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Tower of Technobabble

Dave Davis, Ben Schneider, Paul Moeller

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Three geeks from different, but often overlapping, perspectives talk about pop culture, bigfoot, things they just don't get, and things that make them so happy that someone should slap them.
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We dust off the Tower's equipment and launch into Season 7, talking about Rogue One, Gilmore Girls, Mad Men and a creepy guy with questionable material in his freezer. It's like we never left! Show Notes: • Gilmore Girls Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore_Girls • Bigfoot hand unveiled, along with a bit of a meltdown: https://www.youtube.co…
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On this week’s fun sized episode, the Conduit, inspired by the Repeater’s Rockford Files fan fiction, has decided to take his latest obsession, Hawaii Five O, and have Rockford solve a case on their turf. (Note: The Hawaii Five O depicted in this audio drama is the rebooted, sexy modern version, not the version from the 1970s with an increasingly s…
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Everything old is new again it seems, with Star Trek, MST3K and that indie movie from the '70s, Star Wars, coming back around. This week, we take a look at this trend, as well as examine the Conduit's new old obsession. MST3K Kickstarter project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k New Star Trek Series: http://www.startrek.com…
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We kick off our sixth season by actually having a sixth season! This time, we investigate the mythical (?) sea creature near and dear to our hearts, the Loch Ness Monster, and then devolve from there. (*Note: This is an updated file - the previous version was causing some crashes. Ol' Uncle Conduit is sorry about that.) Show Notes Ben’s land (zoom …
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This week, The Repeater reveals the answer to the cliffhanger that left everyone on the edge of their seat about which television show he’s been enjoying while getting his screaming bundle of joy off to night night land, as well as how this show is stuffing the “doctor who” void in his heart that the last season failed to fill. Also, he refers to h…
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The Tower celebrates the triumphant return of The Repeater, fresh from getting his ass kicked by a baby. He shares his 3 a.m. musings, and makes a startling comment about his beloved Doctor Who. Also, the Conduit learns if Emmanuel Lewis is dead or alive. The answer will both shock and amaze you. Show Notes: The action figure Repeater DID purchase:…
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We discuss using your image to sell things...sometimes you're selling your image! Also, is it still 'too many cooks'? Good grief! It's possible. Show Notes: Acura “hires” dead punk god (and rumored girlfriend stabber) Sid Vicious to sell their luxury automobiles. Seriously. Sid F**king Vicious: http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/sid-vi…
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We take a look at one of the major symptoms of the impending death of newspapers, and the celebrate the fact that we (humans) hit a comet with a robot. Show Notes: Old People now rule the funnies! http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/judge-parker-rex-morgan-mark-trail-win-reader-vote-on/article_cb536c63-a05f-5b66-85e7-a2fe8b3d2fcb.html R…
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The Conduit regales us with tales of his adventure to Scotland. And by regales, I mean shows us his slides. He witnessed a bloodless attempt at revolution, and somehow managed to avoid scams in Paris. Pro-Independence: http://www.yesscotland.net/ Pro-Union: http://www.bettertogether.net/page/content/thank-you Part of Grand Theft Auto V came from Sc…
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We get down to fundamentals this week with another episode of Chick Tract Theater. And, spoiler alert, Halloween and peer pressure are the fast track to putting your hand in Satan’s surprise basket of candy. Show Notes: Happy Halloween: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0032/0032_01.asp The Little Princess (the one we almost did this week) http:/…
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Hold on to your bladders, because it’s time for Tower of Technobabble's Tales of Terror - we have frightening tales from 1970s television, an original horror story, and a cryptid tale that the Repeater somehow missed. Are you holding your bladders? Seriously? Okay then. Here we go! That’s Incredible/Amityville Horror crossover - http://www.amityvil…
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We have science advisor, Rich, to keep us company again as we wade through the murky waters of the urban sasquatch in this week's podcast as it is unofficially the return of the "Bigfoot Roundup!!" I say unofficial because the original intro music for the bigfoot roundup strangely disappeared at the same time as the Conduit (Dave). Enjoy!…
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Another episode of the Tower's Firing Squad - Paul has a scary ghost movie review (except there aren't any ghosts in it I swear!!) http://youtu.be/wZ4mSBE3ip8 Rich drinks a poop shake and Ben revels in the legacy of Snake River Canyon, 40 years later http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/09/09/rocket-test-snake-river-canyon-jump/15361345/ http:…
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Rich reports on the Space Taxi Race, and Ben is mad http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-chooses-american-companies-to-transport-us-astronauts-to-international/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2758436/Were-space-Nasa-reveals-Boeing-SpaceX-build-Americas-new-space-taxi-shuttle-finally-replaced.html http://www.spacenews.com/ar…
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We return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, when, during the world record attempt at Wonderfest, our scratchy throated cast of meat bags attempted to do an episode from the Lone Ranger radio show. Get ready for accents going berserk, the most awkward saddling scene ever, and the surprising revelation about where our hero got all that silver. Sho…
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We conclude our talk with JR Southall on apocalyptic films that grabbed our attention, and then, at the end of all things, we discuss the future of the Tower of Technobabble. Show Notes • White Mountains/Tripods - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086818/?ref_=nv_sr_1 The White Mountains comics from Boys Life Magazine: “The White Mountains” http://the-h…
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It’s doomsday all day at the Tower as we begin a two-part series with our friend from across from what used to be the Atlantic Ocean JD Southall. We take a look at cinematic apocalypses (apocalypi?) and examine why we probably would envy the dead, because we hate camping. Show Notes: War of the Worlds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Worlds…
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We’re giving you our presentation of the Sam Spade radio classic “The Blood Money Caper,” performed by our trio of scratchy throated players from their world record attempt at Wonderfest last month. All apologies to the hard workin’, hard drinkin’, hard lovin’ writers and actors from 1946 who originally brought this to the airwaves. For maximum eff…
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We continue our two-parter with Science Advisor Rich, where we talk World War II, including deadly nazi submarine toilets, unsinkable cats, a Starfleet engineer’s missing digit and a host of other stuff. Show Notes: 70th Anniversary of the longest day http://patriotpost.us/commentary/26463 Lockheed Burbank Airplane factory camouflaged to look like …
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Science advisor Rich joins us as we discuss the amount of ass our childhood heroes kicked, the strange case of a man with epic insomnia, the approaching artificial intelligence apocalypse that Towerbot’s warned them about for years and the sad fate of computer pioneer Alan Turing. Show Notes: • Something for the Repeater from Sean Vale via Facebook…
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This week, on the tower of technobabble, we have two interviews conducted at their recent world record attempt at Wonderfest 2014. The first interview is with academy award winning special effect master Phil Tippett, on how he got into the business, how he’s preserving effects from his past films, and how he’s currently using special effects to tel…
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We interview Dave Conover, the man who is going to let us set a world record at WonderFest this weekend, and Towerbot divulges the details of one of his many hobbies. Then, we bow to the inevitable and have a debate on various and sundry developments in the Star Wars universe. Daggor joins the fray, so c’mon in, take your shoes off and sit a spell,…
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The Repeater regales us with tales of Chattanooga, then we look at ancient tools of a popular author, surprising things the Pope says, and Kentucky Slim flies off the handle about UFO disinformation from the government. Oh, yeah, and the Repeater has breaking news about the Sugar Flat Road Creature Head, which sounds like a bunch of words jammed to…
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Daggor joins us to discuss the obligatory Star Wars news, then we look at voluntary invasive technology, and terrible, awful animals that should not exist. We then end with another installment of Chick Tract Theater, where Towerbot does a bitchin’ imitation of the Repeater. Show Notes: Star Wars Episode VII looking to cast ugly people: http://www.c…
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We're excited about the prospect of having new Jedis to kick around, and then follow up on an urban legend that actually turned out to be true and a UFO story that probably won’t. We then look at the exciting escape plan of some German cows and end it all with the Repeater taking his Bigfoot rage out on the goldfish lobby. Warning: This episode con…
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We try to fill a bigfoot-sized hole in the Repeater’s heart by stuffing it full of human weirdoes, scientific conjecture, and ass-slapping. We may not have done it, but we had fun trying. Show Notes Human Headlines! Woman Arrested on Bestiality Charges After Looking for Horse on Craigslist: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/donald-waelde-hor…
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We share some big news about an upcoming event, and then look at secret space fleets, Russia’s next annexation target, the search for buried treasure that no one wanted in the first place, and lies told by insane rednecks to achingly cute little girls. Show Notes We go for a world record at the 2014 Wonderfest Existing Record:http://www.guinnesswor…
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We see who gets the space station in the big American/ Russian space break up, and then cast an eye into the future by examining the art of futurism, and then break out the old crystal ball and discuss what of modern culture will survive into the future, and what won’t. Show Notes: NASA suspends all Russian space cooperation … except for going to t…
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We take a quick look at the newest quest to pull back the shower curtain on the wonders of the sea before moving on to see why most societies in human history, possibly including ours, started to swirl down history’s bathtub drain. Grab your rubber ducky and your water wings and let’s watch civilization sink into the depths. Show Notes: Science Upd…
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We discuss the exploits of Evel Knievel, beloved movies getting sequels, how The Repeater finds the films Up and Saving Private Ryan very similar, as only The Repeater can, then discuss the crazy theories about missing planes put forth by news organizations that should really know better, and how the NCAA is looking out for the kids they can’t make…
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This week, Science Advisor Rich stops by to kick some knowledge on the freewheeling good times in the snake pits of yesteryear, then takes our crew on a tour of our solar system and gives us a quiz that the average American is apparently having trouble with. Also, The Repeater gets increasingly disenchanted with the american space program. Show Not…
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The Conduit treads on some dangerous ground as he makes one, final, all or nothing effort to get the Repeater to "get" superheroes. Daggor is dragged into the conversation as we discuss racism in superhero casting, why marvel is whupping DC’s behind in the film industry and who we would like to see put up on the silver screen. Show Notes: • Michael…
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This week, we “borrow” a British gentleman to talk about the paranormal happenings across the pond, as they say. It’s a lively topic, and I’m sure there’s no way he’ll sue us. To be on the safe side, though, Legal bot is in standby mode. Show Notes British Crop Circles (including the Bower & Chorley hoaxes) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circl…
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