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What should I be affraid of, the robot or the people? This week, Jess and Joey talk about AI != robots, human extinction, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, biological weapons, societal collapse, neuroticism, and increased persistence. They don't talk about happy things. references corporeal AI 2027 AI Expert Tells Bernie: “The Humans will be Discarded” The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It's ‘Crunch Time for Humanity' P(doom) Israeli infiltration of an Iranian nuclear archive Corrections Department: How the three laws of robotics from Isaac Asimov (not Philip K. Dick) impact AI Anthropic: Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson & Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling, award-winning author Paul Tremblay about his new novel Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, consciousness and reality, AI and researching technology, Philip K. Dick influences (and the importance of titles), the digital native generation and information overload, writing in second-person POV, studying mathematics, the value of community and conventions, writing ambiguous endings, M. Night Shyamalan and movie adaptations, writing and building an audience across various genres and more.NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Paul. Stay tuned next week for his writing masterclass on The Horrors of Technology.OUR SPONSOR:TRANSFERENCE by Ian Patterson is a sci-fi dystopia that dissects what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred.Purchase it here in eBook + paperback.SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS:Thank you Ian Patterson, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois and Luke A. Winch for supporting us on Patreon at $10+.SUPPORT THE SHOW:- Patreon- Rate and review SFF Addicts- Share us with your friendsEMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS:sffaddictspod@gmail.comABOUT OUR GUEST:Paul Tremblay is the bestselling, award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, Horror Movie, Survivor Song and more. His latest novel is Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, which you can purchase here.Find Paul on Instagram, Amazon and his website.ABOUT OUR HOSTS:Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues and A Murder Most Fungal. M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves, Thick as Thieves and Killswitch Protocol. Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown, The Seventh Queen and the upcoming The Throwaways.FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS:LinktreeMUSIC:Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFXOutro: “Galactic Synthwave” by DivionAD ATTRIBUTION:Music: "Corporate Advertising Music" by SigmaMusicArt / "Synthetic Deception" by GioeleFazzeri
¿Qué pasaría si…? Una pregunta aparentemente sencilla puede ser el principio de un mundo entero. ¿La ciencia ficción predice el futuro o nos ayuda a prevenirlo?Raquel Castro y Alberto Chimal conversan con Jorge F. Hernández sobre la ciencia ficción como una herramienta para imaginar futuros, cuestionar el presente y entender qué nos hace humanos. De Mary Shelley, Ray Bradbury y Philip K. Dick a Duna, La invención de Morel y La llegada, este episodio recorre obras que han ampliado nuestra idea de lo posible.Además, el escritor e ilustrador Bernardo Fernández (BEF) se suma a la conversación para reflexionar sobre inteligencia artificial, creatividad y el papel de la literatura especulativa en un mundo cada vez más tecnológico. ¿Qué lugar ocupará la imaginación humana frente a las máquinas? En este capítulo también encontrarás nuestras cápsulas de Puentes sorprendentes de la literatura: recomendaciones de Sci-fi para niños con Rodrigo Morlesín; y las Recomendaciones Gandhi, con Francisco Goñi.
Having taken up the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in episode 207, Phil and JF turn to part two, The Two Towers. Together, they peel back the husk of familiarity to reveal the strange object underneath: a story about stories, about life and destiny in a storied world. Music: "Wotan Hangs" from Weird Studies Vol. 1 and "For the Sun" from Weird Studies Vol 3. Support Weird Studies on Patreon. Upcoming Events: JF's course on the metaphysics of the horror genre, The Awful Truth, starts September 17, 2026, on Weirdosphere. Erik Davis's course on Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? starts October 1, 2026, on Weirdosphere. Click here for details on JF and Phil's appearance at the Brooklyn Public Library on September 26, 2026. Part of the Dream Mapping Symposium, organized by The Dream Mapping Project and the Dream Library Foundation. Attendance is free. References J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers Viktor Schlovsky, “Art as Technique” Arthur Machen, “A Fragment of Life” Joshua Cutchin, Fourth Wall Phantoms Cristina Campo “On Fairy Tales” J. R. R. Tolkien, “On Fairy Stories” Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome everyone and thanks for listening‼️Please rate, share and subscribe to help fight the algorithm. Drop in on the comment section.On today's episode, we're going deep into the topic of someone whom I believe often gets overlooked for his contributions to mankind's awakening, Philip K Dick, part 2‼️Contact me at:FranksCastles21@proton.me if you'd like to set up an interview!Hit me up on X/Twitter‼️https://x.com/MrWoodson124
What do the exploits of Leo Bolero and Barney Mayerson have to do with anamnesis, the Platonic forms and Valentinian gnosis? Find out in this fascinating conversation!
In this week's bonus show, Matthew and Keith debrief about the Philip K. Dick festival and unveil a new sponsor, The Iron Closet Gym - a male only, lust-free workout center. If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on next Friday's Bonus Show. Or, you can email Matthew at matthew@quoir.com. Join The Quollective today, and use Promo Code "matthew50" to save an additional 50% off a yearly subscription (which is already 10% off a monthly subscription). Pick up Keith and Matt's book, Reading Romans Right, today! Please consider signing up to financially support the Network: QuoirCast on Patreon If you want to be a guest on the show, email keith@quoir.com. LINKS QuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on Patheos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
KI-Hype & Arbeitsmarkt Ein Thema der Folge ist der KI-Hype und seine Auswirkungen auf den Arbeitsmarkt. Ankündigungen und Prognosen lösen hier ungewollte Kettenreaktionen aus: 1. Als der Verkehrsminister ankündigte, den Führerschein bald günstiger zu machen, sanken die Anmeldungen drastisch – weil viele warteten. Die Folge: Fahrschulen entlassen Personal, und am Ende wird der Führerschein wohlmöglich teurer. 2. Der "Job-Futuromat" des Jobcenters bewertet Berufe danach, wie stark sie automatisierbar sind. Steuerfachangestellte wurden dabei als potenziell 100% durch KI ersetzbar eingestuft – was dann zu Nachwuchsmangel führte. Transhumanismus: Die Illusion vom ewigen Leben Ein kontroverses Thema ist der Transhumanismus, der KI, Robotik und Prothetik als Schlüssel zu einem längeren Leben betrachtet. Schon heute ermöglichen moderne Prothesen Menschen mit Amputationen sportliche Höchstleistungen. In Zukunft könnten gesunde Menschen sich freiwillig künstliche Gliedmaßen oder Organe implantieren lassen – weil sie wohlmöglich besser funktionieren als die biologischen Originale. Aber Transhumanisten träumen auch davon, ihr Bewusstsein in KI-Systeme zu übertragen, um ewig zu leben. Doch hier wird es philosophisch: Was ist Bewusstsein überhaupt? Kann KI es jemals besitzen? Wenn das passiert, geraten wir dann nicht in eine Stillstandsgesellschaft: Wenn Menschen nicht mehr sterben, verändern sich Ideen und Werte nicht mehr – und die Menschheit bleibt in alten Denkmustern stecken. KI in der Literatur: Warum Science-Fiction uns warnt Jan und Gordian diskutieren, ob und warum Science-Fiction-Autoren wie Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick oder William Gibson in ihren Werken oft düstere KI-Szenarien entwerfen - Blade Runner, 2001, Neuromancer: In diesen Klassikern wird KI meist als bedrohlich oder unberechenbar dargestellt. Warum? - Star Trek & Asimov: Es gibt auch positive Beispiele wie Data aus Star Trek oder Asimovs Roboter-Geschichten, die KI als nützlich und harmonisch darstellen. Fazit: Zwischen Fortschritt und Menschlichkeit Die Episode endet mit einer offenen Frage: Wie viel Technologie verträgt die Menschheit? Jan und Gordian plädieren für einen kritischen, aber neugierigen Umgang mit Technologie. Denn am Ende geht es nicht nur um Fortschritt, sondern um Menschlichkeit. In dieser Episode erfährst du: - Warum Lebkuchenbier ein mutiges Experiment der Craft-Beer-Szene ist – und warum es nicht jedem schmeckt. - Wie KI-Ankündigungen den Arbeitsmarkt durcheinanderbringen – und warum Fahrschulen und Steuerberater plötzlich in der Krise stecken. - Was Transhumanismus ist – und warum die Idee vom ewigen Leben mehr Probleme schafft, als sie löst. - Warum Science-Fiction-Autoren uns seit Jahrzehnten vor KI warnen – und was wir daraus lernen können. - Ob KI wirklich Bewusstsein entwickeln kann – oder ob sie immer nur ein Wahrscheinlichkeitssystem bleiben wird. Abonnier unseren Podcast hier oder auch auf Spotify, Apple oder YouTube, teile diese Folge mit Freund:innen und erzähle uns in den Kommentaren oder auf Bluesky von deiner Meinung zum Transhumanismus. Bist du auch kritisch oder übersehen wir etwas? Denn gute Geschichten beginnen beim Zuhören. Folge auf Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7kVdmMboEGhSOrZ5JeIRsj) Folge auf Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/von-zeit-zu-zeit-vzzzpodcast/id1455281628) Folge auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GordianScheuermann/podcasts Diskutier mit uns auf YouTube oder auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vzzzpodcast.bsky.social 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:17 - Schanzen Christkindelbräu vs. Störtebeker Atlantik Ale AF 00:04:00 - Heim-Server oder Streaming 00:11:15 - Mischgetränke 00:19:58 - Teurere Führerscheine 00:23:00 - Die Versprechen der KI 00:35:00 - Transhumanisten 00:48:40 - Neuromancer 01:01:20 - Und China? 01:04:13 - Versprechen der KI Reprise und Outro
This week, I talk with Keith Giles, David Agranoff, Brian Evenson, Gordon Bonnet, and Andrew Turck about Pink Beam Press, a new speculative-fiction imprint inspired by Philip K. Dick and the strange, reality-bending possibilities of science fiction. Listen to hear about: The origins of Pink Beam Press and how Philip K. Dick's legendary “pink beam” experience helped inspire its identity and mission. Why speculative fiction is such a powerful way to explore reality, consciousness, identity, technology, privacy, and other big philosophical questions. How the authors behind Pink Beam's novellas transform wildly different concepts—from digital replicas and mind reading to cyberpunk technology and artificial realities—into deeply human stories. Why writing shorter doesn't necessarily mean easier, and how the novella forces writers to crystallize their ideas while still leaving room for complex characters and themes. How research, personal experiences, literary influences, and unexpected discoveries during the writing process shape stories—and why sometimes the best fiction teaches the writer something, too. All the Bookwild Links:Check Out the Bookwild SubstackSubscribe to Bookwild on YouTubeGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramCheck Out Author Social Media Packages Follow Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mbaErin Ashley @bellametaphor
Jon Herold and Zak Paine bring back Mandela effect subject matter expert Josh Reid for round two, picking up a thread they didn't have time to finish last time. Josh steps into the role of true believer while Jon plays skeptic in chief, and the two go back and forth all night with genuine friction and mutual respect. Expect a deep cut Philip K. Dick speech that gets treated as something close to prophecy, a Terence McKenna clip about "novelty theory" that has aged strangely well, and a fresh batch of reality glitches that longtime viewers of the effect will want to weigh in on. It's a smorgasbord of misremembered logos, altered history, and the kind of confident reasoning that makes you second guess your own memory by the end of the hour, all wrapped in the usual studio banter and sponsor breaks.
Our precogs have seen that you would stop here and listen to our podcast. It would be a precrime not to listen. You have no free will as you listen to Cody, Robert, and Nat discuss Steven Spielberg's take on Philip K. Dick in 2002'S MINORITY REPORT. Time tracks: 0:00:00 - MINORITY REPORT Discussion 1:18:21- Next Movie and Outro
Aujourd'hui l'Économie vous propose de passer en 16:9 et de regarder le monde en grand écran. On ne parlera pas, comme cela nous arrive parfois, d'économie du cinéma mais d'économie au cinéma. Comment les cinéastes du monde entier s'emparent-ils des thématiques liées à l'argent, au travail, à la mondialisation ? Pour ce troisième épisode, nous découvrons comment les technologies et les robots ont pris le pouvoir à Hollywood. « I'll be back » : quand Arnold Schwarzenegger prononce ces mots en 1984 dans Terminator, il n'est pas le premier androïde - robot à apparence humaine - sorti de l'imagination du cinéma hollywoodien. Deux ans plus tôt, dans Blade Runner, Ridley Scott raconte, dans un Los Angeles pluvieux et crépusculaire, l'histoire d'un ancien policier qui reprend du service en 2019 pour traquer un groupe de réplicants sanguinaires, sorte d'androïde plus proche du clone humain que du robot. Adapté d'une nouvelle de Philip K. Dick, ce long métrage de Ridley Scott explore dans une atmosphère sombre les minces limites entre l'humanité et l'intelligence artificielle. La revanche des robots et de la technologie sur les hommes est une source d'inspiration infinie dans le cinéma, dont l'un des exemples les plus cultes est sans doute 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace de Stanley Kubrick en 1968, film devenu un classique de la science-fiction, dans lequel le supercalculateur doué d'une intelligence artificielle prénommé Hal manque de décimer l'équipe de son vaisseau spatial. Plus de 30 ans plus tard, les sœurs Wachowski poussent le concept encore plus loin dans Matrix, long métrage sorti en 1999 : la matrice est une réalité alternative conçue par les machines qui dominent la planète et maintiennent les humains dans un monde illusoire. Mais les robots ne sont pas tous sanguinaires et malfaisants. En 1977 dans La Guerre des étoiles, Georges Lucas invente deux robots qui vont conquérir le cœur du monde entier, R2-D2 et C-3PO. Autre film qui a marqué la façon dont nous percevons les intelligences artificielles, Her, de l'Américain Spike Jonze sorti en 2013, parle d'une histoire d'amour dans un futur proche entre un écrivain public et son assistante personnelle virtuelle. À lire aussiL'économie au cinéma: comment le cinéma parle de l'industrie et du travail à la chaîne [2/5]
A major overhaul of Tomorrowland at Disneyland was announced yesterday at D23 Expo. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has released photos of people suspected in burgling the same East L.A. AutoZone on back-to-back nights. A look at Philip K. Dick’s legacy in Orange County ahead of Fullerton’s PKDFest this week. Plus, more. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com
Tara welcomes Canadian author Erin Singer to the podcast and they share a lovely chat about romance and family ties in her first novel, Dangerland! Erin also divulges that she has seen Carrot Top in suburban Las Vegas, which is, apparently, a thing! https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Erin-Singer/234549770 "Nora Ephron meets The Hangover in this screwball romantic comedy and family drama with a big, beating heart, set in the sun-bleached neon of Las Vegas. Kurt Richter has been in love with Eugenie Zepp since he was eight years old. Now he's in his fifties, twice divorced, a father of four. The entire neighborhood is suing him, and he's been estranged from Eugenie for a decade. In other words: perfect timing to declare himself to her. Kurt and Eugenie grew up in Vegas among the glamour and the grit, slot machines in pharmacies, off-Strip tiki bars, all night poker games, shimmering desert heat. They've spent a lifetime orbiting each other, building families and making a beautiful mess of them while trying to decide if what they share is destiny or disaster. Now their adult children are back in town with grudges, heartbreaks, and schemes of their own. As secrets surface and loyalties shift, will this be the right time for Eugenie and Kurt, after everything they've been through? In this delicious, darkly funny, romantic comedy, everyone is looking for love in all the wrong places and gambling on the biggest games in life—but in Dangerland, there's always one more chance to win." Reading Recommendations: Tough Love by Tajja Isen (March 2027) Yellow Pine; Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick
In this week's main episode, Keith and Matthew sit down with novelist John Shirley and Philip K. Dick scholar Ted Hand to discuss the intersection of quantum theology and the writings of Philip K. Dick. If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on next Friday's Bonus Show. Or, you can email Matthew at matthew@quoir.com. Join The Quollective today! Use code "matthew50" to save 50% off a yearly subscription. Check out Pink Beam Press at pinkbeampress.com Please consider signing up to financially support the Network: QuoirCast on Patreon If you want to be a guest on the show, email keith@quoir.com. LINKS QuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on Patheos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
New Realities with Alan Steinfeld Disclosure, Religion, and the Simulated Multiverse Alan Steinfeld hosts New Realities with Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Dr. Desiree Hurtak, and Rizwan Virk for a two-part conversation on extraterrestrial disclosure, religion, divine intelligence, interdimensional realities, consciousness, simulation theory, the simulated multiverse, AI, free will, soul memory, and humanity's awakening into a larger cosmic identity. Guest Spotlight: Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Dr. Desiree Hurtak, and Rizwan Virk This episode of New Realities, broadcast on August 8, 2026, features host Alan Steinfeld with guests Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Dr. Desiree Hurtak, and Rizwan Virk. Dr. J.J. Hurtak is a theologian, linguist, researcher, and co-author connected with The Keys of Enoch; Dr. Desiree Hurtak, a spiritual researcher and co-presenter; and Rizwan Virk is the author of The Simulation Hypothesis and The Simulated Multiverse. Disclosure, Religion, and the Question of Other Beings Alan opens the program by asking how religious communities should respond to extraterrestrial disclosure and the possibility of other intelligences. He notes that some religious leaders may interpret extraterrestrial beings through familiar categories such as demons, while he argues that the phenomenon may require a wider lens. Dr. J.J. Hurtak responds from his background in theology, linguistics, ancient documents, and comparative religion, while Dr. Desiree Hurtak emphasizes that extraterrestrials may include positive, negative, and neutral beings, much like humanity itself. The opening establishes the episode's central question: how can religion expand without collapsing into fear? Angels, Demons, ETs, and the Expanded Religious Framework The Hurtaks suggest that extraterrestrials should not automatically be confused with God, angels, or demons, but understood as part of a larger field of intelligences. Dr. Desiree says many ETs may exist on levels closer to humanity, while divine, angelic, or demonic realities may be beyond that range. Alan repeatedly argues that people are trying to put an unknown phenomenon into old boxes, while the Hurtaks present a broader cosmology of multiple heavens, divine realities, lower levels, higher light beings, ultra-terrestrials, and various forms of consciousness. Together, they frame disclosure not as the destruction of faith, but as an invitation to expand humanity's idea of creation. Jesus, Light Bodies, Merkabah, and the House of Many Mansions The discussion then turns to whether figures such as Jesus should be understood in extraterrestrial terms. Dr. Desiree rejects the idea of Jesus “riding a flying saucer,” but describes Christ as coming from a higher light reality, entering this world, and returning to a light body. The Hurtaks connect this to their work with the Shroud of Turin, the concept of light-body transformation, Merkabah vehicles, Ezekiel's vision, and the New Testament phrase “house of many mansions.” Their view is that some beings may use craft, while others may operate through vehicles of light, dimensional realities, or higher levels of divine intelligence. Consciousness, Genetics, Cosmic Family, and the Purpose of Contact Alan and the Hurtaks then explore consciousness as the core of the ET question. Dr. J.J. says consciousness is the capacity to deal with all levels of universal intelligence, while Dr. Desiree suggests some beings may need something from humanity, including soul capacity or genetic capacity. The conversation touches on cattle mutilation, cloning, Area 51 references, Dan Burisch, divine-source God code, DNA, panspermia, the Pleiades, Sirius, and humanity's possible cosmic family. Alan frames the larger purpose of contact as awakening humanity to one human family and preparing us to meet other intelligences peacefully rather than through fear or worship. Humanity's Graduation and the Call to Wake Up As the first part concludes, the Hurtaks and Alan emphasize that extraterrestrial disclosure may push humanity into a new anthropology, cosmology, and spiritual maturity. They discuss interdimensionality, remote viewing, dreams, the Book of Enoch, multiple heavens, and humanity's capacity to activate a higher identity. The speakers suggest that extraterrestrials may appear now because of nuclear danger, environmental crisis, or a long-hidden disclosure process, but they stress that the deepest response must be spiritual: humility, discernment, heart awareness, cosmic citizenship, and the recognition that divinity lives within. Alan closes the first section by describing humanity as standing at a threshold of renaissance, expanded belief, and new realities. Rizwan Virk and the Simulation Hypothesis The second part brings in Rizwan Virk for a cross-cultural conversation about simulation theory, ancient spiritual traditions, and the simulated multiverse. Rizwan explains that his thinking began with a virtual-reality ping-pong experience that briefly convinced his body the game was real, leading him to ask how long it would take to build a digital world so convincing that people would forget there was a part of themselves outside it. He compares physical reality to a massively multiplayer video game in which the player exists outside the game and the character inside the game is an avatar. This allows him to connect modern simulation theory with ancient ideas such as Maya, Plato's cave, Buddha's dream, Shakespeare's stage, and Yogananda's film-projector metaphor. Multiverse, AI, Free Will, Forgetfulness, and the Game of Life Rizwan explains five assertions of simulation theory: that the world consists of information, that information is computed over time, that it is rendered for us, that reality may function like a kind of hoax, and that we agreed to participate in it. The discussion expands into the simulated multiverse, quantum branching, Philip K. Dick, the Mandela Effect, retrocausality, delayed-choice experiments, alternate selves, AI, prompt theory, Google Genie, and the possibility that humanity is birthing a new form of life through artificial intelligence. The group also discusses forgetfulness across spiritual traditions, ensoulment, the soul entering the avatar, remembering after death, and the possibility of remembering while still alive. Soul, Service, and the Gift of Life The closing section brings the simulation conversation back to spiritual purpose. The speakers discuss life review, the Book of Life, the scroll of deeds, Archangel Michael, free will, reincarnation or biogenesis, avatars, higher selves, overself awakening, and the idea that life's challenges may function like quests. Rizwan says the point of the “game” is how we treat other people, while Dr. J.J. cautions that life is not merely a game but a gift filled with creativity, joy, compassion, and higher understanding. Alan concludes that realizing we are in a beautiful simulation can help people enjoy life more, serve others and themselves, learn from experience, and recognize both the game and the gift of being alive.
In this week's bonus show, Matthew and Keith take all your calls and texts into the hotline, prepare for a visit to Theology by the Pint, and preview our upcoming episode on the theology of Philip K. Dick. If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on next Friday's Bonus Show. Or, you can email Matthew at matthew@quoir.com. Join The Quollective today, and use Promo Code "matthew50" to save an additional 50% off a yearly subscription (which is already 10% off a monthly subscription). Pick up Keith and Matt's book, Reading Romans Right, today! Please consider signing up to financially support the Network: QuoirCast on Patreon If you want to be a guest on the show, email keith@quoir.com. LINKS QuoirCast on PatreonQuoirCast on Patheos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
A quiet man spends decades chasing an impossible invention, only to discover that success carries a responsibility far greater than wealth or fame. When the future reveals a disaster that has not happened yet, one ordinary bartender must decide whether he is willing to become the man history needs. Probability by Louis Trimble. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Louis Preston Trimble makes his debut on the podcast today and it's probably the only time he will be here. Born in Seattle Washington in 1917 Trimble wrote more than 60 novels, some sci-fi, mostly westerns and mysteries but only one science fiction short story. This is the fourth story we've featured from the April 1954 issue of If, following The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick, Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks, and Way of a Rebel by Walter M. Miller Jr. We will find our story on page 99, Probability by Louis Trimble… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A young researcher risks his career, his freedom, and his sanity to prove that madness can be reversed with a single injection. But when the only way to demonstrate the cure is from inside a locked ward, he must decide whether to stake his life on the very drug that put him there. Open All Doors by Harry Harrison and Hubert Pritchard. Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/ Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebook YouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtube X - http://Lostscifi.com/x Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguy Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/lostscifipodcast.bsky.social Merchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Thanks to Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $200 Someone $100 Tony from the Future $75 James Van Maanenberg $50 James Van Maanenberg, MizzBassie, Anonymous Listener $25 Fintan Quigley, Curious Jon, David Bell, Steve, Miriam, Someone, Someone, Eaten by a Grue, Jeff Lussenden, Fred Sieber, Anne, Craig Hamilton, Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener $15 Every Month Someone $15 Steve, Someone, SueTheLibrarian, Joannie West, Amy Özkan, Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener $10 David, Anonymous Listener $5 Every Month Eaten by a Grue $5 Tammy, Owen, Bruce, Someone, TLD, David, Denis Kalinin, Timothy Buckley, Andre'a, Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Listen without commercials and enjoy exclusive bonus episodes every month with Lost Sci-Fi Premium—start your free 7-day trial today. https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Schon wieder ein Showbiz-Event: Mireille Matheiu wird am Tag der Aufnahme 80 und singt auch auf Finnisch, Japanisch und Russisch. Die drei Fragezeichen haben Hollywood und Geisterwelt im Visier, außerdem landen Werke von James Islington, Gene Roddenberry und Philip K. Dick in Jürgens Regal. Auf selbiges könnte er jetzt auch Justus Jonas aus Klemmbausteinen stellen. Was mit unseren Pink-Floyd-Dioramen passiert ist, probiert Roland noch während der Aufnahmen herauszubekommen – und bekommt prompt Antwort aus Italien. Darüber hinaus freut er sich, dass die neue C-64-Doku von Gracious Films alle Sonderziele beim Crowdfunding erreicht hat. Jürgen hat Blu-rays – immerhin! – von Marvel sowie der zwei „Total Recall“-Teile erstanden. Und baut, als kleine Vorgriff auf den Endspurt dieser Folge, ein Grafikadventure mit KI. Wo Jürgen den Platz für seine Computersammlung findet? Heute müssen die Bilder eines CPC 664 und eines CPC 464 reichen – beide mit Grünmonitor, alle Fotos im geheimen Patreon-Chat. Abteilung Reisegeschichten: Roland berichtet von 250 Jahren USA und Grillabenteuern jenseits der Golden Gate Bridge, Jürgen feiert den Geburtstag seiner Frau und fährt nach Holland. Wir geben ein vorerst letztes Update zur Fußball-WM, Roland tauscht um und kann die Haustür jetzt per Smartphone öffnen. Leider nicht mehr für Sam Neill und Joachim Kerzel, deren Leistungen zu Lebzeiten wir ebenso wie Spieldesign-Pensionär Glen Schofield würdigen. Apropos angekommen: „Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynched“ ging bei Roland verspätet vor Anker, Jürgen durfte pünktlich in See stechen. Zeit, unsere Logbücher zu vergleichen. (Aufgenommen am 22. Juli 2026)
Matt Hill is a Philip K. Dick nominated author, having published 6 books over the last 13 years. 'Lamb', 'The Breach', 'Zero Bomb', 'Graft' and 'Folded Man', have all be acclaimed for their prose, innovation and invention... he descibes them as 'getting a little weird'. He's also published novels as MT Hill. Matt's new novel is 'Wrecks'. It tells the story of mechanic Jim Sorrel, who is dismissed by his rally team for his part in a life-changing crash. When he is offered a second chance, he discovers his punishment has only just begun.It's inspired by Matt's childhood spent in a motor-racing loving family, and we discuss how he's used that for a speculative, noirish thriller. You can hear how he keeps the pace of a car-focused book going across the novel, why he's very open to learning things, and what he's done with a new dedicated writing space.We chat about the challenge of sticking the landing, his big editing change, and why his method and routine has changed over the last few years.Get a copy of the book - uk.bookshop.org/shop/writersroutineSign up to the newsletter - writersroutine.substack.comSupport the show - patreon.com/writersroutineko-fi.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today, we dive into the 'Simulation Theory' and the unsettling reality of the odds of us living in a simulation. We explore the origin of the Simulation Theory, the odds of living in a simulation, and who controls reality. Welcome to Camp!
Abraham Lincoln believed certain dreams appeared before major events in the Civil War. Harriet Tubman trusted visions and divine warnings while leading people out of slavery. William Blake said he saw angels, spirits, and his dead brother. Philip K. Dick believed a pink beam transferred information directly into his mind. W. B. Yeats and his wife produced thousands of pages supposedly dictated by invisible teachers.In this episode of Idiot Mystic, we look at five respected historical figures who believed that dreams, visions, voices, spirits, or unknown intelligences were communicating with them.Were these experiences messages from God, non-human intelligence, the unconscious mind, trauma, intuition, neurological events, or something that sits between all of those explanations?We examine Lincoln's dreams before his assassination, Harriet Tubman's spiritual guidance during her rescue missions, William Blake's populated world of angels and spirits, Philip K. Dick's encounter with the mysterious pink beam, and the automatic writing sessions that shaped some of W. B. Yeats's most important later work.The point is not to force every experience into the same explanation. These people lived in different centuries, followed different beliefs, and encountered very different forms of intelligence. What connects them is that each believed important information had reached them from somewhere beyond their ordinary conscious mind.The stranger question is what happened after they listened.Listen to Idiot Mystic on YouTube and Spotify, and find more strange history, spirituality, psychology, mysticism, paranormal research, and investigations into the unseen at:Website: https://idiotmystic.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/idiotmysticTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@idiotmysticDiscord: https://discord.gg/dXKjhZrZmMShare this episode with someone who has ever wondered where intuition ends and contact begins.Until next time, take care of yourself, please.
In this incredible Family Friends episode, Guy spends 10 full minutes explaining a fascinating situation involving the English national test cricket team absolutely ruining themselves. On our way to this, we get Tim waxing lyric on the benefits of having a big ass kindle thing you can write on and what's wrong with Philip K Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. And also Oppenheimer. But mainly this is about the cricket story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We'll delve into the evolution of my astral guest, singer-songwriter, journalist, and author Nikolas Schreck, charting his spiritual journey into the ancient heresy of inner knowing. We'll focus on Schreck's deep embracing of Gnosticism, specifically his belief in the transcendent godhead symbolized by Abraxas. Get ready to learn all about this Gnostic supreme deity, including the views of Basilides, CG Jung, Herman Hesse, Stephan Hoeller, and even Charles Manson. He'll also provide new scholarship on Abraxas and what you can do to experience this entity, if you dare. Lastly, we had fun discussing the esoteric side of Elvis, Bowie, and Philip K. Dick. And the Egyptian God Set entered the chat plenty of times. Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Equipment Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2WEJ2CCWHALZB?&sort=default Intro concept, visual direction, and AI-assisted creative development in collaboration with Arturo Pérez E. youtube.com/@333amTV 333am.tv Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This week Scott gives a lengthy and thorough schizoanalysis of the 1969 science fiction classic "Ubik" by Philip K. Dick. This dystopian version of 1992 comes replete with telepathic corporate espionage as-a-service, cryogenic soul prisons that give paying customers access to their deceased loved ones and the book is inundated with gnostic symbolism and theology.Don't forget to join our Telegram channel at T.me/historyhomos and to join our group chat at T.me/historyhomoschatFor programming updates and news follow us across social media @historyhomospod and follow Scott @Scottlizardabrams and Patrick @cantgetfooledagainradio OR subscribe to our telegram channel t.me/historyhomosThe video version of the show is available on Substack, Rokfin, bitchute, odysee and RumbleFor weekly premium episodes or to contribute to the show subscribe to our channel at www.historyhomospod.substack.comYou can donate to the show directly at paypal.me/historyhomosTo order a History Homos T shirt (and recieve a free sticker) please send your shirt size and address to Historyhomos@gmail.com and please address all questions, comments and concerns there as well.Later homos
Oi, gente, nesse episódio conversamos sobre “Lembramos para você a preço de atacado” (1938), de Philip K. Dick e suas adaptações. Considerando os temas da obra, falamos sobre os conflitos de classe, capitalismo e as distopias e expectativas para um futuro baseado no nosso presente. Além disso, mencionamos a problemática dos avanços tecnológicos que não servem para o bem-estar comum, mas sim para manter status quo. Por fim, falamos sobre Marte e as (não) possibilidades de vida. Quem participou desse episódio foi o William, que também conversou com a gente sobre “O problema dos três corpos”, do Cixin Liu. Livros citados: O homem do castelo alto (1962), de Philip K. Dick O tempo desarticulado (1959), de Philip K. Dick 1984 (1949), de George Orwell Snowcrash (1992), de Neal Stephenson O devorador de estrelas (2021), de Andy Weir Trilogia Lembranças do Passado da Terra (2008-2010), de Cixin Liu Androides Sonham com Ovelhas Elétricas? (1968), de Philip K. Dick Realidades Adaptadas (2012), de de Philip K. Dick Neuromancer (1984), de William Gibson Ficção científica capitalista (2026), de Michel Nieva Música da nossa trilha sonora: Not My First Rodeo de Dyalla. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artista: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/not-my-first-rodeo Deixe seus comentários aqui para gente. Sempre que acabamos de gravar, lembramos de algo mais que poderia ser dito, logo o tema sempre fica em aberto. Podcast: 00:00:05 Apresentação 00:5:00 Distopias e o futuro 01:20:00 Encerramento Apoiadores no apoia.se: Philippe Sartin MARIA A N GOMES LOUISE COSTA PESSANHA Belísia Agulhô Lopes Sayão Pedro de Castro Lscher Mari Castro RONY CARLOS BRAGA OLIVEIRA Lilian Diniz Rafael Sanches Dias Scarleth Darlem Gama Franco Olivia Gutierrez MARINA Tramonte Izabela Guimarães Torquetti dos Santos LEONARDO HENRIQUE GUALBERTO MOREIRA Mariana dos Santos Freitas Alba Manoela Lopes Total Recall (1990) https://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt0100802/ Total Recall (2012) https://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt1386703/ O post #98 – Lembramos para você a preço de atacado, de Philip K. Dick apareceu primeiro em Chá das Cinco Com Literatura.
Is anyone really out there, or am I just chatting to a very articulate hallucination?In this episode, we juggle Descartes' lonely thinker, Kant's phenomena vs noumena, and Wittgenstein's ban on private language. If all we ever have are mental snapshots of the world, what right do we have to talk about some “real” thing behind them?On the way we hit: Private language & inner voices – are we talking to others, or just different bits of ourselves? Postmodernism & perspective – if everyone reads the world differently, do we still share a world at all? Ethics after God – without a cosmic referee, how do we avoid moral chaos? Featuring Red Dwarf's “Better Than Life,” a brain that sabotages its own happiness, Philip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein as unlikely comrades, and the comforting thought that if this is your solipsistic universe, you've got some serious explaining to do about Hitler, Trump, and broken-down cars full of kids.Plug in and decide whether “we” are really in this together – or whether “we” is already one person too many.
Containing Matters of MiscreancyTimestamps:Howard Rodman - "The Man Who Went to the Moon - Twice" (0:00)Philip K. Dick - "Faith of Our Fathers" (17:08)Larry Niven - "The Jigsaw Man" (54:33)Fritz Leiber - "Gonna Roll the Bones" (1:03:14)Joe L. Hensley - "Lord Randy, My Son" (1:14:00)Poul Anderson - "Eutopia" (1:20:06)David R. Bunch - "Incident in Moderan" and "The Escaping" (1:32:43)James Cross - "The Doll-House" (2:01:04)Carol Emshwiller - "Sex and/or Mr. Morrison" (2:05:58)Damon Knight - "Shall the Dust Praise Thee?" (2:13:37)Bibliography:Nette, Andrew & McIntyre, Iain (eds.) - "Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985" (2021)
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In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, Stewart Alsop sits down with Javier Rolandi, who works in investor relations and communications, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the SpaceX IPO and the trust people place in Elon Musk to Javier's own path through electronics, literature, and linguistics in Argentina. They talk about science fiction as a lens on the present, arguing over Borges versus Cortázar and touching on Philip K. Dick, before turning to Stewart's treasure hunt project and what it means for adults to reclaim a sense of play. The back half of the episode gets into bigger cultural territory: the Peter Pan syndrome as it shows up in Buenos Aires and Silicon Valley, the demographic crisis and why people are hesitant to commit to marriage or kids, the immigrant roots of Argentina's tight-knit communities, and a closing debate about solarpunk versus cyberpunk futures and whether religion still has a role to play in building a more human-centered utopia.Timestamps00:00 – Opening dive into the SpaceX IPO and why people place so much trust in Elon Musk's competence. 05:00 – Javi traces his non-linear path into technology, from electronics school to a lifelong love of science fiction. 10:00 – A close look at Borges, his puzzle-like short stories, and layered literary references. 15:00 – Javi picks Cortázar as his favorite, then Stewart demos his treasure hunt game idea. 20:00 – More treasure hunt details, plus the pelotudo/al pedo language game. 25:00 – Javi's fading interest in building electronics and why adult play still matters. 30:00 – The Peter Pan syndrome, Buenos Aires neighborhoods, and staying stuck in teenage behavior. 35:00 – The demographic crisis, Peter Thiel's arrival, and commitment to marriage and kids. 40:00 – How the internet reshapes connection beyond borders and nations. 45:00 – Solarpunk vs. cyberpunk and Argentina's potential as a utopian model. 50:00 – Argentina's immigrant roots, tribal bonding, and ethnic clubs in Buenos Aires. 55:00 – Closing thoughts on religion, ecumenism, and staying optimistic about humanity.Key InsightsTrust in visionary founders like Elon Musk isn't really about understanding the technical details of something like SpaceX—it's about faith in a person's competence to pull off things that would sound crazy coming from anyone else.Javier's relationship with technology has always been non-linear: an early fascination with electronics gave way to literature and linguistics, and only later did a startup career pull him back toward tech, showing that curiosity doesn't have to follow a straight professional line.Science fiction endures because it's never really about the future—it's a way of examining the decisions being made today and how they'll ripple outward, which is why Javier finds himself circling back to present-day questions after every story or film.Reclaiming play as an adult, whether through treasure hunts or simply being unembarrassed in public, isn't regression—it's a deliberate rebellion against the idea that growing up means becoming serious and losing creativity.The demographic shift away from marriage and kids may be less about capability and more about marketing: people who look unhappy while promoting commitment aren't going to convince anyone that the traditional path is worth choosing.Argentina's strong culture of community and friendship traces back to waves of immigrants who had to lean on each other to survive, a tribal instinct that still shapes how people bond in Buenos Aires today.The tension between solarpunk and cyberpunk visions of the future comes down to whether technology serves human connection or overshadows it, and Javier argues Argentina—with its resources and family-oriented culture—is well positioned to lean toward the more hopeful, human-centered version.
So my guests today are just the epitome of cool. They spearheaded the lounge-style music revival of the 90's. Welcome Ben Daughtrey and Jonathan Palmer of Love Jones to the podcast. The band has just released their fourth album, The Greatest Show and it's definitely the band's sound, distilled into six tracks. Before we dive into how the album came to be after a 15 year hiatus, we talk about how they became a part of Tool lore, opening for the band for the legendary show at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Center. Ben & Jonathan also discuss their thoughts on the band's trajectory; what went right, what went wrong, and two breaks of over a decade each. They discuss the birthday party that reunited the band, the writing process for the new album, and the song on the new album that was inspired by both Blondie and Philip K. Dick. Go grab the album at love-jones.com. Stream it on your favorite platform. Follow them @lovejonesband on Instagram. Follow us @performanceanx. Grab merch at performanceanx.threadless.com or just send money to ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. So grab a beverage and chill out with me, Ben, & Jonathan of Love Jones on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is there an Ancient object orbiting Earth? The Black Knight Satellite is a mysterious object some claim has been monitoring humanity for thousands of years. It's connected to Nikola Tesla's strange signals, mystery satellite reports before Sputnik, the supposed alien message from Epsilon Boötes, Philip K. Dick's VALIS, and the famous 1998 NASA STS-88 photo.Watch the full episode on YouTube:▶ https://bit.ly/TheoriesOfTheThirdKindYTSupport the show + unlock bonus episodes:
Charge up the precogs and get ready for some good ol' fashioned Philip K. Dick-style dystopia. This week, Film Seizure takes a look at the 2002 Steven Spielberg hit starring Tom Cruise. It's time to find the Minority Report. Episodes release on Wednesday at www.filmseizure.com "Beyond My Years" by Matt LaBarber LaBarber The Album Available at https://mattlabarber.bandcamp.com/album/labarber-the-album Copyright 2020 Like what we do? Buy us a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/filmseizure Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmseizure/ Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/filmseizure.bsky.social Follow us on Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@filmseizure Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/filmseizure/ You can now find us on YouTube as well! The Film Seizure Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmSeizure
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Virgil and Bob discuss The House the Blakeneys Built with their friends: Jake from Pulp Mortem: https://www.youtube.com/ @PulpMortemTim from Secret Fire Books: https://www.youtube.com/ @secretfirebooks7894 Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (January 1965). If you'd like a refresher before listening, check out our story reading and discussion with Emma Speer. https://youtu.be/JuPb6NzR9TM What begins as a tale of lost travelers arriving at a strange settlement soon becomes one of Avram Davidson's most unsettling explorations of tradition, conformity, isolation, and the fear of change. The conversation examines the remarkable language of the Blakeneys, the decaying grandeur of The House, the clash between progress and custom, and the story's haunting conclusion. Is the story a warning about inbreeding and isolation? A critique of resistance to change? Or a meditation on how communities preserve themselves at all costs? Join us as we explore one of Davidson's most memorable and thought-provoking science fiction tales. Keywords: Avram Davidson, The House The Blakeneys Built, Science Fiction, Classic Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Science Fiction, F&SF, Speculative Fiction, Vintage Sci-Fi, Weird Fiction, Literary Science Fiction, Golden Age Science Fiction, Science Fiction Podcast, Book Discussion, BookTube, Short Story Discussion, Gene Wolfe, Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny, Theodore Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Secret Fire Books, Pulp Mortem
Phil and Emily are joined by journalist and author Josephine Riesman to continue their Richard Kelly Reichardt mini-series with the magnificent disaster that is Southland Tales (2006). And there is no better guest for it: Josie wrote the definitive deep-dive on this movie and once spent three hours walking Venice Beach interviewing Richard Kelly himself.Set in an alternate 2008 where nuclear attacks on Texas have tipped America into a surveillance-state apocalypse, Southland Tales unleashes Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake, and a cast of SNL alumni across a sprawling, end-of-days Los Angeles on the Fourth of July. It premiered at Cannes as an unfinished cut on DVD, got booed into oblivion, made a legendary $374,000 against a $17 million budget, and then quietly became the cult object that fans swear is more true than the reality we actually got.The gang digs into why a movie this incoherent is also this irresistible. Emily makes her case that it is what you would get if Philip K. Dick novelized Robert Altman's Nashville, while Phil counters with "Magnolia with a head injury." Josie reveals what Kelly told her about that surreal Justin Timberlake lip-sync to The Killers, the tie-in graphic novels, the Cannes catastrophe, and why he has a reason for every baffling choice, even the ones that never made the final cut. Plus its eerie kinship with Children of Men and The Handmaid's Tale, and the thin line between satire and prophecy.Misunderstood masterpiece or beautiful trainwreck? On America's 250th birthday, it might be the only movie that fits. This is the way the world ends.Follow the show & guests:Podcast Like It's... — https://www.instagram.com/podcastlikeitsPhil Iscove — https://www.instagram.com/pmiscoveEmily St. James — https://www.instagram.com/emilystjamsJosephine Riesman — [handle?]
On this Black Iron Prison Intercept, the topic couldn't be more appropriate. I'll take you on a deep dive into the life, work, and metaphysical worldview of Philip K. Dick. We'll explore his prophetic fictional themes — surveillance, AI, simulated reality, and corporate control — alongside the mystical visions that shaped his late philosophy. I'll also delve into his self-developed Gnostic cosmology, including concepts like VALIS, the Plasmate, the Black Iron Prison, the Christ-Sophia Syzygy, and his theory of anamnesis as spiritual awakening. We'll conclude by connecting his personal tragedies, literary output, and visionary experiences into a unified portrait of a writer who saw himself as a vessel for restoring ancient Gnostic truth to the modern world. Get The Occult Elvis: https://amzn.to/4jnTjE4 Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Gnostic Tarot Readings: https://thegodabovegod.com/gnostic-tarot-reading/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288 Merch store: https://aeonbyte.creator-spring.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
A discarded husband discovers that his wife's cherished cuckoo clock hides a jealous, lethal occupant that refuses to remain confined behind its small wooden door.If you have a story you'd like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconradNarrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/Other shows hosted by Darren:Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Exploramos tres películas fundamentales de la ciencia ficción moderna: Blade Runner, The Adjustment Bureau y Minority Report, todas basadas en las inquietantes y visionarias novelas de Philip K. Dick.Hablamos de cómo estas historias imaginan el futuro, el control del destino, la identidad humana y los límites de la realidad, y por qué siguen siendo tan relevantes hoy en día.¿El futuro está escrito o lo estamos construyendo en tiempo real? Estas películas tienen mucho que decir al respecto.
Rob St. Mary and Rob Spencer join Mike to dig into Proyas's tale of John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), who wakes in a cheap hotel room with no memory, a dead body nearby, and a city that refuses to add up. Detective Bumstead (William Hurt) closes in while the pale, bald Strangers rearrange reality every time the clocks stop — building a world that is simultaneously a locked-room mystery, a Philip K. Dick nightmare, a Kafka story with a superhero ending, and a filmmaker's self-portrait: the Strangers as producers, Dr. Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) as the compromised writer, and Murdoch as the protagonist who tears through the painted backdrop and seizes the apparatus.The conversation covers the film's screenplay stages and two finished cuts, the studio-mandated voice-over that Proyas spent a decade trying to undo, and Roger Ebert's role as the mechanism of the film's survival. Mike and the Robs also place Dark City within the remarkable 1998–99 cluster of simulated-world films — The Truman Show, The Matrix, eXistenZ, The Thirteenth Floor — and examine what it means that Murdoch's triumphant ending leaves the city still a construct, still running on hidden machinery, with only the god changed.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
Rob St. Mary and Rob Spencer join Mike to dig into Proyas's tale of John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), who wakes in a cheap hotel room with no memory, a dead body nearby, and a city that refuses to add up. Detective Bumstead (William Hurt) closes in while the pale, bald Strangers rearrange reality every time the clocks stop — building a world that is simultaneously a locked-room mystery, a Philip K. Dick nightmare, a Kafka story with a superhero ending, and a filmmaker's self-portrait: the Strangers as producers, Dr. Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) as the compromised writer, and Murdoch as the protagonist who tears through the painted backdrop and seizes the apparatus.The conversation covers the film's screenplay stages and two finished cuts, the studio-mandated voice-over that Proyas spent a decade trying to undo, and Roger Ebert's role as the mechanism of the film's survival. Mike and the Robs also place Dark City within the remarkable 1998–99 cluster of simulated-world films — The Truman Show, The Matrix, eXistenZ, The Thirteenth Floor — and examine what it means that Murdoch's triumphant ending leaves the city still a construct, still running on hidden machinery, with only the god changed.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
In the back half of The Simulation Hypothesis, Rizwan Virk leaves the gaming and physics foundations behind and heads straight into the deep end: dreams, reincarnation, karma, synchronicity, near-death experiences, UFOs, AI consciousness, and the possibility that ancient mystics were describing the same reality modern technologists are now stumbling toward from the opposite direction. Along the way, he tries to connect Buddhism, Philip K. Dick, quantum mechanics, and modern computing into one giant framework where reality behaves less like dead matter and more like an interactive information system. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension and thank you for joining us on Plus+! Many a fine folk feel a sense of safety from the grasp of the paranormal under the bright lights of the populated pieces of this place we call home. The lights merely illuminating perhaps a false sense of protection against that which bumps in the neon night. Roy Stubblefield is out there setting the record straight about what lurks about after dark on the mean streets of these cities with his busty brush with the bizarre when he encountered a Dog”man” type creature leaving him in a wet mess of his own making. The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game Roy Stubblefield Reveals His Most Terrifying Encounter In New Orleans Article - Fight or flight turns hair white LinksPlus+ ExtensionThe extension of the show is EXCLUSIVE to Plus+ Members. To join. click HERE.Links Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sure, the worlds may be a bleak grayish hellscape, but there's always music! We look at 1984 (The Orwell book, not the Van Halen album), Brave New World, the collected works of Philip K. Dick, and Frank Zappa and his rock opera Joe's Garage. Then we get mad at a comic book.
Androides indistinguibles de humanos, permanente hiperestimulación, mundo vigilado en el que el Estado dueño de vidas y haciendas, nada nuevo. Hace más de 50 años Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury o George Orwell adelantaron el pan nuestro de cada dia."Blade Runner” pero Google ya en “Guia del Autostopista Galactico” y Hal 2000 la IA de “2001, odisea del Espacio” compite con los psicópatas de la vida real sin diferencias perceptibles."Algo Está Pasando...” cantaba Dylan en “The Ballad of a Thin Man” pero ya sucedió y el algoritmo que nos conduce no puede ocultarlo. Un viaje por las “noticias” de hoy de la mano de la ciencia ficción de antaño, la prueba. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.
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Alien radio waves caught in the Consensus Unreality net…. translating… it's a new episode on contactee and influential ufologist George Hunt Williamson, the Zodiac fanzine connection in Jarett Kobek's How to Find Zodiac, Philip K Dick's late career scrapped opus Radio Free Albemuth, and more! Join our Patreon to access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content, our full 6 year episode archive, discord and our printed Journal of Shells magazine. Its the best and only way to support the show and it'll only cost you a few bucks. www.patreon.com/consensusunreality
Frater Eleftheria of Lifting the Lamp enters the mind meld! Are the beings we call "Aliens" actually the same entities contacted by occultists? Are they physical beings, or consciousness based entities? In this episode, I sit down with Frater Eleftheria to explore the vanishing point where high magic and high strangeness meet.