Synthaholics: A Sci Fi Podcast

Episode 309: Eternals  Eternals is here and on episode 309 of the Synthaholics podcast we will talk about it! Hosts David and Brian have their first guest Brad! Also known as 100Servings in our Discord come join the conversation. Listen to the crew as they get easily distracted but also learn who the eternals are beyond the movie and learn that Galactus is actually a good guy. Don't be a deviant a...

Episode 308: Dune part one  The spice must flow in episode 308 of the Synthaholics podcast. Join David and Brian as they give you the rundown of Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Listen as they completely spoil the movie for your entertainment as well as give their thoughts on Duncan's beard loss. Take notice of the pair as they analyze how good the Dune characters are and how difficult it is to adapt Dune...

Episode 307: Lower Decks Season Two Episode 307 of the Sythaholics podcast is here for your ears and eyes. Hosts David and Brian visit where this podcast all started Star Trek. Join them as they talk about lower decks season two with glowing reviews! Brian learns more about The Borg, Klingons and Vulcans. On their journey from working their way backwards through the season so be prepared for spoil...

Episode 306: Venom Let there be Carnage The lively duo returns in the 306th episode of the Synthaholics podcast join David and Brian as they discuss Venom: Let there be Carnage. The best and worst romantic comedy they have seen this year. Let them do what a Zamboni does and clean the dirty layer while leaving the good stuff for you to enjoy spoiler free. Trust them to bring more enjoyment to you t...

Episode 305: Lower Decks Season One Join Sythaholics episode 305 with David and Brian as they transport back to the roots and discuss Star Trek Lower Decks season one! To get a non Trekkies point of view. Where answers to questions like... What characters are best? Which is worse? And why is Lower Decks the best Star Trek content to come recently. So jump in the holodeck with them and go on just a...

Episode 304: Godzilla VS Kong Synthaholics episode 304 is here for you! Hosts David and Brian try to cement their conversation in the world of Godzilla V Kong but their skills in creating rabbit holes was too great. We discuss topics ranging from how Godzillas powers would act in the real world to Godizlla VS Kong as a horror film. We also dive into a few other topics such as Shang-Chi, kidney sto...

Episode 303: Free Guy Episode 303 of the Synthaholics podcast is here! David and Brian guide you through their thoughts of the new action blockbuster Free Guy. Tune in as they in real time break free of the algorithm and delicately craft a review to positively and negatively represent this film. In a podcast without limits they are determined to become hero's you deserve. It's never too late to jo...

Episode 302: The Suicide Squad Welcome to Episode 302 of the Synthaholics Podcast join David and Brian as they profess there fable on Suicide Squad did they like it? Did they hate it? Let us weasel our way into your hearts and detach your brain from life as they give you a show and tell about there feelings towards James Gunn's Suicide Squad even though no one likes a show off unless what they are...

Episode 301: Loki Synthaholics is back! In this early development change host David and new Synthaholics member Brian tackle the newest MCU series and Asgards hate to love God of mischief... LOKI! Come listen to us sing mostly praises of Loki as well as make many nexus events with our opinions as we call for Kevin Feige to make an appearance and ponder what the world would look like if we were all...

Episode 300: A New Direction  Welcome to the 300th episode of Synthholics. Aaron and David celebrate this milestone by talking about life, the universe, and everything. This week we look back over almost six years and 300 episodes of Synthaholics. As part of this discussion we explain our current feelings about Star Trek as it currently exists and mention some of our goals for the podcast once we...

Episode 299: Tenet Welcome to Synthaholics your weekly Inverted Podcast. Aaron and David talk about the most recent mind bending Christopher Nolan film Tenet. This is likely the best movie of 2020 seeing as not much got to come out in 2020. Tenet is a solid movie though we did have some questions about how things panned out in the film. We also have a listener email and do talk a little bit about...

Episode 298: Discovery Season 3 with Captain Foley of Trekyards   Aaron and David welcome Captain Foley of Trekyards to the show this week. This is our yearly tradition to have at least half of Trekyards on a guest to discuss Discovery's third season as a whole. We go into depth on key ideas of the season like the burn, new characters, and the overall story to measure up the strengths and weakness...

Episode 297: Su'Kal, There Is a Tide, & That Hope is You pt 2  It's 2021 and we are back to discuss the final three episodes of Star Trek Discovery Season Three, "Su'Kal", "There is a Tide" and "That Hope is You Part 2". The season wraps things up in a nice bow so they can have yet another fresh start when season four comes along. But did the season wrap things up in a satisfying thought provoking...

Episode 296: Star Trek Discovery "Terra Firma, Part 2"  "Terra Firma Part 2" is the tent episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery we finishout out hopefully last episode in the Mirror Universe for the remainder of Star Trek Discovery's run. We never expected them to go back to the mirror universe this season either. But never say never, right? Georgiou tries to make changes in the Mirror Uni...

Episode 295: Star Trek Discovery "Terra Firma, Part 1"  "Terra Firma Part 1" is the ninth episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery and unfortunately the 5th episode of this series mostly set in the Mirror Universe. Aaron and David have a love/hate relationship with this episode. This episode was really solid, it gave us some of that great ensemble cast, and "Terra Firma Part 1" is just so mu...

Book Club Episode 26: Dune Part 26 Aaron and David discuss the final chapter of Dune. Paul meets with The Emperor and makes a power play to get himself wed to his daughter so he can become the new Emperor. But before he can do that he must have a battle with the Harkonnen Feyd-Rautha to the death.  Even though Paul marries Princess Irulan for possession he promises Chani that Irulan will never kno...

Episode 294: Star Trek Discovery "The Sanctuary" "The Sanctuary" is the eighth episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery and unfortunately this episode puts the breaks on what the previous two weeks had been building up to. We are happy to see this episode finally see some of the side characters get something to do. It's just said it's not really in service to the overall seasonal arc. (as fa...

Book Club Episode 25: Dune Part 25 Aaron and David discuss the next two chapters of Dune. Paul, Silgar, and Gurney are about to use atomics on the shield wall so the Fremen can ride worms into the final battle now that the Emperor himself has arrived. The Emperor has the next Leto murdered and Paul's sister Alia kidnapped. We also see the baron Vladimir Harkonnen basically become a completely diff...

Episode 293:  Star Trek Discovery "Unification III" "Unification III" is the seventh episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery and we found this to be a well done bottle episode. The Vulcan's and Romulan's now live on Vulcan and have renamed the planet to Ni'Var. Ni'Var has some information Michael needs to understand the burn. They will not give up the information freely so Michael evokes an...

Episode 292: Star Trek Discovery "Scavengers" "Scavengers" is the sixth episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery and the Synthaholics found this episode rather enjoyable. It was a lot of fun and it had some crazy good effects even for Star Trek Discovery. We finally may have a clue to what the burn is but we don't know for sure yet. Hopefully we will find out next week if this week's MacGuff...

Book Club Episode 24: Dune Part 24 Aaron and David discuss the next two chapters of Dune. Paul calls for a big meeting so he can murder Stilgar to make all the Freman happy. But he decides to Knight Silgar instead. After Knighting Stilgar Gurney Halleck decides he should murder Lady Jessica but luckily Paul is able to talk him out of it. Once his mother is safe Paul decides it would be a great tim...

Episode 291: Star Trek Discovery "Die Trying" Aaron has escaped this transporter accident and he joins David to discuss "Die Trying" the fifth episode of the third season of Star Trek Discovery. This episode started off strong with a nice captains log and a brief look at some new StarFleet ships. We see the USS Nog, the Voyager - J, and what they called a new version of the constitution class. The...

Book Club Episode 23: Dune Part 23 Aaron and David discuss the next two chapters of Dune. Paul rides his sand worm and takes his fremem brothers south. They run into an ornithopter with none other than the now smuggler Gurney Halleck on board. Paul introduces his old mentor Gurney to his new Mentor Stillgar. Paul is ready to start a war, so he releases a Sardaukar captain so the emperor can know t...

Episode 290: Star Trek Discovery "Forget Me Not" Long time friend of the show Natalie Schlichtmann joins David this week to discuss "Forget Me Not" the fourth episode of season three of Star Trek Discovery. Aaron has unfortunately been caught in a transporter beam with poor Franklin. Natalie and David both enjoy the great Trill call back getting to spend some time with some familiar aliens is alwa...

Episode 289: Star Trek Discovery People of Earth Aaron and David are here to discuss "People of Earth", the third episode of Star Trek Discovery Season 3. After hugs and tears the reunited crew of the USS Discovery and book head to earth. Things are a lot different than they expected them to me. Earth provides for itself and doesn't seem to know what's going on beyond its atmosphere. This has us s...