Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date February 7, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/02/binary-system-podcast-163-wtnv-141-save-dark-owl-records/ Yay, Welcome to Night Vale is back from hiatus! To celebrate, Night Vale is having a party this week at Dark Owl Records! Well, it's more of a fundraiser than a party (the new music store in town, Burger Barn Gladtown Records Expre...

Original broadcast date January 31, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/01/binary-system-podcast-162-convention-disaster-stories/ Can we just say for the record that if you've attended a convention and been bitterly disappointed, you have our sympathies. THAT BEING SAID, grab some popcorn, because in the wake of the Fyre Festival documentaries (which we adored)...

Original broadcast date January 17, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/01/binary-system-podcast-160-happy-new-year-two-weeks-late/ Well, that didn't take long, did it? Not that we've fallen behind on our podcasts by accident, oh no. We knew it would freak out our listeners if we actually stayed ahead of schedule for too long, so we went back to our tried-and-tr...

Original broadcast date January 9, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/01/binary-system-podcast-159-the-haunting-of-hill-house/ So did you watch Haunting of Hill House , or did you skip it and wonder what the fuss was about? Did you love all of it, or did you recognize the parts that were deeply flawed? Did you enjoy the ending, or did the last line make you wan...

Original broadcast date December 27, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-158-wtnv-140-a-blood-stone-carol/ Last week was our Christmas episode so of course Night Vale released a Christmas episode for us to recap the next day. But seeing as how it was a downer of a story about mortality and terror, it's probably good we waited until after...

Original broadcast date January 24, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/01/binary-system-podcast-161-bumblebee-and-other-transformers-topics/ It sure doesn't happen very often: both the East and West Coast branches of Binary System actually saw a movie before it left the theaters. But it was a Transformers movie, and the reviews were great, so how could they...

Original broadcast date December 20, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-157-incredibles-2/ Only a few days until Christmas, it's almost the end of the year, and we're finally getting better at movies! We managed to watch a popular film only six months late instead of, um, how long did it take us to see "Tangled?" Two years? Anyway, we w...

Original broadcast date December 13, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-156-wtnv-139-the-birthday-of-lee-marvin/ This week it's time to grab a plate of imaginary corn with some theoretical butter and celebrate the birthday of Lee Marvin! (At least, that's what they're doing over in Night Vale. We still don't understand why it's always L...

Original broadcast date December 6, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/12/binary-system-podcast-155-get-out-and-the-haunting-of-hill-house/ It only took a year and a half (well, close to two years), but Kathryn finally took Elizabeth's suggestion and watched the 2017 movie "Get Out." First impressions: very weird movie. The discussion about just how weird it wa...

Original broadcast date November 29, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-154-the-idw-transformers-finale-wrap-up/ SPOILER ALERT. Last week IDW released Optimus Prime #25, the very last issue of all the current Transformers series, after this the entire universe reboots. Seeing as how this podcast could easily be the All Transformers All...

Original broadcast date November 22, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-153-wtnv-138-harvest-time/ Okay, try to guess what all these things have in common: nights getting longer (and whether that's good or bad), mayonnaise, eating contests, studying (or not) for the PSAT, how annoying autoplay is on Youtube, the change of venue for Desi...

Original broadcast date November 15, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-152-nc-comicon-limetown-hill-house-and-more-randomness/ With no Night Vale episode to recap this week, we just jumped on every random topic that wandered into our airspace, first saying a few words about the passing of Stan Lee (thank you for so many things we love,...

Original broadcast date November 8, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-151-wtnv-137-the-mudstone-abyss-part-3/ It's the third (and final?) part of the Mudstone Abyss arc, people are speaking gibberish, there's protests and riots and radio hosts being burned in effigy and, most disturbing of all....Kevin is being...nice? After the recap...

Original broadcast date November 1, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-150-the-bsp-mixtape/ The title of this episode was almost "One hundred fifty episodes: still no plan" but we already used that fifty episodes ago. And we do have a plan, even if we thought it up an hour before the recording. Still counts! This week we're talking abou...

Original broadcast date October 25, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-149-wtnv-136-mud-stone-abyss-part-2/ Uh oh, the work on Desert Bluff's Mud Stone Abyss is falling behind schedule. And the construction that has gotten done seems to be releasing mysterious hazy figures, causing accidents around the town, and now language has stopped...

Original broadcast date October 18, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-148-as-above-so-below-the-cell-and-other-horror-movies-we-like/ It took us a long time before we'd watch horror movies, a LONG time. By the time we graduated high school we'd seen most of Poltergeist (a friend warned us about the face-falling-off scene) and one Fredd...

Original broadcast date October 11, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-147-wtnv-135-mud-stone-abyss-part-1/ This week we start with a recap of the latest episode of Night Vale (featuring the return of Desert Bluffs! And Kevin! And teeth! AND SMILING.) and then we discuss the total lack of Transformers comic book news coming out of NYCC,...

Original broadcast date October 4, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-146-wtnv-134-fall-football-preview/ This episode starts out with a recap of Football Season in Night Vale (we'd watch more football if it had more trees and ghosts) and then turns into an episode of All Transformers All The Time: in one week we got to see the pinnacle...

Original broadcast date September 27, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-145-wtnv-133-are-you-sure/ The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because...hang on, didn't we do this the last time we recapped a Welc...

Original broadcast date August 2, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-138-catching-up-except-not-really/ You know, when other podcasts say they're going to catch up on all the movies and TV they've been missing lately, they usually mean "movies and TV within the past year." Not THIS podcast. Listen in as we fangirl about Pacific Rim (the...

Original broadcast date September 20, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-144-alice-isnt-dead-series-finale/ This is it, the final episode of Alice Isn't Dead ever. EVER. And the creators gave it an ending that wasn't what we were expecting, but..is it a "happy" ending? Weeelll..... After that it's the post-Hurricane-Florence wrap up (sp...

Original broadcast date September 13, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-143-wtnv-132-bedtime-story/ The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because Kathryn was struck by lightning. Except not her, the house....

Original broadcast date September 6, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-142-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapters-8-and-9-plus-saga-issue-54/ We're behind on all our podcasts so the Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up has begun! (Otherwise known as "How We Live Our Lives At All Times We Don't Know Why You Were Expecting Anything Different.") First u...

Original broadcast date August 24, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-140-black-mirror-san-junipero/ Coming to you a day late because of cross country trips and flash floods (no really) this week features the return of special guest Hannah Wallace ! https://twitter.com/hannahwallace Listen in as we recap one of our all-time favorite Bla...

Original broadcast date August 9, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-139-wtnv-131-brought-to-you-by-kelloggs/ Welcome to Night Vale returns this week with a beautifully bizarre episode, full of imaginary corn and mythology based on breakfast cereal. After the recap we also talk about Better Call Saul, The Originals, and a plan for Binar...