Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date November 8, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-151-wtnv-137-the-mudstone-abyss-part-3/ It's the third (and final?) part of the Mudstone Abyss arc, people are speaking gibberish, there's protests and riots and radio hosts being burned in effigy and, most disturbing of all....Kevin is being...nice? After the recap...

Original broadcast date November 1, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/11/binary-system-podcast-150-the-bsp-mixtape/ The title of this episode was almost "One hundred fifty episodes: still no plan" but we already used that fifty episodes ago. And we do have a plan, even if we thought it up an hour before the recording. Still counts! This week we're talking abou...

Original broadcast date October 25, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-149-wtnv-136-mud-stone-abyss-part-2/ Uh oh, the work on Desert Bluff's Mud Stone Abyss is falling behind schedule. And the construction that has gotten done seems to be releasing mysterious hazy figures, causing accidents around the town, and now language has stopped...

Original broadcast date October 18, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-148-as-above-so-below-the-cell-and-other-horror-movies-we-like/ It took us a long time before we'd watch horror movies, a LONG time. By the time we graduated high school we'd seen most of Poltergeist (a friend warned us about the face-falling-off scene) and one Fredd...

Original broadcast date October 11, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-147-wtnv-135-mud-stone-abyss-part-1/ This week we start with a recap of the latest episode of Night Vale (featuring the return of Desert Bluffs! And Kevin! And teeth! AND SMILING.) and then we discuss the total lack of Transformers comic book news coming out of NYCC,...

Original broadcast date October 4, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/10/binary-system-podcast-146-wtnv-134-fall-football-preview/ This episode starts out with a recap of Football Season in Night Vale (we'd watch more football if it had more trees and ghosts) and then turns into an episode of All Transformers All The Time: in one week we got to see the pinnacle...

Original broadcast date September 27, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-145-wtnv-133-are-you-sure/ The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because...hang on, didn't we do this the last time we recapped a Welc...

Original broadcast date August 2, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-138-catching-up-except-not-really/ You know, when other podcasts say they're going to catch up on all the movies and TV they've been missing lately, they usually mean "movies and TV within the past year." Not THIS podcast. Listen in as we fangirl about Pacific Rim (the...

Original broadcast date September 20, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-144-alice-isnt-dead-series-finale/ This is it, the final episode of Alice Isn't Dead ever. EVER. And the creators gave it an ending that wasn't what we were expecting, but..is it a "happy" ending? Weeelll..... After that it's the post-Hurricane-Florence wrap up (sp...

Original broadcast date September 13, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-143-wtnv-132-bedtime-story/ The Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up continues: this week we recap exactly one episode of Welcome To Night Vale. (It would've been two but we had to cut the listening short because Kathryn was struck by lightning. Except not her, the house....

Original broadcast date September 6, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/09/binary-system-podcast-142-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapters-8-and-9-plus-saga-issue-54/ We're behind on all our podcasts so the Great Post-Vacation Catch-Up has begun! (Otherwise known as "How We Live Our Lives At All Times We Don't Know Why You Were Expecting Anything Different.") First u...

Original broadcast date August 24, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-140-black-mirror-san-junipero/ Coming to you a day late because of cross country trips and flash floods (no really) this week features the return of special guest Hannah Wallace ! https://twitter.com/hannahwallace Listen in as we recap one of our all-time favorite Bla...

Original broadcast date August 9, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-139-wtnv-131-brought-to-you-by-kelloggs/ Welcome to Night Vale returns this week with a beautifully bizarre episode, full of imaginary corn and mythology based on breakfast cereal. After the recap we also talk about Better Call Saul, The Originals, and a plan for Binar...

Original broadcast date July 26, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-137-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-7-plus-san-diego-comic-con/ First off we recap the latest episode of Alice Isn’t Dead and talk about how ignoring awful things won’t make them go away BUT ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE we also do a full breakdown of San Diego Comic-Con 2018:...

Original broadcast date July 19, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-136-now-with-even-less-planning/ San Diego Comic-Con is happening today! As you're reading this! And while we'd like to say we spent so much of Sunday getting everything ready for the convention that we didn't have time for a regular podcast...the truth is we forgot tha...

Original broadcast date July 12, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-135-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-6-plus-book-and-tv-roundup/ This episode starts out as our usual Alice Isn’t Dead recap but veers off into a tangent about getting involved in the real world, trying to good, and ways you can change things for the better BUT IF THAT'S...

Original broadcast date August 30, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/08/binary-system-podcast-141-black-mirror-uss-callister/ We couldn't manage to fit in a recap of both of our favorite (so far) episodes of Black Mirror, so we're bringing back special guest Hannah Wallace https://twitter.com/hannahwallace for one more episode! This time we're geek...

Original broadcast date July 5, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/07/binary-system-podcast-134-good-morning-night-vale-pilot/ Bet you thought we were kidding when we said we were doing this. Yes, Binary System has now reached full meta status. This week the Welcome To Night Vale recap podcast is recapping the first episode of the podcast that's recapping the f...

Original broadcast date June 28, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/06/binary-system-podcast-133-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-5-plus-movie-tv-roundup/ This week's episode of Alice Isn't Dead asked us the question: where would you put a modern-day oracle to talk in riddles while creating a rift in time and space? Why, in a Denny's of course. (And it works real...

Original broadcast date June 21, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/06/binary-system-podcast-132-welcome-to-night-vale-129-a-story-about-us/ Night Vale ditches the multi-part episode theme (this week, anyway) to bring us a callback episode featuring a couple of familiar villains. (If you're not sure what's going on, listen to the episodes "A Story About You" an...

Original broadcast date June 14, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/06/binary-system-podcast-131-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-4-and-infinity-war/ Yes there is definitely an Alice Isn't Dead recap this week full of abandoned hotels and creepy nightmare creatures BUT SERIOUSLY we need to finally talk about Infinity War, which we do right after the recap. Becaus...

Original broadcast date June 7, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/06/binary-system-podcast-130-wtnv-129-a-matter-of-blood-part-3/ The Blood Matter From Space is finally here, and the battle between Our Dana and Other Dana is taking place in a literal lake of blood. Not to worry though, all of Cecil's broadcasting equipment floats, so he'll keep broadcasting wh...

Original broadcast date May 31, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/05/binary-system-podcast-129-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-3/ This week we're ("bark") recapping the latest episode of Alice Isn't Dead and ("bark!") wondering if someone can be pathologically protective and ("bark bark!") planning our Hugo Awards coverage ("bark!") and wondering if we can psyc...

Original broadcast date April 26, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/04/binary-system-podcast-124-all-doctor-who-all-the-time-mostly/ The plan was to talk about two topics this episode: the latest season of Doctor Who, and the first season of American Gods. And then we remembered that we never usually plan things, so why should we stick with a plan this time? L...

Original broadcast date May 3, 2018. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2018/05/binary-system-podcast-125-alice-isnt-dead-part-3-chapter-1-and-other-things/ Alice isn’t Dead returns for its final season! While recapping the first chapter of Part 3 we also wander into some brief thoughts on gun ownership (spoilers: we do not want them to take your guns away) and then we ju...