Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date March 5, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-213-wtnv-163-bravo/ On this week's Night Vale recap we discuss theater etiquette when attending a show at an insane asylum, and then move on to cosplay problems, adventures in 3D printing, and whether or not the pretty, pretty effects in Picard outweigh all the talking....

Original broadcast date February 27, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-212-parasite-comic-books-and-random-sci-fi/ So the plan was to have a quick talk about an Oscar-winning film and a debriefing on the events of last weekend. It spun out of control  within the first fifteen minutes, of course. Listen in as we go over Parasite (m...

Original broadcast date February 20, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-211-wtnv-162-alpha/ This week’s Night Vale recap is full of ambitious moms, genius daughters, mysterious voices, missing planes and REALLY STARTLING WEATHER. Plus Kathryn wants to rewatch Snowpiercer (because Parasite ) and Elizabeth rewatched Looper (because Knives...

Original broadcast date February 13, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-210-the-oscars/ The 2020 Oscars have come and gone and Binary System has the complete recap! Well, mostly complete; Kathryn's got the attention span of a magpie and kept leaving the room when she got bored. And Elizabeth still has the heebie jeebies from the year th...

Original broadcast date February 6, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-209-wtnv-161-the-space-race/ Welcome to Night Vale returns! Listen in as we recap Night Vale's centuries-long quest to slap the bejeezus out of the moon, give shout outs to two listeners, and basically make stuff up about people we've never met. Prefer your podcasts...

Original broadcast date January 30, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-208-fleabag/ Special guest Hannah Wallace https://byhannahwallace.wordpress.com/ returns this week as we break down everything we loved about Fleabag! Massive spoiler warnings of course, because we can't talk about all the fourth-wall breaks, the horrible Godmother,...

Original broadcast date January 23, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-207-sitrep-weve-watched-some-things/ Last week we made a plan for catching up on all the amazing content out there, and this week? We got caught up! KIDDING. Of course we didn't, but we watched some things, and liked them a lot. Listen in as we talk about Fleabag Sea...

Original broadcast date January 16, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-206-playing-catch-up/ The holidays are over, and convention season doesn't get geared up for a few weeks, so now's the time for us to get caught up on all the things we've been meaning to watch because we are so, so bad at TV and movies. Listen in as we set up our ho...

Original broadcast date January 9, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-205-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker/ Okay this is disconcerting: we actually managed to watch a major motion picture within three weeks of the release date, instead of waiting three months (or years. Sometimes it's years.) Have we turned over a new leaf or have we bee...

Original broadcast date January 2, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-204-how-to-train-your-dragon-homecoming-and-fictional-holidays/ It took us a month to finally watch the How To Train Your Dragon holiday special, but since it took us the better part of a year to watch the final movie, that's, like, practically on time for us. Yes? No...

Original broadcast date December 19, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/12/binary-system-podcast-203-wtnv-160-the-weather/ We knew this was going to be a crazy episode of Welcome to Night Vale when Cecil said he was going to take us to the weather... and then he talked about the weather! ISN'T THAT CRAZY? (And don't even get us started on the sports section...)...

Original broadcast date December 5, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/12/binary-system-podcast-202-wtnv-159-cat-show/ Night Vale’s annual Cat Show is here and there’s really no competition because everybody knows Khoshekh is THE BEST CAT EVER. (Though one of the competitors is named Dumpster and we’ve gotta admit that’s a cool name for a cat.) Listen in as we...

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...