The Fifth Dimension

Just in time for the Spooky Season, we're sharing the cold opens for every episode of The Fifth Dimension so far!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're wrapping up season 2 as we discuss "You Might Also Like"! What would you do if offered a device that would solve all your problems? Will the ever-changing nature of human wants and needs be the factor that dooms humanity forever? Should you put more thought into the lighting in your kitchen? Find out this time on The Fifth Dimension!

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're doing it all over until we get it right as we take on "Try, Try"! What would you do if you had perfect knowledge of a single day in time? Can an endless curse actually become the ultimate Toxic Masculine Dream? Do people still think that magicians are attractive? Get all the answers this time on The Fifth Dimension!

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're cleaning up this town once and for all as we discuss "A Small Town"! Given unlimited powers, what would you do to improve your community?  Can a town besieged by an economic downturn overcome its fears and work together to rebuild? Or will it ultimately be destroyed by paranoia and giant tarantulas? Find out this time on The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're accepting a monster as one of our own as we discuss "A Human Face"! How far would grieving parents go to restore their broken family? How powerful is the human capacity for love, really? Why can't people in The Twilight Zone ever seem to find the front door? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This week we're slithering out of the deep as we take on "8"! Could climate change usher in the actual end of the human race? Is humanity destined to exploit nature until it is destroyed, or can we harness the discipline needed to live in harmony? Will tech companies finally address the gaping security holes being exploited by our octopus overlords? Find out this time on The Fifth Dimension!

This week we're practicing our Mean Girl Strut as we discuss "Among the Untrodden"! What is the true power of friendship? How far would you go to protect someone you cared about? How many boarding schools have actual abandoned bathrooms? Get all the answers on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!

This week we're rocketing to stardom as we take on "Ovation"! What would you do to attain fame and success? And how would it change you if you got it? Why are these very interesting questions not addressed in this episode? Find out on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!

We're walking a mile in each other's shoes this week as we discuss "The Who of You"! Given the ability to take over someone's life, would you use your power for good…or evil? Does power corrupt, or does it merely reveal the darkness inside? Are prescription eyeglasses the most powerful defense against the supernatural? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!

We're taking some time out for World Maintenance on the new episode of The Fifth Dimension! What dream would you choose to fulfill if you could live any life you wanted? Is it possible to find meaning in a world you know isn't real? What happens when two customer service departments go to war? All this and more, this week on The Fifth Dimension!

Season 2 is here! We're kicking things off with a completely telepathic episode of The Fifth Dimension as we discuss "Meet in the Middle"! How far should someone go to free themselves from an abusive relationship? Is there a dark side to Rod Serling's frequently-used "everyman" character? What are the ethical boundaries around lying about your favorite pizza toppings? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're running from the unknown as we take on "Blurryman"!  What is the appropriate balance between social messaging and elements of the fantastical in the Twilight Zone? Can there be any definitive way to interpret the artistic intentions of Rod Serling? Was Rod Serling secretly a poltergeist? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension! 

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're taking aim at "The Blue Scorpion"!  To what extent do the objects that we own actually own us? Are guns just a neutral tool like any other, or are they capable of actually transforming us into some darker version of ourselves? And they really grant us all of the amazing benefits promised in this episode? Get all the answers this time on The Fifth Dimension!

On this week's episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're in search of blue skies as we discuss "Point of Origin"! What do we owe the people we think of as family? Do the borders that humans establish have any real meaning at all? What are the benefits of using an ice cream truck as an escape vehicle? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're wrestling in a fountain as we tackle "Not All Men"!  How thin is the veil between a man's true self and the self he presents to the world? To what extent can a horror story rely on things that actually happen to women in daily life? How much money would someone have to pay you to drink meteorite-water? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!

On this week's edition of The Fifth Dimension, we're fleeing a doomed Earth as we discuss "Six Degrees of Freedom"!  Will humanity's salvation lie in our colonization of other worlds? Are we doomed to destroy the only home we've ever known? How much information about the universe can you really gain from a humble space-toilet? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension! 

This time on The Fifth Dimension we're running for office as we discuss "The Wunderkind"! How far would you go to redeem yourself after spectacular failure? Could the American people actually elect a child president? Would our democracy run more smoothly with more dogs in the White House? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension! 

This week on Fifth Dimension we're all turning against one another as we take on "A Traveler"! Would you believe a lie if you stood to gain from it? How could you make peace with the process of trading in one colonizer for another? Is Christmas the best time for aliens to schedule an invasion spearheaded by misinformation? Find out this time on The Fifth Dimension!

The Fifth Dimension is hitting the rewind button this week with "Replay"! What would a parent do to guarantee their child's future? Must we confront our past in order to free ourselves from destiny? Is this episode really a television spinoff of The Matrix? Get all these answers and more on this time on The Fifth Dimension!

The Fifth Dimension is finishing off a double-header this week with "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet"! What depths would you sink to in order to get someone to believe you're not crazy? Is it possible to craft a perfect, personal hell for someone? How many species of birds can fly at 30,000 feet, anyway? Get all the answers on this edition of The Fifth Dimension! 

We're back and better than ever with an all-new episode of The Fifth Dimension! This time we're absolutely killing on-stage with "The Comedian"! How far would you go to achieve success? How does one define 'murder', anyway? Deep down, is this episode actually about incels? Find the answers to these and more questions on The Fifth Dimension! 

We're back! With Jordan Peele's new edition of The Twilight Zone airing soon, Trent and Richard shake off the cobwebs and prepare you for the return of The Fifth Dimension!

It's the very LAST EPISODE The Fifth Dimension! This time, we're taking a dip in the deep end with “The Bewitchin' Pool"! How far will children go to escape the emotional horrors of the adult world? Are wealthy people even capable of love? Is there really a fantasy world without child labor laws? Get all the answers one last time... on The Fifth Dimension!   Thanks so much, dear listeners, for this past year of podcast memories! Trent and Richard will return with future podcasts already in the works.   STAY SPOOKY!

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're cleaning out the attic as we discuss “The Encounter"! Can the relics of history revive conflicts of the past? Can soldiers trained to be killing machines ever recover to live in peacetime society? What in the name of God is even happening in this episode? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're on a train back to Centerville as we discuss “Stopover in a Quiet Town"! Can being a fish out of water drive a person mad? Can a marriage survive a trip to Hell? Is this the ultimate clash of Big City naivete and small-town creepiness? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're waiting for that inheritance check to clear while discussing “The Masks"! Are curses real? How far would someone go to teach their family a lesson?  Are hypochondria and vanity really such terrible crimes? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're debugging our subroutines as we discuss “From Agnes With Love"! Can a machine learn to love? Or even display jealousy? Is there anything even remotely funny about an irrational female computer? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're moving in next door as we discuss “Black Leather Jackets"! Could terrorists be lurking among us? Do rebels and outcasts deserve to be shunned by mainstream society? Is this episode delivering all of the wrong moral lessons, in massive doses? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're raising a glass of Instant Smile as we discuss “Number 12 Looks Just Like You"! Is the struggle for individuality the process that makes us human? Could this be a cautionary tale about the danger of pursuing social equality? Is humanity doomed to live out a future full of capes and jumpsuits? Get all the answers on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!  

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're crash-landing into “Probe 7, Over and Out"! Is all of humankind inherently violent? Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes forever, even as we explore new worlds? Is this ending the most overused twist in all of human history? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This week on The Fifth Dimension, the podcast is coming from inside the house as we discuss “Living Doll"! Are children's toys the creepiest objects imaginable? Could a man's raging insecurity about siring offspring manifest itself in the form of a murderous doll? Did the Twilight Zone invent the evil stepfather character? Get all the answers on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!  

This time on The Fifth Dimension, time will stand still while discuss "A Kind of Stopwatch"! Is it still important to be careful what we wish for, even with things we didn't want in the first place? Is a lifetime of isolation the most terrifying punishment imaginable? Is The Twilight Zone just a death trap for annoying loudmouths? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

On this edition of The Fifth Dimension, we're checking our bags as we discuss "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"! Is being alone in your fear of danger more terrifying than the danger itself? Can mental breakdown make a person more open to seeing the impossible? Have the increased security restrictions on modern passenger planes finally solved the gremlin problem? Get all the answers on this week's episode of The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're shopping for the perfect body parts as we discuss “I Sing the Body Electric”! Can machines possibly replace humans as loving companions? Can the stable presence of an immortal robot heal the heart of a motherless child? What if someone told you that your eyes looked like marbles? Like, several times? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're dusting off the old routine as we discuss “The Dummy”! Is it possible for an artist to completely lose their identity in their work? Is the destructiveness of mental illness more terrifying than the monsters it creates? When was ventriloquism ever popular for an adult audience? Find out on this edition of The Fifth Dimension!

On this edition of The Fifth Dimension, we're trading in these old failing bodies as we discuss “The Trade-Ins”! Is eternal youth too good to be true? Is love more important than life itself? What is the return policy for a human body after the tags have been removed? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

This week on The Fifth Dimension, we're separating fact from fiction as we discuss “Hocus Pocus and Frisby”! Is this a cautionary tale of the value of honesty? A meditation on the importance of friendship? Or just another comedic Twilight Zone episode gone wrong? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're fleeing all responsibility as we discuss “The Fugitive” ! Are the responsibilities of life ultimately impossible to escape? Does childlike innocence transcend even the boundaries of species? And who ever heard of a dame with a brace being a captain? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're saying goodbye to war and hunger as we discuss “To Serve Man” ! Are humans too naive to survive an encounter with another intelligent species? Is altruism impossible? Do they have baseball on other planets? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!    

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're locking the door and keeping an eye out for Mr. Death as we discuss “Nothing in the Dark” ! Is death really such a bad thing? Is a good life better than a long life? If Death was really embodied in the form of a person, would he really be such an unconvincing actor? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

On this episode of The Fifth Dimension, we're fashioning a grappling hook as we discuss “Five Characters in Search of an Exit”! Is it true that "Hell is other people"? Are infinity and eternity the most terrifying concepts of all? Or is it bagpipes? Get all the answers on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!

  This week on the Fifth Dimension, we're crossing our fingers for luck as we discuss “The Jungle”! Is all superstition equally invalid? When it comes to the dangers of black magic, are people better off safe than sorry? Where does one acquire a dead goat on an hour's notice? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This time on the Fifth Dimension, we're applying liberal amounts of sunblock as we discuss “The Midnight Sun”! Can the human capacity for kindness overcome the desperate struggle for survival? How does one go forward with daily life knowing the world is about to end? Did this episode steal its ideas from a British sci-fi movie released around the same time? Get all the answers this week on The Fifth Dimension!

On this episode of the Fifth Dimension, we're wishing everything into the cornfield as we discuss “It's a Good Life”! Are there fates even worse than death? Can a society be so oppressed that it censors itself? Is "cornfield" just a metaphor for the inevitable death of our childhood dreams? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

This week on the Fifth Dimension, we're revisiting the horrors of the past as we discuss “Deaths-Head Revisited”. Are even the most evil of human beings subject to the temptations of nostalgia? Can there ever really be justice for victims of crimes against humanity? Should the physical remains of the Holocaust be destroyed in order to promote healing, or instead preserved as a reminder of the capacity of humanity for evil? Get all the answers, and even more questions, this week on The Fifth Dimension.

On this episode of the Fifth Dimension, we're building a list of enemies as we discuss “The Mirror”! Can an object really be cursed, or does all of its power lie in the human imagination? Are dictatorships doomed to an endless cycle of revolution and restoration? How difficult was it to find convincing fake mustaches in 1961? Find out this week on this episode The Fifth Dimension!

This time on The Fifth Dimension, we're chalking up the cue and taking aim at “A Game of Pool”! What is the real cost of being a champion? Are those who try to overtake a legend doomed to perpetual unhappiness? How does one earn the nickname "Fats"? Get all the answers on this edition of The Fifth Dimension!

On this edition of The Fifth Dimension, it's an old-fashioned debate over states' rights and Northern aggression as we discuss “The Passersby”! Can the need for revenge sustain a person's existence, even after death? How has The Twilight Zone's view of the Civil War aged over the years? In the long list of Abraham Lincoln cameos, where does this one rank? Find out this week on The Fifth Dimension!

  This time on The Fifth Dimension, we'll duck and cover as we discuss “The Shelter”! Are human beings innately selfish? Are the bonds of friendship doomed to crumble when everything is on the line? Which is more valuable: water or perfume? Get all the answers, this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

  On this week's episode of The Fifth Dimension, we'll stand trial as we discuss “The Obsolete Man”! Does the inevitable forward progress of civilization guarantee the destruction of the human soul? Is it possible for the State to legislate the human intellect? Is interpretive dance the ultimate punishment? All this and more, this week on The Fifth Dimension!  

This time on The Fifth Dimension, it's a science-fiction 'Whodunit' as we discuss “Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?”!  How easily does humanity turn against itself? Is fear of the unknown the only necessary ingredient in the deadly cocktail known as ‘paranoia'? Would an invasion from Mars begin with an all-out assault on humanity's sugar bowls? Find out on this episode of The Fifth Dimension!