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Today on the 5: After Google's I/O conference and the announcement of changes coming to the search engine, DuckDuckGo saw a rise in the installs of the iPhone app and the usage of their search engine . Most outlets see this as an anti-AI response, but I tyhink that's only part of the reason.

Today on the 5: For the first film in our "Kai-June" marathon, we watched 1994's Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla . This movie is often seen as a lesser entry is the classic Godzilla film series, but I find it one of the peak example of a great villain and absolutely spectaular miniature work. Also, psychics! 

Today on the 5: If you listen to a lot of tech shows today, many of them present AI as the next great tech innovation that could change the landscape of technology as an industry. I wonder if there might be another disruption coming, and AI would only be a part of it.

This week I'm joined by guest Stacey Higginbotham from Consumer Reports as we talk about a lcohol ,   b ioengineering , a rt , pilates , and The Banshees Of Inisherin . Show music by  OGRE .  Support the show!

This week we're talking about  Podroll , Media Play ,  The Medusa Touch ,  It's Alive , and  Fail-Safe . Show music by  HeartBeatHero  and  OGRE .  Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code  OZONE

Today on the 5: One of the biggest stories coming out from the 2026 Google I/O conference is the Google search engine becoming an AI first tool that will attempt to do more than just provide simple answers. While accuracy is always a concern with these tools, I don't think that's what most people will react negatively to.

Today on the 5: For the third film in our final week of "May-be It Won't Suck", Lando and I watched 1964's Fail-Safe . A cautionary tale about the involvement of computers in war as well as the inevitable result of human distrust, this movie is a remarkable triumph of intense storytelling across minimal scenes.

Today on the 5: The second film for our last week of "May-be It Won't Suck" was 1974's It's Alive . A movie Lando had never seen and I only remembered the beginning and end of, this could have been a gimmick movie with a lot of boring stretches. As it turned out, it's a deeply tense exploration of how a VERY problematic pregnancy can push people to the breaking point.

Today on the 5: For one of our "May-be It Won't Suck" movies this week, Lando and I watched 1978's The Medusa Touch . It had been a long time since Lando had last seen it, and I had never even heard of it so we were both curious how it would land. Not only was it a great movie, but it had some of the hardest hitting scenes we've witnessed it a while!

This week we're talking about  Project Hail Mary ,  Pebble , Mike Tyson , The Humanoid ,  Shocking Dark , and  Dark Angel: The Ascent . Show music by  HeartBeatHero  and  OGRE .  Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code  OZONE

Today on the 5: I picked up Star Wars: Outlaws during a recent PSN sale, and have been playing it in short burst sessions for the last few weeks. For a game that seemed to come and go without much love or hate, I have to say I'm enjoying it as some of the best Star Wars related material in a long while.

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Today on the 5: As part of "May-be It Won't Suck" month, we watched a 1994 movie I just barely remember titled Dark Angel: The Ascent . Starting a Full Moon production is always a dice roll, but this movie rises above budgetary limitations by presenting a "Heaven & Hell" story that works very differently than you might expect.

This is the bonus content with Andy Last of  Beyond Synth that would originally have been exclusive to Patreon. Seeing as how that platform is busy figuring out new ways of flushing their value to creators down the toilet, I figured I'd just post it on the main feed. Enjoy! Show music by  OGRE .  Support the show!

This week we're talking about  steelbooks ,  Matthew Peak ,  Hell Comes To Frogtown , Eliminators , and  Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone . Show music by HeartBeatHero  and  OGRE .  Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code  OZONE

Today on the 5: As part of our "May-be It Won't Suck" month, we watched a movie neither had seen in a good 30+ years, 1986's Eliminators . This is story of a group of various warriors coming together to battle a mad scientist, or at least that's what it's trying to be. While the movie has a few flaws, it also does a few things that are remarkably better than other movies of the era.

Today on the 5: As part of "May-be It Won't Suck" month, we watched a 1983 science fiction film titled Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone . It had been a long time since either of us had seen it, and we were both delighted to find it holds up as a fantastic piece of practical filmmaking!

Today on the 5: Last week IndyCar posted and then quickly removed a shirt for sale in celebration of their upcoming "Freedom Race 250" event . Having looked at the shirt design and the company employees that had to be involved in approving it, it becomes hard not to make some concrete determinations about the motives behind it.  

Today on the 5: If you're a Patreon member , you may have noticed that our content changed pretty signifcantly last week. That was the result of finding out the scummy direction Patreon is going in regards to age verification.  

This week we're talking about  age verification ,  Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision , Vampyros Lesbos ,  A Virgin Among The Living Dead , and  Phantasm . Show music by  HeartBeatHero  and  OGRE .  Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code  OZONE

Today on the 5: The final film in our "April Sleaze" series ended up being 1973's A Virgin Among The Living Dead , aka Christina, Princess Of Eroticism . Another Jess Franco film, this one relies heavily on creating atmosphere and bizarre characters instead of presenting a coherent narrative. This decision results in a movie that manages to be entertaining through sheer force as long as you can do...

Today on the 5: For the first movie in our commentary set this week, we watched 1971's Vampyros Lesbos . This is a Jess Franco film, so I expected a movie with a lot of skin and not much else. There was definitely plenty of borderline silly nudity, but there was also a surprisingly competent attempt at a new interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula !

Today on the 5: I came across this Wired article about a DeepMind spinoff company preparing to enter human trials for drugs designed using AI . It reminded me once again that if this was the kind of story these large companies focused on marketing, the sentiment towards these tools would likely be a lot better.

Tonight Andy Last of the  Beyond Synth podcast. In this episode we're talking about movies, video games, and the tension around using AI. Show music by OGRE .  Support the show!

This week we're talking about  April O'Neil , Dazzler , Saturnalia , Madness ,  Bugie Rosse , and  The Phantom Of The Opera . Show music by  HeartBeatHero  and  OGRE .  Support the show! Get up to 2 months free podcasting service with our Libsyn code  OZONE