Podside Picnic
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
Twitter:
@podsidep
Language:
English
Contact:
6514347517
Episodes
Episode 267: Silent Running
5/7/2024
Today we talk about Douglas Trumbull's other film, Silent Running (1972). All about a guy named Lowell and his robot friends in their National Park in . . . SPACE
Duration:01:03:38
Shogun 1 - 5 Preview
5/2/2024
Get ready to study the blade with us as we talk Shogun (2024)
Duration:00:05:15
Episode 266: Havana Few Beers
5/1/2024
Pete comes back for a bit of a rambling discussion. Salud!
Duration:00:59:18
Infocom Challenge: Zork I Preview
4/25/2024
Ever wanted to know what it was like to play a text adventure back in the day? Join us as we poke around the edges of the Great Underground Empire and promptly get lost, stumped, and even die a few times.
Duration:00:04:21
Episode 265: Small Soldiers
4/23/2024
Ten-HUT! Listen up, maggots: That pinko Joe Dante FINALLY made a movie about the REAL American heroes - Small Soldiers! You WILL listen to the new Podside episode, and you WILL like it! That's an ORDER
Duration:01:08:33
Hollow Man Preview
4/18/2024
Get ready to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as we discuss the movie that ended Paul Verhoeven's streak of US-made movies, Hollow Man (2000)
Duration:00:06:33
Episode 264: The Marching Morons
4/16/2024
Eugenics - am I right? We talk today about C.M. Kornbluth's The Marching Morons, a right doozy of a tale, where you do NOT have to hand it to Hitler
Duration:00:58:43
Get Lamp Preview
4/11/2024
We talk about Get Lamp (2010), along with its bonus materials, a documentary about the history of "IF" or Interactive Fiction which has its charms, but is ultimately a little unfocused Visit the Get Lamp site: http://www.getlamp.com/ Also, the full documentary (and bonus/additional material) is on YouTube. Main Documentary: https://youtu.be/TmBSYho5Gbk?si=8jhdN91bGqA6PKLN Cut Scenes: https://youtu.be/zEJXZ2wnO3w?si=DfVJVmTTyiofBveN Infocom Documentary: https://youtu.be/OXNLWy7rwH4?si=afu1Ll5wbITqWxMp
Duration:00:07:28
Episode 263: The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule
4/10/2024
Today, we talk about The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard, and follow the life of artist, and possible con-man, Meric Cattanay, in his quest to have his name as remembered as the dragon he's proposed to slay
Duration:00:56:30
GATTACA (Ft. Aaron Thorpe) Preview
4/4/2024
Aaron Thorpe returns to talk about GATTACA (1997) with us, a film that asks: what would society look like if it believed in genetic determinism?
Duration:00:07:09
Episode 262: Watership Down Pt 1
4/2/2024
Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?
Duration:01:29:58
Dead Heat Preview
3/28/2024
You can't keep a good cop dead, they say. Not even if your name is Roger Mortis, and you have mere hours to solve the mystery of your own murder
Duration:00:06:05
Episode 261: The Dauphine's Metaphysics
3/26/2024
Today we discuss Eric Schwitzgebel's The Dauphin's Metaphysics, first printed in Unlikely Story's The Journal of Unlikely Academia, a story about a limited and quite disturbing form of immortality Read the story:http://www.unlikely-story.com/stories/the-dauphins-metaphysics-by-eric-schwitzgebel/ Art by Diane Dellicarpini
Duration:00:59:01
Bonus Episode: Mozart In Mirrorshades
3/21/2024
This time, we talk about Bruce Sterling's Mozart in Mirrorshades (collected in the much-hyped cyberpunk anthology, Mirrorshades) - a story about corporate extraction with extra steps (mainly, time travel) Oh, Galactus wished he had it this good
Duration:00:56:24
Episode 260: Exists
3/19/2024
This time around, we end up in the hinterlands of southeast Texas, where the local sasquatch is making the most of Stand Your Ground laws
Duration:00:56:48
Brainstorm Preview
3/14/2024
Today, we talk about the proto-cyberpunk film, Brainstorm. Directed by a SFF cinema luminary, Douglas Trumbull, and with Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood in lead roles, this is a movie that asks what if Online was your feelings made fact?
Duration:00:06:48
Episode 259: Oh Beer, It's Another Run
3/12/2024
It's time again to crack a few cold ones and shoot the shit about - among other things - a Japanese adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Salud!
Duration:00:54:43
The Dad Zone Preview
3/7/2024
This time, we discuss Cronenberg's 1983 The Dead Zone, which asks the question: if you had the power to change the future in your clammy hands, would you?
Duration:00:06:13
Podside Radio: Chaindevil Jamboree
3/5/2024
Jeff Martin returns to rock out to the Chaindevils playlist, a real grimphony in the key of chainsaw! Check out Jeff's comics: https://hell.rentathugcomics.com/ And his games (Space Jerks, BURGERPunk, more): https://rentathug.itch.io/
Duration:01:04:51
Episode 258: The Fury
3/2/2024
We talk about another De Palma, this time it's The Fury (1978). Two teenagers with psychic powers pitted against one another. . . it's a real enemies-to-enemies trope
Duration:01:04:12