Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date July 9, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/07/binary-system-podcast-226-disney-backup-plan/ We were all ready to recap the latest episode of Night Vale...until we found out there wasn't an episode this week. We're so flipping prepared. Luckily between Hamilton and the Mandalorian and all the other Disney stuff we're watching and planning...

Original broadcast date July 2, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/07/binary-system-podcast-225-comfort-watching/ Well the news in the real world is a bummer for sure so this week we only have one quick sitrep (short version: we’re all fine!) and then we discuss our go-to comfort shows ( House and Beastars, currently) fangirl all over The Good Place, and make t...

Original broadcast date June 18, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/06/binary-system-podcast-224-wtnv-170-to-the-family-and-friends-plus/ First up this week we're recapping Welcome To Night Vale's 8-year anniversary episode , a story about life and loss and moving on and getting older and death and OKAY let’s move on to the weekly sitrep with the pandemic and a...

Original broadcast date June 4, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/06/binary-system-podcast-223-wtnv-169-whittler/ This week we’re recapping a Night Vale episode full of wood carving and excellent horoscopes, but first we wanted to mention the week’s events. What can you say about the past week? It sucked, obviously. A man was murdered by the police, and since...

Original broadcast date May 21, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/05/binary-system-podcast-222-wtnv-168-secret-blotter-lore-olympus-and-devs/ First up this week is a recap of OUR FAVORITE KIND of Night Vale episode: a stand alone, gloriously strange list of weirdness . (Brie Williams is our favorite guest writer, since she also wrote “ Guidelines For Disposal...

Original broadcast date May 14, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/05/binary-system-podcast-221/ No Night Vale episode to recap, so this week we tried something different. We both said we were going to watch something that's been on our to-do list... and then we watched them . So Kathryn watched the 2007 movie Sunshine https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/ (wri...

Original broadcast date May 7, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/05/binary-system-podcast-220-wtnv-167-echo-part-5-of-5/ First up this week we’re recapping the fifth and final part of Night Vale’s latest story arc, as the telepathic cult from the Desert Otherworld has taken over the town. It’s a real feel-good finale, full of betrayal, mind control, and death!...

Original broadcast date April 30, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/04/binary-system-podcast-219-still-no-plan-social-distancing-edition/ No Night Vale episode this week, so after the usual sitrep (Summary: More ways to say "everyone's fine") we talk about about the Netflix series "Beastars" (Odd bit of trivia, Elizabeth watched the dubbed version and Kathryn...

Original broadcast date April 23, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/04/binary-system-podcast-218-wtnv-166-delta-part-4-of-5/ After a quick coronavirus sitrep from us and the family (short version: everybody's fine, wash your hands!) we switch to a lighter note with a Welcome To Night Vale recap, as the telepathic cult from the Desert Otherworld invades Night V...

Original broadcast date April 9, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/04/binary-system-podcast-217-wtnv-165-charlie-part-3-of-5/ Things are progressing quickly in the five-part story about the missing Delta Flight 18713 and the escaped inmates of the Night Vale asylum. The Desert Otherworld is coming into play, and there's a good chance that a mad pilot who can r...

Original broadcast date March 26, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-216-quarantine-watch-party-options/ "We should try that Netflix Watch Party extension !" (https://www.netflixparty.com/) "All of us in three states watching a movie together!" "So what should we watch?" ".......uh...." Thus launching an hour-long conversation between E...

Original broadcast date March 19, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-215-wtnv-164-the-faceless-old-woman-live/ It's the Welcome to Night Vale episode that Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor described as "maybe the most upsetting thing we've ever written." Listen in as we recap a one-person show featuring unearthly roommates, really cruel pr...

Original broadcast date March 12, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-214/ Let’s face it, the Coronavirus is on everyone’s minds so we have to get that out of the way first. (It mostly involves us saying “WASH YOUR HANDS” a lot, spreading the word on the #ECCConline hashtag, and reminding you that you can’t use expensive vodka in place o...

Original broadcast date March 5, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/03/binary-system-podcast-213-wtnv-163-bravo/ On this week's Night Vale recap we discuss theater etiquette when attending a show at an insane asylum, and then move on to cosplay problems, adventures in 3D printing, and whether or not the pretty, pretty effects in Picard outweigh all the talking....

Original broadcast date February 27, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-212-parasite-comic-books-and-random-sci-fi/ So the plan was to have a quick talk about an Oscar-winning film and a debriefing on the events of last weekend. It spun out of control  within the first fifteen minutes, of course. Listen in as we go over Parasite (m...

Original broadcast date February 20, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-211-wtnv-162-alpha/ This week’s Night Vale recap is full of ambitious moms, genius daughters, mysterious voices, missing planes and REALLY STARTLING WEATHER. Plus Kathryn wants to rewatch Snowpiercer (because Parasite ) and Elizabeth rewatched Looper (because Knives...

Original broadcast date February 13, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-210-the-oscars/ The 2020 Oscars have come and gone and Binary System has the complete recap! Well, mostly complete; Kathryn's got the attention span of a magpie and kept leaving the room when she got bored. And Elizabeth still has the heebie jeebies from the year th...

Original broadcast date February 6, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/02/binary-system-podcast-209-wtnv-161-the-space-race/ Welcome to Night Vale returns! Listen in as we recap Night Vale's centuries-long quest to slap the bejeezus out of the moon, give shout outs to two listeners, and basically make stuff up about people we've never met. Prefer your podcasts...

Original broadcast date January 30, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-208-fleabag/ Special guest Hannah Wallace https://byhannahwallace.wordpress.com/ returns this week as we break down everything we loved about Fleabag! Massive spoiler warnings of course, because we can't talk about all the fourth-wall breaks, the horrible Godmother,...

Original broadcast date January 23, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-207-sitrep-weve-watched-some-things/ Last week we made a plan for catching up on all the amazing content out there, and this week? We got caught up! KIDDING. Of course we didn't, but we watched some things, and liked them a lot. Listen in as we talk about Fleabag Sea...

Original broadcast date January 16, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-206-playing-catch-up/ The holidays are over, and convention season doesn't get geared up for a few weeks, so now's the time for us to get caught up on all the things we've been meaning to watch because we are so, so bad at TV and movies. Listen in as we set up our ho...

Original broadcast date January 9, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-205-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker/ Okay this is disconcerting: we actually managed to watch a major motion picture within three weeks of the release date, instead of waiting three months (or years. Sometimes it's years.) Have we turned over a new leaf or have we bee...

Original broadcast date January 2, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/01/binary-system-podcast-204-how-to-train-your-dragon-homecoming-and-fictional-holidays/ It took us a month to finally watch the How To Train Your Dragon holiday special, but since it took us the better part of a year to watch the final movie, that's, like, practically on time for us. Yes? No...

Original broadcast date December 19, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/12/binary-system-podcast-203-wtnv-160-the-weather/ We knew this was going to be a crazy episode of Welcome to Night Vale when Cecil said he was going to take us to the weather... and then he talked about the weather! ISN'T THAT CRAZY? (And don't even get us started on the sports section...)...

Original broadcast date December 5, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/12/binary-system-podcast-202-wtnv-159-cat-show/ Night Vale’s annual Cat Show is here and there’s really no competition because everybody knows Khoshekh is THE BEST CAT EVER. (Though one of the competitors is named Dumpster and we’ve gotta admit that’s a cool name for a cat.) Listen in as we...