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  • E0043 Appendix W 99 – Terminus Est
    In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, some things come to and end. Join us as we look at the impact of the Appendix W on real world events through a look at one of the most iconic blades in fiction: Severian's Terminus Est from Gene Wolfe's 1980 novel The Shadow of the Torturer.  […]
  • E0042 Incipient Diaspora
    What happens when a change is on the horizon, one that is approaching that will force you to move but is outside your control?  When a community knows it will be disrupted, it may be facing an Incipient Diaspora.  For the US denizens of the TikTok app, facing a ban in that country on January […]
  • E0041 Dr Who Xmas 2024
    Joy to the World, the 2024 Dr Who Christmas Special, gets a deep look in this episode of the Implausipod. This is the part two of our Dr Who double header. If you haven't already, check out our discussion of the 14th series, or 1st Disney series in the previous episode.  Our cyber-series will continue […]
  • E0040 Dr Who Goes Boom
    We welcome a special guest back to the podcast to discuss the 14th series of the new Dr Who era, which aired in May and June of 2024, and highlighted the adventures of the 15th Doctor played by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday.This is the part one of a Dr Who double header, […]
  • Grats 2024
    Twice is enough for it to be a tradition, right?  Yeah, I think we'll go with that.  Welcome to our second annual end-of-year holiday thank you episode, something to offset the Festivus celebrations you may be having on this day before the day before Christmas.   Thanks for stopping by whenever you do. :)The Newsletter […]
  • E0039 The California Ideology
    What do you think of when you heard the word California?  What do you think it's "ideology" might be?  If you work in or on high technology, that California ideology may be shaping the way that you work, the projects that you work on, and the business models that high technology pursues.  What does it […]
  • ICEBreaker 004 – Opti-minus
    Was the reveal of the Tesla Optimus 3 at the recent We Robot event a miss?  How can you fail when unveiling a potentially groundbreaking technology? By using it to fake the appearance of a different tech, one that you're not even close to bringing to market.Support the show
  • ICEBreaker 003 – Joker 2 Joke Harder
    Is Joker 2 "anti-content", or is it just a challenging watch?  Join us for a quick ICEBreaker to discuss our first impressions of the film, and some thoughts that have crossed my mind in the day since.  Consider this a spoiler warning.Support the show
  • E0038 AI Refractions
    Looking back in the year since the publication of our AI Reflections episode, we take a look at the state of the AI discourse at large, where recent controversies including those surrounding NaNoWriMo and whether AI counts as art, or can assist with science, bring the challenges of studying the new medium to the forefront.Links […]