Binary System Podcast Archive

This episode originally broadcast on November 30, 2023, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-387-wtnv-238-the-big-dig/ On this week's Night Vale recap, the Museum of Natural History has made an amazing discovery, the Tomb of the Ancestors! Mummified remains in traditional Soft Meat Crowns (tm) in a perfectly harmless limestone cube that jus...

This episode originally broadcast on November 23, 2023, you can find the original podcast post here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-386-lore-olympus-back-from-hiatus-episode-253/ This week the Binary System Podcast team celebrates the triumphant return of Lore Olympus by recapping a brand new episode! To us. Episodes 251, 252, and 253 have been available for FastPass since...

This episode originally broadcast on November 16, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-385-the-loki-season-2-finale/ The second season of  Loki  had its highs (that fourth episode good googaly moogaly) and lows (the bonkers pacing, that weird hot chocolate scene) and for a while there we were worried the series might go out with a thud in...

This episode originally broadcast on November 9, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-384-wtnv-237-frown-night-and-more-loki/ This week's episode of Welcome to Night Vale features the surprise return of Kevin from Desert Bluffs! AND Lauren, who's sporting a fashionable set of priestess robes and a permanent frown tattoo, courtesy...

Original broadcast date November 2, 2023. The original podcast post is here:  https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-383-loki-season-2-episode-4/ Fall is well and truly here, and all we want to do is curl up with a scary movie or TV show, which is why we were delighted to get an episode like Loki season two, episode four. Never mind our quibbles about the bonkers pacing, clunky di...

Original broadcast date October 26, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/10/binary-system-podcast-382-wtnv-236-truck-touchers-and-loki-season-2/ We had to skip another recording last week since somebody failed a saving throw versus a rock (we'll explain later) so we've got a lot of catching up to do. First up this week, Cecil is covering Night Vale's...

Original broadcast date October 5, 2023. The original podcast post is here: The Binary System Podcast team loves the entire idea of a book club, so this week's episode is a surefire winner. Cecil has started a book club with Tamika Flynn, and their first book is Les Miserables , the original version with time travel and improv comedy troops. After recapping a bit of an adventure involving a bo...

Original broadcast date September 28, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/09/binary-system-podcast-380-good-omens-and-mandalorian-finales-plus-2020s-host/ That's right, brace yourselves, this week we're going to recap the Good Omens season 2 finale! Spoiler warning, because we remember all the cool scenes and all of them IN THE COMPLETELY WRONG ORDER. Se...

Original broadcast date September 21, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/09/binary-system-podcast-379-wtnv-234-the-boy/ SURRENDER THE ANGLE! This week's Night Vale episode is a straightforward story about a boy appearing in town who doesn't seem to remember his name, or the concept of food, or anything earlier than his appearance in Grove Park earlier t...

Original broadcast date September 14, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/09/binary-system-podcast-378-good-omens-mandalorian-and-thoughts-on-burning-man/ Once again there's no Lore Olympus this week ( heavy SIGH ) but wonder of all wonders we took the time to catch up on some things! Current things! Less than a year old and everthing! First up we're rec...

Rationalization is one of man’s most clever and most dangerous inventions. Night Vale has a vampire in town. Well, had, anyway. In this week's episode Cecil talks about Luca and his long, long life. It's a story about mistaking "comfortable" for "happy". It's about being okay with getting older, and learning to love the life we can have if we can just get the courag...

Original broadcast date August 31, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-376-good-omens-mandalorian-and-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special/ With no Night Vale or Lore Olympus this week (T-minus 73 days till the next free episode of Lore Olympus YES WE'RE OBSESSED WE'RE NOT SORRY) we actually took the time to catch up on ou...

Original broadcast date August 24, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-375-wtnv-232-a-car-crash-on-buellton-avenue/ There was a car crash on Buellton Avenue... Okay, you know what? We're not exactly sure who this week's recap is for. If you want a twisty, creepy, very-close-to-horror story with a sting in its tail then you really...

Original broadcast date August 17, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-374-m3gan/ With no Lore Olympus or Night Vale this week, it was a perfect opportunity to get caught up on Star Wars, Marvel, and Good Omens. We of course did none of that and watched a horror movie from last year instead. NO ONE IS SURPRISED. Heads up for great big sp...

Original broadcast date August 10, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-373-wtnv-231-the-terminal-and-good-omens-season-2-premiere/ Hooray, everything's back to "normal" in Night Vale! Science is legal again, the Weather is back, Dr. Janet Lubelle is...not technically gone from the city, but it's fine. Since so many peop...

Original broadcast date August 3, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-372-everythings-on-hiatus/ Lately it feels like everything we love is on hiatus: Night Vale, Lore Olympus, Saga , it's all on break. So that means we've got time to go watch some of the amazing movies that've come out lately, right? AHAHAHA no of course not...

Original broadcast date July 27, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-371-sdcc-round-up/ It's a short episode this week, since Elizabeth had a great time at this year's San Diego Comic-Con and she's really tired. And also Kathryn is still bad at TV and is only averaging one new episode of anything per week. Listen in as Elizab...

Original broadcast date July 20, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-370-lore-olympus-251-and-252/ So here's the thing you guys: Lore Olympus is on hiatus. Right now. There will be no free episodes for four months. There are a few fast-pass episodes though. The forward-thinking, grown up, delayed gratification thing to do would be to...

Original broadcast date June 6, 2023. The original podcast post is here:  https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-369-lore-olympus-249-and-250/ Fair warning, the second episode of Lore Olympus that we review this week ends in a cliffhanger. It's not one that made us rush to fast-pass more episodes though, since it only involves Kronos. We've got our priorities, and the mad...

Original broadcast date June 29, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-368-wtnv-230-carlos-explained/ https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-368-wtnv-230-carlos-explained/ Welcome to the first Vacation Edition of 2023! Recording on location in a tropical resort (otherwise known as our sister’s old room in our parents’ plac...

Original broadcast date June 22, 2022. The original podcast post is here:  https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-367-lore-olympus-247-and-248/ Hey you know what we don’t say often enough on this podcast? SPOILER WARNING. I mean, it’s implied that when you’re recapping something you’re going to spoil some things, but just in case, GIANT GREAT BIG SPOILER WARNINGS for episodes 247...

Original broadcast date June 15, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-366-wtnv-229-the-accused/ The Welcome To Night Vale writers have occasionally been known to subtly reference current events. This week subtlety is completely out the window as the entire Night Vale community has allowed their fear and rage to be written into law. A new...

Original broadcast date June 8, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-365-lore-olympus-245-and-246-and-umbrella-academy/ “I really hope this is not just his dad pretending to be a nice person….oh. You’re…not saying anything, I can see it in your face.” “My face is blank I’m not saying anything with my face.” Massive even-bigger-than-usual...

Original broadcast date June 1, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-364-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ To the surprise of absolutely no one, we've mixed up the dates again and we have a week with no new Welcome to Night Vale or Lore Olympus. While we wait for the next episodes to drop, we decided to actually tackle our backlog of...

Original broadcast date April 20, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-361-lore-olympus-243-and-244-and-umbrella-academy/ https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-361-lore-olympus-243-and-244-and-umbrella-academy/ In the latest couple episodes of Lore Olympus we get to see everybody set lots of healthy boundaries. And by &q...