012 The Inkeepers Review - HEP - 8 - All Our Ghosts are From the Future
This week, Tony and Al dig into
The Innkeepers, a character-driven scare-filled
horror film with deep echoes of missed connections and unrequited
love. Then, the guys geek out about some of their favourite books,
from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to
the oeuvre of
Chuck Wendig with a minor detour
through the world of Harry Potter. Finally Al tries to explain
why he enjoyed
The Lair of White Worm more than
Dracula, and wonders which of the books of our day will
be best remembered by history.

A few links:
The SCP Foundation
Danny Brophy's
twitter

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1h 11min
October 26, 2012 This Book is Full of Spiders Review - HEP - 7 - This Podcast is Full of Weirdos
This week Tony and Al tackle David Wong's most recent venture
into hilarious horror, This Book is Full of Spiders. How
well does it stand up to its predecessor John Dies at
the End? Whatever happened to Monster Dave? Is giving this
book two thumbs up too chairitable? Is a chair really the
secret weapon?

Then, in the second half of the podcast, Albert gripes about
missed opportunities in John Hornor Jacob's debut novel
Southern Gods, and the guys discuss the finer points of
the C'thulhu mythos.

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Relevant Links:

John Dies at the
End
This Book is Full of
Spiders
Southern Gods
The Call of C'thulhu
(Free Download!)

You can follow us on Twitter @tsouthcotte and @Albert_Berg, or you can subscribe to
the podcast's twitter feed at @HEPodcast. Our blogs are also
available to the right of this message on the sidebar.
...more
1h 6min
October 19, 2012 Pontypool Review - HEP - 6 - The Hobos Shall Inherit the Earth
In this week's episode we analyze
the intellectual insanity that is
Pontypool and dig into the deep questions
raised by the film. Does language infect the way we perceive
reality? Was the Ludovician born in
Canada? Are musicals really all that bad?

Then, we expound the wonders of the outdoors, and Tony reveals
how he escaped a life of being a
rocket-wielding, fire-starting,
almost-got-charged-with-a-felony supervillain and joined sacred and
ancient order of the Cyber Monks. (Or maybe he did some community
service IT work for some churches. Eh, close enough.)

Finally we slam a magazine into our verbal machine guns and mow
down Hollywood's misrepresentation of firearms.

One more reminder: Our flash fiction contest for a short story
involving a Men in Black style witness protection program is still
going. Keep it under 500 words. If you win, we toss you five bucks
and read it on the air. Send all entries to [email protected].

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Links for the Nerdy:
Pontypool on
Netflix (in the US). Watch it.
The Sapir-Worf
Hypothesis. (No not that Whorf.)
Stephen Hall's Raw Shark
Texts. It is a book. With pages and also ideas.

You can follow us on Twitter @tsouthcotte and @Albert_Berg, or you can subscribe to
the podcast's twitter feed at @HEPodcast. Our blogs are also
available to the right of this message on the sidebar.
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1h 4min
October 12, 2012 Yellowbrickroad Review - HEP - 5 - On the Road to Madness
This week in the Human Echoes Podcast, Al and Tony dive into
the eviscerated entrails of indie horror
flick Yellowbrickroad. Is it a metafictional
examination of the medium of film? Is it a horrifying
interpretation of The Wizard of Oz? Is it
an anti-feminist manifesto? Listen in wonder
and amazement as these questions and many more go
completely unanswered.

In the second half of the podcast we share our (largely spoiler
free) love for time travel flick Looper, and Albert
explains why Ready Player One may be the best
bad book you'll ever read. Then we discuss the basic protips
everyone should know to make it through life, and attempt to court
the favor of internet liberals by hating on Atlas
Shrugged.

Also, in this week's episode: Tony turns an offhand remark into the
first Human Echoes microfiction competition. Write a hundred word
story about the Men in Black witness protection program and win the
chance to be featured on the podcast that's been taking
the internet by a storm. (And when we say, "storm"
we mean, "some guy thought he got hit by a raindrop, but it turned
out to be someone spitting out of a helicopter.")
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1h 15min
October 05, 2012 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Review - HEP - 4 - Steven Segal vs. Leslie Vernon
It is a little known fact that most
serial killers can be found at community colleges taking courses in
Photoshop. This week Al Berg and Tony Southcotte breakdown Behind
the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

In keeping with our strict policy of
tangents, we also find ourselves fixated on the creations of Joss
Whedon, with both The Avengers and Cabin in the Woods.

We also talk about what might be the
best pure zombie book out there: World War Z by Max Brooks.

Next week we will be reviewing
YellowBrickRoad, which is available on netflix and on a VHS tapes
in your creepy neighbor's outhouse. It really might be easier to
stream it.
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1h 21min
September 28, 2012 I Saw the Devil Review - HEP - 3 - No Sympathy for Cannibals

In
the third episode of the Human Echoes Podcast, you will find our
heads scraped to the scalp, and ready to talk about the South
Korean thriller I Saw the Devil. Listen in as we detail the
struggle between Secret Agent Man and Serial Killer Man.
Hear us well, as we wander between the
vagaries of Facebook stalking by employers and bumper sticker
philosophy.
Also, check out The Booth at The End on
Hulu.com. Mostly because it kicks ass, and a little bit because
everything you read on this site is perceived to be true by the
hosts.
Thanks for listening folks, and if you like
the podcast, do us a big fat favor and throw a review at it on
iTunes or any other podcast downloaded you have aligned yourself
with. Hit us up with an email at [email protected], or tweet at us @hepodcast.
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Next week's movie will be: Behind the Mask:
The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
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1h 9min

FAQs about Human Echoes Podcast:

How many episodes does Human Echoes Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 312 episodes available.