Binary System Podcast Archive

This episode originally broadcast on September 19, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/09/binary-system-podcast-425-wtnv-254-the-triangle/ Alejandra Nuñez, Ronnie Sharma, and Nanako Barnes of Mr. Prescott’s 5th Period AP English Class - the protectors of Night Vale otherwise known as the Library Tweens - have decided that they DON'T want to be known as the L...

This episode originally broadcast on September 12, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/09/binary-system-podcast-424-lower-decks-mayor-of-kingstown-kaos-and-somewhat-careless-snake-people/ Okay in some respects it's just business as usual around here: Kathryn and Elizabeth have both been watching season 1 of Star Trek: Lower Decks , four years after it first...

This episode originally broadcast on September 5, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/09/binary-system-podcast-423-wtnv-253-instructions-for-folding/ Surprise! Due to travel delays, lack of any Lore Olympus updates (mournful sigh), and time (and scheduling) just generally being weird, we're doing two Welcome To Night Vale recap episodes in a row! This week w...

This episode originally broadcast on August 29, 2024, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/08/binary-system-podcast-422-wtnv-252-paid-programming-and-poker-face/ We knew as soon as we saw the title that this week's Night Vale would feature the return of Deb the Sentient Patch of Haze. But we assumed she'd be hawking several things, instead of just two: a spray...

This episode originally broadcast on 8/15/24. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/08/binary-system-podcast-421-mayor-of-kingstown-season-2-and-poker-face/ The Binary System Podcast team appears to be on a bit of a roll lately. Just this week Kathryn finished season 2 of Mayor of Kingstown, and both Kathryn and Elizabeth have watched all but the last episode of Poker F...

This episode originally broadcast on August 8, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/08/binary-system-podcast-420-wtnv-251-detours-plus-logan-finally/ (Heh. Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.) Night Vale has come up with this amazing “ride share” program, and it even has driverless cars! Of course, the ride doesn’t take you anywhere near where you wanted to go, and the car...

This episode originally broadcast on August 1, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/08/binary-system-podcast-419-sdcc-2024-and-galaxycon-2024-convention-round-up/ The gigantic, internationally-known event has wrapped up, with thousands of people having attended, and the whole world's talking about the big reveals and celebrity appearances. That's right, G...

This episode originally broadcast on Thursday, July 25 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/07/binary-system-podcast-418-poker-face-and-other-tv-and-movie-catch-up/ So, we're bad at TV and movies. ...oh, you were expecting a "but" there weren't you? No, we're absolutely horrible at TV and movies, which is why this week we're catching up...

This episode originally broadcast on July 18, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/07/binary-system-podcast-417-we-watched-john-wick-yes-the-first-one/ In the latest installment of our ongoing series "We're Bad At Movies But We Have A Lot Of Enthusiasm", this week we decided to finally watch the 2014 movie John Wick. And we loved it. It's an abs...

This episode originally broadcast on July 4, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/07/binary-system-podcast-416-light-speed-travel-edition/ Happy 4th of July! Or if you don't celebrate that, happy Thursday. It's time once again for a super quick Travel Edition because we're so busy being crazy jet setters! Either that or we're all celebrating our M...

Episode originally broadcast on June 20, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/06/binary-system-podcast-415-wtnv-250-father-kevin/ It's a short recap this week, since the action for the latest episode episode of Welcome to Night Vale can basically be summed up with "And then there was a battle." We get a weird glimpse into the past (future?) of Kevin...

This episode originally broadcast on June 13, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/06/binary-system-podcast-414-wtnv-249-rifts-and-mayor-of-kingstown/ Mother Lauren is sponsoring a citywide cleansing of Night Vale and yes that's exactly as scary as it sounds. Self care is still important, so don’t forget to check into the Maximum Security Spa for a few hours....

Originally broadcast on June 6, 2024, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/06/binary-system-podcast-413-lore-olympus-episode-280-series-finale/ The wildly popular webcomic Lore Olympus wraps up with episode 280! We were a little worried that there were so many unresolved plot threads left for the final episode, but Rachel Smythe managed to tie everything together in a...

This episode originally broadcast May 30, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/05/binary-system-podcast-412-wtnv-248-mother-lauren-and-mayor-of-kingstown/ There is nothing wrong with your radio, Night Vale, do not attempt to adjust the dial. Mother Lauren is controlling the transmission. And she is pissed. This week's Night Vale recap features nightmare image...

This episode originally broadcast on May 23, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/05/binary-system-podcast-411-lore-olympus-episode-278-and-279/ Only three episodes left of Lore Olympus, and there is a lot going on. We're not sure how many of the unresolved plot threads are gonna get wrapped up in the series finale (Eros and Psyche? Zeus's millennia of be...

This episode originally broadcast on May 16, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/05/binary-system-podcast-410-wtnv-247-rerun/ It's another Travel Edition this week as we brave the wilds of Southeast North America (otherwise known as our parents' place in Bradenton.) First up is a lightning quick recap of Night Vale as Cecil revisits a very strange kids s...

This episode broacast on May 9, 2024, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/05/binary-system-podcast-409-lore-olympus-episode-276-and-277/ Okay everybody GIANT SPOILER WARNINGS DANGER DANGER THIS IS NOT A DRILL. So, way back on August 2, 2018 the 24th episode of Lore Olympus was released. Apollo let himself into Persephone’s bedroom and what happened next set in motion...

This episode originally broadcast on April 25, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/04/binary-system-podcast-408-lore-olympus-episode-274-and-275/ The Lore Olympus comic tackles a lot of issues about abuse: spousal, parental, generational. The latest two episodes are no exception, but they also don't really need trigger warnings because the focus here is the...

This episode originally broadcast on April 18, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/04/binary-system-podcast-407-wtnv-246-a-story-about-him-and-dune-part-two/ https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/04/binary-system-podcast-407-wtnv-246-a-story-about-him-and-dune-part-two/ On this week's Night Vale recap we discuss Abby's DEEP SEATED RESENTMENT towards Cecil. Some...

This episode originally broadcast on April 11, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/04/binary-system-podcast-406-lore-olympus-episode-272-and-273/ You know how we've mentioned for a while that Rachel can be very, let's say, judicious , with her plot reveals? Some of the commenters have been complaining that it can take quite a long time for anything to ha...

This episode originally broadcast on April 4, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/04/binary-system-podcast-405-wtnv-245-fridge-worthy/ On this week's Night Vale recap, Carlos and Cecil hold an exclusive Art Show (ie: a family dinner so they can show off Estaban's drawing on the fridge) and we get some of our favorite horror tropes: unreliable narrators,...

Originally broadcast on March 28, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/03/binary-system-podcast-404-lore-olympus-episode-270-and-271/ The first half of Lore Olympus episode 270 is light on dialog. Baby Dionysus starts the most adorable Hero's Journey ever as he sets off to rescue Hades and Persephone. The cuteness balances out the second half of the episode,...

This episode originally broadcast on March 21, 2024, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/03/binary-system-podcast-403-wtnv-244-a-multiplicity-of-kevin/ On the latest episode of Welcome to Night Vale, Kevin the Younger is determined to kill Kevin the Older, so he’s used Carlos’ lab to open a portal to the Desert Otherworld. Cecil wants to tell the story, Tamika wants t...

This episode originally broadcast on March 14, 2024, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/03/binary-system-podcast-402-lore-olympus-episode-268-and-269-spider-verse-and-the-2024-oscars/ There's a great big ceremony that happens every year, you may have heard of it? The Oscars? Anyway, the Binary System Podcast didn't watch it, but they do have lots of opinions...

Originally broadcast on March 7, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/03/binary-system-podcast-401-wtnv-243-lost-and-found-and-more-of-the-oscar-nominations/ On this week's Night Vale episode, we highly approve of Cecil devoting an entire broadcast to Lost and Found submissions, because writer Brie Williams is very good with lists of random weirdness, unexpec...