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In this episode, Tom and Zach barely make it through covering the first third of The Revenant. They also talk about superhero movies and the relative size of bears. With just hours to go, Zach manages to release this prior to the 2016 Oscars. This one's a good one, so if you want to avoid spoilers, listen to the introduction portion, watch the film, then listen to the rest.

30 Seconds to Mars - Echelon

Onion Article

The Revenant

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Emmanuel Lubezki

The Revenant Trailer

The Count of Monte Cristo (Movie)

"If You Kill Him, You will be Just Like Him"

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Squib

The Revenant Main Theme

The Forest Shot from the Trailer

Pacific Temperate Rain Forest

Red Dead Redemption

Tom's Bear Comparison

The Polar Bear Tom Actually Saw

Grizzly Bear (This Says the Largest was 2,200 pounds)

Polar Bear (Says the Largest was 2,209 pounds)

In this heavily-delayed bonus episode, Tom and Zach hack the planet by way of the 2003 blockbuster. There's a lot to talk about with this one. Zach also explains velcro and manages to slip in a historical anecdote.

Interstellar: No Time for Caution

Shatner of the Mount

Diagram of the Earth, for Future Reference

Yawkey Station to Back Bay Station

Loose Cannon who Doesn't Follow the Rules

Aaron Eckhart

Hilary Swank

Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood)

Stanley Tucci

Intro Sequence

Generic Watch

Not the Main Character

Table Fall

Government Agents

Serge

Shuttle Crash

Bird Storm

This is What the Earth is

The Tricky Part

Burning Fruit

Magic Laser

The Best Engineer Ever

Hole through a Mountain

Unobtanium

*Fifteen Billion Dollars

NOTE: This Film is no Longer Available on Netflix

Hacker Scene (Video)

Hacker Scene Highlights (Images): 1,2,3,4

'Phreaking' With Cap'n Crunch

Passerby Getting a Lethal Dose

Irradiating Whales

Amethyst Geode

Pike Dies

I'm the Captain Now

Dodging Diamonds

Drawing Straws

Engineer's Motivations

Engineer's Death

Tucci's Death: 1,2,3,4

Made it Out and Saved by the Whales

Very Secret

How People Leak Documents

The Core Soundtrack

Credits Again

Colosseum Scene

Velcro

The Bouncing Bomb and Video

In this space-themed episode, Tom and Zach wrap up season 1 of TallCast with a discussion of Interstellar, time dilation, Elon Musk, and the colonization of Mars. Warning: This episode spoils parts of Interstellar, which we recommend you consider watching beforehand.

A note for sciency people: Zach knows about special relativity, but chose not to get into it in favor of focusing on general relativity, which is relevant to the film.

The Song from Fantastic Four (2015)

Interstellar IMDB Page (currently #29)

2001: A Space Odyssey IMDB Page (currently #94)

Zach's Image of The Saturn Nebula

How DLP Projectors Work

Google in 2011

Google in 1998

Video From Episode 2

Adobe Premiere

Sony Vegas

Adobe Audition

Audacity

Jonathan Nolan

Nolan's Deathbed Scenes: 1 2 3 4 5

Dark Knight Rises Preview Bane Voice Comparison

First Shot

List of Books in the Bookcase (no Grapes of Wrath)

Interstellar Teaser

Inception Teaser

The Science of Interstellar

'One Big Lie' Science Fiction Concept

The Dodge Truck

The Carhartt Jacket

Matt Damon Makes His Entrance

Tusk

Kevin Smith

Kevin James

Yoga Hosers

Harley Quinn Smith

Moose Jaws

Spider Robot

Spider Robot Toy

Will Smith Turned Down Neo for Wild Wild West

Wired Article about Jaimie Mantzel

Burning his Degree

Traversable Wormholes

Exotic Matter

Supermassive Black Hole

Supermassive Black Hole (song)

The Water Planet

Grey-haired David Gyasi

Gravitational Time Dilation

Inverse Square Law in Gravitation

LEO

Microgravity

Technically, we are Orbiting a Supermassive Black Hole

Multilateration (not Triangulation)

Zach's GPS Example

Airplane Relativity Experiment

Fastest in Space: Helios 2 (43.63 mi/s or 70.22 km/s)

Fastest on Earth: A Manhole Cover (> 41 mi/s or 66 km/s)

Voyager 1 (11 mi/s or 17 km/s)

Gravity Assist Maneuver

Wait But Why

xkcd

Wait But Why Elon Musk Part 1, Part 2 (Tesla), Part 3(Mars)

Wait But Why Superintelligent AI Part 1, Part 2

Looks Like the Quote wasn't Einstein's

Energy Densities of Common Energy Storage Materials

Submarine Commander who Prevented Nuclear War

Soviet Missile Commander who Prevented Nuclear War

Norwegian Rocket Which almost Started Nuclear War

Bomb Accidentally Dropped in South Carolina

Extinction Events

Distance to Mars

All Planets Fit Between the Earth and the Moon

Venera Soviet Missions

Pictures from the Surface of Venus

NASA did go to Venus Once

Balloon Colony on Venus

Columbia (from Bioshock Infinite)

Moon Colonization

Planetary Resources (Asteroid Mining)

NASA Budget over Time

Us Military: "Let's Blow Up the Moon"

xkcd: Fundamental Forces

Black Mass

Spectre

The Martian

The Revenant

As promised, Tom and Zach return once again for a third episode, this time covering the movie everyone is talking about: Fantastic Four. Yes, the new one. Zach also tries not to get too deep into quantum physics and retells a story from the lost episode.

Magic Carpet Ride

Fantastic Four (2015)

Side Note: This is the Movie's Current IMDB Page

Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)

Correction: This is the Fox Marvel Universe. It's Complicated.

Book Recommendation

Comparison with the Lead Singer from Passion Pit

Galactus (Planet Eater)

Ego the Living Planet

Doom as Anakin

Quantum Tunneling

"We Can't Bring Matter Back from the Other Side"

"Here's Some Matter we Brought Back from the Other Side"

A Jumble of Wires

Reg E. Cathey

House of Cards

Andy Serkis

Not Andy Serkis

Bad Guy from Holes

Michael B. Jordan

B. J. Novak

Planting the Flag

Touching the Slime

Nickelodeon Slime

Doom Falls to His Last Name

Doom (Video Game)

Pensive Miles Teller

Thing's Tank Throw in Action

Doctor Doom

Black Holes Evaporate

Bohr Model of the Atom

Atomic Orbitals

Quantum Tunneling (Again)

xkcd: Dimensions

Spacetime (4 Dimensional Space)

Feign

Lunar Eclipses

October 28, 2004 Lunar Eclipse

Granite

Not This Type of Indian Burial Ground

The second episode of TallCast comes to you from the great outdoors, where Tom and Zach discuss Sahara. They also discuss hoverboards, Tesla, video games, the perils of nostalgia, and Zach's quest to rediscover an elusive memory from his childhood. Not even catastrophic hard drive failure can stop this podcast.

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London Calling

Bon Iver - Woods

Greenling

Fantastic Four Cast Hadn't Seen the Movie

Fantastic Four Director Denounces His Own Film

Fantastic Four Trailer

Original Fantastic Four and its Sequel

New Batman

List of Spider Man Movies

Steve Zahn and Alan Tudyk

Matthew McConaughey and Deoderant

Intro Shots and Full Video

Tragically Misunderstood Character

Harpoon Guns are Cool

McConaughey Emerging from the Light

Fool's Gold

Sahara Budget Woes

Dirk Peeking Up

Lampshading

Nathan Fillion and Dylon McDermott vs Nathan Drake

Idris Elba as Bond

Lampshading Success and the Treasure Chest

Lexus Hoverboard

Heroes on Hotwheels - Race to the Future

Maglev

Superconductors (Specifically the Meissner Effect)

Electrical Resistance

Hot Things Make Light

Superconductor Levitating on a Track

Solar Roadways

Tesla Robot Arm

Metal Slug

Metal Gear Series (My Guess of the Referenced Robot)

Mech

Tesla Watch

Google TiSP

Microwaving iPhones

Fight Club Billboard

DO NOT MIX AMMONIA AND BLEACH

Poorly Played Recorder, Well Played Recorder

Carnival of the Animals - The Royal March of the Lion

Let's Play

Super Best Friends Channel (Explicit)

Nice And Games - Example Episode

Accursed Farms - Ross's Game Dungeon: Bip Bop II

Shareware

Let's Play Resident Evil 3 Episode 5 (Explicit)

Incorrect Lyrics, Correct Lyrics

The Internet Archive

Gaelic Storm

The Song

Celtic Thunder

Batman Beyond

Tyler the Tiler

'Tyler' Does Come from Tiler

In the first episode of TallCast, Tom and Zach introduce themselves and discuss the 'romantic' exploits of James Bond as he puns his way into womens' hearts, or at least their beds. They also discuss rebreathers, invisible cars, and the fall of the 24 hour news network.

The Room

Surfing Introduction

Always Label Your C4

Antenna Thing

Outdated Cell Phone Technology

JPEG Loading

Mystery Weapon

Diamond Face's Origins

Not Creepy at All

Character Development

"Saved by the Bell"

Conan O'Brien

Rainbow Magic Gene Therapy Mask

Bond Confused by the Past

Invisible Car 'Digitally' Appearing

Shards of Heaven

Space 'Mirror'

"Your Mama"

Bond's on Thin Ice

Bond's Rebreather

Phantom Menace Rebreather

"Read This"

Inside Icarus

Kite Boarding

Q Interrupts

Playing with Diamonds

Goldeneye Game and Remake

Rebreather

Active (Adaptive) Camouflage

TallCast with Thom and Zach

Ghost Protocol Scene

More about 'Going Viral'