Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date November 28, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/11/binary-system-podcast-201-wtnv-158-the-war-for-time/ The three-part Night Vale story of cryogenics and robots comes to a close this week, with an ending that was surprising, abrupt, and intensely creepy. We loved it. (Probably goes without saying but just in case SPOILERS AHOY!) After th...

Original broadcast date November 21, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/11/binary-system-podcast-200-ship-all-the-ships/ 200 episodes in and WE FINALLY HAVE A PLAN! (For one episode. Enjoy it while it lasts!) If you know us, you'll know we love us some shippy goodness. For the non-nerds (or anyone who hasn't listened to this podcast) (or met us) that means we'l...

Original broadcast date November 7, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/11/binary-system-podcast-198-wtnv-157-the-promise-of-time/ In this week's recap, the story of time working normally in Night Vale continues as the town is caught up in cryogenic fever. Meanwhile, Cecil scrambles to find ten thousand dollars to pay cryogenics entrepreneur Casper Rhodes, becau...

Original broadcast date October 31, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-197-halloween-week/ As the well-organized podcast we are, seeing as how this episode drops on Halloween, we recorded an episode all about our favorite Halloween traditions. HA. Kidding. We totally forgot what day it would be posted until the end of the episode. Inste...

Original broadcast date November 14, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/11/binary-system-podcast-199-how-to-train-your-dragon-3/ That's right, it's one of our favorite movie series, about one of our favorite things, the movie we waited five years for them to make...and it only took us eight months to watch it. FINALLY. Massive great big SPOILERS ahoy as...

Original broadcast date October 24, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-196-wtnv-156-the-trouble-with-time/ We'll be honest, when we saw the title of this week's Welcome To Night Vale episode we hoped it would be a nifty wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey, Doctor Who-themed story with some Night Vale weirdness mixed in. But the writers love to d...

Original broadcast date October 17, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-195-peaky-blinders-and-rifftraxs-twilight/ There is just way too much stuff to catch up with lately! And by "lately" sometimes we mean "2009." Kathryn is three episodes into Peaky Blinders so Elizabeth has to dance around spoilers since she finished the whole season...

Original broadcast date October 10, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-194-wtnv-155-the-heist-part-3/ This week we recap the final episode of "The Heist" storyline, and the whole thing wrapped up neatly although NOT THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO. Geez, Night Vale writers, give us a heart attack why don't you... Believe it or not, t...

Original broadcast date October 3, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-193-more-horror-movies/ October's here so it's time once again for Binary System to go over our list of Favorite Horror Movies and scare ourselves silly. Two years ago we had a conversation with Hannah about our go-to movies , and last year we talked about The Cell an...

Original broadcast date September 19, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/09/binary-system-podcast-192-wtnv-154-the-heist-part-2/ On this week's Night Vale recap WE ARE NOT FANS of the Secret Police's behavior lately NO SIR THIS WILL NOT END WELL. After the recap we also get into a little more of Carnival Row , Stranger Things Season 3, and The Good Place Season...

Original broadcast date September 12, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/09/binary-system-podcast-191-wtnv-153-the-heist-part-1/ The post-vacation catchup continues as we recap a Night Vale episode full of robberies, science experiments, and coupons for free puppies, and then switch gears to talk about Mission Impossible , The Wicked + The Divine , the upcoming...

Original broadcast date September 5, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/09/binary-system-podcast-190-wtnv-152-the-great-golden-hand/ It's that time of year we like to call "The BSP Post-Vacation Catchup," and if we were smart we would've recapped two episodes of Night Vale this week and been all caught up! We're not that smart. As of the time this episode drops...

Original broadcast date August 29, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/08/binary-system-podcast-189-black-mirror-bandersnatch/ Yes we finally did it! We...what? Oh, no we didn't watch How To Train Your Dragon 3. We watched the Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch , which has technically been out longer so at least we're going in order? Yay? Heads up: ALL the spoile...

Original broadcast date August 15, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/08/binary-system-podcast-188-start-with-this-podcast-towards-a-poor-podcast/ This week we've got a quick recap of the Start With This Podcast episode "Towards A Poor Podcast." No, it's not "poor" as in "bad," it's "poor" as in "broke." It's about creating fiction on a budget, basically; writi...

Original broadcast date August 8, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/08/binary-system-podcast-187-welcome-to-night-vale-151-the-waterfall/ It's tough to be starting out in college sometimes. New setting, new routine, on the edge of adulthood, maybe trying to figure out how you feel about the cute boy who was flirting with you at a party. It's even tougher when...

Original broadcast date August 1, 2019. The original podcast post is here:  Back on episode 182 https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/07/binary-system-podcast-182-start-with-this-episode-1/ we talked about the Night Vale Presents Podcast "Start With This," and mentioned the creators assigned the listeners two homework projects: write one story that you destroy immediately, and one story that you sha...

Original broadcast date July 25, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/07/binary-system-podcast-185-san-diego-comic-con/ We've got a slightly longer episode this week, since there was a slightly big event going on in California last week. You may have heard about it...San Diego ComicCon 2019, which also happened to be the big convention's 50th anniversary! Elizabe...

Original broadcast date July 18, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/07/binary-system-podcast-184-the-blair-witch-project-20th-anniversary/ After 20 years we know everybody has already said just about everything that can be said about this movie. And that certainly isn't going to stop us from fangirling all over it some more. (I mean, that never stopped us befor...

Original broadcast date July 11, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/07/binary-system-podcast-183-the-travel-edition/ Because of all the travel plans this summer, the East Coast and West Coast branches were in the same time zone for almost twelve hours, so we spent a few minutes recording a quick episode about what geek stuff we got into this week: Kathryn's wat...

Original broadcast date July 4, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/07/binary-system-podcast-182-start-with-this-episode-1/ Happy 4th of July! (Or, if you're somewhere that doesn't celebrate the 4th, happy Thursday!) We recorded this on Monday and forgot it'd drop on the 4th, so this podcast makes no mention of holidays or politics and instead is a last-minute r...

Original broadcast date June 27, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/06/binary-system-podcast-181-good-omens/ So Good Omens hit Amazon Prime, and even though Neil Gaiman is probably our favorite author ever, you know it's going to take us a while to watch all the episodes. KIDDING! We already finished. It's GOOD OMENS, we've been waiting for this show for decade...

Original broadcast date June 20, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/06/binary-system-podcast-180-welcome-to-night-vale-150-the-birthday-of-lee-marvin/ On this week's Night Vale recap it’s time to grab a plate of imaginary corn with some theoretical butter and celebrate the birthday of Lee Marvin and...wait, hang on.... we've been here before . TWICE . https://p...

Original broadcast date June 6, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/06/binary-system-podcast-179-wtnv-149-the-general/ On this week's Night Vale recap we talk about lost loves who start to reconnect, about fate and destiny and having to go to every living creature in the universe one by one by yourself in order to save existence and exactly how long that might t...

Original broadcast date May 23, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/05/binary-system-podcast-178-wtnv-148-the-broadcaster/ The latest episode of Welcome to Night Vale features the triumphant return of radio host Leonard Burton, all on his lonesome in the radio booth. And the town. And possibly the universe. Get yourself something comforting to drink - and possib...

Original broadcast date May 16, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/05/binary-system-podcast-177-spider-man-homecoming/ The Binary System crew has finally caught up with all the Marvel movies! We...no, not Endgame, we watched that weeks ago. No, we finally watched Spider-Man: Homecoming! TWO YEARS after it came out. Honestly, we don't have an excuse, some kind o...