Binary System Podcast Archive

This episode originally broadcast on June 19, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-462-wtnv-270-deeper-than-purpose-older-than-thought-love-death-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ The Welcome To Night Vale writers decided to prepare for the July hiatus by wrapping up two storylines this episode. And we can thank good-natured, heart-of-the...

This episode originally broadcast on June 12, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-wtnv-269-a-story-about-me-love-death-robots-station-eleven-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ "My GOD the way this show delivers information…" We've got a lot to cover this week, starting with what's quickly becoming our favorite kind of Night...

This episode originally broadcast on June 5, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-station-eleven-series-premiere-with-special-guest-hannah/ The Binary System Podcast team has been getting a little better at TV lately, but we're still three years late in watching Station Eleven (based on the best-selling book that Kathryn reviewed...

This episode originally broadcast on May 29, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-459-love-death-and-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ This week we watched three whole episodes of the new season of Love, Death + Robots (yes we want pats on the head for that thank you) and while there's a lot to discuss regarding Robert Valley's am...

This episode originally broadcast on May 22, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-458-wtnv-268-home-office-and-love-death-and-robots/ In this week's recap, Steve Carlsberg is fitting into his job at Labyrinth as well as can be expected. By which we mean he's working himself to death, losing connection with his family, and his atte...

This episode originally broadcast on May 15, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-457-star-trek-lower-decks-and-dark-knights-of-steel/ “ALL the Cali-class ships ALL OF THEM.” Kathryn watched three episodes of  Star Trek: Lower Decks  this week, and Elizabeth rewatched two of them, so she can contribute something helpful.  (For once – Kath...

This episode originally broadcast on May 8, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-456-wtnv-267-missed-connections-and-more-star-trek-lower-decks/ s week in Night Vale, Cecil's starting a new segment: Missed Connections. I'm sure you're all familiar with the concept, where you throw all of your longing and regret into the public...

This episode originally broadcast on May 1, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-455-wtnv-266-the-return-of-poetry-week-and-random-trailers/ It's poetry week in Night Vale! Let's all pull together and submit at least a couple hundred poems each, and this time could we please not have any incidents with the menacing obelisk in the...

This episode originally broadcast on April 24, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-454-black-mirror-uss-callister-into-infinity/ We actually DO have a Welcome to Night Vale episode to recap...but we also watched an episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Believe it or not this is actually what we said we were gonna do, so of course...

This episode originally broadcast on April 17, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-453-star-trek-lower-decks-black-mirror-love-death-robots-and-godzilla-minus-one/ "It’s beautiful. It's really intensely weird, but it’s beautiful." So like the title says, this week we're talking about Star Trek: Lower Decks, Godzilla Min...

This episode originally broadcast April 10, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-452-wtnv-265-labyrinth-and-beastars-season-3-finale/ Okay, we need to address that (?) in the episode title. Raise your hands, how many of you out there knew that Beastars Season 3 was going to be in TWO PARTS? Wow, that many of you? Okay, well we'd ask everybo...

This episode originally broadcast on April 3, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-star-trek-lower-decks-and-wondercon-2025/ FIrst up this week we do a quick breakdown of WonderCon 2025, discussing everything from the amazing cosplay to low-frills motels, with some quick tangents into Cowboy Bebop (gotta love the anime rooms...

This episode originally broadcast on March 27, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ Episode 450! That's...kind of a milestone, right? To celebrate, let's do the same thing we've been doing for a few weeks now! First up, Beastars Season 3, episode 10. This episode merits a trigger warning, sinc...

This episode originally broadcast on March 20, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-449-wtnv-263-duet-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ On this week's Night Vale we got to hear from Cecil's former boss Leonard Burton, who's much more than just a radio host. He's also dead! After the recap we jump into episode 9 of the fi...

This episode originally broadcast on Marcy 14, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-448-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ The episode of Beastars that we recapped this week isn't  quite  as unsettling as last week's episode. That civet cat is still off-putting and weird, but my goodness do the animators do an excellent job with...

This episode originally broadcast on March 6, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-447-wtnv-263-hysteria-land-beastars-and-the-oscar-nominated-animated-shorts/ On tonight's recap of Welcome to Night Vale we learn that Night Vale's newest attraction, Hysteria Land, is not an amusement park, it's a theme park. And the theme is &...

This episode originally broadcast on February 27, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-446-wtnv-262-the-man-who-is-not-tall/ "That's a good question."  "Thank you!"  "It's best to not ask questions. Especially good ones." If the title to the Welcome to Night Vale episode sounds familiar, we're see...

This episode originally broadcast on February 13, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-445-arcane-series-finale/ It took two, maybe two-and-a-half months longer than everyone else, but the Binary System Podcast team  finally  watched the final episode (ever?) of Arcane: League of Legends. Ten out of ten. No notes. Of course it takes us an...

This episode originally broadcast on February 6, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-444-wtnv-261-brought-to-you-by-flakey-os-beastars-and-lower-decks/ Welcome to Night Vale is back from hiatus this week so we’ve gotta talk about the Flakey-O's employees as they celebrate their return from a Season of Unstoppable Churning Death. (Otherwise...

This episode originally broadcast on January 30, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-443-arcane-star-trek-lower-decks-and-bojack-horseman/ Wow, we've got a real rhythm going with these posts! We're back  again  this week to discuss the second-to-last episode (ever!) of Arcane. What can we say about this show that we haven't s...

This episode originally broadcast on January 23, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-442-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-bojack-horseman/ Second verse, same as the first: we’re back this week to talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks (the Star Trek future is the best future: good hearted and occasionally sexy!) and Beastars (okay but WHY d...

This episode originally broadcast on January 16, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-441-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-arcane/ This week it’s thirty minutes and three topics as the Binary System Podcast team does an in-depth recap of…okay, so the first two topics are gonna be kinda fast. Kathryn watched Season 2 Episode 6 of Star Tr...

This episode originally broadcast on January 10, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-440-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/ Wonder of all wonders we actually managed to watch another episode of  Beastars  season 3. Never mind the fact that Elizabeth only finished watching it five minutes before the recording, it got done and that’s what...

This episode originally broadcast on January 2, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-439-wtnv-260-the-december-monologues/ Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone's 2025 is already shaping up to be calm and stress-free and completely absent of any kind of drama. This week's recap is actually way late, but we've got to get through a whole m...

This episode originally broadcast on December 26, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/12/binary-system-podcast-438-holiday-travel-edition/ Hope everybody is having safe and happy holidays! This week’s episode is super short because one: at time of recording we were on the road, and two: we haven’t caught up with much In the way of TV, movie, and books this week....