Episodes

  • Vivian Shaw -- Slipstream
    Aug 5 2025

    Our 32nd episode takes us to the post-apocalyptic future of Steven Lisberger's 1989 movie SLIPSTREAM, with Bill Paxton and Mark Hamill. Author VIVIAN SHAW (the Greta Helsing series) is our guide for this episode, through the Harmonic Convergence and towards the promised land of sentient androids.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Aaron Ehasz -- Battlestar Galactica
    Jul 7 2025

    Our new episode focuses on one of the most fracking important SF series since the beginning of the 21st Century -- Battlestar Galactica. Our guest Aaron Ehasz (Avatar: the Last Airbender, The Dragon Prince) takes control of our starship to guide us through this Cylon infested part of the Galaxy, on our way to Earth. Buckle up for our 31st episode!

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Peter Atkins -- Orphée
    Jun 2 2025

    Author and screenwriter Peter Atkins joins us for a discussion of Jean Cocteau's 1950 feature, Orphée, a Parisian adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Tom DiCillo -- Living in Oblivion
    May 24 2025

    Tom DiCillo joins us for our 29th episode to chat about his 1995 film LIVING IN OBLIVION. Dreams, independent filmmaking, humor, great acting are all addressed in this discussion with the filmmaker.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Jeff Jensen -- Safe
    May 17 2025

    Join us for a discussion of Todd Haynes' 1995 feature SAFE with our special guest, writer Jeff Jensen.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Martha Wells -- Only Murders in the Building
    Mar 27 2025

    For the 27th episode of our podcast, we are delighted to welcome speculative fiction author, Martha Wells. She has chosen to discuss the mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Mick Garris -- Poltergeist
    Mar 2 2025

    "They're here!" -- welcome to our 26th episode, dedicated to Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist. American filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist Mick Garris takes us on a tour of the Freeling's house in Cuesta Verde, and dives into the much discussed relationship between Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg during the shooting of the film. Poltergeist is one of the most influential horror films of the early 1980s, whose legacy can still be felt today, more than 40 years later.

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    59 mins
  • Vajra Chandrasekera -- Ghostwatch
    Feb 20 2025

    Our 25th episode takes us back to Halloween night 1992 to discuss Ghostwatch, a British supernatural mockumentary television film written by Stephen Volk and directed by Lesley Manning. Sri Lankan fantasy and science-fiction author Vajra Chandrasekera is our guest for this episode. Let's piece together "Where Pipes is?" while we revisit this landmark of contemporary television horror.

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    1 hr and 17 mins