SciFi Pubcast

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 24: Darth Vader: The Ultimate Villain? Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. Imperial March plays in the background…ok. Just imagine the Imperial March is being played.  We're talking the one and only, Darth Vader, and what makes a good villain. In other news, Joel has a real bad hangover....

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 23: Let's Tune Up! Music in Science Fiction! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. Let's tune up, shall we? Randal Graham joins us to talk music and musical influences in science fiction. It's our own little string theory. Musicians we are not. Note, you may really need to grab a drink for...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 22: Vacations in Science Fiction and Fandom! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. It's summer! And everyone needs a vacation! So, we're talking vacations in science fiction AND real world fandom. It's a quite a trippy episode. So grab yourself a traveler. We're going on the road for this o...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 21: The Expanse! Why is it Important? (Part 1); And What about the Books? (Part 2). Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. The Expanse is saved! Well done Amazon! Wait. That's probably old news by now but we're still ecstatic here at the pub. On this episode, we talk about why the Expanse is...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 20: Happy Towel Day! (May 25) - Douglas Adams and The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. Happy Towel Day! That's happening on May 25. Don't panic though! We're discussing Douglas Adams and the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's not our #42nd episod...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 19: The Game is Afoot! Sherlock Holmes' Influence on SciFi! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. There's method to our madness on this episode. We're doing Sherlock Holmes and his influence on science fiction. You could say it is elementary. It's one of our most irregular shows yet. So get...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 18: Virtual Reality: Are You Ready? Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  Are you ready? We're discussing virtual reality. Or, perhaps just reality.  Either way, we may have gone down too many rabbit holes with this episode.  But enjoy! You'll need a drink or two of the real stuff. This is...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 17: Rebels! Star Wars Animation and What Comes Next? Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  Today, we are discussing the Wars. Yes, finally the day is here. We're talking Star Wars. More specifically, we are looking at Star Wars animation and the tv shows. The last episode of Star Wars Rebe...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 16: Mary Shelley and 200 Years of Frankenstein! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. It's been 200 years since a little novel called Frankenstein was published. We look at its author, Mary Shelley, the creature she created and the influence of Frankenstein has had on science fiction and po...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 15: Story Improv! What Was Derek Thinking? Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. Today we are doing something truly different. We're doing a writing experiment involving improv and storytelling. Wow, this is how Derek's brain works…  Holy spaceballs… Improv? Well kind of… Who needs show not...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Special Event I: Scottishness in SciFi!  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  On this special event supplement, we discuss the Scots and their contributions and characters in science fiction. It's Robbie Burns Day on January 25 and we're partaking. Scotch. Haggis. Bagpipes. That's what we are tal...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 14: The World's End! Or at least the 2013 Film! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  On this episode, we discuss the 2013 British film, The World's End, directed by Edgar Wright and starring among others, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The film is about a pub crawl and has aliens. The SciFi P...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  2017 was good for Science Fiction. 2018 is going to be better. We talk about it - a lot!  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  On this episode, we bid a fond farewell to 2017 and preview what's happening in the world of science fiction in 2018.  And we are joined by Dr. Randal Graham, author of B...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 12: Part 2 - Interview of Dr. Chris Cogswell from The Mad Scientist Podcast. And You Thought Part 1 Was Strange!  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  It's part two of our interview with Dr. Chris Cogswell from The Mad Scientist Podcast . As one can imagine, the longer a conversation goes...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 11: UFOs & Strangeness! Interview with Dr. Chris Cogswell of the Mad Scientist Podcast! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  We have a special visitor to the pub, Dr. Chris Cogswell from The Mad Scientist Podcast . He endeavours to inform us about UFOs, ufology culture, and other related...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 10: Stranger Things and Nostalgia! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  Remember when Netflix released Stranger Things Season 2 last October right before Hallowe'en? That was ages ago. And we're feeling very nostalgic in this show. Tis a strange thing.  We're joined by fellow podcast, Chr...

A Proud Partner of the When Nerds Attack Podcasting Network.  Episode 9: An Examination of the 1980 film, Flash Gordon! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  On this episode, the bar talks Flash Gordon and comments on the 1980 cult-classic film, directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.  Although we wouldn't describe the movie as an art mas...

Episode 8: The Best Deaths in Science Fiction! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  It's our Hallowe'en episode and it's scary stuff. And our kitchen is not even involved. We talk about death and mortality in science fiction. And cry, nearly.  We're joined by our regular staff, Keri and Derek, and a customer named Randal Graham. Wait... we know that name fr...

Episode 7: Interview of Fellow Geek and Professor of Law, Dr. Randal Graham, and his new novel, Beforelife! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  In this episode, we have an outstanding conversation with Dr. Randal Graham, professor of law at Western University, about his novel, Beforelife, his passion for geekery and pop culture, and the tricky business of...

Episode 6: Blade Runner, its legacy, and the forthcoming Blade Runner 2049! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  On this episode, we explore the 1982 film, Blade Runner, its legacy, and the forthcoming sequel, Blade Runner 2049, opening October 6, 2017. It's our film noir of episodes - with a dash of flying cars and a hint of sex robots.  No other podcast r...

Episode 5: Parodies in Science Fiction!  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast! Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  In this episode, we talk talk parodies in science fiction while Joel recovers from illness. But no worries. Despite eating something from the kitchen, Joel somehow maintains the conversation.  What's your favorite parodies? That's not a joke. Let us know. We want to hear from you....

Episode 4: It's our back to school episode!  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast. Come for a drink but stay for the speculation.  In this episode, we talk education in science fiction and we can assure you, it's quite edifying. And what's a conversation about learning and school without a teacher? Joining us is Andrea Cardama from The Crash Couch, an podcast about The Expanse. She instructs us on educati...

Episode 3: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 & 2008)! Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast. Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. In this episode we are joined by our first official customer, a Mr. Vince Cherniak, to discuss the classic science fiction film from 1951, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Later after this Cherniak fellow leaves, we continue the discussion including the film's 2008 rem...

Episode 2: Why are time travel narratives so popular in science fiction?  Welcome to the SciFi Pubcast. Come for a drink but stay for the speculation. In this episode, Derek and Keri take the lead on talking time travel narrative devices while Joel develops a headache.  Episode recorded and released on July 30, 2017. Contact us: Twitter Facebook Email Show website: www.scifipubcast.space . Music p...

Episode 1: What are the best bars in science fiction? Welcome to the first episode release of the SciFi Pubcast (AKA Episode 1, "oh dear lord..."). Come for the drinks but stay for the speculation. On this episode, Joel realizes he's made a serious error in hiring Derek. Luckily, Keri is here to maintain a state of calm. Recorded on July 8, 2017, and released on July 29, 2017. Contact us: Twitter...