We have reached the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and none other than Michael Benson, the author of Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C Clarke, and The Making of a Masterpiece visits the podcast to help make sense of it all. 

As always, enjoy and thank you for listening.

In this penultimate minute of content from 2001, Fr David Mowry (fatherdavidmowry.com) provides a podcast guest tour-de-force, helping Chris and Rudi make sense of what this film means. There's simply no other way to put it, this episode is DEEP, man.

Film scholar and Kubrick-ologist Nathan Abrams from Bangor University (Wales) visits the podcast to discuss how Jewish themes and imagery are visible in 2001 as well as in his other films. Rudi and Chris also relive the arrival of the Star Child, of whom Rudi is not a fan.

Ben Blohowiak (benblohowiak.com) drops by to delve into the mathematical mysteries of 2001, including the concept of the monolith as a 4-dimensional object! Chris and Rudi struggle to keep up, pondering about what the glass breaking scene might mean. Also, kudos to Keir Dullea! 

Suzen Tekla Kruglinska (The Shining 2:37 podcast) and Joe Dator (cartoonist at The New Yorker) complete their tenure at the show while Chris becomes melancholy and Rudi spots something curious about one of the paintings. 

Additional music by Ben Coleman (Soundcloud.com/JoyRex9)

Joe Dator (cartoonist/humorist at The New Yorker) and Suzen Tekla Kruglinska (The Shining 2:37 podcast) continue their residency on the show. 

Additional music by Ben Coleman (Soundcloud.com/joyrexJ9)

Suzen Tekla Kruglnska (The Shining 2:37 podcast) and Joe Dator (The New Yorker) settle in for a midweek gabfest with Chris and Rudi covering all Kubrick portrayals, Orson Welles, epic rap battles, and maybe even 2001 A Space Odyssey. 

Additional music by Ben Coleman (Soundcloud.com/JoyRexJ9)

Suzen Tekla Kruglnska (The Shining 2:37) and Joe Dator (cartoonist for The New Yorker) return to the podcast and converse about their podcasts, discos, and realtor-speak. 

Additional music by Ben Coleman (Soundcloud.com/JoyRexJ9)

Suzen Tekla Kruglinska (The Shining 2:37 podcast) and Joe Dator (humorist/cartoonist for The New Yorker) visit the podcast to talk about old age makeup, the Museum of the Moving Image, and humorous references to 2001 in pop culture.

Additional music by Ben Coleman (https://soundcloud.com/joyrexj9)

Paula Benson, founder and creative director of Filmandfurniture.com, joins the podcast as Dave Bowman's pod arrives in the unsettling hotel room at the end of the universe. Chris and Rudi engage Paula in a discussion of all things Kubrick and design, as well as Wes Anderson and that first Asia album cover.