Binary System Podcast Archive
Formerly known as The Night Vale Recap, this podcast now presents The Binary System Podcast. Twins Kathryn Adams and Elizabeth Wallace bring recaps of Welcome To Night Vale and geek out about any shiny thing that distracts them. Episodes drop on Thursdays at pixelatedgeek.com and on Anchor on Fridays.
Episodes
Binary System Podcast #518 – Beastars and Better Call Saul
This episode originally broadcast on August 13, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/08/binary-system-podcast-518-beastars-and-better-call-saul/On this week’s recap of Beastars season 3 episode 21 (…yes 21, we doublechecked this time it really is 21…) we ask the important questions: will Louis end up with Juno, or pine away for Legoshi? What’s up with the MMA rab
Binary System Podcast #517 - WTNV #291 "Mall Madness (1987)" and Beastars
This episode originally broadcast on August 6, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/08/binary-system-podcast-517-wtnv-291-mall-madness-1987-and-beastars/Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus! To celebrate (and to cover for the fact that Cecil is missing) guest radio host Leonard Burton is sharing an episode from the archives! So send your Betamax back to the
Binary System Podcast #516 - GalaxyCon, San Diego Comic-Con, and Beastars
This episode originally broadcast on July 30, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/07/binary-system-podcast-516-galaxycon-san-diego-comic-con-and-beastars/Last weekend Binary System went to ALL THE CONVENTIONS. Well, two of them. But they were big ones!This week we're recapping GalaxyCon in Raleigh and Comic-Con in San Diego, going over the good (Cosplay! Cut
Binary System Podcast #515 - Beastars, and Preview to The Odyssey and Comic-Con!
This episode originally broadcast on July 23, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/07/binary-system-podcast-515-beastars-and-preview-to-the-odyssey-and-comic-con/This week's recap of Beastars features multiple instances of the word "weird". Look, we know this is a fantasy show, and it doesn't pay to look too closely into how a society of carnivo
Binary System Podcast #514 - Beastars, and RIP Sam Neill
This episode originally broadcast on July 16, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/07/binary-system-podcast-514-beastars-and-r-i-p-sam-neill/Our plan tonight was to recap episode 17 of the final season of Beastars (you call THAT a "disguise", Louis? Really?? Also, we're really hoping Juno gets a happily ever after, but man alive it doesn't look
Binary System Podcast #513 - Beastars, Godzilla Minus One, and The Amazing Digital Circus
This episode originally broadcast on July 9, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/07/binary-system-podcast-513-beastars-godzilla-minus-one-and-the-amazing-digital-circus/Yes, we know we said on the previous episode that we would have a Welcome to Night Vale recap this week. But there wasn't a new episode posted, because Welcome to Night Vale is on hiatus in J
Binary System Podcast #512 - The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (with ALL the spoilers)
This episode originally broadcast on June 25, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/06/binary-system-podcast-512-the-amazing-digital-circus-the-last-act-with-all-the-spoilers/It's been a wild ride for the Binary System Podcast team as we binged The Amazing Digital Circus over the last two and a half months. Kudos to everyone who's been following this absol
Binary System Podcast #511 - Backrooms, and WTNV #290 "A Solution"
This episode originally broadcast on June 18, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/06/binary-system-podcast-511-backrooms-and-wtnv-290-a-solution/We're so glad we actually went to see Backrooms while it was still in the theater, partly because it's exactly the kind of horror movie we like: scary, light on the gore, smart, just enough jump scares, and most
Binary System Podcast #510 Pluribus Episode 9, Season Finale
This episode originally broadcast on June 11, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/06/binary-system-podcast-510-pluribus-episode-9-season-finale/What do you know, we actually managed to finish watching a season of TV less than six months late!And wow, what a season. Pluribus has had some amazing episodes, with a story that's been both delightful and heartbrea
Binary System Podcast #509 - WTNV #289 "The Collection Plate" and Pluribus Episode 8
This episode originally broadcast on June 4, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/06/binary-system-podcast-509-wtnv-289-the-collection-plate-and-pluribus-episode8/On this week's Night Vale recap, Jalen is being awfully understanding about being in jail for a murder his dead doppelganger (probably) committed. But a secret ally is sending clues that could help
Binary System Podcast #508 - WTNV #288 "Doubles Anonymous" and Pluribus Episode 7
This episode originally broadcast on May 28, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/05/binary-system-podcast-508-wtnv-288-doubles-anonymous-and-pluribus-episode-7/The investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is moving ahead at breakneck speed. And for this week only, Cecil's covering the latest developments in a hard-boiled, film noir style that only get
Binary System Podcast #507 - The Amazing Digital Circus episodes 6, 7 and 8
This episode originally broadcast on May 21, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/05/binary-system-podcast-507-the-amazing-digital-circus-episodes-6-7-and-8/If we had to recap the last three episodes of The Amazing Digital Circus VERY quickly, we'd say episode 6 is delightfully violent, episode 7 is a kick in the heart, and episode 8 is terrifying.We mention
Binary System Podcast #506 - WTNV #286 "Hey, Does Anyone Hear That Sound Behind The Sky?" and The Amazing Digital Circus
This episode originally broadcast on May 15, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/05/binary-system-podcast-506-wtnv-286-hey-does-anyone-hear-that-sound-behind-the-sky-and-the-amazing-digital-circus/"Does anyone hear that sound behind the sky?"(Get used to hearing that question if you listen to this week's Welcome To Night Vale, because Cecil asks it
Binary System Podcast #505 - New York 2026, and the Amazing Digital Circus
This episode originally broadcast on May 7, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/05/binary-system-podcast-505-new-york-2026-and-the-amazing-digital-circus/It took ten years, but both the East Coast and West Coast branches of the podcast got to meet up in Manhattan once again for a weekend of museums, comic book shops, subway ficus, fancy islands, sidewalk cocktai
Binary System Podcast #504 - Pluribus episode 6
This episode originally broadcast on April 30, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/04/binary-system-podcast-504-pluribus-episode-6/We've really got to hand it to the creators of Pluribus. This episode took a dark turn; the Hive Mind may be the vanguard of an alien invasion that's either very efficient, or very much not efficient at all. Either way, steps
Binary System Podcast #503 - WTNV #285 "Our Ice Cream Truck of Infinite Sorrows", and Pluribus
This episode originally broadcast on April 23, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/04/binary-system-podcast-593-wtnv-285-our-ice-cream-truck-of-infinite-sorrows-and-pluribus/On this week’s Night Vale recap, when the creepy ice cream truck appeared we thought it was one of those awful stories about creepy ice cream guys preying on people. It’s not. IT’S SO MUCH W
Binary System Podcast #502 - Pluribus episode 4
This episode originally broadcast on April 16, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/04/binary-system-podcast-502-pluribus-episode-4/This week Pluribus continues to break our hearts while also expanding on the impossible situation Carol finds herself in. There are some hard choices made and quite a lot of betrayal (although does it count as betrayal if you’re tryi
Binary System Podcast #501 – WTNV #285 “April Fools”, Beastars, and The Amazing Digital Circus
This episode originally broadcast on April 9, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/04/binary-system-podcast-501-wtnv-285-april-fools-beastars-and-the-amazing-digital-circus/On this week’s Night Vale recap we spend a lot of time wondering why April Fools has to be so freaking MEAN. Scaring people, embarrassing people, setting up entire fake Arborist Day Parades wi
Binary System Podcast #500 – Still No Plan!
This episode originally broadcast on April 2, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/04/binary-system-podcast-500-still-no-plan/We never actually pictured getting here, but Binary System Podcast has recorded five hundred episodes! (More or less. Minus some text-only episodes. And of course we had quite a few Welcome To Night Vale recap episodes before we started ca
Binary System Podcast #499 – Pluribus episode 3
This episode originally broadcast on March 26, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/03/binary-system-podcast-499-pluribus-episode-3/On this week’s Pluribus recap, episode three starts with Carol stuck in the memory of one more time when she didn’t try harder to make Helen happy. (For the record, Carol, we get it, we don’t like being cold either, but OH MY GOD that ice
Binary System Podcast #498 - WTNV #284 "Harrison Kip's Twilight Gospel Hour"
This episode originally broadcast on March 19, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/03/binary-system-podcast-498-wtnv-284-harrison-kips-twilight-gospel-hour/Cecil and Night Vale Radio both get a break this week (aside from a couple of Station ID's and a long list of "supporters"). Instead, we hear the soothing tones of Harrison Kip as he gives the listene
Binary System Podcast #497 - Pluribus episodes 1 and 2
This episode originally broadcast on March 12, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/03/binary-system-podcast-497-pluribus-episodes-1-and-2/Friend of the Podcast Hannah has been after us for a bit to give Pluribus a shot and after watching the first two episodes WE DEFINITELY GET THE APPEAL. This show is not at all what we expected, and keeps surprising us at ever
Binary System Podcast #496 - WTNV #283 "Work From Home"
This episode originally broadcast on March 5, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/03/binary-system-podcast-496-wtnv-283-work-from-home/A sandstorm in Night Vale means low visibility, accidental mudslides, and murderous doppelgängers roaming the streets. But it also means Cecil and Carlos can work from home today and spend time teaching their adorable spell-casti
Binary System Podcast #495 – KPop Demon Hunters, and everything we’re not watching
This episode originally broadcast on February 26, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/02/binary-system-podcast-495-kpop-demon-hunters-and-everything-were-not-watching/https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/02/binary-system-podcast-495-kpop-demon-hunters-and-everything-were-not-watching/Wonder of all wonders, we actually watched what we said we were going to watch, and b
Binary System Podcast #494 – WTNV #282 “Antler Cove”
This episode originally broadcast on February 19, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/02/binary-system-podcast-494-wtnv-282-antler-cove/The investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is on the back burner this week, because Cecil is laser-focused on a very important issue. It doesn’t get a lot of discussion usually, which is a shame because there are people
Binary System Podcast #493 - Transformers One
This episode originally broadcast on February 12, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/02/binary-system-podcast-493-transformers-one/lt only took us a year this time (year and a half, tops) but we finally watched Transformers One. And you know what? We have no excuses for why it took us this long, especially since it's so freaking good.Spoiler warnings ahead,
Binary System Podcast #492 - WTNV #281 "Witnesses"
This episode originally broadcast on February 5, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/02/binary-system-podcast-492-wtnv-281-witnesses/This week in Night Vale, Dana Cardinal's investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is finally making progress: a witness has come forward! Actually four witnesses. And not one of them has any useful information.We don'
Binary System Podcast #491 - Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover
This episode originally broadcast on January 29, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-491-strange-new-worlds-lower-decks-crossover/It's a good thing Kathryn watched the Star Trek Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover this week, mostly because now we can talk about how awesome it is that the actors who voiced the animated characters
Binary System Podcast #490 - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
This episode originally broadcast on January 22, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-490-wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/"Hee. Moriarty throwing a paper airplane at a very angsty Hawkeye. I'll be in my bunk."Yay, we actually watched something we planned to watch! What...no, not Weapons. And not Nosferatu either. This
Binary System Podcast #489 - Star Trek: Lower Decks, the final two episodes
This episode originally broadcast on January 15, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-489-star-trek-lower-decks-the-final-two-episodes/The last two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks had everything: fantastic stunt casting, a squad of Harry Kims, mountains of technobabble, a version of Mariner who knows very little abo
Binary System Podcast #488 - Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Finale
This episode originally broadcast on January 8, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-488-mayor-of-kingstown-season-4-finale/It's finally here! Four years of gang wars and prison riots, backroom deals and family ties, unbreakable loyalty and horrific betrayal, and it all brings us to the final episode of Mayor of Kingstown, where......
Binary System Podcast #487 - 2022's Christmas musical "Spirited."
This episode originally broadcast on January 1, 2026. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2026/01/binary-system-podcast-487-2022s-christmas-musical-spirited/Happy New Year everybody! Hope your holiday is fun and your 2026 better than you hoped! This week we're sitting down with special guest Hannah Wallace to discuss 2022's epic Christmas musical, Spirited, which w
Binary System Podcast #486 – Mayor of Kingstown season 4 episode 9 “Teeth and Tissue”
This episode originally broadcast on December 25, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/12/binary-system-podcast-486-mayor-of-kingstown-season-4-episode-9-teeth-and-tissue/Okay you guys, this is a really weird episode to drop on a holiday: the latest chapter of Mayor of Kingstown (possibly the second-to-last episode ever?) bombarded us for 47 solid minutes with de
Binary System Podcast #485 - Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on December 11, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/12/binary-system-podcast-485-mayor-of-kingstown-and-star-trek-lower-decks/his week's episode of Mayor of Kingstown was slightly less stressful than last week's, but everyone is still in a hell of a lot of peril. There are some incredibly dangerous characters in this sho
Binary System Podcast #484 - WTNV #279 "J'Accuse!", and Mayor of Kingstown
This episode originally broadcast on December 4, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/12/binary-system-podcast-484-wtnv-279-jaccuse-and-mayor-of-kingstown/On this week's Night Vale recap, Cecil and Dana are still trying to figure out who in town has murdered two people (that we know of.) (And we're not talking about Tabitha because she's the town foun
Binary System Podcast #482 – WTNV #278 “How to Solve a Murder”, and Mayor of Kingstown
This episode originally broadcast on November 20, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/11/binary-system-podcast-482-wtnv-278-how-to-solve-a-murder-and-mayor-of-kingstown/On this week's Night Vale recap THERE'S BEEN A MURDER. It's the same murder we heard about last week, but as Cecil points out it's still true, and it's a heck of a hook for a
Binary System Podcast #481 - Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on November 13, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/11/binary-system-podcast-481-mayor-of-kingstown-and-star-trek-lower-decks/This week we're recapping episode 3 of the last season of Mayor of Kingstown, where pretty much everything is spiraling out of Mike's control. Rival gang members are murdering each other and setti
Binary System Podcast #480 - WTNV #277 "The Big Game", and Mayor of Kingstown
This episode originally broadcast on November 6, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/11/binary-system-podcast-480-wtnv-277-the-big-game-and-mayor-of-kingstown/This week's Night Vale is the kind of murder mystery that can only happen in this weird little town, with dead angels, no suspects, surprise bats, and an autopsy report that's just the coroner stab
Binary System Podcast #479 - We watched Heretic (and Mayor of Kingstown)
This episode originally broadcast on October 30, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/10/binary-system-podcast-479-we-watched-heretic-and-mayor-of-kingstown/In our continuing series "Elizabeth And Kathryn Watch Things That Are Less Than A Year Old", this week we watched 2024's Heretic (came out last November, just under a year, still counts!) It'
Binary System Podcast #478 - WTNV #276 "The Big Game", Wednesday, and random horror
This episode originally broadcast on October 23, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/10/binary-system-podcast-478-wtnv-276-the-big-game-wednesday-and-random-horror/It's a short episode this week because we decided we weren't going to spoil the ending of Night Vale's latest episode: it's such a quiet, subtle story, perfect for an autumn day, and y
Binary System Podcast #477 – We watched Sinners
This episode originally broadcast on October 16, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/10/binary-system-podcast-477-we-watched-sinners/Yep, you read that right. This week in complete defiance of our usual routine we made a plan – watch Sinners – and then we actually followed the plan and watched a movie less than six months after it came out!And oh boy, what a mov
Binary System Podcast #476 – WTNV #275 “Date Night”, Lower Decks, and Wednesday
This episode originally broadcast on October 9, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/10/binary-system-podcast-476-wtnv-275-date-night-lower-decks-and-wednesday/On this week’s Welcome to Night Vale episode Cecil is determined to tell you all about his date night at this awesome little bee-filled restaurant, but his producer wishes we could stick to the Top. Story.
Binary System Podcast #475 - WTNV #274 "The HOA"
This episode originally broadcast on October 2, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/10/binary-system-podcast-475-wtnv-274-the-hoa/There’s a new Homeowners’ Association trying to muscle its way into Night Vale, and the residents of the Desert Grove neighborhood have a lot of questions. Will the new HOA have rules against owning more than 36 iguanas? Are abandoned
Binary System Podcast #474 - Robert Redford and "The Sting."
This episode originally broadcast on September 25, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/09/binary-system-podcast-474-robert-redford-and-the-sting/It's a travel edition this week, featuring the return of special guest Hannah Wallace! Listen in as we discuss (accompanied by tree frogs and crickets) the life and work of Robert Redford, specifically The Sting sin
Binary System Podcast #473 - WTNV #273 "Horror Recs"
This episode originally broadcast on September 11, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/09/binary-system-podcast-473-wtnv-273-horror-recs/As longtime Welcome To Night Vale fans and two people who love horror movies and are always accepting recommendations (with some terms and conditions*), the latest episode could not be more perfect. Not only does Cecil share so
Binary System Podcast #472 – Star Trek: Lower Decks and Wednesday season 2 premiere
This episode originally broadcast on September 4, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/09/binary-system-podcast-472-star-trek-lower-decks-and-wednesday-season-2-premiere/“We’re not talking Uncanny Valley, we’re talking Uncanny Grand Canyon.”In this week’s Star Trek: Lower Decks recap we discuss Dr. Migleemo’s attempt to cook for two food critics from Klowahka (…g
Binary System Podcast #471 – WTNV #272 “Horoscopes”, and Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on August 28, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/08/binary-system-podcast-471-wtnv-272-horoscopes-and-lower-decks/Well if you know us you know we love some Night Vale horoscopes, except for the fact that Capricorn is ALWAYS getting the shaft. Luckily this week Capricorn made it out fairly unscathed, other than that whole accide
Binary System Podcast #470 – Station Eleven Series Finale
This episode originally broadcast on August 21, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/08/binary-system-podcast-470-station-eleven-series-finale/We watched the series finale of Station Eleven this week, only three and a half years late, that’s a record for us! (Except for when we watched Mayor of Kingstown season three the same month it was released. Or Love Death
Binary System Podcast #469 – WTNV #271 “The Festival”, and Station Eleven
This episode originally broadcast on August 14, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/08/binary-system-podcast-469-wtnv-271-the-festival-and-station-eleven/Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus, and they’ve brought us the perfect summer episode! The description of a mysterious festival in the desert made us nostalgic for Dead & Company shows, and the descr
Binary System Podcast #468 – San Diego Comic-Con, GalaxyCon, and Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on July 31, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/07/binary-system-podcast-468-san-diego-comic-con-galaxycon-and-lower-decks/This week we've got recaps of ALL the Conventions. And by all we mean two. But they're big ones!The West Coast branch of the podcast was at San Diego Comic-Con, while the East Coast branch was at Gal
Binary System Podcast #467 - Station Eleven and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on July 24, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/07/binary-system-podcast-467-station-eleven-and-star-trek-lower-decks/The Station Eleven episode we recap this week is number 7, "Goodbye My Damaged Home", and oh boy. If you're watching this show then you know why this one just knocked our socks off. (And if you're not, well, you
Binary System Podcast #466 - Station Eleven, Lower Decks, Superman, and "The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel"
This episode originally broadcast on July 17, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/07/binary-system-podcast-466-station-eleven-lower-decks-superman-and-the-spectacular-failure-of-the-star-wars-hotel/It's a bonus-sized (and spoileriffic!) episode this week because we've got a lot to go over. Another episode of Station Eleven of course, with gorgeous cinema
Binary System Podcast #465 – Station Eleven, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Picard
This episode originally broadcast on July 19, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/07/binary-system-podcast-465-station-eleven-star-trek-lower-decks-and-picard/First up this week we start with a spoileriffic recap of the Station Eleven bottle episode “The Severn City Airport,” where we find out how the Prophet became so intensely creepy, tho we’re still not sure
Binary System Podcast #464 - Station Eleven and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on July 3, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/07/binary-system-podcast-464-station-eleven-and-star-trek-lower-decks/Our journey through a post-pandemic world continues this week as we discuss the fourth episode of Station Eleven. The lines are being drawn between the people still mourning the world that existed before the pande
Binary System Podcast #463 - Station Eleven, The Phoenician Scheme, and 28 Weeks Later
This episode originally broadcast on June 26, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-463-station-eleven-the-phoenician-scheme-and-28-weeks-later/We've clearly been kidnapped by aliens and replaced with clones who are much better at watching movies, because this week we caught up on a show that's only four years old, and watched a mo
Binary System Podcast #462 - WTNV #270 "Deeper Than Purpose, Older Than Thought", Love Death + Robots, and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on June 19, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-462-wtnv-270-deeper-than-purpose-older-than-thought-love-death-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/The Welcome To Night Vale writers decided to prepare for the July hiatus by wrapping up two storylines this episode. And we can thank good-natured, heart-of-the-
Binary System Podcast #461 - WTNV #269 "A Story About Me", Love Death + Robots, Station Eleven, and Star Trek Lower Decks.
This episode originally broadcast on June 12, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-wtnv-269-a-story-about-me-love-death-robots-station-eleven-and-star-trek-lower-decks/"My GOD the way this show delivers information…"We've got a lot to cover this week, starting with what's quickly becoming our favorite kind of Night V
Binary System Podcast #460 - Station Eleven series premiere, with special guest Hannah
This episode originally broadcast on June 5, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/06/binary-system-podcast-460-station-eleven-series-premiere-with-special-guest-hannah/The Binary System Podcast team has been getting a little better at TV lately, but we're still three years late in watching Station Eleven (based on the best-selling book that Kathryn reviewed w
Binary System Podcast #459 - Love, Death, and Robots, and Star Trek Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on May 29, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-459-love-death-and-robots-and-star-trek-lower-decks/This week we watched three whole episodes of the new season of Love, Death + Robots (yes we want pats on the head for that thank you) and while there's a lot to discuss regarding Robert Valley's ama
Binary System Podcast #458 - WTNV #268 "Home Office" and Love, Death, and Robots
This episode originally broadcast on May 22, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-458-wtnv-268-home-office-and-love-death-and-robots/In this week's recap, Steve Carlsberg is fitting into his job at Labyrinth as well as can be expected. By which we mean he's working himself to death, losing connection with his family, and his attem
Binary System Podcast #457 - Star Trek: Lower Decks and Dark Knights of Steel
This episode originally broadcast on May 15, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-457-star-trek-lower-decks-and-dark-knights-of-steel/“ALL the Cali-class ships ALL OF THEM.”Kathryn watched three episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks this week, and Elizabeth rewatched two of them, so she can contribute something helpful. (For once – Kathryn.)
Binary System Podcast #456 - WTNV #267 "Missed Connections" and more Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on May 8, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-456-wtnv-267-missed-connections-and-more-star-trek-lower-decks/s week in Night Vale, Cecil's starting a new segment: Missed Connections. I'm sure you're all familiar with the concept, where you throw all of your longing and regret into the public
Binary System Podcast #455 - WTNV #266 "The Return of Poetry Week" and random trailers
This episode originally broadcast on May 1, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/05/binary-system-podcast-455-wtnv-266-the-return-of-poetry-week-and-random-trailers/It's poetry week in Night Vale! Let's all pull together and submit at least a couple hundred poems each, and this time could we please not have any incidents with the menacing obelisk in the D
Binary System Podcast #454 - Black Mirror: USS Callister - Into Infinity
This episode originally broadcast on April 24, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-454-black-mirror-uss-callister-into-infinity/We actually DO have a Welcome to Night Vale episode to recap...but we also watched an episode of the latest season of Black Mirror. Believe it or not this is actually what we said we were gonna do, so of course
Binary System Podcast #453 - Star Trek: Lower Decks, Black Mirror, Love Death + Robots, and Godzilla Minus One
This episode originally broadcast on April 17, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-453-star-trek-lower-decks-black-mirror-love-death-robots-and-godzilla-minus-one/"It’s beautiful. It's really intensely weird, but it’s beautiful."So like the title says, this week we're talking about Star Trek: Lower Decks, Godzilla Minus
Binary System Podcast #452 - WTNV #265 "Labyrinth", and Beastars Season 3 Finale (?)
This episode originally broadcast April 10, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-452-wtnv-265-labyrinth-and-beastars-season-3-finale/Okay, we need to address that (?) in the episode title. Raise your hands, how many of you out there knew that Beastars Season 3 was going to be in TWO PARTS?Wow, that many of you? Okay, well we'd ask everybody
Binary System Podcast #451 - Beastars, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and WonderCon 2025
This episode originally broadcast on April 3, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/04/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-star-trek-lower-decks-and-wondercon-2025/FIrst up this week we do a quick breakdown of WonderCon 2025, discussing everything from the amazing cosplay to low-frills motels, with some quick tangents into Cowboy Bebop (gotta love the anime rooms a
Binary System Podcast #450 - Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Deck
This episode originally broadcast on March 27, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-450-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/Episode 450! That's...kind of a milestone, right? To celebrate, let's do the same thing we've been doing for a few weeks now!First up, Beastars Season 3, episode 10. This episode merits a trigger warning, since
Binary System Podcast #449 - WTNV #263 "Duet", Beastars, and Star Trek Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on March 20, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-449-wtnv-263-duet-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/On this week's Night Vale we got to hear from Cecil's former boss Leonard Burton, who's much more than just a radio host. He's also dead!After the recap we jump into episode 9 of the fina
Binary System Podcast #448 - Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on Marcy 14, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-448-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/The episode of Beastars that we recapped this week isn't quite as unsettling as last week's episode. That civet cat is still off-putting and weird, but my goodness do the animators do an excellent job with Yay
Binary System Podcast #447 - WTNV #263 "Hysteria Land", Beastars, and the Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
This episode originally broadcast on March 6, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/03/binary-system-podcast-447-wtnv-263-hysteria-land-beastars-and-the-oscar-nominated-animated-shorts/On tonight's recap of Welcome to Night Vale we learn that Night Vale's newest attraction, Hysteria Land, is not an amusement park, it's a theme park. And the theme is &q
Binary System Podcast #446 - WTNV #262 "The Man Who Is Not Tall"
This episode originally broadcast on February 27, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-446-wtnv-262-the-man-who-is-not-tall/"That's a good question." "Thank you!" "It's best to not ask questions. Especially good ones."If the title to the Welcome to Night Vale episode sounds familiar, we're seeing
Binary System Podcast #445 - Arcane Series Finale
This episode originally broadcast on February 13, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-445-arcane-series-finale/It took two, maybe two-and-a-half months longer than everyone else, but the Binary System Podcast team finally watched the final episode (ever?) of Arcane: League of Legends.Ten out of ten. No notes.Of course it takes us an enti
Binary System Podcast #444 - WTNV #261 "Brought To You By Flakey O's," Beastars, and Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on February 6, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/02/binary-system-podcast-444-wtnv-261-brought-to-you-by-flakey-os-beastars-and-lower-decks/Welcome to Night Vale is back from hiatus this week so we’ve gotta talk about the Flakey-O's employees as they celebrate their return from a Season of Unstoppable Churning Death. (Otherwise
Binary System Podcast #443 - Arcane, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Bojack Horseman
This episode originally broadcast on January 30, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-443-arcane-star-trek-lower-decks-and-bojack-horseman/
Wow, we've got a real rhythm going with these posts! We're back again this week to discuss the second-to-last episode (ever!) of Arcane. What can we say about this show that we haven't sai
Binary System Podcast #442 - Star Trek: Lower Decks, Beastars, and Bojack Horseman
This episode originally broadcast on January 23, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-442-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-bojack-horseman/
Second verse, same as the first: we’re back this week to talk about Star Trek: Lower Decks (the Star Trek future is the best future: good hearted and occasionally sexy!) and Beastars (okay but WHY d
Binary System Podcast #441 – Star Trek: Lower Decks, Beastars, and Arcane
This episode originally broadcast on January 16, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-441-star-trek-lower-decks-beastars-and-arcane/
This week it’s thirty minutes and three topics as the Binary System Podcast team does an in-depth recap of…okay, so the first two topics are gonna be kinda fast. Kathryn watched Season 2 Episode 6 of Star Tr
Binary System Podcast #440 – Beastars and Star Trek Lower Decks
This episode originally broadcast on January 10, 2025. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-440-beastars-and-star-trek-lower-decks/
Wonder of all wonders we actually managed to watch another episode of Beastars season 3. Never mind the fact that Elizabeth only finished watching it five minutes before the recording, it got done and that’s what c
Binary System Podcast #439 – WTNV #260 “The December Monologues”
This episode originally broadcast on January 2, 2025, the original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2025/01/binary-system-podcast-439-wtnv-260-the-december-monologues/
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone's 2025 is already shaping up to be calm and stress-free and completely absent of any kind of drama. This week's recap is actually way late, but we've got to get through a whole m
Binary System Podcast #438 – Holiday Travel Edition
This episode originally broadcast on December 26, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/12/binary-system-podcast-438-holiday-travel-edition/
Hope everybody is having safe and happy holidays! This week’s episode is super short because one: at time of recording we were on the road, and two: we haven’t caught up with much In the way of TV, movie, and books this week.
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