Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date July 20, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/07/binary-system-podcast-89-night-vale-bonus-tracks-and-san-diego-comic-con/ This week Welcome to Night Vale demonstrated once again that they don’t understand the meaning of the word “hiatus” because they gave us both an excerpt from the upcoming Night Vale book It Devours , AND a teaser for t...

Original broadcast date July 13, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/07/binary-system-podcast-88-the-alice-isnt-dead-catch-up-episode-part-2/ This week Binary System recaps two episodes of Alice Isn't Dead in record time and that's it! We're all caught up with podcasts! And in one week San Diego Comic-Con takes over our lives and we're going to get totally behin...

Original broadcast date July 6, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/07/binary-system-podcast-87-wtnv-episode-110-matryoshka/ This week Binary System is finally caught up with Welcome To Night Vale woo!! Listen in as we recap (and try to pronounce) "Matryoshka." Then there's the Night Vale Bonus Episode "The Tragic Story of Louie Blasko," which we don't recap so...

Original broadcast date June 29, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/06/binary-system-podcast-86-the-alice-isnt-dead-catch-up-episode-part-1/ This week Binary System Podcast is organized and on top of all the things! Hah, kidding, we're still playing catch up. This week we recapped episodes 4 and 5 of the latest season of Alice Isn't Dead , and still had time to...

Original broadcast date June 22, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/06/binary-system-podcast-85-the-night-vale-catch-up-episode-part-1/ Binary System Podcast is back on schedule! Mostly! A little? Okay, not at all, because we're way behind on our Night Vale Recaps. So this week you get two for one! Listen in as we race through Night Vale episodes #108 ("Cal") a...

Original broadcast date June 8, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/06/binary-system-podcast-84-lightning-speed-intermission/ Both branches of Binary System Podcast are once again on the road this week, so we recorded a 7-minute podcast. And still managed to fit in the Sense8 and Till All Are One cancellations, American Gods , how we haven't seen Wonder Woman ye...

Original broadcast date May 25, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/05/binary-system-podcast-83-zombies-run-with-special-guest-hannah/ If you've ever said "the only way I'd go running is if something was chasing me" then you already know one of the reasons we're fans of the Zombies, Run app. This week the twins' sister Hannah Wallace guest stars on the podcast t...

Original broadcast date May 11, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/05/binary-system-podcast-82-alice-isnt-dead-part-2-episode-3-abandoned-places/ This week we tried to recap the latest episode of Alice Isn't Dead , but it's this really atmospheric episode that doesn't do well as a recap (it's like trying to verbally describe an excellent sunset: you kinda had t...

Original broadcast date May 4, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/05/binary-system-podcast-81-wtnv-107-the-missing-sky/ You know how we always open the podcast by saying you should listen to the Welcome To Night Vale episode first? Well this week you REALLY NEED TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE FIRST. This was one of those episodes that's surreal and disjointed and har...

Original broadcast date April 27, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/04/binary-system-podcast-80-alice-isnt-dead-part-2-episode-2-the-mouth-of-the-water/ It's our 80th episode, woo hoo! Enjoy this...completely regular episode. You thought we'd have a plan? Have you met us? Anyway, we recap the latest Alice Isn't Dead episode and wander off into weird tangents l...

Original broadcast date April 20, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/04/binary-system-podcast-79-wtnv-episode-106-filings/ In Night Vale it's illegal to acknowledge the existence of angels, so they're out to change that, and you know what that means: PAPERWORK. Also minor riots, dragons, and rifts in the space-time continuum. It IS Night Vale we're talking abou...

Original broadcast date April 13, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/04/binary-system-podcast-78-season-premiere-of-alice-isnt-dead-season-finale-of-the-walking-dead/ After eight months it’s finally back: this week brought the season premiere of Alice Isn’t Dead , and we’ve got the recap but what we REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT is the season finale of The Walking...

Original broadcast date April 6, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/04/binary-system-podcast-77-wtnv-episode-105-what-happened-at-the-smithwick-house/ This week's Welcome To Night Vale episode offers up a short story. It's a tale about a family, and a house, and a hole in the nursery wall. Cecil refuses to learn anything from the story, and we're not entirely s...

Original broadcast date March 30, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/03/binary-system-podcast-76-a-small-plan/ "This week we have no plan." "We kind of have a plan." "We have a little bit of a plan." "We have two things to talk about, so, that's a tiny plan." "It's better than no plan at all." This week we talked about Kong: Skull Island (since both of us have...

Original broadcast date March 23, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/03/binary-system-podcast-75-wtnv-episode-104-the-hierarchy-of-angels/ This week the twins recap the latest episode of Night Vale and talk about how angels can't have building permits and dragons can't practice law. (Apparently you can't just tell somebody that the City said it was okay for you...

Original broadcast date March 16, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/03/binary-system-podcast-74-the-randomness-continues/ Without a Night Vale episode to recap this week, the twins set up a careful, organized plan for the recording. Riiiight. That's about as likely as Megatron writing limericks about how awesome Starscream is. (...actually, fanfic writers, cou...

Original broadcast date March 9, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/03/binary-system-podcast-73-wtnv-103-ash-beach/ Anyone looking to take an early spring vacation? Why not take a trip to Night Vale's newest attraction: Ash Beach. The town's landlocked, so there's no water, and the sand's been replaced with ash from thousands of municipally burned books, so you...

Original broadcast date March 2, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/03/binary-system-podcast-72-oscar-reactions/ This week the twins discuss the Oscars, and by "discuss" we mean "do a full body cringe at the awkwardness of watching them give Best Picture to the wrong movie. " But we get around to mentioning which movies won what and which ones we wished won (sa...

Original broadcast date February 23, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/02/binary-system-podcast-71-wtnv-102-love-is-a-shambling-thing/ Pretty appropriate Welcome To Night Vale title for a Valentine's Day-themed recap, don't you think? It's actually the new Valentine's Day slogan that the Night Vale City Council came up with and...what? Hang on...okay, that's a...

Original broadcast date February 16, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/02/binary-system-podcast-70-the-oscar-nominated-animated-shorts/ This week Binary System is joined by Captain Slack (aka the official BSP photographer, aka Kathryn's husband Nathan ) and Jada Scarbrough (Georgia Peach, math wiz, and card-carrying Cumberbabe...no really, she has a card) to r...

Original broadcast date February 9, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/02/binary-system-podcast-69-wtnv-101-guidelines-for-disposal/ On the most recent Welcome to Night Vale episode we were told exactly what you can and cannot bring to the new Night Vale landfill. You cannot bring: physical objects. You can bring: anything else. And we do mean anything. After t...

Original broadcast date February 2, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/02/binary-system-podcast-68-arrival/ As part of our continuing coverage of the 2017 Academy Awards, the twins had a thoughtful discussion about the nuances involved in the judges' choices for Best Picture, including the overlooked importance of the Production Design Award in tandem with the...

Original broadcast date January 26, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/01/binary-system-podcast-67-sherlock/ Spoiler warnings ahoy! This week the twins finally discuss the final episode of Sherlock Season 4 (maybe the final episode of Sherlock ever?) Also, this is one of the few times when the twins have completely opposite opinions about something. (Weird triv...

Original broadcast date January 19, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/01/binary-system-podcast-66-comics-movies-and-cosplay/ No new Welcome To Night Vale episode to recap this week. But never fear, the BSP team is more than willing to blather on about the comics we're reading, the movies we're watching, and then have a long discussion about what cosplay items...

Original broadcast date January 12, 2017. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/01/binary-system-podcast-65-sherlock-and-rogue-one/ We know you thought the Binary System Podcast was made up of calm, thoughtful people, capable of discussing things in a composed, professional manner. That is, if you've never listened to an episode before. Tune in as the twins lose their $...