Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date July 15, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/07/binary-system-podcast-275-world-of-tomorrow-and-loki-and-lore-olympus/ So of course we're going to be talking about Lore Olympus and the latest episode of Loki (not the final episode that just aired yesterday, the one before that.) But we also just watched the third installment of Don Hertzf...

Original broadcast date July 8, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/07/binary-system-podcast-274-loki-and-lore-olympus-again/ Okay let's just admit it; until the Loki series finishes up on the 14th, this is probably going to be the All Loki All The Time podcast. And we're never not going to talk about the latest Lore Olympus episode, with all the lovely art and...

Original broadcast date July 1, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/07/binary-system-podcast-273-loki-and-lore-olympus/ We're only talking about two things this week, and that's Loki and Lore Olympus! And the weekly SitRep. Okay three things. Loki, Lore Olympus, the weekly SitRep, and Mr. Robot. Four things. Maybe five? Oh nevermind. Ack! We forgot to mention ho...

Original broadcast date June 24, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/06/binary-system-podcast-272-welcome-to-night-vale-lore-olympus-and-loki/ This week we're recapping Welcome to Night Vale's 9th Anniversary episode (NINE YEARS holy Glow Cloud where does the time go) which ended up being a celebration not just of Night Vale but of podcasts in general, as over a...

Original broadcast date June 17, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/06/binary-system-podcast-271-lore-olympus-and-the-loki-tv-show/ We haven't had a chance to discuss Lore Olympus for a while, so this week we're devoting the entire episode to a recap of episodes 159-161 and oh who are we kidding LET'S TALK ABOUT LOKI. In all seriousness, we do get around to a s...

Original broadcast date June 10, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/06/binary-system-podcast-270-welcome-to-night-vale-falcon-winter-soldier-and-unfriended/ This week we recap a Night Vale episode that's all about a severed, sentient human hand, and it's not even a little creepy, it's actually very sweet. Later on in the episode we recap a movie about several k...

Original broadcast date June 3, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/06/binary-system-podcast-269-bojack-horseman-series-finale/ Seriously you guys we're not kidding this time, ALL THE SPOILER WARNINGS this episode because we're breaking down the final season of Bojack Horseman and we're going to spoil everything. (...yes okay the final episode dropped a year and...

Original broadcast date May 27, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/05/binary-system-podcast-268-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-bojack-horseman-and-lore-olympus/ Sure, the final episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dropped a solid month ago and we're only halfway through the season, but that's better than waiting a solid year like we usually do, right...

Original broadcast date May 20, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/05/binary-system-podcast-267-wtnv-188-listener-questions/ "Why are you pretending you wrote this?" Not gonna lie, the Night Vale folks had us going for a bit when they said they had to change plans for the episode at the last minute and just answer some fan-submitted questions. Being Night Vale,...

Original broadcast date May 13, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/05/binary-system-podcast-266-bojack-horseman-lore-olympus-and-mst3k/ This week we’re just drooling about all the things we want to do once we’re fully vaccinated (haircuts and craft stores, we know how to party) and then we jump into a spoileriffic recap of Bojack Horseman season 5, complete wit...

Original broadcast date May 6, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/05/binary-system-podcast-265-wtnv-187-recap-and-twin-peaks-the-return/ The Night Vale recap is very quick this week, partly because it's a very cerebral episode about life and identity and carving forgotten languages into insanely tall monoliths, but mostly because Elizabeth finally watched all o...

Original broadcast date April 29, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/04/binary-system-podcast-264-the-oscars-sort-of-bojack-horseman-twin-peaks-and-lore-olympus/ If you're looking for a detailed breakdown of this year's Oscar ceremony and all the winning films...this is not the podcast for that. Because we barely saw any of the nominees and we certainly didn't...

Original broadcast date April 22, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/04/binary-system-podcast-263-wtnv-186-the-many-lives-of-frank-chen/ Big news in Night Vale this week! The Secret Police were given one year to provide the life of Frank Chen back to his family, an impossible task that they somehow managed to accomplish way before the deadline! Yes indeed, Fran...

Original broadcast date April 15, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/04/binary-system-podcast-262-lore-olympus-bojack-horseman-and-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/ After this week's SitRep on the vaccine situation (Mom, Dad, and Nathan are 2 for 2, Kathryn and Hannah are 1 for 2, and Elizabeth's 0 for 2.) (Hurry up Elizabeth! - Kathryn) (I'M WORKING ON IT. -...

Original broadcast date April 8, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/04/binary-system-podcast-261-wtnv-185-fair/ It's a beautiful day in Night Vale, and it's time once again to run around in circles and PANIC because the Librarians have escaped their cages. Fortunately, heroic teen militia leader Tamika Flynn is here to save the day by...helping the Librarians g...

Original broadcast date April 1, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/04/binary-system-podcast-260-comic-con-diamond-bojack-horseman-and-lore-olympus/ As we slooooowly (dear lord so slowly) move out of the pandemic (KNOCK WOOD) other, less horrific news is taking its place in the weekly SitRep. In this episode the news is about a certain ship that got stuck in a...

Original broadcast date March 18, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/03/binary-system-podcast-259-wtnv-184-the-fog/ Raise a glass, or a can (of beer), or a cup (of hot cider), because the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA is officially one year old. To distract us from this grim milestone we have a new Night Vale episode (featuring Deb, the Sentient Patch of Haze) a...

Original broadcast date March 11, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/03/binary-system-podcast-258-wandavision-season-finale/ WandaVision wrapped up last week and we have thoughts . ALL THE SPOILER WARNINGS for the entire season, plus bits of Infinity War and Endgame too of course. But first up is the weekly SitRep over beers (some people in our family have been...

Original broadcast date March 4, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/03/binary-system-podcast-257-wtnv-183-the-nephilim/ Okay, so according to the latest Night Vale episode Director's Notes (which you can get if you sign up to their Patreon, hint hint), Kathryn may have misspoken a little. The episode wasn't "weird for weird's sake", but it still doesn't have an...

Original broadcast date February 25, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/02/binary-system-podcast-256-wandavision-and-lore-olympus-again/ That's right, we actually got completely caught up with WandaVision! And now we have to wait an entire week before the next episode. Seven days to get new content what is this the stone ages? #firstworldproblems ANYWAY, we're...

Original broadcast date February 18, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/02/binary-system-podcast-255-wtnv-182-it-sticks-with-you-and-many-other-things/ Over in Night Vale, Cecil and Carlos are (probably) suffering from a little cabin fever, so this week they decided to take their young son Esteban to go hiking! It was a wonderful trip, they made so many good me...

Original broadcast date April 20, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/02/binary-system-podcast-254-wandavision-and-lore-olympus/ Yes, you're reading it right: we're actually watching a TV show that isn't three years old or cancelled! Of course we're at least four episodes behind everybody else but that's not important right now. So first up we jump into the firs...

Original broadcast date February 4, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/02/binary-system-podcast-253-wtnv-181-cs-and-the-wicked-the-divine/ Okay you need to count the number of asterisks in the title, because it's not the word you think it is. (Unless we're the only ones who went there? We listen to a lot of off-color Brit podcasts and they use that word more th...

Original broadcast date January 28, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/01/binary-system-podcast-252-legion-and-the-return-of-the-sitrep/ In typical, timely, "we are so on top of pop culture" fashion, we started watching Legion. A year and a half after the final episode aired. (We'd say that's a record for us, but we're sure you know it isn't.) There's so much a...

Original broadcast date January 21, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/01/binary-system-podcast-251-the-good-place-series-finale/ Since Kathryn finally finished the last season of The Good Place (only a year late! Gotta be a record!) we decided to break down everything we loved about it. Massive spoiler warnings of course! Plus we talk about the last two chapte...