The Lost Signals

Delve into an ever-changing dungeon with us, as we breakdown and discuss the various facets of the roguelike and roguelite genres.

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TLS follows along with a group of inept would-be “martyrs” in absurd British satire flick, Four Lions.

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TLS plays all the parts– past, present, and future– in a review of trope-making Robert A. Heinlein classic, By His Bootstraps

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The Lost Signals discusses the black and white and all the shades of gray in Spike Lee’s latest joint, “BlacKkKlansman.” [Aggregate score: 10]

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TLS looks into the practice of having parents and/or parental figures featured prominently as central characters/themes in videogames.

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In the second of an improvised trilogy on the clash between narrative and academic works, The Lost Signals discusses Voltaire’s Micromegas.

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They were built to serve man, but all they did was serve.. as a nuanced look at the development of AI and as a metaphor for the exploitation of workers. What lazy, good-for-nothing robots.

Tierra y Libertad

Aggregate Score: 8

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TLS heads to a small southern town riddled with racial tension to solve a murder (and enjoy some creampies) in this classic police procedural drama.

[Aggregate score: 10]

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The Lost Signals individually reflect on Podcast Movement 2018.

See below the video for some links for a few of the folks we saw in sessions at the conference.

Thanks to everyone who made our week awesome.

We ran into our friends at Podcast Masters again. If you need someone to run your cast, let them know: http://podcastmasters.net/

Amanda Bocchi (lead vocals for the live band at the Reading Terminal show) https://amandabocchi.com

The Meg Robinson Show, host Meg Robinson’s interview podcast on society and culture.

Chris & Krissie Holifield are hosts of I Am Salt Lake, a podcast focusing on local people and events in Salt Lake City Utah.

The Future is Fiction Panel:

No Spoilers Panel:

Podcast Marketing Session:

Podcast Editing Panel (if you’re looking for audio editors!):

Automation for Podcasting Session:

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As the great Epic Rap Battles of History once famously stated: Poe’s poems pwn posers. The posers this time are the so-called “scientists” with their so-called “science.”

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