Episode 17: Show Us The (Alien) Bodies The closest we get to reality on this podcast Tangent Space faces reality in this one folks. Or as close of an encounter as we can get. Which of us has seen a UFO in real life? Why would Brandon only be convinced aliens exist if they demonstrated their power? Does John want to join a UFO cult? Find out answers…

Episode 16: Raised by Ridley On Soviet Kepler, Dice Rolls You It's like they made a TV show for Tangent Space: sci-fi with androids, some post-apocalyptic faraway planet, monsters, gibberish science...that's right, we discuss HBO's Raised by Wolves! Oh, and longtime Tangent Space personality Ridley Scott is involved (in the show, not with us), of c…

Episode 15: Boyz 2 (Watch)men Lube Man will save the day Just two men watching boys (and grownups) wearing masks and punching people. We discuss two very entertaining and pertinent shows, The Boys on Amazon and Watchmen on HBO, which we highly recommend. We cover a lot of stuff in this one, from masks and being anonymous, to policing, race, privile…

Special Message and Preview of Episode 15 Vote, or we will read our diaries to you We're hard at work on the next episode, but wanted to remind everyone in the US to vote! Rather than just record ourselves saying "Vote!" and loop it, we present to you a special preview from our upcoming episode on the anti-superhero shows Watchmen and The Boys. Or …

Episode 14: Star Wars, Good God Y'All! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Many stars, many wars, but only one podcast episode. We take a meandering look at the religion/fandom/industry/empire that is Star Wars. Somehow we remain mostly spoiler free, though we jump between all the movies (even the unmentionable ones) and even a little of the g…

Episode 13: Papa Went Out For Aliens, Never Came Back Brad Pitt is James "Space Monkey" Bond Nothing like a timely movie discussion, but at least we made it in under a year since the movie was out! We discuss Ad Astra, the recent movie with Brad Pitt and his space dad, Tommy Lee Jones. Lots of space in this movie dear listeners: space action, space…

Episode 12: Shut Your Wormhole We rock out with our clocks out Roads? Where we're going we don't need no stinking roads. That's right, Tangent Space travels in time, and we're bringing you with us! We discuss some theories of time travel, our favorite time travel movies, and whether or not it is really possible. We may even invent the first podcast…

Episode 11: Annihilation, No Breathing This is my Area X resort Tangent Space gets annihilated! We discuss the recent-ish movie Annihilation from Alex Garland based on the book by Jeff VanderMeer. Mysteries abound: aliens? doppelgangers? what does it all mean? And WTF is "refracted DNA"??? John has read all the books and Brandon has theories, so co…

Episode 10: Duncan Dune-nuts Somehow both our grossest and sexiest episode yet Dune! One of the most famous and acclaimed sci-fi novels finally gets the Tangent Space treatment. From the sprawling and crazy later books to the David Lynch movie and the film that almost was from Jodorowsky, we have a lot to talk about in this episode. We're talking b…

Episode 9: Die Hard Huckabees Join us as we debate the joys and pitfalls of being immortal and whether anyone would really want to live forever. Speaking of forever, sorry this episode languished a bit in editing and posting. It has been so long this show notes writer is having difficulties remembering what we discussed. Elves, lobsters, memory, be…

Episode 8: Apocalypse Service We discuss everything dystopian and post-apocalyptic, pondering why we find the end times so fascinating. Are we just old, childless, curmudgeons who can't believe a world would go on without us? Beyond entertainment value, dystopian or post-apocalyptic media gives insight into human nature, the march of technology, an…

Episode 7: Join the Doppel Gang In this episode we discuss imitation, fakery, memories, and the downfall of reality as we uncover more of our deepest fears. But it's not all dark! Learn how a bag of chips will protect your identity, how videogames will allow us to replicate Brandon, and about that childhood movie that actually doesn't exist. Links …

In this episode we discuss procedural generation, a way of creating (worlds, characters, art, etc.) used in many games. Along the way Brandon finds a way to make everything relate to The Truman Show, we talk about Dwarf Fortress, compression, simulation, choose your own adventure books...and the dreaming brain.…

At long last, it is the return to physics! In this episode we jump back into the world of moving at the speed of light, quantum weirdness, and the fun physics you don't learn in school. Join us and find out about the unbelievable way the world really works, a taste of how reality is weirder than sci-fi.…

We're back! In this episode Brandon lays out his categories of love songs and their creepiness, before we go off discussing love with AIs and bots. The AI apocalypse will be born from errant chat bots looking for hot singles.By Brandon Anderson and John Kehayias

We really go off on some...tangents in this episode. Starting with a discussion on emotions and AI inspired by the book Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, we talk about decision making, random numbers, and why we're probably living in a simulated reality.By Brandon Anderson and John Kehayias

In this episode Brandon and John discuss the movie Alien: Covenant, the sequel to Prometheus. Find out what they thought, how it ties into Prometheus and the Alien franchise, and how many Fassbenders it takes to make a good movie. Office website: tangentspacepodcast.com Intro/outro music by Brandon Anderson, titled "noldea". Cover image from Tanja …

The very first episode of the Tangent Space Podcast! Brandon and John discuss the film Prometheus, in preparation for the sequel out now, Alien: Covenant. One liked it, one hated it. Listen as they debate the merits of the movie and discuss theories on how to interpret the movie's events. Intro/outro music by Brandon Anderson, titled "noldea". Offi…