Hosts In The Shell

Matt is taking a well-earned break for this episode, so instead Jon is joined by ultra-talented writer and architectural genius Jim Keen to discuss gore-splattered science fiction classic, Robocop!! Tune in immediately... you have fifteen seconds to comply.

In this episode the lads are joined by CT Phipps, whose works include the wildly successful Supervillainy Saga and awesome cyberpunk parody Daughter Of The Cyber Dragons... and speaking of parodies, he's here to explain why Snow Crash is both one of the best and most famous cyberpunk novels ever written, and also a top-drawer genre parody! Find more about CT and his work here: https://ctphipp...

Matt and Jon are delighted to welcome the awesome and incomparable Mark Everglade to the show; Mark is a writer, musician, polymath and all-round genius (as well as a lovely fella!) and much of this episode consists of the Hosts trying to cling on to Mark's coattails as his mind takes us on a tour of cyberpunk philosophy and other fascinating concepts - enjoy!

Your favourite augmented analysts are on their own this time, and enthusing about a debatably cyberpunk but unarguably ace movie, Total Recall!! The Arnie one is the main focus, but they'll touch also on the 2012 remake, which despite an all-star cast is bereft of the magic of the original... and also of Richter, much to Jon's chagrin!

In this episode, Jon and Matt are delighted to welcome S.C. Jensen, creator of cyber noir thriller series Bubbles In Space, to talk about the thriving cyberpunk indie writing scene! An insightful chat with a fantastic writer and top-quality human - what more could the lads want??

Matt and Jon welcome ace cyberpunk writer Patrick Tillett to the show to discuss the much-maligned nineties cyberpunk cinema flop, Johnny Mnemonic... but how can a movie with Dolph Lundgren on fine form, Keanu Reeves in his prime, Takeshi Kitano as the baddie and a Vietnam war veteran dolphin (!?) be anything other than a smash hit??

Two episodes in and Jon and Matt are having their first feud!! Will their dispute about the quality of the new Matrix movie threaten to tear the podcast, and the world as we know it, apart?? Or will they politely disagree, and move on to discussing how ace the first movie was? Tune in to find out... (Huge thanks as always to Peter Ormerod for the cool theme music!!)

Jon and Matt are delighted to welcome the show's ever guest, specifically the queen of cyberpunk herself and creator behind the gripping Behind Blue Eyes novels, Anna Mocikat! Anna talks to the lads about her love of Ghost In The Shell and how it inspired her own work, and their wide-ranging chat takes in everything from underrated sequels and controversial live action remakes to cybernetic M...

Like all the best works of cyberpunk, our trailer has been cobbled together using spare parts, duct tape, and the most sophisticated hacking equipment we could scavenge... check it out so you can get as excited as we are about our new show, Hosts In The Shell! (Big thanks to Peter Ormerod for the cool synthy music in the background)

In this first ever episode of the new Hosts In The Shell podcast, Jon and Matt introduce themselves and chat about one of the most iconic cyberpunk movies of all time, specifically anime masterpiece Akira! (Huge thanks to Peter Ormerod for the cool theme music!!)