Warped Zone

This week we catch up on a 4 year gap, jump into the US Election and discuss the gaming habits that both VP candidates have claimed, playing Dreamcast for Tim Walz and Magic the Gathering for JD Vance. Which VP is the actual gamer and which party is leading us on? Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smit...

Today we take a deep dive into the covid plandemic and sample the tasting table of craziness including 5G, QAnon and the lovely MMS bleach church itself, Genesis 2 and of course, David Icke because can we really talk conspiracies without reptilians? Strap on your tinfoil hat because this is going to be one wild ride. Wake up sheeple and connect the dots. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosop...

Its a return to the campaign trail with only 3 weeks until the US Election. We jump in to talk about the state of the Union, the impact of the Covid-19 on the Election and try give an update on the fly that we all trust. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates wi...

Who is Julian Assange? Is he a Villain, A Hero, A Sex Addict or All of the Above? Find out in Warped Zone - featuring his cat Michi (played Tom Gillard - the Human). We discuss the following documentaries: ‘Sex, Lies and Julian Assange’ (2012), ‘We Steal Secrets: Wikileaks’ (2013), ‘Julian Assange: Hero or Villain’ (2019)  and ‘Mediastan’ (2013). Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy,...

This week we return to take a deep dive into the Jesus Christians with fellow academic Geraldine Smith. We cover the Jon Ronson documentary ‘Kidney’s for Jesus’, the Jesus Christian youtube channel Voice in the Desert’s documentary ‘Tara’s Story’ and the history of this small Christian sect. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by B...

This week we get out the E-Meter and take a dive into Scientology. We focused this episode on Louis Theroux’ My Scientology Movie, Going Clear and the Prison of Belief, the VICE interview with Mark ‘Marty’ Rathburn and Jon Ronson’s For the Love of Scientology. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, t...

This week we discuss the Midnight Gospel episode 5 and Louis Theroux Weird Weekends Episode on UFOs. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can be found on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warpedzonepodca...

This week we discuss the Midnight Gospel a new netflix animated series which Clancy (Duncan Trussell) interviews guests and has psychedelic space adventures. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can be fo...

This week we discuss Ultra Orthodox Judaism focusing on the documentary One of Us and the new mini-series Unorthodox based on the book by Deborah Feldman. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can be found...

This week navigate our way through a world that has fundamentally changed. With the dramatic spread of Covid-19, the Corona Virus, we speak about the implications of the virus on our lives, the religious responses and the stages of our own isolation. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD stu...

This week we try to be the very best, like no one ever was! We discuss all that is the world of Pokemon with a special guest, Tom Gillard the bee man, partner of Tara and PhD candidate from the University of Sydney. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a...

This week we catch up after our long break and talk about Benn's business new upgrade! We also speak about Tara's trip to India and the recent floods that affected both of us. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. War...

This week we review Another World, the theme to our podcast! Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can be found on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warpedzonepodcast Our Discord chat: https://discord.gg/...

This week we return to Tara's Honours topic, Frank Herbert's Dune while Benn speaks about the creation of Real Time Strategy games. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can be found on facebook: https://w...

This week we review the 2019 year, speak about the Australian Fires and our presentation at the recent Australian Association for the Study of Religion conference in November. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. War...

This week we're joined by fellow PhD Candidate of the University of Sydney Raymond Radford. We speak to Ray about his Honours and PhD topics, featuring the alt-right, incels, fascists and the dark web. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of...

This week we speak with Geraldine Smith our fellow PhD Candidate and now student of the University of Tasmania. We speak about her current studies in the interfaith movement and her previous work on the Jesus Christians, a controversial group that has a home here in Australia. We also share all our first ever memories! Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and a...

This week we continue our horror feature by reading the short story Monkey’s Paw by W.W Jacobs, we even have a hand at having a horror-able reading of the story! Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of good coffee and cats. Warped Zone can b...

This week we start our two week horror special kicking off with Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection. Benn and Tara talk about their greatest fears and how Kristeva took the concept of the Ego and Id from Sigmund Freud, mixed it with the mirror experience of Jacques Lecan and provided insight of the shocking experiences we may have in regard to the mundane objects of the world. Warped Zone is a po...

This week is a special episode on Brexit! Benn and Tara discuss the history of the British independence movement and the impact the outcome of this election will have on Scotland and Northern Ireland. Covering the battles being waged for the ballots by the Conservatives led by Boris Johnson, the search for a position by Jeremy Corbyn the leader of the Labour Party, Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish Natio...

This week we read the The Female Face of God in Auschwitz - Melissa Raphael Chapter 3 Feminist intimations of the holy in Auschwitz. We explore the engagement with the Other, and the contrasts Melissa Raphael with the thoughts of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas as well as the engagement with Orthodox Judaism through the Holocaust. Benn talks about theft in the store and Tara talks about honey an...

This week we read the first section of Emmanuel Levinas - Totality and Infinity, An Essay on Exteriority. We explore the engagement with the other and the contrasts of Levinas with Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl in the Existentialist Philosophical tradition. Benn talks about Terminator and Tara talks about more cats! Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and a...

This week we talk about Martin Buber’s I and Thou. We explore the engagement with the other and the contrasts of Buber with Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl in the Existentialist Philosophical tradition. We also discuss his Judaism and his engagement with Torah. Benn talks about having to go to the pool and Tara talks about loud talkers. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philos...

This week we talk about Walter M, Miller’s You Triflin Skunk, featuring a woman, an alien and no skunks. Benn talks about being tired and power outages, Tara talks about cats (again) and sniffer bees. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies of religion candidates with a shared love of...

This week we talk about the Untitled Goose game by the Melbourne based game developer House House. Benn talks about the childbirth scene in Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Tara talks about her recent market exploits and the Greek film festival. Warped Zone is a podcast on scifi, philosophy, religion, politics, gaming and anything else taboo. Run by Benn Banasik and Tara BM Smith, two PhD studies o...