John Birmingham's Spartacast

A very special podcast this time. Yes, special. A podcast of two halves. We're were joined by Mister Steve Molk of Molk's TV Talk, and later by Greg, who had been missing in science.

Fiery asteroid death, transport options for the end of the world, staying fit for gentlemen of a certain age.

Network TV, ratings, Walking Dead

GTA V, Agents of SHIELD

Grand Theft Auto and man childs (children?) Kitchen Gadgets

Dr MonsterYuppy tells us all about the exciting promise of better living through pharmacology, and Dan does some gardening in his underwear. Because of the exciting promise of better living through pharmacology.

Martinis, Video Games, Rebooting movies

Star Trek, super computers.

Elon Musk, Hyperloop, Tesla, Mars, super powers

Dr Who, Save the Cat, screenwriting

Cracked.com, Under the Dome, Birmo's License

Comic Books and Kickstarter

Facebook and the lack there-of and then how fucking good was Pacific Rim? (Pretty fucking good)

Artifical Intelligence and then Superman (Spoilers for 'Man of Steel' and oddly enough, 'the Lawnmower Man')

This week, we're pondering whether to buy new game consoles. Xbox, PS3… Ouya? And then we discover a Jonathan Coulton Unbeliever has crept into the blog. For anyone having difficulty with the player, you can always just get the ep from iTunes. My own semi official sort of Apple product. I am giddy.

World war Z, the book and the film. A couple of mild spoilerish tidbits but nothing that ruins the magic. Then a chat about arse-kicking ladies.

The NSA are listening to you giving away your details to Google plus Iain M. Banks' culture novels.

Special Guest Natalie Bochenski comes in to talk about writing her Game of Thrones recaps and then the boys pick the new Star Trek apart.

Pacific Rim and The Red Wedding

The pilot Episode: Streaming music and James Bond Skyfall