Binary System Podcast Archive

Original broadcast date August 24, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-375-wtnv-232-a-car-crash-on-buellton-avenue/ There was a car crash on Buellton Avenue... Okay, you know what? We're not exactly sure who this week's recap is for. If you want a twisty, creepy, very-close-to-horror story with a sting in its tail then you really...

Original broadcast date August 17, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-374-m3gan/ With no Lore Olympus or Night Vale this week, it was a perfect opportunity to get caught up on Star Wars, Marvel, and Good Omens. We of course did none of that and watched a horror movie from last year instead. NO ONE IS SURPRISED. Heads up for great big sp...

Original broadcast date August 10, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-373-wtnv-231-the-terminal-and-good-omens-season-2-premiere/ Hooray, everything's back to "normal" in Night Vale! Science is legal again, the Weather is back, Dr. Janet Lubelle is...not technically gone from the city, but it's fine. Since so many peop...

Original broadcast date August 3, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-372-everythings-on-hiatus/ Lately it feels like everything we love is on hiatus: Night Vale, Lore Olympus, Saga , it's all on break. So that means we've got time to go watch some of the amazing movies that've come out lately, right? AHAHAHA no of course not...

Original broadcast date July 27, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-371-sdcc-round-up/ It's a short episode this week, since Elizabeth had a great time at this year's San Diego Comic-Con and she's really tired. And also Kathryn is still bad at TV and is only averaging one new episode of anything per week. Listen in as Elizab...

Original broadcast date July 20, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-370-lore-olympus-251-and-252/ So here's the thing you guys: Lore Olympus is on hiatus. Right now. There will be no free episodes for four months. There are a few fast-pass episodes though. The forward-thinking, grown up, delayed gratification thing to do would be to...

Original broadcast date June 6, 2023. The original podcast post is here:  https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/07/binary-system-podcast-369-lore-olympus-249-and-250/ Fair warning, the second episode of Lore Olympus that we review this week ends in a cliffhanger. It's not one that made us rush to fast-pass more episodes though, since it only involves Kronos. We've got our priorities, and the mad...

Original broadcast date June 29, 2022. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-368-wtnv-230-carlos-explained/ https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-368-wtnv-230-carlos-explained/ Welcome to the first Vacation Edition of 2023! Recording on location in a tropical resort (otherwise known as our sister’s old room in our parents’ plac...

Original broadcast date June 22, 2022. The original podcast post is here:  https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-367-lore-olympus-247-and-248/ Hey you know what we don’t say often enough on this podcast? SPOILER WARNING. I mean, it’s implied that when you’re recapping something you’re going to spoil some things, but just in case, GIANT GREAT BIG SPOILER WARNINGS for episodes 247...

Original broadcast date June 15, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-366-wtnv-229-the-accused/ The Welcome To Night Vale writers have occasionally been known to subtly reference current events. This week subtlety is completely out the window as the entire Night Vale community has allowed their fear and rage to be written into law. A new...

Original broadcast date June 8, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-365-lore-olympus-245-and-246-and-umbrella-academy/ “I really hope this is not just his dad pretending to be a nice person….oh. You’re…not saying anything, I can see it in your face.” “My face is blank I’m not saying anything with my face.” Massive even-bigger-than-usual...

Original broadcast date June 1, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/06/binary-system-podcast-364-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/ To the surprise of absolutely no one, we've mixed up the dates again and we have a week with no new Welcome to Night Vale or Lore Olympus. While we wait for the next episodes to drop, we decided to actually tackle our backlog of...

Original broadcast date April 20, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-361-lore-olympus-243-and-244-and-umbrella-academy/ https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-361-lore-olympus-243-and-244-and-umbrella-academy/ In the latest couple episodes of Lore Olympus we get to see everybody set lots of healthy boundaries. And by &q...

Original broadcast date May 18, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-362-wtnv-228-diplomacy/ Things are changing fast in Night Vale. Dr. Lubelle and the University of What It Is took out The Weather last week (shock!), and this week they've wiped out Invisible Corn (sacrilege!) The doctor's now set her sights on the local shape-sh...

Original broadcast date May 11, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-361-lore-olympus-241-and-242-and-dungeons-dragons/ Okay, here's the Lore Olympus recap: Hades spends two episodes moping because Persephone is avoiding him. Done! That'll wrap us up for the week, make sure to check out pixelatedgeek.com... KIDDING. There's mo...

Original broadcast date May 4, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/05/binary-system-podcast-360-wtnv-227-a-word-with-dr-jones/ Let's see, in previous episodes Dr. Lubelle from the University of What It Is has managed to "explain" (ie: murder) Sarah Sultan (Fist-Sized River-Rock), The Glow Cloud (all hail), and Station Management (has anyone checked...

Original broadcast date April 27, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/04/binary-system-podcast-359-lore-olympus-239-and-240/ On this week’s  Lore Olympus  recap, we had two episodes of Persephone in the dream realm that gave us more questions than answers: WHAT will Erebus take from Persephone? WHY isn’t she telling Hades what she saw? And WHEN will we see more...

Original broadcast date April 20, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/04/binary-system-podcast-358-wtnv-226-creditors/ It's no fun being the new Station Management for Night Vale Radio, as Cecil's finding out in this week's episode. Apparently Station Management was relying on being an eldritch horror to avoid paying bills, and now the chickens have...

Original broadcast date April 13, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/04/binary-system-podcast-357-lore-olympus-237-and-238/ On our last Lore Olympus recap Elizabeth said she didn't care if the Apollo story got put on the back burner, so long as we get to see Demeter hit rock bottom. So of course in the latest episode we didn't see Demeter at all but we...

Aaaa! Did you hear the news? No, not that Cecil is scheduled to renegotiate his contract with the Night Vale Radio. He's hoping the process this year will involve more raises and less spectral kidnappings, but that's not important. You guys, Station Management and City Council are still dating. And here I'd thought they'd broken up years ago. It's so romantic, apparently they&#...

Original broadcast date March 30, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/03/binary-system-podcast-355-lore-olympus-235-and-236/ Massive spoiler warnings as usual this week because we take a long lingering look at Hades and Persephone's wedding night and...okay maybe not that long and lingering because Rachel decided against being too graphic (...darnit..) but w...

Original broadcast date March 23, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/03/binary-system-podcast-354-wtnv-224-liminal-spaces/ The magic word for this week's episode is "creepy". I don't know if you've seen any of those "Liminal Spaces" pictures, but all those abandoned malls and eerily empty high schools can be super unsettling. Cec...

Original broadcast date March 16, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/03/binary-system-podcast-353-lore-olympus-233-and-234/ Remember how we said Lore Olympus episode 232 was the moment we’ve been waiting for? Scratch that: episode 234 is what we were waiting for and it was SO WORTH THE WAIT. (No, it’s not Asspollo getting his just desserts. It’s better .) Massi...

Original broadcast date March 9, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/03/binary-system-podcast-352-wtnv-223-big-ricos-pizza-band/ There’s big news for Cecil to report in Night Vale this week. After extensive renovations, Big Rico’s is having their grand reopening as “Big Rico’s Pizza and Entertainment Zone”! They’ve got two ball pits (with and without snakes), lo...

Original broadcast date March 2, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/03/ binary-system-podcast-351-umbrella-academy-season-2-finale-and-oscar-opinions / Since we've still got a few days till the return of Lore Olympus (and you better believe we're going into withdrawal aaaaaaa) this week Kathryn finished up season 2 of Umbrella Academy and boy howdy do we have s...