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Jar brain and History Brain in futuristic 90s VR

Isolated BS: VR breakthroughs, space clouds, and earthworm jerky

Episode #257 | 2020.11.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:28

Creepy mustache man on red

Her: sad foreheads, augmented audio presence, and friendly AI takeoff scenarios

Episode #256 | 2020.11.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:29

An unexplained absence

2020.11.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 5:43

The Earth, but broken

The Core: Flying bricks, pacemakers, and quantum avian eyeballs

Episode #254 | 2020.10.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 23:56

Jar Brain and History Brain in the clouds of Venus

Stank waffles, VR development, and Venusian cloud datacenters

Episode #253 | 2020.09.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:33

Ominous android lady considering a tiny baby

Raised by Wolves: exoplanets, eating rats, and fake-karate floaty physics

Episode #252 | 2020.09.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:01

Cartoon characters Jar Brain and History Brain in a pile of bananas

Isolated BS: nuclear bananas, unreal simulations, and buttplug archaeology w/ Josh

Episode #251 | 2020.09.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:56

Jack and Rose and a boat

On Decipher History - Titanic! rich people, bad luck, and ever-increasing hugeness w/ Joe

2020.09.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 1:40:04

Jar brain hiding behind a Fawkes mask in a crowd of brains

Proactive prostheses, facial recognition, and correlating diarrhea

Episode #250 | 2020.08.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 24:31

X-Men First Class: nuclear panic, destructive resonance, and woolly mammoth piñatas

Episode #249 | 2020.08.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:59

Decipher Media brain Doom guy, presumably in Hell

Isolated BS: 3D tracking, Doom on EVERYTHING, and game juice

Episode #248 | 2020.08.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 54:30

Leathery X-people behind and X door doing X poses making eX-pressions

X-Men: superhero evolution, wolverines, and what lightning does to everything else

Episode #247 | 2020.07.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:28

Isolated BS: social engineering, spotted dick, and proper beaver representation

Episode #246 | 2020.07.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 52:25

Sonic the Hedgehog running presumably very quickly with a ring and some missiles, move backdrop

Sonic: the console wars, allocoprophagy, and tiny blue Godzilla

Episode #245 | 2020.07.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:59

Mona Lisa and Prado Mona Lisa with horrifying Decipher Media cartoon brain faces

Isolated BS: art restoration, ahistorical viking grooming, and preposterone

Episode #244 | 2020.06.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:59

Sister Night in front of a yellow clockface, Watchmen backdrop

Watchmen - Tulsa, nostalgia, and victorian spacesuits

Episode #243 | 2020.06.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:13

Decipher SciFi hosts Christopher and Colbert as Meeseeks

Isolated BS: tasty Pi, robot vacuums, and our saddest failure

Episode #242 | 2020.06.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:43

Girl with a VR headset Upload media image

Upload: living forever, digital personhood, and hacking your own reality

Episode #241 | 2020.06.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:44

The Dragon Crew browsing Decipher Media (CC-BY-2.0) based on NASA KSC-20180830-PH_SPX01_0004 (CC-0)

Isolated BS: hip thrusts, Dragons, and linguistic POV

Episode #240 | 2020.06.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:04

Kristen Stewart in a space marine sea suit

Underwater: deep drilling, nitrogen narcosis, and astronaut helium voice

Episode #239 | 2020.05.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:23

The Decipher SciFi and Decipher History brains as earth satellites. CC-BY. Based on CC-0 USAF VIRIN 150415-F-AS483-002.JPG

Isolated BS part 3: ancient tattoos, zombie satellites, and running sandals

Episode #238 | 2020.05.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:00

Picard looking really dapper and heroic on a space ship

Picard Season 1: mortality, great filters, and synthetic life w/ Jolene Creighton

2020.05.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:30

Christopher long-haired selfie in mask mode

Isolated BS part two, the mayonnaisening - volcano edition

Episode #236 | 2020.05.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:46

The 'Three Body Problem' pyramid art

The Three Body Problem: mathy math math and first contact game theory w/ Adrian

Episode #235 | 2020.04.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 59:26

Vin Diesel being all bloodshot and badass

Bloodshot: overdoing nanotech, comics bubbles, and flour bombs

Episode #234 | 2020.04.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:02

Decipher SciFi on acid

Isolated BS: coping with copious amounts of bread

Episode #233 | 2020.04.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:27

Starbuck from Battlestar floating and being like 'whoah, space'

Another Life: visible rogue planets, visible dark matter, and other smart stuff

Episode #232 | 2020.03.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:14

1917 movie backdrop with Decipher History overlay

On Decipher History: 1917 w/ Josh!

2020.03.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 00:53

Composite image of the characters from 'Contagion' in various levels of didstress

Contagion: epidemiology, snake oil, and curve-flattening

Episode #231 | 2020.03.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 1:02:30

Alexander movie backdrop with Decipher History overlay

On Decipher History: Alexander

2020.03.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31

Altered Carbon season 2 re-sleeved Takeshi

Altered Carbon Season 2: memory, facial recognition, and xenoarchaeology

Episode #230 | 2020.02.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:09

The cast of Evolution just kind of, leaning.

Evolution: panspermia space rocks, periodic tables, and sooo much poison

Episode #229 | 2020.02.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:45

Picard and his dog on a peaceful vineyard in the future

Picard: the moral center of Trek, supernovae, and Romulan stormtroopers

Episode #228 | 2020.02.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:01

Master Chief looking pretty epic

Halo: first contact, power armor, and how does master chief poop? w/ Daniel Barker

Episode #227 | 2020.02.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:45

Ninja turtles standing worriedly around a broken vial of toxic ooze

The Secret of the Ooze: turtles, pizza, and irl toxic sludge

Episode #226 | 2020.01.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 58:16

A man standing at the boundary between reality and the virtual and it's a really cool image hnonestly

The Thirteenth Floor: Yo dawg I heard you liked the simulation hypothesis

Episode #225 | 2020.01.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:29

Connor MacLeod and Sean connery standing with swords and lightning over dystopia..?

Highlander 2: time travel, aliens, and complete and utter nonsense w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #224 | 2020.01.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:28

Decade in Review: privacy, computing everything, and torture toilets

Episode #223 | 2020.01.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:36

Rey and Kylo having a colorful lightsaber face-off

The Rise of Skywalker: the force, fan service, and blade-based wayfinding

Episode #222 | 2019.12.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:20

No episode this week - happy holidays!

2019.12.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 00:21

Spaceman Brad Pitt on an artful soft green background

Ad Astra: nuclear spaceships, the edge of the solar system, and space monkeys

Episode #221 | 2019.12.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:09

Spider-Man and Mysterio, standing

Spider-Man Far From Home: Venice, burying forests, and microphone proliferation

Episode #220 | 2019.12.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:04

Piles of people and heads with Thor and Natalie Portman in front

Thor Dark World: Finnish-ish, amphetamines, and weaponized gravity

Episode #219 | 2019.12.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:09

The Mandalorian walking with purpose on a desert planet

The Mandalorian: modern mythology, space toilets, and hairy rhinos

Episode #218 | 2019.11.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:43

Scary Venom-face

Venom: comets, Von Neumann goo, and the alien brown note

Episode #217 | 2019.11.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:08

The old Terminator and the new sorta-Terminator and the old Terminator-fighting lady and a new girl

Terminator Dark Fate: surprises, developing humanity, and CORAL puns w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #216 | 2019.11.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:04:59

Thor and Valkyrie with the memory buttplug

Men in Black International: Eiffel, backfilling memory, space hacking

Episode #215 | 2019.11.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:48

Star Trek Voyager season 1 crew

Star Trek Voyager: water, galactic scales, and coffee replicators

Episode #214 | 2019.10.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 25:25

Mel Gibson being patriotic with History-Brain

On Decipher History: The Patriot

2019.10.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:43

Scary Godzilla facing multiple dragon-heads

Godzilla King of the Monsters: acoustic wildlife-tracking and moth superiority

Episode #213 | 2019.10.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 28:57

Arnold and Daenerys

Terminator Genisys: surprise anthologies & time travel spaghetti w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #212 | 2019.10.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:34

Bill the Butcher and the History Brain

On Decipher History: Gangs of New York

2019.10.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 02:02

john Connor and another guy in the future where robots are trying to exterminate humanity

Terminator Salvation: body donation, realistic time travel, and the legal shmegal defense w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #211 | 2019.09.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:25

Natascha Henstridge, but Geiger. And shooting an alien light beam...?

Species: alien bio-containment, the Arecibo message, and Von Neumann trolls

Episode #210 | 2019.09.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:33

Scratched-up Arnold and a younger murder-bot

Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines: hacking cars and supercomputing Skynet FLOPS w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #209 | 2019.09.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:59

Tom Cruise at his most Japanese

On Decipher History: The Last Samurai w/ Isaac Meyer

2019.09.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 03:27

1950s jumpsuit-man in front of a self-aware mainframe

Roundtable: Colossus The Forbin Project w/ Chris Noessel, Damien Williams, and Jonathon Korman

Episode #208 | 2019.08.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:09:03

Scary-looking T-1000 and some foreshadowey molten metal

Terminator 2: advanced puppetry, Skynet, and liquid nitrogen handling w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #207 | 2019.08.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 51:50

Miles Morales jumping out of a brilliant pop-art background

Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse: particle colliders, art, and magnetic monopolies w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #206 | 2019.08.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:42

Arnold being the original intimidating bad-guy Terminator

The Terminator: bootstrapping, machine uprising, and time traveling meatballs w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #205 | 2019.08.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:46

Skinny space-prisoner drinking space-milk

Lockout: plagiarism, space shuttle design, and how to skydive... from space!

Episode #204 | 2019.07.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:40

Rocky, morally victorious, draped in the American flag

Rocky IV: sports science, brain injury, and horsepower punches

Episode #203 | 2019.07.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:02

First Man movie backdrop

First Man: moon rocks, moon lasers, and the edge of space

Episode #202 | 2019.07.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:52

A pile of heads and bodies of mismatched scale, with Alita at the fore

Alita Battle Angel: cybernetic cyborgs, photorealistic cg, and sports plus immortality

Episode #201 | 2019.07.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:00

Huge dragona straight up razing London. Also, helicopters.

Reign of Fire: types of dragons, animals that hibernate, and the Purkinje effect

Episode #200 | 2019.07.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:22

Battlestar Galactica cast in Last-Supper mode

Battlestar Galactica: curse words linguistics, formal code verification, and robo Jesus

Episode #199 | 2019.06.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:50

Black Mirror Season 5 collage

Black Mirror Season 5: dishwashers, sex stuff, and brain image reconstruction

Episode #198 | 2019.06.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:48

300 movie backdrop

300: professional soldiers, the Spartan Mirage, and expert poking w/ Josh

Episode #197 | 2019.06.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:09:57

Pensive post-apocalyptic Antonio Banderes and some robots

Automata: desertification, solar storms, and messing with Asimov

Episode #196 | 2019.06.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:38

Kirk and Spock in the 80s

Star Trek IV - The Journey Home: whale margarine, transparent aluminum, and time travel

Episode #195 | 2019.05.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:30

Apocalypto 2006 movie backdrop

Apocalypto: sacrificial practices, temples, and Mayan writing and math

Episode #194 | 2019.05.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:25

Eddard Stark sitting solemn on the Iron throne

Game of Thrones: medieval weaponry, variable winters, and final-season anxiety

Episode #193 | 2019.05.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:42

Questions & Addenda #5: fermenting your pee, cute aggression, and centricities

Episode #192 | 2019.05.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:00

A big pile of superheroes with mismatched lighting and lots of purple

Avengers Endgame: Appreciating the enormity of the MCU

Episode #191 | 2019.04.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:40

Will Smith and little Will Smith doing Predator

After Earth: pheromones, murder-birds, and language evolution

Episode #190 | 2019.04.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:18

Doc and Marty by their time travel car being like, 'whoah'

Back to the Future Part II: time travel options, retro futurism, and hip thrust combat w/ Daniel Barker

Episode #189 | 2019.04.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 52:57

Classic 1950s giant monsters eating folks

Them!: nuclear optimism, amateur myrmecology, and Wilhelm-screaming w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #188 | 2019.04.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:35

Sexy golden-scaled Jason Mamoa

Aquaman: cetaceans, riding sea animals, and the bends

Episode #187 | 2019.04.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:15

Really cools 90s leather-goth hackers looking dramatic, Matrix movie backdrop

The Matrix: green phosphors, neuroplasticity, and rejecting utopia w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #186 | 2019.03.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 55:17

A people-pile and a weird submarine Atlantis movie backdrop

Atlantis: the Silurian hypothesis, ancient language, and updating the drake equation

Episode #185 | 2019.03.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:41

A man and a girl in some janky spacesuits

Prospect: sleep rhythm, amputation, and meat-sack organic gemstones

Episode #184 | 2019.03.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 32:57

Superman zooming with a nuclear missile

Superman IV: Superman hair materials science, denuclearization, and pushing the moon w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #183 | 2019.03.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:16

An apocalyptic-looking sky event

The Wandering Earth: altered goldilocks zones, Earth's heat budget, and smuggling pickles in your pants

Episode #182 | 2019.02.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:31

Cartoon Christopher and Colbert in interview arrangement

Q&A #4: Answering your questions and appreciating our friends

Episode #181 | 2019.02.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:28

The crew of the Rocinante posing

The Expanse Season 3: low-g gardening, high-g deceleration, and more poop potatoes w/ Fraser Cain

Episode #180 | 2019.02.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 54:18

Arnold in closeup being like ARGUGUGURURUAURUAA

Total Recall - top-notch Arnold, muscle memory, and how not to settle Mars w/ Josh

Episode #179 | 2019.02.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:21

Dudes in WWI but in COLOR

They Shall Not Grow Old: film restoration, persistance of vision, and vfx

Episode #178 | 2019.01.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:48

Starbuck looking dramatic in space

2036 Origin Unknown: ion propulsion, dust storms, and how to speak Greek in orbit

Episode #177 | 2019.01.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:47

Colin Farrel disintegrating into bits

Total Recall 2012: falling through the planet, 3d scanning, and lasers in your eyes

Episode #176 | 2019.01.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:38

A bad ass-looking Predator

The Predator: glistening biceps, savant syndrome, and first contact w/ Josh

Episode #175 | 2019.01.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:26

One guy, and then another guy. And a clock!

Doctor Who: the Y2K scare, supernumerary hearts, and the utility of atomic clocks

Episode #174 | 2018.12.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:02

Arthur Dent and friends assembled in movie-poster fashion.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Dolphin communication, the babelfish, and bad AI

Episode #173 | 2018.12.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:21

Kaneda approaching his bike

Akira: mind bullets, evolution, and odd horsepower calculations w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #172 | 2018.12.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 54:29

Classic UFO over an empty road - Close Encounters movie backdrop

Close Encounters: alien contact, debunking, and music communication

Episode #171 | 2018.12.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:32

A guy, and a girl, and some space. The Titan movie backdrop

The Titan: adapting vs terraforming Titan, individual adaptations

Episode #170 | 2018.12.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:30

Blade: blood, colloidal silver aposematism, and scoville testing

Episode #169 | 2018.11.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:02

Two scientists and a bunny rabbit - I Oirigins movi e backdrop

I Origins: rationality, eyeballs, and biometric ID w/ Daniel Barker

Episode #168 | 2018.11.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:13

A big shark eating a big dude BUT itself being eaten by a larger shark, it's incredible. The Meg movie backdrop.

The Meg: claspers, megalodon teeth, and shark proponency w/ Melissa Marquez

Episode #167 | 2018.11.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:29

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho presiding over out meeting

Decipher SciFi State of the Union 2018

2018.11.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 28:46

Cassius and Detroit, protesting. Sorry to Bother you movie backdrop.

Sorry to Bother You: code switching, indie media, and the power of scifi w/ Eliot Peper

Episode #166 | 2018.11.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:36

Sexy people on a bed but with yucky Cronenberg stuff, thus ruining it. eXistenZ movie backdrop.

eXistenZ: reality testing, biocomputing, and gross stuff

Episode #165 | 2018.10.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:45

Robots and robot-riders, but some different ones this time, standing dramatically. Pacific Rim Uprising movie backdrop.

Pacific Rim Uprising: drone jamming, the aircraft boneyard, and cerebral organoids

Episode #164 | 2018.10.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:27

Astronauts working on Hubble with no danger in sight, Gravity backdrop

Gravity: decompression sickness, orbital mechanics, and jet chairs

Episode #163 | 2018.10.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:42

Skyscraper movie backdrop, but with trajectory lines

Skyscraper: vertical cities, holodecks, and personal Dyson clouds

Episode #162 | 2018.10.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:58

Space marines The Rock and Carl Urban Doom movie backdrop

Doom: moons of Mars, space marines, and telefragging w/ Josh Effengee of LSG Media

Episode #161 | 2018.10.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:36

March of Progress culminating in a chip

Upgrade: biohacking, AI containment, and paralyzation workarounds

Episode #160 | 2018.09.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:18

Mirror RPG character illustrations for episode 3 of 3

Decipher RPG - Mirror Pilot #3 (the finale!)

2018.09.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:03

Black Panther, his arms wide.

Black Panther: rhino domestication, click languages, and Killmonger overheating

Episode #159 | 2018.09.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:26

Mirror RPG character illustrations for episode 1 of 3

Decipher RPG - Mirror Pilot #2

2018.09.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:05:27

Mirror RPG character illustrations for episode 1 of 3

Decipher RPG - Mirror Pilot #1

2018.09.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 55:07

A boy and his robo-dog. AXL movie backdrop.

A-X-L: dogs as technology, domestication, and unpleasant sticky materials

Episode #158 | 2018.09.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 29:49

The Rock and like a really really big gorilla

Rampage: gorilla sign language, classic gaming, and the square cube law

Episode #157 | 2018.08.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:34

A family hiding around a corner from an alien invader

Extinction: space stealth, leaving Earth, and the evolution of consciousness

Episode #156 | 2018.08.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:06

A Geiger Alien mugging for the camera, Aliens movie backdrop

Aliens: hyperlseep, how to terraform, and Blade Runner reconciliation w/ Josh Effengee

Episode #155 | 2018.08.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:58

Wall-E: biodegradable plastics, waste management, and space cattle

Episode #154 | 2018.08.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:00

Kid in VR in a messy trailer, Ready Player One movie backdrop

Ready Player One: virtual reality haptics, digital economies, and optical trickery

Episode #153 | 2018.07.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 52:22

Old John Oldman sitting in the sunset

Man From Earth Holocene: hunter gatherer nostalgia and trading intestines

Episode #152 | 2018.07.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:40

Arnold looking very manly with a grenade launcher

Predator : preposterone, light manipulation, and Aliens vs Predator vs Blade

Episode #151 | 2018.07.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:17

Q&A #3 word cloud

Q&A #3: glacial surge, myth vs legend, and underground nukes

Episode #150 | 2018.07.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:20

Emily Blunt looking distressed in a bathtub

A Quiet Place: echolocation, cochlear implant vs hearing aid, and aliens

Episode #148 | 2018.07.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:40

Snake Plissken crouching like a total badass

Escape From New York: ultralight aircraft, escape pods, and fusion reactors

Episode #148 | 2018.06.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:17

Jean-Claude with cyborg headgear and a 500-yard stare

Universal Soldier: face-kicking cyborg technologies and micro drone insects

Episode #147 | 2018.06.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:50

A human and an alien sharing a sunset

Enemy Mine : space dogfights, alien wildlifem and interstellar slavery economics

Episode #146 | 2018.06.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:06

Tron characters doing Tron poses

Tron : 70s computing, object digitization, and death-frisbees

Episode #145 | 2018.06.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:00

Christopher Reeves Superman flying straight up and also Marlon Brando's ghost is there

Superman (1978) : Episode 144

Episode #144 | 2018.05.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 57:47

Science team walking into the Shimmer, Annihilation movie backdrop

Annihilation : Episode 143

Episode #143 | 2018.05.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:01

A stack of Marvel heads, Infinity War movie backdrop

Avengers Infinity War: space mapping, Dyson spheres, and the purple coin purse

Episode #142 | 2018.05.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:00

Two boys gazing wonder at outer space through their front door, Zathura movie backdrop

Zathura: planetary ring lifecycles, science words, and light pollution

Episode #141 | 2018.05.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:22

A robot looming over a boy.... in spaaaaaaaaaace

Lost in Space: supercooling, space imaging, and sexy robots w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #140 | 2018.05.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:10

Robot Yule Brenner and computer vision of some dudes

Westworld: extreme theme parks, first computer virus, and sensory processing

Episode #139 | 2018.04.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:21

Men in Black: human gestation, stimulants, and Earth as backwater w/ Liam Ginty

Episode #138 | 2018.04.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:16

Snowpiercer cast movie backdrop

Snowpiercer: entomophagy, what caused the hole in the ozone layer, and extreme cold survival

Episode #137 | 2018.04.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:05

A stargate and a pyramid on a space background

Stargate: pyramid builders, ancient Egyptian writings, and swole Daniel Jackson w/ Dominic Perry

Episode #136 | 2018.04.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:25

Jean claude and, like, a clock

Timecop: carbon dating money, confederate gold coins, and time loops

Episode #135 | 2018.03.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:57

Pacific Rim cast people standing before a collection of really really big robots

Pacific Rim: square cube law, giant death robot, and Earth terrafroming w/ Stephen Granade

Episode #134 | 2018.03.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:35

Keanu being all cyber and virtual pre-Matrix

Johnny Mnemonic: data couriers, brain storage capacity, and the cyberpunk Amish

Episode #133 | 2018.03.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:42

Shaun Connery in an amazing red bandolier/codpiece get-up, brandishing a pistol

Zardoz: eating only meat, awkward sexual experiments, and dealing with immortality

Episode #132 | 2018.03.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:59

A worried person in a space helmet, Cloverfield Paradox movie backdrop

The Cloverfield Paradox: NASA bone loss, simulated gravity, and gyroscopes w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #131 | 2018.02.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:07

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Mad Max Fury Road: salt flats, parabiosis, and the Namib desert w/ Brandon Rollins

Episode #130 | 2018.02.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:49

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Transformers The Last Knight: the size of the cosmos, colliding planets, and the useful scientist w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #129 | 2018.02.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:14

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Altered Carbon: Zoltan Istvan on transplant immortality, identity, and consciousness uploading

Episode #128 | 2018.02.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:06

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Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams: self-replicating AI, the illusion of self, and parasites

Episode #127 | 2018.01.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:14

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Black Mirror Season 4 Part 2: dating, robots, and pain w/ Liam Ginty

Episode #126 | 2018.01.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:43

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Black Mirror Season 4 Part 1: AI control, surveillance, and lotsa murder w/ Fraser Cain

Episode #125 | 2018.01.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:39

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Nothing but GIFs, all day - Q&A #2 - Episode 124

Episode #124 | 2018.01.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:26

Avatar: cryo sleep , terrestrial bioluminescence, and mooons vs planets

Episode #123 | 2018.01.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:33

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The Last Jedi: FTL ramming, salt geology, and real green milk

Episode #122 | 2017.12.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:13

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The Osiris Child: floating cities, terraforming, and the reverse Moreau maneuver

Episode #121 | 2017.12.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:52

Blade Runner: replicant discrimination, synthetic farming, and virtual girlfriends

Episode #120 | 2017.12.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:03:30

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: alien evolution, intelligence exaptation, and layered universes

Episode #119 | 2017.12.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:06

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When Worlds Collide: observable universe, 20th century astonomy, and modern space industry w/ Daniel James Barker

Episode #118 | 2017.11.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:32

A city that froze really quickly

The Day After Tomorrow: paleoclimatology, thermohaline circulation, and climate modelers

Episode #117 | 2017.11.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:41

A Tibetan monk on a mountaintop oberserving massive global flooding

2012: Mayan Calendar realities, galactic alignment, and ark ships w/ Fraser Cain

Episode #116y | 2017.11.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:02

A Volcano sprouting over LA

Volcano: seismic detectors, tar pit geology, and dangers of volcanic ash w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #115 | 2017.11.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:41

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The Fly: teleporters, dna detection, and arthropod digestion

Episode #114 | 2017.10.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:58

A scary looking space station before a planet

Event Horizon: cosmic deep time,lived-in space ships, and real hell w/ Caelum Rale

Episode #113 | 2017.10.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:13

A deep warehouse of human bloodbags

Daybreakers: medical vampirism, living without a heartbeat, and blood substitutes

Episode #112 | 2017.10.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 32:41

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The Mummy (2017): the New Kingdom, Egyptomania, and chaotic neutral gods w/ Dominic Perry of the History of Egypt Podcast

Episode #111 | 2017.10.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:34

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Pitch Black: tri star systems, micrometeorites, and eyeshine w/ Fraser Cain

Episode #110 | 2017.10.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:01:24

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Crematoria, necromongers, and ambush predator defense

Episode #109 | 2017.09.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:52

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: space jumps, empathy telepathy, and ❤️ Yondu

Episode #108 | 2017.09.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:00

The Time Machine: HG Wells, geological time scales, and time travel self-consistency w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #107 | 2017.09.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:52

Pretty, young people stading around on a planet I guess, and some more of them are falling

The 100 (pilot): space station maintenance, post-nuclear Earth, and grumpy old men

Episode #106 | 2017.09.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:21

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Blade Runner: "androids," the AI control problem, and brain design

Episode #105 | 2017.08.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 54:37

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Alien Covenant: neutrinos, weakly interacting massive particles, and swole Jesus aliens

2017.08.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:05

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The Truman Show: objects visible from space, dome megastructues, and reality testing

Episode #103 | 2017.08.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 32:26

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Power Rangers: a gold monster, Elatarian conlang, and zord suggestions

Episode #102 | 2017.08.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:44

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Rick & Morty: Shrödinger, many worlds, and rules-lawyering AI w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #101 | 2017.08.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:59

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Kong Skull Island: geological mapping, combat-ready herbivores, and Kong size over time

Episode #100 | 2017.07.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:12

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Judge Dredd: combat robots, mega cities, and food recycling

Episode #99 | 2017.07.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:02

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Robocop: cyorgification, space defense, and robot on robot violence

Episode #98 | 2017.07.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:52

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Doom: PC games nostalgia, intelligent supercomputers, and interdimensional beings w/ Daniel James Barker

Episode #97 | 2017.07.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:11

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The Girl With All the Gifts: parasitic fungi, speed of smell, and the end of humanity

Episode #96 | 2017.06.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:14

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Childhood's End: revealing aliens, Drake equation, and scientific inquiry

Episode #95 | 2017.06.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 51:31

Kingsman The Secret Service: gaia hypothesis, rebooting civilization, and Oddjob with swordlegs

Episode #94 | 2017.06.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:19

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The Expanse Season 2: falling into the sun, martian gravity, and human g-force limits w/ Fraser Cain

Episode #93 | 2017.06.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 58:52

Midnight Special: fatherhood, synesthesia, and unconventional computing

Episode #92 | 2017.05.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:38

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Nausicaa: rewilding, technological anxiety, and what is "nature?" w/ Miles Greb

Episode #91 | 2017.05.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:03

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Prometheus: yoked aliens, cave paintings, and seeding life

Episode #90 | 2017.05.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 57:03

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Groot language, intelligent animals, and where do trees get their mass?

Episode #89 | 2017.05.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:21

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Oasis (pilot): ponics, the vastness of space, and breathable atmospheres

Episode #88 | 2017.05.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:59

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The Prestige: magic as skeptical training, Tesla, and taming electricity

Episode #87 | 2017.04.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:04

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Ghost in the Shell: modern cyberpunk, biorobots, and the nature of self w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #86 | 2017.04.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:02

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I Am Legend: zompires, fuel spoilage in the apocalypse, and loneliness w/ Nick Farmer

Episode #85 | 2017.04.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:04

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Life: time in space, ISS safety, and literal firewalls

Episode #84 | 2017.04.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:53

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Armageddon: explosions, impactor tracking, and density of the asteroid belt w/ Daniel James Barker

2017.03.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 59:40

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Hidden Figures: the real women and some NACA/NASA history w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #82 | 2017.03.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 51:46

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Q&A: damning moral intuitions

Episode #81 | 2017.03.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:48

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The Space Between Us: lightspeed commuunications and relative gravity w/ Chris Noessel

2017.03.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 51:25

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: history vs myth, and time travel w/ Brandon Rollins

Episode #79 | 2017.02.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:09

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Independence Day Resurgence: Earth's center, gravity wells, and a hole in the bottom of the sea

Episode #78 | 2017.02.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:49

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Edge of Tomorrow (Live. Die. Repeat): alien tentacle morphology and biological Von Neumann probes

Episode #77 | 2017.02.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:05

Wargames: computers in the 80s, weapons to end all wars, and dinosaurs w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #76 | 2017.02.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:08

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Black Mirror Season 3, Part 2: happy endings, brainwashing, and beeeeeeeeeees w/ Liam Ginty

Episode #75 | 2017.01.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:10:43

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The Expanse VFX: an interview with Cailin Munroe, VFX Producer

2017.01.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 29:03

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Ender's Game: insectoid aliens, water in space, and lightspeed communications

Episode #74 | 2017.01.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:43

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Black Mirror Season 3, Part 1: meowmeow beans, neurological speed, and showing our butts w/ Liam Ginty

Episode #73 | 2017.01.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 57:57

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Passengers: helical ship designs, the real Arcturus star, and ethics w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #72 | 2017.01.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:52

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Labyrinth: Jim Henson, adolescence, and solving mazes w/ Jillian & Meredith

Episode #71 | 2017.01.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:49

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Conan the Barbarian: antedeluvian mythology, bloodsmithing, and the riddle of steel w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #70 | 2016.12.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:01:59

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Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix: wizard and muggle technologies w/ Eric Molinsky

Episode #69 | 2016.12.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:26

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The Golden Compass: scifi fantasy, polar bear evolution, and dark matter dust

Episode #68 | 2016.12.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:11

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Outlander: viking history, the Prometheus problem, and bioluminescence w/ Lee Accommando

Episode #67 | 2016.12.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:55

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Arrival Part 2: debunking Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, alien phonology, and conlang writing w/ Nick Farmer

Episode #66 | 2016.11.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:54

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Minority Report: Eliot Peper on freedom and algorithmic precognition

Episode #65 | 2016.11.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:15:49

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Arrival Part 1: superdimensionality and alien physics w/ Jolene & Adrian

Episode #64 | 2016.11.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 55:49

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Star Trek Beyond: drone swarms, teleporters, and decompression w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #63 | 2016.11.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:04

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The Island of Dr Moreau: vivisection, individual plasticity, and the human animal w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #62 | 2016.11.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:56

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The Thing: antarctic explorers, extreme doctoring, and figuring out aliens w/ Cae & Ryan

Episode #61 | 2016.10.25

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 58:14

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The Exorcist: demonic possession, skepticism, and horror w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #60 | 2016.10.18

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:20

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28 Days Later: zombie attacks, survival skills, and a quarrel about plagues w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #59 | 2016.10.11

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:48

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Dracula: Vlad the Impaler, Elizabethan sexuality, and Kenau's awesome accent w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #58 | 2016.10.04

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:31

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Robinson Crusoe on Mars: Mars history, golden age space, and scientific accuracy

Episode #57 | 2016.09.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:56

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Planet of the Apes : Episode 56

Episode #56 | 2016.09.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:25

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Cowboy Bebop: biodomes, scifi westerns, and weather control

Episode #55 | 2016.09.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:10

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Deep Impact: citizen scientists, extinction events, and avoidance

Episode #54 | 2016.09.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:00

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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Gort, nonviolence, and aliens w/ Scott W Indiana

Episode #53 | 2016.08.30

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:00:43

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Star Trek First Contact: transhumanism technology and ant behavior w/ Jolene Creighton

Episode #52 | 2016.08.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 52:28

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Hardcore Henry: super fun action, VR media, and motion sickness

Episode #51 | 2016.08.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:22

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Seveneves: impactors, guided evolution, and radiation shields w/ Daniel Mann

Episode #50 | 2016.08.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:05:19

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The Fountain: nebulae, mesoamerica, and finding meaning w/ Daniel Barker

Episode #49 | 2016.08.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:46

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Brazil: user interface satire, complexity, complexity, and ducting w/ Bradnon Rollins

Episode #48 | 2016.07.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 49:17

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Godzilla: postwar Japan, science, and regrets w/ Miles Greb

Episode #47 | 2016.07.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:33

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The Expanse: Nick Farmer on conlanging and the intersection of language and scifi

Episode #46 | 2016.07.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:04:26

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Weird Science: science, magic, and moral development in adolescence

Episode #45 | 2016.07.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 30:41

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Jupiter Ascending: gene splicing, industrialized panspermia, and going over the top

Episode #44 | 2016.06.28

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:40

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Tomorrowland: the World's Fair, retrofuturism, and making dreams reality

Episode #43 | 2016.06.21

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:57

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Senenity: Firefly, reavers, and space settlement sans FTL

Episode #42 | 2016.06.14

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:45

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The Man From Earth: biological immortality, and what is a micromort w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #41 | 2016.06.07

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:15

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Transcendence: Transhumanism and AI takeoff scenarios w/ Zoltan Istvan

Episode #40 | 2016.05.31

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 52:32

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Interstellar Part 2: wormholes, time dilation, and love stuff

Episode #39 | 2016.05.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:44

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Interstellar Part 1: monoculture farming, robot locomotion, and Kip Thorne

Episode #38 | 2016.05.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:44

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Surrogates: materials science, pseudonymity, and ludditism

Episode #37 | 2016.05.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:11

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Forbidden Planet: robust design in AI, exobiology, and philology w/ Chris Noessel

Episode #36 | 2016.05.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 01:12:58

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The Dark Knight: Batman gadgets, sonar phones, and blowing up the boat

Episode #35 | 2016.04.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:13

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The Fifth Element: space turtles, magic stones, and LeeLoo Dallas multipass

Episode #34 | 2016.04.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:15

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Man of Steel: burly Superman, Kryptonian prison rehab, and yellow sun superpowers

Episode #33 | 2016.04.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:35

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Signs: the ending, religious determinism, and how not to invade a watery planet

Episode #32 | 2016.04.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:28

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War of the Worlds: aliens, biological warfare, and Orson Welles radio w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #31 | 2016.03.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:02

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Bicentennial Man: laws of robotics, biorobots, and natural language processing

Episode #30 | 2016.03.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 37:34

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Frankenstein: science fiction horror, reanimation, and victorian context w/ Joe Ruppel

Episode #29 | 2016.03.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:30

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Dune: spice, David Lynch is weird, and wetware technology w/ Miles Greb

Episode #28 | 2016.03.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:11

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Wing Commander: PC games nostalgia, pilgrims, and space combat w/ Dean from LSG Media

Episode #27 | 2016.03.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 47:43

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Idiocracy: cynicism, user experience research, and dysgenics w/ Adrian Falcone

Episode #26 | 2016.02.23

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:53

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Looper: Ted Chiang on causal loops, mama bears, and time travel

Episode #25 | 2016.02.16

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 40:22

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Star Wars: the death star, planet science, and appreciating the original Star Wars trilogy

Episode #24 | 2016.02.09

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 44:52

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Star Wars Meta: How to Star Wars, machete order, and the best Star Wars fan edit

Episode #23 | 2016.02.02

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:05

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Contact: SETI, Carl Sagan love, and scicomm

Episode #22 | 2016.01.26

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:20

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Hackers: social engineering, Kevin Mitnick, and hacking before the internet w/ Brian Epstein

Episode #21 | 2016.01.19

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 38:08

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Philip K Dick: valis, valium, and adaptations w/ PKD FIlm Festival Director Daniel Abella

Episode #20 | 2016.01.12

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:34

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Sunshine: the lifecycle of a star, solar sails, and Captain America in space

Episode #19 | 2016.01.05

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 53:43

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Our Favorite SciFi TV: dystopias, sentient machines, Star Trek, etc

Episode #18 | 2015.12.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:34

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Elysium: power suits, wealth gaps, and an O'Neill cylinder

Episode #17 | 2015.12.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 41:14

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Battlefield Earth: L Ron Hubbard, fermi paradox, and intergalactic war w/ Daniel Mann

Episode #16 | 2015.12.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:03

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Ghost in the Shell: scifi anime, computer evolution, and cybernetics

Episode #15 | 2015.12.08

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 35:23

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Gattaca: retrofuturism, eugenics, and the ethics of designer babies

Episode #14 | 2015.12.01

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 43:55

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Limitless: nootropics, brain myths, and types of intelligence

Episode #13 | 2015.11.24

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 42:17

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The Martian: scientific accuracy, mars colonies, and poop potatoes

Episode #12 | 2015.11.17

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 48:48

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In Time: immortality, phramaceutical blockchain DRM, and boredom.

Episode #11 | 2015.11.10

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:09

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Lost in Space: gifted children, future vlogging, and colonizing space

Episode #10 | 2015.11.03

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 50:21

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Lawnmower Man: mind uploading, vr, and 90s computer games

Episode #9 | 2015.10.27

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 39:14

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A Scanner Darkly: the surveillance state, drug abuse, and rotoscoping

Episode #8 | 2015.10.20

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 45:19

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Galaxy Quest: the best Star Trek movie.

Episode #7 | 2015.10.13

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 36:15

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Starship Troopers: scifi satire, gender equity, and insectoid alien attack

Episode #6 | 2015.10.06

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:04

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I Robot: the three laws of robotics are inadequate

Episode #5 | 2015.09.29

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:10

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Ex Machina: ai software, wetware, and the turing test

Episode #4 | 2015.09.22

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 46:58

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Moon: helium 3 lunar mining and emoji robots

Episode #3 | 2015.09.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 34:06

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Demolition Man: cryogenic criminal justice and three seashells

Episode #2 | 2015.09.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 31:48

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Titan AE: Space exploration and Donald Bluth love

Episode #1 | 2015.09.15

DECIPHERSCIFI | Podcast | 33:01