Heywood Floyd shifts the gears of his briefing to a more matter-of-fact scientific tone, while Chris and Rudi weigh in on the "power stance" in public speaking. Chris concludes the show with a special message for listeners.

Heywood Floyd gets to the serious business at hand, while Chris and Rudi speculate on how to prepare the world's human beings for knowledge of extraterrestrial intelligence. Somehow, they also end up talking about Zubaz, ALF, and "the yips."

Chris and Rudi settle in for an important briefing about the most significant find in the history of science. They take notes on conference room blocking, Floyd's intro remarks, and sidebar on gas nozzle mishaps.

Chris and Rudi celebrate the arrival of the Heywood Floyd with a discussion of missing/cut scenes from the film, delve even deeper into the acting resume of Burnell Tucker, and risk a blinding glance at the Conference Room set.

Chris and Rudi react to the final landing of the Aries 1B at Clavius Base, reference flight simulators from the 1980s, and do a deep dive on the design, history, and functions of Instrument Landing Systems.

Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCDevo, AlphaBeatical, NerdGeekDork) wraps up his tour of duty on the podcast with a thoughtful analysis of the Clavius Base dome, and Chris leads us on a special segment finding all of the overlapping artists, cast, and crew who worked on both 2001 and Star Wars. Dune, Krull, and Dark Crystal come up a lot from some reason.

Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCDevo, AlphaBeatical) returns to give us some of his current remake casting ideas. Along with Chris and Rudi, they opine about the return of the front projection system, the career resume of Glen Beck (not the one you're thinking of), and the official soundtrack album from 2001.

Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCDevo, AlphaBeatical) along with Chris and Rudi covet some of the newer 2001-related merchandise as well as wax nostalgic about absurdly-simple model kits. They then discuss the finer points of the Aries 1B spacecraft design, and compare some similar shots in both 2001 and Star Wars.

Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCDevo, AlphaBeatical) joins Chris and Rudi for yet another Hat-Centric Minute of 2001. Along the way they discuss "Richard Scarry's 2001," the instructions printed on food trays, and the sequence of funny moments that are a hallmark to the inimitable Stanley Kubrick sense of humor. Chris also fills us in on some scenes that are missing from the film.

Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCDevo, AlphaBeatical) joins Chris and Rudi for the week, starting with this minute that features the famous "walking up the wall" scene. Pete also drops a 2001-related bombshell, describes the worst meal he ever had, and defends his dissertation on the use of red in this film.