There has been a coup in our Facebook group chat and we have to tell you about it (up until about 15:30). Also, we talk about WWIII memes and zoomers. Then I ask Jay a series of increasingly dumb questions (kind of) about the Democratic Primary.

New year, new content. This time, your intrepid hosts wade into the decade in review, Star Wars, Tik Tok, and The Dark Forest. There's also a long digression on pies.

After a long nine months, we're back with another episode. This one is a holiday episode we recorded in 2018 but it still counts! In it we talk about what makes people a little anxious and nervous around the holidays, the difference between Hanukkah and Christmas, and Gnarbles the Christmas Gremlin - a new addition to the Christmas pantheon.

G'day mates! Jay and Austin are back once again, lighting up Australia's premier podcast hosting service. This time we explore the underground tunnels and find a terrifying puppet store. We also talk about bad birthday rituals, the word tchotchke, why sci-fi dystopias always have Asian language billboards, and who the protagonist of The Three Body Problem is. As always, the music at the beginning and end is Astro Turf by Purple Funk Metropolis!

Jay and Austin are back to satisfy your never-ceasing thirst for content. This time they cover yoga, American Christianity, stereotypes they encountered abroad, underground shopping malls, and individualism vs. collectivism. Also, the podcast has a fixed name now, not that Austin gave up on our dumb idea of changing them without a fight.

The word of the day is bifurcating. In this episode, we talk about stories that focus on choice and how the ideas of infinite timelines factor into choice. So, basically Black Mirror's Bandersnatch. We also discuss some Sci-Fi classics like Hyperion and Brave New World as well as the holidays and chinchilla hell.

In this episode of the podcast that has definitely always been called Rick Grimes and His Funky Fresh Appointment Television, Jay and Austin talk about The Walking Dead and its weird decisions, the death of appointment television, what shared culture and traditions might be worth, a world where subcultures rule, youth pastor conversation starters, Cixin Liu, science fiction, and more. There are equal parts goofs and serious discussions in this go-around.

Jay and Austin are back for another episode of their podcast that has definitely always been called My Fellow Vespuccians, America's (Vespuccia's) favorite alternate history podcast! This time Jay and Ausin dive into why Dungeons & Dragons is so HOT right now. From there, they talk about how we're all living in an 80's reboot, the pros and cons of a politically and socially charged environment, the weird way we talk about politics, Austin's homemade sport Dunkball, Thomas Bagels - inventor of the bagel, and of course what the world would look like if America was named Vespuccia instead. Check it out!

The intro and outro song is "Astro Turf" by Purple Funk Metropolis

The Minnesota-Virginia Confederate flag story Jay referenced

Jay and Austin are back for another episode of their podcast that has definitely always been called We're Just Two Guys (and We're Having a Good Time). This time they discuss science fiction, what good sci-fi looks like, what sci-fi is good for, and what sci-fi actually is in the first place. They move the discussion through some of their favorite shows and books like The Lathe of Heaven, Star Trek, Hyperion, Brave New World, and The Three-Body Problem. They end up getting into religion and vow to start a new band called Minutiae Dick Measuring Contest. The intro and outro song is Astro Turf by Purple Funk Metropolis.

Welcome back to Podside Chats, a podcast featuring two friends talking that has definitely, always been called Podside Chats. This week Jay and Austin cover American Psycho and how it ties into the Kavanaugh hearings, political Rorschach tests and The Last Jedi, whether a political center still exists in America, public art, and the heat death of the universe.

For more info on The Last Jedi study:

From Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/4/17937172/last-jedi-russian-troll-study-politics-social-media

From CNet:

https://www.cnet.com/news/actually-half-of-the-last-jedi-haters-were-not-russian-trolls/

For more info on the Serena Williams controversy:

Brief Guardian sum-up - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/09/serena-williams-accuses-officials-of-sexism-and-vows-to-fight-for-women

Washington Post deep dive - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/10/serena-williamss-loss-is-not-about-racism-or-sexism-its-about-bad-rule/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.82343eff6ccc